Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Console best movie i've ever seen.

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

CJ Horton One of the most inspiring movies I have ever seen in my life. The story follows a priest who decides to set up a service and care for a colony of Lepers on the Island of Molokai in Hawaii. He cares not for his own well being, but only for others as taught by him through his religion of Christianity. He openly interacts, touches and blesses the Lepers and regards them as people, unlike many others who forced them to go to this island. He also has hopes for a better future and more care for the people as he constantly tries to the government of the Island and the Church about getting more supplies and care for these people and he is eventually successful. He chose to think and care for others more than for himself, especially remarkable because the people were all rotting, dieing Lepers.His actions made him pay the ultimate price as he eventually caught leprosy and soon over time began to feel the effects of it. Though he had the disease, he continued to help and care for the Lepers and lead out his services at the colony. His actions can be compared to those of almost the likes of Mother Teresa. Leprosy soon cost him his life but even though he was dieing he still spent time helping and caring for others who needed help more than he did. This film helps to show Father Damien's strong devotion to God and his selfless actions he learned from the teachings of Jesus and his priesthood. Father Damien cast away his life, family and friends to go on this mission. This is truly a story about a hero who few have heard of before.

Sandcooler This was an almost unrealistically ambitious co-production between Belgium and a whole bunch of other countries, but the many different sources of interference don't hurt the finished product as much as I thought it would. More funding brings more supplies, and that shows. Paul Cox may not be a particularly skilled director, but his country does appear to have a lot of money so it evens out. The visual style to this movie looks really professional, sometimes it'll give you a made for TV-vibe, but that will just be a sporadic feel. The screenplay has some pacing problems, but that doesn't mean it's slow. It just keeps randomly changing in pace, which isn't nearly as exciting as you'd think. There are bunches of scenes where there's nothing happening, but when father Damien ends up contracting leprosy, the movie suddenly looks like it's sick of itself and just takes every possible shortcut to the ending. I do like that very last line though, as corny as it may be, and it is very corny. The biggest plus this movie has is the performance by David Wenham. Hiring an Australian guy to play Damien sounds like the worst idea ever, but he's really authentic. He's pretty much why I kept watching. This movie is fairly well-made, but there's room for improvement.

David Watson This is a surprisingly intimate look at some of Father Damien's experiences, but the dramatic structure of the film is often frustratingly fragmented.Scenes of the authorities on O'ahu struggling with how to deal with the amazing man and his demands on behalf of his community seem to have been shot very hastily, and they fit poorly with the more carefully conceived segments from Moloka'i. Even there, the scenes with Peter O'Toole seem poorly integrated into the progression of the story.Despite the participation of many top-flight actors and actual local victims of Hansen's disease, this film offers only fleeting, tantalizing glimpses of what could have been a tremendously powerful drama of the life of a man who may yet become an actual saint. In isolation, the leading performances are very fine, but the package failed to gel and the film is, finally, only a carefully-drawn series of vignettes.

sistermoon7861 I knew nothing of Father Damien until I saw this movie, but after seeing it I immediately sought more information on him. I strongly recommend this movie for those who are curious about the saint or have a special devotion to him.