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Watching "Spotlight" the movie about Boston Globe's investigation of abusive priests in Boston archdiocese that really opened the Church's protecting abusive priests.
I saw it first run and several times streaming...
I wasn't as appreciative initially--but it is really a strong movie--great cast all the way through
Ben Bradley Jr comes across as not that great at speaking truth to power--vs his father...
And while this movie and the initial novel and newspaper article did much good--
There is still the same coverup going on within the Church
This should be a RICO operation...
I watched The Domestics last night and I can't recommend it strongly enough. This is exactly the dystopic movie I've been waiting for. It has the grit of the genre's best along with a little bit of Mad Max thrown in for good measure. Two thumbs up!
Solid story and acting. This is a well told and played out drama, NOT a documentary on military procedure or PTSD. Alden Ehrenreich is outstanding, rest of star studded cast Toni Colette, Jennifar Aniston, Tye Sheridan, were well played. A good depiction of what are young servicemen/women have to deal with.
Saw 'they Shall Not Grow Old" today
45 min late because theater couldn't get the visual to run--
Almost sold out 1pm regular-not 3D--showing
Frankly was disappointed---
While the conversion from original b/w silent imagery to color w/voice overs goes smoothly enough-- the lack of any context was a severe handicap
Maybe because I have seen so many Ken Burns's historical presentations WiTH context and the actual words/photographs of those used to tell multi-faceted aspects of historical events like The Civil War, the early Suffragette Movement, Baseball, the West--
The horror and futile nature and bravery of the line soldiers comes through w/o a doubt (I couldn't watch much of it because of its graphic reality) w/o the context--the names, the locations, the specific events--it is like being cause in a deluge that overpowers your ability to see raindrops...
If the soldiers he has speaking are oblivious to most of the causes and don't seem even really angry at the suffering they are asked to endure that seems very outside the vision of novels like "All Quiet on the Western Front" or the poetry of Sassoon and others...
I don't even know how to describe it. It's just a basic day-to-day telling of this girl and the family she works for. But I loved it.
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