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Anybody see the movie "Tesla" staring Ethan Hawke? It's...interesting. I'm almost finished with it, but got so angry I had to post this for validation...
As historical fiction goes, it seems pretty good. But the movie's style is... unusual. It has a narrator who is JP Morgan's daughter and Tesla's girlfriend(?), who jumps back and forth through the fourth wall and time to talk to us. Ok. And some of the "sets" make it look like a play, acted in front of a painted backdrop of a historical photo. Weird, but whatever. And the soundtrack is oddly modern or maybe has gotten more modern throughout the movie? Whatever, it's dumb but people do that now.
But where I draw the line and hold back the urge to snap the disc in half is when he starts doing Karaoke of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears at what I can only hope is the end of the movie (it's on pause while I write this). I mean, it's a great song, but...what? Seriously, WTH am I watching??!
4/10, would recommend "The Current War" instead.
Edit:
Oh, you don't believe me? Well believe this, Pierpont!:
Edit2:
Oh, awesome, it's a full-fledged music video. And nope, the movie's not even over.
As historical fiction goes, it seems pretty good. But the movie's style is... unusual. It has a narrator who is JP Morgan's daughter and Tesla's girlfriend(?), who jumps back and forth through the fourth wall and time to talk to us. Ok. And some of the "sets" make it look like a play, acted in front of a painted backdrop of a historical photo. Weird, but whatever. And the soundtrack is oddly modern or maybe has gotten more modern throughout the movie? Whatever, it's dumb but people do that now.
But where I draw the line and hold back the urge to snap the disc in half is when he starts doing Karaoke of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears at what I can only hope is the end of the movie (it's on pause while I write this). I mean, it's a great song, but...what? Seriously, WTH am I watching??!
4/10, would recommend "The Current War" instead.
Edit:
Oh, you don't believe me? Well believe this, Pierpont!:
Edit2:
Oh, awesome, it's a full-fledged music video. And nope, the movie's not even over.
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