Bridge of Spies

[Drunk Monk]

Another history-based film where you know how it's going to end with Hanks. This film is so painfully predictable. Why doesn't he just go back to doing funny movies?

SPOILER ALERT (fair game with bad reviews)
BOS has one Indiana Jones moment - one tiny bit of thrill - the U2 crash. And it's stupid. Power's canopy breaks and he is tethered to the plummeting spy plane trying to pull himself back into the cockpit to hit the destruct button. Oh the tension. But his tether snaps and his chute opens. Then, a moment later, dangling from the chute, he is narrowly missed by the falling plane. WTH Spielberg?!?

At least the popcorn was good. And we enjoyed walking to the Nick and back from our bungalow.

[Greg]

First off, time to buy Spielberg a new color palette. Those oversaturated dark tones are beginning to be a bit much.

I started watching this on the plane to England and promptly went to sleep. So, I finally got a chance to view it when it arrived from Netflix.

It's a slow build. Really slow. I get it that Spielberg wants the story to unfold, but come on. Tighten up your shot selections. Towards the middle, after Powers gets shot down and the prison exchange is going on, it does get intriguing again. But then for the end, the momentum dies again as Spielberg decides to let each scene take as long as he has film for. 

Well acted, but I don't get why Rylance won the academy award. He didn't do all that much. Not a lot of depth to his character nor a lot of nuance. Just a solid performance. Hanks continues his career as dependable everyman. Be nice to see him do something a bit different for a change. He used to be funny, but there is no time for that.

It's a solid if long film. Glad to see something without Super Heroes, but I wish there was a little more flash to the picture.

[Drunk Monk]

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