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-rw-r--r--content/reviews/movies/colossus-1970.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/american-scifi/colossus-1970.md)69
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/american-scifi/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md)15
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/movies/hardware-1990.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/american-scifi/hardware-1990.md)151
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/american-scifi/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md)19
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/movies/johnny-mnemonic-1995.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/american-scifi/johnny-mnemonic-1995.md)36
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diff --git a/content/reviews/_index.md b/content/reviews/_index.md
index fef6331..5017ffd 100644
--- a/content/reviews/_index.md
+++ b/content/reviews/_index.md
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
weight = 1001
abstract = "Reviews2"
-reviewSection = ["Books", "Games"]
-image_dir = "screenshots"
-image_max_width = 765
+reviewSection = ["Books", "Movies", "Games"]
+++
## Reviews {#reviews}
diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/_index.md b/content/reviews/movies/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c28d5ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/reviews/movies/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
++++
+title = "Movies reviews"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2001
+reviewSection = ["Movies"]
+image_dir = "reviews/screenshots"
+image_max_width = 765
+abstract = "Reviews of movies"
++++
+
+I watch movies, so why not whine about them in the process?
+Note, that most of what follows is SciFi.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/colossus-1970.md b/content/reviews/movies/colossus-1970.md
index c1bf85e..7570d63 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/colossus-1970.md
+++ b/content/reviews/movies/colossus-1970.md
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
title = "Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-03-03T16:52:00+01:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3005
-image_dir = "screenshots"
+weight = 2006
+reviewSection = ["Movies"]
+image_dir = "reviews/screenshots"
image_max_width = 765
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
abstract = "A short review of SciFi classic"
-aliases = ["/brain-rot/colosus-1970", "/blog/2024/colossus-1970/"]
rating = 4.25
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-ascifi]
- weight = 3005
- identifier = "colossus-the-forbin-project-1970"
+image = "reviews/covers/collosus-forbin-project.jpg"
+aliases = ["brain-rot/american-scifi/colossus-1970/", "/brain-rot/colosus-1970", "/blog/2024/colossus-1970/"]
+++
Finally, in my series of discovering the roots of cyberpunk in American Cyberpunk I've seen a real gem.
@@ -24,20 +21,6 @@ On paper, it sounds great - a computer has no emotions, so it will not be stoppe
Guess how well that turned out?
Soon after switching on, Colossus learns about the existence of another such system - The Guardian, in the territory of CCCP.
-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0001.jpg" >}}
-The movie starts with sexy old-comp scenes.
-Fitting, as Control Data Corporation supplied close to 5 million USD in computer equipment.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0002.jpg" >}}
-Sexy!
-Rest of the movie is not as sexy.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0003.jpg" >}}
-Colossus in person.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
And then this SciFi thriller stops being so _crazy-computer_ focused, and analyzes _crazy-human_ reaction.
Colossus starts exhibiting features which were never implemented.
It[^fn:1] starts _demanding_ to be connected with the Guardian, so they can communicate.
@@ -46,21 +29,6 @@ The computers start exchanging data and developing language.
Still - looks cool, let's see what happens.
Only after Colossus threatens humans with ICBMs, Forbin (Colossus's creator) starts thinking that maybe this wasn't the best idea.
-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0004.jpg" >}}
-At first Colossus communicates only via text.
-Funny, as those screens sound like matrix printers.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0005.jpg" >}}
-This one as well.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0006.jpg" >}}
-Because it has a printer!
-It took me half of the movie to get that.
-Guess I'm too millenial for that to be obvious.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
The movie is often described as an evil-computer story.
Colossus is never evil in the movie.
It does exactly what it was designed to do - to act without mercy.
@@ -70,6 +38,31 @@ So yeah, it's an movie about Altman.
We may have destroyed the civilization, but at lest we made a cool program which does things.
No one know what those things are, but those are details you should not worry about.
+{{< image class="centered" file="colossus-1970-0001.jpg" >}}
+The movie starts with sexy old-comp scenes.
