The Fifth Estate

What is so bad about this movie that it has a relatively low 62 percent? Is it because it is not, or does not have to be, according to the truth? Sure, Wikileaks was a website that stood for the truth and nothing but the truth, while this film works with the theme and does with it whatever it wants, mainly to entertain cinematically and prevent viewers from falling into lethargy. However, Benedict and Daniel were magnificent! Just as the creators managed to enter the world of this topic. Although they didn't tell me much (although they jumped from one topic to another), they still said enough for me to imagine roughly what happened and whom Julian Assange offended. After all, it is different level to disclose facts that led to the fall of the Icelandic economy and to disclose American diplomatic cables. However, it is clear from the film that Julian is a confident lunatic, because otherwise he would never have been able to do what he did, and also the fact that you simply do not touch American diplomacy. The Americans punish any hint of an attack on their state with death and they actually don't care who is against them... but that is a discussion for another topic and another time. (05/12/2021)

From the life of this controversial figure, essentially an action-packed film full of tension and drama was made, where essentially nothing is at stake. The documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is much more interesting. Unfortunately, not even Benedict Cumberbatch, who is excellent again, saves the day this time. It’s a biopic that tries too hard to be dramatic, but in the end, doesn't even deliver any proper information. It’s too bad because I was kind of interested in this. (02/11/2014)

A movie about WikiLeaks? Which one? Oh, that one. That one that is based on two of the worst books...twisted and full of lies, like all bad propaganda. Look, film about Wiki Leaks... It’s more like an "anti-Wiki Leaks" movie. The problem is not what it’s based on, but how crummily it‘s made. The important stuff has no significance (for the plot), but even the minor human dramas are inadequate. Singer’s awful screenplay is episodic, cursory and squashes lots of things together. He often fabricates to enhance the dramatic effect, something that Condon sometimes is able and sometimes is unable (shabby virtual offices) to sell. It turns out to be a story about a weirdo and a traitor who never wanted to find each other nor had anything in common, but just wanted to change the world. Cumberbatch acts really well and gives it all he’s got, but Brühl is annoying to the point of unpleasantness – was that the intention? And that final conversation about the fifth status or whatever seems ridiculous in today’s world. The majority of people aren’t interested, they don’t read. Believe me, I wrote a diploma theses about this. Seriously, how many cablegrams, dispatches or messages have you read? (02/14/2014)