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This is another Christopher Nolan masterpiece and in my opinion better, the story is better than The Dark Knight. The hard exception to that hot take is Heath Ledger. He kills it, but we aren't talking about that in this movie.
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Bruce Wayne's parents' deaths are the one of the most iconic fictional deaths of all time. With this series you get to experience the rise of Batman after this death as he navigates the workings of Gotham's police force in this gritty and dark series.
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If John Wick and The Accountant had a baby it would be Denzel in this movie. He has such experience that he knows how to kill everyone in the room with minimal effort, but he has gotten older so it takes him a bit more time.
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I honestly think that for the time, 2010, this is a massive call out to the need for mental health reform. From a controlling Mother, OCD, perfectionism, and what appears to be what the non-physiologically-trained individual would call schizophrenia.
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As for the story, its simple. Nothing crazy, no hard twist or turns if you think about it or have watched the others in the movies in the series. It isn't really anything to write home about, but I do appreciate the inclusion of the Knights Templar.
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For the first time, we see the John Wick isn't just Baba Yaga. He has friends and they are there to support him in his quest. I know Winston was his friend, but at the end of the last movie there was some ambiguity to that. I say all this to point out the evolving story telling in this series.
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While this book is entertaining, some of the plot holes and plot points are highly predictable making this book a miss in an exceptional line up. However, this was the second book in the series and so learning does occur for the author making this an acceptable miss.
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This is a non-marvel Deadpool without the crude language of Ryan Reynolds. The story is the character that you are working through and the characters are the scene. I know that sounds super pretentious, but the characters have no development and that isn't a bad thing.
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I was very surprised by this movie. I am a huge fan of Gerard Butler to the point that my smart home bot is named Gerard the Butler. He is extremely underrated and this movie is proof of that. In fact, everyone did a great job. Morena Baccarin however, does an ok job.
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This is the first book in the Scot Harvath series and it shows. The book shows an age to the style of writing as well as the research on terminology. I know the author got some heat in that in this book and has since made changes to correct those.
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I know that I originally thought that this was going to be a closer plot to The Covenant, but I was so wrong. While yes it is about the translator and their ability to know the area, but nothing close to same depth of that story.
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Ok I finished the movie and they are all way wrong so much so that even tell you that isn't spoiling the plot at all. The biggest reason they are wrong is because the movie finishes half way though. A "One sentence review" = "A cyber/dystopian Swiss Cheese that sprinkles in steroid injected animals"