The shakycam that some complained about last time seems all but absent, however there are
a couple of action scenes that occur in the dark, which makes it a little hard to follow.
Some scenes — usually the quieter moments — amazed me with the advances that CGI has made over the years, whereas
a couple of the action scenes look nothing short of awful, almost as if we're still looking at the pre-effects workprint.
Some CGI and
a couple of action scenes aren't the best, and it does contradict itself a few times which bugged me a bit.
Not exact matches
While not an elite
action film, and overall disappointing, its stars compliment a witty script, a
couple of cool fight
scenes, and exotic locales.
But it wasn't a total loss: ace casting, Jackman shining throughout, some pretty damn enthralling
action scenes and a
couple of good laughs.
After a
couple of brief but powerful
action scenes and a long section where Louie and two pals, tail gunner Mac (Finn Wittrock) and pilot Phil (Domhnall Gleeson), are lost at sea (the movie's best bit, but more on that later), we're left with a long last section; a prison camp pic where our hero is locked into a battle
of wills with Watanabe (Japanese pop star Miyavi aka Takamasa Ishihara).
While it is incumbent on the audience watching any Indiana Jones film to accept a degree
of supernatural power and treasure hunting mystique, the degree to which credulity is stretched
coupled with the loss
of character at the hands
of big
action scene artificial imagery means the heart
of the film is lost.
Ahead
of its release in just a
couple of weeks, Lionsgate has debuted a new behind - the -
scenes featurette for their upcoming
action - thriller American Assassin.
The worst cinematic crime that a director can do, is to bore the audience, now visually and technically The Lone Ranger was impressive with a
couple of cool
action scenes, however the rest
of the movie was boring and that is Gore Verbinski fault, the same thing happened with the 3rd Pirates film...
There were a
couple of cliched
action scenes.
Without giving much consideration to the context that breed such an environment, bar a
couple of fleeting
scenes where one
of the Day's gang attempts to find work as a farm hand, it begs the question as to what the film is trying to accomplish by focusing on the gang; especially when the film's ephemeral style distances the
action from reality, laying blame on the gangs for Day's downward spiral into a life
of crime and not the faulty idealism behind the myth
of American opportunity.
Free Birds (PG for
action, rude humor and
scenes of peril) Animated family comedy about a
couple of squabbling turkeys (Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson) who put aside their differences to travel back in time in order to get turkey taken off the Thanksgiving menu.
The problem I had is that on a
couple of occasions the route taken to those
action scenes felt disjointed.
In the first, they are tender, playful and passionate together - the
actions of a
couple who know each other intimately - while their second
coupling, which occurs after the film's massive revelation, is a brutal and aggressive
scene which leaves Edie bruised and in tears.
Julian McMahon's a little bit
of a disappointment, though he has a
couple good moments... most
of his
scenes are in full makeup and they're
action scenes, so it's not really his fault.
Despsite a
couple of elderly «twists,» the only thing really surprising about this tale
of a Mossad operation gone pear - shaped is that Mirren's hack husband Taylor Hackford didn't direct it — knowing that if he had, at least the
action scenes in it, for what they're worth, would've been a good deal tighter.
People went hoping that this vengeance tale would be Chan's version
of «Taken» and were likely surprised to see that it's much talkier movie than they were expecting, and the
action scenes don't have that typical Chan energy as he's too often leaning into the age
of his character (although there are a
couple of neat stunts).
A
couple of «animatics» — 3 - D computer - animated segments that play out planned sequences — are included, hinting at the amount
of technical planning that went into the
action scenes.
With an incredibly in - depth combat system with loads
of different combos and attacks, as well as high - octane
action scenes, Spider - Man should be one
of the best games about the superhero for the last
couple of decades!