Just watched this one yesterday. I thought it was pretty good some shaky camera which IMO is getting a little ridiculous. There was a scene that actually made me jump! Which hasn't happened to me in a long time. I thought the sound design was excellent.
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Day one buy for me on blu-ray. Ryan Reynolds did a good job of not being Van Wilder which is a plus. I think he can be really good if he can get a handle on that. Denzel was good as well. I would've thought there would be more interest in this one.Comment
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Reynolds really has done a great job with his physique, so he also does action very well. Still a funny man, but there is that other side to him as well.
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It's easier for comic actors (in general) to do "straight" roles than the reverse--comedy done well is harder than drama (as I've had pointed out to me over the years by many a stage actor and theatre professor).Comment
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Like in Amityville he had some pretty aggressive and dark moments. In Green Lantern he was too much Van Wilder, I just couldn't take him seriously at all even for a comic book movie.Originally posted by Chris DComment
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Yeah. He was pretty buff in Blade II, though. CHRIS
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I HATE the shaky camera trend and also the 'dirty' camera additions to concert videos... (ie..Diana Krall live in Paris / Dixie chicks at the Kodak theater). Shaky, hand held camera is annoying period!. Dirty camera is ridiculous in today's Hi Def world. Why would someone want to see a dirty, grainy video of a concert video??. If I wanted that, I would have held on to my VHS machine right???!!!! :roll:Originally posted by George BellefontaineDan Madden :TComment
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Saw this on the weekend. I quite like it. I agree, way too much shaky camera and the added grain. Why?
Chris - RR was in Blade IIIPaul
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Saw this last night. Decently entertaining but not groundbreaking. Figured out the villain with little difficulty. Denzel was good, as usual. I had no complaints about Reynold's performance.
The graininess is primarily a stylistic choice. However I think it also suggests (I'm speculating here) that the movie was shot on a digital hi-def camera rather than on film--the graininess seemed more video than film-like to me. It may also have been exaggerated by digital projection (where I saw it, the projector was digital, not film). Shaky cam is entirely a stylistic choice (doesn't matter if it's film or video in that case). I know why shaky cam is used (or at least I know the reason most often given for its use--to make the audience feel the kind of chaos and disjointedness that individuals would feel if they were participating in the action) and it doesn't really bother me on a film by film basis--but I could do with a little less of it overall. Like all trends, though, its popularity will fade and be replaced with something else.Comment
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Steve Martin is a good example of that !! :TDan Madden :TComment
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This film stars Denzel Washington as a rouge ex- CIA agent who has a file in his possession that could hurt the espionage operations of most wsstern countries. When things get too hot for him, he turns himself in at the nearest US embassy and eventually ends up in the hands of a rookie CIA agent ( Ryan... -
Arrrrrgh... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: This is a decent movie, that centers on a major event of a plane crash, but is really all about the lead character played by Denzel Washington and the massive demons he carries of addictions. No spoiler there--Robert Zimeckis puts that blatantly right... -
I loved the teaming of Director Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon in the Bourne Ultimatum and Bourne Supremacy, so I really hoped for something as good with their teaming for Green Zone, but alas, there is a bit of a letdown. Green Zone is an Iraq War themed film, presented almost documentary style and...
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Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena are two LA cops posted in one the the city's toughest neighborhoods. The film follows them as they go about their daily routine. They are absolutely fearless and this eventually leads them into a dangerous situation with a major drug cartel, leading to a thrilling, bloody...
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