On "THE POST"... I was bored.
Tom Hanks was typical Tom Hanks.
Meryl Streep? We've seen all those Streep acting expressions in soooo many other Streep movies. Nothing new there.
The subject matter was NOT that entertaining or interesting to have an entire movie made about it, despite the huge Hollywood stars or no, it just did not work.
Most of those under 40 probably have no idea what the PENTAGON PAPERS were all about. And certainly had little interest in finding out.
Unlike ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, this film THE POST was no ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN even though Steven Spielberg probably thought it would be.
I really can't imagine why Spielberg wanted to make this film?
Who really cares?
We all knew Richard Nixon was a creep. That governments lie especially about war.
And it would be hard for young people to relate because the young of today have never experienced a DRAFT or an government order to go fight in a war.
The acting was not that electric nor notable in this film, and that was not so much the blame of the actors. The blame was the poor subject matter and lacking public interest in.
Why Spielberg would do this in the first place is odd. I figure Spielberg just thought governments caught in lies would gain attention and create outrage,
Seriously, are we not far beyond that?
Who does not know by now that politicians lie, presidents lie, and governments lie? Even those of our own?
No need of some movie to point that out....
What the Pentagon Papers exposed, back then, was of no real shock to anyone living in that era.
People already hated that war, and wanted it ended asap.
And while Vietnam dragged on and on year after year with so many American deaths, people knew that war was not going well. That Vietnam was a total disaster.
That the military and politicians told lies daily. And the nightly news could not be trusted.
For gods sake this was why we protested, fled to Canada, burnt draft cards, did drugs, and became hippies.
The Pentagon Papers were not groundbreaking. They just reenforced what most people had already known, back then.
With or without the release of those secret papers, that war the Vietnam war was going nowhere with the American people.
We hated it. We wanted it stopped. We knew we were lied to. We knew the government was covering up the truth. This was far before the pentagon papers.