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dolarabee
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| Viv wrote: | | Rous wrote: | | Rented it a while back just because of Jason Statham. While I think his acting abilities could stand a good dose of emotions. |
He has emotions?  I thought he just had ... nevermind. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: |
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| Viv wrote: | | Rous wrote: | | Rented it a while back just because of Jason Statham. While I think his acting abilities could stand a good dose of emotions. |
He has emotions? I thought he just had ... nevermind. |
Well, no he does not, hence the point. I think he and Steven Segall are running a race to see who is the less emotional. (Except Steven is a much worse actor.)
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Viv
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| By "better actor" of course you mean nicest backside, yeah? |
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I'll be first to admit Statham is no Oscar material and can be quite... well, I don't think I can even think of a word to describe his acting abilities, but
BUT
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You CANNOT compare him to Seagal. Hell, no one should even think of putting him in the same sentence as Seagal. Pluuueeaazzze.
And of course he's got the nicer butt, and thighs, and abs and mug. Have I objectified him enough? 
For anyone who thinks he can't act, you should watch Mean Machine. He had the most hilarious scene of the whole film! And no, you're right; it didn't call for an Oscar performance there either...
Am I the only one who liked him in the first Transporter and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels? Hell, even in The Italian Job he was amusing...
I can't think of one instance where Seagal managed that. Ridiculous, yes. Amusing, no. (I'm sorry for Seagal fans among us, I truly am.)
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| dolarabee wrote: | Am I the only one who liked him in the first Transporter and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels? Hell, even in The Italian Job he was amusing...
I can't think of one instance where Seagal managed that. |
I can't think of an instance where he managed an actual facial expression.
Statham was pretty good in 'The Italian Job'. Forgot about that. I'm not sure I'm believing him as a NASCAR driver in 'Death Race' though. 
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Viv
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:50 am Post subject: |
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| I totally dug "The Transporter." And "Death Race" doesn't look unrentable. What can I say? Am action-flick junkie. Plus, baldness is smexy. |
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:23 am Post subject: |
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I haven't seen Death Race.
What's that other thing coming out soon? It's based on a real heist done on a London bank back in 1971... Baker Street... I wonder how he'll be in that.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Stephen Seagal should stick with being an Aikido instructor than being an actor. 
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Finally got around to seeing this movie. Hubby about summed it up for me in the scene where the busty chicks start shimmying down vines in the middle of a forest battle: I think it sounded a lot better in the director's head.
The actors -- and there are a lot of really good ones in this movie -- seemed to make a point of doing a crummy job in this turn. I have no idea why. Some meant-to-be-emotional moments made me laugh, and I'm sure that wasn't the intention. Action scenes were not good, and there were plenty of 'em (it felt like this movie lasted a really long time).
A mediocre effort was made truly unpleasant by bad music and worse editing. When the Academy Awards come around every year, folks shrug at those technical awards like "Film Editing," but this movie is a great example of how bad editing can ruin a movie.
In the end, I don't feel like I need my two+ hours back (I knew what I was getting in to before I started watching), and I don't feel like LoTR was ripped off (too much). I do, however, feel that about 80% of LoTR Sues are a better bet for entertainment, though.
And this conclusion is not merely because Mr Statham failed to get shirtless. |
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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He didn't even lose the shirt?!
Definitely won't bother then... 
Thanks, Viv.
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Viv
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| That was the salient part of the review, after all. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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I've since seen this too and Taller Half liked the Vine Chicks (and I liked their desire to kick arse first fwiw). I cheered to see the pencil-necked meanie die at the end, but over all it was just... Meh.
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I finally saw it as well, and I was very suprised to see Matthew Lillard playing the most interesting character in the whole movie.
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:11 am Post subject: |
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At the risk of sounding like a moron...
Who's Lillard?
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| Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| dolarabee wrote: |
Who's Lillard?
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He was in Scooby Doo as Shaggy, 13 Ghosts (good movie) and Without a Paddle (mildly amusing).
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