Yeah, that's true. I was thinking less in a status sort of way and more in an emotional/spiritual satisfaction sort of way. It does touch on these things, but, I found, in a very utilitarian, check-box sort of way. You could argue that the characters are too superficial to think/feel that deeply, but that's no excuse for the movie being superficial. Needless to say, just my opinion. Thanks for watching!
There are a lot of routes you can take when reviewing a movie like this one, with a lot of mud and dirt, so I tried to take the most scenic and meditative. And I'm very happy to have earned your trust.
Yeah, you get your standard liability statement at the beginning. Strong is so good, I think he makes the movie worth watching. Thanks for the comment!
As an unwitting member of the fourth estate, it is my duty to provide the truth as I understand it to all tax-paying, red-light-stopping, coffee-with-flavored-goo-drinking citizens. Thanks for watching!
It did occur to me while editing the video that "hit piece" would have sufficed, but now that it's properly birthed and it has my eyes, I do sort of like "poke piece." Thanks for the comment!
Could be, but that seems a little more of a deep cut. That said, this is basically a comic book movie for the news-as-entertainment crowd, so I'm not going to get all the references. Thanks for watching and leaving your thoughts! Your patronage is appreciated.
Going forward, I will be adopting the James Joyce approach by creating my own words and phraseology. But thank you for the help and, most importantly, thank you for watching!
This is a very high quality "amateur" film review, including perceptive language and observations. My experience was: Since I unfortunately started paying attention to Donald Trump when he descended his “golden” escalator at the Trump Tower on June 16, 2015 to begin his first political campaign - almost ten years ago - nothing in this movie was new to me but as a biography it hit ALL the notes about him in the 1970s and 80s. This movie was well written (100% plausible dialog and situations), superbly acted and produced, and when it ended after two hours I felt dirty and in need of a hot shower.
Thank you for the kind words and glad you enjoyed the movie more than I did. In addition to The Sweet Smell of Success, I'd also recommend a moved called Executive Suite. It's one of my favorites, but has never really earned a place in the canon alongside Robert Wise's other movies.
@@FeatureUnderground With no romantic undercurrent, I'd look forward to a long lunch or early dinner with you anytime, to hear you talk about what you care about.
First video I watched of yours, found the channel through your comment on a forum and saw that you had reviewed this movie which I recently watched. I agree with most of what you said, Strong's performance is excellent, one of the best this year. Stan's is okay but I feel he doesn't extrude the same confidence as Trump does. In the beginning of the movie that makes sense, but later on, when Trump is a successful, he feels weak compared to the original he tries to portray. My general feeling when watching the movie was that the writer and director wanted to make a Scorcese-style fast-paced mafia movie, but couldn't find the financing if it wasn't for shoehorning Trump in as the main character. The focus revolves around shady business practices, macho culture and broken relationships while the story feels fragmented and the chain of events feels broken. Stuff just happens and regardless of the fact that I could read up on how Trump solved the mortgage situation with the casinos in reality, skipping such important events in a movie just makes no sense.
First of all, thanks for finding me. I knew all that posting wasn't a waste of time! I definitely don't think the movie would have received the same amount of attention if the main character was a Trump-like character and not Trump himself. By making the main character Trump, it sort of gives the movie a baked-in, superficial "importance," at least in some people's eyes. Not mine. A movie that does everything The Apprentice is trying to do, but extremely well, is J.C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year. I'd recommend that one if you haven't seen it.
All of the Renaissance art was about current event religious politics.... Politics have almost always been what art has been centered on...... Have you not taken any art history????
To be fair, I didn't say the two have never mixed. I said I don't like it when the crudest incarnations of politics are mixed with art. I've recently read some Virgil and am now reading The Divine Comedy, both of which utilize a lot of references to "current events," and I find that to be the worst part of those works. No, I've never taken an art history class. But thank you for watching!
