Not what I expected

Rating: 8/10 (12 August 2008)

When I sat down to watch this I expected a standard, by the numbers, Hollywood Superhero movie. I was pleasantly surprised to be surprised by it. Standard Hollywood movie? Not by a long shot. Is it likely to garner a lot of Oscar nominations? No. Is it entertaining? Yes, yes, yes. As one of the other comments says, sit down and turn your brain off. It's most definitely not high art, but then again why does everyone expect high art from every film and then bag it badly when it isn't? Who cares if doesn't leave you pondering the "meaning of life" or make you want to protest outside the $%^&*#$ embassy about the way they treat their women/children/livestock? I enjoyed it, and I don't care if you didn't.