 What will happen if we don't publish? We will lose the country will lose What are you going to do Mrs. Graham? You know it's pretty impossible to go wrong with Steven Spielberg. He's at it again My name is Brennan Keith Avery and this is just my opinion Hey, what's going on guys? Thank you so much for tuning in to my opinion slash review for the post I really do appreciate it But before we get into the review help you buy out by clicking that subscribe button Also, click the bell so you can be notified when I make uploads and give me that thumbs up Let's see if we can get this video to 100 likes. So like I said, we have the post It is being directed by Steven Spielberg It also stars Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep and those are three Academy Award winning participants rightfully so and this movie is being broken down as a Biography history and the drama Rightfully so it does fit into all those categories But to me it also kind of devs into like a mystery thriller And that is kind of some of the aspects that I did enjoy out of the film the most It comes in a right under two hours And what it's about is really it takes place in a time of around like 1961 to 1971 doing the Vietnam War and America's involvement in that war and whether or not the US government is telling the American people The real reason why they are over there because you know, I mean my opinion war is bad I want to avoid war as much as possible But you have people that are being sent overseas to fight And you know, you want to if you have a loved one going over there You want to make sure that they're fighting for a valid reason something that you agree with So it's just really about if the US government is telling the American people The truth is not and the Washington Post which is being led by Meryl Streep's character She's right in the middle of it whether she can you know, you know reveal certain secrets or not Now I will say The I said that this comes in and right under two hours And I'll go ahead and admit like the first five minutes of this movie It was very hard for me to focus I don't know why if that had to do with the movie or they had to do with me But I actually said to myself Okay, Brandon focus and I realized as soon as I started focusing and paying attention I was loving the film but something that I did really enjoy about the film There is a lot of heavy dialogue in this film You have to pay attention is there's nothing boring about it It's you know, a nice quick heavy quick witty dialogue and I enjoy every aspect of that Um the score of the movie is being done by the legendary John Williams And really what I liked about the story is just really like I said how secretive everything was is because You know, there's leaks and secrets and you know, you have this source over here That could be revealing this information about the war and you have top secret this top secret that I also really did enjoy how they showed you how all the Newspaper outlets, you know all the inner workings of all these newspaper outlets and their internal departments And how I guess like the New York Times would compete with the New York Post that was really fascinating Also within all these news outlets I liked seeing all the characters running around when they're at the news station But what I really liked about it is how the camera brought that to life because People are running around in a nervous panic all the time trying to get meet deadlines and get this turned in etc And so what the camera would do is follow certain characters while they're running and through the office right behind them You know like with a handheld camera So it kind of felt like he was actually there With all the actors and actresses And when someone would have like a piece of paper and put it down the camera will focus on that piece of paper And then somebody else will you know run by and the camera wouldn't break and they would pick up on them And follow this person over here And so you know just like these little things like that They had to do with the directing of the film and the editing I know it's just something that really popped out to me and something that I enjoy But of course the film did not just focus on the newspaper outlets and the overall story of the Washington Post Whether they're going to reveal their secrets or not because you know whether they did or didn't You know that like I said, it was very mysterious and it could make or break the Washington Post Reputation But it also took a break from that and focus on the characters not just in the office But in their home There were certain scenes that it just focused on Tom Hanks and him going home with his wife In the group or just them alone and it also had You know moments where it went over to Meryl Streep's home and focused on her and her daughter And her able to emote and just explain like why the paper Is so important to her and how she inherited the paper And you know, there was a lot of growth with her character as well at the very beginning of the film She just didn't have all the confidence in the world And when she was in board meetings and such trying to determine what were the future steps of the company She was you know pretty timid, you know in my opinion But you know her character progressed as the movie went along and I just loved the growth that she had from the beginning To end to where she started off is just like a very soft spoken person somewhere at the very beginning But towards the very end she was just able to stand her ground This is uh performances were great across the board Especially with Tom Hanks and he actually had much more screen time than Meryl Streep did There's nothing wrong with that. You know, everyone had you know Everybody that was involved with the film their amount of screen time, you know, they did offer something to the table But I was just going in for some reason I guess I should just check my expectations that Meryl Streep was going to have more screen time to Tom Hanks But that's not the case But her performance is great and even his and when I kind of saw Tom Hanks in the light that I haven't seen him before because there was a lot of times to where he was just really flushed uh Excuse me frustrated and flustered just with how things were going about day to day I saw his character being very angry and when I think about it I really can't remember any of his past roles in the movies that he was in to where He was disfustrated as a man as a character And so this was like, you know a different side of Tom Hanks to me Also earlier, I just talked about the dialogue and why it was kind of heavy at times Um, it was also funny. Um, this is not a comedy But there were just a like a number of real life moments that were funny to me I did laugh it that the rest of the audience was laughing at too And that's just the last thing that I expected in the movie like this I thought it was going to be more dramatic and serious and it was it was dramatic. It was serious There was a historical element to it. Um, it was there was a mystery that was, you know, thrilling moments And it was also funny. So just kind of like, you know, Steven Spielberg was, you know, picking, you know, um, every fruit from the tree And, you know, he balanced it well and this whole film and you know, actually, um, you know This film is coming out, uh, this weekend wide, but it was showing limited last year And if I would have saw it last year in 2007, I probably would have been in my top 10 I'm not going to say which film that it would have replaced or anything like that. But, you know, it was very well done I also liked the depiction of Richard Nixon in this. Um, I don't want to see I'll just leave it at that But, you know, there was pretty spot on with that, you know, and this was really a fascinating film And I do expect it to get a lot of recognition, you know, during the next coming award season Um, if I had to rate the post out of a one out of 10, I would give this a nine out of 10 Yes, a nine out of 10 But guys, that's just my opinion Have you seen the post or do you want to see it? Have I turned you on? Have I turned you off? Do you agree with me or do you disagree with me? 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