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RED EYE? CLICK HERE FOR VISINE FOR THE SOUL.
by James Norrington (movies profile)
Mar 28, 2007
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123 people found this review helpful
There's very little chance that someone would plow through nearly 200 reviews, to randomly choose this one.. Unless, as I plan, the title is intriguing.
SPOILERS BELOW
You know the story line, by now. Not that there was ever much of one. I'm just going to nit pick for a while, on a public forum.
1. *deep breath.. release* Mary Sues.. They are truly everywhere. There should be a special rating for every movie.
Red Eye, rated PG13, 3MS (three Mary/Marty Sues) or 1SMS (one super Mary Sue) Rachel McAdams' character is a Sue to end all Sues.. Well, perhaps she's not that bad. But, we're expected to believe she's this do-gooder, bubbly-demeanored, optimistic daddy's girl.. And yet, even I couldn't get up the courage to stab somebody in the throat with a pen.. or kick them in the leg with a stiletto heel. -_- That sort of sadistic thing goes hand in hand with poor Cillian's characters. (In Batman Begins, he was tasered... in the face).
2. Really, aren't we all sick of the 'protagonists' getting everything their way?
3. Was I the only person disturbed by the thought that the only two 'confirmed' MURDERS in the movie were committed by Mary Sue and her daddy? That's some *****-up **** that is. (:p)
4. What was with that bratty little girl? You don't push your bag in front of someone who's just been given a tracheotomy! He should so give her a dose of the fear toxin-.. oh.. right, Batman.. Um.. that is to say, he should slap her upside her Sue-in-training head, or get her braid caught in an electric pencil sharpener, or something.
5. Why do people cheer when the "antagonist" who has had his arse thoroughly, and 'somewhat amazingly' kicked (by someone who we've been led to believe is nothing if not the helpless damsel in distress), gets killed? Hasn't he suffered enough? Ok, yes.. I'll admit, I was the only one in the theater who shouted "NOOOO-Ohhh!" when daddy snuck up and shot Jackson (Cillian's character)...
6. I was probably the only one who cheered when he threw the Sue off the stairs, also.. Bwahahaha. Now 'THAT' made me happy. Craven just kept letting her get the best of him.. Who carries around a field hockey stick? Honestly? Does that come up a lot in Miami? Anyway, he gets in one good move... and then he dies. Why couldn't she have landed on her head... *evil smirk* and why didn't she hit her father with the field hockey club thing? I was expecting it. Looking forward to it, actually.
7. It's not so much that I hate the badguy dying... I just wanted the good guys to die... and I wanted Cillian's character to live. 28 Days Later had more than enough gore.. no need to wound this character at every opportunity... and they tried to kill him off in the alternate endings for that too! ...Tasered in the face, in Batman Begins! Scarecrow had better come back in the sequel, and finish Miss DA Rachel Dawes off. She was even worse than Rachel McAdams character in the Sue-department.
8. Cillian was delightfully creepy with his rasp (though it urks me to remember how he got said rasp). And the scarf (herein known as his 'cravat') was absolute love. Looked quite good on him.. with his tousled hair.. and stunning eyes- right! the review. um..
I think that was most of what I had to complain about.
9. Cynthia (the bumbling girl at the hotel) was actually okay.. She didn't aggravate me. Considering her lines, and the overall character.. that must have been some decent acting, because that's always the character I end up loathing.
10. Bottom line. Don't build up the bad guys and play down the good guys if you're just going to flip-flop. Assassins.. How to put this.. An assassin wouldn't stand outside a targets' home.. in broad daylight.. And let a freak'n SUV hit them. A well trained assassin would not chase that stupid girl around the house. If I were him.. I'd have killed her father while he was unconcious.. and then set the damn place on fire. Guard the most likely exit, and shoot the hussy when she runs out the door.
Likewise, a sweet-natured bumbling girl wouldn't suddenly start sticking things into other people.. It's not polite.
And a father (who was never confirmed as a NRA member) would not shoot at someone who was holding his daughter. Oh well.. she's in trouble. Let me shoot in her general direction. Did I mention I'm a crack shot.. and a blackbelt.. and the new pope? Craven.. You want to be original? Show things realistically. No protagonist is all good.. no antagonist is all bad.. Even the odds.. and kick the living **** out of the good guy. Go villain!
If you actually read all of this.. you must really like Cillian Murphy. Good for you. Drop me a line (meaning email). ^_- |
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