Another Great a Effort By Spielberg

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2016)

Steven Spielberg is one of the best directors of all time with his massive and mostly amazing filmography this was one of my most anticipated movies of 2015 and it lived up to most expectations. Tom hanks is fantastic in this movie he is instantly likable as he is set up from the first scene as an honourable and hard working man. But my god Mark Rylance was outstanding in this movie, he stole every scene he was in and his "Standing Man" speech is one of the best monologues of the year. The era of the Cold War was very well done as it was clear how many people hated the soviets in this movie and also made for a lot of very intense moments and gave the impression that things could fall apart at any moment. Like most of Spielberg films Bridge of Spies is superbly directed with most of the scenes are long cuts, tracking shots and close ups. It could have been very easy in a dialogue driven film like to cut a lot but Spielberg doesn't fall for it. This film is not without its flaws, for one Powers' are in this movie was slow and honestly unnecessary as looking back at Savung Private Ryan the person they were trying to save in that movie didn't even make an appearance until 2/3 of the way through and that type of decision would also have worked very well for this movie. The film also suffers from a slow paced second half. With certain obstacles becoming a bit silly and drawn out and being a bit repetitive after a while. The ending however was just perfect for what it needed to be. Not without its flaws but still a great movie and another Spielberg classic.
8.5/10 A-