TL;DR: The Boomer’s last boom.
It has been a long time since I walked into a theater and been the youngest guy in it.
Seriously my dude, this bleeding edge Gen-Xer with the bionic eyes and knees was the youngest person in a genuinely full (if not packed) theater. Baby Boomers who hadn’t been in theaters for years showed up in droves for this one. You could tell they hadn’t been near a theater in decades. They were appalled by the ticket prices, a few talked about waiting for it to be in the Dollar Theaters, clearly unaware that those died out with Blockbuster Video. One asked for the smallest popcorn available, which was about the size of a medium soft drink, the irritated retiree said for that price he may as well get the large, which was the entire point since a large popcorn costs as much for them to make as a small.
Once they got over the sticker shock the theater geezers sat down for a movie that they truly enjoyed. They absolutely loved every bit of it. They thought that their favorite director had finally made another movie just for them.
He. Did. Not.
The only person this film was made for is Steven Spielberg… This script that was worked on for years by Steven Spielberg and his long time writing partner David Koepp, isn’t telling a story at all. It’s just setting up an unending series of money-shots. Because at the end of the day that is all the Disclosure Day is script that sets up scenes without a story to tell. It is an unending stream of empty if passionate emotionality. The cinematic equivalent of a drunk at a bar who is convinced that his alcohol soaked peroration is the most profound thing the human race has ever experienced.
I wish I was exaggerating.
I’m not.
The movie is presenting emotionally laden images with some dialog that thinks it’s far more profound than it’s remotely capable of being.
“Empathy is the highest state of existence”. It’s a major theme of this movie and probably the most Boomer sentiment to ever Boomer. A belief that is a tribute to its own semantic emptiness.
I have to admit, I would find it very, very funny if Clown World was actually counting on this as the foundation of their fake alien invasion plan.
We’ve prepped them to believe anything now!