Sunday, June 8, 2008

I'll have the Machete with a side of Bullets please...

Well, I've been on a movie watching kick the past few days and I've caught up on Indiana Jones 4, Iron Man, Semi-Pro, The Golden Compass, and of course Rambo.

All the movies had something to offer, whether it be Indy's wit and badass nature or Iron Man's wit and badass nature.  Semi-Pro had it's moments that had me laughing real hard, but I don't feel it was Will Ferrell's best work.  The Golden Compass had real cool futuristic look to but still had an old timey quality.  The CGI "demons" were kind of annoying at times, but the story was pretty cool and Daniel Craig (James Bond) was awesome for the short time he was in the movie.  

And now, the most ridiculously over the top, murder filled, mumble fest I have ever seen...Rambo.  It starts out with carnage and then has a little lull as we see John Rambo catching snakes and mumbling some dialect.  The movie starts to set it self up with the missionary people who want into Burma, which is a war zone.  After some pussyfooting around the issue, Rambo says he will take them to Burma on his fishing boat.  They encounter pirates...this is when we first see the Rambo we know and love, he fucks shit up, blowing heads right off, as John Travolta would say he had a "hand cannon."  Blah, Blah, Blah, missionaries get blown to pieces, lose legs, get captured, Rambo escorts a group of mercenaries into the region to extract missionaries.  They don't want Rambo to help, he kills 4 men with a bow and arrows, they now want his help.  They extract the missionaries from the army base, which leads to a big chase scene in the jungle and a final showdown...Holy Fuck, sorry for the profanity but that's what I said aloud when Rambo opened fire with the turret gun, legs blasted off, see through holes in peoples chests, heads disintegrated...hundreds of men die in this scene alone, it's fucking ridiculous, and it's not just assuming 100 men die, you watch every damn one, and it's not just Rambo killing, it's the cool sniper dude with his rail gun, and all the surviving mercs.  Then it ends with Rambo finally going home.

I need to get a hobby, I know I said it before but seriously, I can't be watching movies all the time...unless I was rich...I think I found my hobby, money collecting.  Well, until I find something new to write about, enjoy the heat wave and don't forget your sunblock.

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