Back to Basic~.
Ninja Assassin was amazing. :) Seriously amazing. How amazing? 10 out of 10 amazing. I was entertained the whoooole way through. Even more shockingly, it wasn't just because of Rain's sexyness. In fact...
Rain emotes well facially, and his 'ow I'm in pain sounds' are very good. (Which may be why movies like to beat him up?) But he doesn't carry a leading role extremely well, at least not in this case. Why? Dialogue. It was on the Christian Bale level, and no, I'm not a fan of Christian Bale's acting. It's easy to blame it on his lack of english skillz, but look. He was given a lead role with plenty of dialogue and failed to deliver it wonderfully, that's the bottom line. The movie MIGHT have done better with someone who could be more charming in words. Because the dialogue itself was REALLY good, I thought. Rain just, very often, failed to nail it.
(But at the 'boyband' remark, his expression was SO PERFECT I would have NEVER wanted someone else to do it. xD)
The lead female was AMAZING. How often can I say that? Not often. Actresses so often lack so much. This woman really shocked me. She rocked at everything and I want to see her in more please.
LEE JOON, my sweetie, my cute little MBLAQ kid who's older than me... You were just as good as Rain. :B Goodjob!
What else? OH YES. Everyone told me, "This movie is gorey. It's good for violence and eh the story was simple so not much else."
This story's concept was unique for big buck Hollywood movies, and mainstream America should find it refreshing. The story itself was seriously on point, and very well done. I guess I have a pack of friends who are into complexity, but I still loooove simple movies. I think they're best that way. So I thought the story was perfect.
Now the gore. It wasn't so much gore. It was like Kill Bill, unfortunately, and yes - despite how I like Kill Bill - I do mean unfortunately. :( Splashes of blood and graphic images in ways that almost seem to be going for artsy. VERY much like anime, but here's the key difference. Anime is animated, and everything should be exaggerated and big and fantastical. This is real people, and in the context of films like this one and Kill Bill - over the top, unnatural 'gore' does not work for me. I know it works for some people. Just not me.
"Kristi - that 'gore' is 90% of the movie. How can you give it a 10/10 if you didn't like it?"
The fight scenes were so well choreographed that I was able to forgive the stupid CG. :)
SO. Ninja Assassin. One of the best movies ever. and about a million times better than Rain's music rofl.
SO ANYWAY HOW IS ME? I'm good, guys. Sorry for more emo the other day. I needed to let it out. Today, I left the house, thus my cabin fever has been temporarily cured. Tomorrow, I'll probably leave the house again, woohoo. XD
I'm feeling especially good after seeing a good movie. And I'm about to write some drabbles for Kie. Off with me~.
Rain emotes well facially, and his 'ow I'm in pain sounds' are very good. (Which may be why movies like to beat him up?) But he doesn't carry a leading role extremely well, at least not in this case. Why? Dialogue. It was on the Christian Bale level, and no, I'm not a fan of Christian Bale's acting. It's easy to blame it on his lack of english skillz, but look. He was given a lead role with plenty of dialogue and failed to deliver it wonderfully, that's the bottom line. The movie MIGHT have done better with someone who could be more charming in words. Because the dialogue itself was REALLY good, I thought. Rain just, very often, failed to nail it.
(But at the 'boyband' remark, his expression was SO PERFECT I would have NEVER wanted someone else to do it. xD)
The lead female was AMAZING. How often can I say that? Not often. Actresses so often lack so much. This woman really shocked me. She rocked at everything and I want to see her in more please.
LEE JOON, my sweetie, my cute little MBLAQ kid who's older than me... You were just as good as Rain. :B Goodjob!
What else? OH YES. Everyone told me, "This movie is gorey. It's good for violence and eh the story was simple so not much else."
This story's concept was unique for big buck Hollywood movies, and mainstream America should find it refreshing. The story itself was seriously on point, and very well done. I guess I have a pack of friends who are into complexity, but I still loooove simple movies. I think they're best that way. So I thought the story was perfect.
Now the gore. It wasn't so much gore. It was like Kill Bill, unfortunately, and yes - despite how I like Kill Bill - I do mean unfortunately. :( Splashes of blood and graphic images in ways that almost seem to be going for artsy. VERY much like anime, but here's the key difference. Anime is animated, and everything should be exaggerated and big and fantastical. This is real people, and in the context of films like this one and Kill Bill - over the top, unnatural 'gore' does not work for me. I know it works for some people. Just not me.
"Kristi - that 'gore' is 90% of the movie. How can you give it a 10/10 if you didn't like it?"
The fight scenes were so well choreographed that I was able to forgive the stupid CG. :)
SO. Ninja Assassin. One of the best movies ever. and about a million times better than Rain's music rofl.
SO ANYWAY HOW IS ME? I'm good, guys. Sorry for more emo the other day. I needed to let it out. Today, I left the house, thus my cabin fever has been temporarily cured. Tomorrow, I'll probably leave the house again, woohoo. XD
I'm feeling especially good after seeing a good movie. And I'm about to write some drabbles for Kie. Off with me~.