48/11

series, medium telephoto

Line of Events

Follows Catherine Ravenscroft, a television documentary journalist whose work has been based on exposing the wrongdoings of long-respected institutions. Gary Oldman was originally rumored to be cast, but was replaced by Kevin Kline. Jonathon uses the same lens in several episodes.

Post-End Update: I’ve downgraded from 8 to 7

Such a lens would not be able to focus on close subjects, such as selfies with Sasha or in the bedroom with Catherine. In the end, it’s a pretty simple story that’s only complicated by narrative devices, and I think that’s the point. Three words from Kate Blanchett and everything would have been clear immediately.

The main problem is that people don’t act and react like real people

For example, co-workers who decide to instantly hate her based on some old guy’s ramblings. By the way, even in the book’s version of events, there’s no reason to hate her so much. And finally, “men are bad, stupid or weak, women are good”; now it’s really boring.

It’s hard to understand the bad reviews

People, in the middle of a story, when they don’t have all the pieces, decide there are plot holes. Others who think the seduction scene was funny – obviously they’re not men, it was incredible and the actress playing the younger version of Kate Blanchett is fantastic and so beautiful it hurts my eyes. I would like to wait until the end to rate and evaluate.

but the sheer stupidity of the negative reviews made me write something

The cinematography is great, the actors are great, and the story is engaging. How it will hold up on the landing pad, I don’t know, but at this point, I highly recommend it.