Pretty paint-by-numbers storytelling at times and surprisingly mediocre on a technical level for an Oscar nominee, let alone winner. That being said, there were enough resonant moments in the last half to make me understand why it became a favorite.
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Captain Phillips 2013
There's gotta be something other than being a fisherman or kidnapping people.
Maybe in America, Irish. Maybe in America.
Most filmmakers would take one look at this story and see the obvious compelling elements, celebrate the fact they had a good movie on their hands, call it a win and go make that good movie. Luckily, that's not what we got with Captain Phillips. Everyone from Billy Ray to Paul Greengrass to Tom Hanks and Barkhad Andi understood that there…
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Finding Forrester 2000
The whole time, I was getting some serious Good Will Hunting vibes, so it blew my mind when Matt freakin' Damon showed up out of nowhere. He seems to do that, like when he had a supporting role in Interstellar so close to The Martian. Anyways, most of this wasn't anything I hadn't seen before, but it still worked pretty well. And Sean Connery was really great in this role.
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