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''The Adjustment Bureau'' is a 2011 film based on the Creator/PhilipKDick short story "Adjustment Team" (readable [https://en.[[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team here])
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''The Adjustment Bureau'' is a 2011 film based on the Creator/PhilipKDick short story "Adjustment Team".
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* HumansAreBastards: According to Thompson, the first time the Bureau tried a hands-off approach, "you gave us the Dark Ages for five hundred years"; the second time resulted in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and the Cuban missile crisis. When David challenges him as to the fact that the world is still pretty messed up even with them in charge, Thompson retorts that things would be even worse if they weren't around.
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* HumansAreBastards: According to Thompson, the first time the Bureau tried a hands-off approach, "you gave us the Dark Ages for five hundred years"; the second time resulted in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and the Cuban missile crisis. When The fact that good things nevertheless happened during these times is not elaborated on, but the implication is that the Adjusters keep things from going too off-the-rails even if they can't keep things perfect for everyone; when David challenges him as to the fact that the world is still pretty messed up even with them in charge, Thompson retorts that things would be even worse if they weren't around.
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* HumansAreBastards: According to Thompson, the first time the Bureau tried a hands-off approach, "you gave us the Dark Ages for five hundred years"; the second time resulted in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and the Cuban missile crisis. They seem to overlook all the good things that occurred during the Dark Ages, and all the bad things that occurred under their watch between the MiddleAges and UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Or hell, all the bad things happening ''right now''.
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* HumansAreBastards: According to Thompson, the first time the Bureau tried a hands-off approach, "you gave us the Dark Ages for five hundred years"; the second time resulted in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and the Cuban missile crisis. They seem When David challenges him as to overlook all the good fact that the world is still pretty messed up even with them in charge, Thompson retorts that things that occurred during the Dark Ages, and all the bad things that occurred under their watch between the MiddleAges and UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Or hell, all the bad things happening ''right now''.would be even worse if they weren't around.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: In the ending, Harry speculates that [[spoiler:the chairman's true "plan" may be for people to fight for their free will and determine their own destinies, with David and Elise being one of the few who succeeded despite all the deliberate setbacks planted by the Adjusters]].
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/DarkCity'', as both films are about a man trying to reconnect with the woman he loves while fleeing from memory-erasing men in very nice hats, who travel across the city through unusual means (and [[spoiler:like the Strangers, the Adjusters have a weakness to water.]])
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Thompson invokes this on David, convincing him that, if he stays with Elise, she will miss out on achieving her dreams of being a great dancer. What he leaves out is that she could be even happier with David.
