There seems to be quite a bit of hate among the user reviews. Mostly to the tune of not only insulting the film but insulting the intelligence of those that do enjoy it.
This is most certainly not the best movie I've ever seen nor does it deserve the praise as one of the "greats" because this doesn't even crack my top 20 action movies.
All that being considered, you have to look at many things. Every character in this movie is clearly meant to be a caricature, hence their extreme outlandishness. Secondly, no matter what your feelings on religion in general it is perfectly reasonable for it to exist and be quite real in the world of a film (while I don't think that was the intention films are open for interpretation). So that being said the scene where they fall from the vent and make 8 extremely well placed shots, and the voice-over of scripture(I believe it is scripture) says as much, can be taken that they are actually being protected by their faith.
Moving on, most of the complaints ring pretty true. The acting is average at best, the brothers accents sound like the lucky charms leprechaun, the dialogue is idiotic, the whole flashback to the murders gets old, and it has plenty of glaring plot-holes. However, I do find the movie entertaining for the most part, particularly the scene where Willem Dafoe's character is "there" while he recounts the poker game murders. If only for the same reason that I am able to enjoy any popcorn film (like say Transformers), because after I watch a heavy film (ex. 2001, Apocalypse Now, Manchurian Candidate(1962), the list could go on and on) I enjoy watching something less involving.
I would have to say this movie is a 6/10. It's far from the worst I've ever seen or even the worst ever made. Anyone that says so has clearly never heard of Mystery Science Theater 3000 haha(yes those are real movies). This is not a must see, I could easily come up with 100 other movies you should invest time in before this one, but it is fun if you can give you're discerning film loving mind a rest for about 2 hours.
If you've read this far forgive me. This is my first review and I did not give much time for compiling my thoughts and just wrote.
This is most certainly not the best movie I've ever seen nor does it deserve the praise as one of the "greats" because this doesn't even crack my top 20 action movies.
All that being considered, you have to look at many things. Every character in this movie is clearly meant to be a caricature, hence their extreme outlandishness. Secondly, no matter what your feelings on religion in general it is perfectly reasonable for it to exist and be quite real in the world of a film (while I don't think that was the intention films are open for interpretation). So that being said the scene where they fall from the vent and make 8 extremely well placed shots, and the voice-over of scripture(I believe it is scripture) says as much, can be taken that they are actually being protected by their faith.
Moving on, most of the complaints ring pretty true. The acting is average at best, the brothers accents sound like the lucky charms leprechaun, the dialogue is idiotic, the whole flashback to the murders gets old, and it has plenty of glaring plot-holes. However, I do find the movie entertaining for the most part, particularly the scene where Willem Dafoe's character is "there" while he recounts the poker game murders. If only for the same reason that I am able to enjoy any popcorn film (like say Transformers), because after I watch a heavy film (ex. 2001, Apocalypse Now, Manchurian Candidate(1962), the list could go on and on) I enjoy watching something less involving.
I would have to say this movie is a 6/10. It's far from the worst I've ever seen or even the worst ever made. Anyone that says so has clearly never heard of Mystery Science Theater 3000 haha(yes those are real movies). This is not a must see, I could easily come up with 100 other movies you should invest time in before this one, but it is fun if you can give you're discerning film loving mind a rest for about 2 hours.
If you've read this far forgive me. This is my first review and I did not give much time for compiling my thoughts and just wrote.
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