I actually liked From Paris with Love in the beginning. I liked seeing Meyers's character, James Reece, in his yearning to expand out of his low-brow "bubble-gum" spy techniques and reach the "big-time." Then James gets his break by escorting/babysitting fellow secret agent CRA-ZEE John "Charlie Wax" Travolta around his stationed city of Paris. Once over-the-top Charlie entered into the picture and the idea was two "Lethal Weapon" partners were obviously unwillingly thrown together, my immediate reaction was the same as any other sane person.
Box-Office didn't actually lie this time. $24 Million should be the opening day, not the grand total of the film's (to date) release in America.
Just as a side note: I don't consider box-office as a way to determine quality of a picture. Avatar made zillions and was below average while one of the greatest flicks of all time, Memento made pennies. People are just drawn to "advertisements" over quality for the most part, as moths to the flame.
This, my loyal reader, is a perfect example.
From Paris with Love was AWESOME! OK, I'll tone down the dudeness, even though this is a true dude movie. This incredibly short action flick had so much fun packed into it, and it truly began once nutzo Charlie showed up and became the "Super-Human" character I favor a lot of the time. (SEE: Officer John McClane and Jack Bauer, to name simply just two of the best.) Charlie explains to incredibly wet-behind-the-ears James why he's there in Paris, or why they have to go there it's all clichéd action set-ups to get them from Point A to Point B to the inevitable "explosive" climax. Forget all that. Enjoy the explosions; enjoy the snappy comebacks from Travolta, including the tongue-in-cheek reference he had to another "famous" Travolta film.
Truly, I love super-human characters, as long as I know the film is a fantasy and could never really happen. This wonderfully short – I have little patience for a movie that wants to be more than it is, silly action and then needlessly expand to over two hours – martial arts/spy/shoot-em-up throw-away is seriously attempting you to NOT take it seriously. I got the same feeling from Ninja Assassin and same reaction: Awesome, yet check-your-brain-at-the-door, fun.
I told a friend about it at work, and being the clichéd hetero male he is, he rented it the day I told him about it. He came in the next day actually quoting it and agreeing exclusively with my enthusiasm of the film. There you go. One person agreed with me.
Seriously, if you don't mind some, well, mind-less action with a character that can do no wrong, rarely gets hurt, is always right and down-right crazy with a touch of sarcasm (i.e. The Super-Human Character), watch From Paris With Love. It certainly won't win either an award, or a sequel, but it's so action packed and so short (a PLUS!) that despite its obvious "twists" it'll satisfy any action junkie.
Box-Office didn't actually lie this time. $24 Million should be the opening day, not the grand total of the film's (to date) release in America.
Just as a side note: I don't consider box-office as a way to determine quality of a picture. Avatar made zillions and was below average while one of the greatest flicks of all time, Memento made pennies. People are just drawn to "advertisements" over quality for the most part, as moths to the flame.
This, my loyal reader, is a perfect example.
From Paris with Love was AWESOME! OK, I'll tone down the dudeness, even though this is a true dude movie. This incredibly short action flick had so much fun packed into it, and it truly began once nutzo Charlie showed up and became the "Super-Human" character I favor a lot of the time. (SEE: Officer John McClane and Jack Bauer, to name simply just two of the best.) Charlie explains to incredibly wet-behind-the-ears James why he's there in Paris, or why they have to go there it's all clichéd action set-ups to get them from Point A to Point B to the inevitable "explosive" climax. Forget all that. Enjoy the explosions; enjoy the snappy comebacks from Travolta, including the tongue-in-cheek reference he had to another "famous" Travolta film.
Truly, I love super-human characters, as long as I know the film is a fantasy and could never really happen. This wonderfully short – I have little patience for a movie that wants to be more than it is, silly action and then needlessly expand to over two hours – martial arts/spy/shoot-em-up throw-away is seriously attempting you to NOT take it seriously. I got the same feeling from Ninja Assassin and same reaction: Awesome, yet check-your-brain-at-the-door, fun.
I told a friend about it at work, and being the clichéd hetero male he is, he rented it the day I told him about it. He came in the next day actually quoting it and agreeing exclusively with my enthusiasm of the film. There you go. One person agreed with me.
Seriously, if you don't mind some, well, mind-less action with a character that can do no wrong, rarely gets hurt, is always right and down-right crazy with a touch of sarcasm (i.e. The Super-Human Character), watch From Paris With Love. It certainly won't win either an award, or a sequel, but it's so action packed and so short (a PLUS!) that despite its obvious "twists" it'll satisfy any action junkie.