'War Stories'
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Claudia Black is probably no more athletic than Johannsen, but at rest, I believed Aeryn Sun could kick your ass.
Except in "Back and Back and Back to the Future," in which it appeared that both Aeryn and her opponent could be bested by any of the Peanuts characters.
Yes, but I did say at rest. Just standing about, Aeryn looked like she could kill you with her pinkie.
I think there's an argument to be made that appearing soft and weak is part of this Black Widow's arsenal - people see her as a helpless female which lets her get close enough to kill them with a chair. If she looked like a potential threat, the act wouldn't work.
Where that argument falls down is that I've never seen anything from ScarJo that leads me to believe "soft and helpless looking" isn't kind of her default setting. So while I think it worked for the character, I don't think she was doing it on purpose.
It's not even that she looks soft and helpless to me: she looks awkward. Maybe it's the costuming, I dunno, but she looks out of sync with her own body.
I'm good with Ant-Man if the Wasp has a major part in it, because I love Jan on Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
If it's just Hank Pym shrinking and talking to ants, I don't have much interest (and if it's based on Ultimate Hank, I will run screaming in the other direction.)
It doesn't make sense for her to look that way so much of the time, until she engages in combat (at which point she's sometimes suddenly much more physically composed--it's really quite remarkable). Is it an act, or her life? Like, why act now? What the fuck is that stance about? God, that's irritating. A whole movie with her as the only or 1/2 the lead? I'll be staying home, thanks. Or they can pull a Hulk and toss almost anyone else in there instead.
I don't understand not loving Hot Fuzz - I love it THAT MUCH.
Oh dog so much this!!! And while I had problems with how they introduced his Scotty in Trek, it wasn't the performance that bothered me. Put that one on JJ who deserves it for some of his other bone-headed resets going on in the movie. I'm glad Pegg didn't do a total Doohan revamp.
For some reason, having Bones be so spot on was more appropriate (bless Karl Urban).
Maybe I'll watch Hot Fuzz right now. Day improver!
Also, i love PAUL. But I somehow I'd missed Seth Rogen in every other thing he's ever done, so having his voice in there didn't throw me out of the movie in any way. It felt somewhat of a piece with SPACED, though a bit cruder.
What the fuck is that stance about?
I think it's "I've hit my mark and I'm firing, but I can't see over the top of this car."
