Movie review: Reality (2023)

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Reality (2023)

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Cool.
Great.
I really liked the acting & cinematography & video editing.

Definitely to watch at the cinema.
TV shall truncate the spirit & mood & message of the movie...
TV is a rather bad option in this particular case.

I expect few people to understand the story & message.


Sadly, the government and its institutions (e.g. law enforcement, intelligence, voting system etc.) can become incompetent or biased or hijacked by the bad guys or any combination of the above... so they deliberately ignore the whistleblowers... so when some whistleblower gets frustrated because they cannot fix the broken system and leaks classified documents to the media they suddenly get investigated for treason and sentenced to jail...

...makes sense if you think about it, right?!...

I mean it makes sense for the institutions which desperately want to cover up their failures...


Well, now you know why so many smart people turn their back to the government and its institutions, which in turn weakens the state even more, which leads to even more incompetence or bias or hijacking etc.
It's hard to start the spiral, yet even harder to reverse it...

...but hey!, we do get better politicians with each election, so we should have faith it shall all turn out well in the long run :)), right? :))

Well, if you can understand my sarcasm... then you can understand what it's all about!

Conclusions

A great watch.
Time & Money well spent.
I just hope the free world lasts for 2 more generations!

Movie review: Dumb Money (2023)

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Dumb Money (2023)

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I like that they've put a lot of soul into it, I could feel it.

Look, this movie is all about the story, the mood, the acting... - all good, they certainly got that right given their angle/approach!

I know, I know the story gets anti-capitalist & anti establishment at times, but that's part of the deal with such a movie, so I'll make an exception and take that deal just this time in order to consume everything else I like about this movie :)

Nota bene: I do have quite a lot of objections regarding the story, but if I were to deliver my opinion in full and/or start indexing everything wrong with the story, then this would turn into a 30 minutes read, so I only say this: I do have quite a lot of objections regarding the story, but I have to swallow it in order to consume everything else I like about this movie :)

Funny at times.


Good acting.

Paul Dano is close to excellent. I noticed him a long time ago in There Will Be Blood (2007) [en.wikipedia] - excellent.

All the other actors deliver a really-really good performance. All of them! Congratulations to everyone!


Special effects? - none.

Soundtrack? - just a tiny bit, they only deliver the bare minimum to create the right mood.

Cinematography & Video editing? - average.

Overall, I consider it Entertaining.

Sadly, not so many people can understand & taste such a movie, since they either consider it not entertaining or they reject such a story.

Conclusions

I feel it's been worth my time & money. I recommend it.