tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post56993760488549945..comments2023-07-06T15:14:57.204+01:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: Action FilmsJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-11929353169365923242008-02-21T21:35:00.000+00:002008-02-21T21:35:00.000+00:00only 90%?only 90%?bcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09815080104598485463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-89339665217120230382008-02-21T07:49:00.000+00:002008-02-21T07:49:00.000+00:00I think it's more that people like to be entertain...I think it's more that people like to be entertained by watching a hero.<BR/><BR/>If a film consisted only of violence, bloodshed and killing, I'd not want to watch it, and wouldn't enjoy it if I did.<BR/><BR/>But yes, I don't have a problem admitting that I, along with 90% of the male population of this island, have been hugely desensitised to screen violence.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-11527579187412253542008-02-21T03:46:00.000+00:002008-02-21T03:46:00.000+00:00Funny how people in their insensitivity like to be...Funny how people in their insensitivity like to be "entertained" by watching violence, mayhem and killing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-15914407154483441722008-02-19T03:09:00.000+00:002008-02-19T03:09:00.000+00:00I'm whispering this very quietly. Bruce Willis di...I'm whispering this very quietly. Bruce Willis didn't shoot the hostage. His character may have. It's another case for "Ceci n'est pas une pipe", and perhaps another demonstration of why films which have Jesus as a character are a bad idea, ie, unconscious identification of the character with the actor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-45869925586323104712008-02-17T14:29:00.000+00:002008-02-17T14:29:00.000+00:00It's true that Spooks now tries to cram so much in...It's true that Spooks now tries to cram so much in that it has become something like a (slightly) less glitzy 24 copy. I think I like the earlier series better, where it was a bit more of a gritty spy drama. I think part of the reason is that they've now exhausted all the obvious plots (racists, fundies, drug traffickers etc) so they have to construct new, ever more complex ones to avoid Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-74830344514413756302008-02-15T22:53:00.000+00:002008-02-15T22:53:00.000+00:00good call - my memory evidently playing tricks on ...good call - my memory evidently playing tricks on me...<BR/><BR/>in that case it's another example of bruce willis doing whatever it takes, however much pain he needs to go through...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-200099425786929872008-02-15T22:49:00.000+00:002008-02-15T22:49:00.000+00:00Name another film where Bruce Willis 'shoots the h...Name another film where Bruce Willis 'shoots the hostage'... I think that that reference is from Speed... which would be Keanu Reeves' tactic...bcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09815080104598485463noreply@blogger.com