Rarely have I seen a movie whose title sums up its own review so succinctly.
On the strength of several excellent reviews, I went to see this movie tonight. It was, in a word, awesome. It's completely ridiculous, but takes itself just seriously enough to work brilliantly. The acting is uniformly excellent (Yes, even Nicholas Cage), the action is properly hectic and fun, the characters are superb, and the soundtrack is perhaps the best I've ever heard from any movie ever (and I'm not the sort of guy who notices soundtracks regularly).
The movie is ultra-violent (of course), but not tremendously gory, and I was laughing out loud much of the time. I strongly strongly recommend that people check this one out.
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Definatly a awesome watch. The comic it's based off of is pretty good as well, but the movie itself was just awesome.
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"Then again, Detective....how often have you dreamed of hearing your father's voice once more? Of feeling your mother's touch?" - Ra's Al Ghul
"According to the Bible, IHVH created the Universe in six days....he obviously didn't know what he was doing." - Darek Steele bani Order of Hermes.
DS's Golden Rule: I am not a bigot, I hate everyone equally. | corollary: Some are more equal than others.