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User Comments for: Agora

xaliber says...
10 years ago
Great cinematography, terrific acting and moving story. It is very relatable to today's bigotry to the changes. Though the movie kinda depict Christians in bad terms (with them seem to be the most fundamentalist and destructive), it also shows that even the most "intellectual" ones, the pagans, are not sinless from the guilt of bigotry (shown early in the movie). Under the pretext of "absolute truth", whether it's god or science, anyone can be a bigot, similar to today's debate of the pious vs the godless.
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Reply by xaliber
9 years ago
Why can't I edit my post? Just want to mention that one interesting aspect of this movie is that this, unlike many Roman Empire movies, highlight the social history instead of the great political and military history we all are already accustomed to.
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Reply by xaliber
9 years ago
Huh. When I wrote this review I seem to be focusing too much on the modern parallels and forgetting to mention that, while this movie is good and all, this is not a history lesson and should not be seen as such. Events depicted in Agora is not exactly accurate and is leaving intricate details such as the Christians aren't really like a modern day bigot who despise science (Tertullian, Augustine, Severus, they all are men of science) and in the world where faith reigns so far, Hypatia was also a devout believer of Roman religion. So though it serves as an useful reflection of modern problem, be careful to pick this movie as an understanding of ancient history.
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