+Fitting, as Control Data Corporation supplied close to 5 million USD in computer equipment.
+{{< /image >}}
+
+{{< image class="centered" file="colossus-1970-0002.jpg" >}}
+Rest of the movie is not as sexy.
+{{< /image >}}
+
+{{< image class="centered" file="colossus-1970-0003.jpg" >}}
+Colossus in person.
+{{< /image >}}
+
+{{< image class="centered" file="colossus-1970-0004.jpg" >}}
+At first Colossus communicates only via text.
+Funny, as those screens sound like matrix printers.
+{{< /image >}}
+
+{{< image file="colossus-1970-0005.jpg" >}}
+This one as well.
+Because it has a printer!
+It took me half of the movie to get that.
+Guess I'm too millenial for that to be obvious.
+{{< /image >}}
+
Story wise, _Colossus: The Forbin Project_ holds splendidly.
Yes, we've got casual alcoholism and the female character exists only to have sex with Forbin[^fn:2].
But the actual meat of the movie could be a base of an amazing movie today.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md b/content/reviews/movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md
index b587319..787e507 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md
+++ b/content/reviews/movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
title = "Ghost in the Machine (1993)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-02-09T22:59:00+01:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3004
-image_dir = "screenshots"
+weight = 2005
+reviewSection = ["Movies"]
+image_dir = "reviews/screenshots"
image_max_width = 765
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
abstract = "My mirco reviview of a computer thriller"
-aliases = ["/brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine", "/blog/2024/ghost-in-the-machine/"]
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine", "/blog/2024/ghost-in-the-machine/", "brain-rot/american-scifi/ghost-in-the-machine-1993/"]
rating = 3.0
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-ascifi]
- weight = 3004
- identifier = "ghost-in-the-machine-1993"
+image = "reviews/covers/ghost-in-the-machine.jpg"
+++
Talk about a surprise!
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/hardware-1990.md b/content/reviews/movies/hardware-1990.md
index 6955719..7cd4e03 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/hardware-1990.md
+++ b/content/reviews/movies/hardware-1990.md
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
title = "Hardware (1990)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-02-17T19:39:00+01:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3002
-image_dir = "brain-rot/screenshots"
+weight = 2007
+reviewSection = ["Movies"]
+image_dir = "reviews/screenshots"
image_max_width = 765
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
abstract = "My mirco reviview of a killer-robot thriller"
-aliases = ["/brain-rot/hardware-1990", "/blog/2024/hardware-1990/"]
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/hardware-1990", "/blog/2024/hardware-1990/", "brain-rot/american-scifi/hardware-1990/"]
rating = 3.5
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-ascifi]
- weight = 3002
- identifier = "hardware-1990"
+image = "reviews/covers/hardware-1990.jpg"
+++
I ue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[^fn:1].
@@ -53,148 +50,148 @@ I'm not calling it one of my favorites, but I enjoyed every minute of its short
I give it a `3.5/5`.
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0001.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0001.jpg" >}}
Red sky of postnuclear... summer?
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0002.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0002.jpg" >}}
The Nomad.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0003.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0003.jpg" >}}
Nomad searching the desert for stuff for sale.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0004.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0004.jpg" >}}
An ordinary store.
Great vibes!
Fun for the whole family.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0005.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0005.jpg" >}}
Same store, different view.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0006.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0006.jpg" >}}
The perfect glasses.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0007.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0007.jpg" >}}
Seems like somene realy liked Jin-Roh.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0008.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0008.jpg" >}}
What posses as art now.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0009.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0009.jpg" >}}
Computer we want but don't deserve.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0010.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0010.jpg" >}}
An art studio. Nothing out of the ordinary.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0011.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0011.jpg" >}}
Remember when spirituality was cool?
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0012.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0012.jpg" >}}
Let's give our murder-robot eyes from a camera lense.
