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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 407254" data-attributes="member: 8">FIRST REFORMED (2017)[ATTACH=full]54135[/ATTACH]In preparation for PRIEST &#039;94 (which arrived today) I decided to watch this film from 2017 knowing absolutely nothing about it.Since I love stories about the church and priests and nuns (unless it&#039;s one of those awful Exorcist/Omen knockoffs) I didn&#039;t expect to be disappointed, and Ethan Hawke is a famous name although I always confuse it with Ewan McGregor.Well, disappointed, definitely not, but maybe not the best choice as a last-thing-to-watch-before-bedtime. Written and directed by Paul Schrader from TAXI DRIVER fame, First Reformed is indeed quite similar to that 1970s classic, only much darker and downbeat.And like my recently watched KILLER JOE, this film also&nbsp; ends &quot;Sopranos&quot; style!I think the most interesting thing about FIRST is that it&#039;s very restraint, as one would expect from these characters, and that it also deals with larger than life dilemmas.I&#039;m sure some people will read &quot;propaganda&quot; into it but I think it&#039;s more about the fear of the topic than the topic itself.Reverend Toller played by Ethan Hawke is a character I won&#039;t easily forget.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 407254, member: 8"] FIRST REFORMED (2017) [ATTACH type="full"]54135[/ATTACH] In preparation for PRIEST '94 (which arrived today) I decided to watch this film from 2017 knowing absolutely nothing about it. Since I love stories about the church and priests and nuns (unless it's one of those awful Exorcist/Omen knockoffs) I didn't expect to be disappointed, and Ethan Hawke is a famous name although I always confuse it with Ewan McGregor. Well, disappointed, definitely [I]not[/I], but maybe not the best choice as a last-thing-to-watch-before-bedtime. Written and directed by Paul Schrader from TAXI DRIVER fame, First Reformed is indeed quite similar to that 1970s classic, only much darker and downbeat. And like my recently watched KILLER JOE, this film [I]also[/I] ends "Sopranos" style! I think the most interesting thing about FIRST is that it's very restraint, as one would expect from these characters, and that it also deals with larger than life dilemmas. I'm sure some people will read "propaganda" into it but I think it's more about the fear of the topic than the topic itself. Reverend Toller played by Ethan Hawke is a character I won't easily forget. [/QUOTE]

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