^I loved Statham in Snatch and Lock, Stock, but had written his newer movies off as generic Hollywood explodey shooty type action films before I ever saw them. Maybe I should give them a look?
Those was actually almost my exact sentiments as I had enjoyed
Snatch and
Lock, Stock, but everything else seemed generic action movie. I didn't really have any reason to make such an assumption about the films since I never had bothered to watch any. So I felt that if I was going to rag on those movies I might as well check them out first. Honestly they're not the greatest films, but they were better than I had expected. I think majority of action movies have generic and clichéd elements, but it's hard to always have original storylines. I did watch a fourth film of his,
Blitz, which was also ok. Like I mentioned in the other post,
Parker was my favorite of the ones I watched.
Since I watch movies so often I like to watch a diversity of movies. With such a variety of choices I usually will watch depending on my mood and the movies availability. These movies had matched my mood perfectly. I had wanted to see some action movies that were fairly decent, but that I didn't have to really pay a lot of attention to or put in a lot of thought. These satisfied that need and I would actually check out a few more of his movies. There's actually another one on Crackle,
Revolver that has Statham and was also directed by Guy Ritchie (who did
Snatch and
Lock, Stock). Going to try to check that one out while it's available on there.
blue jasmine
another excellent release by hopscotch films with an amazing cast. loved it.
...kytnism...
I thought this was alright. I think maybe I didn't like it as much because it was kind of a heavy storyline and I probably wasn't in the right mindset to watch it at the time. Cate Blanchett played her role really well though. There were parts where you just wanted to slap her, but a lot of other parts where you felt really bad for her.
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Watched
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) last night. Really enjoyed it a lot. It was funny, imaginative, and had a lot of heart. Found it to be light and uplifting. Ben Stiller did a good job with the dual job of directing and acting. Seemed to have good chemistry with Kristen Wiig as well. One of the better movies I've seen this year.