Comments on: Agora (Spain 2009)

By: Dumbbell Set Weights

Dumbbell Set Weights — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:11:56 +0000

Rachel Weisz have that mysterious look and she is very appealing to most men and women ~.:

By: erwin

erwin — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:58:56 +0000

I did find the various accents distracting. Especially the British accents. Once the action intensified though, the accents no longer were distracting.

By: venicelion

venicelion — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:47:58 +0000

In reply to Sam. I think we agree on the dialogue question. As I wrote, it was strange to see the same actor in two different historical roles one after the other. The other point was simply that I thought he came across as an American actor. Nothing wrong with that of course – but because there were no other Americans in the cast he stood out against the Europeans. I see from research that his background which includes 'French Israeli' as well as 'Cuban-Guatemalan' is actually very much like some of the other cast members – so the casting was justified in terms of Amenabar's overall strategy. I'm happy to reconsider if my comment was unreasonable.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:42:16 +0000

I thought Isaac’s performance was as stand-out in the movie! As for the “contemporary” dialogue. It’s a common misconception that people talked like they wrote in antiquity. Come on, there is such a thing as common speech. Everytime we are lucky to find unofficial, private scriptures of antiquity or the times after we get a gimps at how people might have talked in private. Or, I dunno, just read some of the old Roman comedies. Definitely closer to Orestes’ delightful sarcams than than sword and sandal clichés.