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The Post - Spielberg/Hanks

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    #32
    yerwanthere123
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    Watched this last night. Honestly, I thought it was insufferably dull. Such was my disinterest I actually considered abandoning it halfway through, which is something I very rarely do. Perhaps I should've done some research beforehand about the film's background, but I'm not sure this would've made a difference. I'd rate it 5/10, and that's being generous.


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    CrankyHaus
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    It's a solid film but was predictably hyped up when it came out.

    Journalists will always celebrate positive portrayals of their profession, in a way that they wouldn't for films about say the phone hacking scandal or how the media cheerled the Invasion Iraq.
    Add in the OTT reaction after Trump's surprise win in 2016 and the lazy parallels that could be drawn with Nixon and it was inevitable that the film would be praised above its actual merits.


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    Mad_maxx
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    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    Watched this last night. Honestly, I thought it was insufferably dull. Such was my disinterest I actually considered abandoning it halfway through, which is something I very rarely do. Perhaps I should've done some research beforehand about the film's background, but I'm not sure this would've made a difference. I'd rate it 5/10, and that's being generous.

    Dull is the word.


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