Review of The Post (2017) by Viniciusbrito — 04 Mar 2018

Tells the real story about a journalism company in the early 70's, The Washington Post, which had leaked information about lies and questionable actions of the US government and the president Nixon during the Vietnam War, the company owner gotta choose if they gonna release the informations and take the risks or give up on it and forget.

The way that they retract the journalism ambience is very good, the swing during the impressing, the doubt on impressing or not something until receive an order. Can show the spying between companies, the velocity, how fast those things happen and it's needed to be posted before the rivals. I really liked how the movie was able to show and pass the idea of doubt and pressure in the characters, how tough was to make the decision and how they express both points of view. How important were that they post it and wasn't an local journal anymore, but something much bigger. It can really make you tense even if you know what is going to happen, that's great. I loved how they showed the emotion of each envolved character about the story and how they fought for there idea. Technically it worked very well, there are some scenes that Streep and Hanks character are speaking and ren't cuts, they are there for minutes and more minutes, the camera flows very well and cinematography pleased me.

The acting here is really good, Meryl Streep interprets that only female character among so many men in a time that preconception was way more accentuated than now days, which isn't good neither. She stands out for how greatfully she can express how her character is nervous with the tone of voice, the eye expression and shaking. At some moments is needed that she impose herself as the leader and when she does it, it literally shut any antagonist up. Tom Hanks does and good job, he passes the idea of tough boss, that need things in time, that does literally anything do have a story to tell in his paper, he can pass that arrogancy and doubt on actions, nothing special but functional.

Bob Odenkirk does a great support job, everytime that he was in scene was a very great moment and it was familiar to me, remember me a lot about Saul, wich is not bad.

It's about how important is the freedom of the press, democracy, saying that the press gotta work for the governed and not the governor. A very important event that influence even in nowdays. The press represented in the film needs to be valued having a commitment to the truth, and worrying about passing a good thing to the readers, this is very important because it can really change the reallity of some places and some people. The movie tries to pass a precept to not givin up and go for what you want, if something goes wrong, heads up and keep it up.