Good in terms of cinematography, lacking in terms of politics. I felt the title and trailers were very misleading, painting the movie about a political dive into a country that's divided. Thats not what this movie is. Rather, it's more a road trip film through a war torn America (for the movie's purpose it could literally be any war). The shots and scenes were striking and sharp. The characters were decent. But by the end it kinda felt it was lacking a message, leaving only a vague feeling that the movie treats journalists as heroes, and violence of any kind as bad, with an unspoken statement of "always just fall in line with the establishment no matter what because conflict bad" which is politically tone deaf in 2024. The premise of the film had really set it up to be an interesting political dive into the often unclear lines in politics. Instead we got a character biopic praising journalists. It's a solid film regardless though.
Shout by KafkeBlockedParent2024-04-29T02:12:27Z
Good in terms of cinematography, lacking in terms of politics. I felt the title and trailers were very misleading, painting the movie about a political dive into a country that's divided. Thats not what this movie is. Rather, it's more a road trip film through a war torn America (for the movie's purpose it could literally be any war). The shots and scenes were striking and sharp. The characters were decent. But by the end it kinda felt it was lacking a message, leaving only a vague feeling that the movie treats journalists as heroes, and violence of any kind as bad, with an unspoken statement of "always just fall in line with the establishment no matter what because conflict bad" which is politically tone deaf in 2024. The premise of the film had really set it up to be an interesting political dive into the often unclear lines in politics. Instead we got a character biopic praising journalists. It's a solid film regardless though.