Just too long.

Rating: 9/10 (7 January 2017)

This film was not what I expected when going into it, I expected an adventure style film of the two main characters (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) trying to find their friend (Liam Neeson). This is the impression I got from the trailers, it was not that at all. This is a film that is about how people with a faith will not be broken of their faith no matter the circumstances or consequences, and this film shows that with some incredibly powerful and gut wrenching scenes.
The visuals in this film are fantastic the location, the cinematography was outstanding this is a great looking movie one of the best looking films of the year, one particular scene that I enjoyed the main character is in a jail cell and the camera is peeking through each gap in the cell to show what is happening outside it was surprisingly effective and just helps to make the scene that much more impactful.
The performances of the our two main characters (Andrew Garfield & Adam Driver) are impeccable, particularly Andrew Garfield he did an amazing job and definitely an Oscar worthy performance by him. Also Liam Neeson was surprisingly good in this film.
Now onto the negatives, my biggest problem with this film is its just too long, I found myself thinking this scene is too long and could have been shorter, I also feel as though the pacing is very slow which is okay as long as the scenes are meaningful to the story but a lot of scenes of the film is our main character reliving people of their sins which is okay to show once or twice to show how the people rely on the two characters but, showing it about 10 different times throughout the film makes it at times uninteresting and a little boring. By no means am I saying this is a poorly edited film was I personally thought it was editing very well in general but my biggest problem was the run time and how some of the scenes were a little repetitive at times.
Overall I give this film a 9/10, another great film by Martin Scorsese with an incredible plot and outstanding visuals.