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Robogeek hates ENTRAPMENT!
I'm debating currently if I even want to waste my time writing a review of this film that seems to have so many problems that it almost seems depressing to begin to get into it. ENTRAPMENT is not worth your money, in my opinion. I've been a Connery fan for a loooooong time. In the realm of cool gods, he's right up there in the John Wayne and Clint Eastwood pantheon of asskickers. Catherine Zeta Jones does have one of the most finely sculpted asses covered in tight material in film history. But the lack of characters, soul and passion made this film a horrible tedious waste of my time which could've been better spent watching QUICKTIME 3 versions of the various Episode One trailers or actually working on the site. I now turn you over to ROBOGEEK because... Quite frankly... I'm sick of thinking about this movie. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the next Connery film and for Zeta Jones' THE HAUNTING... Here's Robo
"Entrapment" sucks.
Oh, wait, I'm sorry -- I forgot to do my usual chipper
Robo-introduction, didn't I? Well, after suffering through the cesspool of
mediocrity that is "Entrapment," I'm far too cranky to wax winsome, thank
you very much.
Besides, some of you out there thing ol' Robo's gone soft, as I haven't
written a nefariously negative review in some time. But you see, I've been
working really hard at becoming a kinder, gentler automaton, and have
struggled to embrace the "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything
at all" rule. (Though watching episodes of the forthcoming "Babylon 5"
spin-off series "Crusade" makes that a nigh-impossible proposition.)
Did I mention that "Entrapment" sucks? No, really -- it sucks really,
really hard.
This is, in a way, the kind of movie I find most offensive. It's
soulless. To me (uh-oh, I'm adopting a Harry-ism), filmmaking and filmgoing
requires what I call a "compelling incentive." This is one of my big
Robo-theories, and a phrase I toss around from time to time. I don't know if
I've used it on AICN yet, but if I have I'm sure you'll tell me.
Basically, if you're a director, producer, star, or studio, and you're
going to invest literally years of your life and God only knows how many
tens of millions of dollars to make a movie, you really ought to have some
"compelling incentive" to make that particular movie. In parallel, for an
audience to go see a specific movie, there needs to be some unique
"compelling incentive" to see it as opposed to something else, or nothing at
all.
What is the "compelling incentive" to go see "Entrapment"? I asked my
Robo-sibling, El Cosmico (www.elcosmico.com), by inviting him to the sneak
preview this evening. His dead-pan response:
"Catherine Zeta-Jones' ass."
And, well, you know, that's basically all there is in this movie that
evokes any attention -- though I must admit I've been more than a little
offended by how crassly said ass has been used to sell the film. I mean, how
many times have we all seen that shot of her ass thrust up towards the
firmament as she slinks across the floor accompanied by that low pluck of
bass?
El Cosmico concurred that his time would have been better spent just
watching that clip from the trailer over and over again than enduring the
actual film. Maybe it'll show up on his website.
But perhaps you want to see this movie for Connery. Well, that makes
sense, although he might as well be reading the phone book. I mean, on one
level, it's _Sean_CONNERY_, uber-God of coolness. But instead of getting to
sink his teeth into a Cary Grant-like "To Catch A Thief" role, he's
consigned to a paint-by-numbers script that is borderline ridiculous,
executed with profoundly uninspired direction.
"Entrapment" SUCKS.
It is uninvolving. It is boring. It is tedious. It isn't even fun.
Connery is mildly engaging simply because he's Connery, but the characters
around him are a mess. Catherine Zeta-Jones' performance is periodically
laughable, though most of the time she's just annoying and amazingly
unsympathetic. She evokes none of the charm, edge, or sensuality that she
brought to last summer's "Mask of Zorro." And throughout the film, she has
this sort of sleepy look, as her eyes never seem to fully open. I couldn't
help but think what a delicious horror it'd be like to pair her with Keanu
Reeves, whose mouth is perpetually hanging open in that Movie That's Making
Too Much Money. But I digress...
Her character is also a wildly inconsistent patchwork of traits that
made me wonder if she suffered from multiple personality disorder. At least
half of her scenes don't make any sense. Ving Rhames is sort of cool, but
he's burdened by a character who's just as much of a mess, but with a
fraction of screentime. Most confounding of all is Will Patton (an actor I
really like) who's cast as "Hector Cruz," I think. What? Instead of casting
a Hispanic, or changing the character name, what do they do? They give him a
ridiculous moustache. Oh, I see.
