Movies

2 Fast 2 Furious

Olga, Hazard and myself went to see “2 Fast 2 Furious“. Overall, it was a bit less then what I was expecting. They could have benefit a lot from keeping Vin Diesel, and watching fast car driving in “The Transporter“. I’d rate the whole thing as being 4-5 out of 10 and that’s all due to the crazy black guy, who was the only one trying to bring some acting to the movie.

Reservoir Dogs

Not to leave the evening spoiled I watched the second movie. And that was “Reservoir Dogs“. I’ve already seen this Tarantino’s masterpiece long time ago and with terrible Russian translation which forced me to fall asleep like twenty times during the movie. Now I can confidently say that that was only thanks to translation. Excellent movie, with excellent acting. It’s rare that I get to see such good movies, so I value them especially.

Equilibrium

Finally, I’ve watched “Equilibrium“. Disappointment. It’s not even close to “The Matrix”. The story (plot) is not finished, there are lots of glitches. Like millions. To start with, after the war people are usually very peaceful and don’t need hard military control. Secondly, I haven’t seen a single mutant, although the story takes place after the Third World War, which involved nuclear weapons. Hell, there is no even one ugly face in the whole movie. All men are body builders and all women are sexy, big breasted brunets. That’s boring. Lots of things like that.

Additionally, plenty of staff has been just plainly stolen from “The Matrix”. Camera positions, style, and effects in certain places. Like when these guys are coming from the downtown in the car in the beginning of the movie – it looks exactly like the scene when Neo has been taken to see the Oracle in the Matrix. The way he sees staff passing by while sitting on the back seat of the car… Black leather coats, haircuts, the way people talk… They even tried to steal martial arts, but that was difficult, so they failed miserably. And I am glad for that.

There are couple of nice fighting scenes in this movie, but it’s not worth the whole movie. I would rate the whole thing as 3 or 4 out of 10. Definitely not 7.8/10 as it stand on IMDB.

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Watched “The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc” (directed by Luc Besson with Milla Jovovich as Joan) in the evening. Nice story telling, not bad acting and lots of massive fighting scenes, but overall I like the other Joanna d’Arc better. I’ll just need some time locating the exact title and actors of it.

Anger Management

Off to cinema with Lev and Olga to see “Anger Management“. It is a good movie (actually almost excellent) with lots of good humor and good acting. Jack Nicholson is perfect. He just sprays energy around with every word and every movement. I felt the power. Actually, he is excellent in most of the movies I’ve seen with him – “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest“, “The Shining“, “The Witches of Eastwick“, “Batman“, “Wolf“, “As Good As It Gets“. He, for sure, knows how to Act, unlike the bunch of other “talented” pretty faces from Hollywood.

Adam Sandler (who can be remembered from “Big Daddy” and “The Waterboy“) was also quiet good and natural.

Two scenes which I could’ve watched another hundred times are: when they stop the car on the bridge and start thinging the “gay” song and when Adam Sandler was talking to the beautify red-dressed girl in the bar in Boston. These were excellent!