don't be dull, be fannish

Tonight, I chose to watch GI Joe 2: Retaliation. And there were several things I really loved about it. Sure, as a whole it's rather silly. But Duke and Roadblock's friendship was a thing to behold! Just like Lady Jaye and Flint's possible ship - they reminded me of AoS' Huntingbird so much, especially since Adrianne Palicki is playing both Jaye and Bobbi! But my most favorite bit of all?

Byung-hun Lee aka Storm Shadow. Dear Jesus on a pogo stick! That man is so attractive my heart goes wild just from watching him. He is, hands down, one of the most attractive people I've ever seen. I was so happy that Storm Shadow turned out to be not so bad in this movie, actually a good guy for once! I wish to know more about him! And I would ship him with both Snake Eyes and Flint! Man, oh man, Storm Shadow! *dolphin noises* He made this movie for me. I went in for Channing Tatum and left a huge Byung-hun Lee fan! That's why I'm so happy he will be in The Magnificent Seven remake. He'll be either a bad guy or he'll die, I bet, but him and Matt Bomer in one movie together? Eeep!

Title: Welcome to the Jungle/The Rundown (2003)

Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Walken

Rating: 8/10

A hilarious action movie full of amazing stunts, lightning fast action scenes and LOL-tastic banter between the two main characters, Beck and Travis. And let's not forget the Scottish pilot with a bum leg and bagpipes! Hilarious. I think the funniest scene was the hallucination at the end, when the bad guys saw each other's ears wiggle, LOL! So funny.

But at the same time, very touching. I mean, there was only a handful of really serious, earnest moments in the movie, but they packed all the bigger punch for it. Like, when Beck fulfilled his promise and brought Travis back to his father, not at all interested in why the old man wanted his son back - and the first thing the father did was slap Travis so hard he almost fell over and Travis didn't even try to defend himself. Beck's expression!

Also, the audio commentary with Dwayne Johnson and the director was great. I loved the bit where Dwayne called Seann "my boy," hehe. And when they talked about just how many stuntmen got hurt making the movie. Well, ouch!

From me, thumbs up!

Some time ago, me and a friend of mine had a bit of a row about movies based on computer games. She stanned for Resident Evil, I for Doom. The thing is, she said that in game movies, characters were disposable, the movie just had to feel like a computer game. I, on the other hand, couldn't care less if the movie is faithful to the game, I need characters to root for. We agreed on disagreeing, obviously.

Doom is in no way an excellent movie. It's an average sci-fi action flick with some very cheesy scenes (like the shooting sequence, shown from Reaper's POV, I could have really done without that!) but! It has amazing characters. By the end of the movie, I felt like I knew them. They were all so perfectly drawn, every one of them had a personality. And though I didn't like some of them - I loved the Sarge at the beginning, just not what became of him :( - I adored Reaper and Samantha and I so, so rooted for them to survive! The character I felt most sorry for was Duke. Duke was awesome!

I also liked the boot camp the actors had gone through which is one of the bonus features on the DVD. It's fun watching them bond...

And speaking of Reaper, I really need to read some Reaper!Bones ST:Reboot fics...