I referred to "The Matrix" earlier, and I can't help but continue the
comparison. First off, since I never reviewed the film for AICN, let me go
on the record and say that it is staggeringly overrated; all of you "Matrix"
junkies simply haven't seen enough anime.
That said, while it shares the same vacancy of spirit, humanity and
heart that "Entrapment" suffers, at least it looks cool, has style, and
stuff happens. "Entrapment" is decidedly blah. Given that anyone with half a
brain could see that all you need to do to make this film work is mix
classic Bond stylishness and flair with the seductiveness of "To Catch A
Thief" and a kinetic dash of "Once A Thief," well...
WHY DOES THIS FILM SUCK?
God, even the score is terrible! (And you _know_ how I hate a bad score.
Though to Christopher Young's defense, the film doesn't really provide any
inspiration to draw from.)
What confounds me most is the script, or rather the disparity between
how bad it is, and how good the writers credited with it are (who I won't
name here out of respect). That makes me really wonder what the hell
happened to this movie.
I'd be remiss if I didn't take just a moment to rant about how much I
despise the Cinemark theater chain -- which is up for sale, by the way.
Their slogan is "the best seat in town." Well, I'll give them that; they
have the most comfortable seats -- high-back rockers -- of any theater in
Austin. But that's it. Their theaters are an aesthetic apocalypse, and their
management is consistently inept. It's bad enough that they don't have THX
-- the simple fact of which should preclude them from getting "The Phantom
Menace" -- but the digital surround they do have usually isn't working.
During this screening, for instance, the sound cut out during the film's
pseudo-climax -- which actually added a level of suspense to the filmgoing
experience that the scene itself was woefully inadequate to provide.
Most ironic, however, was the fact that literally -- LITERALLY -- they
were handing out Pepcid AC samples after the movie as part of some kind of
promotion. I swear! It was so metaphysically appropriate I almost had an
aneurysm. Unbelievable.
Listen to me -- do yourself a favor, and don't let yourself be entrapped
by Catherine Zeta-Jones' ass or Sean Connery's charm. Instead, seek out a
little film called "La Cucaracha," starring Eric Roberts. It's absolutely
fantastic, and his performance is a joy to behold. Or stay home and watch an
episode of "Lonely Planet" on the Travel Channel at 3, 8 or 11pm EST. (Ian
braves Mongolia on Thursday, and Justine visits Paris on Friday).
Meanwhile, I'm going to listen to my mp3 of "Duel of the Fates" another
several thousand times.
- robogeek@aint-it-cool-news.com
P.S.: I'm doing some spring cleaning here at AICN World Headquarters,
and will soon be offering highly collectible Robo-artifacts for sale on eBay
-- including a PowerBook and a Hi8 camcorder, along with some one-sheets I
have duplicates of. I'll keep you posted, or do a search later today. Own a
piece of AICN history!
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The first time I saw the trailer I thought Entrapment looked iffy. The shot of CZJ posterior causes my jaw to splash into the puddles of drool on my lap every time, but I still think I'll see Idle Hands or The Matrix again this weekend. (Or eXistenZ if it comes out near me, what's the deal with the limited release crap?) About The Matrix, I've seen tons of anime and I still love it. We already went through this in The Matrix Talkback. Harry even mentioned it in his under enthusiastic review. Just because it has similarities to anime doesn't make it less remarkable. IMO it goes beyond most anime I've seen. It's live action and the visuals have realized some of the properties of anime, that is a great accomplishment. It's overall tone is similar to comics and anime as well, the best I've seen in a film, right up there with The Crow and Dark City, and overall superior to both.
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Sean Connery talksh through hish teeth, getsh the beautiful gerrrl, and annoys shit out of audienche with lame banter. "Well, firsht I'd like to give you a sexshy open-handed shlap..." I can just see him playing a lame villain in 'Batman: Yo GO Boy!' or whatever sequel we end up getting. Peace and much love to my Connery-lovin' homies.
