Last night we watched Quantum of Solace and then when we turned off the DVD player Last Man Standing was on so I watched that until I got bored and started reading my latest nutrition book, because I am on a nutrition book kick.
I find it interesting that I had largely the same complaints about both films. World building.
First of all, watching Quantum of Solace was like watching a movie when you're drunk. I kept wondering what the fuck was going on, but then being excited by the explosions. And then being confused again.
Also, who builds an evil lair on top of fuel cells? Have villains always been that retarded?
Anyway, I have no idea what the fuck that movie was about. I felt like the important exposition was sort of mumbled and lots of unimportant exposition was all the characters were yammering on about. In the end I felt like three different movies were happening. One of them was an action movie. One of them was a '70s art film. One of them was a QVC commercial.
Then when I watched The Last Man Standing I had a bit of the same problem. I wasn't sure what was going on. I mean, I could follow the actual events, but I didn't understand why anybody was doing anything. You've got Bruce Willis over here with absolutely no personality fighting a bunch of dudes for no reason. Why is he here? I don't know and I don't care. And he's all up in arms against this one femme fatale and I have no idea why. I mean, she's pretty and all, but other than that I don't get why he likes her. She's kind of dreary.
It's really frustrating watching films like these because I spend the whole time feeling like I missed something, some scene that explained it all, and I'm just a big dummy who can't pay attention. I think the main problem with Quantum of Solace is that the important information was treated as unimportant and therefore difficult to decipher from the vital stuff. The problem wit Last Man standing is that they were trying to make a noir western by the numbers. They plopped some noir conventions and a noir time period into a western setting and didn't really massage the ends.
Tonight I'm supposed to go see an independent film some guy I know is in. I hope it's good.
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