@@FeatureUnderground well yeah there was Joseph Mallord William Turner, Aubrey Beardsley, Caravaggio, Jacques Luis David, even Norman Rockwell among hundreds other artists in the Canon of relevance who produced art infused with the politics of the day... Maybe because of time we are now divorced from the original contexts of the social issues of the time and have no personal connection we can just appreciate them as beauty for our contemporary eyes as well as a romanticized view of the period in which they were created.... But make no doubt about it in the time of the original creation their pieces were as polarizing as some of what we are speaking about today........ The video was a great watch by the way.........
Since there aren't any movies to review next week--that I'm interested in--I was either going to do something Halloween-related or do a video on my pet peeves. A movie using a song synonymous with another movie would go in there.
What makes movies really unique is that they're aggregate art, created by many different individuals with different skills doing different jobs. Thanks for the comment!
I couldn't help but feel that it left much to be desired. While the film does a decent job of showcasing Trump's early years and his relationship with Roy Cohn, it barely scratches the surface of the true extent of his manipulative and self-serving nature. It highlights how Trump used Cohn to his advantage, displaying his cheapness, womanizing tendencies, and narcissism. It's astonishing to think that a man who shows such blatant disregard for others, including his own family, could rise to the highest office in the country. The film makes it clear that Trump is a con artist who has managed to deceive countless Americans into believing his lies about almost everything. It's truly unbelievable that someone with such a lack of integrity and empathy could have been the President of the United States. "The Apprentice" serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of charismatic yet deeply flawed leaders. The fact that Trump continues to have a significant following is a testament to his ability to manipulate and con people, but it also highlights the need for greater awareness and critical thinking among the public.
@@FeatureUnderground I've caught up with some of your recent videos and they are really good. Some of the most informed film reviews I've seen on RUclips and you also come across as a really likeable character. Keep the good work up, I'm really looking forward to whats next.
@kasparhauser5922 The kind words are much appreciated. I noticed a lack of thoughtful, measured reviews on RUclips, so I thought I'd jump in, considering I already have press access from years of writing reviews. If you want to help out the channel, spread the word to anyone who may be interested. Thanks again!
Yeah, but, personally, I just don't like it when a movie reuses music already synonymous with another movie. There's a lot of music out there. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
I disagree with you on the third act. As trumps status grew, with his ego and confidence, n his relationship with cohn started to distance, he became more of the character taht we see today and in the media and i believe that’s exactly what they wanted to show and did. But u get that moment when trump calls cohn n says that u the only person who really cared about him. All of this movie does a lot of the story telling with out showing the story like the scenes with trump and his family and the dynamics between each of them.
Yeah, I see where the character ends up, I just don't think the movie lays out the runway to get there. I think if this movie wasn't based on a real person, and there weren't any preconceived notions to project onto the character, this "cart before the horse" storytelling would be more obvious. Thanks for watching!
@@FeatureUndergroundI agree with your idea of a needed runway to the end of character arcs and feel it especially with Roy Cohen. Wish we got more of him weakening and maybe using his aids to make him think about his mortality and what he did with his life before getting to his final scene to his ending state a little less of a hard switch. That being said his birthday scene was my favorite part of the movie. Felt so satanic and definitely strong’s greatest acting in the movie
There's political philosophy and then there's current-event, news-as-entertainment, social media compression politics. The latter is what I find abrasively uninteresting and a bad influence on movies. But it's more accessible than the former, which makes it the prevailing form of politics. Hope that clears up my position. Thanks for watching!
Whenever I use the word "should," I'm operating under the presumption that the viewer knows this is my opinion and not objective truth. Just wanted to clear that up in case I wasn't clear in the video. Thank you for watching!
Jesus he’s been talking for almost five minutes and he hasn’t said anything about the movie. Why do these RUclipsr feels they have to go on a rant for ten minutes before they get to the subject there actually going to talk about. Forget this shit.
