I've always looked forward to Fernando Meirelles' movies. His direction of movies like City of God, Blindness and the Constant Gardner were brilliant. So when I found out Two Popes was directed by him, I had to watch it even though I'm not at all into the content of the movie. But it is a movie after all and watching two very good established actors such as Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce was great.
The rest of the casting were good but the movie is pretty much focused on Hopkins and Pryce. And it was really nice to see them going back and forth at each other through acting. If you have no knowledge of Catholicism, you might find it a little hard to understand what is going on so best to read up a bit if you wish to watch it.
Editing was not too bad. I did like some of the transitional shots of the movie. Sadly the cinematography was really inconsistent and leaning towards bad quite a bit. The close ups were horrible. Shaky and out of focus. Some shots it felt really too close. I could see Jonathan Pryce's nose hair, that's how close it was. For all those bad close ups, there was a really good shot, when Pryce's character walks into a room and the shot just shone out beautifully.
All in all, Two Popes is decent to watch, only if you have nothing else to watch. Just bear with the horrible close ups. Watch it for the acting.
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