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user-inactivated  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 12, 2015

What'd you think of Edge of Tomorrow? Because I was confused that I actually cared about the characters at the end. They got me! How?!





kleinbl00  ·  3394 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I enjoyed the hell out of it, but it doesn't bear much deep thinking. It's a Chris McQuarrie so it has every reason not to suck... and it's two characters constantly locked in life-and-death peril in an organic way so injecting even a little bit of humanity into the situation makes them incredibly relatable. It's the same thing that makes Starship Troopers work.

OftenBen  ·  3394 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Repetition. Familiarity breeding attachment.