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Story, character development, plot, drama...this movie is one of the....

posted 7 years ago by BillyBeefcake
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...last of it's kind I am afraid.

Since Michael Bay brought us Transformers in 2007, and since Sponge Bob Square Pants came to fruition, movies and entertainment has turned into a giant mess of one explosion and stimulating scene to the next.

I call it the Transformication of Movies.

You see Millennials today better have explosions and stimulation in their movies start within 30 seconds of "Directed by" at the beginning of the movie or show, or they are board and running away.

Bridge of Spies is a whisper of the old days when Cinema was....well Cinema.

A movie started with character development, moved into developing the story, added some drama for you to attach yourself to the characters, and thus began the plot that lead to the conclusion.

Unfortunately Millennials do not want to see movies like Bridge of Spies, which the box office take clearly shows which is sad.

It means we may not be seeing non stimulating explosive movies much anymore.

Enjoy Bridge of Spies people it is among a dying bread of movies.

8/10.

[–] louiseculmer 7 years ago

I thought it was an excellent film. very gripping story, and good performances all round.

[–] mikeyflatley 7 years ago

It wuz a good movie but I enjoyed catch me if u can better which wuz Spielberg's last grate movie

Werd 2 ur mudda, bruddafckka

[–] BillyBeefcake 7 years ago

Catch me if you Can was great. I may need to watch that one again it has been at least a decade since I have.

[–] dalecoleman3 7 years ago

Please do so. It's a wonderful masterpiece by Spielberg.

I agree with much of what you say in your OP here that films like Bridge of Spies are a dying breed. Those medium-budget, middle class Hollywood films anchored by a great director and great star that aren't about explosives or selling action figures or whatever are becoming a rarer and rarer visage to find onscreen. Thankfully Spielberg's around to still deliver a few. Bridge of Spies remains my favorite film of 2015 partly just because it's such a breath of fresh air.

[–] TaRaNRoD (1579) 5 years ago

All right, yeah you two have a point, I’ve never seen it that way.

Still, I didn’t like it at all. I felt like there was no energy to it. It’s not because I want explosions or anything like that. I hate Michael Bay’s movies. I love movies which don’t have much going on and still manage to be so dynamic like The Social Network. But the problem I had with Bridges of Spies: I just did not felt like I got anything relevant out of it.

No offense guys, I actually think you both have a great point nevertheless.

[–] stacy0912 7 years ago

I don't think it's a dying breed. As long as history is still being made, and there are great storytellers still around, the two shall meet again. It may feel like a dying breed but that's because greatness tends to stand out in a pool of mediocrity.

The last several decades were filled with both great films and silly over the top explosions. You're just getting older, that's all. I'm sure The Greatest Generation barked at all those cheesy Steven Seagal and Bruce Willis movies of the '80's, even though there was also Reds, Platoon, The Last Emperor, and Terms of Endearment to counteract the testosterone driven cinema of that era.

~Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable~

[–] KublaiKardashian 7 years ago

I agree. Loved it.

[–] ccorraliza 7 years ago

It was the typical workmanlike film we used to expect on a regular basis not only from Hollywood studies but also from the Networks in the Movie of the Week.

Remember "Duel" was a TV movie.

[–] harro (476) 6 years ago

Yes this is a rare breed. A spy film you could completely follow from start to finish without having to ask a heap of questions afterwards or going back to read the synopsis to fully understand what you just watched. I didn't know to begin with that this was a completely true story, but I guess its trustfulness explains why I could follow it, as opposed to so many ridiculously convoluted fictional spy story efforts with their endless twists and subplots that seem to be needed to make the writer look clever. Apart from this you have indeed described everything else that was great about this movie.