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[quote=Anonymous]I really liked it. I think it's a thought-provoking movie about how leaders are chosen, and not just limited to the Catholic Church. It explored the tension inherent in the selection of leadership, between principles and pragmatism. And also explored the value of rules-based systems for fairness and whether those systems actual serve their goal.

The movie is intentionally ambiguous and doesn't answer any of these questions for the viewer. But presents them and offers a variety of avatars in the characters for exploring your feelings about these issues.

In that context, the ending makes perfect sense because after two hours of struggling over how to reconcile the above issues, they arrived at what felt like the perfect solution, without compromise. And then yet another complication is thrown into the process, highlighting the degree to which there are *no* perfect solutions, no resolutions without compromise. The process will always be struggle and no system can eliminate the struggle. We have to keep grappling with these issues over and over again.

I also thought the cinematography and the visual story were very striking and well done. And of course it wouldn't work without excellent performances. Just all around a great film.[/quote]

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