As if getting a little irate about individuals’ negative reviews about some movies I really enjoyed this year wasn’t bad enough…
Now the media is jumping on the bandwagon, saying stuff along the lines of “Worst year for movies EVER”, “Summer 2010 movies=Armageddon”, and the like. This has got to stop.
Now, I’m with everyone on the opinion of “The Losers” being about a ‘C’ (I like Zoë Saldana, but the idea of her kicking The Comedian’s ass is laughable), and “Clash of the Titans” just… well, sucked. It sucked big hairy monkey-balls. I liked the 1981 movie MUCH more, even the outdated Claymation special effects more than this year’s version. And they had the audacity– nay, the GUMPTION– to put it in 3D. Those intellectually-stunted jackasses need to be given the “Casino Royale” seatless-chair treatment for that one.
But I digress.
As much in league with those opinions as I am, I just don’t see how people can go bashing some of this summer’s films. Take “Knight and Day” for instance. I don’t care what your opinion of Tom Cruise is, he did a damn good job in this one, and Cameron Diaz was good in her role as well. She certainly wasn’t a naïve goody-two-shoes like in Charlie’s Angels, that’s for certain. She played a person with real conflicts about who to believe in this movie. And the fight scenes and stunts? A car flips over Cruise a’la “Live Free or Die Hard” while missing him by centimeters! DUDE! “Knight and Day” was kick-ASS.
While we’re on the subject, “Kick-Ass” was friggin’ stellar! People have said “it wasn’t realistic” and it promotes vigilanteism, blahblahblah. Dude, grow up. Of course it’s not realistic! And anyone who mimics that stuff they showed deserves to get a mudhole stomped in their ass. That being said, I hope and pray that whenever I have children (FAR into the future), they will turn out exactly like Hit-Girl. She was poetry… in… motion! Killing bad guys left and right! I loved every SECOND of her performance. And towards the end, when she reloaded her (two!) Glocks mid-run… ??!? Do NOT tell me you didn’t whip out your O-Face, be you guy or girl. Don’t even ATTEMPT to lie to me.
Now, on to “Prince of Persia”. I have to admit, I was thinking about Jake Gyllenhaal and race until I saw the trailers and previews for it. Then it made some sense. Then I saw the movie, and it made total sense. He did superbly as the Prince, and I wasn’t bothered by the storyline at all. I’ve played the Sands of Time game many times, read the storyline behind said game, and even know that the creators never gave the Prince a name. Two words for anyone who still says that the movie isn’t the same as the game: Different. Dimensions. Each game is set in a different dimension, so why would the storylines be the same?? The action and acting was great in this one.
I know you guys are tired of hearing about “Twilight: Eclipse” (I know I am), but in brief, I did see it. It was wayyy better than that guttered self-esteem/obsessive crap that was “New Moon”.
These films, and others, don’t deserve a lot of the scorn being tossed at them. If you question enough people, you’ll discover, as I did, that half of them haven’t even SEEN the movies they’re talking about! They’re just regurgitating some review they read somewhere. When you go to the theatres, watch them with your own eyes, forget what everyone else (even me) has said about them, and judge for yourself. That’s all I’m asking.
May your movie-going experiences be wicked.
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