Saw it over the weekend -- not seeing what all the fuss is about. Yes, the nonstop action was impeccably done in every possible way, there's no denying the brilliance of the production, from design to execution. I'm thinking there'll be some technical Oscar nominations coming for this one.
But outside of the sound and fury, there's not a lot going on here. It all just felt very remote somehow, I was never moved to give a damn about anyone or anything on that screen. I never felt more than a passing interest in any of it, and I'm less happy with the film's self-importance, the lead balloon use of the word "redemption" got downright irritating.
I don't know. Maybe a better sized screen would have helped, and better sound -- I might have gotten that total immersion thing so that I wouldn't have cared about stuff like that.
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"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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