The Disputation
Cast
Alan Dobie as Moses ben Nachman
Bernard Hepton as Raymund de Penjaforte
Christopher Lee as King James of Aragon
Helen Lindsay as Queen Yolande
Bob Peck as Pablo Christiani
Toyah Willcox as Consuelo
Directed by
Geoffrey Sax
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Rater #1
Note: I've only seen part of this movie.
1/10. This movie is about a great debate between Christianity and Judaism. It's set in the time period of the 1200's. The whole entire plot resolves around a debate that is set in a castle. The Jewish Rabbi seems to be winning the debate.
This was gag city. I can't believe how bad this movie was. I don't even know where to start. First, let's talk about camera angles. The camera angles in this movie were shot very amateurly. I think even an amateur would have known better than not to have done what they did. They shot some shots angles at about 45 degrees. It gave an awkward sense of direction when being shot. Then in another scene the shots alternate between a closeup and then far away. Close up and far away. It really got on my nerves.
Next up in the batting order is sound. Once again we go back to the last scene that was mentioned earlier about close up and far away shots. The sound echoed more when we were close up rather than far away. Or sometimes it didn't even echo. Or it echoed at odd times.
2 out and 1 to go. This movie seemed to have a very low budget of about a $1000. I'm not joking. The script writer came up with completely dumb names. To name 1 is Pablo Christiani. I wonder if the guy is christian or jewish? Hmm. 2. The costuming was horrible, just plain horrible. The costumes were ugly especially for the 1980's (when the movie was made). 3. The make-up was bad too. There were no touch up's at all because everyone was pale. It was actually very freaky. 4. Once again we go back to the script writing. Some of the characters made no sense at all, and they clearly asked the stupidest questions ever. During the movie, I completely wonder who wrote the movie, a jew or a christian? Whichever, whoever, it was bad. Some things I would not say would belong in the torah, and other things that do not belong in the bible. 5. I also go back to the budget once again. The sets....how should I explain this....were dull....very dull. The entire set was inside a castle. Not on the grounds, not in Disney World, but in a dreary black castle. The movie completely put me in a depressed mood. It also lowered my attention span.
The only reason why this movie gets 1 point instead of 0 is because I have not seen the entire movie yet, and there is still a slight possibilty that it will get better. I leave on this ending note. A cow could have written, directed, and produced this movie a lot better than these people did.
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Has Not Seen Movie
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Rater #4
Has Not seen Movie
No Rating, but could be rated as boring
Running time: ? minutes
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