Plot: The trials and tribulations of criminal defense attorney (and former conman) Jimmy McGill before his meeting Walter White. I had a hard time getting into this one. Sleezy lawyers and con-men are not my favorite characters. Although labeled a "crime drama" the first episode seemed more comic than dramatic. Maybe, I will give it another shot later on.
Great acting. Great photography. Some cliches but overall an interesting plot. Too bad it wasn't more realistic, and had Woody Harrelson character as straight-shooter and not a hypocrite. "Dark and Gritty" can be boring at times.
Plot: Biopic of Physcist Robert Oppenheimer, Head Scientist at the Manhattan Project Stars: Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jnr, Elizabeth Blunt First, my hats off to Christopher Nolan, not many film-makers could make even a C+ movie about a subject so intrinsically boring and un-dramatic. The acting and cinema-photography were great and kept me awake, but all the flashbacks, cut edits, horse rides, sex scenes, train rides, explosions, B&W photography, wonderful set design, and period authentic costumes’, couldn’t make what was actually said very interesting, or the actual story being told engaging. Or make me care about Oppenheimer. It was a puzzling choice by Nolan. Why did one the 21st Centuries most successful Directors decide to tell the now obscure stories of Oppenheimer’s 1954 security clearance trial and 1957 Admiral Strauss’ Senate confirmation hearing? Or dwell on Oppenheimer’s private life? Even the one part of the movie that should be fa...
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