My approach to reviewing a movie--which, I realize, isn't appealing to everyone--is to talk about what I think is most interesting to talk about. Sometimes, that involves not talking about the plot, score, dialogue, etc., but contextual ideas related to the movie. For a movie like this, which doesn't have a ton of interesting ideas baked into it, it's a little more necessary to branch out. I also like to set the table before discussing a movie, since movies aren't objective and I want the viewer to understand my own perspective/tastes, which may be different to theirs and will color my opinions on the movie. I do make timestamps for people who would rather jump straight to the specifics. I also don't think of myself as a RUclipsr. I'm a film critic who moved from using Film Threat as my platform to using RUclips. Even though you didn't like it, thanks for dropping by and leaving an opinion!
There's a disclaimer at the start of the movie regarding accuracy. Some scenes would be impossible to state were historically accurate, but the headlines were certainly interwoven throughout the movie. I saw the movie trailer that included Strong playing Cohn, and I was intrigued. I wasn't familiar with Stan's previous work, but he certainly had Trump's mannerisms, including the lumber ox gate down perfectly If Strong doesn't get at least an Academy Award nomination, I'll be surprised.
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I thnk the "Trump going door-to-door collecting rent" scene does a pretty good job of showing what Trump's life is like before he meets Cohn.
Yeah, that's true. I was thinking less in a status sort of way and more in an emotional/spiritual satisfaction sort of way. It does touch on these things, but, I found, in a very utilitarian, check-box sort of way. You could argue that the characters are too superficial to think/feel that deeply, but that's no excuse for the movie being superficial. Needless to say, just my opinion. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this film. You are one of the few film reviewers that I trust enough with this kind of subject matter.
There are a lot of routes you can take when reviewing a movie like this one, with a lot of mud and dirt, so I tried to take the most scenic and meditative. And I'm very happy to have earned your trust.
There is a disclaimer placed at the beginning of the movie Personally, I think Stong did an incredible job of playing Cohn.
Yeah, you get your standard liability statement at the beginning. Strong is so good, I think he makes the movie worth watching. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for being so articulate! This was a rare treat.
Thank you very much for watching!
A hit job is the opposite of a puff piece
I'm committed to taking the James Joyce approach and creating my own words/phraseology. Thanks for watching!
Bigly appreciative of this review! I’m pretty curious about the movie so I’ll catch it on streaming.
As an unwitting member of the fourth estate, it is my duty to provide the truth as I understand it to all tax-paying, red-light-stopping, coffee-with-flavored-goo-drinking citizens. Thanks for watching!
I think the opposite of a “puff piece” is “hatchet job” in the vernacular.
It did occur to me while editing the video that "hit piece" would have sufficed, but now that it's properly birthed and it has my eyes, I do sort of like "poke piece." Thanks for the comment!
@@FeatureUnderground I like the poke piece logic!
I thought the “I love Georgia” comment was letting the audience know the woman was Marla Maples, since she is from Georgia.
Could be, but that seems a little more of a deep cut. That said, this is basically a comic book movie for the news-as-entertainment crowd, so I'm not going to get all the references. Thanks for watching and leaving your thoughts! Your patronage is appreciated.
Hit piece.
Going forward, I will be adopting the James Joyce approach by creating my own words and phraseology. But thank you for the help and, most importantly, thank you for watching!
Hey, man, thank you for the review!
Thank you for watching, fellow man!
“Match me, Sidney”
Not right this minute.
This is a very high quality "amateur" film review, including perceptive language and observations. My experience was:
Since I unfortunately started paying attention to Donald Trump when he descended his “golden” escalator at the Trump Tower on June 16, 2015 to begin his first political campaign - almost ten years ago - nothing in this movie was new to me but as a biography it hit ALL the notes about him in the 1970s and 80s. This movie was well written (100% plausible dialog and situations), superbly acted and produced, and when it ended after two hours I felt dirty and in need of a hot shower.
