TRUMBO

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This is a true story basing on the life of Dalton Trumbo a Hollywood screen writer in the 1950's. He was a communist and how and at the time the US Government suppressed them for their beliefs and what the govt believe and want the people to believe about them. Many known characters we know were in the movie such as Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Ronald Reagan etc. John Wayne was revealed as the bad guy while Kirk Douglas became the good guy.

This movie rise on good acting and good story telling. You tend to admire Dalton Trumbo how he stood for his beliefs and how he made ends meet by not revealing his works. Actually, watching this movie it makes one realized the birth of a movie is from its writer. He or she is like a story teller thinking of the plots the character etc etc. The Director is interpreting what the writer wrote. A good script or dialogue starts from the writer's effort.

Bryan Cranston played Trumbo well. From his performance you believe he is the real deal, not the actor but the writer. In fact he's been nominated for awards. Diane Lane looking old but still insanely slim. Not much from her as her character was the quite one. Elle Fanning (thats why that gal looks familiar) is now grown up, so tall, taller than her sister Dakota. Helen Mirren, is a no brainer.

This is a good movie of the higher standard.Thou its not an action one, the pacing is fast in editing itself. You are never bored always something for you to know and question all along the way.

Watching a movie like this, you realised in those days when the movie are still not in color and the camera works is stationary, audience are absorbed by what they heard in the dialogues. Thats why classic vintage movies can stand the test of time.

One morale of the movie is that why the government is hunting for communists who did nothing wrong at that time except the propaganda the govt cooked that they are Russian spies. As Trumbo nicely put it to one of his prosecutors who apparently went to jail due to tax fraud. "We didnt do anything wrong but what you did was criminal". That brought the concept closer to home. Why branded people as wrong  when you let the biggest crooks right in front of your eyes slipped away.