Some of the fight scenes in the first level, with the shooting and car chases and so on, got a bit much, but on the whole they balanced mindless violence with non-violence quite well.
I think people found the film confusing because it asked them to engage their brains - no more than that. For those of us who work on complex ideas and even more so those of us who are into art films and stuff (*hem* (http://the-lady-lily.livejournal.com/711658.html#cutid1)), this really didn't even register on the 'filmmaker wants you to think' scale, but at the same time it's miles beyond what the normal Hollywood output aims at. At least it looks like it paid off in terms of box office, and I hope Hollywood does take the risk again.
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Date: 2010-08-09 01:05 pm (UTC)I think people found the film confusing because it asked them to engage their brains - no more than that. For those of us who work on complex ideas and even more so those of us who are into art films and stuff (*hem* (http://the-lady-lily.livejournal.com/711658.html#cutid1)), this really didn't even register on the 'filmmaker wants you to think' scale, but at the same time it's miles beyond what the normal Hollywood output aims at. At least it looks like it paid off in terms of box office, and I hope Hollywood does take the risk again.