The word count is too much, to write a film review?

Keith 2021-12-02 08:01:26

Lots of good acting. Christian Bale once again transformed himself. Similar style to The Big Short, which can be thought of as "explainer movies": lots of voice over, lots of information being shoved down the audience's throat, while the director still manages to make it entertaining. What I don't feel comfortable about this movie though, is that this movie doesn't leave much space for the watcher to think, because the director has a very strong point of view about the subject matter, and he is presenting it in a matter-of-fact fashion. It doesn't matter if I share his point of view; it just doesn't make it an engaging movie.

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  • Noah 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    Vice, a pun, is a better title than Backseat before it. Adam Mckay really fired up this time and used a lot of risky tactics, but the results were amazing!

  • Orland 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    ⒈ A very mediocre political biography film, although news materials are constantly interspersed, but the characters’ hearts are not deeply excavated, and several major life changes have only been skipped or mentioned, but they are not convincing at all. ; ⒉ The first half can be said to be the promotion road of the vice president, but the overall rhythm is too fast, so that the foreshadowing in front is a running account, and the second half is the peak and the end of the vice president, but there is no climax, and the audience cannot be immersed in it. ; ⒊ As the most important person in the vice president's life, that is, his wife, the character has not been established, but when it is urgently needed, it is scribbled and displayed, as if she was a silently supporting housewife, but it was not like this at the beginning. ⒋The vice president finally said that he is the public servant of the people, but he pursues the theory of administrative unity.

Vice quotes

  • Kurt: [Narrating] As the world becomes more and more confusing, we tend to focus on the things that are right there in front of us. While ignoring the massive forces that actually change and shape our lives. With people working longer and longer hours, for less and less. When we do have free time, the last thing we want is complicated analysis of our government, lobbying, international trade agreements, and tax bills. So it's no surprise that when a monotone bureaucratic Vice President came to power we hardly noticed. As he achieved a position of authority that very few leaders in the history of America ever have. Forever changing the course of history for millions and millions of lives. And he did it like a ghost. With most people having no idea who he is or where he came from. How does a man... go on to become... who he is.

  • Donald Rumsfeld: Fuck Kissinger, he's overrated anyway!