Snowden (2016)

As you can see, I’m working my way to the present from where I left off. For this one, let’s throw it back to 2016, the shittiest year of the decade. Except for Zootopia — and maybe, Snowden? For this post, I’m gonna lend the format from the genius Two Dollar Cinema. Mostly because there were some yays, some boos and not much inbetween.

Yays:

• I knew very little about Snowden before watching this, and I’m happy that I know more now. It’s an interesting story.
• Now I feel bad for making fun of the people that cover their laptop cameras with post-its. And this shit was invented in the UK?! f–k!
• I genuinely really liked this film and I don’t really get why others didn’t. Okay, maybe the other films (documentaries mostly?) are better but this was a really good Thursday night watch.
• I get a little tingly whenever I see D.C. in films ever since having actually visited it. I think it’s because of the Washington Monument?
• Snowden’s girlfriend’s Lindsay’s instagram is
  awesome & speaks volumes of their relationship. It also seems to testify to what director Oliver Stone was telling us about them.
• The end credit scene might very well be the best one I’ve seen yet. So clever, so unexpected.
• The poster is funny.

Boos:

• I know he’s acting and all, but what the f–k is going on with Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s voice?!!
• Any time Nicholas Cage is on the screen I’m thrown back into 2001 when I discovered all his films were in one row (at the very bottom, where my six-year-old self was probably the targeted group as no one else could see that low. I blanked out for all of his scenes
• Without the instagram, the love story fell flat.
• On that note, I was really into Shailene Woodley for a while but I’m not sure why. I’d describe her performance as nice. Edging on flat.
• I really enjoyed this, but I feel like I should now watch Citizenfour too, and I really don’t want to deal with any of this again.
• I started writing this post straight after seeing the film, but two weeks later, I honestly can’t recall that much of it. And I never put that post-it note on my laptop camera.
• These journalists. . .were so boring. I was there for Snowden and even for his girlfriend, but jeeeeesus, the hotel room scenes bored me to no end.
• I accidentally saved all my screencaps under the same name so I lost them all (except for the one at the top). Not really the film’s fault, but still, boo.

Also, OMG, the Rubik’s cube thing was so cool! Not sure if yay or boo because I don’t wanna ruin the story by googling if it’s true 😦

What did you guys think of Snowden?