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movie review - We Can Be Heroes

the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Kokubunji, 2020.12.26

Of late, Robert Rodriguez has been making kids movies. Kids spy movies were first, now it seems to be super-hero movies. He seems to be going for a certain low-budget look despite hiring some decent actors, and the combination somewhat works. The plot of this one is a passing-the-torch thing that really struggles. The dialog quality is all over the place, the kids' acting is also very varied (hats off for using kids in the first place, I suppose) and the plot felt like too much of it was developed as they went.

I won't belabor this. Not recommended.

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One day you will take a fork in the road, and you're going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go. If you go one way, you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and get good assignments. Or you can go the other way and you can do something [...] for yourself. If you decide to do something, you may not get promoted and get good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won't have to compromise yourself. To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That's when you have to make a decision. To be or to do.

—John Boyd, US Air Force