A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspi...
The Post is apparently a movie that you can see in theatres right now (or not) and another movie nominated for Best Picture by the Academy...
Now let's not rage because truth be told,I liked this movie. I honestly think this movie is another sign of craftsmanship by Spielberg,but there was just something that felt off about it,but we'll talk about that later. Let's get the good things out of the way first.
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks do work as a duo. There was just something powerful about seeing both on-screen,and watching the movie and its main mechanic mostly felt like Steve Jobs (2015),only if Jobs actually went for the crazy and insane. John Williams delivers another great score,sure,but (in my opinion),a better one than his previous effort (Star Wars The Last Jedi),and while I liked both of those scores,I feel like this is one of his catchiest so far,like, Home Alone levels of catchy. Also everything Bob Odenkirk did to try and make this a Comedy in some parts worked at best. Even the technical aspect of the movie is to praise. There's one perfectly edited scene that doesn't care about the plot and just cuts to the chase so that the 1h and 56 minutes of it can just go by (for better or worse). And the sound effects were believable enough to actually make you feel like if everything is happening big time.
And now here's when the movie almost loses its ink.
Spielberg is (and will always be) known for his masterful directing,as he directs this movie subtly too,but whenever the movie stops to try and make you understand what's going on,he tries to put a moment where the studio will be like "Eh,it's an Oscar contender,so it's fine" that will somehow connect the dots to what will be happening in the remaining scenes.
But again,i'm not saying this movie is awful.
The Post is a beautiful-looking movie that just tries a little too hard to be its own thing,since it wants to be taken as Oscar Material with his masterful directing,great performances,one of Williams' catchiest score ever,but with a little too much "cheese" crammed into the hamburger (the plot).
