Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 10, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 10, 2012 Pretty much what I thought throughout, actually. He wasn't nearly as plank-like but his delivery and look was very Keanu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Seven Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Nothing wrong with that. I've got a soft spot for Keanu. In fact, it kind of made me wish he was playing the role instead of JGL (who I do like). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hans Zimmer has always been fairly lazy. It's hard to tell any of his scores apart, they're all so similiar. But I guess that's what people hire him for. Â He doesn't even bother writing them any more. He has a bunch of underlings who pump out Zimmer-esque scores for undemanding action directors, and he'll probably write the "head", which will be that same collection of notes he always has as his themes. Â I hate Zimmer. The last studio I was working at, they all loved Zimmer and thought Michael Bay was the best director in the world right now. It did my head in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Â Watched the brilliant The Revenge of Frankenstein just now on youtube. During the film I had to endure no less than 8 adverts. Thankfully, the ads were strategically placed at the ends of scenes, making them less intrusive than in other youtube movies I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 11, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Alright, so just HOW fucking great is Taken? WHAT a fucking awesome film. THAT is how you make a completely riveting action thriller - no pissing around, simple main plot, great action scenes, strong leading man. Bloody brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 It's alright. Let down by there never even remotely seeming like there's any peril. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 11, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Like in, say, Inception? Â OH HO I WENT THERE PITCOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman89762000 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Taken is fucking immense from the phone call scene onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted July 11, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 11, 2012 Taken is of course super awesome, but how bad is the chick who plays Kim? So shit! She's like 30-something playing a teenager, so what she does to act young is run like a retarded 5 year old in every scene. Â It's good that she's not really in the film all that much. Sadly it looks like she'll have a bigger role in the sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Like in, say, Inception? Â Not really. Inception had several points where it seemed like Arnie Grape wasn't going to be able to put the microchip in the Irish lad's head. I forget the plot, to be honest, but whatever Leo was trying to do didn't just come easy to him at every step. Taken was just a series of action scenes where the hero was never in any danger of failing. He didn't even have a black mate who got killed. The most trouble Neeson was in was that one bit when some red-taper wouldn't give him a VISA or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 11, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Taken is of course super awesome, but how bad is the chick who plays Kim? So shit! She's like 30-something playing a teenager, so what she does to act young is run like a retarded 5 year old in every scene. It's good that she's not really in the film all that much. Sadly it looks like she'll have a bigger role in the sequel.  She's really shit but it's a crap role so it's not really Maggie Grace's fault. She serves her purpose, though, she's doing the Alyssa Milano bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Like in, say, Inception? Â Not really. Inception had several points where it seemed like Arnie Grape wasn't going to be able to put the microchip in the Irish lad's head. I forget the plot, to be honest, but whatever Leo was trying to do didn't just come easy to him at every step. Taken was just a series of action scenes where the hero was never in any danger of failing. He didn't even have a black mate who got killed. The most trouble Neeson was in was that one bit when some red-taper wouldn't give him a VISA or something. Â And now much peril was Dutch ever in during Commando? Was there ever a point in Rambo where you really thought he'd get killed? Beaing genuinely fearful for the protagonist isn't really a requirement of the action genre, that's more for horror. Action movies are about intense drama, fistpumping death and mayhem, and a simple good-bad division that the audience understands so that it can get behind the hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 And now much peril was Dutch ever in during Commando? None whatsoever, he was in a bit of peril in Predator though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostface1982 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 And now much peril was Dutch ever in during Commando? None whatsoever, he was in a bit of peril in Predator though. The Predator wouldn't have raped him like Bennett would have though, so he's probably better off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 11, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Yeah, it's a staple of the vast majority of thrillers and action films. Singling Taken out for it is daft. My issue with Inception is that the enemy were so cack-handed that you didn't think ANY of them were in peril, which is ridiculous considering there was a whole team of them rather than just the one guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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