12-10-2019, 09:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-10-2019, 09:59 PM by Drunk Monk.)
Kingsman: Golden Circle
I had been putting this one off because the idea of the Statesmen just irked me. I suppose it was a natural progression from Wild Wild West, but lightsaber lassos in the hands of Mando, no less? Come on. But as it turned out, the Statesmen schtick is only a portion of it. Channing, who I was dreading to enter the franchise and I don't know why as Channing can be amusing sometimes, actually isn't in it enough. Neither is Hally. Or Bridges. Taron is fine and Julienne gets to vamp up her villainess. PPFY was right - all the bad guys here have 'murican accents. But who steals the show? Elton. Elton rocks. He Crocodile Rocks.
This installment is even more absurd than the last on every level. Bionic arms, dogbots, cyber-secretaries, baseball grenades, and one of the rudest homing device plantings I've seen in a while. The opening fight scene caught my eye right at the start - wild camera-swirling cgi-stitched cinematography, ridiculous physics, sanguineous splatters and that-would-kill-ya hits, but enjoyable eye-candy and brilliant from a choreo standpoint. The main conflict was cute and led to some funny bits. I wasn't one step ahead of this one, mostly because Elton caught me so off guard with what he does here that I was hypnotized. The final fight is brilliant - a digitally-stitched single shot of exquisite mayhem where the director shows off how clever he is for a very long time. I was highly amused.
Bob Denver is overplayed. That's not really Statesman 'country' so you can tell they're mocking. HP1 - Dumbeldore
DOOM recommended except for those who've lost their stomach for ultravi.
Recommended viewing protocol - pout yourself a tall shot of single malt scotch or kentucky bourbon, or even martinis, and every time someone drinks in the film, drink. I'm so many shots deep I can't quite remember. And ya know, it's a fantasy shoot out, so you don't have to reload.
I had been putting this one off because the idea of the Statesmen just irked me. I suppose it was a natural progression from Wild Wild West, but lightsaber lassos in the hands of Mando, no less? Come on. But as it turned out, the Statesmen schtick is only a portion of it. Channing, who I was dreading to enter the franchise and I don't know why as Channing can be amusing sometimes, actually isn't in it enough. Neither is Hally. Or Bridges. Taron is fine and Julienne gets to vamp up her villainess. PPFY was right - all the bad guys here have 'murican accents. But who steals the show? Elton. Elton rocks. He Crocodile Rocks.
This installment is even more absurd than the last on every level. Bionic arms, dogbots, cyber-secretaries, baseball grenades, and one of the rudest homing device plantings I've seen in a while. The opening fight scene caught my eye right at the start - wild camera-swirling cgi-stitched cinematography, ridiculous physics, sanguineous splatters and that-would-kill-ya hits, but enjoyable eye-candy and brilliant from a choreo standpoint. The main conflict was cute and led to some funny bits. I wasn't one step ahead of this one, mostly because Elton caught me so off guard with what he does here that I was hypnotized. The final fight is brilliant - a digitally-stitched single shot of exquisite mayhem where the director shows off how clever he is for a very long time. I was highly amused.
Bob Denver is overplayed. That's not really Statesman 'country' so you can tell they're mocking. HP1 - Dumbeldore
DOOM recommended except for those who've lost their stomach for ultravi.
Recommended viewing protocol - pout yourself a tall shot of single malt scotch or kentucky bourbon, or even martinis, and every time someone drinks in the film, drink. I'm so many shots deep I can't quite remember. And ya know, it's a fantasy shoot out, so you don't have to reload.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse