RNMorton

Chamalet takes Bob Dylan and makes him his own. Never a huge Dylan fan (except for Tangled up in Blue) but I could see becoming one now. We follow young Bob from his arrival in the Big Apple through his first albums and the Monterrey and Newport festivals. Lots of good supporting characters, including Pete Seeger (excellently and gently played by Ed Norton), and Fanning as the part-time girlfriend. It appears The Bard himself had some veto power on certain aspects of the film. The focus is Dylan's success up to the electric transition (which I can recall even as a ten year old). You are flawlessly engulfed In the culture of the early 60's in and around NYC, and the actors become the real people. Quality cinema is few and far between now, but this really shines. Deserving at least of Oscars for Timothy and Picture. The movie went a little long but it was all good stuff, enjoy..

Which is not necessarily a bad thing, at least in this case. I welcome modern movies and series being a little simpler to follow, like Gilligan's Island. And that actually talk about the real God in a respectful way. But I digress. This is really more of a Hollywood-ized (although I doubt it was anything Hollywood) tribute to a good American president. If it weren't for being drowned in the Hollywood and mass-media left for the last many years I would be tougher on the only-the-good-part angle. Dennis Quaid, who's often a stiff, does a career performance as Dutch, along with Penelope Ann Miller as Nancy (maybe the best performance of the movie). Nice to see Jon Voight in an over-used and likely madeup role as a Soviet spy explaining how Reagen brought down the USSR. But then again, hundreds of millions of Eastern Europeans have Dutch to thank for being free rather than under the Russian thumb. Maybe some special people earn a tribute rather than an expose. Enjoy.

P. S., for all the complainers about the "accuracy" of this movie, just remember we've had to put up with all your political media fantasies for the past 8 years that far outdo anything here.

As the mass media has spun off into outer space with Trump Derangement Syndrome, no show is more important in my lifetime as The Five. History may look back at Biden's train wreck adminstration, made possible solely by the left wing media, as the nadir of American history. And here's a tell - while the NBC, CBS, MSNBC and the View like to stay in lockstep, all opinions are permitted on the Five, plus these folks make fun of themselves as much as any one else. Enjoy a breath of sanity, freedom and free speech.

My son reminded me that my Bush II era rant against Fox News is still on Imdb. I'll leave it there, because that was then and this is now. The main stream media is a disgrace, a real embarassment to America and an abandonment of their obligation to provide full and fair disclosure.