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The Rhythm Section - Drunk Monk - 01-28-2020
Shatterstarred again
RE: The Rhythm Section - Greg - 01-29-2020
It's nice to know a whole industry is Rick Rolling you.
RE: The Rhythm Section - Drunk Monk - 01-29-2020
Ya know, I get invited to several screeners every weekend. Most are way out of my wheelhouse. For example, this morning I got invited to the new Sponge Bob movie. Not something I could review for KFM, nor would I even want to. The conditions for attending screeners are simple - don't publish anything prior to embargo date but publish something within a week of the premiere. Failure to do so boots you off the list. We've been on good graces with the promo reps for years and are on a first name basis with most of them. The only trick is the quick turnaround - For this, I saw the screener last night, have to write it up today, and get it uploaded tomorrow to publish Friday. That's no big really - I can write quickly and set up all my groundwork a few days ahead. For Bird of Prey next week, the screener is Wednesday so we'll have to be even quicker, but that's a comic movie so I can get Patrick to do a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of back story.
This is obviously an actioner so no great stretch to review. Like with Deadpool 2, I thought I had an angle. ON the set of Into the Badlands, I befriended Lewis Tan who played Shatterstar. We email each other - he calls me 'bro' in that martial way and deeply desires coverage, so getting an interview with him would be a cake walk. Well, you've all seen that movie by now. Shatterstar dies in like 5 mins. Imagine my disappointment.
The Rhythm Section was being filmed when I was in Dublin
(12-03-2017, 11:00 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote: They are filming a movie with Blake Lively next to st Stephens green - tech said it will be called rhythm section. Didn't feel like standing in the rain to see Blake. They have a stage light the size of a minivan suspended by a 40ft crane in front of a nice hotel facing St Stephen's Green. But it's just making a mess of foot traffic. No sign of cameras or actors.If you follow that thread, some chicanery ensued (see http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=3633&pid=27051#pid27051) but I've been keeping my eye on the project ever since, eagerly awaiting its premiere. I really wanted to see that scene they were filming. I figured it would give me a nostalgic flashback of my few days spent in Dublin on my own. What a wonderful adventure that was. The building, being next to St. Stephens Green, was distinctive. I remember right well, and there's even pix on my facebook album should I forget.
Well, you know what happened. You can guess. The credits confirmed filming in Dublin, but the Dublin scene was cut.
Having a sad now.
RE: The Rhythm Section - Greg - 01-29-2020
Psyche. Nothing better than Stephen's Green on a bright sunny day.
Was the distinctive building the white one on the corner? That's a shopping mall.
RE: The Rhythm Section - Drunk Monk - 01-29-2020
(01-29-2020, 11:06 AM)Greg Wrote: Psyche. Nothing better than Stephen's Green on a bright sunny day.
Was the distinctive building the white one on the corner? That's a shopping mall.
right? although it was a rainy day. but it was still lovely.
the building was one of the nice old houses that faced st. stephens. there's actually a pic of it in an article i posted on kfm - see http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?70591-The-Rhythm-Section&p=1306307#post1306307.
i've pretty much finished my review. just gotta do my mom's chores then i'll give it a final pass.
RE: The Rhythm Section - cranefly - 01-29-2020
(01-29-2020, 10:49 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Well, you know what happened. You can guess. The credits confirmed filming in Dublin, but the Dublin scene was cut.
Maybe you need to have a new column called, Fast Forward to the Cut Scene.
Then again, that might be too paradoxical.
RE: The Rhythm Section - Greg - 01-29-2020
Was this the sequel to the Rhythm Method?
RE: The Rhythm Section - Greg - 01-29-2020
Thanks for the link to the article in your other forum that has a broken link to the picture.
You are dead to me.
RE: The Rhythm Section - Drunk Monk - 01-30-2020
(01-29-2020, 02:42 PM)Greg Wrote: Thanks for the link to the article in your other forum that has a broken link to the picture.
Weird. I can still see it. Maybe it's blocked by your firewall?
Can you see this?
![[Image: image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeopledotcom.fil...w=800&q=85]](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeopledotcom.files.wordpress.com%2F2017%2F12%2Fblake-lively.jpg%3Fw%3D2000&w=800&q=85)
(01-29-2020, 02:42 PM)Greg Wrote: You are dead to me.
Nah, Billie is dead. I'm still kicking.
I'm beginning to think I could write in a trench under heavy mortar fire. Yesterday I had to deal with getting home at 1AM after a bar date with the yeti (and no, not a bear bar, some millennial joint, but a decent whisky selection so it's all good). I had my mom nagging me about a bunch of random chores, plus watching Emergency at top volume, which I had not seen in years but now find it very triggering after decades of working event medicine - that radio traffic gets my attention every time, an instinct beaten into me after carrying a radio at hundreds of concerts. And I had the looming sadness of Billie and the urgent need to get home and say 'goodbye'.
That being said, it's not my best review, but it's not that great of a movie. It's okay. Blake is a fine actress and covers a lot of emotional ground. The action is decent, not much hand-to-hand but some good car chases - no swordfights but some okay knife work - nothing to write home about really. The story is uneven however, and Blake's journey to become this international assassin wasn't believable for me. I did like the global cinematic vision of the film, reminiscent of Bond, but no feckin Dublin. My 'official' review drops Friday. Hope you 'like' it.
RE: The Rhythm Section - Greg - 01-30-2020
I can see that picture in the article. Oh, well.
I need to go back to Ireland. It's been too long. My longing would be less if I cut down on the Irish sites I follow. Most of them are asking what's your favorite place to visit.
The Rhythm Section (2019) - thatguy - 02-01-2021
Advertised as "from the producers of Bond"...Blake Lively's family is killed in a plane crash. 3 years later, she's hit rock bottom when a journalist finds her, tells her it was a terrorist attack and shares his research. She wants revenge and long story short, ends up getting trained Karate Kid-style (or should I say Highlander-style since it's in Inverness) by Jude Law. When she's ready, he sends her on a mission and things unfold un-Bondlike.
The movie tries hard, but just doesn't have enough pieces to hook together. The training part seems minimal. The 'wax-on/wax-off' lesson is about breath and heartbeat (drums and bass...the titular "Rhythm Section"), but that never comes up again in the film.
There's a few hits (though she never seems capable) and a twist and then boom, it's over. It wasn't terrible, but I definitely expected more.
Some knife fights, but no swords. Not doom recommended.
--tg
RE: The Rhythm Section (2019) - Drunk Monk - 02-02-2021
I see a thread merge in your future
http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5287