Snowden--How To Stay Close To Mainstream Values

Marcus 2022-06-28 07:38:40

It is obvious to all that Director Stone is getting softer and softer, but the anti-government themes of leftist directors are still to be seen. Compared with Citizenfour, this drama is based on Hong Kong interviews and news events and shows the characters' mental journey to complete historical events. The closed-loop happy ending is still a decent Hollywood personal hero mode. The positive ending wastes the natural depth of the 1984-style story, and the image of Big Brother is vague and ambiguous, which is a pity.

The film repeatedly emphasizes that questioning the government's assertion of human rights is the spirit of the founding of the United States (huh? You know), sticking to the mainstream values of the United States in an anti-mainstream attitude, criticizing only "doing bad things" and "the director of national security blatantly lied" In fact, it's not left at all, and there is absolutely no hormonal anarchist impulse that Director Stone used to smash everything. The US official looked at it and estimated that his butt would not sweat: I was wrong. I can't change it, especially if I can't change it. Change and no one knows.

In the end, I rushed to show the real Snowden and used hard objective truth to make up for the disability of artistic level (this is similar to "Hacksaw Ridge"); "the story is not wonderful" and "it is true" are not the same thing, stealing concept. The male protagonist has a similar shape, sweet and affectionate, but the result is not enough, or the pattern is broken. In the end, the real Snowden came out, and his temperament was instantly crushed.

The heroine, Xie Lin, is still OK, with a naturally tangled face, but "Descendants" should have been the limit back then, and the future is not optimistic. The Old Cage, the guest star, is basically the B-side of the textbook-style protagonist. His career is unfinished, and he has a miserable relationship, implying abetting children. Finally, holding a glass of wine, he said leisurely: "The kid did it," dark and cool to internal injuries.

Well, it's very Chinese. No, it's Hollywood.

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Extended Reading
  • Jedidiah 2021-11-23 08:01:08

    As the movie itself is not brilliant, the biopic is well-regulated, the whole narrative structure is very loose, from joining the army to the CIA to the NSA to the final exposure, I want to summarize my life experience in every aspect, but it seems that there is no focus. Snowden, I feel that he himself is more brilliant than embarrassing. One extra star for the final appearance of the movie. If you want to know more about Snowden's values ​​on this matter, you still have to go to Citizenfour!

  • Janiya 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    To be honest, the film itself is really not very good, and Mr. Stone's level is not good. . In the end, the deity debuted and gave one more star. peter gabriel the veil This song is nice, and the editing at the end is good. Xiba and Trump have all appeared on the scene, and the irony is powerful enough.

Snowden quotes

  • [first lines]

    Glenn Greenwald: [sitting under a big green balloon alligator] So?

    Laura Poitras: This is the only alligator.

    Glenn Greenwald: Four minutes past. We walk in one minute. He was clear on that.

    Laura Poitras: He's coming.

    Glenn Greenwald: No, he is too young to have that kind of access.

    Glenn Greenwald: [to Snowden as he walks up] Uh, what time does the restaurant open?

    Edward Snowden: Noon. But the food is a bit too spicy. This way...

  • Corbin O'Brian: Bombs won't stop terrorism, brains will, and we don't have nearly enough of those. I'm gonna give you a shot, Snowden.