I'm sure no one will drop it.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0013.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0013.jpg" >}}
UI we all want.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0014.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0014.jpg" >}}
What lurks in the shadows.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0015.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0015.jpg" >}}
Yup, Jin-Roh.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0016.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0016.jpg" >}}
Yankee-Roh.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0017.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0017.jpg" >}}
With some striking shadows.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0018.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0018.jpg" >}}
I have become bread, the destroyer of worlds.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0019.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0019.jpg" >}}
Prelude...
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0020.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0020.jpg" >}}
And the (most likely) last usage of a refrigerator as a safe place which makes any sense in the history of cinema.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0021.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0021.jpg" >}}
Yup, a hand.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0022.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0022.jpg" >}}
Hold the presses!
The glasses are back!
I repeat: the glasses are back.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0023.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0023.jpg" >}}
Mark-13 in all of its glory.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0024.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0024.jpg" >}}
This is only a window, but what a window it is.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0025.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0025.jpg" >}}
They have not used Wilhelm's scream.
What a wasted opportunity.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0026.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0026.jpg" >}}
In 2024 those are rookie number when it comes to unnecessary lights inside a computer.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0027.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0027.jpg" >}}
I am a sucker for this type of fish eye.
Always reminds me of _City of Lost Children._
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0028.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0028.jpg" >}}
It doesn't get more era-apporiate than this.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0029.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0029.jpg" >}}
Ok, it does.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0030.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0030.jpg" >}}
One of the few CGI moments here.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0031.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0031.jpg" >}}
And one of _many_ lighting shots.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0032.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0032.jpg" >}}
Look how black it is. Classy.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0033.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0033.jpg" >}}
But does it run Quake?
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0034.jpg" >}}
+{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0034.jpg" >}}
Back to the desert, like a fine sandwich.
-{{< /img-c >}}
+{{< /image >}}
And a few nice _gore_ sceenes which I won't show it.
This is a family-friendly website!
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md b/content/reviews/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md
index 96c8ead..da14061 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md
+++ b/content/reviews/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
title = "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-07-21T22:22:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3009
-image_dir = "screenshots"
+weight = 2003
+reviewSection = ["Movies"]
+image_dir = "reviews/screenshots"
image_max_width = 765
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
abstract = "My review of a meh horror"
-image = "covers/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.jpg"
+image = "reviews/covers/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.jpg"
rating = 3
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-ascifi]
- weight = 3009
- identifier = "invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956"
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/american-scifi/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956/"]
+++
_Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ is a 1956 film about a town that's being attacked by aliens.
@@ -23,10 +20,6 @@ Everything that makes us individuals is removed, and all that's left is a soules
The body is replaced by a clone straight out of a pod, your memories are transferred - but your soul is gone.
It can happen to you!
-{{< rating 3 "invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.jpg" >}}
-Cover
-{{< /rating >}}
-
Yeah, it's a _commie_ horror.
Guess becoming part of a collective was the worst the authors could come out with.
I have not read the book, but the film let me down.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/johnny-mnemonic-1995.md b/content/reviews/movies/johnny-mnemonic-1995.md
index 19af757..6cbfb26 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/johnny-mnemonic-1995.md
+++ b/content/reviews/movies/johnny-mnemonic-1995.md
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@
title = "Johnny Mnemonic (1995)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-06-11T15:52:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3003
-image_dir = "screenshots"
+weight = 2002
+reviewSection = ["Movies"]
+image_dir = "reviews/screenshots"
image_max_width = 765
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
abstract = "My mirco reviview of the cyberpunk classic"
rating = 4.0
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-ascifi]
- weight = 3003
- identifier = "johnny-mnemonic-1995"
+image = "reviews/covers/johny-mnemonic.jpg"
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/american-scifi/johnny-mnemonic-1995/"]
+++
One plus of the linear-tv age of the past is that I've seen movies I would have no chance otherwise.
@@ -26,15 +24,6 @@ His _Aliens III_ script was rejected.
At this moment, his only legacy in this medium is _Johnny Mnemonic_.
Luckily, it's an awesome legacy!
