We watched Bridge of Spies tonight. Spielberg working from a Coen Brothers rewrite. What could be bad?
It isn’t bad, but it is thematically and historically weak. Donald Trump would say, Low energy. And it’s a fine reminder about the Cold War.
But this Lou Reed song, which is a major theatrical event, trumps. (No pun intended.) Because of the guitars. (Squaring the circle, it’s from the album Berlin.)
I was disappointed with “Spies” as well. I’ve seen all the 2015 best picture nominees now except for “Brooklyn” (sorry, Peter, just can’t drag myself to a plot of “some woman falls in love”) and I thought “Spies” was weakest by a long shot.
Not that it’s bad. I simply thought of it as a typical, “good” Tom Hanks movie. But certainly nothing that should contend for best picture.