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What's up with all these 50+ actors teaming up with 20 something new comers. Sounds like the baby boomers who greenlight these things are trying for live action masturbatory fantasies. I would like to see these older actors start doing more character roles than star vehicle roles and start teaming up with older women actresses. I really admire what Paul Newman and Robert Redford have been doing, they're not only good people but great talents, very rare. But I guess when you're hapiness and well being are based on money, power, fame and sex it's kind of hard to let go.
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If you're going to try and convince us not to see "Entrapment", saying "It's as bad as The Matrix!" is not a major incentive to stay away. Face it Robo, lots of people liked that movie. After watching Armageddon rake in the cash last year, telling me the Matrix is making too much money is hard to take seriously. And I'm generally with cuthbert...I also find anime to be a *ridiculously* overrated genre...and I'm an animator! (The only exception is Mizayaki, and he's about as far removed from The Marix-type stuff as you can get.)
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Any movie produced by Joel Silver automatically raises my eyebrows, 'nuff said. (By the way, in the VR matrix world, if you can construct your own reality like Keanu could, why settle for machine guns? To get teenage boys in the theater, thats why).
I'm sure somebody will flame my white rosy ass for saying this, but I KNEW and KNOW that ENTRAPMENT, WWW, and MI 2 all will suck, suck and suck. Why?
Start with Entrapment. When Amiel replaced that other dude from the REPLACEMENT KILLERS, I knew Connery had gotten his hands on the script and changed it (much like all so-called Megastars do - they seem to think its their god given right to meddle with the movie). WWW - need I say more? A black man working for the fed as a spy during the ante-bellum period? Hollywood ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND?
MI 2 - John Woo's "hit the audience over the head with my heavy handed style" works in Hong Kong (I venture to guess because in Hong Kong stunt men can go through glass face first) but doesn't work in the States. Plus he's a star-fucker who will do anything Timmy Cruise wants him to do. Spell enough doom for you yet?
Anyway, back to SUCKMENT. Compare Connery to Heston for a moment. Heston's finest hour was in PLANET OF THE APES (sad to say) and it took him several years (if not decades) to realize this. Sean Connery had franchised himself as the "cool Connery character" so many times it's starting to border on parody. As a leading man in any kind of action movie, he simply does not suspend belief. But he still has enough pals in la-la land to get properties on his desk. -
Connery and Zeta-Jones are starting to get it on in the dark. And all of a sudden, Connery stops and says "I dropped my blue pill" If you take the movie stub from Entrapment to your local participating pharmacy you $1 off your next purchase of Viagra. Tell them Bond sent ya!
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bottom line for me with this movie is Does Catherine Zeta-Jones get naked or not. That will decide if i go see this movie or not.
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Sean Connery and Clint Eastwood were wonderful actors in their time. But I think now they must step down. How long are they going keep giving us films in which they're playing characters written for 20-somethings? Don't get me wrong. These guys were good. Very good. But there's a time when you gotta ask yourself, "Is it really plausible for me to play a 65 year-old guy who's swinging from buliding to building, shooting guns off at groups of bad-guys, all the while having sex with Catherine Zeta Jones?" Thanks for the memories, fellas, but it's time to bow out gracefully.
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OK, I have a few friends that watcha lot of that anime crap, and I really don't understand what's so damned good about it. Nearly every movie bumbles along, throws in about 10X as much blood is as possible from a human body, throws in as much casual nudity as possible, tries to shock the hell outta everyone every time for no real reason, has people with big ass eyes, and the animation really isn't all that great (the vibrating people that cry is what pisses me off all the time). The Matrix was not like that. The Matrix was a solid, awesome action movie that deserves every penny it's getting.
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You know, they were great. They were my heroes as a kid and in my early adulthood. Now its time to pass the torch fellas. Connery is smart. He should stay with producing and the obligatory cameo. Same thing with Eastwood. Shatner...ummmmmm. No comment, but every kid looked up to him in the sixties. Capt. Kirk could do no wrong. He was a man of respect and action. Now, he could play "Pop N Fresh" in "Pilsbury Doughboy- The Movie". Who are the heroes now though? Brad Pitt? Tom Cruise? LEONARDO??!! Where have my heroes gone, Joe? Where have they gone?
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First of all, it's a real nice ass. Tremendous in fact. Secondly, the rest of her is amazing as well. I was watching my Zorro DVD with my girlfriend when she said, "You know that thing you always want me to do?"
My head wagged up and down like a dog in the back window of a '57 Chevy.
