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Some movies should firmly embrace their innate silliness.
But once transferred to the screen, this idea likely presented all sorts of problems.
You keep waiting for that intriguingly goofy setup to pay off in some meaningful, exciting way.
You keep hoping a giant thought bubble will fly out of the bushes and whack someone over the head.
There are no women in Prentisstown (and we do eventually find out the chilling reason why).
During their journey, the whole hearing-peoples-thoughts thing pays some dividends.
But thats also why its frustrating thatChaos Walkingdoesnt do more with its conceit.
And yes, theres potential for humor, too.
Overheard thoughts can often alienate viewers in mainstream movies.
Thats why Liman isnt actually a bad choice for this material.
Instead, what we now have is a movie that seems determined to run away from itself.
