I saw this flick in the theater, then I went back the next night to see it again. I watched it two more times on a downloaded version I was given, AND I bought the Extended Cut Blu-ray disc when it was released. So, I probably don't really need to mention that I thoroughly enjoyed the film. And I'll add, that I went to the theaters EXPECTING to completely hate the movie, chiefly based on the opinions I read in this very forum thread. I liked the characters, the story, the cinematography (reminded me a lot of Tony Scott's work), & I even thought the score was good. Were there weak spots & plot holes here & there? Sure. But I don't focus/obsess about them. Hell, Blade Runner, the greatest movie EVER filmed (imo) has weak spots & plot holes. But in the grand scheme, they don't end up mattering so much.
An army of film school graduates would want to burn me at the stake, because I think 'Citizen Kane' is boring. The important distinction being, that I don't say the film is bad, I just don't care for it.
It's gotten to the point where I'll rarely participate in these threads, because I get SO. FRAKKING. TIRED. of hearing people make empirical statements like "THIS MOVIE IS GARBAGE", when the truth is, really, that you just didn't like it. I had this same discussion with Jet Beetle at one point, & we agreed to disagree, that a film was bad simply BECAUSE he said so.
Typically, & precisely, because of the type of behavior exhibited in this thread, Snikt, I won't read a thread that you start, or participate in a thread where you are very active. You aren't content to state that, IN FACT, a movie IS, undeniably, a piece of crap (or whatever). You also feel compelled to repeat that opinion, over & OVER again in subsequent posts, to include replying to every member who DID like something you didn't, with a snarky "good-for-you,now-here's-a-diatribe-about-how-wrong-you-are,along-with-some-thinly-veiled-insults-about-what-an-idiot-you-are-for-being-SO-wrong". Seriously, calm down (or at least dial back the contempt).
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