"Well," she said. "I'd do it if CZJ was the other woman.'
Yowsza!
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I really wasn't too enthused about Entrapment (ass notwithstanding), especially after seeing the damn trailer before EVERY SINGLE FUCKING film I've attended since my Christmas double feature of "Waking Ned Devine" and "Shakespeare in Love," but the terrible things I've heard from you who suffered through it have further dissuaded me. Hopefully, "Election" will be released wide this week...
Now on to the bulk of my post:
I have seen a lot of anime in my short life, and read a lot of manga, and I would like to comment on it now. It seems to me that there are just a hand-full of really excellent animes out there, excluding the Miyazaki stuff, which is more applicable to a dicussion of the crap Diznee puts out every summer. Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Battle Angel Alita, , the Patlabors, Black Magic M-66, and Ninja Scroll are a few that come to mind immediately (all real anime fans out there could probably contribute several more). They are all distinguished by well-staged action sequences, but only the first two excell with stunning visuals, animation, and story (Akira was always too confusing for me, though). It seems that most anime features splendid artwork (perhaps better viewed in the graphic novel format?) and overly complex stories, and, of course, cut-rate animation. No matter how hard I try, I just can't get into most popular anime, like Neon Genesis Evangelion or Macross, or almost any, it seems, OAV (Original Anime Video). That stuff looks too stiff and makes too little sense to be worthwhile viewing material.
Anyway, "The Matrix" seemed to embody all the characteristics that make great anime so great: it had great design and visuals, a good story (but not too overly complex), and fantastic action sequences. Anyone who has ever seen the live-action version of "Guyver," (with Mark Hamill!) knows that it takes more than average anime inspiration to make a good flick.
In summation, I suppose I agree that most anime is speed-racer-lookin' stuff better left on the printed page, but there are great exceptions that "The Matrix" can be rightfully compared to. I've now said my piece, and promise never again to write about "The Matrix." Honest! -
The Matrix was the most fun I've had at the movies since Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas graced the silver screen. As soon as The Matrix earned massive success and acclaim from critics and audiences alike, people started complaining that it was too unoriginal and contrived to reign as a truly significant piece of kick ass filmmaking. BULLSHIT! All the anime buffs are peeved because their precious films like Ghost in the Shell and Akira haven't even come close to maintaing the level of attention and prestige that The Matrix has attained through ample marketing and a solid word of mouth. Has Robogeek deteriorated into one of those enraged zealots who incessantly bashes relatively mainstream fx films that are profitable at the box office? The Matrix was a textbook example of coolness, and I was shocked that Harry and his merry band of spys have given the project such a lukewarm reaction. No matter how good Episode I is, I don't think it will be nearly as good as The Matrix, mainly because The Matrix took me completely by surprise, and I've always been a firm believer in the contention that gratuitous hype and speculation always leads to a dissappointing reaction. Episode I has been beat to death by magazines and entertainment shows, right now I just want to get it over with and move on to bigger and possibly better things (Eyes Wide Shut!!). Give credit where credit is due, and don't bash a film because it doesn't hold up to the standards that you believe anime has set. Sorry for rambling on, I'll see Entrapment just for CZJ's ass, but not before I get tanked and laugh my ass of at Idle Hands.
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The Matrix was the most fun I've had at the movies since Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas graced the silver screen. As soon as The Matrix earned massive success and acclaim from critics and audiences alike, people started complaining that it was too unoriginal and contrived to reign as a truly significant piece of kick ass filmmaking. BULLSHIT! All the anime buffs are peeved because their precious films like Ghost in the Shell and Akira haven't even come close to maintaing the level of attention and prestige that The Matrix has attained through ample marketing and a solid word of mouth. Has Robogeek deteriorated into one of those enraged zealots who incessantly bashes relatively mainstream fx films that are profitable at the box office? The Matrix was a textbook example of coolness, and I was shocked that Harry and his merry band of spys have given the project such a lukewarm reaction. No matter how good Episode I is, I don't think it will be nearly as good as The Matrix, mainly because The Matrix took me completely by surprise, and I've always been a firm believer in the contention that gratuitous hype and speculation always leads to a dissappointing reaction. Episode I has been beat to death by magazines and entertainment shows, right now I just want to get it over with and move on to bigger and possibly better things (Eyes Wide Shut!!). Give credit where credit is due, and don't bash a film because it doesn't hold up to the standards that you believe anime has set. Sorry for rambling on, I'll see Entrapment just for CZJ's ass, but not before I get tanked and laugh my ass of at Idle Hands.
