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Fucking arm bar for the win! One nitpick though, the gone was fired and it's a semi-auto, there's no need to chamber a round.

Watching her beat the crap out of a guy named Channing is oddly satisfying. I kinda have a girl crush on her now.

Yep, that header pic is the most satisfying thing that's happened to me all week. And on Wednesday I had a doughnut-blowjob from a prostitute made of chocolate.

zeke - they prefer the term chocstitute.

zeke - they prefer the term chocstitute.

Posted by: Bert at January 13, 2012 11:14 AM

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Shit, that must be why she looked at me like a fucking amateur. Fine, fuck that elitist industry. Next time it's a pancake handjob from a retired Russian astronaut.

@bleujayone, I actually think that Charming is pretty good here. He is hungover (and looks that way), so his stumbling over words is rather convincing.

Had to go to youtube for a version that's not blocked in the UK. But yeah...nothing like a hot serving of ass-whooping at the hands of a badass woman to make a day complete. I actually like Charming Potato. He's not much of an actor, but he can dance and doesn't seem like a douche.

I imagine that behind the camera, the entire shoot sounded something like this:

Ok, Gina, don't look at the camera, right right, look over .... THERE, but make sure not to scowl too much or you'll make your face look unpretty.

Ok, Gina, now squint a little bit -- only a little, or you won't be maximally pretty -- and exhale loudly. Then think about that time Cyborg scratched your pedicure and say "shit"

All right, Gina, that take was very, very close. Maybe think about that time Tito invited you for a three-way with Jenna and THEN try saying "no" again. I think we're close, sweetheart.

Okay, Gina, now do those grappling exercises you normally do with your fifty year old wrestling coach, but sloooowly so that you don't rip Channing's arm out of its socket. Shit, Channing, can you stay awake please?

OW ow ow ow ow OWWW. I'm SORRY - no more retakes, I promise.

I'm sorry - I love me some Soderbergh, but great camera work of a pile of steaming dog crap is still poop on film.

it looks like the best parts of Kill Bill and The Long Kiss Goodnight were remade in the style of The Limey.

Sold!

I really appreciate the camera work here. I hate the zipping-around, zooming in-and-out, migraine-inducing bullshit that so characterizes many modern action films.

They do it because most of those "performers" can barely stand up.

Also they are idiots. So much is wasted in these "action" flicks. A fight scene isn't just an adrenaline spiking interlude. There is tremendous opportunity for the characters to show themselves - character, motives, preparation, whatever. A fight is an earnest conflict, after all.

A fight scene ought to be as much of a conversation, and revelation as Westly and Inigo's duel. It is a pity more of them aren't.

Every movie should have a scene where Channing Tatum gets beaten up. Even if it has nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the film.

*seconds WW*

Bierce - number 1 on that list would have to be Princess Bride.

Indeed, Sara, but they don't have to talk. The Bond / Terrorist Thugs fight in mid-card game in Casino Royale has an eloquence to it.

Or take Eric Draven vs. TinTin in The Crow. There's a little chatter but the *characters* behave in very particular ways *during* the fight. Without a lot of words we learn that TinTin is a hollow bully, while the returned Draven is vengeful vs. contrite.

Better ones use movement to actually say something. Two wildly different examples are The Unit TV series and Kiss of the Dragon. In The Unit even when the characters are doing the same moves - obviously they work with a common fight choreographer - they convey something different in the movement. The fights in Kiss of the Dragon are mesmerizing because the character communicates so much through the movement.

Let's see, the Bourne fights from the first movie are up there. All of the fights in the Dune mini-series are pretty compelling character interactions. I suspect this is one of Bruce Willis' secrets in action movies. There's a lot going on in his fights in Die Hard.

Bad action movie fights are full of little cliche gestures, from a gun flourish to a puffed-up chest. They are the movement equivalent of "We have no choice!"

I really appreciate the camera work here. I hate the zipping-around, zooming in-and-out, migraine-inducing bullshit that so characterizes many modern action films. This fight was shot crisply and cleanly -- I could actually see it. Guess ya don't have to hide an unconvincing stunt double when you actually use a real fighter.

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Looks ok so far. Still not seeing anything that makes me feel like it's much more than what wolf boy Llamaughtner just starred in. She's got skills, but I haven't seen much more than Chuck Norris gave, vis a vis the acting thing.

"A fight scene ought to be as much of a conversation, and revelation as Westly and Inigo's duel. It is a pity more of them aren't."

I'm thinking also of the fight scene between Mal and the Operative in Serenity. Doubling as character study rather than exposition.