Mr. Rogers Documentary

[Newenglanddeac]

Damn this looks powerful. Anyone see it yet?

 

[Newenglanddeac]

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https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/w...fred-rogers-morgan-neville-oscars-1201978654/

 

[harmoniousmonk]

ELC commented on it in the movie thread in the pit. Post 4163

 

[Wrangor]

Damn this looks powerful. Anyone see it yet?

Wow. Thanks for posting that. Will definitely make a point to see that film. So different from the vitriol we see across the board in our country right now.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

ELC commented on it in the movie thread in the pit. Post 4163

"won't you be meh neighbor?"

 

[Newenglanddeac]

ELC commented on it in the movie thread in the pit. Post 4163

Thanks. Actually a bit tamer than what I expected.

Haven't been over to that board in a while. Moonz is into some weird shit.

 

[DeacHead]

I commented on this too in post 4042. Specifically

Won't You Be My Neighbor - It's amazing. GFY to anyone that says otherwise. Mr. Rogers would staunchly disapprove of that but I don't care.

If you find that you align with ELC's take on various things, especially movies, then fine, maybe his advice is relevant for you. If you have a human soul, this movie is fantastic. 99% on RT, 85% Metacritic.

 

[Say Hey Deac]

It’s very good. Fred Rogers was a pretty great dude, and there are a few revelations about his quirkiness that are funny.

 

[WFFaithful]

Fred Rogers is the antithesis of Donald Trump

 

[EatLeadCommie]

Powerful is not how I'd describe it. It's about Fred Rogers and what he meant to a lot of people. Like most people, he had some pretty interesting points and happenings during his life. What I mostly took away from the movie is that he was apparently really the good guy he portrayed even if he came across like Sandusky. An interesting cat, a weird cat.

But I saw it when I was already pretty tired, had a Dr. Pepper to wake me up for the movie, and just found myself bored like I was when I was 4 and watching his show and thinking he was weird and his puppets were dumb. Maybe my opinion is colored by that, but I doubt it. I find that documentaries are best watched from the home where you can pause and pee or whatever. There are rare riveting exceptions like One Day In September, but this one is no exception.

 

[WFFaithful]

Not my experience at all. I thought it was very well done and conveyed Mr. Rogers' philosophy well.

 

[wakephan09]

I think it's fair to say that ELC's takes are pretty consistent across everything.