Comments on: movies on a plane

By: fledgling otaku

fledgling otaku — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:22:10 +0000

hmm. i should have tried watching Bourne without sound the way i did Rush Hour 3

Mark, you’re right, Charlie (Wade’s second in command) was definitely the film’s resident badass. He kind of stole every scene he was in. What struck me about him was his utter devotion to Wade. In fact I kind of thought he was a tragic character, betrayed by Wade cruelly at the end.

I never saw Midnight Run. Maybe I should add that to my netflix…

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:08:33 +0000

A pretty good selection. Without giving away which ones, I’ll just say that 2 of the films listed will make my top 10 of 2007 (to be posted later this week sometime).

“Russell Crowe did a reasonable job (though he just doesn’t have the same badass vibe anymore).”

Yeah, though I think part of the reason he doesn’t have that badass vibe is that the story requires him to have a heart (he does one really, truly badass thing towards the end of the story). Personally, I thought Wade’s right hand man was a much more menacing villain (I nominated him for a best villain/badass award:P) Anyway, I agree, it’s a really good movie. I have the original on my DVR, but I haven’t watched it yet…

The Bourne movies are all very good, and it’s a good bet that the latest Bond is more or less just responding to the elevated stakes of the Bourne movies.

Stardust really was an underappreciated gem. The director described it as The Princess Bride meets Midnight Run. Heh.

By: J Greely

J Greely — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:47:30 +0000

I haven’t seen the second Bourne movie, but the first one was quite good. I saw the third one on the flight back from Japan, dubbed and subtitled in Japanese, which was fun. I’ll have to buy the DVD so I can understand the other 80% of the dialogue.

-j