Truth is a movie about recent history in which a reporting team finds information about the then President's military records and does a story that's ripped apart by conspiracy.
It's weird when a story is so familiar, as this one. It only happen ten somewhat years ago, but I much prefer getting the story as a complete dramatic narrative rather than pieces of inconsistent pieces.
Robert Redford came to be the perfect choice for Dan Rather. His performance as the captain of this news team with the combination of the musical score gave this news icon, mythical status.
Cate Blanchett was great as well as the producer who leads the news team into this story and took the hardest beating when others began to attack them.
I loved how the story begins with the team investigating the reports of Bush's military record. Don't read anything into this, but the whole thing felt like a crime drama series as they followed the clues and investigated the suspects. Then the movie turns into a really intense political drama, as the internet starts to poke holes into the story and you see Mary Mapes play the bad hand that she is dealt, cause she has no choice, and how the powers that be turn ageist her for just doing her job.
Truth also tells the tale of what could be considered the end of an era. Not just the end of Dan Rather's run at 60mins, but how this is a turning point of how real news is being perceived, being corrupted, and being discredited by anyone with a blog.
It was a movie you can really get into. Drama was emotional and relatable on all levels, from those of us who remember it firsthand, to the personal struggle Mary Mapes went through with her employers.
Worth seeing.
It's weird when a story is so familiar, as this one. It only happen ten somewhat years ago, but I much prefer getting the story as a complete dramatic narrative rather than pieces of inconsistent pieces.
Robert Redford came to be the perfect choice for Dan Rather. His performance as the captain of this news team with the combination of the musical score gave this news icon, mythical status.
Cate Blanchett was great as well as the producer who leads the news team into this story and took the hardest beating when others began to attack them.
I loved how the story begins with the team investigating the reports of Bush's military record. Don't read anything into this, but the whole thing felt like a crime drama series as they followed the clues and investigated the suspects. Then the movie turns into a really intense political drama, as the internet starts to poke holes into the story and you see Mary Mapes play the bad hand that she is dealt, cause she has no choice, and how the powers that be turn ageist her for just doing her job.
Truth also tells the tale of what could be considered the end of an era. Not just the end of Dan Rather's run at 60mins, but how this is a turning point of how real news is being perceived, being corrupted, and being discredited by anyone with a blog.
It was a movie you can really get into. Drama was emotional and relatable on all levels, from those of us who remember it firsthand, to the personal struggle Mary Mapes went through with her employers.
Worth seeing.