the banality of evil = the sexiness of xenu

Rating: 3/10 (30 July 2012)

i'm not about to belabor this, but the degree to which this movie is ultimately only a scientology vehicle is informative, albeit not entertainingly so. I picture this movie being greenlit on the basis of Tom Cruise, period. Thus everything flows from that. The only American accented German in a world of English accented Germans. They allowed him to say "Go-bells". Total disinterest in history steeped in high narcissism does amount to a kind of revisionism; the motivation of everyone central to the movie is always just to make the story come out like it did in history. But like Tom says over and over again, No Pain, No Gain. The bottle of liquor which conceals a bomb that turns out to be a dud is such an obvious symbol for the movie itself. A missed opportunity? only would have stunk the place up more. SPOILERS: if you like this movie, you are in a focus group right now.