The Bodyguard
1992 Directed by Mick Jackson
Synopsis
Never let her out of your sight. Never let your guard down. Never fall in love.
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.
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θέλω remake με Beyoncé και Nicolas Cage, και με Samuel L. Jackson στον ρόλο του Jay-Z.
plot twist: ο φανατικός θαυμαστής που θέλει να την σκοτώσει είναι cyborg. -
You'd think this would be right up my alley ('90s-tastic), but the characters are so poorly defined, the structure of the film is so scattered, and the final set-piece is so overwrought. A hot mess. Props for Rachel Marron's totally awesome concert and music video costumes though, which rival DEMOLITION MAN in their creative ingenuity.
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So hilariously bad that it becomes an unintentional comedy. I couldn't seem to press stop, there was just so much to enjoy. Eating fruit with a knife never looked more deadly!
This felt more like an advertisement for Whitney Huston's music than an actual film, but hey, so bad it's good. -
It was on when I switched on the TV so I watched it. OK?
I am not ashamed.
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The lady's choice, this is by no means art (despite curiously pretentious references to both Metropolis and Yojimbo), but it thankfully proved more amusing as a cheesy '90s artifact than its reputation as a dull melodrama led me to fear.
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This film's only redeeming feature is Whitney Houston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You." Instead of watching the movie, go to iTunes and download the version sung by Dolly Parton, who wrote the song and sings it better than Houston!
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I know that back in the 70s, this film was already an idea with Steve McQueen and Diana Ross for the lead roles. I could absolutely imagine McQueen for this role, he would have been perfect.
But so was Costner.
Frank Farmer. A man of action, not of words :) Cliché love story? Yes. Done in a cliché way? No.
Great choice of stars, obviously brilliant music and just a heartfelt movie. -
This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Manages to stay enjoyable thanks to Kevin Costner's subtleties but this film has so many inconsistencies its actually funny. One which has nagged me for a while to see and least now its off my hit list.
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So hilariously bad that it becomes an unintentional comedy. I couldn't seem to press stop, there was just so much to enjoy. Eating fruit with a knife never looked more deadly!
This felt more like an advertisement for Whitney Huston's music than an actual film, but hey, so bad it's good. -
People always gasp at me and shake their heads disapprovingly when I tell them I have never seen The Bodyguard, so I decided it was finally time to give this film a watch. I'm not a huge fan of these overly romantic films and I expected a typical rom-com, the type of films that normally bore the heck out of me, but this film was filled with action and suspense and it made it so much more interesting. It did go on for a bit too long but overall the film was very good. Whitney Houston did a fine job in this film, she was a very good actor as well as being one of, if not, the greatest singers of all time.
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Two stars for the song and the performance. Everything else just bla.