buckyv2
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Post by buckyv2 on Dec 17, 2019 2:15:09 GMT
I liked it.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 17, 2019 3:16:03 GMT
8/10. I really liked it. Hauser and Rockwell were both excellent. Controversy aside, Olivia Wilde is very good here.
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Post by movielover on Jan 22, 2020 23:54:19 GMT
7.5/10
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Post by Vits on Feb 1, 2020 11:28:12 GMT
RICHARD JEWELL is about the 1996 Summer Olympics bombing, and the scenes of the discovery of the bomb and the explosion itself are well-executed, but what makes the movie as a whole riveting is how likeable the title character (a security guard who found the bomb and was then wrongly accused of planting it in order to look like a hero) and the people who believe in him are, as well as how they all play off each other. How ironic that a big flaw is the unlikeability of another character. Look, it's alright to write a character with a negative personality. Hell, in some cases, it's better. However, there has to be something about them that makes the viewer want to watch them. It can be a trait that makes them a little sympathetic, an interesting method to do bad deeds, etc... Reporter Kathy Scruggs is unpleasant and that's that. From her first scene, I wanted to look away from the screen. Script writer Billy Ray does try to redeem her in the last part, but her change is too sudden to be believable. Now that I've watched the movie, I'm going to do some research on the plot's historical accuracy. Oh. I'm finding out that the movie is controversial. That people claim that Kathy wasn't like this in real life. All the more reason to hate the character right? Wait, it says here that it's mainly about her sleeping with FBI Agent Tom Shaw in exchange for information. OK, I agree that it's wrong to tarnish a person's image like that (the names of some characters were changed, so why not do that with Kathy too?). I also agree that behavior is unprofessional. That being said, let's give the movie some credit. It seemed like Shaw and Kathy had history. That she didn't sleep with any guy who could give her a scoop. Also, there's a character named Nadya Light who proves that Ray does have an understanding on what makes a woman strong without resorting to stereotypes. Now, where was I? Oh, right. The performances are good, but the last scene made me think that Ray didn't know how to end the story. It's a flashforward in which Richard is now a cop. No time is given to show his satisfaction for finally achieving his dream. Watson Bryant (his friend and lawyer) arrives and tells him that the real culprit has been arrested. They both look as happy as they should, but they doesn't sound as happy as they should (clearly the dialogue is to blame here). Watson then leaves. Isn't this a moment you should experience together, considering how it affects you both? Then, the epilogue text reveals that Richard eventually died of a heart attack. Just like that. There were hints throughout the movie that he had a health problem, but you still needed to slowly ease the audience into it. Why not skip the scene and go directly to the text, which would say the good things he did after the events of the movie and then explain how he died? What's worse is that it's the only sentence about him in this epilogue. You put him on a pedestal for 2 hours and then push him out of it by making us leave the theatre with that information. 7/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 5, 2020 7:36:46 GMT
7/10
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Post by sjg on Jun 19, 2020 10:18:12 GMT
8/10
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