I love it when a movie is timely and relevant. I refer to
The Social Network, the 2010 origin film about the social phenomenon of Facebook. This social media platform had been made available to the public less than four years earlier. Aaron Sorokin and David Fincher worked magic to create such a masterpiece quickly. I still maintain that
The King’s Speech beating
The Social Network for Best Picture was one of the biggest shams in Oscar history. It showed just how antiquated and set in their ways The Academy had become. While Craig Gillespie’s (
I, Tonya, Lars and the Real Girl)
Dumb Money is not entirely on the same level as
The Social Network, its timely significance cannot be overlooked. Though in a completely different way, the events in
Dumb Money are (to many individuals, organizations, and sectors) as impactful as to those in
The Social Network.
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Judd Apatow’s humor is my kind of humor. Actually, I should preface that some. The movies that Apatow directs (
The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, This Is 40, Funny People, Trainwreck) are my kind of humor. The films that he is merely a producer for are hit or miss. While I love
Kicking and Screaming, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Step Brothers, Bridesmaids, Get Him to the Greek, and
The Big Sick, there are just as many of his produced films that I am not a fan of, most notably
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. If anything, I wish I would stop producing altogether and spend more time writing and stepping behind the camera.
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