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This film is suitable for schools at all levels. It has a clean rich look. Acting is all believable. I could not find any visual errors or obvious compromises in it. It was like a History Channel show. The singing at the end is stirring you will cry! The Nazis were sharp tongued disciplined proud. Dinesh has unfolded the convoluted toxic history of the Democratic Party. The Republicans got woman the vote in 1859 and freed the slaves. This proves the Republicans stand on higher moral grounds than those deceitful Dems who promise to steal money from the creative Republican winners who work for a living. Good show Dinesh.

I don't speak Mandarin, but I thought it was a quality movie. 100 gags; the audience was laughing lightly through most of the movie. This movie was produced in China and has similarities to a Jackie Chan movie, except that it is slightly better. It has a silly, comedic timing mixed with some serious, violent scenes.

The audience was filled. I only speak English, but it had subtitles. They spoke rather fast, so I could not keep up with their words, but the scenes told the story. Basically, two detectives are on a hunt for gold and a murderer.

There is everything in this movie: a beauty queen, a tiny amount of sexiness, mobster actors, a straight man comedic partnership, racing scenes, dancing, excellent marital arts fights and beautiful scenes.

I enjoyed this period film depicting life in the early 50s. For mere entertainment, it plays well to an adult audience. There are no action scenes for the enjoyment of teenagers. I gave it a "6" because it distorts history.

Trumbo was a Hollywood script writer who overtly declared that he was a card carrying Communist. It was not illegal to be a Communist in the U.S. at that time. The movie business executives of Hollywood create a "blacklist" banning certain screenwriters. Trumbo and 9 others are on this list and they become the "Hollywood 10" defending themselves against a contempt charge. They would not answer questions. They are guilty; and they go to prison.

This movie simplifies Communism to such a degree that this movie could be used to convince viewers of Communism's worth. It is explained that Communism is all about sharing food. Capitalism is therefore about not sharing food. This movie is propaganda because it gives an incomplete picture of what Communism is in its entirety. It seems that Communism is just a good natured system that helps people. And this type of message could therefore be placed into a Hollywood script to ease a viewer into a positive view of communism. Why communism could be thought of as some kind of religion of helping people. The negatives of communism are not presented. And this is what Communistic writers of Hollywood scripts did, they placed words and actions and scenes in scripts which gave the viewer an unbalanced, biased view of capitalism hoping to persuade the audience to support communism or socialism.

Capitalism has institutions that share food. These are usually religious institutions. Communism bans all religions. So, here we have a fact that is missing in the movie. Communism gives the right to a guaranteed job; but without a choice as to what that job will be. Capitalism gives the citizen the right and a choice to sell oneself for a job position. With Capitalism, a person may try hard to gain a job position or create a business of his choice.

But there are more facts missing from this "free speech" movie about Trumbo's efforts to continue writing. Trumbo was a propagandist for Stalin. He also supported the Nazi regime. And he supported the North Korean communist regime. He took a pledge to end the American government and to replace it with a Leninist Communist Government. The fact that Stalin starved millions of people was not an issue with him.

Before you see this movie, it would be wise to Google "Trumbo Stalin Nazi". Read around the opinions of many websites that will fill you in on what facts are missing in this Trumbo (2015) movie. I was entertained because it was a trip back to the late 40's and 50's. People seemed more respectful then; and they had real haircuts! But this movie whitewashes, hides the truth about the Communist threat of that era.

The fact is, the Communist Party in Hollywood had enough power to restrict or ban any film that criticized Communism. The communists restricted free speech! Ronald Reagan, John Wayne, Senator Joe McCarthy are therefore patriots because they hit the alarm button on the propaganda threat that these Stalinist writers and actors and producers

could make and did make. All of this is not presented in this film. Remember, when you take over someone else's country, you should command the media. You would then create propaganda messages. And that is what these people were in the act of doing.

Senator Joe McCarthy at least appears here to have his target correctly in his sights. Later he will be discredited for not having proof of a present communist threat. He was seen as a magician who found Communists everywhere. Well, his methods were too blunt. And the Communists were too careful.

I enjoyed this film because it makes the black listing episode a personal experience. This film attempts to bring history to life. But it isn't true history. We see how Trumbo adapts to this threat on this career. The net result of this movie is to make us feel that he is just an American who is fighting for Free Speech and recognition for his creative writing. And his being a Communists is just a "so what" issue.

So, I urge you to read about the real Trumbo at various websites first. You will then see that this movie is a propaganda movie about a propagandist!

There is no violence or ugly language. Hey, this is the 50's. There is a lot of talking, so I don't think younger people will have their attention held by this film.

Another good movie of the same period, is "Bridge of Spies". I think if you could see both movies on the same day you would be solidly in the 1950's all day long.

Some comment on the "respectful attitudes" of people during the 1950's. Well, yes, respect was taught with 100% church attendance. And respect was shown by getting a haircut every two months.