Snowden

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Brian in Mesa]

Snowden

Release date: September 16, 2016
Studio: Open Road Films
Director: Oliver Stone
MPAA Rating: R (for language and some sexuality/nudity)
Screenwriters: Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone
Genre: Drama, Biography
Websites: Snowdenfilm.com| Facebook| Twitter| Instagram

Starring:Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, Scott Eastwood, Joely Richardson, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer

Plot Summary: Academy Award®-winning director Oliver Stone, who brought "Platoon," "Born on the Fourth of July," "Wall Street" and "JFK" to the big screen, tackles the most important and fascinating true story of the 21st century. "Snowden," the politically-charged, pulse-pounding thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, reveals the incredible untold personal story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others. No matter which you believe, the epic story of why he did it, who he left behind, and how he pulled it off makes for one of the most compelling films of the year.

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[AsUpRoDiGy]

Snowden was a surprisingly good movie. Oliver Stone always does a good job at keeping you engaged, and interested. After watching it...makes you want to cover up the cameras/microphones on any electronic device around. Worth watching...will certainly learn a thing or two!

 

[Cheesebeef]

if i had never seen Citizen 4, maybe I would have found it more entertaining. But I did, so it wasn't.

The Company line is if you haven't seen Citizen Four, maybe it would have been entertaining. If you have, watch porn instead.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

if i had never seen Citizen 4, maybe I would have found it more entertaining. But I did, so it wasn't.

The Company line is if you haven't seen Citizen Four, maybe it would have been entertaining. If you have, watch porn instead.

Never saw citizenfour, but after looking it up...snowden looks like it's the exact same movie...just 2 years later. That's kind of lame

 

[Cheesebeef]

Never saw citizenfour, but after looking it up...snowden looks like it's the exact same movie...just 2 years later. That's kind of lame

it is... except it's dramatized whereas 4 was a documentary and absolutely riveting. I'd suggest any American who cares about their privacy/government intrusion into our lives watch it.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

it is... except it's dramatized whereas 4 was a documentary and absolutely riveting. I'd suggest any American who cares about their privacy/government intrusion into our lives watch it.

Watched citizenfour last night...was one of the better documentaries that I've seen in a while. Pretty disturbing, actually, and more disturbing that there's really nothing we can do about it. With that being said...I thought Snowden (the movie) did a good job at going into the back-story that you didn't see in the documentary, but it shows me that screen-writers are having a tough time coming up with original content lol

 

[puckhead]

if i had never seen Citizen 4, maybe I would have found it more entertaining. But I did, so it wasn't.

The Company line is if you haven't seen Citizen Four, maybe it would have been entertaining. If you have, watch porn instead.

I have seen Citizen 4. Opening new incognito window...

 

[Cheesebeef]

Watched citizenfour last night...was one of the better documentaries that I've seen in a while. Pretty disturbing, actually, and more disturbing that there's really nothing we can do about it. With that being said...I thought Snowden (the movie) did a good job at going into the back-story that you didn't see in the documentary, but it shows me that screen-writers are having a tough time coming up with original content lol

don't blame the screenwriters... blame the executives who won't make anything that isn't based on already established IP.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

I couldn't get past the preview. Even that had too much Snowden voice

 

[Russ Smith]

I have to see Citizen 4 now if I can get my girlfriend to agree to it, she's still a bit shellshocked from Snowden.

I'd read a lot on the story so there wasn't a whole lot that actually shocked me but for her it was one of those what do you mean the US government is doing this, that's not right moments. She knew the government wasn't perfect but the idea that would do this shocked her.

 

[Russ Smith]

Just watched Citizen 4 and will now be destroying all my technology and going to live on a deserted island.

Sheesh.

 

[oaken1]

just watched snowden last night. wasn't shocked by anything as all the information is old hat now... what surprises me is how,...even after all the data he down loaded... this story and the information he leaked has been completely off the radar for years already...the most shocking part was how recent it all actually was.
then there is the eternal question. was snowden a hero? Or was he a traitor?... my daughter posits that perhaps he can be a traitor to the government and a hero to the people

 

[Russ Smith]

just watched snowden last night. wasn't shocked by anything as all the information is old hat now... what surprises me is how,...even after all the data he down loaded... this story and the information he leaked has been completely off the radar for years already...the most shocking part was how recent it all actually was.
then there is the eternal question. was snowden a hero? Or was he a traitor?... my daughter posits that perhaps he can be a traitor to the government and a hero to the people

agreed he's both but IMO the hero part outweighs the traitor part. If you allow the government to use the threat to national security card all the time, the result is what the NSA was doing. They can do whatever they want because of a threat to security and if they get caught, they then refuse to tell the truth or disclose anything because of threat to national security.

It's also not clear to me why Snowden is still a fugitive, by now it's completely obvious he told the truth and acted as a whistleblower and the US responded by attempting to arrest him. Now yes he didn't walk into the office of his boss and say I'm going to use the whistleblower policy, he broke the law by stealing data that he then gave to the media, but it's also completely apparent if he had not done that, the truth would not have come out and if he'd tried to do it without breaking the law it wouldn't have gotten out.

I still think Obama should pardon him but it won't happen and that is a major disappointment to me.

 

[oaken1]

agreed he's both but IMO the hero part outweighs the traitor part. If you allow the government to use the threat to national security card all the time, the result is what the NSA was doing. They can do whatever they want because of a threat to security and if they get caught, they then refuse to tell the truth or disclose anything because of threat to national security.

It's also not clear to me why Snowden is still a fugitive, by now it's completely obvious he told the truth and acted as a whistleblower and the US responded by attempting to arrest him. Now yes he didn't walk into the office of his boss and say I'm going to use the whistleblower policy, he broke the law by stealing data that he then gave to the media, but it's also completely apparent if he had not done that, the truth would not have come out and if he'd tried to do it without breaking the law it wouldn't have gotten out.

I still think Obama should pardon him but it won't happen and that is a major disappointment to me.

probably a fugitive because the moment he is not he will have a tragic accident.

 

[Bada0Bing]

Interesting. So Citizenfour must be the film referenced below from the trivia section at IMDB. Now that I've seen Snowden, and read the comments above, I really want to watch Citizenfour.

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