This lavish Spanish production begins to plod after a brisk, lively first half. Manages to mix philosophy, history, hysteria and a love triangle and still be something of a bore.

Decent movie although the soundtrack lacks originality. Dario Marianelli repeats his theme from V for Vendetta en steals the eastern Aaahaaahaaah-singing voice from gladiator.

It's an ambitious project, to be sure, but Amenabar does not maneuver the subject matter successfully. There seems to be minimal-to-no direction taking place as it felt like things were very discombobulated for me. If one is more interested in this subject matter than most, they may enjoy it, but the average movie-watcher is not going to like Agora.

Oh man, this movie is so good. Ridiculously under-seen, I had never even heard of it until like a year after it came out. Sitting around philosophizing about the Universe is so much more interesting than fight scenes. I'm just sitting there 100% rooting for science, thinking "no, you've almost got it!" Also, the shots of Earth from space were awesome. I was quite moved by them. Kind of made me feel a combination of awe and despair. Hope and hopelessness. A unique feeling. Highly recommended.

Quite good, but has narrative problems. Other than that, the only issue i had was that Hypatia was not portrayed as strong as she supposed to be.

DNF

Difficult to watch, religiously/politically pandering yet believing itself to be edgy! It just doesn't work for me.

REVIEW TO DO

same shit, different day...

a good film about the stupidity of organised religions.

While I find the part of the discussion of acient philosphy interesting, the human relationship of all the major characters are disappointing. I am aware that some of the incident is based on actual historical account, but I still find some events somewhat contrived.

A movie perhaps let down by lack of a proper script. Beautiful acting by almost everyone, especially Weisz. If only there were more good things to say about this film...

First off, to enjoy this movie you have to drop your pretensions of historical truth at the door. If you're too preoccupied with finding allegories in Atheism vs. Religion, you simply can't enjoy it for what it is, which is a fantastic story that packs it all - it's primarily a character drama (and does this superbly), yet mixes in philosophy and a surprising amount of action as well. All the actors are brilliant in exposing their emotions and motives. Some of the shots are just plain gorgeous.

A challenging, thought provoking masterpiece; intelligently written, highlighted by plausible and moving human relationships, an even handed and fair depiction of all religions (albeit the destructive effects); superlative performances right down the line; Weisz is heartbreaking as compelling lead character; Lonsdale very effective as her father. Potentially uncinematic philosophical concepts beautifully illustrated; film is exciting, and genuinely scary, during its action and carnage scenes.

CHRISTMANITY IS EVAL

I have to praise it for the ambition. Trying to combine the decline of a civilization, religious fundamentalism and a women's struggle to make scientific breakthroughs? Hard to do and it falls short. I do wish they had done two films, one for Hypatia and one for the world she was living in. Overall, it never becomes more than it's individual parts which is a shame. Also, I thought Rachel Weisz did well with what she had, but the film never let's her show the strength of the real character.

tarihi, iskenderiye, iskenderiye kütüphanesi, hristyanlar ve paganlar, hristyanlar ve yahudiler, kitap yakilmasi, ögretmen, pagan ögretmen (pagan ögretmen dünyanin hareketine kafayi takmistir. hristyanlarla paganlar arasinda sehirde bir mücadele vardir. sonunda hristyanlar iskenderiye kütüphanesine saldirir ve oraya siginan paganlar kacar. hristyanlar kütüphaneyi yagmalar. ikinci kisimda yahudilerle mücadele ederler. ayni zamanda pagan olan ögretmen finalde öldürülür. film gereksiz uzun. final i

I'm not sure what to make of Agora. It takes several bad turns, still worthy of praise in a few others. What got me hooked is not religious angst, but representation of a science woman portrayed beautifully by Weisz.

Basarili, etkileyici. Islenis ve oyunculuklar acisindan pek begenmemekle beraber tarihi bir gercekligi yansitmasi izlenir kiliyor.

It felt a little too exalted, but the story was interesting and Rachel Weisz was really great. Solid.

Rise of the radical christianity and birth of the Inquisition thinks.

Poor plot which lacks a sufficient direction. The story seems to try to do too much at times. Also thought it was too long. The only redeeming part of this film was the directing. Otherwise, a fairly poor film.

Maybe a little bit boring at the beginning, but brilliant as a whole. Great presentation of christians as brain-dead motherfuckers and really stupid and fucked up sons of bitches. The last scene was incredible. I'm very grateful for showing how human (in this case Hypatia portrayed by Rachel Weisz) was able to love science. Still enjoy being atheist.

Average. Its strange that the filmmakers here managed to disect such sheer history into three slices and then focused on each individually without ever bringing everything together as a cohesive whole. The Alexandrian sights, though somewhat impressive at first, quickly feel drab due to repetitiveness. Neither the plot nor the characters manage to fascinate you including Hypatia. Indeed a very big disappointment. Not recommended.

O