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Propaganda for anti-2A
It's been a few years since I've seen this. I'm going by memory. It was a very entertaining movie with great acting and directing. It also promotes blaming gun rights and gun manufacturers instead of the criminals who perpetrate the crimes. In short, it's left-wing propaganda. The basic premise is that the ends justify the means when it comes to tampering with a jury for the noble cause of holding gun manufacturers responsible for what criminals do.
Diversity saves the day
A lot of DEI and unrealistic outcomes in which a butch is better than most men.
Modern trad-con bastardisation
First, I find the Princess-bride narrative device of Dickens telling a story to his kids actively obnoxious. It's overdone, it disrupts the flow of the story, and the boy and cat are simply insufferable. Speaking of, the wife is the epitome of the modern trad-con wet dream: the behind-each-great-man cliche, power-behind-the throne type, all authority with no discernible responsibility. Feminism with a demure coat of paint. Dickens is pictured as a bumbling idiot saved by his wife, a victim of bullying by his whole family, cat included. Actually disgraceful. And disgusting. Facts: Dickens had a litter of kids, a superior intellect, did write a children's book about Jesus, was a pretty hard man by today's standards, and so was his (first) wife (he never remarried really, such were the times). Also, anachronisms. From the get-go: a story of 2000 years ago. Right. Dickens was mid 19th century, people still knew how to count then. The scriptural part of the movie lacks accuracy. Playing fast and loose with Dickens' life is one thing, but with the Good Book is less forgivable. My kids kept interrupting with "That's not how it goes in the Bible". Historical accuracy, well, decided to sleep in that day. Lazy, shody research. At least the minimalist rendering of the Cena, the Last Supper, was a welcome departure from the usual Da Vinci-esque extravaganza. I wanted to like this one. But it's a lot of work. I understand the will to appeal to the younger ones, but show them Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth instead, and explain that which needs explaining.
Jackie is back at 70??
It's a very enjoyable movie overall. Great action scenes and fighting which you'd expect from Jackie Chan. Very elaborate story with the stakes growing bigger and BIGGER every 15 minutes but it was fun and great to see Jackie in action along with a very large and talented supporting cast of fighters. Nothing woke other than the occasional 90 lbs girl taking on 2 or 3 guys twice her size and weight, which is just standard in today's movies unfortunately. If you can get past that, I'd highly recommend this one if you haven't seen a good Jackie Chan movie in years, THIS IS IT!!
