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Hugo Weaving, on the other hand, will always be the evil Elfish lord of the Matrix no matter what film I see him in.
But it can be debated how much better it could have been with reshoots, since the film is what the film is regardless.
"The American people do not like things being kept from them, and I think what this film is going to do is to peel back the layers so the people can see what is really going on, " he said.
And then they have to deny it, it's in a way what the film's about.
Passion, however, is part of what this film is supposed to be about.
The extremely detailed subscription site Screenit.com tells parents exactly what a film contains.
Of course, what makes film unique is how it marries art with commerce.
He has suggested they try to avoid any preconceived notions of what their film might be or the story they'll tell.
This sense of vulnerability is what the film is able to capture.
What his film is about is the pernicious, corrosive effects of violence.
It's hard to imagine what the film would have been like with Smith's charmingly cocky persona as opposed to Keanu Reeves' slightly wooden performance.
In a sense, this is what the film itself does.
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"What this film confirmed for me was that men are not allergic to the mirror at all, " said Mr. Bateman, who served as the film's executive producer with Mr. Arnett.
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What other film this year can lay claim to all of that and also say it made you laugh, made you cry, and made you recognize someone you know, someone you love, or maybe some part of yourself?
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Film critic Roger Ebert sparked a lively Web debate by declaring the movie morally reprehensible for its level of violence, just the kind of publicity that makes people at least want to see what a film is all about.
But that's what this film is -- the old Grimm folktale spruced up with state of the art visual effects and maximized battle action, coupled with a more playful, family-friendly approach than filmmakers took in "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" and "Snow White and the Huntsman".
"What Star Wars is to film and what Harry Potter is to fantasy books, Halo is to the gaming industry, " he said.
But at the end of the day, what we have left is that any film accomplished what it did in the context of its time and environment, and we can really only judge them on their own merits, for their own box office, compared to its place among films right here right now.
The unique, original characters are what make this film so fun and really so surprisingly touching.
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But does the average cinema-goer care or notice what format the film they're watching is in?
The play between fantasy and realism is what gives the film its special look.
What raises the film above many reinterpretations is the conversational ease with which the lines are spoken.
What saves the film from terminal mawkishness is the chemistry between Crystal and that remarkable actor, Paymer.
He went to see the rigs for himself and took a cameraman to film what he saw.
But what differentiates a film like Avatar from the video games mentioned above?
Another question is harder, but maybe more instructive to answer: What does this film say about the state of the movie business?
You can imagine what a short film might look like with hundreds of fans capturing different angles and details of a single show.
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