So, the A-Team movie...

[smurasaki]

I have wildly mixed feelings about this movie.  On the one hand, it was entertaining and there were several bits that made me laugh out loud.  On the other hand, there were two things that kind of put me off wanting to see it again, however much I enjoyed myself at the time.

First off, my god but action movies are full of men.  (Full of white people

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[smurasaki]

I did not know about Quinton Jackson's asshattery. Sounds like he's got his own fail going on right there. Yuck.

I think an extra weird thing about the whole no killing/killing is the only solution in the movie is that (as I understand it - never really watched the show) on the TV show, the violence was...cartoonish, for lack of a better word. Lots of explosions and flying bullets and car crashes, but for the most part without people dying.

And yes, there are fun movies that don't have so many annoyances in them. *sigh*

[auroramoveson]

You know, I was about 5 last time I watched the A-Team and at that age I didn't follow shows so much as stare at them. But I could almost swear that the original A-Team made a point of not killing. "Sure, we'll break-and-enter and steal things and commit assault and kidnapping and all that, but we are NOT getting a murder rap." I could certainly be wrong -- but it could certainly be played that way, too.

I definitely can not get behind any "pacifism is stupid" messages.

[smurasaki]

If you're right about the show, we just achieved a new level of "why, movie, WHY?" *sigh*

[aesmael]

Ya. I Hadn't ever seen anything A-Team before, but thought the movie looked kinda silly and fun so I was considering watching it. Then I found out about his remarks and lost interest in it.

Seems by this review I've been saved further annoyance. That no killing = no violence even in self-defence thing is annoying, reminds me of the issues with superhero violence even though it doesn't directly map as an analogue.

Don't know where I am going with that.

[smurasaki]

The sad part is that a lot of the movie was fun. But the pacifism thing kind of ruined it...and the decided lack of women left a bad taste in my mouth. I think I would have been less annoyed if the movie hadn't been partly fun. It makes the unpalatable bits even worse. Like someone adding...I don't know, something really disgusting...to a food that would otherwise be good.

Ah well. I should know better than to expect anything but yuck from Hollywood, these days.