ArmandoManuelPereira

I try and approach every movie I watch with openess, but never blindly accepting what others have said about it. Even movies that are considered great, or timeless, I approach with openess. Though maybe a little more caution where so-called great movies are concerned. Rome, Open City, in my opinion, is only passable, as far as it's entertainment value. Sure, there are a few cool street scenes, and some sharp dialoge at times, but I eventually lost interest in the movie, and found it too sentimental for my tastes. My 5 rating is meant to say it's ok, not horrible, but you will not lose much for skipping over it.

I had fairly high expectations for this film. I had long heard how great it was, and how it's considered one of the classic essentials of the French New Wave.

I was a little surprised to find a film that underwhelmed me. Not that it didn"t contain some potent scenes, or moments of cinematic genius. I just found that I wasn't drawn.in to the story as I would have hoped.

The young actor who.plays the main character, I admit does a pretty decent job of portraying a delinquent on the rise. At times an excellent job.

Still, his acting is not enough to lift the movie to a level of real greatness.

Then on top of everything else the movie has awful music. I wondered if anyone else has ever commented on it. It's bad enough in places that it actually distracted me, and made some scenes less enjoyable.

I'm giving it 5/10, because it's decent enough to deserve a viewing, but is in my opinion, overrated and not all that exciting a film.

My sister who is a Christian believer asked me to go with her to watch this film at a theatre. I was open to it, though I realized it might be no better then other faith based films I had seen.

As it turned out it was slightly more better. Partly because of the production values, and partly because some of the actors were decent.

The thing is though, I found only the first half really compelling. Or only that part of the film where Frisbee is the main focus. It was just so fascinating to see a movement birthed that promoted simplicity and love, as opposed to the sterility of organizrd church.

Then when the focus shifted half way through the movie to the character of Greg Laurie it slowly became less interesting, and finally boring and pointless. As if things were becoming sterile all over again.

I gave the film 5/10, because it's about half decent. Half flakey.