Meryl walked down the steps at the end surrounded by women to hit me over the head that the whole point of the film was about the empowerment of women and the #METOO movement. Is there a phrase for Spielberg that equals "Capracorn"? Because there really should be one after this.
shareIt didn't ruin the film for me, but that was glaringly obvious and patently phony. I really do wish Spielberg had been able in his career to suppress to urge to resort to cheap sentiment.
shareYeah, I'm as liberal as they come, but that was a bit much. Maybe Spielberg could've spent just a few more minutes to come up with a better, more artistic way to express the importance of that moment.
shareAt least that ruinous moment happened at the end.
I don’t see the METOO in it though. Women empowerment, yes. Women confronting sexual assualt and harassment ❓🧐❓ Nope, not there.
I think you all got the wrong end of the stick on this. That was a group of mothers of soldiers who wanted to know the truth about the war. There was also that government paralegal who showed Graham the way into the courtroom, telling her she hoped the Post would win because her brother was serving in the war. The film emphasized Graham as once the typical 1950s wife whose father handed the family business to her husband to lead while she happily hosted cocktail parties and raised kids. Then the newspaper fell into her hands and this unlikely warrior for the free press had to fight against the D.C. boys club solidarity, aka her social circle. Graham broke rank and green lighted publishing because of her concerns as mother of a soldier.
Was the stair scene heavy handed? Yes, and it should have had an array of soldiers families and loved ones. Having Streep walk through a crowd of randoms could be vague. One person would have to step forward and say something to clue us in on why they are there. Having a pack of mothers there was supposed to convey that message silently, but obviously it wasn’t clear enough.
Also again #Metoo is about empowering survivors of sexual assault and harassment, women and men, which has zero to do with the issues in this film.
Agreed. Well said.
shareMostly agree. It was still over the top and felt out of place. Entertaining movie though, which is the main point.
shareother than trying to explain the obvious, i dont undertand your point.
the end was cheezy with a z. that's all. no knock on streep, thoughy. she was awesome in this role, as usual.
I know. How pathetic. Cheesy and overly sentimental like the awful schmaltzy score. Barf.. I bet people weren't even aware who owned the post at the time. Already in bankers hands.
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