Mota Boy
12-12-2004, 12:14 AM
Oh B movies - how I love thee. How I smile wide at the sight of heroes falling from incredible heights and only damage whatever they land upon. How happy I am to see oversized guns ripping the scenery to shreds. It warms the cockles of my heart to see a knife, gun, fist, sword, cup or flamethrower fight have periodical, planned pauses to allow the exchange of repartee.
And the gratuitous explosions. Of course you can't commandeer a car without finding that it's loaded with extremely volatile chemicals or have terrorists that merely want to assasinate someone with a gun. How dull would that be? Shit, you'd need at least a few hundred people's lives to be in jeopardy, and that's just for the opening sequence.
OK, so you had a car chase scene. Is that all? Just two cars running around? Did you have a cement truck? Or a 90 ton crane? Or have someone jump from one car to another? Was it a group of terrorists disguised as firemen with a sniper on the extended ladder of the firetruck firing on a double decker bus containing two bickering partners and a bunch of nuns? If not, then it'd better damn well meet at least three of those criteria for the reshoot. Remember - you always, always need at least one scene with a man firing machine gun at you from a helicopter. Oh, and what's that woman doing wearing clothes?
It's great to see a movie such as The Long Kiss Goodnight where no less than three characters "die" only to have a dramatic ressurection within one ten minute span, or Bad Boys when Will Smith successfully tails a car on foot. It's like visual/aural opium - any higher functions of my brain can have a bit of a rest for the next two hours without having to worry about missing a thing.
The Rundown is another perfect B movie, though it's a bit more intelligent than the others I've mentioned, I never really notice that part.
How 'bout some of your favorites?
And the gratuitous explosions. Of course you can't commandeer a car without finding that it's loaded with extremely volatile chemicals or have terrorists that merely want to assasinate someone with a gun. How dull would that be? Shit, you'd need at least a few hundred people's lives to be in jeopardy, and that's just for the opening sequence.
OK, so you had a car chase scene. Is that all? Just two cars running around? Did you have a cement truck? Or a 90 ton crane? Or have someone jump from one car to another? Was it a group of terrorists disguised as firemen with a sniper on the extended ladder of the firetruck firing on a double decker bus containing two bickering partners and a bunch of nuns? If not, then it'd better damn well meet at least three of those criteria for the reshoot. Remember - you always, always need at least one scene with a man firing machine gun at you from a helicopter. Oh, and what's that woman doing wearing clothes?
It's great to see a movie such as The Long Kiss Goodnight where no less than three characters "die" only to have a dramatic ressurection within one ten minute span, or Bad Boys when Will Smith successfully tails a car on foot. It's like visual/aural opium - any higher functions of my brain can have a bit of a rest for the next two hours without having to worry about missing a thing.
The Rundown is another perfect B movie, though it's a bit more intelligent than the others I've mentioned, I never really notice that part.
How 'bout some of your favorites?