 Just got done seeing Bridge of Spies. Well, I didn't just get done him. This is the next morning. I'm on my way to work It was a solid film by Steven Spielberg who I wish would do bigger-scope pictures again This is the second movie in a row I went in fresh without seeing a trailer not even a scent of a trailer I had no idea what Bridges Spies was about and I have no history background I know nothing about history in America let alone in Russia So Bridges Spies was a fresh tale for me It takes place in the 1950s It's America and Soviet Russia are very much on the brink of nuclear war although there is some good supporting staff This is really a Tom Hanks vehicle basically he takes on the case. He's not familiar with he's defending a spy from Russia in America so a lot of the rules don't apply and really there's a huge amount of judgment on behalf of everybody in America they want this guy to fry they want him to hang for what he's done and Donovan's very much playing the justice system card You know he says the only thing that separates Americans from anybody else is the law. It's our Constitution Mark Reilis says Rudolph Abel gives a very understated performance here. It kind of smells of Oscar bait I don't know if he's gonna get that though. There's a lot of good contenders coming out this year What did I just run over is the loudest railroad tracks on the planet does a very good job I don't know if it's anything that you know I didn't stop watching the movie and think wow what a terrific performance But you never know with the Oscar crap that goes around who's gonna get nominated I'm still pissed that Jake Gyllenhaal didn't get nominated for nightcrawler last year Still but heard about that or Lego movie. Where was Lego movie? I haven't seen a Steven Spielberg film in a long time and it was very refreshing to see again He just has that old-school Film approach to it everything so cinematic without being just in your face The everything from the rain and the set pieces in the city It just all has this kind of surreal yet brilliant feel to it I don't know if that description makes any sense at all or if it even makes sense to me But that's what I'm going with so just let's just roll with it Is it saving private Ryan? No, is it Schindler's list not even close the story is just not that scale It's not that scope. This is a very you know It's still a very impactful and important story, but it's not something that like I said at the intro of this video I just Spielberg is just so good and so Confident and confident as a director. I want him to stick with these bigger grander things I'm very excited for ready player one this very well could have been handled by Ben Affleck Who's proven that he knows what he's doing behind the lens this reminded me of Argo a lot There was a lot of funny moments that I wasn't expecting. There's a reoccurring joke kind of like our Argo had Argo fuck yourself This has something kind of on those lines not as crass of course. This is a Disney PG 13 vehicle Just as entertaining though. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed myself though. It runs a bit long It's two hours and 15 minutes or something like that. I think it easily could have been two hours There's some subplots early on that don't get resolved. I mean, they're not really open-ended I guess but they there's just characters that are introduced early in the game that you never see again And it's just kind of puzzling It's like, okay Here's this kind of sidekick in the picture and then he's just gone for the last hour and 15 minutes You don't ever see him again not even a not even a picture in a picture frame So there's definitely some loose change that I don't know if it got cut on the on the floor room or in the editing room Or if it's just that's just the story and that's it I'm gonna leave it there There's some weird dude looking at me because I'm at the gas station talking to a camera and yeah Score time 8 out of 10 Seems seems appropriate for this one. Nothing really bad to say. It's just not the hard-hitting kind of exciting story I expect from Steven Spielberg or just in movies in general. It's it's very well done. It's competent But now there's another sketchy dude walking up to me. It's just what is happening here. All right I'm gonna talk to you later