Not much is happening. We got some more snow last night. Big, fat, fluffy flakes. Then it started raining and it ruined it all.
What I'm watching:
Red I've been wanting to see this movie since I first heard about it and I was somewhat disappointed. I think the problem was the plot was too pedestrian meaning I guessed everything before it happened. The cast looked like they were having fun but I wish they got more to do. I mean if you have Helen Mirren in your movie as a hit man let her whack a bunch of people not just one or two. Also, instead of having the lead's love interest kidnapped so the last third of the movie gets where it's going, why not have her get more involved with the action? Have Helen Mirren teach her how to shoot mooks with a sniper rifle, something like that. And Karl Urban never took off his shirt, not once. What's the fun in that? He got to be the butt monkey somewhat, but again, the script didn't take it far enough. Potential was wasted all over the place in this movie.
Eh, it wasn't that bad I just expected more.
On the other hand, The Expendables was exactly what I thought it would be. It was a violent throwback to old 80's action movies. The best thing about this movie was it was 99.99% serious so it was even more funny than if they tried to be tongue-in-cheek. The cast was wonderfully hyper-macho (Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke plus cameos by Bruce Willis and Arnold Swarzenegger) and there was plenty of HoYay although it was a little squicky. I mean Stallone is in his mid-60's! He didn't take off his shirt, thank goodness.
Jon and I did talk about this movie after it was over - mainly we were marvelling about how intensely ugly Mickey Rourke is. He fell out of an ugly tree roughly the size of a redwood and he's still falling and hitting branches.
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2 comments:
You got that right about Mickey. I feel so sad for him whenever he appears. He was such a good looking guy in his younger days of acting. Things clearly went awry when he started his boxing kick. I've seen coverage about his horrible visage, and reports were that he got some botched plastic surgery. I dunno...whatever happened, don't think there's much he can do about it now.
Haven't seen 'Red' yet. That is exceedingly disappointing that they didn't use Helen Mirren more. She is my chief reason for wanting to see it. Hmmm...
I need to add some flicks to the Netflix cue. Lately, we've been watching 'Blade the Series' and 'Space Above and Beyond' eps. Also, there are several channels running repeats of the Buffy seasons...gotta love that.
Did you see The Wrestler? I liked Mickey Rourke a lot. That ruined face really worked for that character. I wasn't sure how much of that was real and how much cosmetic.
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