Ignore the Know-Nothing Populist "Film Critics"...

[brotherriparius]

...except Ebert, who's right-the-fuck-on on this one:

Knowing is abso-bloody-lutely astonishing.

And I'm bothering to post about it on LJ, so you know I ain't kidding.

Edit: Avoid spoilers - especially the lousy second trailer - as completely as possible.

Edit 2: For maximum entertainment value, attempt to approach the picture with preexisting

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[ryan_speck]

I don't ususally find them to be populist so much as pretentious.

I was interested to see it anyway, since it's Proyas. He usually delivers.

[brotherriparius]

Agreed on both points.

Most populist (read: major-market press or national-publication) film critics always think they're doing the general public a favor by warning away from non-Oscarbait films that might involve some thought or interpretation - or films they don't want to admit they just don't understand. Nuts to them.

[ryan_speck]

Will seeing a lot of TV spots probably ruin it for me? Because I'm pretty sure I've seen the TV ads dozens of times now...

Though not as much in the last week or two, as Cheria hasn't been home to watch evening TV, so I've been playing Fallout 3 instead (which I hope you're knee-deep in, as it blows Morrowind and Oblivion out of the water).

[brotherriparius]

Need to pick up F3; only just finally got around to replacing my video card, so my gamer hat's been off for a while.

I haven't seen any of the TV ads, so the best I can recommend on general principle is trying to keep them out of mind in watching the film should you choose to do so, which you should.

[ryan_speck]

Unfortunately I have to send my video card back to NewEgg. I think it's got some kind of fault in the GPU. It artifacts in all 3D games. So I get to send off for a new HD 4380.

Fallout 3 is well-worth the getting. Very. Best thing I've played in many, many years.

I'll catch the movie sometime. Probably not in theaters, as much as Cheria is working.