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Great Filming...incredible views of very realistic(?) surroundings which you can imagine must look pretty damn foreign to anyone walking there for the 1st (or 10th) time...In places it reminded me of crossing the Salt Flats...where you look down and you're traveling at 110MPH! without realizing it at all...Look in the distance at a certain mountain (that doesn't look THAT far away, then 45 minutes later you see the same mountain in the distance...like standing still at 110MPH...Regardless though, the performances are all top notch in this film...Not quite an Epic film, as it lacks the intensity of the moment scenarios as with a film like uhh, Hidalgo(?)- the story of the half-breed, down & out, Spiritually LOST horseman who travels to Arabia (after a dare/insult to compete with his horse for the prize money to redeem himself (to himself) & the Native People known as the great horse culture...Well, this film lacks those intense 'of the moment' scenes which keep you on your toes... Unless you know the history of this time (in this place) and in these circumstances, you may find yourself 'looking away' from time to time...So to really 'enjoy' all this film has to offer, it's well worth it to do a little research (if that's your thing) and get the most out of a really good, well done film that offers several moments that will take you to many different places (both geographically...and within your own heart and mind)...My best advice?...Google it, read about it...and then go rent it, but watch it just the same!...

Kindest Regards, All!...

T~

...and by the time I was ready for a twist or something of a plot, well there was a fight of robots going on and the credits began to roll...I actually went back through the scene menu to make sure I hadn't missed an entire chapter (or three)...But sure enough, I'd 'witnessed' this entire (very straightforward) flick...So, my advice is to either have your popcorn and drinks ready to roll before hitting the start button because you really don't have the time to go for snacks...The movie will be over and you'll have missed the on screen action...but at least you wouldn't have missed any type of storyline, because it's just not there to begin with...I'd think this is the end of the Iron Man 'series' as apparently they really have nothing else to say about it...I felt like I'd seen an episode of 'Modern Marvels' or something along those lines, but not 'really a movie' (with a story, any twists, turns or other stimuli) Like you might expect in what most people cal 'a Movie'...take it or leave it on this one either way, you aren't getting a lot...

I really have to state my opinion as: 'A movie soo good, it literally sets the standard for all other dramatic films of the era'...It really is that good...the Proverbial 'Lightning in a Bottle'...

I saw this film as a young person upon it's release at a 'real' theatre...(meaning, an old theatre located in a prominent uptown setting (before urban malls had killed most small towns and UPTOWNS / DOWNTOWNS were really the center of all activity within a city's limits)...This wonderful place (where previously I'd only seen the release of 'H.R. Puff' N' Stuff'!), a single-screen huge-theatre 'complete with a real balcony...At any rate, it was as a wonderful place to really be engulfed in 'whatever' was presently headlining...I saw all the Bond films from the late 60's thru the 70's there and several others, BUT NONE could compare to the all encompassing story of Papillon...There's really nothing about this movie that anyone could complain about (regardless of how finicky)...In fact, This is probably the only film which one can only 'sing it's praises'...a true landmark of a film, no matter of when it was made, fine acting from the best in the business Steve McQueen doesn't need any bragging, nor does Dustin Hoffman...or for that matter any of the other casting selections...Just about as perfect as it can get!... As a side-note...which I have always found to be very 'weird'...Dustin Hoffman, with all the success this film brought him (and he to the film)...has never acknowledged...EVER...his time with Steve McQueen or their 'Butch & Sundance' equivalent performances in this landmark-film...It's as though it never existed for him...I may be wrong (completely), but I have never, ever seen him or even heard of him mentioning Steve McQueen or Papillon...and considering the magnitude of this film and their performances, I personally find that (as I stated)...nothing short of Weird!...