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Hey Robo, I've got to say that The Matrix deserves everything it is earning and I hope it earns more. Much more! Imagine the gap in the main stream industry without it, Baby Geniuses anyone? Anime is fun but is also animated and The Matrix is gifted with the ability to truly make those Anime-like stunts slick-ass real. Besides that, Connery ain't no hack. He'll come around...hopefully.
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I love how we all had to wait for Robo-Geek's review to find out this movie sucked. Come on! I coulda told you all how bad this movie was gonna be by the super lame-ass trailer for it. "Ish there anyone you couldnt sedush?"---70-year-old man swinging around---cliched super-cutting (to hide the lack of content)---LAME! BTW, Why are all action movie trailers now exactly the same?
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Here in Dallas Cinemark is my favorite theater. The one I go to has the larges screen around, and there has not been any sound problems while I was there. Plus there is NOTHING better than the Cine Pass. 200 dollars and you get into the theater for free for a year. This is for any movie, any time, any cinemark theater in the Dallas/FortWorth area. I guess for most people this is not a great deal, but I see lots of movies. You only need to watch around 32 movies(caculated at regular price) to pay it off. Last year I saw 65 movies(some were multiple viewings). Houston was added to this list this year. Now if they would just add Austin, I would be in heaven and could make it to Austin more often.
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This is purely in response to cuthbert51's comment about anime,
which for illogical reasons I personally resent. What was meant
by "it?" Does one or two bad movies, or even, one or two hundred bad movies, back sufficiently the statement that "the entire domestic film industry sucks?" Or did "it" refer to just a single anime title? For those who are not very knowledgeable about anime, it is not just a genre, like "sci-fi" or "horror" is to the entire film industry. It's more like a film industry without live actors. Though admittedly anime
seem to have certain niches which it excells at (futuristic sci-fi action, or any other setting which would require massive resources in a contemporary
live film studio, and the sub-sub-genre of "hentai," or porn/erotica, basically), you can find a range of subjects as broad as live film productions, from slap-stick comedy to prophetic epics. When I think of "movies," I think of story-telling. How well the story is told, how it meets up with my expectations, is all that matters, not through what medium, be it live action, complete CG, or anime (which utilizes elements from the former two in any case). Frankly Matrix doesn't remind me of a single anime that I've seen, except for perhaps the bullet-time echnique, which obviously is a simple matter to drawn frames. To me, a huge part of anime is about style, highly escapist style. Most do not try to imitate life, but create windows to fantasy worlds of the imagination. I'm really tired of "Akira" and "Ghost in the Shell" (plus a few others, more kids-oriented affair) being all there is for a domestic main stream representation of the huge spectrum that is anime. Due to this, rentals of even a slightly
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First off, to respond to lighting's key question -- no, we don't even get to see CZ-J naked. But let me address the whole Entrapment/Matrix/anime point, which obviously a lot of you didn't get. The parallel between "Entrapment" and "Matrix" is that neither film has any soul, nor any character development to speak of. Period. Both films are emotionally uninvolving and vacant of any humanity. That said, "Matrix" is a far better movie than "Entrapment." A lot of "Matrix" I liked, actually, but overall it's a troubling example of style over substance. Too many geeks have embraced it like the second coming without looking at it too closely. It is grossly overrated. So much of the style, action and visual dynamicism of that film has been blatantly ripped off from anime too many of you haven't seen, judging from the titles you're naming and the fact that many of you think all anime is the same. There's plenty of anime with more substance, better developed characters, and greater emotional resonance than "Matrix." Obviously, if you don't have a frame of reference, you aren't going to see my point no matter how well I argue it. And perhaps, in fact, you're better off; why should I rob you of your enjoyment of "Matrix"? Ignorance is bliss indeed. ;-)
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Initially i was going to argue that saying a film suffers if it is dervivative is silly, but then I realized I had made a crack about Entrapment being a Thomas Crown rip off and decided to shut my mouth.
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Initially i was going to argue that saying a film suffers if it is dervivative is silly, but then I realized I had made a crack about Entrapment being a Thomas Crown rip off and decided to shut my mouth.
