movie: from paris with love
Feb. 10th, 2010 12:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amezriTrailer-wise, I still really want to see Kick-Ass. Looks awesome.
There was a trailer for something else I wanted to see... but I can't remember what it was so I guess it wasn't that great? D: Oh! They're showing Boondock Saints again in theaters March 11. I kinda want to go. I think this is the version Sean Patrick Flanery was collecting pictures of fans for. Maybe? I didn't submit anything.
Despite the previews making this film look totally ridiculous, I really enjoyed From Paris With Love. Let me list the reasons why:
+ Luc Besson
+ John Travolta kicks a whole lotta ass
+ Jonathan Rhys Meyers is pretty. He also does a decent American accent (though he sounded a bit Southern at first)
+ The body count is ridiculously huge
+ crazy awesome car chase scenes
+ humor and snarking!
+ JRM spoke Mandarin and it sounded good! And understandable! AMAZING!
+ NONE of the Chinese thugs did martial arts. They were just thugs with guns. I'm totally fine with that.
+ I totally called the twist at the end half-way through, but it was still a satisfactory ending
I wish it had more parkour. Or any parkour. I felt like when they were chasing someone across the roof, there should have been some freerunning going on there, but the camera kept cutting away. Couldn't find a girl freerunner? Who knows.
So. I should have more complicated thoughts about this movie, but I really don't. I enjoy pretty much all of Luc Besson's productions, whether he's directing or not (I still need to see Angel-A). Good times. Will buy on DVD.
Strangely, it made me want to watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang again. And the first Boondock film. I still can't get over how weird SPF looked in the sequel. It was distracting.
There was a trailer for something else I wanted to see... but I can't remember what it was so I guess it wasn't that great? D: Oh! They're showing Boondock Saints again in theaters March 11. I kinda want to go. I think this is the version Sean Patrick Flanery was collecting pictures of fans for. Maybe? I didn't submit anything.
Despite the previews making this film look totally ridiculous, I really enjoyed From Paris With Love. Let me list the reasons why:
+ Luc Besson
+ John Travolta kicks a whole lotta ass
+ Jonathan Rhys Meyers is pretty. He also does a decent American accent (though he sounded a bit Southern at first)
+ The body count is ridiculously huge
+ crazy awesome car chase scenes
+ humor and snarking!
+ JRM spoke Mandarin and it sounded good! And understandable! AMAZING!
+ NONE of the Chinese thugs did martial arts. They were just thugs with guns. I'm totally fine with that.
+ I totally called the twist at the end half-way through, but it was still a satisfactory ending
I wish it had more parkour. Or any parkour. I felt like when they were chasing someone across the roof, there should have been some freerunning going on there, but the camera kept cutting away. Couldn't find a girl freerunner? Who knows.
So. I should have more complicated thoughts about this movie, but I really don't. I enjoy pretty much all of Luc Besson's productions, whether he's directing or not (I still need to see Angel-A). Good times. Will buy on DVD.
Strangely, it made me want to watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang again. And the first Boondock film. I still can't get over how weird SPF looked in the sequel. It was distracting.
