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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Michael Bay | 40M on homevideo sales so far (Page 20)

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http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/13-hours-review-michael-bay-benghazi-1201679100/

 

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Scene after scene, the movie is an exhausting, pulverizing thing to experience, by turns immersive and continually disruptive. Every element of the filmmaking — from the jittery, rapid-fire cutting to the intensely saturated hues of Dion Beebe’s digital lensing, from the cacophonous, bullet-riddled sound design to Lorne Balfe’s equally percussive score — seems to push us out and pull us in with the same hectoring force. It’s a nail-biter and a head-scratcher rolled into one: The mind may initially race to keep up with logistics, but eventually one acknowledges the futility of trying to make sense of a situation that Bay himself hasn’t managed to clarify.

 

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2 minutes ago, The Panda said:

So... This is actually... Good??

 

More like it isn't bad. All the reviews pretty much seem to be saying that the politics are completely open to interpretation, but the movie itself provides a tense viewing of the siege. 

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2 minutes ago, grim22 said:

 

More like it isn't bad. All the reviews pretty much seem to be saying that the politics are completely open to interpretation, but the movie itself provides a tense viewing of the siege. 

 

Maybe I won't hate it then.  Gosh, I thought starting of the year with a Bay movie in January would be rough.

 

Then again, I really didn't like Lone Survivor or American Sniper all that much (I did really like Zero Dark Thirty though), so if it's similar to them I might still be in for a painful experience.

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