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106255, RE: Because of the disagreement, it seems overwrought.
Posted by rdhull, Tue Jul-24-12 09:44 PM
>It's a reaction more than a review*. I have to agree with RJ
>that a lot of the stuff comes from stuff you've brought to the
>film and not that the film will elicit from any ordinary
>viewer.
>I think if so much is going to be based on your personal
>reaction, I'd rather read more of you in it. It's a very
>subjective reading IMO so I'd embrace that element and expand
>on that.
>
>You also make the same passing glance at the socio-economic
>issues that Nolan does. I'd have rather read a deeper reading
>of that because, for me, I'd say this feels like an
>anti-Occupy/wikileaks movie although, I hesitate to say Occupy
>because the film seems to relate far more to the UK than the
>US, with the kids in the sewers relating more to the council
>housing kids who've been lost by the system and there's a far
>more antagonistic relationship between the rich and the very
>poor. (I expected Bane to rock out to Plan B at some point
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8GvLKTsTuI )
>
>All that being said, your review is on par with most things
>I've read in EW, films magazines, or most other film blogs
>(*and most critics publish reactions rather than objective
>films reviews nowadays) so on a purely objective level, it was
>a job well done.

Thanks for your time and thoughts. I expected you to be more scathing.


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