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Re:'Phantom' A-bomb film 'Hiroshima,' with 88,000 extras, se... by jorgesborges on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:31PM (#36925438)
It’s still true to say the movie lacked a cohesive story — it may have been “about the man” but it was an incoherent battery of spoken facts rather than a personal journey with growth and progression.
Re:'Phantom' A-bomb film 'Hiroshima,' with 88,000 extras, se... by randallsquared on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:38PM (#36925502)
Would you prefer that we only get biopics about people who have storybook personal growth or would you prefer that more of the biopics we get are fictionalized? 'Cause that's the choice we have, if we act on your complaint.

People tell stories. They are not themselves stories. Most people, even really important, impactful people, were just doing something interesting, or putting one foot in front of another, or pursuing short-term goals.

Re:'Phantom' A-bomb film 'Hiroshima,' with 88,000 extras, se... by jorgesborges on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:02PM (#36925718)
My complaint is that it was boring, not that it wasn't storybook -- although come on the scenes with Einstein (and many others) were terribly storybook.
Re:'Phantom' A-bomb film 'Hiroshima,' with 88,000 extras, se... by squarepizza on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:40PM (#36925534)
At some point I just closed my eyes and pretended I was listening to a radio drama, which is what it could've / should've been.
Re:'Phantom' A-bomb film 'Hiroshima,' with 88,000 extras, se... by ransackdev on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:59PM (#36961803)
Some people don’t have personal growth just because time passes. Maybe that’s true for this person.