Architecture & Art History Club members at Terrace Theater on James Island
The Art History Club led a free excursion to see the new blockbuster film, “The Monuments Men,” on Wednesday, March 12th. While, “The Monuments Men” directed by George Clooney, was a fun watch a great time, provided by the club, the film proved to be a pretty cheesy and cliché version of the real story, much better told in “The Rape of Europa.” While George Clooney and the star studded cast produced a movie that was entertaining to a wide audience and was fun to watch, it was pretty light hearted and silly and lacked emotion and truthfulness. “The Rape of Europa” did a much better job properly portraying the real story, interviewing some of the original Monuments Men, which better demonstrated the real bravery and determination within these men and their mission. While Clooney’s film does have characters dying for the cause of saving art, and they emphasize the importance of returning the art to its rightful owners, the film seemed to drag on and the script was very dull and the whole endeavor seemed more like a “fun game” rather than a life or death mission for the benefit our world’s artistic history and culture. “The Rape of Europa” was a great documentary and really tells the true story of these brave men. It has a lot of personal accounts and really emphasizes the battle against the Nazi’s that was fought to persevere centuries of Western culture. “The Monuments Men” also focused a lot of “Hollywood love stories” within the film and has some side plots that seemed irrelevant to the movie and distracted from the hunt for the artwork. In the end, “The Monuments Men” was a fun movie to watch and was much more of a family film meant to entertain, while “The Rape of Europa” was an informational and captivating documentary that demonstrated the true story and courage of the real Monuments Men.
This entry was posted in Historic Sites. Bookmark the permalink. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.
“The Monuments Men” vs. “Rape of Europa”
Architecture & Art History Club members at Terrace Theater on James Island
The Art History Club led a free excursion to see the new blockbuster film, “The Monuments Men,” on Wednesday, March 12th. While, “The Monuments Men” directed by George Clooney, was a fun watch a great time, provided by the club, the film proved to be a pretty cheesy and cliché version of the real story, much better told in “The Rape of Europa.” While George Clooney and the star studded cast produced a movie that was entertaining to a wide audience and was fun to watch, it was pretty light hearted and silly and lacked emotion and truthfulness. “The Rape of Europa” did a much better job properly portraying the real story, interviewing some of the original Monuments Men, which better demonstrated the real bravery and determination within these men and their mission. While Clooney’s film does have characters dying for the cause of saving art, and they emphasize the importance of returning the art to its rightful owners, the film seemed to drag on and the script was very dull and the whole endeavor seemed more like a “fun game” rather than a life or death mission for the benefit our world’s artistic history and culture. “The Rape of Europa” was a great documentary and really tells the true story of these brave men. It has a lot of personal accounts and really emphasizes the battle against the Nazi’s that was fought to persevere centuries of Western culture. “The Monuments Men” also focused a lot of “Hollywood love stories” within the film and has some side plots that seemed irrelevant to the movie and distracted from the hunt for the artwork. In the end, “The Monuments Men” was a fun movie to watch and was much more of a family film meant to entertain, while “The Rape of Europa” was an informational and captivating documentary that demonstrated the true story and courage of the real Monuments Men.