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Dearest Robogeek,
If all anime is indeed so damn great, perhaps you (or someone else) could enlighten us poor children on what titles, exactly, we should be seeking out. -
Here's to you, Robo (I'm lifting a big-ass bottle o'Scotch Ale in my mind), for presenting a point-counterpoint in such a intelligent, reasonable way. I thoroughly enjoyed 'Matrix', you didn't. However, it's nice to finally have some who disagrees with your opinion not call you 'fuckface' or something equally super. Right on!
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P.S. Sean Connery is a fuckface.
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my heart rate and body temp went up a bit on sight of that ass when I saw that trailer - but it's pretty sad that that one brief scene is the selling point of this film. Why not just leave a still shot of that scene up on the screen and charge admission for 15-minute-interval viewings? They'd probably make more money that way.
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So, just to go on record, Entrapment did do the world a service-- it prompted Robogeek to suggest you all go see LA CUCARACHA-- a sentiment I whole heartly agree with. I saw La Cuc a while ago on video and thought it was a pretty cool little movie. This past weekend I saw it on the big screen in LA, and MAN! This is one of the beautifully shot indie films I've ever seen. And to top it off, the film has a voice-- it tells a story you haven't seen a million times before. Director Jack Perez gets some great performances from his cast (imagine this, seeing Eric Roberts in a movie and thinking "Wow, this guy is so cool..." it was a real treat. anyways the guy from Clear and Present Danger was super slick too.) But the performances only reflect the material and this script is filled with some sharp black comedy constructs. Anyways, I saw it and liked it because it was something different and I though I'd offer some encouragement to y'all...
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My, Robocop, you are quite the smug one! Ignorance is bliss...right, right. What an intelligent thing to say, and so appropriate! I appreciated the concept and ideas of The Matrix, so much more than the actual Anime-like effects. How stupid is this? I actually had to respond.
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The only thing interesting about this guy is his ever-changing toupee collection. Come on. He shouldn't be doing these multi-million dollar action thrillers anymore. Connery could be a cool actor (the Bond films), a great actor (ROBIN & MARIAN, THE UNTOUCHABLES), or a gimme-the-paycheck actor (everything AFTER THE UNTOUCHABLES). He should seriously consider doing indie films from now on.
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I agree that the Matrix was pretty comic bookie, one of the main reasons I saw it was because I heard it had a great story along with great action. I love the Wachowski Brothers's costume, set and lighting designs from both the Matrix and Bound, but I was very disappointed with The Matrix. I wish it would of left more to think about like in 2001 instead of explaining everything in one long simplistic scene with a bunch of visual cutaways. I love to think at the movies but man were those the best fucking fight scenes I've ever seen. I really admire the actors for doing all that martial arts training and doing their own stunts, Laurence Fishburn is old enough to be my grandfather but I'm sure he could kick my ass. Carrie Anne Moss was very good and I'm not a sadomasochist or anything but those black leather outfits were SEXY on her. Keanu was good too, thank god he turned down Speed 2.Overall though,you can't have great action, plot and character or else the movie would be four hours long, it was original and still very good but the best things were those fight scenes, WHAT A RUSH. As for pornos, eye candy like Catherine Zeta Jones, Andie McDowall, and half of the entire SAG womens population would be doing a great service to other non-eye candy actresses by leaving films and going into pornos. At least I won't have to sit through their horrible performances in horrible films just to see a glimpse of nudity. I've got hormones just like everyone else but I'd choose a great character performance by an intelligent actress over eye candy any day.
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I have to back Min on this action movie + action director statement. But I must add Stop giving Sci Fi movies to directors who never passed 9th grade science. Gattling guns on a space rover-in vacuum? A lot of movies may be aimed at thirteen year olds but do they have to be written and directed by them as well?
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CZJ may have a nice ass and all, but who cares. The pleasure of looking at women purely physically is their difference from men: breasts. And she has none. Zippo. The body of a 14-year-old boy. As Jim Belushi said in "About last Night...", "If you didn't have a pussy there'd be a bounty on your head." Man, Hollywood is packed with these non-package-possessing women (Paltrow? Roberts? Diaz? Add all of them together and you still got an A-cup). My girlfriend wants to see this flick. It sounds awful. But she has fine F-cup boobies so I may have to suffer through it to play with them later.
