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Eh, I love a good action movie, but it's hard to get into movies that you can't believe. I watched a very low rated one from the 80s the other day (https://www.
by ericd 9y ago
Eh, I love a good action movie, but it's hard to get into movies that you can't believe. I watched a very low rated one from the 80s the other day (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blood_of_heroes/ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blood_of_heroes/), and while it had very little plot, and the production value was incredibly low compared to recent movies, and just generally wasn't a very good movie, I enjoyed it more than the vast majority of very expensive recent blockbusters, because it felt real. They had real actors and real stunts. They moved like real people. And in that world, a 50 foot fall could kill them, rather than just cause them to touch a knee, so there was something at stake.
In a movie full of invincible people, who cares what happens? They'll be fine regardless.
I wish hollywood would get to making movies about real people.
- anigbrowl 9y agoThose are called dramas.
- philwelch 9y agoHave you seen the John Wick movies?
- ericd 9y agoI have. Definitely better than the superhero flicks that plague theaters, but he's still got that invulnerable mechanical efficiency that gets a bit old after he's plowed through the 50th person in a 10 minute shootout. I'm talking more like Die Hard, Alien, Air Force One, or even First Blood, where the main character is a mostly regular person with some combat training, is in a situation where they're believably screwed, and has to rely on their wits to survive the odds stacked against them, not just their incredible reflexes.
- hacking_again 9y ago> in a situation where they're believably screwed There's a lot of action-packed neo-noir that you might like: http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2014/the-20-best-neo-noir-films-of-the-2000s/ http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2014/the-20-best-neo-noir-films...
- ericd 9y agoAwesome list (the ones I know), I'll have to check out the rest. Thanks!
- philwelch 9y agoOne thing John Wick gets right though, is that they took their time with the choreography and training rather than using shaky cam and jump cuts to cover the fact that the actors have no idea what they’re doing. Keanu Reeves spent a lot of time learning how to handle firearms and it shows.
- ericd 9y agoVery good point, and it's way easier to follow because of it.
- hansthehorse 9y agoMy only complaint is that I would prefer they figure out some way to simulate firearm recoil. As a hobby / target shooter it always takes away from the action when I see guns rock steady every shot. If guns were like that everyone would be John Wick.
- hkmurakami 9y agoTime to watch Jack Reacher.
- ericd 9y agoSeem to remember that being good, though I don't remember the specifics, I should rewatch.
- hkmurakami 9y ago2 hours of Tom Cruise being badass. Fun raw action movie.
- yahna 9y ago> I wish hollywood would get to making movies about real people. Then watch movies about real people. Others (a much higher percentage of the population) will continue to enjoy movies that are about thigns that can't happen in real life.