22) MARY AND MAX
(2009 dir. Adam Elliot) 2nd Viewing: June 16 2010
Watched the brand new blu-ray of this today! It remains one of my favourite animated films of 2009. An unbearably sweet story full of human longing. Crafted with great love and voiced by great talent.
21) THE A-TEAM
(2010 dir. Joe Carnahan) Date Seen: June 16 2010
21) THE A-TEAM
(2010 dir. Joe Carnahan) Date Seen: June 16 2010
This has been a particularly bad summer for action movies in my opinion. Though this is not anywhere near as horrid as his previous SMOKIN' ACES (2006), Joe Carnahan still too often directs his last few actioneers like a subnormal Tony Scott. There are only a handful of modern directors left that still know how to choreograph and frame dynamic action, and it seems this guy is sadly no longer contributing anything new. I'm beginning to fear we may never see the return of the same slick genre dude that once brought us the ultra-gritty NARC + the admirable student flick BLOOD, GUTS, BULLETS AND OCTANE. One redeeming aspect of this new A-TEAM is the amusing cast. They do all the heavy lifting in bringing charisma to the characters and that's no small feat when dealing with a pretty conventional script.
I shudder to think I actually liked THE LOSERS a little more than this.
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