Really liked it
I thought this movie was very well done. Really exciting even tho you know what's gonna happen.
shareYes it was surprisingly good. I think it's Berg's best movie. I've been meaning to watch this again.
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MovieChat Forums > Patriots Day (2017) Discussion > Really liked it
Yeah it was brilliant. The way it set up the couples at the start of the film getting ready to run etc was a little predictable, you knew something bad was coming. But this set up was still done well.
After the explosions though the police and terrorist drama takes over and a 7/10 movie becomes a 10/10!
It was surprisingly good. I actually think it deserved a Best Picture nomination.
It also performed rather poorly financially. People just didn't get out and see it, which is a shame.
I agree with everything you said
shareMaybe because it was too soon? Or was in an election year, and people had terrorism fatigue? Maybe both.
If I think of my own reasons, I don't have an answer despite it being extremely high on my radar. I'm also a runner, and Boston marathon was well known before the explosions. For some reason though it took me 2 years to get around to watching it. I now wish I supported it in cinemas.
Glad to hear you liked it.
It could be that we, as a nation, are just kind of tragedy'd out. From actual tragedies like 9/11 and the Boston bombing to people seeming to just be looking for things to get upset and offender over, I think a lot of Americans are just ready to chill and do something fun. So maybe what has something to do with it.
But this was a great film from Peter Berg, who has a history of pretty uneven box office results. Some of his films do well but some, like Patriots Day, fall short. Deepwater Horizon also didn't do well relative to its $110 million budget. (Neither did Mile 22, but that one actually deserved to fail.)
I am so glad to see this topic. I came to the PD area a few months, ago, eager to share my enthusiasm for the film—and was OUTRAGED by all the repugnant, sadistic topics and posts claiming that the bombing was a government hoax and that no one was injured. It was just the kind of venom that followed 9/11, and I had three simultaneous reactions: I wanted to vomit, I wanted to find a way to hurt these soul-less scumbags in the worst way possible, and I was so livid that I cried. Thank you, all of you who are here now, enjoying what is so special about the film, and how it showed outrage and evil being transformed into hope and rebirth. The Boston Marathon is very special to me. I have never been so proud of my adopted city as I was when watching this movie. Thank you all, again.
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