Willow ,'Empty Places'
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Got it. I agree -- they're completely implausible, but then so are most spy movies. Incomprehensible meant to me that you didn't follow the plot, not that you didn't buy it.
I suppose I don't buy it, either, but there's pretty men, and I remind myself that I don't have any idea what's actually possible in the world of espionage, so it's all good.
I haven't seen Mohicans in a dog's age, so I have no real opinion on DDL's running. I will note, however, that he is an extremely graceful man and a thorough actor, so I'm sure the running is properly hunter-like.
To me, Matt Damon will always be...
I voted for Loki
The defining Matt Damon role for me would be the first several minutes of Eurotrip.
I don't think he was even in the credits, but it's what made me a Damon fan.
There are many cool bits in the first movie's action scenes that you can refer to: magazine attack! Pen in the hand! Driving down stairs! Narrow alley employ! In the second there are no such distinguishable elements.
I mostly agree with you -- the first movie is much better and has many more Cool Bits -- but the awesome magazine fight (followed by exploding house!) is in the second movie.
but the awesome magazine fight (followed by exploding house!) is in the second movie.
Figures - 'cuz he already stabbed somebody with a pen in the first one.
In the third one, he'll dispatch somebody with a tape dispenser.
I'm going to go practice my tape fu right now.
So, Matt, guess what? According to J.J., the Ethan Haas sites aren't connected to Cloverfield. So we have no blinkin' clue what they are.
Slusho, however, is in-game. In the trailer, you can see a guy wearing a Slusho shirt, even.
He spent the entire film sniffing about how it wasn't filmed where the story was set (He identified every. single. plant. on sight...and loudly)
I thought the scenery in Mohicans was gorgeous, but it did bother me, because it's clearly NOT Connecticut, et cetera. I know how the woods are supposed to look around there, dammit.
I shoulda known. My aged, sciency friend just doesn't have the it's a movie...just enjoy it gene. The scenery was so gorgeous and there were at least SOME attempts at verisimilitude, but nope...not enough.
Then again, I see therapists on film and say 'oy jeez. they would NEVER do that', so I guess I understand that particular crank.
