Even the right-wing reviewers who hate the premise admit it’s a well written film in the vein of heist thrillers.
It’s a really good movie. Not particularly useful if you actually want to destroy something - they were careful to get a consultant to make sure they didn’t break any laws or create liability for themselves or the studio. If you didn’t see it in theatre, you missed out! I’m really glad the feds are wringing their hooves over it, it deserved much better marketing. It is destined to become a cult classic.
It’s a good story, and would be extremely bad to follow as a recipe. But it would be a good movie to watch with a very small group of like-minded friends.
The beauty of it is – the people you go with don’t have to be ‘like-minded.’ You can enjoy Oceans Eleven without endorsing theft, you can enjoy HTBUAP without endorsing sabotage. If your friends feel it crosses a line, that’s a very interesting post-film discussion: Why isn’t it disturbing for people to root against the ‘house’ in Oceans? Is it okay to break the law to get rich, but not to do it for justice?
Even the right-wing reviewers who hate the premise admit it’s a well written film in the vein of heist thrillers.
It’s a really good movie. Not particularly useful if you actually want to destroy something - they were careful to get a consultant to make sure they didn’t break any laws or create liability for themselves or the studio. If you didn’t see it in theatre, you missed out! I’m really glad the feds are wringing their hooves over it, it deserved much better marketing. It is destined to become a cult classic.
Related, there’s actually a rundown on a bunch of the opsec problems with it: https://anarchist-archive.org/library/en/hakan-geijer-popsec-how-not-to-blow-up-a-pipeline
It’s a good story, and would be extremely bad to follow as a recipe. But it would be a good movie to watch with a very small group of like-minded friends.
The beauty of it is – the people you go with don’t have to be ‘like-minded.’ You can enjoy Oceans Eleven without endorsing theft, you can enjoy HTBUAP without endorsing sabotage. If your friends feel it crosses a line, that’s a very interesting post-film discussion: Why isn’t it disturbing for people to root against the ‘house’ in Oceans? Is it okay to break the law to get rich, but not to do it for justice?