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coalescentSue me. I was in the mood for something loud and brainless. And hey, xXx certainly delivers on that front.
Actually, it struck me as a weird film. I've never seen anything try quite so hard to be cool, yet give itself so little to work with. It was filmed like a series of music videos with the occasional segment of dialogue, but set in eastern europe - which, whilst admittedly pretty, is not the first place you think of to epitomise cool. The premise is similarly awkward; Xander Cage is a bad-ass extreme sports rebel dude (best line: "You hire someone to save the world, you better make sure they like it the way it is now"), but he ends up as the embodiment of patriotic duty. It's cool to serve your country, kids!
The 'splosions were pretty, though (if improbable). Plus, there was a trailer for The Two Towers, which by itself made up for any failings the main feature may have had.
Actually, it struck me as a weird film. I've never seen anything try quite so hard to be cool, yet give itself so little to work with. It was filmed like a series of music videos with the occasional segment of dialogue, but set in eastern europe - which, whilst admittedly pretty, is not the first place you think of to epitomise cool. The premise is similarly awkward; Xander Cage is a bad-ass extreme sports rebel dude (best line: "You hire someone to save the world, you better make sure they like it the way it is now"), but he ends up as the embodiment of patriotic duty. It's cool to serve your country, kids!
The 'splosions were pretty, though (if improbable). Plus, there was a trailer for The Two Towers, which by itself made up for any failings the main feature may have had.
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Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 02:25 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 02:45 pm (UTC)my first ever LJ post had to be threaded to fit all the responses in. i do believe we were talking about nothing :)
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Date: 2002-10-23 03:38 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
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Date: 2002-10-23 03:55 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 04:21 pm (UTC)really.
to LJ: condense yourself, dammit!
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Date: 2002-10-23 04:30 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 04:34 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 04:37 pm (UTC)i shall investigate.
we really do need to get lives as soon as possible.
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Date: 2002-10-23 04:39 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 04:41 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
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Date: 2002-10-23 04:48 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 04:50 pm (UTC)And by twinnish association, so do you. It's rocks all round.
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Date: 2002-10-23 04:55 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 04:57 pm (UTC)it has to condense!
though my scroll bar is just increasing :(
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Date: 2002-10-23 04:59 pm (UTC)my entry only got to 52 posts.....
Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 05:00 pm (UTC)i'm.... pathetic!
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Date: 2002-10-23 04:36 pm (UTC)maybe we should try actually talking about something....
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Date: 2002-10-23 04:37 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 04:39 pm (UTC)Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 04:41 pm (UTC)Again, word.
Now, which particular topic to choose from? There are so many....
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Date: 2002-10-23 04:48 pm (UTC)Rea is a good one. Never runs out of steam, that one. A classic.
Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 04:55 pm (UTC)i can see niall flaunting himself on icq, but blatantly not taking part in this exercise of uselessness.
Re: (entering the fray)
Date: 2002-10-23 05:04 pm (UTC)/me losing ability of speech