It's like a book club with explosions



3/19/08

"you know, i thought you'd be bigger"

i had never seen this movie before last night. now, having seen it, i'm not exactly sure how i feel about it. i love patrick swayze (and it's the deep, serious, meaningful type of love i can only have for an 80's movie star). however, there was admittedly way more naked than i anticipated (and yes, i'm using "naked" as a noun). and i don't have anything against naked. but there was a lot of it, including some borderline naked sam elliott, who is great and i enjoy the movies i've seen him in largely because he's been in them. but i've never stopped and thought, "hey, you know who i've never seen almost naked? sam elliott. i feel like i'm missing out on something there."
i do love a good fistfight though, and a whole movie about just that is one of the greatest ideas in cinema history. it was also nice to see a sprinkling of explosions incorporated into the movie. not to mention the fact that dalton got a philosophy degree from nyu. how hot is that in an 80's movie star who can fight?
i do think one of the marks of a great action movie is the one-liners, as i believe i've said in a previous post. and this movie is no exception to the one-liner rule, with such gems as "that girl has way too many brains to have an ass like that." and who can resist a tagline like, "it's last call...for action!" not me.

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