Jack Reacher

Rating: ♣ ♣ ♣ •

♦ More of a thriller than an action movie (whereas MI4 was more of an action movie than a thriller). I really liked the conspiracy part. Maybe I'm turning into a conspiracy movie/show fan? That would be weird. Not that there wasn't enough action and Tom Cruise was excellent in those scenes, kicking major ass, doing a lot of stunts himself - you could see it because most of them were shot from a close range, detailing his face. And I loved his fighting style - fast and dirty.

♦ The movie was also surprisingly funny. Tom Cruise makes the best faces. His expression just freezes and it's like there's a neon "WTF?!" sign flashing above his head.

♦ Rosamund Pike and Tom Cruise had a great chemistry. I read this wonderful interview with Rosamund in which she praised working with Tom and she had so many wonderful things to say about him: link. Honestly, I mean, I know his personal life is a mess but so far, I've only read good things about him from other actors.

♦ Jai Courtney was fantastic as Charlie the Bad Guy. So physical! He has an amazing on-screen presence. And he looks so much better with closely cut dark hair than with those blond curls he sported in Spartacus. I can't wait to see him in A Good Day to Die Hard as Bruce Willis' son! I hope he has a great career ahead of him!

So, to sum it up - it's worth seeing in the theaters, IMHO. The action scenes mixed with the sound effects were fantastic. And we actually LOL'd several times!

Trailers and a DVD splurge!

Today, I saw these trailers in the cinema:

Django Unchained - boring. Nothing that I've seen or heard about this movie so far makes me want to actually see it.
The Master - BORING!!! I know that everybody and their uncle's praising it but it's obviously NOT my cuppa. Eh!
The Last Stand - Arnold Schwarzenegger has always been a bad actor but he has gotten even worse with age. But the movie looks surprisingly funny. And Jaime Alexander is in it! Maybe I'll give it a try, at least on DVD.

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Also, I fished these out of Datart's cheap bin:

Fic rec: Inception

"What Takes Hold" by recrudescence | Arthur/Eames | The inception doesn’t take and the consequences are dire. Fischer remembers Eames, Eames remembers nothing, and Arthur remembers everything. | ~17.000 words

“You remember bits and pieces about Yusuf. Mal. Dom. The fucking jacket you left in Alabama.” Arthur’s words were softer still now. His body gave a little jerk, which Eames recognized as an aborted attempted to curl into himself. “Where am I?”

For the first time, even though they were finally precisely where they needed to be, he sounded lost.

Carefully, Eames urged him back over. Even in the dark, he could see the tension in Arthur’s jaw. “You’re here.”

Aww. I wanted to cuddle these two. What a lovely story...