Most emotional scene/s
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Luangwa — 20 years ago(September 25, 2005 02:30 AM)
I also liked the scene where they cut the load from Rodrigo Mendoza
I also liked the scene where after Father Gabriel is shot, and one of the villagers takes up the monstrance.
Finally that quote about being too weak to live in a world of hate (or something like that) was striking on account of that Priest's humility, who was honest enough to say that in a world where other men take pride in being brutish. -
semperscriptira — 20 years ago(November 16, 2005 01:32 AM)
When Rodrigo asks for Father Gabriel's blessing and doesn't receive itand when Father Gabriel gives Rodrigo the cross at the end of that scene.
Cried at some of the ones mentioned above.
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hepe-1 — 20 years ago(January 13, 2006 06:41 PM)
i had to smile when the load of mendoza was cut of and fall into the water.
as it is written in the bible:
"He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast !all their sins into the depths of the sea!"
another great scene:
as the papal guy talks to a native priest about the common use of the profit,
he refers to a doktrine of a "radical french group" who also would do this.
the priest smiles and says: "this is the doctrin of the first christians"
all quotes are translated as i only saw the german version
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cat_woman83 — 19 years ago(August 31, 2006 05:27 PM)
I also cried alot in all the scenes you've described above (mostly, I think because I'm a Christian and I'm ashamed of some of the things that the church those days did, but also because I believe in the missionary causeb (I wanted to be a missionary myself).
I saw this movie for the first time in 2000, beacuse it was on the school's program, and I was the only one who cried on the movie, but I'm not ashamed of it, maybe it shows that I have the perception of the wrong things that the "conquerors" and the church did back than.
I own now the DVD and saw it again, and I cried over it again and actually I think I always will.
Everytime I hear "Nella fantasia" version I get covered in goose pimples.
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zelda1964 — 19 years ago(September 14, 2006 06:48 AM)
The flute Jeremy Irons plays, would calm and soothe the curious Natives. It was as if Music was a Language to bridge the Gap of people. "Music soothes the savage Beast", and I loved it when the other Indian handed the broken instrument to Irons.
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blackdouglas76 — 19 years ago(October 04, 2006 07:47 PM)
i had to smile when the load of mendoza was cut of and fall into the water.
as it is written in the bible:
"He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast !all their sins into the depths of the sea!"
Holy Great Point Batman,
I never thought of that. That does make that scene a lot more powerful now. I wonder if they intended that? -
montecristo42 — 19 years ago(January 04, 2007 09:40 AM)
This movie speaks to me, not necessarily because of the message, but because of how well it portrays its message.
I vacillate between being an agnostic and an atheist, but the power of this film, and how well its message is portrayed, is so compelling.
So many great scenes, but here are my favorite:- When the native offers DeNiro his sword at the end. Perfectly executed scene. It is only okay for DeNiro to accept the blade because it is one of the natives who is demanding it of him (whereas before, they were the ones who only had the power to cut away his weapons).
- The two scenes between DeNiro and Irons close to the end. In the first, DeNiro has asked Irons to allow him to renounce his vows. In the second, DeNiro requests Irons's blessing, which he does not give. Best line: "Because God is love. . ."
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ari-64 — 19 years ago(March 02, 2007 08:27 PM)
I would never have known that Biblical reference if not for you. Thank you so much for your post, and for providing the Verse.
Since the redemption of Mendoza is one of the two major themes, I wouldn't be surprised if the screenwriters were intentionally using the scriptural image. Now I'll have to listen to the "commentary" track on my DVD to see if they say anything about it.
Ditto me for that scene, and for the same ones everyone upthread listed.
The one I'd add: when the Papal legate Altamirano (Cardinal? Bishop?) is being canoe'd to the Guarani Mission, and that awesome Morricone choral music swells in the background
I think it was right before that when somebody referred to the Mission as being like Eden? So the Guarani were like the innocent Adam and Eve before the Fall. And Altamirano has this like blissful smile on his face as he first sees the Mission and its people knowing he has to take it away from them and destroy it, and knowing the kind of people that he has to send to do that. Heartbreaking. -
Hardyboy09 — 18 years ago(June 06, 2007 07:02 PM)
I agree with all of the moments mentioned. No one has mentioned this one, which makes me tear up everytime I see this movie.
When Gabriel and the Cardinal Guy are walking at night and the 2 scared little kids come up and ask Gabriel a question and he responds, something like:
Cardinal: What did they say?
GABriel: That they were scared and didn't want to go back into the jungle.
Cardinal: What did you tell them?
Gabriel: That I would go with them.
(I know this isn't exactly right, but right after this conversation, Gabriel's theme starts to play and WOW! Waterworks. -
keyanmk — 18 years ago(June 08, 2007 01:41 PM)
for me its the scene where deniro dies. just before he dies , he holds his life desperately and watches jeremy . even at that moment all he wanted was jeremy's safety. deniro conveyed this beautifully with the look on his face. after jeremy gets shot deniro gives up. wow, great direction. really emotional .
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hitman80804 — 18 years ago(July 02, 2007 09:58 PM)
The scene which displayed Mendoza's life with the Guarani with DeNiro's voice over: Though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not love, it profiteth me nothing. Love suffereth and love is kind. Love envieth not. Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things. But now abideth faith, hope, love these three. But the greatest of these is love.
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The scene where Cabeza gets his first glimpse of the mission of San Jose and says
"Your Holiness, a surgeon to save the body must often hack off a limb. But in truth nothing could prepare me for the beauty and the power of the limb that I had come here to sever". I like the way the camera moved up above past the canopy of some trees to reveal the forest's lush beauty. -
tbone47 — 16 years ago(March 15, 2010 07:09 PM)
i liked this too. i saw it as a realization of father gabriel's quote that "if might is right, then there is no room in this world for love." by showing love, gabriel's death has a much more powerful statement than that of mendoza.