Movie thoughts and fiction updates.
Buckles get swashed good and hard and sexy in The Mask of Zorro, and I find its energy, sense of fun and adventure, and its action to be invigoratingly intoxicating. This is one of the most purely enjoyable action movies of the 90s, and it makes the reboot of a long dead franchise feel like… Continue reading The Mask of Zorro
Martin Campbell may not be an auteur, but he is certainly a competent craftsman with an eye for well executed physical action. Not everything he makes hits the mark (The Legend of Zorro is a misfire more attributable to the poorly written script than anything on Campbell’s part), but he’s managed to direct two of… Continue reading The Foreigner
#6 in my Ranking of the James Bond Franchise. I don’t think the Bond franchise needed a reboot after Licence to Kill with Goldeneye, but it definitely needed one after Die Another Day with Casino Royale. The franchise had devolved into silly setups with mishmashed storytelling while contrasting horribly with the central take on the… Continue reading Casino Royale (2006)
#3 in my Ranking of the James Bond Franchise. There’s a seeming effortlessness to the action scenes here, lent from the fluid camera work and excellent choreography, that I don’t think I’ve seen from a Bond film. Yes, there have been great stunts for a long time, but the action filmmaking here feels just so… Continue reading Goldeneye
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