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Erika (17789 KP) rated Bombshell (2019) in Movies

Jan 19, 2020  
Bombshell (2019)
Bombshell (2019)
2019 | Drama
6
7.3 (14 Ratings)
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I had zero expectation going into this film. I like Charlize Theron, so that was the main reason I watched it. Her prosthetics did make her look exactly like Megyn Kelly.
My biggest issue was the subject matter. My parents are super conservative, so Fox News is what I grew up watching (and always questioned). It's obvious everyone in Hollywood (aside from a few), hate Fox News so much that it's palpable. Personally, I can detect bias and think for myself, so I think all news channels are terrible. I want to know where the Harvey Weinstein movie is.... I believe the saying is, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Anyway, that was my biggest hitching point. I am so glad that they just talked about the harassment, and did not show most of it. I believe instead of using the fake, made up character of 'Kayla' was unnecessary. I would have preferred the use of someone who had actually been harassed. Kate McKinnon was annoying as ever, and she added absolutely nothing to the film.
Honestly, it held my attention, even though it was semi-eye roll inducing. Personally, I know why Megyn Kelly did not speak up until years later, because I've been harassed at 2 different employments. You just block it out and get through the day. I did think the trouser thing was hilarious, not allowing the females to wear them. I had an employer tell me that once, and my response was to tell them to go suck an egg.
So, I guess in summation, the aspects I liked of it were situations I could relate to. The hype for this film is not justified, in my eyes.
  
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Jonathan Higgs recommended Born To Do It by Craig David in Music (curated)

 
Born To Do It by Craig David
Born To Do It by Craig David
2000 | Pop
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"This was a bit later in my life, around 2000. This signals the end of me having hang-ups really. I remember when 'Re-Rewind' by Artful Dodger came out, and I thought, ""This is fucking cool!"" So much about it confused me. It didn't have chords or a bassline really, it was made of odd sounds like breaking glass that didn't really fit. And then it had this guy on top of it singing this really pleasing, really hooky, catchy little melody. It was the furthest thing away from me at the time. I was into crashing drums and cymbals, but I knew there was something in there that really turned me on musically. When I admitted that I liked that to myself, it really opened up a lot of doors to me, into R&B and Destiny's Child and R. Kelly, lots of stuff that would have been previously out of my usual sphere of influence. I embraced it, and there were things I really liked. With people like R. Kelly, I spend 50 per cent of the time laughing at him and the rest thinking, this is actually good. A huge influence on my music is the singing quickly, and the singing something absurd, and then something serious, hooky, melodic, quick and light. Craig David did that brilliantly. The singles on that album are fucking amazing! He kind of lost his way after that, but I wanted to show that that whole world is very much embraced by me, and to show that we shouldn't be snobby, that it doesn't matter whether the influence is The Cheeky Girls or Pink Floyd, it just doesn't matter where it comes from. If it's good, I embrace it, and I think Craig David is a perfect example of someone who is laughably bad but secretly a pretty good artist."

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