You know what J_Tour... I bring a notion to the thread that you and I form an alliance against Outin and his complete and utter disregard for Action movies as an art form.
I'm going to have to pass on that: sounds a little sausage-festy. Plus you keep capitalizing my user name, so I secretly want to murder you. It's not an actual name, you know, nor even my initials IRL, it's just a glyph.
outin just has questionable taste in movies. But, she is right that most action movies aren't that good. In fact, most of anything isn't very good.
But I would be an enthusiastic participant in anything that involves mocking her lack of appreciation for the finer things. She probably doesn't even know about Sammo Hung's contribution to the fine art of kung fu movies!
For shame!
But I'll give her credit for agreeing that old Keanu "Rhymes with Spray-On Glue" Reeves is a doofus, and that the
John Wick movies, while they had their moments, also had a lot of special fx gimmickry. They're not unwatchable, like the
Fast and Furious franchise or the remake of
Gone in 60 Seconds (the original was a classic, even down to the ineptness of the non-car-chase moments).
However, she's not wrong that there has never been a good car-chase action movie that's been done with CGI. I can't think of one single good car movie that was done with anything but practical effects and stuntmen and stuntwomen. I think even
Final Destination 2 was 100% practical effects. Not sure, but at least they did it well. I defy anyone to name a good car-chase movie that wasn't done the old-fashioned way. If it exists and was done with cartoon CGI, it's not a good car-chase movie. QED.
What!! Anything with sharks is bound to be great art!
Mmmhmm. Yeah,
Jaws 3D is one of the finest movies ever made. Dennis Quaid wearing Magnum PI-style short shorts! Mmm mmm mmm. A little something for the ladies.
Topic: Last post wins!!!!!