In Reply to: I thought it was excellent as well... not surprising it didn't get much love... posted by TWB on March 25, 2020 at 05:53:37:
Really?
It was nominated for Best Actor (Pryce) Best Supporting Actor (Hopkins) and Best adapted Screenplay.
It also got 4 nominations at the Golden Globes.
While it is true, thankfully, that Hollywood is largely secular, thankfully, out of the hundreds and hundreds movies made,Hollywood recognized Two Popes in three major categories.
If it's a good film on any topic it will get recognized.
But the warped U.S. version of Christianity is more like Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas - greed and gluttony matter more than Granny.
Heck if Jesus did come back - being poor and ARAB and touting give to the poor - he'd be locked in a cage on the southern border.
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Follow Ups
- RE: I thought it was excellent as well... not surprising it didn't get much love... - RGA 16:34:55 03/25/20 (2)
- Excuse me... I should have been more specific and said that it didn't - TWB 17:59:39 03/25/20 (1)
- RE: Excuse me... I should have been more specific and said that it didn't - RGA 18:21:50 03/25/20 (0)