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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1509151" data-attributes="member: 5171"><p>Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Yes.</p><p></p><p>I think I ranted about this in another thread (or possibly on another board), about how, a few weekends ago while stuck on a business trip in the badlands of Denver, I watched, in rapid succession, a UPN-slashed version of Blade, an ABC-slashed version of "The Mummy Returns", HBO's "Daredevil", and some Steven Seagal movie. In Blade, even with the horrific editing ("Oh, no, blood in a vampire movie -- we must edit that out!"), I could tell that Blade wanted to <strong>kill</strong> those other guys. It was his goal in life. It was his dream. Even if he was doing a silly martial arts move that was more cinematic than practical, I believed it, because I felt with every fiber of my being that Wesley Snipes was going to effing <strong>kill</strong> somebody. The fact that he's a decent martial artist certainly doesn't hurt.</p><p></p><p>In "Mummy Returns", it was obvious that Brendan Fraser wasn't a martial arts expert, but it was also obvious that his character wasn't supposed to be -- and that his character was doing his darndest to survive, an athletic and desperate guy who was trying hard to make the other guy die before he did. And that worked for me. I don't even particularly love Brendan Fraser, but I believed in his character in that movie.</p><p></p><p>The Steven Seagal movie -- er, the Alaskan wilderness one with Marg Hegenberger, and also the one on the train, at some other point that weekend -- didn't wow me, mainly because it was obvious that yeah, Seagal knew what he was doing, but I didn't get any kind of character investment out of it. It wasn't flashy, and I suppose that that was good, but it also wasn't interesting. It was obvious that Seagal was going to win every fight, because he was the star, and that's what the star of the movie does, and look, now somebody is coming at him with a knife... He was demonstrating techniques well, but he still couldn't act, and so the entire movie consisted of "bad acting, bad acting, bad acting, Seagal-sensei demonstrates a knife defense, bad acting..."</p><p></p><p>And then, the sadness that was Daredevil -- for all that I loved the diner scenes and the use of special effects to imitate his senses, for all that I actually like Ben Affleck as an actor... the fights just bit. He didn't have the requisite skill to bring it off, <strong>and</strong> he was trying so hard to be a martial artist that he forgot to be an actor, and so the decently choreographed fights had all the visceral impact of "Singing in the Rain" -- step, step, hands up, step and turn, and I'm sure the foley will make it sound like I just did something impressive.</p><p></p><p>So yes. Totally agree. In all respects. And again, apologies for the segue. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takyris, post: 1509151, member: 5171"] Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Yes. I think I ranted about this in another thread (or possibly on another board), about how, a few weekends ago while stuck on a business trip in the badlands of Denver, I watched, in rapid succession, a UPN-slashed version of Blade, an ABC-slashed version of "The Mummy Returns", HBO's "Daredevil", and some Steven Seagal movie. In Blade, even with the horrific editing ("Oh, no, blood in a vampire movie -- we must edit that out!"), I could tell that Blade wanted to [b]kill[/b] those other guys. It was his goal in life. It was his dream. Even if he was doing a silly martial arts move that was more cinematic than practical, I believed it, because I felt with every fiber of my being that Wesley Snipes was going to effing [b]kill[/b] somebody. The fact that he's a decent martial artist certainly doesn't hurt. In "Mummy Returns", it was obvious that Brendan Fraser wasn't a martial arts expert, but it was also obvious that his character wasn't supposed to be -- and that his character was doing his darndest to survive, an athletic and desperate guy who was trying hard to make the other guy die before he did. And that worked for me. I don't even particularly love Brendan Fraser, but I believed in his character in that movie. The Steven Seagal movie -- er, the Alaskan wilderness one with Marg Hegenberger, and also the one on the train, at some other point that weekend -- didn't wow me, mainly because it was obvious that yeah, Seagal knew what he was doing, but I didn't get any kind of character investment out of it. It wasn't flashy, and I suppose that that was good, but it also wasn't interesting. It was obvious that Seagal was going to win every fight, because he was the star, and that's what the star of the movie does, and look, now somebody is coming at him with a knife... He was demonstrating techniques well, but he still couldn't act, and so the entire movie consisted of "bad acting, bad acting, bad acting, Seagal-sensei demonstrates a knife defense, bad acting..." And then, the sadness that was Daredevil -- for all that I loved the diner scenes and the use of special effects to imitate his senses, for all that I actually like Ben Affleck as an actor... the fights just bit. He didn't have the requisite skill to bring it off, [b]and[/b] he was trying so hard to be a martial artist that he forgot to be an actor, and so the decently choreographed fights had all the visceral impact of "Singing in the Rain" -- step, step, hands up, step and turn, and I'm sure the foley will make it sound like I just did something impressive. So yes. Totally agree. In all respects. And again, apologies for the segue. :) [/QUOTE]
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