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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1550820" data-attributes="member: 812">Ah. Now I see. But you're not going back far enough. This REALLY started because I listed &quot;performances, script and direction&quot; as three categories The Mummy had done better&nbsp; than Van Helsing. Your counter to that was that since the earlier film's action sequences had been so inferior, it didn't matter if those three categories were better.I'll grant you that IF the action sequences were worse, the movie would be worse. But they were BETTER, is what I'm trying to say, BECAUSE of the superior performances, script and direction.Is that clear?I guess for me the conversation moved beyond a comparision of two films and into a pretty interesting discussion of &quot;what makes a great action movie&quot; -- a subject near and dear to my heart.On which subject I recommend Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed as a great little low-budget film with good werewolf action and genuine scariness. Better than the first one, even.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1550820, member: 812"] Ah. Now I see. But you're not going back far enough. This REALLY started because I listed "performances, script and direction" as three categories [i]The Mummy[/i] had done better than [i]Van Helsing[/i]. Your counter to that was that since the earlier film's action sequences had been so inferior, it didn't matter if those three categories were better. I'll grant you that IF the action sequences were worse, the movie would be worse. But they were BETTER, is what I'm trying to say, BECAUSE of the superior performances, script and direction. Is that clear? I guess for me the conversation moved beyond a comparision of two films and into a pretty interesting discussion of "what makes a great action movie" -- a subject near and dear to my heart. On which subject I recommend [i]Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed[/i] as a great little low-budget film with good werewolf action and genuine scariness. Better than the first one, even. [/QUOTE]

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