Sometimes I still get surprised when Hollywood keeps throwing good money at bad ideas like all these woke remakes. Do something original, you lazy nitwits.
An example I would point to is "Dark Zero Thirty." If you feel like you must make a feminstic movie, this is the way to do it. There was some argument about this film, it's accuracy and so forth, but I say it is impossible for any 2 hour film to ever portray the historical depiction of a real event to be perfectly accurate. So If you like film, this is something you just have to be willing to accept.
That said, Jessica Chastain was fabulous in the lead role. She battles for years to get the job done. Her character arc overcomes inexperience, staggering bureaucracy and even an Administration change in the WH. She is a likeable character and the movie succeeds not because she is female but because of her commitment, wits and dogged determination. She has no time to waste whining about feminism or vagina-respect or the patriarchy or white people or pay scale.
The movie was well-crafted. It is a good story. I even love and remember certain lines -- especially when she said to the Leon Panetta character “I’m the motherf*cker that found this place.” And again when she tells the special operators,"“Quite frankly, I didn’t even want to use you guys, with your dip and velcro and all your gear bullsh*t. I wanted to drop a bomb.” What a great line. She earns the SEALs' respect in the story, as too the viewers. And by the end, the velcro and dip guys had earned her respect too.
This movie stands out to me because it flipped the usual woke Hollywood thing. And it was made by a female filmmaker too. Instead of the having the Chastain character portrayed as a victim of sexism, Karen Bigelow had her as the sexist doing the stereotyping. Hollywood needs more storytellers like Bigelow.
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Winner x 1
Last edited: Dec 31, 2019