my mother tried to get me to watch "hidden figures"

ApprehensiveMail8 · 2023-03-06T01:50:22+00:00

It's just a movie. I've watched it a couple times. Nice cameo by Sheldon Cooper.

mypreciousssssssss · 2023-03-06T02:44:38+00:00

Definitely worth a watch, just keep in mind it's based on real life but not a documentary. They took a lot of liberty streamlining the story to make an entertaining movie. The book is better.

Digger_is_taken · 2023-03-06T02:08:49+00:00

It's a good rule of thumb to humor the people who love you unless there's a good reason not to. watch the movie. even if it has ideas that you don't like in it, you will survive.

abramee · 2023-03-06T15:35:48+00:00

Dude it's just a movie, even if it was all feminist propaganda it's still just a movie. A movie can change your way of thinking and your minsdet isn't concrete unless you want It to be. My requirement to watching a movie is: the movie any good?

Za__guy · 2023-03-06T03:11:00+00:00

To be honest yes watch it

Not for the value, just for your mother is enough reason

Even if it have a probaganda, it's not like will brainwash you

AndyBrown65 · 2023-03-06T05:50:59+00:00

It is a feminist propaganda piece, but worth watching.

As with any Hollywood movie, just take it with a pinch of salt. The basic story line is true, but of course Hollywood has to ramp up the drama with the Patriarchy.

Like all movies, just take note of the following:

The amount of female on male violence with slapping etc and it is taken as comedic value
The "wise one" is always a gay man
White men are evil (of course)
The hero is always a woman "fighting the Patriarchy"!
Any male who hits a female dies a horrible death
Men are dumb
The jerk is always a privileged white guy with a sweater around his neck.

AirSailer · 2023-03-06T01:40:10+00:00

I haven't seen it, but I would question what kind of lesson your mother expects you to get from watching women from 50+ years ago. However, it also has a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, so it might be worth watching just to see a good movie. What does your father think of this idea?

WeEatBabies · 2023-03-06T02:04:51+00:00

It's actually good.

And they didn't over do it with the : "white men bad" topic of this era. It's actually straight up to the point, so I liked that.

Uniqueiamjustjules · 2023-03-06T03:45:13+00:00

you can watch it, but it's a rewriting of history to a degree. It wasn't just 3 or 4 black women who were on that team. That was one part of a huge conglomerate of a mixed group of engineers. The women were unique in that they were women and civilians. There were a number of black men who were Tuskegee graduates and in the same complex working on congruous projects.

Standard-Broccoli107 · 2023-03-06T01:57:27+00:00

Its just a movie. Of course it will have its bias, but its good to get different experiences.

Traditional-Box-1066 · 2023-03-06T17:11:24+00:00

It’s a good movie about a time in American history when there was genuine inequality. The point is that the black women wanted to cooperate with their white male colleagues at NASA. They didn’t whine to get better treatment, they had to prove that they were just as capable as their colleagues.

Glass-Dimension-8827 · 2023-03-06T01:48:30+00:00

Great movie! I didn’t know what I was walking into, but I loved it. I think if you remove the racial/gender aspect, there are some great lessons in there. Plus, Viola Davis is a bomb ass actress lol. Then again, I could be biased because as a black woman I love seeing POSITIVE representation for a change.

veedub447 · 2023-03-06T12:33:52+00:00

Hidden Figures is not a bad movie, watch it, and then do a deal with Mom and have her watch The Green Book, a better movie about discrimination from a pro male standpoint. IMO.

Regular_NormalGuy · 2023-03-06T12:45:38+00:00

I recently watched Bad Moms on the airplane. This was feminist propaganda at its best. They were shaming uncircumcised men, this one woman could grab and kiss every man she wanted and was seen as cool, men were in general losers that don't help out in the house, Mila Kunis's boss was a total weak dude and he needed her ( a part time worker) to stay afloat, etc.

coffeeinvenice · 2023-03-06T14:09:30+00:00

I've watched it, I quite enjoyed it. The movie makes the three female leads the heros but I wouldn't call the movie men-bashing. The racism of the time depicted in the movie makes you cringe, but it is historically factual. And the movie goes out of its way to portray astronaut John Glenn as unbiased and very supportive and appreciative of the African-American female "computers".

TempleFugit · 2023-03-06T14:20:11+00:00

It has more to do with race than feminism.. Great movie with great acting..

xcheshirecatxx · 2023-03-06T14:53:05+00:00

It's a great movie. It's actually a time when women could complain about their place

And did the characters nag their way ? Nope, they worked it

ExpertRacer · 2023-03-06T15:28:59+00:00

I’ve watched it and I actually quite liked it, it’s designed to show what it was like for black people in the US in the 1960’s, and the story is fairly accurate (Bar Catherine being an ultra genius who solves the moon landing in a couple minutes, faster then any of the dozens of physicists and engineers) but not a terrible movie

Jazzlike-Emu-9235 · 2023-03-06T23:53:21+00:00

It's honestly a great movie that documents the first black, women in NASA who often did go unrecognized. Katherine Johnson was insanely intelligent and in many ways was the only reason that flight took place when it did(along with all of the others of course it's a very collaborative ordeal)and treated like dirt because of her sex and race. It's obviously been hollywoodized for entertainment purposes but it's still is a big part of American history and does show how important it is to stand up for yourself and not let others tell you what you can or can't do!

The_Bearded_Cyclist · 2023-03-06T02:49:15+00:00

Ask her to watch the Redpill documentary.

elebrin · 2023-03-06T01:58:10+00:00

I'd say no.

Personally, I don't watch fiction any more, and I only watch documentaries presented and written by men. Which is pretty easy to accomplish, because the women in my life mostly want to watch fiction and I just sorta say nah, I'd rather watch something real.

Sea-Cow4216 · 2023-03-06T03:47:10+00:00

Sounds like your mom just wanted to spend time with you

Minute_Ad_1494 · 2023-03-06T03:03:04+00:00

It was pretty good, it focuses more on racism than sexism.

HikingConnoisseur · 2023-03-06T10:17:41+00:00

Seen it, it's garbage

blackhaze9 · 2023-03-06T02:52:44+00:00

It’s a good movie and worth a watch.

BeardedAvenger · 2023-03-06T08:26:48+00:00

Its a pretty good movie. Nothing untoward or agenda-driven about it.

fuckthi__hit · 2023-03-06T16:31:26+00:00

It's a fun movie to watch. I felt like it was more of a comedy.

I am a software engineer who is quite passionate about the field. Software Engineering was a field that originated as an engineering discipline from space programs. And the woman did play a big part in it. I was hoping to see more of it in the movie. But I was a bit disappointed to see the move was made to be more of a lite fun movie instead. But it was still enjoyable.

CoolAnthony48YT · 2023-03-06T16:56:56+00:00

Wait is that the film with the nasa rocket or nah

yvnhuj · 2023-05-15T03:56:55+00:00

You shouldn’t just not watch something because it has a point you disagree with. I would say watch it you don’t have to agree or disagree with it. It can be a entertaining movie still. It’s still always good to understand someone’s perspective even if you think it’s wrong

Title	my mother tried to get me to watch "hidden figures"
Author	Relevant-Ground101
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Date	March 6, 2023 1:32 AM UTC (3 years ago)
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