Holy shit it can still be done. Outstanding film.
posted by admin at 10:32 pm
FREAKING RULED! OK. When this one dropped I was worried. I made the comment about wishing the Expendables cast was in this and I was concerned about Brody. Then I learned Topher Grace was in this film and I was standing in the batters box with an 0-2 count and a nervous bat. The only hope for Brody was the intelligent hunter angle and it delivered. Topher Grace adds some suspense of why he is there and yeah some parts are weaker than others but the elements that made the 1987 original so good are there (Yes, there’s an equal to Billy, meaning knife scene!). And they salute Schwarzenegger and his bad ass bunch. Watch the the original and then go see Predators, you won’t be sorry. If you are I question your love for Predator in the first place and you should move to North Korea and become a stage hand.
posted by admin at 11:31 pm
I could learn a lot from Love Ranch. The main thing I learned is you can have everything you love in a film and it can still be bad. Boxing, sex, and Helen Mirren. How do you mess that up? Taylor Hackford did a pretty good job of it. A quarter way through this movie I thought, “This is Casino 2: Pesci Lives.” Then I started to get pulled into it a little bit with Helen Mirren’s character thinking it was going to end strong. Then the ending rolled around and put the film into perspective for me. Love Ranch was what I envision a week for me at the Love Ranch would be like. A sloppy, incoherent, drunken disaster where the regret completely decimates any of the fun. A bad day at the office for some great filmmakers.
posted by admin at 10:07 am
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posted by admin at 5:31 pm