That ending. Ugh. We have a beautiful shot of Streep and Hanks walking through the printing room as the camera pulls back. A slow fade to black has been earned and is more than appropriate, but instead we suddenly cut to a corny shot of Nixon, and then the Watergate break-in? Come on, Spielberg...you’re better than that.
shareI saw the Watergate thing coming so I'm not too put out.
What I DIDN'T like was when Streep was leaving the Supreme Court, she's walking through a crowd that's 99.9% women. We get it, Steven, we get it. You really don't need to ham hand the "strong female woman in a mans world" message.
That was indeed a bit much, but I can’t say it bothered or surprised me. Spielberg hasn't given his audience the benefit of the doubt when it comes to intelligence since Munich. Sadly, watching a movie like Jaws or Schindler’s List is an incredibly different experience than watching The Post.
shareI saw the Watergate thing coming so I'm not too put out.
What I DIDN'T like was when Streep was leaving the Supreme Court, she's walking through a crowd that's 99.9% women. We get it, Steven, we get it. You really don't need to ham hand the "strong female woman in a mans world" message.
The part where the actor playing Nixon is on the phone is particularly cringy; the idea of using actual recordings is great but his body language in the scene doesn't match the dialogue AT ALL and looks incredibly amateur
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