I watched "Snowden" right after watching Aaron Sorkin's "The Trial of the Chicago 7" and found it fascinating and intense. The two movies are an interesting pairing.
I admit I'm much more of a Sorkin fangirl than an admirer of Oliver Stone. That's just me. Still, I think Stone does a decent job with "Snowden," in part because after the credits finished, I sat and thought about it for a long time.
I never really had a strong opinion about Snowden until now. I didn't really comprehend what he did and the extent and significance of what he revealed. I just sort of assume that government is corrupt and unfair. And so I shrugged off the Snowden drama, and wrongly so. It depicts, just like the "Chicago 7" film depicts, the horrifying things our government is capable of doing. Here, again, is a lesson that we need whistleblowers who are willing to speak truth to power. Beyond that, we must all be vigilant.
The acting is great. It is an interesting coincidence that Gordon-Levitt is in both this film and "Chicago 7". He's just a fabulous actor and in nearly every single scene of this 2 hour movie he simply rocks.
There's a scene at the very end of the movie where all of a sudden we realize we are no longer seeing Gordon-Levitt but Snowden, himself. It's incredibly poignant. I guess that is footage from a documentary. At any rate, I love the shock of the juxtaposition.
Here in 2020 many of us yearn for Obama. Seeing this film is like having a cold glass of water thrown at your face. Barack should have pardoned Snowden. Shame on him for not doing that. Hopefully one day we will bring him home alive and well. He deserves that.
I admit I'm much more of a Sorkin fangirl than an admirer of Oliver Stone. That's just me. Still, I think Stone does a decent job with "Snowden," in part because after the credits finished, I sat and thought about it for a long time.
I never really had a strong opinion about Snowden until now. I didn't really comprehend what he did and the extent and significance of what he revealed. I just sort of assume that government is corrupt and unfair. And so I shrugged off the Snowden drama, and wrongly so. It depicts, just like the "Chicago 7" film depicts, the horrifying things our government is capable of doing. Here, again, is a lesson that we need whistleblowers who are willing to speak truth to power. Beyond that, we must all be vigilant.
The acting is great. It is an interesting coincidence that Gordon-Levitt is in both this film and "Chicago 7". He's just a fabulous actor and in nearly every single scene of this 2 hour movie he simply rocks.
There's a scene at the very end of the movie where all of a sudden we realize we are no longer seeing Gordon-Levitt but Snowden, himself. It's incredibly poignant. I guess that is footage from a documentary. At any rate, I love the shock of the juxtaposition.
Here in 2020 many of us yearn for Obama. Seeing this film is like having a cold glass of water thrown at your face. Barack should have pardoned Snowden. Shame on him for not doing that. Hopefully one day we will bring him home alive and well. He deserves that.