07-21-2014, 07:56 AM
Let the castigation begin.
I probably should have watched this with the Doom Brothers rather than by myself on a Saturday afternoon. I really liked the opening fight in the bathroom stall. I thought what a great idea to keep the amount of people from attacking you to a minimum. Eventually, Iko is overwhelmed but it showed smarts. A tad long, but there were a lot of guys. And as CF and DM have pointed out the choreography was awesome.
But then we take a break to tell the story. I think they were shooting for the Godfather but it came out all murky. And the explanation just went on and on. I still don't think I got it. And the explanation was kind of dumb. Yes, the son wanted to take over and wanted more responsibility. Blah Blah Blah. Most of the time it felt like placeholders until we get back to Rama who had an undercover name but I can't remember it. And he does a lot of standing around while waiting for his fight scenes to happen. He probably took a little nap like I did waiting for the fight scenes to commence.
I did like hammer and bat girl. But are hammers really the weapon of choice for a martial artist. Plus they look decidedly fake in the last battle, very rubbery.
You could easily have cut about 30 to 45 minutes out of this film. I also kept wanting the Raiders of the Lost ark bit to occur an somebody shoot the guys who were punching each other. And yes the punches were fun, but I kept thinking with that many blows to the head, the guy would be dead. And how many cuts to the chest do you get before you fall down? And why didn't all those leg strikes not break any legs? I shouldn't have the time to ask these questions, but the fight scenes never ended.
All the sets seemed to be have designed with odd elements that were only there so people could break things. Wow this kitchen sure is big with plenty of room for fighting. Plus we have this beautiful wine cellar with glass wall here in the kitchen, too. I wonder if the fight will go in there? Wow, look at all these glass panels standing here in the restaurant oddly in the center of the room. I wonder if people will fly through those?
And when the guns do come out, no one can hit the broad side of a barn. They went to the Hollywood school of marksmanship. Except for Rama who gets a shotgun blast to the chest and after a few deep breaths gets back up with no word of body armor. I guess he was just tough.
Too long. Too loose in the script. Too many fights that wouldn't end. And then too much stupid plot getting in the way of the too long fights.
I except your scorn.
I probably should have watched this with the Doom Brothers rather than by myself on a Saturday afternoon. I really liked the opening fight in the bathroom stall. I thought what a great idea to keep the amount of people from attacking you to a minimum. Eventually, Iko is overwhelmed but it showed smarts. A tad long, but there were a lot of guys. And as CF and DM have pointed out the choreography was awesome.
But then we take a break to tell the story. I think they were shooting for the Godfather but it came out all murky. And the explanation just went on and on. I still don't think I got it. And the explanation was kind of dumb. Yes, the son wanted to take over and wanted more responsibility. Blah Blah Blah. Most of the time it felt like placeholders until we get back to Rama who had an undercover name but I can't remember it. And he does a lot of standing around while waiting for his fight scenes to happen. He probably took a little nap like I did waiting for the fight scenes to commence.
I did like hammer and bat girl. But are hammers really the weapon of choice for a martial artist. Plus they look decidedly fake in the last battle, very rubbery.
You could easily have cut about 30 to 45 minutes out of this film. I also kept wanting the Raiders of the Lost ark bit to occur an somebody shoot the guys who were punching each other. And yes the punches were fun, but I kept thinking with that many blows to the head, the guy would be dead. And how many cuts to the chest do you get before you fall down? And why didn't all those leg strikes not break any legs? I shouldn't have the time to ask these questions, but the fight scenes never ended.
All the sets seemed to be have designed with odd elements that were only there so people could break things. Wow this kitchen sure is big with plenty of room for fighting. Plus we have this beautiful wine cellar with glass wall here in the kitchen, too. I wonder if the fight will go in there? Wow, look at all these glass panels standing here in the restaurant oddly in the center of the room. I wonder if people will fly through those?
And when the guns do come out, no one can hit the broad side of a barn. They went to the Hollywood school of marksmanship. Except for Rama who gets a shotgun blast to the chest and after a few deep breaths gets back up with no word of body armor. I guess he was just tough.
Too long. Too loose in the script. Too many fights that wouldn't end. And then too much stupid plot getting in the way of the too long fights.
I except your scorn.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit