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Comedic genius. This should be a cult classic. It's more like Napoleon Dynamite than any other film I've seen.

The original reviews were way off the mark. Were they even watching the same film? It skirts a lot of edges, but never goes over the edge into mediocrity.

Sam Rockwell is hilarious as always in his role as Bronco.

The film gnaws at the misguided dreams of the denizens of Americas hinterland. It does a good job satirizing nut job Christians that have become so common in our nation's landscape. If anything it's mildly prophetic. This film needs more attention tan it's received thus far.

Wow.. watched this on a Delta Flight and got home and streaming it in HD. So entertaining on so many levels.

A disaster of unimaginable proportions...as TLJ made the Star Wars story arc implode. The character of Luke and the outcome of his character could not be redeemed by the final sequence. Luke Skywalker has become a sad and defeated hermit. The Jedi order never re-emerged... I really doubt if Mark Hamill really got behind this character... A lot of us fans are disappointed in this story at a Gut level. It doesn't feel like Star Wars . I didn't have a problem with the characters per se. I liked Rey and the way she was portrayed... but Luke did not feel like Luke... Also the ultimate villain Snoak was not formidable or even flushed out. Nothing more than a puppet really.

The suicide tactics of the Resistance made no sense. Bombs in space? The battles were just a repeat of Empire Strikes Back... Layer upon layer of bad that paints the Star Wars Universe into a corner.

I'm part of the Steampunk Community. Kato and Thomas Willeford are well known in the community, especially Karianne, JW, James Neathery and Tayliss Forge. I really feel like the producers of the show ended up treating Steampunk like a joke.

I'm really offended that they trashed all of the objects and all of the sets.

They got some great makers and put them under tremendous pressure through poor materials and unrealistic time constraints. In spite of that, some really great work was created! But they tossed it in the landfill. Jeez, it could have been auctioned for charity!

I do feel some of the judges were a bit too precious about their notions about what Steampunk is. In that they failed miserably week after week to discern the best work, and in so doing eliminated the best contestant Donald Trump style. It was very hard to watch.

Since Steampunk is a new and evolving ethos they needed to set the imagination free and enhance the participants creativity. But they failed to do that and stifled a budding process of creativity leaving most of the makers enervated and traumatized. They also did not rein in Two toxic contestants who were not team players. Teamwork should have been the single most important aspect of work here, as it is so necessary for the Steampunk process. Non team players should have been voted out, not by the judges but by the participants, Survivior style. Because it was not and non team players got elevated to the final round, even winning we see the ultimate failure of SteampunkD.

Netflix should remove it for that reason alone.

Episode three was game changing. Some people have written this one off prematurely. This a great series with cunning Hitchcockian influences. There are a lot of references to Secret Agent and The Prisoner. At one point in the pilot the term "Mr. Secret Agent Man" is used. There is also the same atmosphere as Twin Peaks, and the town is self contained in a glacial valley behind towering granite peaks. Still, that's about where the similarities end. There are other more recent TV series influences as well which I won't name at the risk of creating spoilers. Personally I found it suspenseful, gripping even. Matt Dillon strongly conveys the feral sense a trapped man desperate to escape, while also gradually becoming intrigued by the mystery of the place.

Sean Bean is a powerful actor, and he truly creates a believable character tortured by a past he can't remember. The only other show that had a surrealistic construct like this, I can remember was The Prisoner with Patrick McGoohan, which is a classic of the spy genre. I feel that Legends has the potential to be another classic well-remembered series. There are differences, however they share a central theme which is the loss of identity in modern society.

However, the spy genre is under-appreciated by critics and shows rarely last long. The show is a great vehicle for Bean's talents, as every week he creates a new legend, an undercover alias. I hope we get to find out more about how his story unfolds.

SCA members, Renaissance folk and history buffs will love this historically accurate costume drama.

By accurate I mean that the sieges, melee combat, archery, heroic feats of arms, medieval armaments, armor and the like, make history come to life. That is no mean feat!!!

Brilliant acting by Brian Cox. His best role to date.

The Middle Ages were sickening and gory, in ways we cannot imagine. This is a mere approximation, but no more than our weak stomachs can handle, and no less!!

This so-called gore is pure poetry to one schooled in the arts of combat.

This is not horror. It is Truth. The Squire blooded in his first kill. The Templar clearing the ramparts as a pure warrior. Freaking awesome!

Priest is a Dystopic Adrenaline Fueled Thrill-ride... True to it's roots in Road Warrior, Mad Max, the spaghetti western and other post-apocalyptic action movies, Priest is a completely action driven movie. From that perspective, it succeeds very well. Then there are the eyeless, acrobatic "vampires" bringing some crossover into Survival Horror. Fans of that genre should appreciate it as well.

There isn't much of a story however, but there's enough of one to motivate and sustain the flow of movie. The acting is quite good for the most part, Paul Bettany is incredibly intense as the Priest, reflecting faith, without fanaticism, tempered by wisdom. Karl Urban is also great as well the Priest's dark nemesis, with enough depth to avoid becoming a one dimensional villain.

Perhaps the real hero is the art direction, in this dystopic, Orwellian vision of an alternate future. The hive-like confines of "the City" with its colorless paranoia, and obsession with security and safety make the bleak Wastelands outside appear expansive and free. There is not a shred of vegetation in the entire movie, (which made me wonder what people eat). The contrast is stark, the atmosphere grim and purposeful. Personally I ate it up. The whole effect was similar to Riddick, but Riddick was not a Western at heart.

Being a fan of Steven Kings "the Dark Tower", I could see that Priest has drawn from that series consciously, without borrowing any of the plot.

I found Priest quite entertaining and am somewhat dismayed by the negative reviews. Certainly many people will find a lot to like in this movie.