xXx

[coalescent]

Sue 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.

Comments

Re: (entering the fray)

[snowking.livejournal.com]

In the way Chernobyl was.

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[brassyn.livejournal.com]

well i think that's a little harsh don't you?

Re: (entering the fray)

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Chernoybl was a fine experiment. Unfortunately it all went a tad wrong. And this is wrong.

But it feels so right.

Re: (entering the fray)

[brassyn.livejournal.com]

didn't you say that eve and i were mad?
maybe i imagined that...

Re: (entering the fray)

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Well....Yeah. And you are. And I might be. Is that SO wrong?

Re: (entering the fray)

[brassyn.livejournal.com]

do you mean 'is that SF wrong?'

i was mistaken. i thought when you said we were "mad bastards", you were implying that you were somehow not part of this mad bastardry.
glad to see you embrace it andrew'

Re: (entering the fray)

[snowking.livejournal.com]

I said you were mad as bastards. Not that you were actual bastards.

I think we're now as mad as badgers.