It is one thing to think idealistically, and then most often a completely other thing to execute those ideas in a practical manner.
In a way, I really do appreciate this film. I even do think it is somewhat of an important film for sure, and I almost feel bad giving the rating that I'm going to give it. However at the same time I rate films in a certain way, and to me this film definitely fails to be as brave as I would've loved to see it be, and it fails to convey enough of a solidly grounded and cohesive message overall.
So, in the end I really don't feel bad giving it this rating at all. In a sense I'd like to rate this film a 2/10, but in another sense I'd like to rate it a 7/10. It's just one of those films, I love some things about it, but I definitely didn't buy into enough aspects of it. The film simply fails to be entirely convincing.
One of the tings that I really do love about this film, is that it will get people talking about some very important things.
The aim of this film is high, and I greatly respect it for that. Mainly because I think it's at least coming from a fairly honest place here. Though overall I feel the film is far more naive to some degree, than it is successful. In fact to me, the film only argued against itself in a very real sense. I do say "fairly honest", because I also definitely think that at least a few points on American history in this film, could certainly be argued, if not even in fact proven to be false.
Most of all, the film fails to really challenge the viewer as to the ultimate true cause of human divisions. Why? I'd say either because the writer doesn't actually fully understand the entire human issue they're trying to unravel, or they're too afraid of raising the real issue anymore boldly. Things are not as simple as this film sometimes tries to make them seem. Most of all however, because the real root of these issues is bigger than us, and bigger than any system implanted by humans. Even if we left our worlds biggest and hardest philosophical questions out of it. The film still falls short of really going after the depths of cause in regard to the divisions of hierarchy. I also understand however that if it did really go after this idea in depth, the film would be buried by the corporate world almost entirely. This film would pretty much cease to even be. So, that's another very big can of worms to even open. Subtlety can be much more productive at times. It does in fact work well in this film in at least a couple moments. However I failed to see anything about the grander scale of the reality behind this very real issue of the hierarchy of human divisions.
I mean for starters, hierarchies in nature are exactly that, they start out very natural, they are a natural thing. The film avoids all sorts of realities in its quite idealistic take on human divisions, even beyond avoiding the grander scale of the material cause, or otherwise.
I would've given this film at least a 6/10 on here. That is if it had at least conveyed the idea stronger that the American problem is far more than just some old white people who've rigged the system issue. In too many ways, the film is naive, and at other times not clear enough in its vision or ideas. Though I would not dispute that it has some strong moments, and some fairly wise views in it at times. However, to point mainly at a system is nothing short of a copout to me. I didn't feel that it entirely blamed this, but it mostly does convey this belief it seems, which is definitely flawed and greatly simplistic to the reality.
I also thought even the mention of George Floyd at the end did nothing for the film, or the conversations a film like this should or could inspire. Why one name? To me it should clearly be no name, or all names with a subject so grand as this. A life is a life, and I certainly mean no disrespect to George Floyd in saying this, but really. Why scale it down with this kind of thing? One name. To me it just doesn't compliment the film in any sense.
I would even go so far as to say that there was at least one very strong scene in this film. Where the main character is talking to what I assume is a plumber about the leak in her basement. The main character connects to this MAGA hat wearing worker using her humanity, and then the scene goes on to show that because of this, he then is able to better relate to her as a human being, and he then offers her a somewhat greater level of help. I thought that scene was quite brilliantly executed all the way around, and there were some other strong moments here. Overall however, for me it is somewhat of a failure for sure. Though in my estimation, a somewhat important failure.
4/10.
In a way, I really do appreciate this film. I even do think it is somewhat of an important film for sure, and I almost feel bad giving the rating that I'm going to give it. However at the same time I rate films in a certain way, and to me this film definitely fails to be as brave as I would've loved to see it be, and it fails to convey enough of a solidly grounded and cohesive message overall.
So, in the end I really don't feel bad giving it this rating at all. In a sense I'd like to rate this film a 2/10, but in another sense I'd like to rate it a 7/10. It's just one of those films, I love some things about it, but I definitely didn't buy into enough aspects of it. The film simply fails to be entirely convincing.
One of the tings that I really do love about this film, is that it will get people talking about some very important things.
The aim of this film is high, and I greatly respect it for that. Mainly because I think it's at least coming from a fairly honest place here. Though overall I feel the film is far more naive to some degree, than it is successful. In fact to me, the film only argued against itself in a very real sense. I do say "fairly honest", because I also definitely think that at least a few points on American history in this film, could certainly be argued, if not even in fact proven to be false.
Most of all, the film fails to really challenge the viewer as to the ultimate true cause of human divisions. Why? I'd say either because the writer doesn't actually fully understand the entire human issue they're trying to unravel, or they're too afraid of raising the real issue anymore boldly. Things are not as simple as this film sometimes tries to make them seem. Most of all however, because the real root of these issues is bigger than us, and bigger than any system implanted by humans. Even if we left our worlds biggest and hardest philosophical questions out of it. The film still falls short of really going after the depths of cause in regard to the divisions of hierarchy. I also understand however that if it did really go after this idea in depth, the film would be buried by the corporate world almost entirely. This film would pretty much cease to even be. So, that's another very big can of worms to even open. Subtlety can be much more productive at times. It does in fact work well in this film in at least a couple moments. However I failed to see anything about the grander scale of the reality behind this very real issue of the hierarchy of human divisions.
I mean for starters, hierarchies in nature are exactly that, they start out very natural, they are a natural thing. The film avoids all sorts of realities in its quite idealistic take on human divisions, even beyond avoiding the grander scale of the material cause, or otherwise.
I would've given this film at least a 6/10 on here. That is if it had at least conveyed the idea stronger that the American problem is far more than just some old white people who've rigged the system issue. In too many ways, the film is naive, and at other times not clear enough in its vision or ideas. Though I would not dispute that it has some strong moments, and some fairly wise views in it at times. However, to point mainly at a system is nothing short of a copout to me. I didn't feel that it entirely blamed this, but it mostly does convey this belief it seems, which is definitely flawed and greatly simplistic to the reality.
I also thought even the mention of George Floyd at the end did nothing for the film, or the conversations a film like this should or could inspire. Why one name? To me it should clearly be no name, or all names with a subject so grand as this. A life is a life, and I certainly mean no disrespect to George Floyd in saying this, but really. Why scale it down with this kind of thing? One name. To me it just doesn't compliment the film in any sense.
I would even go so far as to say that there was at least one very strong scene in this film. Where the main character is talking to what I assume is a plumber about the leak in her basement. The main character connects to this MAGA hat wearing worker using her humanity, and then the scene goes on to show that because of this, he then is able to better relate to her as a human being, and he then offers her a somewhat greater level of help. I thought that scene was quite brilliantly executed all the way around, and there were some other strong moments here. Overall however, for me it is somewhat of a failure for sure. Though in my estimation, a somewhat important failure.
4/10.
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