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I dunno... I like The Matrix and anime. The Matrix is great fun--lotsa action, an interesting premise(I like the fate vs. free will bits), and a role ol' "Whoa" boy can handle. I don't see how anime takes away from this.
As to anime itself, the best thing I can say about it is that it is incredibly varied. There are kiddie/toy-commercial shows like Pokemon and mind-fuck cyberpunk shows like Serial Experiments Lain. There are ultraviolent nonsense shows like Ninja Scroll and sweet romantic-comedy shows like Ah! My Goddess. Also, the animation quality runs the spectrum as well. You have crappy animation in shows like Slayers(fun show btw, just crappy animation), but on the other hand you spectacular aerial animation in Macross Plus. This incredible variety in anime means that while Akira and GITS may be horribly overrated(and they are), that in no way represents all that anime has to offer.
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Apr 30, 1999 12:38:14 AM CDT
Negative feelings for Connery: So I'm not the only one!
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Yup. What I don't understand is that what I see it fuckwit pretentiousness, everyone else sees as rugged charm. He's an asshole! Oh and by the way, I hear that he got the makers of Entrapment to delete the sex scene/s that were set to be in the film. (Of course, sex scenes between 68 year olds and 29 year olds ought to be illegal anyway...)
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Apr 30, 1999 12:41:34 AM CDT
And while I'm no the subject of asshole older stars...
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...Anthony Hopkins!!! What a fucker! Did you read the comments he made about cheating on his wife? Pretentious. (If you didn't, it's along the likes of: 'Yes I'm seeing a wonderful young lady. No I'm not getting divorced from my wife. We have an understanding about what I do.')
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Aren't you just having a go at our finest actors? Who's next, Judi Dench? Surely you dont have anything against her?
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F cups?
You gotta be kidding me. Unless she is 6'5" that has to look bizzare.
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Sure, the visuals are pure anime, but the plot is Philip K. Dick lite. That's the genius of the film- combining those ass-kicking visuals with a (slightly) mind-bending plot. Ditto for eXistenZ, although the visuals are still Cronenberg and the plot borrowing is a little more obvious. At least they had the decency to throw in a Perky Pat reference. 13th Floor looks like more PKD inspired stuff, only lamer and with Dark City-ish visuals. Nice to see the seeds planted by Ridley Scott oh those many years ago are finally bearing fruit.
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First off, Robogeek, before you say that the Matrix isn't that good and those of us who like should see more anime, well everyone i know who likes has seen plaenty of anime. The first person to give me a rave review of The Matrix is ahuge anime collector and viewer. He is the person who introduced me to anime. So, to say that those of us wholike The Matrix need to watch more anime is an uninformed staement, Robo. Second, Entrapment is not bad. I think of it as a modern version of The Thomas Crown Affair. I think the problem people are having with the film is that it is "real." There are no real heroes. Every character has his or her fault. I liked the movie a lot as did all the people who went to see it with me.
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First off, Robogeek, before you say that the Matrix isn't that good and those of us who like should see more anime, well everyone i know who likes has seen plaenty of anime. The first person to give me a rave review of The Matrix is ahuge anime collector and viewer. He is the person who introduced me to anime. So, to say that those of us wholike The Matrix need to watch more anime is an uninformed staement, Robo. Second, Entrapment is not bad. I think of it as a modern version of The Thomas Crown Affair. I think the problem people are having with the film is that it is "real." There are no real heroes. Every character has his or her fault. I liked the movie a lot as did all the people who went to see it with me.
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First off, Robogeek, before you say that the Matrix isn't that good and those of us who like should see more anime, well everyone i know who likes has seen plaenty of anime. The first person to give me a rave review of The Matrix is ahuge anime collector and viewer. He is the person who introduced me to anime. So, to say that those of us wholike The Matrix need to watch more anime is an uninformed staement, Robo. Second, Entrapment is not bad. I think of it as a modern version of The Thomas Crown Affair. I think the problem people are having with the film is that it is "real." There are no real heroes. Every character has his or her fault. I liked the movie a lot as did all the people who went to see it with me.
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I heard that Sean Connery ordered a steamy sex scene cut out of thy movie. Does anybody know why? That sex scene may have been the movies one redeeming feature....damn hollywood stars....
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