tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post7806267782379940730..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: OLYMPUS HAS FALLENTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-74849540761020433342013-10-23T05:53:24.804-05:002013-10-23T05:53:24.804-05:00This movie was late to UK theatres, so only just s...This movie was late to UK theatres, so only just seen it. I really think you're being unfair - This film has to be an out-and-out comedy. It's not just 'Die Hard in the White House' as a general description, it is specifically Die Hard, remade as if that film had happened in the White House. <br /><br />There are so many beats that exactly copy from the first Die Hard that it can't just be lazy borrowing (can it?) e.g. The bespectacled computer hacker who listens to Beethoven while running a slow-moving computer programme, the estranged wife, the child put in jeopardy by idiot reporters, the brave/foolish hostage, the deputy bad-guy who gets angry because his best friend was killed, the fake out 'are they terrorists or bank robbers' plot, the bit where the hero loses a shoe, being trapped above an elevator and on and on. All they missed out on was hiring a British actor in the James Woods role!<br /><br />But mostly I just loved that the film ends not with romance rekindled, but with motherfucking world peace - the ne plus ultra of happy endings.alexfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00663695995150276878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-31721875767172684652013-10-11T18:36:42.765-05:002013-10-11T18:36:42.765-05:00Just caught 10m or so on my seatmate's screen ...Just caught 10m or so on my seatmate's screen on a short flight; it's amazing how the bad guys, after gunning down 3,079 Secret Service agents with individual headshots, immediately move to the Imperial Stormtrooper Spray'n'pray the moment Channing Tatum shows up. Definitely looked like... a Roland Emerich action movie, yup.Not Fenimorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135812849405775125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-70564329978222667272013-08-27T23:59:32.530-05:002013-08-27T23:59:32.530-05:00I noticed a slight error, Tim. You remarked that ...I noticed a slight error, Tim. You remarked that Channing Tatum was a 'light-touch pseudocomic actor'. I think you meant a 'light-touch pseudo-actor' in general, given Tatum has never expressed any emotion on-screen other than puzzlement.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16611922269342141654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-16172659656971484542013-07-04T17:48:17.164-05:002013-07-04T17:48:17.164-05:00My original comment, if anyone is curious, was: &q...My original comment, if anyone is curious, was: "The Secret Service agent's name is John Cale? What? Is he protecting President Iggy Pop and first Lady Patti Smith from the vicious terrorist group known as Siouxsie and the Banshees?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107667687751077093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-30690545182676882222013-07-04T17:37:59.680-05:002013-07-04T17:37:59.680-05:00No problem, Tim. Shit like that happens, sometimes...No problem, Tim. Shit like that happens, sometimes; it's cool. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107667687751077093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-70039914879186235542013-07-03T23:39:27.706-05:002013-07-03T23:39:27.706-05:00My extreme and heartfelt apologies to Damian: I hi...My extreme and heartfelt apologies to Damian: I hit "remove", instead of "reply" to his comment, and there doesn't appear to be any way to undo that. His comment was a joke on the fact that John Cale is also the name of a founding member of The Velvet Underground. My reply, which is entirely not worth the trouble it's caused, was to point out that President James Sawyer has a namesake character on Lost. Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-16630180940133126172013-07-03T19:02:40.250-05:002013-07-03T19:02:40.250-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107667687751077093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-24562984052702684052013-07-03T14:54:49.384-05:002013-07-03T14:54:49.384-05:00It's hard to say. Action movies and thrillers ...It's hard to say. Action movies and thrillers centered around grown-ups having grown-up problems (Twister, Volcano, Outbreak) could be massively inconsistent, dubious propositions (Twister, Volcano, Outbreak), but I still prefer them to the vast majority of the empty, noisy nonsense that passes for big-budget action right now.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-503538586829943632013-07-02T22:21:04.415-05:002013-07-02T22:21:04.415-05:00Only slightly related, but: after the 80's nos...Only slightly related, but: after the 80's nostalgia that permeated the 2000's, I agree that we're on the cusp of a huge wave of 90's nostalgia. I'm just curious, are there any particular 90's-style film tropes that you are looking forward or absolutely dreading to see reappear?Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497021380833652292noreply@blogger.com