Comments on: Keeping Track (August 23, 2012)

By: Nir Shalev

Nir Shalev — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:46:40 +0000

@Michelle, happy birthday!

@Helen, I probably wrote “surprisingly” because I wasn’t hating it from the start like I do with most Statham films. I am convinced that the only good thing he plays in are not action films: Snatch, Lock, Stock…, The Bank Job, Killer Elite (it’s a thriller), Mean Machine, and Collateral. See? He’s not good in action films and the action films that he’s in suck. All except Crank 2. I love it and I hate the first film. I’m not sure how that works…

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:13:48 +0000

@Nir: Re SAFE, “surprisingly” because you thought it would be worse? I thought my review had prepared you for mediocrity. ;-) The hero’s backstory is indeed ridiculously over-complicated but the one thing he has to be for the plot to work is an EX-cop.

@Michelle: Thanks for the PARANORMAN recommendation, I was on the fence and that put me over. And, happy birthday!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:58:29 +0000

Oops, sorry for the extra post–not sure how that happened. :)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:57:15 +0000

Speaking of MST3K, I saw a live satellite riff by that crew of Manos: The Hands of Fate (as well as the shorts Welcome Back, Norman” and “All About Cylinders” or some such). This was a week ago, and I still hurt all over from laughing!

I also saw ParaNorman, as my sisters took me for my birthday. I expected to like it a lot, but even so, it exceeded my expectations.

At home, I finally got around to watching Metropolis (1927). LOVE.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:47:51 +0000

Speaking of MST3K, I saw a live riff by that crew of Manos: The Hands of Fate.

By: Nir Shalev

Nir Shalev — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:37:10 +0000

So let's see if I remember what I'd watched... At Home Mystery Science Theater 3000: the Movie- it's a showing of This Island Earth (1955) and I still have no idea what that film is about, but the MST3K team's delivery is damn funny! Safe (2012)- surprisingly mediocre but it's never boring. It just wasn't very well shot and the story was too simple and therefore, should not have been delivered in such a complex manner. And why was Statham's character a cage fighter and then a bum? You'd have the same film if he'd never stopped being a cop. lol The Cold Light of Day (2012)- just terrible. It stars Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver and it constantly misfires on all cylinders. And it's never interesting. It's a drama that's serious in tone but is never interesting. Hey, at least now we know that Cavill can deliver a really good American accent. :O) Re upcoming films, I am only looking forward to Spielberg's Lincoln and Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master. There aren't many upcoming films this year that I'm excited about.