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Beating the dead horse that keeps running

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Victor Khomenko

In Reply to: RE: I was quite amused by this version.....I hated the original...... posted by mr grits on May 04, 2012 at 14:04:53

I don't know about you, but I am tired of that dull cliche of a plot - a babe comes to a drunk and over-the-hill PI, cop, marshal, just strong guy, and asks him to find, pursue, kill, some bad guy... he refuses at first... only to later join forces with her.

Dumb and overdone, and only works when the babe is real looker, in very short skirt, so you feel a bit jealous of the old no good for nothing anymore guy. Some steamy sex scenes provide the much needed third leg.

That plot is OK for a modern trash action flick, but definitely not a film with serious aspirations.

There are a couple of Korean actresses that would do credible job in such a movie... but you already know that.

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It is an unfair knock to attack a Western plot: there only are six of them, period. How well does it tell - tinear 07:38:40 05/12/12 (0)
the story, that's the key. I found this one amusing, nothing more, and not up to "No Country."
It certainly was better than the execrable, "O Brother."
That one was pure, undiluted crap.
Good soundtrack, though....
Hmm, seems like we are talking about 'Safe' as well.... - mr grits 16:54:12 05/04/12 (3)
Statham is the down and out cop hounded by a Russian mob who just happens to rescue an ugly little Chinese girl. Lots more people killed, that's for sure. Plot basically the same: Child done wrong relies on misfit.
- But was the language used in Safe as interesting as that used in True Grit?... - musetap 20:48:22 05/04/12 (2)
  Because most of the point of the Coen's "True Grit" resides in the linguistic play, and it's pulled off mighty fine.
  
  Of course it helps if one likes Westerns too...
  
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  - Not comparing the actual movies just the imprint of the plots . . . - mr grits 09:15:13 05/05/12 (1)
    'Safe' is an audience grab based on sheer homicide not more.
    - Gothcha.... - musetap 11:44:57 05/05/12 (0)
      at which point one looks beyond the (too frequently recurring) plot to either that "safe" aspect of a film only being what it
      is (an audience grabber) or having aspirations of being more than Just Another Western ("True Grit") and succeeding on "that" level.
      
      But my apologies Mr. Grits for locking into your post in making my point.
      
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