Comments on: Shooter

By: fergie

fergie — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:15:23 +0000

i love mark wahlberg hes so cute lol

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:57:54 +0000

I really wish I hadn’t watched that.

By: martin

martin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:41:37 +0000

Jesus, all this film critique is getting a bit high-brow lads, what do ye think? Time to lighten the tone? Then check this out , real comedy!

http://www.fark.ru/media/video/prikols/i1419

By: martin

martin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:34:38 +0000

It wasn’t great Eoin, lots of cliches about believing in yourself and never giving up etc. There’s the usual problematic father-son relationship there, Rocky kind of falls for a girl and proves himself an all-round good egg when he gives her semi-delinquent son a job in his restaurant. The fight was good though and you really did get emotionally involved with Rocky during the fight, wanting him to win. Mike Tyson had a cameo role ringside. In the final analysis though it’s all based on the incredible notion that a 60 year old Rocky could hold his own against the younger, fitter champ, and that’s just too hard to swallow. A DVD for a hung-over afternoon maybe, 2 stars out of 5.

By: Eoin

Eoin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:15:29 +0000

Sounds to me like you took the intended message from the first Rambo, Frank. And sounds like you might have seen some of Rambo 2 Pádraigín. Considering the message of the first movie it’s shocking the direction the two sequels took. It’ll be interesting to see what line they take with number 4.

Martin that sounds like a very interesting take on Rocky 6. I’d buy that theory. It’s almost enough to make me watch it. I hear it’s not that bad?

By: padraigin

padraigin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:52:53 +0000

see, this is what eoin was saying to me yesterday. i know i saw part of one once….there was a village, and trees, and houses in trees. there were lots of guns and helicopters and people dying. …and i was probably like…way to little to know what was going on :P. but ya, it’s starting to sound like i should go back and take a look!

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:22:15 +0000

Believe it or not, I have never seen an entire Rocky film.

With regard to Rambo, I had the misfortune to see Rambo 3 or something and as a result never went near any other Rambo film.

Eventually I gave in, only a couple of years back and watched the first Rambo. What a great film. Pádraigín, have you seen it? If not you might be surprised at the political message - I certainly was (or at least surprised at the message I took from it!)

By: martin

martin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:04:24 +0000

Anyone see the latest Rocky-Rocky 6, I think? In keeping with eoins’s idea of Hollywood movies reflecting political realities, I considered it an attempt to recover the innocence of pre-Bush America when America was generally viewed as the good guy and Rocky was the personification of the American spirit. For example in the film the neighbourhood has become run down, the economy isn’t doing too well, racism is rife and love in the form of Rocky’s beloved Adrianne has died. Reluctantly, Rocky steps in and tries to turn back to clock to his and America’s glory days. Well, that’s the way I saw it anyway.

By: padraigin

padraigin — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:23:23 +0000

…hmm with eoin in the ‘political climate’ department. and let me just say, from that perspective, seeing rambo back is less than cool.

p.s. as for the ‘combination between the politicaly climate and trying to influence the political climate ahead of the election’, i might point out that in the US (and most democracies frankly!) the current political climate is alway very little more than an attempt to influence choices in the next election. that my dear friends is why nothing long-term and productive ever happens.

By: Eoin

Eoin — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:10:36 +0000

Oh! That’s a good spot. I thought there was a lot of political undertones in Shooter. Especially in the scenes that Fuqua could be bothered to direct.

I do think that the current choices by the Hollywood studios are to do with political climate. Aren’t they always. Considering they’re in the build up to a Presidential Election now though there’s a combination between the actual political climate and trying to influence the political climate ahead of the election. It’ll be an interesting year in American film!