Movie #62 "Agony and the Ecstasy" was just the agony to watch. Where was the story? I thought it would be great to hear the story behind the painting of the sistine chapel ceiling (since I was just there, standing in amazement looking at it a few weeks ago), but there was no story...............boring! didn't see the conflict. Perhaps I fell asleep (because I am still suffering from jetlag) but the only thing I noticed was 1) the very loud religious music in the background and 2) the pictures of the sistine chapel that they wouldn't let us take when we were there. So I recommend the movie to anyone who wants to see the pictures. Actually, I bought some postcard ones, so just let me know and I can lend them to you and you won't have to waste your time on this Charlton Heston film. There's really only one Heston film I've ever liked: "The Greatest Show on Earth" about circus people, and in that one, I just put up with him, but adore Jimmy Stewaart as the clown. Check that one out instead of this drivel.
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Average rating: 3.688
I rate it one star
The Agony and the Ecstasy
(1965) NR
Renaissance artist Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II (Rex Harrison) in this adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel. While the novel covers Michelangelo's life from birth to death, the film focuses on the battle of wills between the perfectionist artist and the impatient Pope who commissions (and eventually commands) Michelangelo to paint the famed chapel. Diane Cilento also stars.
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