![]() ![]() If she continues acting, Janelle Monae's going to be a star- too bad this film wasn't made after her breakout performance in Moonlight, or she'd probably have been given a meatier arc. The wit/banter of all three characters was an effective way of showing their intellect (as opposed to the scenes of them solving math problems, which, to a clueless audience, is really just telling). The humor humanized the three women so well and really made the film a celebration of their lives, as it should be. I'd take this over The Theory of Everything any day, for instance. ![]() This was so much fun and it made me wish more biographical/historical dramas were comedy-dramas instead. The achievements of those women are 100% true and it was a joy to see it come to life on the screen.ฤก0/10 - one of my favorite historical biopics I've ever seen. As for historical accuracy, I know they condensed timelines a bit and cut things down and combined characters to make it work on screen, but the core of the story was kept intact. The cinematography, pacing, costuming, acting, and (very few) vfx where on point. Overall the movie met and exceeded all of my expectations. I may not have to deal with it on the level they've had, but as a woman and as a computer programmer, a lot of those micro aggressions hit home for me. And they did it with grace and poise - aside from that one glorious rant Katherine got in. They had to fight tooth and nail over and over and over and over just to get the same basic dignity afforded to their coworkers. It wasn't violent or in-your-face or dark and gritty - but it was there. It's interesting seeing all comments half-complaining that the racism and sexism wasn't shown more 'seriously'. And for that, I really appreciate the movie. For the first time I think I finally have a small glimpse of true understanding. It sits above you, looming over every interaction. As a white male, it's hard for me to really appreciate how pervasive this kind of oppression can be. Kevin Costner appearing to be a generally good person who doesn't care about race, and yet still never even thought about the difficulty of being forced into a certain bathroom half a mile away. Katherine running across campus just to find a bathroom that she is allowed to use and never once complaining about it until she is publicly berated about her use of time. And later "noticing" that there are no colored seats in her class. Monae's character being reminded that the colored seats are in the back of the court room. Spencer's character at the library just trying to find the right book, one which is not in the colored section. ![]() She then quietly composes herself and realizes "her place," and my heart broke. The frustration that comes with being able to do everything right, yet nobody will care. And when she's here and hands the book off to verify her calculations, she's won a small victory.and then the door closes right in her face. She's her ass off half a mile away, in heels, to do her duty. Millions of dollars and the life of John Glenn was on the line, and not to mention the reputation of NASA and of the American space program in general in the context of the cold war. Late in the movie, when Katherine is running across the campus, I was pretty keyed in to the urgency of the moment. In spite of that, though, it's remarkable how oppressive the atmosphere felt. I don't think anybody was really the antagonist. I don't think Jim Parsons or Kristin Dunst were really the antagonists.
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