Report Card----"The Post"

"The Post" is all about Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, with some of the same characters as "All The President's Men", two years prior to the Watergate Break-in.  

If you have a strong sense of history, it takes some of the tension out of the story.

You'd know that Katherine Graham and Ben Bradlee don't go to jail for publishing the Pentagon Papers.  So the result is a movie that strives for  unpredictability, and only succeeds with viewers
who approach it with no prior lack of knowledge of the subject matter.

On to the scoring:

Did you have any built in expectations about this film, and if so, were they met, or even exceeded?

Spielberg, Streep, Hanks, Bob Oedenkirk, what's not to like?
A+

Is it interesting?

Very.

A.

Compelling even?

Spielberg gets the most out of it.
A.

Is it good storytelling?

Excellent.
A.

Is it well written?

Very.

A.

Is it well cast? Well played?

All of the above.  I kept comparing Hanks to Jason Robards, from "All the President's Men"
Robards was a more convincing Ben Bradlee.
Streep and Oedenkirk were great.
A.

Well shot?

Extremely

A+.

Did the director put such a personal stamp on it so that no one else could have made it?

He always does.
A+.

How long does it take to establish the film's locale and time period?

Immediately
A+.

Is it too long? Too short?

About right.

A.

Is it believable? Do you care about the characters?.

Yes, and yes.

A+.

Is it predictable?

Totally.  See above.

C.

Do you think about it after you've seen it?

No.   I'm too old.
C.

Is it funny?

Here and there.
B.

Would it have been worth the thirteen bucks it would have cost to see it in the movies?

Some bucks..  Not thirteen.
B-.

Is it impressive?

Very.

A.

Overall grade: A.

The younger you are, the more you can get out of it. 

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