As if US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg weren't a good enough cover for the topic, we now have an upgrade done by her own nephew Daniel Stieplman. I'll say it now: this is the best lawyer movie that I've seen. Especially "That One", which I never thought was that great of a book or movie.
Starring Felicity Jones, we begin as most law does at Harvard Law, the training academy start, with Harvard Law standing in for Hogwarts. Sam Waterston plays the evil Dean Griswold (or Wormer, can''t make these names up) who tells Ruth to explain why she is taking a spot that a man could otherwise have.
Like in RBG, we see the early marriage of her and Martin Ginsburg (Armie Hammer), who gets sick while they are both in law school. Spoiler alert, he survives and the movie spins around their long time work and family partnership.
The main point is her first arguments "on the basis of sex" to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Having just made my first argument to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, most everything was pretty realistic, other than the large crowd watching and the dramatic pauses. Will she win? Whatever happened to her anyway?
Nice period details from the 1970s. I give this my highest rating of:
This marks year 6 of my movie blog and I saw and reviewed about 50 films. TheNumber 1 post far and away was Panacea, a 22 minute independent film that had a Rio Grande Valley connection and played in a fund raising event here locally. Over 1000 pages views. So I think that bodes well for independent film making. Kind of like retail, the industry has to streamline and get back to roots to differentiate itself from the mass of information available online. It also helped that I met the actors and they were able to use my review as promotion as well. Win/Win. The next most popular views were another Valley connection, Sicario 2, set in McAllen, TX. It was over the top but is was exciting to watch. Shifting gears the next most popular was completely different, the documentary about Mr. Rogers, Won't You Be My Neighbor? Rounding out the list were Solo: A Star Wars Story. I think everyone wants to see what it was all about. By those lofty standards it was a disappointment. We'll see how they get it back on track for December 2019. Then a classic, Mean Girls. I listened to a podcast that Regina George was a great movie villain. It was your basic high school movie. Finally I Can Only Imagine, a Christian themed movie about the song of the same name by Casting Crowns. A well done biopic. Worst movie of the year? Vice - an awful biopic of Dick Cheney. 1 of 5 stars. Walked out. Not even worth a review.
