I recommend "Citizenfour"

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2016)

I am just going to say it but "Citizenfour" is a more intriguing and thought provoking film compared to this. Despite this being a story driven movie and the other being a documentary. As it got me to understand why the film "Lincoln" didn't focus on showing the whole life story of Abraham Lincoln from him being born in a log cabin to everything else. There is a lot of positive aspects about this movie, such as the cinematography and the superb acting by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Joseph Gordon-Levitt really put on his A game by trying to look and act like Edward Snowden. I also though the dramatic portion of the film didn't go super overboard to the point it got really cheesy. But here is the thing, the movie goes in a step by step direction. Which didn't really bring about any emotions or inspirations for me as the viewers. The whole Edward Snowden private life and his ticks just didn't interest me at all. I know this might make me come off as a snobbish viewer but the whole thing just came off uninspiring and bland. Despite it trying to portray Snowden as this super smart patriotic guy that has a love affair with a girl and tries to do the right thing. It just didn't have that build up that lead to that impact that it needed. Overall "Snowden" is a alright film but not something that will bring out any emotions or entertain the audiences much.
7/10