pose without reality

Janiya 2022-03-22 09:01:40

Caricatured characters, composition and editing, imitating Quentin's bluffing homely dialogues (Pulp Fiction, Dead Twilight), Guy Ritchie's multi-character narrative (SNATCH, Two Smoking Guns), entertainment films like this Where can it go wrong?

However, there is posture without reality.

Empty stories, thin characters. Especially the action scenes, regardless of whether they are old-fashioned or not, the old-fashioned look is cool, but the director always seems to want to show some "violent aesthetics", "war cruelty" or something - I'm afraid it is because of John Woo again. Flow poison is too deep? ——I tried to stray between a certain sense of reality and a sense of comics, but unfortunately my skills were obviously not enough, and even the chainsaw machine gun that could have been used very well was not able to get rid of it. But it cannot be denied that the director has put a lot of effort into many details that are almost completely irrelevant to the plot, such as the inexplicable and perverted grandma Lei Feng and the kung fu children, as well as those small scenes where spears and arrows cut off limbs in seconds, these are the details This is what should have been a mediocre film.

A few favorite actors, a few hated actors, and the names on the posters are all quite loud. Almost all the actors I liked died in the film, and it seemed that the better their acting skills were, the sooner they died (is the salary paid on time?), and finally the "political commissar" child with the most exaggerated and disgusting acting skills (the one in "Under the City") was left behind. Idiot political commissar) to exaggerate and disgust to end that far-fetched ending that pretends to be suspense but has no suspense. Unexpectedly, the role of the Chainsaw Monster shows a certain level of acting skills and depth of connotation. Of course, there must be a corpse with good acting skills to play with him...

All in all, I originally planned to watch it as an action blockbuster. The movie suddenly found that it was more like a sketch prose pretending to be cool and pretending to be only cool. The weapons are absolutely dazzling, but the killing methods are still monotonous. I heard that it is still based on a real event. Is it necessary to take into account realism?

There is posture but no reality.

However, if you don't have much hope for it, and it's not practical, it's still fun to just look at the pose of this film, so I recommend it.

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Smokin' Aces quotes

  • Sharice Watters: Let me ask you a question. Y'all let hoochies like stay up in here? I mean, 'cause y'all must be burning sheets by the ton.

    Hotel Receptionist: Well...

    Sharice Watters: As a female, that shit right there don't get you? Okay, it's bitches like that they reason why niggas don't pay our species any mind! They don't respect us? Yeah, we just meat for male consumption. Pieces of ass and pussy. Something pretty in lipstick and eyeliner that can suck a fucking cock!

  • Georgia Sykes: Once I'm inside, I'm putting chrome to Israel's head and backing out hot. Anybody get gully, you know.

    Sharice Watters: I'm gonna grip and rip. I got some handloads up here ready to put some niggas out. Trust me.

    Georgia Sykes: Just remember it's more of a rescue than a rampage, all right?

    Sharice Watters: Hey, come on, man. You know I had bring big mama through.

    Georgia Sykes: You got the .50 up?

    Sharice Watters: Sure do.

    Georgia Sykes: What the fuck? What the fuck are you trying to shoot? A jumbo jet out of the sky? Blast down the moon?

    Sharice Watters: Any of these niggas make one false move, these bitches taking dirt naps. I ain't trying to be up here all day. And I tell you what. That bitch-ass fed get in the way, RIP, nigga.