tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22685400.post6332758959931422419..comments2022-11-09T07:25:19.062-05:00Comments on Culture Vulture: Edge of Tomorrowculture_vulturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889586883861913766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22685400.post-82279458007607160882014-07-11T02:59:12.574-04:002014-07-11T02:59:12.574-04:00I haven't seen this film, but I TOTALLY GET wh...I haven't seen this film, but I TOTALLY GET what you are saying about the critics touting this or that as something "smarter" than....well, than what, exactly? Your reaction to this mirrors what I felt after seeing The Heat last year. I sooo wanted to like it, and its gender politics were certainly in order, but it was just meh. Meh! And then I see something like Pain and Gain and see all kinds of smart things in it, upending my own expectations about it. It doesn't speak well to the critical establishment--which is already shrinking--that they end up tangled in what feels to me like groupthink.cbkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564578098287136746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22685400.post-54217728921226677582014-07-01T11:12:18.412-04:002014-07-01T11:12:18.412-04:00I actually liked the movie quite a bit, your criti...I actually liked the movie quite a bit, your criticism notwithstanding. The idea that in a global conflict with an alien race only three entities - Cruise, Blunt and "the Brain" matter - is quite appealing and it mimics (no pun intended) the real life. <br />TBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16540053150373225530noreply@blogger.com