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billyweeds |
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:44 pm |
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Knight and Day: Action/romantic/secret agent/comedy is sort of what Charade might have looked like if it had been made in 2010 with less style. James Mangold is a decent director, the first big setpiece is very funny, and Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are charismatic and mightily attractive, but the story is borderline brainless and the CGI stunts are sometimes just too incredible to be entertaining. All that said, I had a pretty good time and my rating is *** if you love Cruise and Diaz, **1/2 if you like only one of them, ** otherwise. |
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lshap |
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:46 pm |
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Billy - Your review has clarified my indecision about seeing Knight and Day. I'm now positively going to see it or not. I like Cruise, but I wonder about his acting future as he approaches 50. Can he keep channeling the smarmy Top Gun persona with twangy voice and hair, even as his body and skin slowly surrender to time? |
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marantzo |
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:28 pm |
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I like Diaz so I guess it's **1/2 for me. |
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billyweeds |
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:23 am |
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lshap wrote: Billy - Your review has clarified my indecision about seeing Knight and Day. I'm now positively going to see it or not. I like Cruise, but I wonder about his acting future as he approaches 50. Can he keep channeling the smarmy Top Gun persona with twangy voice and hair, even as his body and skin slowly surrender to time?
About this I can be 100 percent positive: Cruise continues to look simply great, and the "twangy" stuff continues to work its aggressive charm. He looks more or less his age, but as they say, "He's aging well." Really well. And if he's had work done--and he probably has--it's fantastic work.
I repeat: if you can agree to overlook the sometimes idiotic story and can kick back and enjoy the superhuman feats of bullet-dodging and building-jumping that ensue, you can have a fun time at Knight and Day.
Forgot to mention the overqualified actors employed to play various supporting roles--Peter Sarsgaard, Viola Davis, Paul Dano, Celia Weston, etc. But they all seem to be having a certain amount of fun with the assorted hoke.
To put it in context, I liked this movie far better than the Mission: Impossible travesties it resembles in part. This one has humor and charm along with the feats of daring, and doesn't trash the fictional memory of Jim Phelps in the bargain. |
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billyweeds |
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:58 am |
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Knight and Day haiku:
Cruise and Diaz rock.
Special effects are cheesy.
I prefer Charade. |
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carrobin |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:02 am |
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Men with swords take charge
in twelfth-century Nottingham;
that woman can ride.
I give "Robin Hood" four stars, though most critics apparently didn't see the same film I did. Action, adventure, romance, and a remarkably believable look into the year 1199--and I didn't think Crowe was sullen, just serious. |
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billyweeds |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:37 pm |
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carrobin wrote: Men with swords take charge
in twelfth-century Nottingham;
that woman can ride.
I give "Robin Hood" four stars, though most critics apparently didn't see the same film I did. Action, adventure, romance, and a remarkably believable look into the year 1199--and I didn't think Crowe was sullen, just serious.
One two many syllables in second line unless you pronounce it "centchry." |
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whiskeypriest |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:32 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: carrobin wrote: Men with swords take charge
in twelfth-century Nottingham;
that woman can ride.
I give "Robin Hood" four stars, though most critics apparently didn't see the same film I did. Action, adventure, romance, and a remarkably believable look into the year 1199--and I didn't think Crowe was sullen, just serious.
One two many syllables in second line unless you pronounce it "centchry." One "too" many syllables.
And I suppose Nott/nam is a possibility as well. |
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carrobin |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:39 pm |
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Hey, in 1199 they pronouned it "Not'ngm." Theoretically. |
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bartist |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:33 pm |
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Always dialect differences, so hakuists get a little wiggle room....
Haiku needs good math,
but recall that "steel" has two
syllables down South |
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carrobin |
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:20 pm |
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My sister can get three syllables into her favorite swear word, "Rats." I'm serious. I can't do it, and I grew up in South Carolina too. |
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Ghulam |
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:32 am |
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Jane Campion's Bright Star, **1/2. Story of John Keats' romance with Fanny Braun. Plodding and unengaging. |
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Marc |
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:15 pm |
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"Bright Star lacks heat, a Hallmark Card about John Keats. *. |
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billyweeds |
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:27 pm |
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Marc wrote: "Bright Star lacks heat, a Hallmark Card about John Keats.
Never had the slightest desire to see this movie; had the strongest possible feeling that this is exactly what I would think about it. |
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whiskeypriest |
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:35 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: Marc wrote: "Bright Star lacks heat, a Hallmark Card about John Keats.
Never had the slightest desire to see this movie; had the strongest possible feeling that this is exactly what I would think about it. Yes, but metrically speaking it's 4/4/4 - our worst haiku yet! |
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