Thank you for the kind words and glad you enjoyed the movie more than I did. In addition to The Sweet Smell of Success, I'd also recommend a moved called Executive Suite. It's one of my favorites, but has never really earned a place in the canon alongside Robert Wise's other movies.
@@FeatureUnderground With no romantic undercurrent, I'd look forward to a long lunch or early dinner with you anytime, to hear you talk about what you care about.
@@robbriner9575 Ha, I hope you've subscribed!
First video I watched of yours, found the channel through your comment on a forum and saw that you had reviewed this movie which I recently watched.
I agree with most of what you said, Strong's performance is excellent, one of the best this year. Stan's is okay but I feel he doesn't extrude the same confidence as Trump does. In the beginning of the movie that makes sense, but later on, when Trump is a successful, he feels weak compared to the original he tries to portray.
My general feeling when watching the movie was that the writer and director wanted to make a Scorcese-style fast-paced mafia movie, but couldn't find the financing if it wasn't for shoehorning Trump in as the main character. The focus revolves around shady business practices, macho culture and broken relationships while the story feels fragmented and the chain of events feels broken. Stuff just happens and regardless of the fact that I could read up on how Trump solved the mortgage situation with the casinos in reality, skipping such important events in a movie just makes no sense.
First of all, thanks for finding me. I knew all that posting wasn't a waste of time!
I definitely don't think the movie would have received the same amount of attention if the main character was a Trump-like character and not Trump himself. By making the main character Trump, it sort of gives the movie a baked-in, superficial "importance," at least in some people's eyes. Not mine. A movie that does everything The Apprentice is trying to do, but extremely well, is J.C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year. I'd recommend that one if you haven't seen it.
Thanks for your honest review.
Thank you for watching and living up to your name!
All of the Renaissance art was about current event religious politics.... Politics have almost always been what art has been centered on...... Have you not taken any art history????
To be fair, I didn't say the two have never mixed. I said I don't like it when the crudest incarnations of politics are mixed with art. I've recently read some Virgil and am now reading The Divine Comedy, both of which utilize a lot of references to "current events," and I find that to be the worst part of those works. No, I've never taken an art history class. But thank you for watching!
@@FeatureUnderground well yeah there was Joseph Mallord William Turner, Aubrey Beardsley, Caravaggio, Jacques Luis David, even Norman Rockwell among hundreds other artists in the Canon of relevance who produced art infused with the politics of the day... Maybe because of time we are now divorced from the original contexts of the social issues of the time and have no personal connection we can just appreciate them as beauty for our contemporary eyes as well as a romanticized view of the period in which they were created.... But make no doubt about it in the time of the original creation their pieces were as polarizing as some of what we are speaking about today........
The video was a great watch by the way.........
Handel's Sarabande should be banned from film as it will always belong to Barry Lyndon.
Since there aren't any movies to review next week--that I'm interested in--I was either going to do something Halloween-related or do a video on my pet peeves. A movie using a song synonymous with another movie would go in there.
Definitely right. Movies are a form of true art, done properly.
What makes movies really unique is that they're aggregate art, created by many different individuals with different skills doing different jobs. Thanks for the comment!
I couldn't help but feel that it left much to be desired. While the film does a decent job of showcasing Trump's early years and his relationship with Roy Cohn, it barely scratches the surface of the true extent of his manipulative and self-serving nature.
It highlights how Trump used Cohn to his advantage, displaying his cheapness, womanizing tendencies, and narcissism. It's astonishing to think that a man who shows such blatant disregard for others, including his own family, could rise to the highest office in the country. The film makes it clear that Trump is a con artist who has managed to deceive countless Americans into believing his lies about almost everything.
It's truly unbelievable that someone with such a lack of integrity and empathy could have been the President of the United States. "The Apprentice" serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of charismatic yet deeply flawed leaders. The fact that Trump continues to have a significant following is a testament to his ability to manipulate and con people, but it also highlights the need for greater awareness and critical thinking among the public.
Great review, thanks!
