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bigpapapumpct — 9 years ago(July 18, 2016 06:47 AM)

For the life of me I can't comprehend how anyone can love this film. It is just absolutely dull beyond word. I first saw it back in 2000 and didn't like it at all. Then this year I decided to give it another chance. I figured having not seen it in 16 years I could go into it completely fresh and just see it for what it was which I did, and I had the exact same reaction as the first time. The movie wasn't badly made, it was just mind numbingly boring and a real chore to finish. How in the world can anyone rate this thing so highly?
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One of the best films of the last quarter century.
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It’s boring as **** and only has like one good scene of him using his powers at the very end, 2 hours of it is just tired and turgid family melodrama and samuel l Jackson giving speeches about comics. Yawn
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It's also just a damn good movie. I'm not sure what part of a soul one must be missing not to appreciate it.
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I love this film because it grounds the fantastic premise of being a super hero endowed with special powers in a plausibly drab and gloomy everyday working class reality. Moreover, I likewise dug the whole idea of a person getting egged on by another individual to explore and tap into their heretofore overlooked and underrealized full potential. Hell, this film even makes a provocative central point on how much of a burdensome responsibility being a super hero must be.
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Meh it was alright, nothing special.

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It's a matter of opinion dumb ass. You may not like smart slow movies. Other people love them. This movie is brilliant.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/609128https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/609128Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:44:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For the life of me I can't comprehend how anyone can love this film. It is just absolutely dull beyond word. I first saw on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:44:23 GMT]]>peteyandjia — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 10:40 AM)

10/10 film. Masterpiece

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It's called character development, great dialogue, good story telling.
Some of us appreciate it.

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Agreed

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I was wondering why it's so beloved too, then I saw the twist and I was like "Oooo," and then the words came out and I was like "WTF? After all that?"

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/609124https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/609124Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:44:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For the life of me I can't comprehend how anyone can love this film. It is just absolutely dull beyond word. I first saw on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:44:21 GMT]]>beer_logic — 9 years ago(October 21, 2016 09:47 PM)

Agreed - Rented this movie when it was a new release and it dragged on. Have watched parts of it here and there over the years and it's still weak sauce. Way over rated above 7, I give it a 5.

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Agreed 10/10. It's one of my favorite movies.

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It's his masterpiece to some (including me). When Bruce is stuck in the pool and the hostage kids give him a stick to pull himself out and the shot of him rising out of the pool always puts a tear in my eye. What a great film about unhappy people that are hurting inside. It came out way ahead of its time. A proper adult comic book film set in a realism.

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