05-22-2009, 08:47 PM
Well, based on the review it sounds like this movie's going to be another dud.
The story, besides being ahistorical, doesn't sound very compelling. It's two and a half hours long and doesn't feature any battles, just city riots ? I doubt many people would want to sit through it for that long as the reviewer says.
Like most directors this one doesn't let facts get in the way of a good (or bad) story. He exaggerates Hypatia's supposed scientific contributions while depicting the murderous Alexandrians as typical Christians of the time. "Christian uprising" ?
hock: To top it off he portrays Hypatia as an atheist which she certainly wasn't. Hypatia was an ascetic and a Neoplatonist. No effort was made in the costuming department either. It just looks like they rented familiar costumes from Italy. This movie deserves to fail.
~Theo
The story, besides being ahistorical, doesn't sound very compelling. It's two and a half hours long and doesn't feature any battles, just city riots ? I doubt many people would want to sit through it for that long as the reviewer says.
Like most directors this one doesn't let facts get in the way of a good (or bad) story. He exaggerates Hypatia's supposed scientific contributions while depicting the murderous Alexandrians as typical Christians of the time. "Christian uprising" ?
hock: To top it off he portrays Hypatia as an atheist which she certainly wasn't. Hypatia was an ascetic and a Neoplatonist. No effort was made in the costuming department either. It just looks like they rented familiar costumes from Italy. This movie deserves to fail.~Theo
Jaime
