{"id":6814,"date":"2019-12-05T16:13:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T00:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=6814"},"modified":"2019-12-05T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T00:13:53","slug":"movie-review-a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/12\/05\/movie-review-a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review:  A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6815\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TomHanks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TomHanks.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TomHanks-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Okay, we&#8217;re not becoming a movie review site.\u00a0 Gresh did that one on <em>Ford vs. Ferrari<\/em>, I offered <em>The 24 Hour War<\/em>, then I watched <em>The Irishman<\/em> and reviewed it, and good buddy Gonzo recommended the new Mr. Rogers movie with Tom Hanks, <em>A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood<\/em>.\u00a0 We hit a lot of rain and snow on a recent trip, Susie suggested seeing the Tom Hanks flick, and off to the movies we went.\u00a0 And this is a review of that movie.\u00a0 But, like I said, we&#8217;re not a movie review site.<\/p>\n<p><em>A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood<\/em> was not what I was expecting, and it was way more than a movie about Fred Rogers&#8217; life.\u00a0 Hanks was superb in the role (that guy has never let me down in any movie, ever&#8230;he&#8217;s one of the best actors who ever lived, in my opinion). \u00a0 <em>A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood<\/em> was intense and it was emotional.\u00a0 But it was good.\u00a0 Really good.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a masterfully executed subway scene that I particularly enjoyed, and I&#8217;m pretty sure you will, too.<\/p>\n<p>The downsides?\u00a0 I thought a lot of the movie was out of focus (literally; the images were a bit on the blurry side).\u00a0 Some of that was intentional for artistic effects, but the producers went too far with it.\u00a0 Better to get things focused, I think.\u00a0 I found the <em>Esquire<\/em> article that inspired the movie and, to be blunt, I didn&#8217;t think the article that started the ball rolling was very good.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not intended to be a slam on the movie, though.\u00a0 The movie was great.<\/p>\n<p>See this one, folks.\u00a0 You won&#8217;t be disappointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, we&#8217;re not becoming a movie review site.\u00a0 Gresh did that one on Ford vs. Ferrari, I offered The 24 Hour War, then I watched The Irishman and reviewed it, and good buddy Gonzo recommended the new Mr. Rogers movie with Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood.\u00a0 We hit a lot of rain &hellip; 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