Too much Andrew Garfield

Rating: 6/10 (22 August 2019)

I am a fan of Scorsese, but from all of these movies, this is the one that least caught my attention. I always procrastinated watching it. Today I finally watched it, and I kinda like it.
The movie, like you would expect, is superbly directed. Not only that, but it is a very beautiful movie to watch. The costumes and sets look very authentic, I'm glad this movie was postponed for years and years to be shot, I don't think it would be visually as pretty if it was shot years ago.
The story is a very curious one, about a very distant and extremely controversial subject, the presence of Portuguese Jesuits in 1660's Japan. The story itself is very interesting, but I don't fell like the cast was strong enough for this kind of movie, and that is why this movie falls short for me. 2 hours and a half of Andrrew Garfield is just way too much, and even though he has some good moments, I feel like overall his acting is simply not good enough. Same goes for Adam Driver, which I am not the biggest fan of as well. Nothing against them, they seem like great lads, just not great actors. Liam Neeson appears later in the movie and steals the show.