Decided spur of the moment to go see this after work yesterday, mostly because of reading the stuff here. Managed to get a good open (reserved) seat between several groups. This is the first movie I've seen in years that wasn't a) Top Gun 2 with my parents or b) an event paid for by work to have dinner, drinks, and IMAX.
I am extremely happy that I went to see this. I'm not going to say that I loved the movie, because it is a tough movie to "love" simply due to the subject matter. I felt it was extremely well done, and I particularly like that there wasn't any Hollywood bullshit where Caviezel fights a guy for 5 minutes and then blows the fuck out of people and buildings as he escapes. This was about as realistic as you could get in that respect.
Like I said, extremely happy I saw this. It was a very powerful movie that obviously makes you think about something we normally just gloss over. I even was telling my coworker about it this morning and while he leans the same way politically, he said, "I don't need to watch a movie like that, it will just make me mad," (he has 4 kids of his own) and I told him that's exactly why he needs to go see it. He complains along with me about the pedos in Hollywood and government, and of course none of us actually do anything about it, so the least he can do is go see this movie and spread the word. He still won't go see it, but he might watch it on streaming later at least.
Amusing racist/homophobic side note about going to the theater despite knowing I risked losing my shit if people were annoying. I mentioned I had a single seat left over between groups. To my right were two gay white guys. At first I honestly thought they might be a little retarded. Hell, maybe they were. But I eventually figured out they were gay, and they'd say stuff like, "Oh gosh!" or read off the name of the fucking city that was written on screen, as if we all needed him to help out. On an annoyance scale they were about a 4. Enough to rustle my jimmies, but not enough to really ruin it. On my left were two couples, all black. Kinda thuggish looking, but mid-20s probably. Never said a fucking word during the entire movie. Didn't fuck with their phones. Dude next to me even had a mini pizza box and was super careful not to let it stray (bump me) or make noise while he opened it, etc. And at the end of the movie, after Caviezel gives his spiel that honestly maybe hits harder than most of the movie, he glances at me, we nod because we've just watched a movie about fucked up stuff, and he says, "Oof, that was tough." Perfect fucking movie neighbors.