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MikeWaters · 07-14-2008, 05:09 AM

just watched it again tonight. Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro.

Really a class film. Great score. Two class actors in Irons and De Niro. A great film about the moral choices we make, the sacrifices we either choose or do not.

We could use a few more films like The Mission.

Sleeping in EQ · 07-14-2008, 04:35 PM

A great film all the way around.

I picked up a special edition of Chinatown on closeout for $4.99 today. It was sitting next to a $16.99 copy of Spiderman 3.

Sometimes the pervasiveness of bad taste works in my favor.

creekster · 07-14-2008, 04:38 PM

The Mission is one of my favorites, as well. Great actors doing a great job of acting, lush setting lovingly filmed and with an absolutely beautfiul score. Fabulous film.

Flystripper · 07-14-2008, 05:20 PM

Fantastic movie. It has been a long time since I have seen it. I will watch it again soon. Thanks for the reminder.

SeattleUte · 07-14-2008, 06:03 PM

I remember being excited to see this as it's my kind of film, but when I saw it something seemed mssing. But it was ages ago. I'll try again and give you my verdict.

Waters, have you seen Aguire the Wrath of God? I think you'd love it if you haven't. Werner Herzog.

MikeWaters · 07-14-2008, 06:04 PM

Let's not get carried away. The Mission is a class fim. Not necessarily the best film ever.

I think the Mission would have been better as a 6hr miniseries. The intrigue, the moral dilemmas would have the time to play out.

creekster · 07-14-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I remember being excited to see this as it's my kind of film, but when I saw it something seemed mssing. But it was ages ago. I'll try again and give you my verdict.

Waters, have you seen Aguire the Wrath of God? I think you'd love it if you haven't. Werner Herzog.

Aguirre was very good, but the music int he Mission was better and that carries the day for me. Waters is right that a longer version seems like it would have been better, but not as a TV miniseries, as then we would have had a dilution in the quality of other elements.

MikeWaters · 07-14-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

Aguirre was very good, but the music int he Mission was better and that carries the day for me. Waters is right that a longer version seems like it would have been better, but not as a TV miniseries, as then we would have had a dilution in the quality of other elements.

as in the national geographic boobage?

creekster · 07-14-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Let's not get carried away. The Mission is a class fim. Not necessarily the best film ever.

I think the Mission would have been better as a 6hr miniseries. The intrigue, the moral dilemmas would have the time to play out.

Let's see, who was it that said it was the best ever? That's right, no one. Thanks for the warning, however.

creekster · 07-14-2008, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

as in the national geographic boobage?

Not likely; did you ever see shaka zulu?

07-14-2008, 05:09 AM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	The Mission just watched it again tonight. Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro. Really a class film. Great score. Two class actors in Irons and De Niro. A great film about the moral choices we make, the sacrifices we either choose or do not. We could use a few more films like The Mission.

07-14-2008, 04:35 PM	#2
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	A great film all the way around. I picked up a special edition of Chinatown on closeout for $4.99 today. It was sitting next to a $16.99 copy of Spiderman 3. Sometimes the pervasiveness of bad taste works in my favor. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

07-14-2008, 04:38 PM	#3
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	The Mission is one of my favorites, as well. Great actors doing a great job of acting, lush setting lovingly filmed and with an absolutely beautfiul score. Fabulous film. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

07-14-2008, 06:03 PM	#5
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	I remember being excited to see this as it's my kind of film, but when I saw it something seemed mssing. But it was ages ago. I'll try again and give you my verdict. Waters, have you seen Aguire the Wrath of God? I think you'd love it if you haven't. Werner Herzog. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

07-14-2008, 05:20 PM	#4
Flystripper Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Valencia CA Posts: 1,384	Fantastic movie. It has been a long time since I have seen it. I will watch it again soon. Thanks for the reminder.

07-14-2008, 06:04 PM	#6
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Let's not get carried away. The Mission is a class fim. Not necessarily the best film ever. I think the Mission would have been better as a 6hr miniseries. The intrigue, the moral dilemmas would have the time to play out.