http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130080/
i thought this was kind of a boring corporate espionage film until about halfway through, when i suddenly realized it was a remake of the talented mr ripley, just with less blood on screen. at that point, i became riveted to my seat in horror because i was pretty sure matt damon was going to snap and start killing people again.
it was really irresponsible of hollywood to put in him in this kind of psycho killing-people situation again, especially after he learned all those special killing-people skills in the bourne movies. i think there is a strong possibility that this time the violence could spread past the big screen. who would save us then? rambo? he's old. ditto for arnie and jackie chan. if gerard butler and christian bale teamed up, they might hold him back for a few milliseconds. but really, there would be no one who would stand a chance...except, perhaps, river tam.
the informant gets two bits of information. a bit is the atomic unit of information.
2010-05-31
2010-05-16
ong bak 2: the beginning
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0785035/
other than tony jaa and lots of fighting, ong bak 2 had nothing to do with ong bak 1. or with the other ong bak 2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427954/). the plot was completely nonsensical, even by action movie standards. hell, the plot was nonsensical by *porno movie* standards. i think they were going for some kind of revenge thing? but instead of revenge, he got captured and tortured to death? and the guy who raised him and taught him all his fighting skillz turned out to hate him, except not really? and the girl from the dance skool who was as hung up on him as he was on her? i guess he was too busy not getting revenge to go sweep her off her feet. not that he would have had much luck with that because, hey, dancer.
ong bak 2 gets two stars for the extensive fight choreography, but understand that this is two stars mostly because of the sheer amount of effort they put into it, not because it was *good* fight choreography. kind of like how when the guy behind the counter gives you your change and you say "thank you," even though if he tried to keep the change you would probably deliver a flying knee into his face.
other than tony jaa and lots of fighting, ong bak 2 had nothing to do with ong bak 1. or with the other ong bak 2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427954/). the plot was completely nonsensical, even by action movie standards. hell, the plot was nonsensical by *porno movie* standards. i think they were going for some kind of revenge thing? but instead of revenge, he got captured and tortured to death? and the guy who raised him and taught him all his fighting skillz turned out to hate him, except not really? and the girl from the dance skool who was as hung up on him as he was on her? i guess he was too busy not getting revenge to go sweep her off her feet. not that he would have had much luck with that because, hey, dancer.
ong bak 2 gets two stars for the extensive fight choreography, but understand that this is two stars mostly because of the sheer amount of effort they put into it, not because it was *good* fight choreography. kind of like how when the guy behind the counter gives you your change and you say "thank you," even though if he tried to keep the change you would probably deliver a flying knee into his face.
iron man 2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228705/
meh. iron man 2 was entertaining in the tropical fish tank sense, but that was about it.
mickey rourke was awesome. he and the girl who played black widow seemed to be the only people who took their parts seriously. it worked out for blacklash since his character mostly worked with himself and also because mickey rourke has his own personal gravity field. black widow, on the other hand, ended up with nobody to play seriously off of. everybody else seemed to phone in their performances. ha ha, look at me, i am tony stark, i take nothing seriously. well save it, we already saw that one, it was called iron man.
meh. iron man 2 was entertaining in the tropical fish tank sense, but that was about it.
mickey rourke was awesome. he and the girl who played black widow seemed to be the only people who took their parts seriously. it worked out for blacklash since his character mostly worked with himself and also because mickey rourke has his own personal gravity field. black widow, on the other hand, ended up with nobody to play seriously off of. everybody else seemed to phone in their performances. ha ha, look at me, i am tony stark, i take nothing seriously. well save it, we already saw that one, it was called iron man.
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