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PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:11 pm 
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Saw this yesterday. Solid, paint by numbers feel good story, basically was Good Will Hunting for Balcks.

Definitely worth a rental.

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 Post subject: Re: Hidden Figures
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shakes wrote:
basically was Good Will Hunting for Balcks.

I love Good Will Hunting and liked Hidden Figures enough but I think the two don't really compare that well. Good Will Hunting worked for me because of the performances. Hidden Figures worked for me because of the story being told.


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 Post subject: Re: Hidden Figures
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lipidquadcab wrote:
shakes wrote:
basically was Good Will Hunting for Balcks.

I love Good Will Hunting and liked Hidden Figures enough but I think the two don't really compare that well. Good Will Hunting worked for me because of the performances. Hidden Figures worked for me because of the story being told.



smart janitor from the wrong side of town, looked down upon by the people at Harvard, solves a math problem on a big chalkboard, life changes.

smart balck lady from wrong time in history, looked down upon by the people at NASA, solves a math problem on a big chalkboard, life changes.

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 Post subject: Re: Hidden Figures
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Hard to care about math. PASS

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 Post subject: Re: Hidden Figures
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Hidden Figures blew my mind. I was expecting not to like it. It was absolutely tremendous.

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 Post subject: Re: Hidden Figures
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shakes wrote:
lipidquadcab wrote:
shakes wrote:
basically was Good Will Hunting for Balcks.

I love Good Will Hunting and liked Hidden Figures enough but I think the two don't really compare that well. Good Will Hunting worked for me because of the performances. Hidden Figures worked for me because of the story being told.



smart janitor from the wrong side of town, looked down upon by the people at Harvard, solves a math problem on a big chalkboard, life changes.

smart balck lady from wrong time in history, looked down upon by the people at NASA, solves a math problem on a big chalkboard, life changes.

So like five minutes tops in the movie are similar. Congrats?


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 Post subject: Re: Hidden Figures
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I hope Shakes seen this and maybe he wouldn't treat us balcks so wrong.

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 Post subject: Re: Hidden Figures
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My wife wants to watch this with her son the next weekend we have him. I'll check it out.

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 Post subject: Re: Hidden Figures
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Good movie because it was very close to the true story.

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 Post subject: Re: Hidden Figures
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spmack wrote:
I hope Shakes seen this and maybe he wouldn't treat us balcks so wrong.



Well, I'll definitely assume you people hand me correct change from now on.

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shakes wrote:
spmack wrote:
I hope Shakes seen this and maybe he wouldn't treat us balcks so wrong.



Well, I'll definitely assume you people hand me correct change from now on.

I hate to admit that you made me :lol: asshole.

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 Post subject: Re: Hidden Figures
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It was a good story and the movie was very well done. Amazing that this happened less than 60 years ago and that it took so
long to tell such a tale.

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