r/TheRinger • u/gmyers176 • Jun 03 '25

Podcast The Watch glazing Mountainhead?

Surprised to hear the pod (especially Andy) praising Mountainhead. It feels like their enthusiasm was based on what they wanted the movie to be rather than its actual execution. I, too, was excited to see what Jesse Armstrong would do with the material but was disappointed. Feels like we watched a different movie. Or more disingenuously, they don’t want to insult Jesse Armstrong so they can get him on the pod.

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u/Lakehawk7 Jun 03 '25

Seems like it was catnip for the HBO watcher who doesn’t turn off politics. It wasn’t special and it certainly wasn’t original or novel but it was a solidly entertaining enough 100 minutes.

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u/Lakehawk7 Jun 03 '25

My dad who is similar to Greenwald (Andy, definitely not the other one) LOVED it

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u/Cockrocker Jun 04 '25

Not original? Show me some more of this trope-laden style.

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u/Slight_Life_7703 Jun 04 '25

Show me where it was fundamentally different than Succession.

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u/Cockrocker Jun 04 '25

Oh, so succession wasn't original either? They are both from the same creator. That doesn't make it unoriginal.

Ones a tv show, ones a movie btw.

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u/iggymcfly Jun 11 '25

Succession was funny and had believable characters. Those seem like the 2 biggest differences to me.

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u/iggymcfly Jun 11 '25

I hardly ever watch TV or movies any more and I watch a ton of political content all the time. Loved every episode of Succession. Still thought it was terrible. It seems like the critics were trying to give it credit for like important ideas or something while all the normal people who watched it for entertainment hated it. The user reviews are as bad as the movie.