tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post3331881091287045579..comments2024-03-10T07:42:17.071-04:00Comments on The Film Doctor: Budweiser, bravado, and Baghdad: 6 questions about The A-TeamThe Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-46419038687101223342010-06-17T08:04:07.649-04:002010-06-17T08:04:07.649-04:00Thanks, Maurice,
And yet, the falling tank is one...Thanks, Maurice,<br /><br />And yet, the falling tank is one of the better scenes! At one point you see a bumper sticker on the back of the tank that says "How's my driving?"<br /><br />Thanks, Movieman,<br /><br />I tend to think of fate, chance, and human volition in terms of <i>Oedipus Rex</i>, but <i>The A-Team</i> plays such a rigged game, you don't get a feel for any of those reasons for things happening. Instead, things happen to create a pretext for another action scene. I guess since Hannibal is so successful with his planning, we can think of him as God. <br /><br />Thanks, Simon,<br /><br />Murdock reminded me of the gyro captain in <i>The Road Warrior</i>. I was disappointed that the filmmakers used the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK" to convey his state of mind in the mental institution scene. Both the Sex Pistols and the Clash get more trite with every song of theirs used in a recent movie.The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-31345389851321030742010-06-16T19:49:45.125-04:002010-06-16T19:49:45.125-04:00It gave me a headache, but at the same time, Murdo...It gave me a headache, but at the same time, Murdock is awesome. Like, I don't want him to get a spinoff, because he's one of those characters that just kicks ass on the side, but why couldn't they put a little more of him in there? It would've been a lot more tolerable.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085105568601878075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-7069551022800987752010-06-16T18:29:49.854-04:002010-06-16T18:29:49.854-04:00Re: the "Fate" talk; maybe they're j...Re: the "Fate" talk; maybe they're just trying to ape Lost? Sounds like they already got to everything else...Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-90579435823168338902010-06-16T11:36:08.908-04:002010-06-16T11:36:08.908-04:00After I saw the big "falling tank" scene...After I saw the big "falling tank" scene in the trailers I knew this one was a pass.Maurice Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338165486757095191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-32099972622476358742010-06-16T09:07:19.803-04:002010-06-16T09:07:19.803-04:00Thanks, Ray. Yes, films like The A-Team are tough ...Thanks, Ray. Yes, films like <i>The A-Team</i> are tough to analyze because they are the result of many half-baked notions of a committee of writers, many of which go nowhere (and the article I linked to about the writers mentioned one major studio executive who may merit blame for the whole fiasco). Director Carnahan seemed to want the film to have a nonviolent, non-sexist dimension to make up for its jingoistic bragging, perhaps? It's hard to know because the whole movie is so murky. <br /><br />Still, the movie has some fun action sequences (I liked the tank one), so I guess that's all that matters to some viewers. The foreign policy implications do concern me. Didn't the Iraq war start due to this kind of quick macho mission and the war's over kind of thinking? <br /><br />Yes, <i>Stealth</i> occurred to me too. One could say that Biel gets better treatment here than she got in <i>I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry</i>.The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-19281794515383371322010-06-16T07:00:48.788-04:002010-06-16T07:00:48.788-04:00Eleven screenwriters. Can you imagine?
I assume t...<i>Eleven</i> screenwriters. Can you imagine?<br /><br />I assume the list of "producers" is double.<br /><br />Yet, with all those pairs of eyes, does anyone actually monitor the film during its construction? Does anyone pipe up and say, "hey, this just ain't working" or "wow, this thing is terrible"?<br /><br />I seriously doubt anyone cares at this point.<br /><br />As for Jessica, I must admit a lustful longing for her on my end. Yet she's been wrapped from head to toe on too many occasions in too many bad movies -- odd, considering that her limits as an actress would normally demand the exposure of some flesh.<br /><br />Like the fool I am, I've seen nearly all her movies and what she's doing here is essentially a replay of her thankless appearance in <i>Stealth</i>.Uncle Gustavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08501032829800803300noreply@blogger.com