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BATTLESHIP
Entertainment films are like fast cars. You've got the tasteful ones, say Maserati or Aston Martin, and you've got the vulgar ones, like Lamborghini. In the world of cinema that first category features films such as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or "Kill Bill". The other category is filled with Michael Bay's work and films such as "Battleship".
The characters are all conveniently handsome as much as they are shallow, the cinematography is needlessly colourful to appeal to the less-demanding filmgoer, the direction is fast-cutting to evoke the feeling of a 2-hour video clip and the plot is as pedestrian as any film of this kind.
The most interesting about these films is the appalling dialogue however. You always wonder what kind of mastermind came up with such laughable discourses. For your comfort here are this film's three most empty-headed lines:
1. (an alien flies over) "I have a bad feeling about this."
2. (an alien flies over) A: "What was that?" B: "I'm not sure."
3. The Facepalm Award for most clichéd line: "It was an honour serving with you, Captain."
The worrying thing is not that "Battleship" is loud and utterly idiotic, it's that films such as these have an audience. They are allowed to vote, too.
Allied (2016)
1 week after 'Hacksaw Ridge', I thought I would be disappointed in another WW2 film after Mel Gibson's stunning film. But, I was very wrong. Fantastic directing from Robert Zemeckis, very colourful, stylish and old-fashioned spy thriller. The set designs and clothing are very classy. Brad Pitt delivers a powerhouse performance as Canadian spy Max Vatan. The clothes he wears, his mannerisms are pitch perfect: a very suave spy in 1940's Casablanca and London. Marion Cotillard is beautiful as always, she was born to play in past eras like in this film. She really plays her complex character wonderfully. As for the action scenes, they are very intense. Several shootouts where Brad Pitt (as usual in ww2 films he appears in) kills a lot of nazis (and in this film, his signature kill is a point-blank headshot). Highly recommended (looking at you, @bondjames) for fans of old fashion spy/war thrillers.
That film was just stupid.
Great to hear about Allied @DaltonCraig007. I noticed that Pitt does indeed look very suave in the trailers. I'll try to check it out this weekend.
Fair point, but she is far more an attractive bed fellow!! ;)
Pretty fun and comical overall, mostly given how seriously these films take themselves with their ludicrous FX, stiff performances and terrible but fast action scenes, rounded with a God-awful American dub and clumsy editing from the original source.
Was a massive fan of Ben Wheatley's Kill List but High Rise was such a pretentious mess. Technically excellent, but apart from some good performances it was a real chore to get through.
It was a struggle to watch I got the whole society as a pyramid metaphor, though the film got increasingly heavy handed and too on the nose trying to get its point across. Alot of ideas were thrown at the screen with very little thought, it's a shame as the film looked promising in the trailer.
Stunning film, with no plot whatsoever. Very relaxing to watch, all you got to do is sit back and enjoy the images and sound.
Jason Bourne (2016)
I think it is safe to say that Bond is a step or two ahead of Bourne at the moment.
It s terrific. Have you seen the others? They are great as well.
Now, that the film is digitally released, I couldn't help but lay my finger on it. And despite my initial disdain of the film's story remaining intact, I dislike it less now. My opinion of it might slowly improve and it does feel like some sort of a decade-later continuation of The Bourne Ultimatum which is fine. I still would have wanted less shakycam and more relation to Ludlum's works. I can't help but realize how miscast is Vincent Cassel in the role of a random assassin whose purpose in life isn't even displayed properly but merely explained. No depth in it whatsoever. But, Cassel would have been a fascinating Carlos The Jackal, who is Bourne's archenemy in Ludlum's trilogy. Imagine how fascinating it would've been. It's just tiresome to see Bourne trying to battle and dismantle the CIA. They weren't the villains in the novels. Not even in Lustbader's continuation novels.
Nope, but I might. Have you seen all?
Yes. Recommended.
A comedy with a very black heart and sad to see that indeed his ideas would make so much sense today.
Collateral (2004)
This film never gets old. Tom Cruise, who is one of my favorite actors, delivers the best performance of his career. Stone cold killer, he is a total badass here. Someone you don't want to mess with (why the hell did Jamie Foxx think he could outrun Tom Cruise? A common mistake people do in Cruise films). The nightclub shootout, where Cruise displays his very specific set of skills of hand-to-hand combat and gun handling, is absolutely legendary. Michael Mann sure knows how to film big shootouts like this, and mixed all of that with the super cool 'Ready, Steady Go' DJ music, the scenes becomes a textbook case on how to make a highly thrilling action scene. Cruise has many other badass kills (the sheer speed of his body movements when he just gun downs the 2 thugs in the alley, is unreal). Gorgeous night time cinematography, immense chemistry between Cruise and Foxx. Collateral is one of the major thrillers of the 21st century. A film way ahead of its time. Still looks modern almost 13 years on.
I haven't seen it yet and don't think i will . Sounds like a bad film.
It kind of tried to undo Legacy while keeping a mention of it via Operation Outcome and LARX as seen in the smuggled CIA database files. Richard Webb's role in here was very similar to that of Alexander Conklin in the first screen adaptation of The Bourne Identity and dare I say he did resemble Richard Chamberlain's Bourne in more ways than one. Well, at least it was a box office success second only to Ultimatum gross-wise in the series. I sincerely hope with the next entry they adapt one of the novels or even use material from Erik Van Lustbader's books. He wrote some great stuff for Bourne. I really want Bourne to work with the CIA again or as some kind of a last resort for them, in a way a private contractor while not being one. I want them to introduce Carlos The Jackal. They could lose 'Carlos' and just call Bourne's archenemy 'Jackal'. I'd love to see that. The thing is, Vincent Cassel was perfect for it. Shame they didn't go ahead with that and gave him a very insignificant role in the franchise.
Trying to shock for the sake of shocking. Disgusting indeed.
Russel Crowe is bloody brilliant and so is the rest of the cast.