Movie: The Movie, by Jimmy Kimmel.
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Movie: The Movie, by Jimmy Kimme
That was much funnier than I was expecting.
Gary Oldman makes everything better.
Saw "Safe House" this weekend and it was SO BAD, you guys. Denzel does his best, but the plot is stupid, the "secret" bad guy obvious, and they make Ryan Reynolds look puffy and dull. There were a couple of good action sequences, but others were just so ridiculous as to be silly.
I didn't know who the bad guy was until the reveal, so I was the appropriately stupid target audience. I thought it was sufficiently plausible that it could have been anyone in the CIA. Any action scene with guns was "OMG, somebody sight before they shoot, eh?" but the close combat ones I thought were well-choreographed and filmed so that you could actually *see* choreography, which is sorely lacking in most films these days. The car chase scene had some improbably tenacious bad guys, but the actual skill in driving was some of the best I've seen recently at all (note, haven't seen Drive)
The relationship spiel was overwrought and undersold, but if they'd spent more time on it, I'd have been irritated. And, enh, they cast for really pretty, as opposed to "able to sell love in a glance". I wish Hollywood were different, but such is our lot.
I thought it was a solid mid-level, just shy of first-Bourne level action movie. Not revolutionary, but pleasant to the eye.
A fan's 10-minute disertation on how Episode 1 could have been a better movie: [link]
I don't think I disagree with any of his ideas.
I don't think I disagree with any of his ideas.
Yeah, now I want to see his movie.
I hope Joss sees this because he'd hire him to break out stories.
my new favorite Hunger Games inspired tee. [link]
What do the "Real or not real" and "It's real for us" t-shirts refer to?
What do the "Real or not real" and "It's real for us" t-shirts refer to?
Spoilery stuff from the 3rd book.