I watched The Mission over the weekend and since I had watched Silence few weeks back I couldn't avoid the comparison between the two. While both of them deal with preaching Christianity to people who haven't heard about it, I felt Silence moved me more than The Mission.
Neither of the movies have a positive ending. While The Mission has lot of political plot but Silence was more direct about Christianity as a religion. Both movies were about how people stood by their faith in extreme situations.
The Mission had something more as it had a character who chooses what he chooses as a penance.
One reason why I found it difficult to connect with The Mission was because it felt more like a staged drama.
We have Robert De Niro, Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons but there is very less dialogue. When there is less dialogue the scenes should speak but for some reason I couldn't connect.
The ending of The Mission which is more or equally brutal as Silence does not evoke that feeling inside us.
The visuals though were extraordinary. They have done a great job and it must have been very difficult without CGI.
The movie had some great quotes and to quote some "If might is right, then love has no place in the world", "the dead live on in the memories of the living".
The soundtrack by Ennio Morricone was also not that impressive compared to his other outings but the music conveyed the ominous feeling.
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