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Well. They obviously couldn't decide if they wanted to be a comedy or if they wanted to be taken seriously. As I see it, this was a lame attempt at making Obama an action hero. The chest-thumping American heroism was layered so thick sometimes that it was rather cringe-worthy. I get why it flopped in the theaters. And how could it have cost 170+ mil. to make? Jesus! Olympus Has Fallen, another movie with the same theme, was definitely better and it deserved to win the theater crown in this unspoken battle of White Houses.

I think the best part of the film was the tour guide: "Stop hurting my White House!" LOL.

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Jesus! That's so hot. I hope that this movie will be better than the first one, now that the mopiest characters are gone and it's just Mike and his old crew. I love how much fun the actors had making this movie!

Trailers seen:

Elysium - look, I love sci-fi and maybe I'm totally wrong in this case, but gosh, it looks so boring! Yet another "let's overthrow the system and topple the rich!" shtick. Not even Matt Damon and Jodie Foster make it look interesting. I guess, if there won't be anything else in the cinema that week, I might go and see it, but right now, I don't get what people are so excited about. Nothing we haven't seen done a dozen times over, several times this very year!

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - if I were a kid, I would swallow it with a spoon. But since I'm not a kid... eh.

White House Down - several months ago, I was excited. Now... eh. I think I will wait for the DVDs. IMHO, the trailer for Olympus Has Fallen looked much better.

Wolverine - I do want to see this in the cinema but the first Wolverine movie was a huge bust, boring as hell and whatnot, and I'm not that big a fan of Wolverine. Actually, I wish they would stop forcing him in every X-Men movie! But it's X-Men. I will go and see it in the cinema in 14 days.

DVDs bought:

Hollywoodland - reading the summary, it sounded very noir. And I like Adrien Brody. And it cost me $2.5 only, so...

Stay - looks like a supernatural thriller with Ryan Gosling and Ewan McGregor. That's pretty much all I needed to know :P

Trainspotting - yes, I haven't seen the movie yet. Not really my cuppa but everybody seems to rave about it and it cost me only $1, so...

Unstoppable - gosh, GOSH, they had the movie in the sales bin! Chris Pine and Denzel Washington! I have wanted to buy it for ages and now I got it for $4 only! I love it when Datart has a sale!

Yes, I'm using Byung-hun Lee's character poster because I fell in love with Storm Shadow in this movie. Like HEAD OVER HEELS, TOTALLY SMITTEN, DOLPHIN NOISES in love! He had a much bigger part here than in the first film and he was GLORIOUS! Oh God, purrfection pure! I mean, it started with Channing Tatum's Duke and Dwayne Johnson's Roadblock - who were the best besties I've seen in a long time! - and then Byung-hun Lee came along and I was like Dwayne WHO?! For me, Storm Shadow didn't just steal the movie, he ran away with it! And can you believe that Byung-hun Lee is 43?!

( Watch me wax poetics about the glory that's Storm Shadow! )

Oh, the sequel was already picked up! There will be a 3rd GI Joe movie! Hopefully with more Storm Shadow!

I watched Magic Mike with my mom. And I don't get the hoopla around it, why it's such a hit. Sure, the stripping scenes were very well done, Channing Tatum was awesome and Matt Bomer was cute but...

That's pretty much it. It was not all that funny and it had a very cliché/stereotypical plot. I would've preferred if Mike left for Miami with the others and made money out of the club and fulfilled his dreams. This way... I don't know, it was a let-down, a typical "I'm too old and want to settle down" schtick.

I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm happy for Channing Tatum that it was a real hit, he deserves it. And I know that it's based on his own experiences and that it was just the tip of an iceberg, that they showed just tiny bits and pieces of how ugly this business really is. But overall? Eh. I would've preferred if it was a comedy that didn't take itself that seriously.

Or JGL on Jay Leno:

Yes, it's that Magic Mike SNL monologue. I love it when JGL LOLs so hard. He looks so sweet and relaxed in this clip. And he's talking about being good friends with Channing Tatum - who sent him 2 emails while he was doing that skit, the second one saying "Humping the floor = amazing!" LOL! Gosh, I love them both, JGL and Channing Tatum!

There's a very, very long interview with the Magic Mike cast - Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Joe Manganiello and Matt Bomer - here: link. And you literally feel just how much these guys clicked while filming the movie!



My favorite LOL-worthy moment was:

EW: Matthew, a lot of photographers have probably sent their kids to college with the money they made selling photos of you shirtless at the beach. Were you worried about playing into that image?

McConaughey: [Deadpans] This was a new challenge. I had to be pantless.

[Tatum chokes on his food laughing.]

Tatum: I didn't look at it like that till now.

Also, according to this site - link - Channing Tatum's working on the sequel already. Sweet. I'm glad that his career took off so well. He seems like a great guy :)