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I finally saw Hidden Figures today! (It didn’t come out here until Friday). Here are some thoughts I had during the movie, in no particular order:

I wish they’d done more of that thing at the beginning where we saw through Katherine’s eyes as she analyzed shapes and the bits of stained glass in the window kinda started to float? You know the bit I mean right? I really liked that.

It strikes me as quite a brave choice to cast Kirsten Dunst and Jim Parsons, two actors who have a lot of goodwill around them, as unlikeable racists/misogynists.

In a weird way I’m bitter that something as cool and fascinating as the Space Race only really came about as a byproduct of war. Can you imagine where the human race would be right now if the USA and Russia had actually worked together? (Okay, maybe not that much further along. But there would be some good stories.)

Even John Glenn, probably the nicest white person in this film, calls Katherine “the girl”. She’s a grown woman with three kids!

Speaking of kids, all the kid actors in this movie are really good. And completely adorable as well.

JFK bragging about the freedoms of America when a huge percentage of the people living under the American flag are fighting for basic human rights.

I’m really glad Katherine Johnson lived to see this movie.