1900

The acting is terrible. Blunt, simplistic politics. The rich landowners are callous, decadent and naive. The fascists are vicious psychopaths. And the laborers are a magical race of oppressed fairy people who can do no wrong. I had to laugh at the over-the-top climax, where the workers unearth their gigantic red flag and confront their oppressor with their ailments. The saving graces of the film are the photography and the Morricone score. But it's a pretty lousy way to spend 5 hours.

I find this movie difficult to rate. On the one hand, there are so many wonderful things about it: it's visually so impressive and magnificent, with gorgeous cinematography and terrific sets; Morricone's score is similarly beautiful. On the other hand, there are some pretty substantial flaws: although the story is engaging during the first 1/4, it soon becomes unnecessarily melodramatic and meandering, and the politics are ridiculous and lacking subtlety. Good, but it could've been great.

A spectacular epic by Bertolucci, with one of Morricone's most beautiful scores .

One of my all time favourite films.

I am having a very difficult time understanding what people see in this.