Yeah i saw it many years after its release same as you. To be honest i forgot it came and went from theaters over here in Thailand because honestly, anything that doesn't have robots or The Rock in it doesn't tend to stay in this country for very long.

I thought it was magnificent and I learned an awful lot about Freddy watching it as well that I didn't know previously.

I later found out that Sasha Baron Cohen was originally supposed to play the role (and he would have suited that role perfectly) but there were "creative" differences and that never happened. I guess it doesn't really matter because Malek was outstanding.

I can't understand the negative press that the movie received but well, i tend to not agree with professional critics anyway.

There aren't many films that I would gladly watch a second time, but this is certainly one of them.