Agora (2009)

Watched in 2013 (Acey) (88 movies items)

"29.4.13"

tough girls (9 movies items)

"Agora's not physically tough, but she stands by her principles and beliefs."

Movie Diary 2012 (551 movies items)

"19.8. En näe tässä ihan niin syvää analyysiä kulttuurin ja järjen sekä fanatismin kohtaamisesta kuin odotin. Lähes kaikki keskeiset hahmot ovat toki kiehtovan ristiriitaisia teoissaan ja aikomuksissaan, paitsi älyn ääntä edustava ja tähtitieteen (alkeellisimpia) mysteerejä ratkova päähenkilö Hypatia. Weisz on kieltämättä erinomainen valinta rooliin - vastaavaa haluaisi niin mielellään nähdä häneltä enemmän. Rakenteellisesti teos jää hieman ikävästi tasapainoilema"

A good movie

“Personally, I was quite blown away by 'Mar adentro' which was basically the best Spanish movie I have ever seen so I was really eager to watch the following directing effort by Alejandro Amenabar. I was rather amazed that this movie was barely seen and quickly forgotten. Indeed, it may not be as awesome as Amenabar's previous effort but I thought it was still pretty good. It deals with philosophy, science, religion and love and most of it was quite spellbinding to watch. The main issue was that it probably was too ambitious and all those ideas were not really well developped. For example, there were not one but two romances around Hypatia and I understand why they added those, to add some human dimension to this grand scale events, but those romances were more annoying than anything else e” read more

Watched in 2012 (612 movies items)

" Plot: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria. Genre: Adventure | Drama | History Director: Alejandro Amenábar Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac -----} Trailer Story: 8 | Story Idea: 10 | Acting: 8 | Score: 9 | Visuals: 9 Overall: "

I watched in 2012 (126 movies items)

"Hypatia: If I could just unravel this just a little bit more, and just get a little closer to the answer, then... Then I would go to my grave a happy woman. Heladius Dignitary: Why should this assembly accept the council of someone who admittedly believes in absolutely nothing? Hypatia: I believe in philosophy. Hypatia: Ever since Plato, all of them - Aristarchus, Hipparchus, Ptolemy - they have all, all, all tried to reconcile their observations with circular orbits. But what if another sh"