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“Just like with Christopher Nolan’s films, the action isn’t very exciting, and it feels forced into the story because the filmmakers were afraid no one would care about a sci-fi movie without explosions and shootouts.”
“Only once is the idea even brought up that maybe the world ‘isn’t ready for this’, which is immediately shot down with a line that made me want to stand up and cheer: ‘Knowledge doesn’t cause chaos; ignorance does.’”
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“There were times when I wondered if this film was actually a subtle parody of patriotic action movies, because surely nobody could be this shameless about it.”
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“Well, it at least looks like everyone involved had a lot of fun making this movie.”
“And much like an amnesiac, you’ll embark on an adventure that’s all too familiar, and by the end you’ll have forgotten it all anyway.”
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It's certainly not a bad movie, but the filmmakers way overcomplicated things, adding pointless political commentary and contrived twists, creating tons of plot holes to annoy Mr. Mendo. Here are his biggest nitpicks!
It's Ursa's Five Fave Fings (she's a trained alliterationist--don't try this at home) about Batman Begins! And Batman, according to this movie, begins with Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes' lack of undergarments, themes of idealism and fear, and Christian Bale's abs.
“Before we get too deep into this: Heath Ledger makes a fantastic Joker. It sucks that he died before it was released, and he’s the best thing about the movie. But once you get past that... Man, does this film have issues, a lot of which revolve around Christian Bale.”
“Before we get too deep into this: Heath Ledger makes a fantastic Joker. It sucks that he died before it was released, and he’s the best thing about the movie. But once you get past that... Man, does this film have issues, a lot of which revolve around Christian Bale.”
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