Every move they had for her was so ludicrous. Those flying scissors where she's wrestling the guys down from their necks? So her initial badass moment worked not for me. She should have evaded his strike and taken out his nuts. Then when she went on her mission through the corridors taking guys down with one touch (the leg sweeps I buy, but you gotta do something to them afterwards) while Jon Favreau is in an actual extended fight with multiple blows? Made her look puny and implausible to me.
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§ ita § - May 08, 2010 11:12:33 pm PDT #8245 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
beekaytee - May 09, 2010 5:49:31 am PDT #8246 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I haven't seen Iron Man yet, but I'm happy to say that I agree with ita about fights where the hero does a leg sweep, the lackey goes down and doesn't get up. I'm always looking behind the hero to see the bad guys jump up like insufficiently whacked moles. Ruins any good fight scene for me .
Theodosia - May 09, 2010 6:41:21 am PDT #8247 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm prepared to suspend disbelief for TKO leg sweeps along with the action movie idea that one gun shot takes out a bad guy, and hitting someone over the head knocks them out safely for a long time.
§ ita § - May 09, 2010 6:46:14 am PDT #8248 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Problem for me in this particular segment is that they kept cutting back to a fight where a guy was taking multiple blows and not going down. So it was like she had a special ninja knockout leg sweep, but a burly guy's fists couldn't do shit.
There are ways to make women fighting look interesting. Start with casting, for instance. Then, from there, consider the choreography.
Jessica - May 09, 2010 8:18:30 am PDT #8249 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My issue with Scarlett is that her attempts to look serious and businesslike came across to me as a bad botox job - there are ways to look like a badass that don't involve completely immobilizing your face.
Laga - May 09, 2010 9:18:01 am PDT #8250 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I haven't seen Iron Man 2 yet so I skippity skipped to post that I just re-watched Winchester '73 . Man I love that movie but I never realized Rock Hudson was in it. I watched the whole movie trying to figure out who he was. Then I looked it up, laughed and watched it again. oh Hollywood! You're so silly sometimes.
Polter-Cow - May 09, 2010 10:34:13 am PDT #8251 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Iron Man 2 made $134 million.
Nightmare on Elm St. made $9 million.
beekaytee - May 09, 2010 12:34:22 pm PDT #8252 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Nightmare on Elm St. made $9 million.
I feel badly for Jackie Earle Haley. He's one of my current favorites and I want him to succeed. While I would not see an Elm St. movie on a bet (not my speed) and I was sad to see a clip that proved his performance was not up to the original (Even HE says Robert Englund is Freddie), I wish it had done better.
Connie Neil - May 09, 2010 1:44:35 pm PDT #8253 of 30000
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Englund's turn as the creepy high school janitor on a recent Bones was very funny.
beekaytee - May 09, 2010 1:46:05 pm PDT #8254 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Which episode was that? I missed it!