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I actually found the film itself to be very original, despite a familiar setting - I can't think of anything else that covers vigilantism *within* Mexico? I guess a handful of critics thought the film would have been better off without the American border guard guys, but I was pretty gripped by the parallels between the constantly moving morality of the central figures.
Which are some of the other films that struck you as unoriginal but intense (because if they're like this one I suspect I might like them!)
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Monday, 4 January 2016 11:03 (eight years ago) link
Well, come to think of it, I steered clear of most of them. Stuff with names like (T)Error and such. I did see A Good American, which was a load of crap wanting to be Citizen Four, but arguing that the government isn't spying on us enough, but too dumb to notice that that argument is quite weird.
I think my hatred was mostly from spending a bit too much time with directors such as Villeneuve, Bigelow, Greengrass, and especially Danish fraud Tobias Lindholm, who's A War is a fraudulent piece of crap of the highest order. Y'know, films that purport to be political, but in action-form, so you get stupid arguments BUT WITH GUNS!!! Best of both worlds.
― Frederik B, Monday, 4 January 2016 23:25 (eight years ago) link