Premiers tonight in my neck of the woods. Who's in? I don't expect to see Hillary there.
I just can't picture John Krazynski (from the U.S. version of The Office) in an action role.
Let's see...movie claiming to be a serious portrayal of the events in Benghazi...
"Directed by Michael Bay."
You know what? I can find other things to do.
I've heard a review of the movie recently and it appears that Hillary is mentioned exactly zero times but the local CIA chief comes off looking like a 20-gallon asshat.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on January 15, 2016, 12:36:06 AM
Let's see...movie claiming to be a serious portrayal of the events in Benghazi...
"Directed by Michael Bay."
You know what? I can find other things to do.
This.
Yeah I admit I have zero interest in 13 Hours too.
The story of Benghazi from the director of Pearl Harbor?
I desperately want to see this movie!
(I mean, I don't expect it to be good, but the spectacle at several levels ought to be entertaining.)
I am still nursing mental wounds from the Pearl Harbor movie.
And a 20-gallon asshat...that's a lot of ass.
The wife and I saw it last pm-- along with a whole movie theater full of Old People. Looked like this >:( everywhere. Anyway, good film. Well done, especially the combat scenes and not too bloody but it moves very fast for a 2 I/2 hour movie and you can miss a lot if you're not paying attention. Very Black Hawk Down-ish. Overall I'd give it a solid 8 outta 10.
^ Did they throw Hillary under the bus at all? ;D
No thank you :2funny:
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^^That truly is a ghastly list. :o
I want to know what the hell went through the minds of the production company to hand over The Rock to a guy that did a Vanilla Ice video, a Playboy Centerfold "documentary," and a music video about masturbation.
I want to see the actual leap of logic between all of that and "yeah, let's give him a potential blockbuster movie to direct."
All those other things looked sharp as hell on a budget.
Ditto Bad Boys (on somewhat less of a budget), which proved he can also... well... 'work' with actors (for want of a better verb). And could work with action scenes and pyrotechnics.
Sean Connery and Nic Cage were pulling down large figures, needed a cheap director who had visual flair, can shoot exciting scenes, works with pyro/guns without freaking out, and has some kind of sense of humor. Michael Bay fills those qualifications. Ergo, q.e.d.
("AND HE WORKS FOR COKE!" And, he works for coke. Problems solved.)
I should however add that I genuinely like The Rock, a lot, and practically love Armageddon. And I don't despise all of Pearl Harbor. (And even the places I wince at it, I can legitimately see what they were shooting for: it's a 1940s war movie, with the goofy love triangle and all that.)
Quote from: JasonPratt on January 21, 2016, 01:00:03 PM
Ditto Bad Boys (on somewhat less of a budget), which proved he can also... well... 'work' with actors (for want of a better verb). And could work with action scenes and pyrotechnics.
Sean Connery and Nic Cage were pulling down large figures, needed a cheap director who had visual flair, can shoot exciting scenes, works with pyro/guns without freaking out, and has some kind of sense of humor. Michael Bay fills those qualifications. Ergo, q.e.d.
This explanation makes a lot more sense than I care to think about. :-\
Hey now... the Kerri Kendall video was fantastic! O0
Was this the attack where the American was playing Eve online, as he was a major player in the game, when it all kicked off and was sadly killed? He even posted a message whilst playing the game soemthing had just happened and he had to go...
Could've been Shawn Smith as he was mentioned in the movie as being very well known on the Internet.
I regret to say I didn't get to see it this weekend (with or without the Bro).
I don't regret to say I also didn't get to see the new Chipmunks movie (with or without the nieces).
Since I did get to be with the nieces a lot, I shall consider this overall a win, nevertheless. O:-)