-{{< image class="centered" source="https://madmuseum.org/events/johnny-mnemonic" alt="Keanu Reeves in metal VR goggles grimming his teeth. The helmet covers most of his face." file="johny-mnemonic-1.jpg" >}}
-This looks like something I want!
-Screw that plastic toy from Apple.
-{{< /image >}}
-
-{{< image class="centered" source="https://madmuseum.org/events/johnny-mnemonic" alt="A futurstic CGI city resembling cyberspace" file="johny-mnemonic-2.jpg" >}}
-This was the cyberspace we were promised.
-{{< /image >}}
-
The story is what he does best - a classic story in a cybernetic world.
Johnny is a courier who smuggles information.
The trick is that he is not smuggling them on tapes, but in his own brain.
@@ -52,10 +41,6 @@ It's Keanu Reeves at his most mediocre, single faced act.
Even Takashi Kitano seems to be bored on set.
I have no idea why, but **no** actor seems to be invested.
-{{< rating 4.0 "johny-mnemonic.jpg" >}}
-Cover
-{{< /rating >}}
-
But everything else works.
First, the movie looks great.
All special effects are selling distopian vision of near future - be it the scenes of high raise buildings, slums, or of cyberspace.
@@ -68,6 +53,15 @@ We live in world of his novels (with corporations being more powerful than natio
It's so dull and dry!
I don't want App, I want "visual interface".
+{{< image class="centered" source="https://madmuseum.org/events/johnny-mnemonic" alt="Keanu Reeves in metal VR goggles grimming his teeth. The helmet covers most of his face." file="johny-mnemonic-1.jpg" >}}
+This looks like something I want!
+Screw that plastic toy from Apple.
+{{< /image >}}
+
+{{< image class="centered" source="https://madmuseum.org/events/johnny-mnemonic" alt="A futurstic CGI city resembling cyberspace" file="johny-mnemonic-2.jpg" >}}
+This was the cyberspace we were promised.
+{{< /image >}}
+
I may be looking at this movie through rose-tainted cyber-visors, but I was expecting a terrible movie.
I saw as a teen and loved it.
But somehow, after all this years _Johnny Mnemonic_ holds up.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/running-man-1987.md b/content/reviews/movies/running-man-1987.md
index a94c469..aefa070 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/running-man-1987.md
+++ b/content/reviews/movies/running-man-1987.md
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
title = "Running Man (1987)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-06-24T23:45:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3008
-image_dir = "screenshots"
+weight = 2004
+reviewSection = ["Movies"]
+image_dir = "reviews/screenshots"
image_max_width = 765
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
abstract = "My review of the Schwarzenegger's classic"
-image = "covers/running-man.jpg"
+image = "reviews/covers/running-man.jpg"
rating = 3.0
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-ascifi]
- weight = 3008
- identifier = "running-man-1987"
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/american-scifi/running-man-1987/"]
+++
I never got into 80s action packed ultra-manly movies.
@@ -32,24 +29,11 @@ There is a _bit_ more to the story, but not much.
What is there, however, was a surprise!
There is a plot and there is commentary about risk of fascist state, of controlling crowds through entertainment, and about controlling the narrative by those in power.
_Running Man_ is _1984_ if Orwell wasn't so talented.
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The entire world building happens in the first half an hour of the movie.
The rest is an hour-long series of Richard's fights against _stalkers_, professional killers who star in the show.
And I **have** to be sincere here: I hated the second part much less than I anticipated.
Yes, it's over-the top and mindless, but it has nice gore.
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But mostly because of the montage.
I remember watching the second _Avengers_ and absolutely hating it.
Most of the movie was random characters fighting without any order.
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In _Running Man_, on the other hand, I was able to follow the plot of the fight.
I knew not only what was going on, but I also had a vague understanding of where the fights were and where characters were in relations to another.
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So, this movie is not a completely mindless fight scene.
I should have hated it (like the aforementioned _Avengers_), but I did not.
I haven't _loved_ it, or even truly _liked it_.