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02-26-2017 11:53 AM
I apologize if this has already been discussed. I've seen so many of the movies nominated but have not seen this. DH and I are considering it today.
If you've seen it, what was your take? The reviews, I fully realize, are good.
I just wanted a few others' comments! Thanks!
02-26-2017 12:01 PM - edited 02-26-2017 12:01 PM
I guess we were posting simultaneously, I really enjoyed it, any gender or age group would enjoy it.
02-26-2017 12:04 PM
Well worth seeing. My only negative is that movie (and publicity) make it appear that all "computers" were Afro American; some were but all (I think) were female. As I was a young adult at the time, I personally experienced the discrimination against educated females.
02-26-2017 12:18 PM
I know most of America disagrees with me but I find the story far more compelling than the acting. I thought 1 of the 3 starring women was Oscar worthy.
02-26-2017 12:23 PM
It is a feel good movie.
There is another book called The Rise of the Rocket Girls about the females that worked in the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena (also called computers). It is an interesting read.
02-26-2017 12:50 PM
@winamac1- I thought it was OUTSTANDING. It's a don't miss, in my opinion.
02-26-2017 01:10 PM - edited 02-26-2017 01:20 PM
@patbz wrote:Well worth seeing. My only negative is that movie (and publicity) make it appear that all "computers" were Afro American; some were but all (I think) were female. As I was a young adult at the time, I personally experienced the discrimination against educated females.
I don't agree - I think the movie makes it clear that Kirsten Dunst's character oversees the entire "computer" program. However, the movie concerns itself with the "West Computers", segregated to the west end of Langley due to race and depicted by Taraji running all that way to use the bathroom. After all, if they could pay women less money than men, then black women could be paid even less (that's taken from the following article: http: //www.popularmechanics. com/space/rockets/a24429/ hidden-figures-real-story-nasa-women-computers/ - I added some spaces to break the link.)
An interesting movie and one I really enjoyed. I probably liked it the most of all the nominated films, but it is also the most traditional.
02-26-2017 01:17 PM
02-26-2017 01:32 PM
Definitely worth seeing
02-26-2017 02:07 PM
As previous posters have said, its definitely worth checking out! Wonderful movie. I work in the youth services center at a high school and we took the entire junior class & an after school mentoring group to see it. The other high school in our town also took several of their students. I hope hubby & I can go see it on our own before it leaves!
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