Almost every scene in The Fifth Estate has characters talking, after watching this movie I fell like I had developed an allergy to the English language.
Now this isn't immediately a fault, there are many movies that are dialogue heavy. However when they sacrifice action and character development for more scenes of characters talking, something is rotten in Denmark.
Now we all know the story of Wikileaks, Julian Assange makes a website that leaks stories that have tried to be covered by certain authorities blahblahblah.
What we apparently didn't know is that Assange is some kind of crazy person from the Australian outback that harbours some kind of fetish for messing with big powerful governments and putting many lives in danger.
Now I must remind you, that this is our hero. This insane fool that could harken the doom of us all, is to be liked. This is a mighty big pill that the movie asks us to swallow.
I will say to the films credit it isn't boring, I never felt its length and Daniel Bruhl and Benedict Cumberbatch are very good as actors here. Plus the creative flair to the camera-work and direction means it does have some striking moments.
But as great as Cumberbatch may be, it doesn't change the fact that you never ever like his character.
Laura Linney and Stanley Tucci's roles are so redundant that you could cut out their scenes and the movie would be better for it.
But the big problem is the talking, it moved so fast and threw so much lingo around that by the third act I just didn't understand what was supposed to be happening.
Wikileaks will get more movies, I just hope we get a more comprehensive one.
Now this isn't immediately a fault, there are many movies that are dialogue heavy. However when they sacrifice action and character development for more scenes of characters talking, something is rotten in Denmark.
Now we all know the story of Wikileaks, Julian Assange makes a website that leaks stories that have tried to be covered by certain authorities blahblahblah.
What we apparently didn't know is that Assange is some kind of crazy person from the Australian outback that harbours some kind of fetish for messing with big powerful governments and putting many lives in danger.
Now I must remind you, that this is our hero. This insane fool that could harken the doom of us all, is to be liked. This is a mighty big pill that the movie asks us to swallow.
I will say to the films credit it isn't boring, I never felt its length and Daniel Bruhl and Benedict Cumberbatch are very good as actors here. Plus the creative flair to the camera-work and direction means it does have some striking moments.
But as great as Cumberbatch may be, it doesn't change the fact that you never ever like his character.
Laura Linney and Stanley Tucci's roles are so redundant that you could cut out their scenes and the movie would be better for it.
But the big problem is the talking, it moved so fast and threw so much lingo around that by the third act I just didn't understand what was supposed to be happening.
Wikileaks will get more movies, I just hope we get a more comprehensive one.