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Christopher Columbus: The Discovery Reviews

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Marlon Brando?
with a very brief appearance by Brando in the beginning and early performances by Catherine Zeta Jones and Benicio Del Toro i wasnt quite sure what to expect but was hoping for the best.i for one was having a hard time following this movie Benicio Del Toro managed to hold my attention in his brief although powerful appearances.the characters were supposed to be Spanish,Portuguese and the indiginous peoples of the carribean is what i was thinking going into this but to my dismay(with the exception of Del Toro) there were an array of television stars from the mid ninteen eighties.this was more of a fantasy pirate movie than a historical one.

WHAT IS THIS?
I am used to see films where Spain, specially through the zenit of its empire was criticized. We are bad, bad and bad. Ok, many of them are right. But we have to be also stupid?.
The performances are terrible. I am not going to talk about Marlon Brando because many people have done it already. But from an historic point of view this is a crime. Who wrote this?
Columbus was not an idealistic. Like any man of his time (Renaissance) fame and fortune were the great objects for a man's life. He wanted to be famous. For him this enterprise was bussiness. That is why he went to Portugal, because Portuguese were at the time the most advanced in nautical enterprises. But once rejected he went to Castilla. This was an enterprise made by Castilla not Spain. Aragon was more interested in the Mediterranea, that is why Fernado showed no interest.

And of course, The Inquisition.
Yes, probably Torquemada had the torture multimedia room, right by his office.Please. What do you think a Gran Inquisidor was?. The man did not need to be before the poor prisioners while they were being torturated. He was more busy with politics and advising Isabel.

No this is not a good film, it is a nightmare. And from the didactic point of view is a great mistake. Better read a book. from Prof. Antonio Dominguez or the History of Spian edited by Alfaguara. But do not spoil young brains with this

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