Finally Saw "Silence." Fantastic.

Read the book, haven't seen the movie but want to. Was hoping it might go to Netflix or HBO but I might rent and watch soon.

might vudu that tonite ... not sure i have the stamina for something that dramatic,tho ...

Just saw it last night. Visually, it was beautiful and haunting at the same time. But it was one of the most uncomfortable, laborious movies I've seen in along time. And I think it was supposed to be that way.

As the viewer, you're finding out what's going on along with the priests and it makes for a very tense setting basically the whole movie.

Combune that and the faith aspect plus the horrifying things the Japs did to the priests and their own people... It makes for a film that will not apply to a mass audience at all. Plus the lack of musical score and constant background noise, you have one extremely uncomfortable film.

I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, but I appreciate movies like this when they're made. I think many people will see this because it's a Scorsese movie and not exactly know what they are getting themselves into.

Finally saw it. I'd put it up there with Scorcese's best films. In away, it's the movie he's spent his whole career working towards. He's always been a very Catholic director, and his Catholicism has informed even his non-religious movies (think Harvey Keitel in Mean Streets) and of course the Last Temptation of Christ.

But this is a visually stunning movie that also clearly owes a great debt to Kurosawa. He's trying to ape the master's ability to shoot landscapes, and he finally has the ability to do so.

But he also is able to adapt a book that is largely one character's internal struggle into a visual experience. This book has long been thought to be impossible to adapt, but I think he absolutely nailed it. The final shot was perfect as well.

I loved it.