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If they want my opinion (and really, who doesn't?), they should just call the movie "Watch Donnie Yen beat the living crap out of everyone", because frankly, that's what this movie is about and its main selling point.

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  1. noun A sequence of photographs projected onto a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.
  2. noun A connected cinematic narrative represented in this form.
  3. noun A showing of a movie. Often used in the plural: During the movie, the person in front of me kept talking. Would you like to go to the movies tonight?
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  • So my favorite visual effect in the movie is the one I'm about to show you. —  J.J. Abrams' mystery box
  • A book or a movie is a weird bit of alchemy, and taking out one ingredient or replacing it could fatally affect the recipe that produced the magic in the first place. —  ChallengingDestiny22:April2006
  • And while I'm not an expert on Transformers by any stretch, I know enough to realize that this movie is a far cry from the playful inventiveness of the toys, cartoon series and animated movie, and first live-action movie. —  KITV.com - Local New
  • If they want my opinion (and really, who doesn't?), they should just call the movie "Watch Donnie Yen beat the living crap out of everyone", because frankly, that's what this movie is about and its main selling point. —  BeyondHollywood.com | Movie News, Reviews, and Opinions
  • An educational discussion guide created by Planned Parenthood for the movie is available online at www. gyt09.org and at www. plannedparenthood.org.
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  1. Shortening and alteration of moving picture.
 

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