Thanks for watching! I've received screening invites to A Real Pain and A Complete Unknown, so don't turn that dial.
@@FeatureUnderground I've caught up with some of your recent videos and they are really good. Some of the most informed film reviews I've seen on RUclips and you also come across as a really likeable character. Keep the good work up, I'm really looking forward to whats next.
@kasparhauser5922 The kind words are much appreciated. I noticed a lack of thoughtful, measured reviews on RUclips, so I thought I'd jump in, considering I already have press access from years of writing reviews. If you want to help out the channel, spread the word to anyone who may be interested. Thanks again!
Barry Lyndon background music is very adequate.
Yeah, but, personally, I just don't like it when a movie reuses music already synonymous with another movie. There's a lot of music out there. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
@@FeatureUnderground I think they put it only in the trailer. Havent noticed it in the movie.
@@ZagrajmySobie You may be right. It's been a bit since I watched the movie and might be conflating the two.
I disagree with you on the third act. As trumps status grew, with his ego and confidence, n his relationship with cohn started to distance, he became more of the character taht we see today and in the media and i believe that’s exactly what they wanted to show and did. But u get that moment when trump calls cohn n says that u the only person who really cared about him. All of this movie does a lot of the story telling with out showing the story like the scenes with trump and his family and the dynamics between each of them.
Yeah, I see where the character ends up, I just don't think the movie lays out the runway to get there. I think if this movie wasn't based on a real person, and there weren't any preconceived notions to project onto the character, this "cart before the horse" storytelling would be more obvious. Thanks for watching!
@@FeatureUndergroundI agree with your idea of a needed runway to the end of character arcs and feel it especially with Roy Cohen. Wish we got more of him weakening and maybe using his aids to make him think about his mortality and what he did with his life before getting to his final scene to his ending state a little less of a hard switch. That being said his birthday scene was my favorite part of the movie. Felt so satanic and definitely strong’s greatest acting in the movie
This film is amazing please watch it
Thank you for leaving a comment! I'm happy you enjoyed the movie.
Wait what? Is this a movie review or a dismissal of politics? Movies exist in the political, end of.
There's political philosophy and then there's current-event, news-as-entertainment, social media compression politics. The latter is what I find abrasively uninteresting and a bad influence on movies. But it's more accessible than the former, which makes it the prevailing form of politics. Hope that clears up my position. Thanks for watching!
should should blah blah
Whenever I use the word "should," I'm operating under the presumption that the viewer knows this is my opinion and not objective truth. Just wanted to clear that up in case I wasn't clear in the video. Thank you for watching!
Jesus he’s been talking for almost five minutes and he hasn’t said anything about the movie. Why do these RUclipsr feels they have to go on a rant for ten minutes before they get to the subject there actually going to talk about. Forget this shit.
My approach to reviewing a movie--which, I realize, isn't appealing to everyone--is to talk about what I think is most interesting to talk about. Sometimes, that involves not talking about the plot, score, dialogue, etc., but contextual ideas related to the movie. For a movie like this, which doesn't have a ton of interesting ideas baked into it, it's a little more necessary to branch out.
I also like to set the table before discussing a movie, since movies aren't objective and I want the viewer to understand my own perspective/tastes, which may be different to theirs and will color my opinions on the movie. I do make timestamps for people who would rather jump straight to the specifics.
I also don't think of myself as a RUclipsr. I'm a film critic who moved from using Film Threat as my platform to using RUclips. Even though you didn't like it, thanks for dropping by and leaving an opinion!
Drone on not
There's a disclaimer at the start of the movie regarding accuracy. Some scenes would be impossible to state were historically accurate, but the headlines were certainly interwoven throughout the movie. I saw the movie trailer that included Strong playing Cohn, and I was intrigued. I wasn't familiar with Stan's previous work, but he certainly had Trump's mannerisms, including the lumber ox gate down perfectly If Strong doesn't get at least an Academy Award nomination, I'll be surprised.