Fortunately, Sorkin's brain also misses

Reagan 2022-03-20 09:01:43

In all fairness, this film is only 7 points. It's rare for Sorkin to miss a beat, knowing how intricately and intensely he can structure the story with his brain. And this time he was careful. He kept filling this loser girl worthy of a chick movie with imagery (which was one of the reasons the movie looked so tired): witches of Salem, Circe, drug code names, grandmother names— Corresponding to the woman Molly, let her wear pornographic clothes but resolutely not take it off; apple martini (the base drink is vodka) corresponds to the Russian mafia; Canada corresponds to celebrity gambling and tax avoidance-compared to these vague information, Player X That specially chosen appearance can't be too explicit. The melon is gone? Follow the vine, you will know more. And you don't care, because the insider and bystander is just a woman, and you think she is only worthy of gossip. As said in the movie, Molly's value to publishers, Hollywood and US officials is just scraps, but at least Sorkin rises to the challenge, risking his own golden sign, to make a biography for such a person, I don't know how Ms. Jasmine feels. Is this chicken soup at the end? Thinking about it with my head, this is just helplessness at the end of the road, and it is this stubborn helplessness that fits my current state of mind. So, I gave five stars to this boring movie with a completely dimensionally reduced copy of the TSN structure and soundtrack.

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  • Fidel 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    The script is beautifully written with clever wit and subtle echoes ~ Jessica Chastain's performance is impeccable but unsurprising...same as Sorkin's maiden director is just as safe but uninspired...it feels like It's a good American drama after watching two episodes in a row. XD

  • Mona 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Sorkin’s own work—the series as Creator and the director’s film—are alike, full of liberal eulogies at the end, at first glance like big beads and small beads falling on a jade plate, and then another. But it tastes the same.

Molly's Game quotes

  • Judge Foxman: This courthouse is located within spitting distance of Wall Street. I know this from my personal experience trying to spit at it. The men and women who work there will commit more serious crimes by lunchtime today than the defendant has committed in this indictment.

  • Larry Bloom: [to Molly] Your addiction was having power over powerful men.