If you haven't seen "The East" rent it from RedBox soon.
You know my fascination with all things Skarsgard, so this is movie number two this year where he totally makes me a believer in his talent beyond sucking blood on True Blood. The other movie "Disconnect" is tied to our story about as well as "The East" works for this project of ours as well.
Disclaimer: My team does not, I repeat, not spy on cops. We don't watch anyone's thinking without their permission. Oh, by the way, today we got J. Jason Dollar's permission to keep an eye on who's watching him too!!! My team has the right to protect themselves from a terrorist and that means they watch Laurie and others that have committed crimes against them....lawyers will explain the legal mumbo jumbo later.
"The East" was not what I was suspecting and it was so much better. I thought it was about anarchists and cultish behavior, but the reality is that it is a real world movie about domestic terrorism and holding legal criminals responsible for the bad things that they do.
I won't give it away, but I can say this, Ellen Paige ("Whip It"/ "Juno") does not make bad movies, ever!!! She's like Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt when it comes to movie making. A good story with some really difficult subject matter...and Alexander Skarsgard...what more could a gay man want. Yeah, he gets naked too...but it's germain to the plot...not nearly gratuitus enough for this gay man, but it's Alex so we'll let it slide. Oh yeah, he kisses a guy in it. No tongue though cuz that would be gay. LOL, Thanks Alex, we love your support.
The message of the movie is something that Laurie and her brother are dealing with these days, "Spy on us and we'll spy on you"...an eye for an eye, but so far it's more like an eyelash for an eye...Laurie is still way ahead in the hurtful department. As long as she ends up in a courtroom before I'm fifty I'll be happy...fifty...she wasted so many of my good years...damn it.
Thank you Britt Marling and Ellen Paige, unbelieveable performances....I want to read the book now!!!
See it parents, you will understand the nuances of intelligence misused and you will like it.
