Underdog internet troll forced to step up and find his inner superhero
Showing posts with label action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label action. Show all posts
01 August 2020
03 December 2018
The Craft (1996)
Magical Mean Girls.
Oldie, but still holds up. Soundtrack is now musak in supermarkets and CVS.
Oldie, but still holds up. Soundtrack is now musak in supermarkets and CVS.
28 August 2013
Oblivion
Moon + Coma + The Matrix + The Borg + Terminator and the Hal 9000 thrown in for good measure.
Tom Cruise being every action hero he's been, except not Minority Report. This movie builds over the first hour and 12 minutes, desolate scenery, character building, world building, and you think, "Wow, this is gonna be amazing", and then it's not. I'm a big fan of sci-fi and action and I am more than willing to forgive giant holes and nods to other movies and actors phoning it in, but this was such a direct rip off of Moon with Time Machine and The Matrix jumbled in that it actually pissed me off. The last 45 minutes of the movie was a big rush to blow things up and then they pulled one of those M. Night "surprise!" deux ex machina dick moves and I ended up screaming at the screen and cursing the director, who as it happens, was also the writer, go figure. Seriously, this could have been a great sci-fi movie even with the ripping off of the other movies, but Hollywood needs to stop giving these guys carte blanche and they need to start putting money into training editors who edit scripts and the film itself. They need to stop letting these guys operate in either the vacuum or the echo chamber. It's like the author's of successful series who decide that they don't need an editor any more for publishing and every precious word or idea is a perfect flower. It's not. It's ego. And they need to check it at the gate and give us good writing again.
Tom Cruise being every action hero he's been, except not Minority Report. This movie builds over the first hour and 12 minutes, desolate scenery, character building, world building, and you think, "Wow, this is gonna be amazing", and then it's not. I'm a big fan of sci-fi and action and I am more than willing to forgive giant holes and nods to other movies and actors phoning it in, but this was such a direct rip off of Moon with Time Machine and The Matrix jumbled in that it actually pissed me off. The last 45 minutes of the movie was a big rush to blow things up and then they pulled one of those M. Night "surprise!" deux ex machina dick moves and I ended up screaming at the screen and cursing the director, who as it happens, was also the writer, go figure. Seriously, this could have been a great sci-fi movie even with the ripping off of the other movies, but Hollywood needs to stop giving these guys carte blanche and they need to start putting money into training editors who edit scripts and the film itself. They need to stop letting these guys operate in either the vacuum or the echo chamber. It's like the author's of successful series who decide that they don't need an editor any more for publishing and every precious word or idea is a perfect flower. It's not. It's ego. And they need to check it at the gate and give us good writing again.
18 August 2013
Europa Report
Ignoring people's paranoia gets everyone killed.
Well done science. NASA was a consultant and they used actual footage and it was beautiful and amazing and scary. Interesting premise, good cast, fantastic photography. There were holes in the plot/story, but there always are in movies. I want to watch this again.
Blood and Donuts
Vampire walks into a Donut Shop...
Typical 1980s camp. Big hair, mullets, heavy guitar riffs, 88 minute music video feel. Vampire tired of it all. The usual angst.
Typical 1980s camp. Big hair, mullets, heavy guitar riffs, 88 minute music video feel. Vampire tired of it all. The usual angst.
22 February 2013
Dredd
Un-campified future cop movie. Kept waiting for Stallone, Bullock, or Snipes to show up. except that was "Demolition Man" so I was very confused. Then I forgot and enjoyed the movie.
12 July 2012
Inglourious Basterds
Tarantino rewrites history.
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What if America hadn't ignored the war for so long?
What if America hadn't ignored the war for so long?
Chronicle
Shifting character tropes in a surprisingly good genre film...
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Superman, Spiderman, and Batman meet in a field...
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Professor Xavier didn't find these guys in time to give them purpose.
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Superman, Spiderman, and Batman meet in a field...
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Professor Xavier didn't find these guys in time to give them purpose.
20 February 2012
12 February 2012
18 September 2011
The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet
A "Knocked Up" "Pineapple Express" makes you feel sorry for the sidekick.
22 August 2011
Cowboys and Aliens
Cowboys and Aliens
"True Grit" + "Quick and the Dead" mashed up with "Pitch Black"
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