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Originally Posted by 6793026

Conclave.

WOW, what a thriller ride. 100% amazing and wife and I just sat there taking it all in.
Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto all acted extremely well BUT that's because of the script.

Think about it, no action, no gun fights, no CGI (well, they had to add some in to make it look like Sistine Chapel, so the script and acting better be freaking epic.

What is it about? Well, they did a movie called The Two Popes (Anthony Hopkins &
Jonathan Pryce) few years ago so I'm like.. really??? how good can this be. We saw The Two Popes.. very legit.. learned lot.. what ELSE can there be.

They did NOT repeat any of the crappy explanations, just went right into the story. It's not much of the internal battles between people, but the 3-4 unique situations going on. How to tell if it's the truth, battle between 2 evils, dealing with modern society... Boring? Not at all. No filler, enjoyable, just sit tight and not take a break as I felt like nothing was wasted.

Truly great script writing and proud the movie (being a non action film) grossed 3X (20 M to 68M in box office).

BTW - Music score by Volker Bertelmann - AMAZINGGGGG. Who's the director - Edward Berger - he's the guy who did "All Quiet On the Western Front"

Saw this on the plane, was thoroughly impressed. Similarly was thinking how interesting would a movie about the pope and cardinals be. I was wrong. Great acting, great story.

Tbh the ending might be considered a bit woke for some.

8.5/10