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"Upward-facing dog" lol.

While it was obviously rehashing things that have been done many times before I did find it quite stylistically pleasing throughout, I haven't seen it since the day it was released in theaters so it'll be hard to pick out particular scenes from memory but the most lasting one in my mind I think was the first time they're dropped on the beach and the first time he gets cornered and killed. I found that whole sequence pretty intense, well layed out, well shot, well choreographed. When I go see action movies I try to judge them only as such, an action movie, dedicated to building elaborate sets, extensive choreography, suitable soundtracking, memorable characters (I think Blunt's character and her public persona were pretty acceptable in a goofy comic-book kind of way), and state of the art technical effects. I try not to go into an action movie focusing primarily on an interesting plot, and I know that's not a very critical way to view a movie, considering plot is always my primary concern in all other genres, but over time I've found going to action movies a lot more enjoyable with that mind set. I think Edge of Tomorrow fulfilled all of the above criteria to an extent, I doubt I'll ever watch it again, I'm not giving it an Oscar or anything, I just never found myself regretting the ticket price when the credits rolled. I suppose I've just developed a habit of being less artistically critical towards action blockbusters and sort of give them relaxed treatment.

I enjoyed it about as much as I enjoyed Pacific Rim.

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