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I didn't see it in theaters, and I really regret it.
I had no idea what it was about except for a bunch of guys beating each other up ala Van Damme's Lionheart. Even the first time I watched it as a rental, I hadn't a clue what I was about to experience. Luckily I had avoided spoilers & everything, so I was completely unprepared.
Subversive. Even deceptive in how it was marketed. I totally love that about the show. I've read the book since seeing it (seeing it many many times, naturally) and I think the movie is a brilliant adaptation of the written word. Dark, disjointed, and remarkably true to the overall storyline. The book's ending fits for the novel, and the movie's ending fits best for a movie - they are both the best possible realizations of the story for their respective mediums.
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Incompetence
When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do.
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