Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Andres-Camara From my point of view, I think it would be a good movie if it were not so repetitive. The sequences are repeated and the same sequences are repeated again. It does not advance. There comes a time when you think about passing it on. What happens is that as you are going to make a criticism, you do not.He has a great cast of actors. They tell when they talk and when they do not, the problem is that they are a long time to count.The film tells very well that difficult decision between what they think as people and what they think as monks.This casting is very well chosen since they are all elderly.If it had lasted for forty minutes less would be much better.Although I do not like photography or planning. Except the end if you have a good picture.It really seems like you're in the middle of a war. The atmosphere is very good.The problem is that I get very long

paul2001sw-1 'Of Gods and Men', inspired by a true story, tells of a group of Christian monks living in Algeria and trying to come to terms with the rise in Islamic terrorism, which threatens their way of life and indeed, their chances of even staying alive. But the film is very slow. The beginning is almost impossible to enjoy; once one comes to share a sense of the monks' dilemma, it becomes more interesting, but the pace is still glacial: there are a few visually powerful scenes which overstay their welcome simply by over-extending themselves. The depiction of the monks, and even (in brief glimpses) of the terrorists, is humane, but there's only so many scenes of men signing hymns that a film needs, and this one has too many of them.

l_rawjalaurence The plot is fairly straightforward: a group of monks in war-torn Algeria have to decide whether to leave - and thereby ensure their survival - or stay, as their way of life has been threatened by a group of insurgents. What gives Xavier Beauvois' film its extraordinary power is the way in which it shows how some human beings cannot be brow-beaten into doing anything they don't want to. The monks have nothing on their side except the power of prayer and an unshakable faith in God, but they make the best of these qualities to put up stern resistance. Compared to them, the insurgents are presented as unsubtle, believing as they do that the gun can persuade anyone to do anything. As the elected leader of the monks, Lambert Wilson's Christian is just brilliant; his expression seldom changes, but we understand the power of his resolve. The supporting performances are equally good, especially Jacques Herlin as Amédée, one of the oldest monks who doubles up as a doctor caring for members of the community around him. Director Beauvois makes subtle use of Gregorian chant to point up the theme of the movie. What I particularly like about OF GODS AND MEN is its refusal to make generalizations; it does not posit Christianity as being in any way superior to other religions (e.g. Islam), but suggests instead that any religion should be a force for peace rather than a pretext for violence.

Kong Ho Meng This film should deserve better. But it did not. Problem lies in the importance of significant events are failed to be captured properly.For example, there is too much time allocation on menial tasks, which is okay, but when scenes significant to the flow of plot surfaces, I just do not understand why the director did so little and allow certain cliché, unrealistic actions to take place. This is especially true to the terrorists who I believed were not portrayed in the correct way. Just go away without stealing the medications? This is so not realistic.The priests themselves, while collectively they have been given enough character study, by showing that even priests are like human beings who can be conflicted with each other and conflicted with their faith under fear and life-threatening circumstances... are still below my expectations.For example, some of them had expressed enough cowardice at the beginning that I expect some sort of betrayal to happen but it did not. This is fine. I questioned the motives of why some of them ended up becoming as priests, and there was not enough reason to justify why those who desperately wanted to leave changed their minds later. Not fine. The movie failed to addressed these issues in full. Maybe the pace is too slow for me, but I think the movie could have done a little more given the amount of time it was allocated.