02-27-2009, 11:57 PM
Quote:Anyhow, this thread should remain off-topic. Back to the movies.
Indeed. (Though...if that article ever makes it into English I would love to read a copy.)
At the Cinema: The International
Not a bad film, as law enforcement procedurals go, though at best semi-literate. The motivations of the bank for owning the debt from rebel armies as if this gives them any real leverage over them seems half baked at best. (Then again I know knowing of high finance so perhaps there is logic there but it is lost on me.)
Actually, I think the plot is just an excuse to have a large scale running gun battle in the Guggenheim Museum, and as a piece of action it does not break any new ground (as opposed to the running battle in Children of Men with that fantastic tracking shot) but it is a lot of fun.
Good cast working hard, but the material is not worthy of their efforts. However, as a afternoon matinee pop corn movie it was A-OK.
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA