Penguin RushSmith, the Interpreter....Begins....(Spoilers ahead)
Here, I'd like to review 3 movies - Mr & Mrs. Smith, The Interpreter and Batman Begins.For Mr(s) Smith, I don't really understand how come so many good reviews are given for this movie. Ok, it starred two hot actors but then....that's about it.... As you might already know, the movie is about two assassins from different agencies who get married to each other without knowing the real respective spouse's career. So, when both of them is assigned to eliminate this one dude, their secrets unrevealed when they crossed each other's paths. As a consequence, they are both assigned to kill each other out, but who gets to who first? Soon enough, when they failed to carry their task, their agencies call all other assasins to kill them both.
Here's the thing, the target is actually a bait, so that this married couple will find out their own secret identities, and will begin a cat-and-cat game. The reason for sending a bait is because, their agencies think that them marrying to each other, is just bad for business. But the thing is, if that's their (the agencies) main reason, why not just send someone to do it quietly, while they haven't discovered their identities yet.....in other words, while they both have their pants down or something? Why should use a bait? Of course by doing so, Mr & Mrs Smith will both be alert of the impending danger and will arm themselves with weapons and tactics. Obviously, the people who ran the agencies are a bunch of idiots!
Towards the end of the movie, so many assasins are after them and they create a lot of attention in doing so - the car chase sequence, the explosion of their house and the mall and plenty of gunfire. These people are not from the SWAT team for crying out loud, they are assassins...they should carry their task quietly and professionally. As suspected, both Mr & Mrs Smith escaped unscathed. It also seems that the agencies have to shut down their businesses since all their assassins are in body bags (and judging from how Mr & Mrs Smith can happily consult a marriage counsellor about their marriage problems). Overall, I'd give this movie a big D.
The Interpreter is one of the few serious summer movies out there this year, when all other movies are more into action, special effects and commercial values. So, it is understandable that not many buzz goes around this movie. But it doesn't mean that it should be tossed out!
The movie is about Ms Silvia Broome (the lovely Nicole Kidman), a U.N. interpreter, who inadvertently overhears a death threat in 'Ku' language (fictional) against an African head of state (fictional) scheduled to address the United Nation's General Assembly. She's soon become a target of the assassins as well. In her desperate attempt to save her life and to thwart the plot...she has to get someone to believe her (since she herself has some shady background back when she was still in South Africa). Then there is Tobin Keller (Sean Penn), the federal agent who's in charge in protecting her; who not only want to foil the plot, but also help Ms Broome comes to terms with her past grievances (and liking her so much in the process).
There is good chemistry shared between the two main cast. Storywise - not bad, acting - close to superb (you can't expect less from these big names) and the special effect (on the bus explosion) is quite convincing. Go see this movie if you love Kidman and Penn and if you enjoy a political thriller.
Everything has a beginning.....in the first Batman (with Michael Keaton donning the bat suit), not much was explored on his origins. But in Batman Begins, the movie traces back to when Bruce Wayne falls into the bat cave, the story behind his parents' death outside the theater, how Bruce transforms the bat cave into his cave, etc etc. If Tobey Maguire is Spider-man, then Christian Bale is Batman. Cillian Murphy is also splendid as the Scarecrow and Michael Caine as Alfred. As for soon-to-be Mrs Tom Cruise (Katie Holmes), well, she's just there. Perhaps Mr Cruise can give her some acting lessons eh....?
posted by The Pisces Man @ 11:02 pm
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I believe one of the reasons why they're both together is that Tom and his Scientology Overlords has indoctrinated Katie Holmes into their rich little cult. Looks like his Mission Impossible 3 casting was also a Scientology recruitment drive. Scarlet Johansson ran for her life, but Katie Holmes disappeared for 16 days. This is really scary, if it's true.
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