ASHOK’S FIVE reasons to watch The Two Popes
And its back … ASHOK’S FIVE reasons to watch “The Two Popes”. When was the last time you came across a movie where you struggled to explain the story or the plot and yet urged someone to go watch it? “Hey what’s the story?” …"Umm…err…. Its about two old men having a really long conversation… inside the Sistine Chapel” …. And that folks is what its all about …. This is really my kind of film…where nothing really happens and yet it leaves you pondering over so many different things… 1. See this film for some superlative acting. Anthony Hopkins mesmerizes you with his charm, his gravitas as Pope Benedict and the click of his tongue before he utters his prim and proper dialogues. The conflict of living up to his exacting standards and to be worthy of the seat of Peter is juxtaposed against a supremely intelligent soul and every line of debate is like the spar of a sword in a duel of words! Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Bergoglio is the antithesis - younger, more open to experiments, fo