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did the hero of 28 Days Later ever pick up or use a gun?
Yes, very. After they don't execute him he gets all Rambo and takes out an entire unit. Oh, and he shoots the little zombie boy who attacks him when he went wandering in the gas station begging trouble.
I have been informed that Woody in Toy Story doesn't even have a gun - his holster is empty. So does it count if Andy makes him pretend to shoot Mr. Potato Head?
Oh, and he shoots the little zombie boy who attacks him when he went wandering in the gas station begging trouble.
I only remember this because I saw it again recently but he bludgeoned the zombie boy with a baseball bat.
Oh, oops. I saw it recently too. I have no excuses.
Love The Hidden!! It is up there with the rest of the great '80s action flicks.
Why did that decade produce so many good action flicks? Is it because of the reliance on CGI that followed it, and (IMO) reduced the "that's so cool!" aspect of good action?
Why did that decade produce so many good action flicks? Is it because of the reliance on CGI that followed it, and (IMO) reduced the "that's so cool!" aspect of good action?
I don't know, but there's certainly a Wow factor in the stunt work on the Indiana Jones movies and the Mad Max movies that wasn't topped until the entirely different Wow of The Matrix.
I take it back - there was also the Wow of John Woo. The Wow of Woo. Much better than the Tao of Pooh.
What do you consider important for a good action flick, Kathy? Explosions? Fight scenes? Characterisation? Car chases? Gadgetry?
All the above. Done with lots of energy, wit, finesse with the camera, and in the right proportions (which is what went wrong with the 1990s action flicks--Bruckheimer took it right over the top in most cases).
Good action flicks were ruined by people running away from fireballs. That's the whole story.
Not just running away - In Raq's All Movie Drinking Game, anytime stunt people fling themselves off of springboards towards the camera during an explosion, everyone must drink.