There were several sub-plots that seemed unnecessary like the girlfriend one and the one with actors Linney, Mackie, and Tucci about their supposed Lybian-informant Tarek who's life might be in peril because of the leaks.
I suppose that the film may/will provoke debate but I think that if a film about Assange was being released I would like something with more depth to it. But then, the debate between Daniel and the Guardian guy as well as the 'interview' Assange gives to the audience by the end of the film seem to contradict everything that the movie was going for. Just some tid-bits about Assange allegedly being a weirdo and behaving very self-important. It apparently sets out to reveal secrets and expose deceptions, but there really is nothing new here.
I thought(and hoped) for a better movie, but they can't all be winners now can they?Īfter watching "The Fifth Estate", I'm a little bit confused as to what the film is trying to accomplish. Either way, let me know what you think about it. Anyway, I've seen much better and I'm not sure who this would be best suited for. I know there is a documentary out called "Wikileaks, we steal secrets", and after seeing this, I don't think I'm gonna put that off much longer. But, I will say this, the movie does make me want to learn more about Wikileaks, so in that regard it is a success. No one narrates the movie so it's not like a "this is my story", which honestly would have been better. It's a little interview with Cumberbatch as Assange talking about a wikileaks movie(kind of), and it is just ridiculous. The way it ends is just kind of like well that was stupid. It wants to be a techno thriller like "The Net", but ends up somewhere in the middle. Same with Daniel Bruhl, who was amazing in "Rush".
Cumberbatch is OK, but I've seen him in much better movies than this. It drags a lot and it's too jumbled up to be effective at anything it sets out to do. More than anything it's a portrait of Julian Assange(Benedict Cumberbatch) and how he is arrogant and pretty much an ass. This is the story(or at least Hollywood's version) of how it got started and essentially changed the way information is leaked to the masses. I remember it being in the news, but honestly I didn't really care.
Before this I really didn't know a lot about Wikileaks.
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