Extra Post- Differences Between Agony & Ecstasy and Michelangelo

I viewed two movies about Michelangelo. One was Marlow's Michelangelo and the other was called Agony & Ecstasy. The two films were very different and the only similarities between them were that their subjects were Michelangelo and they discussed and portrayed his work. In my opinion, Agony & Ecstasy was way more informative and interesting than Marlow's Michelangelo. In Agony & Ecstasy, there was an actual story line of Michelangelo's life and his struggle to fulfill peoples' expectations that were placed upon him. In Marlow's Michelangelo, the audience had to listen to his accent, his own research and his OPINION on Michelangelo. In Agony & Ecstasy, I noted a major difference. It portrayed Michelangelo as painting the Sistine ceiling on his back, whereas Marlow's movie claimed that was a myth. Besides this important difference, I really enjoyed the bickering between Michelangelo and Pope Julius II. Pope Julius II would always we asking Michelangelo when the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel would be completed and all Michelangelo would say is,  "When I am finished." My favorite part was at the very end when Michelangelo had finished the ceiling and wanted to go back to Florence, and Pope Julius II told him he had to complete a painting in the front of the Sistine Chapel on a wall. You could just see the despair and anguish in Michelangelo's face as he dropped to his knee in the center of the Sistine Chapel. Overall, Marlow's Michelangelo was informative, but lacked interest. Agony & Ecstasy was both informative and interesting and made you actually want to learn more about Michelangelo. I also feel that the movie allowed me to formulate my own opinion on Michelangelo and his endeavors instead of just accepting Marlow's opinion.