Pretty dreadful, despite Guy Ritchie, Jason Statham, and even Aubry Plaza. Plaza was a hoot, but Statham seemed to be going thru the motions. And there was way too much computer hocus pocus and I got extremely tired and bored of it after about an hour into it, and I gave up. Ugh.
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984
I finally rewatched this, after having been so disappointed in it when I saw it in the theater 40 years ago. First time rewatching this one, while I've seen all the others multiple times. I figured we should watch them in order, so I suffered thru another viewing of this. And yes, it is dark. And it is over-produced. And the mine car scene - wow, kind of ridiculous and went on too long. And Willie? What a terrible character.…
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A Very Long Engagement 2004
A Very Long Engagement is the 2004 film from the Amelie crew, including director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and actress Audrey Tautou. It concerns a young fiance's search for answers after word gets back her lover has been lost at the front. It elegantly captures the ugliness of World War One's trench warfare, yet is curiously uninvolving after the mystery is solved.
As the movie opens, we see four men being marched along a trench, ankle deep in water as the rain…
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RED 2010
Just finished watching the last 2/3rds of "Red", the kinetic, over-the-top, over-the-hill gang action movie, featuring Bruce Willis, John Malkovic, Helen Mirren and Mary-Louise Parker. It was pretty fun although quite ridiculous. It sure seems like they were having a blast making the movie. A couple cool movie tricks (like when Malkovic shot the RPG coming at him, causing a back blast that took out the shooter) raised this up a little. Enjoyable waste of time, I guess.