What did I accomplish during Day 10 of this challenge? Well, I watched the following:
10th January 2012 - THE ROCK
Another day, another Nicolas Cage film. To be fair, this could have starred Elmo from Sesame Street and I still would have watched it. I have a thing for Alcatraz. Have had since I saw David Copperfield escape from it in the late 80s (back when he was on tv and wasn't a sex pest).
The plot of this story is some wackjob general steals the worst chemical weapon known to man (from america, not the middle east - why didn't they check those places out for WMD's?), put them in rockets & fire them against americans. Why? Because they can. Except they won't. Cos the general is a softy at heart.
Who do the americans send in to get the americans? James Bond of course. For some reason he was stuck in Alcatraz - must have been in a James Bond novel, can't recall him there in any films, unless it was a deleted scene in Octopussy.... They also sent Nicolas Coppoloa, cos they owed his dad a favour. To be fair, Cage doesn't ham it up in this film, he doesn't have to when working next to the pig (AKA full ham, AKA Sean Connery).
In the end the good guys win, Connery goes off to make League of Extraordinary Gentlemen & is never seen again in public, while Nicolas Cage marries Michael Jackson's ex & makes Knowing...not sure who got the better deal out of that...
10th January 2012 - RUSH HOUR 2
As is the case with most sequels to successful films, if in doubt do a similar story but in a foreign place. Yeah, that will work, the public will lap it up & pay all their money to see it. Don't believe me? Go through some sequels, the latest being the Hangover 2.
Anyhoo, this film reunties Lee & Carter (AKA Chan & Tucker), & has Carter trying to outscream everyone in the film. I really think this guy wants to be Michael Jackson. Jackie Chan is still Mr Unpronounceable - can I get subtitles on this? Fair play to him for his karate moves but surely he would have picked up a better use of Enrish by now?
So the plot has these going after triads who are counterfeiting money that burns red when set on fire. Seriously. Read that again. Set on fire. How many people will think hmmm, I may have a fake bill, yet everyone says it looks good, I know - I'll burn the bastard. Wait, it has a red tinge. It must have been fake, yet everyone says it was fine...damn, I could have got away with it!
This film is sub-par, not as good as the original, though it does involve a "cameo" from Don Cheadle doing another of his crimes against film. Remember, his first crime was that awful English Cockney accent in Oceans Eleven. His latest one is pretending to be chinese. A black man pretending to be chinese. Damn, get the brother some fried chicken!!!!!!
So the tally for the second week so far is 7 films viewed. I have 4 days left this week to watch 12 more films. Will I do it? Keep an eye on the blog!
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