Tech-bro satire Mountainhead is an insufferable disappointment

by labrador on 6/2/2025, 9:34:42 PM with 4 comments

  • by labrador on 6/2/2025, 9:55:02 PM

    It's a new genre - the depressing satire.

    If you need a laugh after watching Mountainhead just go to The Onion archives

    https://theonion.com/tag/mark-zuckerberg/

    https://theonion.com/tag/elon-musk/

  • by lysace on 6/2/2025, 9:40:01 PM

    > Jesse Armstrong’s rushed Succession follow-up might be heavy on of-the-moment buzzwords, but it’s too smug to make any real point

    This is unfortunately spot-on.

    Here's the house, btw: https://www.deervalleyskiestate.com/

  • by Tycho on 6/4/2025, 1:43:23 PM

    The reviewer maybe just didn’t understand a lot of it. Seems to have missed the similarities between Randall and Peter Thiel, for instance. If you’re not steeped in “the scene” the film probably isn’t as funny.