Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (Hollywood\'s Brightest Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story)

my half assed 2018 movie diary (40 movies items)

" I watched this and Moonstruck on another flight, and this documentary was a sigh of relief after the suffering Moonstruck caused me. I loved learning about the tragic and complex life of Hedy Lamarr that I wasn't aware of before. As someone who's always wanted to be beautiful and is obsessed with physical aesthetics, I want to scoff at someone complaining that life is difficult for them because they're so good looking. But oddly enough, Hedy's stunning looks distracted from her big brain whic"

Movie Diary (spiel within, not spoiler free) pt.ii (24 movies items)

"Short, simple doc. I feel like it could have been better done. Learned about her of course. But in the end I'm not left with a feeling of like for her, just an understanding of her as a human. The doc basically just emphasizes that she was beautiful and came up with the idea for frequency hopping. Also touches on her many unfortunately bad relationships with her spouses, Hollywood, and the media. It implies that she was shamed towards the end of her life into not appearing in public which is kin"