Watched this movie yesterday. Other the the gratuitus nudity, obviously Italian women have never heard of a razor, the movie kinda sucked. It was slow and the plot seemed kind of played out.
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Re: The American
Rented it last weekend and didn't realize there was a plot. Movie sucked, especially the whole 'building a one-off rifle for covert assasination' out of a Mini-14.
The assasin was hot, but never got naked, and the Italian hooker was pretty nice and got naked.
Other than that, waste of time.
1911fan
Rented it last weekend and didn't realize there was a plot. Movie sucked, especially the whole 'building a one-off rifle for covert assasination' out of a Mini-14.
The assasin was hot, but never got naked, and the Italian hooker was pretty nice and got naked.
Other than that, waste of time.
1911fan
Re: The American
Compared to the book from which it was made the movie was a real
POS
In the book he survives and moves on through his superb knowledge of people and spycraft
Real enjoyable book
A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth
Compared to the book from which it was made the movie was a real
POS
In the book he survives and moves on through his superb knowledge of people and spycraft
Real enjoyable book
A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth
Re: The American
It was beautifully photographed with lovely settings. And the hooker had great knockers.
But the gun-play was insultingly silly. One moment he has some flat washers and an aluminum pipe. The next moment he has a modern .223 can with a nice finish on it.
And then he starts putting the Mini-14 together...HAHA!
I often wonder why Hollywood can't hire an expert or two to refine the gun details and not make them so silly. I bet most screenwriters have never even touched a firearm. Just a little polishing by someone who knows something would go a long way.
I understand that movie making is all about suspending disbelief. But sometimes, my disbelief is not suspended.
It was beautifully photographed with lovely settings. And the hooker had great knockers.
But the gun-play was insultingly silly. One moment he has some flat washers and an aluminum pipe. The next moment he has a modern .223 can with a nice finish on it.
And then he starts putting the Mini-14 together...HAHA!
I often wonder why Hollywood can't hire an expert or two to refine the gun details and not make them so silly. I bet most screenwriters have never even touched a firearm. Just a little polishing by someone who knows something would go a long way.
I understand that movie making is all about suspending disbelief. But sometimes, my disbelief is not suspended.
I get to be less and less of a fan, if I ever was one, of George Clooney. Outspoken "anti" making his money in movies that predominately feature?...guns.
As the last poster noted, they need to hire a consultant who actually knows what a gun is. And how to handle one and how to do some serious work on one. Not magically make a modern can out of some washers and a pipe. And, fill it with machined aluminum parts. When no machines ever get shown.
The thing I didn't get was the opening scene was a "job". I thought it was where he went to hide and got caught up with. Popping lasts nights girl in the back of the head would have meant something if we got a clue what that 'something' was. Throughout the movie, we see the Swedes send their 'killer' teams after him. I have to laugh about that. Not that Swedes aren't capable of handing out violence, I just don't think of their worldwide spy network as one to fear. At least in comparison to other countries. The bungling that they operate with is almost reason to turn the movie off (no I didn't waste good theatre money on this movie).
All in all, the movie is lucky to have only gotten as low as a 66% from Rotten Tomatoes. Lack of direction in where the movie was going and why is the big reason. Cudos to the director of Photography for making the girls and the landscape worth sticking around for. How Clooney got an oscar for this one I don't know. Same reason Tomei got hers for "My Cousin Vinnie". The Academy must've had a bad hangover and they voted for the first thing that came to them.
As the last poster noted, they need to hire a consultant who actually knows what a gun is. And how to handle one and how to do some serious work on one. Not magically make a modern can out of some washers and a pipe. And, fill it with machined aluminum parts. When no machines ever get shown.
The thing I didn't get was the opening scene was a "job". I thought it was where he went to hide and got caught up with. Popping lasts nights girl in the back of the head would have meant something if we got a clue what that 'something' was. Throughout the movie, we see the Swedes send their 'killer' teams after him. I have to laugh about that. Not that Swedes aren't capable of handing out violence, I just don't think of their worldwide spy network as one to fear. At least in comparison to other countries. The bungling that they operate with is almost reason to turn the movie off (no I didn't waste good theatre money on this movie).
All in all, the movie is lucky to have only gotten as low as a 66% from Rotten Tomatoes. Lack of direction in where the movie was going and why is the big reason. Cudos to the director of Photography for making the girls and the landscape worth sticking around for. How Clooney got an oscar for this one I don't know. Same reason Tomei got hers for "My Cousin Vinnie". The Academy must've had a bad hangover and they voted for the first thing that came to them.
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