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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Nick1911 on February 14, 2009, 11:26:57 PM
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I saw 'Taken' this evening.
Without going into detail, I really liked it. The fight scenes were violent and quick and the logic and intelligence gathering was believable.
Who else has seen it? What were your impressions?
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The fight scenes were violent and quick...
I like 'em that way, too. I hate those long, drawn-out fights between two arch-enemies. They spend half the movie showing us what expert fighters they are, but at show-time, it takes 'em all day just to finish the job. Stupid.
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Just watched it today.
I particularly enjoyed the conversation about him wanting to protect his daughter from the real world: the real world that his ex-wife wouldn't acknowledge in her sheltered life.
Oh yeah, and the violence was good too... :O
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The gunfight/chase @ construction site a "bit overdone." Still, good movie, better than most.
Stay safe.
Bob
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Yeah, it was worth a watch. Obviously quite a bit over the top, but hey, it's a movie.
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The only thing I didn't like was the fact that they had a 25 year old playing a 17 year old that acted like a 12 year old. Other than that, I thought it was pretty good.
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I liked it. It's rare you get to see the Hero be that ruthless.
Also, it seems like most 17 year olds that I know (albiet, a small sample) do act like 12 year olds, so that migh just have been good acting.
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I liked it a lot.
Basically, think of it as if the daughter of Sam Fisher (from the Splintercell games) was kidnapped.
I especially liked the scene where the main character talks about the Paris electricity, if you know what I mean.
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I especially liked the scene where the main character talks about the Paris electricity, if you know what I mean.
If you ask me, they really nailed that scene! =D
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I'll bump this old thread since I just watched Taken last week.
WOW.
I like a little realism in my movies: i.e. Just because you grew up in a bubble doesn't mean you are safe everywhere you go.
Also, was it bad that I was laughing through at many points in the movie? Not because I thought it was funny, but because seeing people die who deserve death is a very cathartic experience.
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The only thing I didn't like about that move was the one shot stops from a handgun. But other than that, sweet movie.
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The only thing I didn't like about that move was the one shot stops from a handgun. But other than that, sweet movie.
Those were more realistic than the construction scene. That was the most over the top part.
That and in the end -
***SPOILER***
I expected the sheik to give the girl back
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Yeah, agreed. The construction scene was typical action movie. My favorite part was how he dealt with the sheik.
"We can negotiate!"
:)
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Those were more realistic than the construction scene. That was the most over the top part.
That and in the end -
***SPOILER*****
[spoiler]I expected the shiek to give the girl back[/spoiler]
I did too. It would have been rather anti-climactic, though.
Also, the only thing missing from that scene was: "Anyone else wanna negotiate?!"
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I did too. It would have been rather anti-climactic, though.
Also, the only thing missing from that scene was: "Anyone else wanna negotiate?!"
Everyone else had already been negotiated with :)
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Everyone else had already been negotiated with :)
Korben Dallas: We need to find the leader, Mangalores won't fight without the leader.
Aknot: One more shot, and we start killing hostages!
Korben Dallas: That's the leader.
Aknot: Send someone to negotiate.
Fog: [as Dallas looks at him] Uh, I-I've never negotiated before.
Korben Dallas: Do you mind if I try?
Fog: No, sure, sure, sure.
[shouts]
Fog: We're sending somebody in to negotiate!
[Corben walks into the room and shoots Aknot between the eyes. As he falls, the other Mangalores drop their weapons and bow over him, keening]
Korben Dallas: Anybody else want to negotiate?
Fog: Wh-where did he learn to n-negotiate like that?
President Lindberg: [looking at General Munro] I wonder.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/quotes
Edit: My previous post was making light of most action movies with their quips and one-liners which were refreshingly absent in this movie.
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I LOVE The Fifth Element.
FUN movie all around.
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I LOVE The Fifth Element.
FUN movie all around.
It's a TERRIBLE movie.
And I love it too. Movies are supposed to be fun.
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Did I say it was the height of culture in America?
No.
I said it was a fun movie.
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Did I say it was the height of culture in America?
No.
I said it was a fun movie.
My comment was not a disagreement. I love it too. I love a lot of terrible movies. (Army of Darkness, UHF, Hot Shots...)
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Army of Darkness is not a terrible movie! It is the height of film-making!
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OH. OK, sorry, my bad.
I thought you were pillorying it.
And Army of Darkness ROCKED!
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Taken was great.
I like that he was an honest-to-God sheepdog, not the "Bourne" portrayal of CIA types as thieving thugs serving the military-industrial conspiracy.
I want 2 more hours of him going back to mop up the bad guys he passed over in his pursuit.
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*Spoiler Caution*
I'm not the most tactical guy in the world, but in my mind he had sorta set a tripwire in his mind when he was "negotiating" with the sheik. It was like he had decided that as soon as the sheik spoke, he was going to shoot. Anyone else see it that way?
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Just saw this last night. Great movie. In response to the previous poster, what I saw was total concentration, waiting for the shiek to shift focus off the knife. As soon as he spoke, that was it. Curtains for the sheik. Lacey, gently wafting curtains...
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It's a TERRIBLE movie. And I love it too. Movies are supposed to be fun.
Yup. Total cheesefest, but it's just great fun. I like the apartment scene where the guy with the 'creative' headgear tries his hand at armed robbery...
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I did too. It would have been rather anti-climactic, though.
Also, the only thing missing from that scene was: "Anyone else wanna negotiate?!"
The movie was extremely well done. Except the construction site escape and right before the sheik part. The part with the sheik I thought was pretty fair.
I liked the reliance on intelligence over special effects or ninja moves.
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I am disappointed that the American theatrical edition of Taken cut out the some of the finer points of the European version.
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What was missing from the American version?
I got the DVD a few weeks ago. I wasn't expecting much, but was very pleasantly surprised.
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What was missing from the American version?
I got the DVD a few weeks ago. I wasn't expecting much, but was very pleasantly surprised.
In the electrocution scene, he drives two nails into the thug's knees. And I've heard that it shows more of the shooting...you see the guys get shot and go down.
I have no idea why these things were cut out...I want my violence intact.
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Watched it tonight on Charter. Good movie.
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I have no idea why these things were cut out...I want my violence intact.
To get a pg13 rating.
Showing people being tortured or killed is OK, but god forbid you see the blood. And don't get me started on nipples or the f-bomb.
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*Spoiler Caution*
I'm not the most tactical guy in the world, but in my mind he had sorta set a tripwire in his mind when he was "negotiating" with the sheik. It was like he had decided that as soon as the sheik spoke, he was going to shoot.
...not that there's anything wrong with that.... =D
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What was missing from the movie.
Mommy Mommy - Daddy is killing ev....ery body.
It's OK dear, that's just what Daddy does. :laugh:
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I only called BS twice. That alone makes it a good movie. One was where he got out on the window ledge and he was wearing leather-soled shoes. I forget the other.