Mountainhead

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Vikes M @Vikesmike 1d Really good dialog throughout this film. I liked it, but my wife found it hard to follow because fo the lingo. Basically, a group of freinds (who are also billionaires) are together when calamity hits becuase of one of the billionaires software program (patterned after META) is causing worldwide meltdown. Instead of pulling the softare the Zuckerberg character ignores it, and tries to get another software billionaire to sell him the fix. When he doesn't....well....thats the spoiler. Sort of imagines what moral corruption at the highest level could possibly be. Anyway, interesting premise, and solid watch. See more Skekks S @Skekks Aug 18 Despite its Hollywood cast, Mountainhead is anything but a Hollywood movie. There are no convenient endings, no tidy resolutions, and the characters don't always behave rationally—which is precisely what makes it so unsettling. The film's premise feels less like science fiction and more like a near-future warning. The rapid rise of AI and automation represents a genuine existential threat, and Mountainhead explores that possibility with a sharpness and realism that, for me, is more confronting than anything in a James Cameron sci-fi blockbuster. Uncomfortable, darkly funny and thought-provoking. A surprisingly relevant film that gets under your skin. See more Carl S @RT09461891 Aug 9 Insufferable, no plot. See more Dakota P @DaCinephile Aug 3 I couldn’t tell if I was supposed to laugh through the fear or if Mountainhead was simply a dark thriller. Equal parts deeply unsettling and profoundly entertaining, the film feels like looking through a window we were never supposed to see - and one we can only hope is showing us a nightmare.  One where the distance between decision makers and their consequences is so great that millions of lives hang in the balance. The script is tight and propulsive, throttling through the war zone that only a weekend at a multimillion-dollar mountaintop mansion could produce. Jesse Armstrong strikes again with a thriller that peers into the private lives of the global elite. See more Chris S @Janomi Jul 5 Mountainhead has a cast and premise that should have worked much better for me than it did. Jesse Armstrong's dialogue is sharp, darkly funny, and often uncomfortably timely, using four tech billionaires to satirize wealth, ego, AI, deepfakes, social media manipulation, and unchecked influence. I liked several individual scenes and conversations, but I absolutely hated where the plot ultimately went. Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, and Ramy Youssef are excellent as morally detached tech elites trapped inside a luxurious mountain estate while the world outside spirals. Their chemistry, insecurity, and power struggles make the chamber-piece setup consistently watchable. The problem is that the story becomes increasingly exaggerated and implausible. The satire has real bite, but the final act shifts too far into absurd farce for the emotional or dramatic payoff to land. The performances and dialogue are strong, but the plot kept me at a distance. See more Chris S. @BeerClub Jul 4 Liked the cast, hated the plot. See more Read all reviews

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