I say "WOW" to myself as I seek out story lines like this one, over and over again. It's as if I find billboards at every turn with a message using the tired term of "wake up." A perpetuated question presents itself, again, as to whether things so covered in the story could really happen - more important, do they, or are they happening? To critique the script, characters, setting, alignment with supporting book, etc, seems unimportant to me. Even so, I was moved emotionally every time a bomb went off, a character I grew to love was shot and/or killed, or someone did something truly stupid, each time having to remind myself it's just a show. I'll go as far as to say most was done well. I was emotionally involved, throughout. More important to me, though, is the overall message, which in my opinion is scary from here to beyond - that being how devious, cruel, uncaring, greedy, and power seeking some people might (and can) be. The work adheres to the basic theme of successful visual entertainment: Good vs. Evil; Right vs. Wrong; Moral vs. Immoral, and the like. I raise my glass to the books' author, the one who laid ground for the movie and series, as well as thank those who held the desire to get the movie and series into production, for those of us who will probably never read the books.
I'll end by saying my review centers more on a not so hidden message > things may not be as they seem.
