tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post2499694326759429489..comments2023-08-20T06:16:15.362-05:00Comments on Getafilm: Stay Cinematically Healthy by Avoiding Salt in Your DietDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-65088826483685228502010-07-26T10:57:21.422-05:002010-07-26T10:57:21.422-05:00Thanks, Hokahey, though I've just seen that Ja...Thanks, Hokahey, though I've just seen that Jason actually put forth even greater effort than me to outline some of the inexcusable flaws here (inexcusable mostly because of the pass they've been given by so many critics). <br /><br />Jason, I'm out as a Cruise fan so it shouldn't be much of a surprise that I agree with you. Cruise has some great running scenes going all the way back to The Firm (maybe my favorite one through Memphis), but if we agree that Jolie was theoretically a good choice, we also agree that even Cruise couldn't have saved it. Alas, I found him to be the one bright spot in Knight and Day and that was even more unbearable than Salt.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-53169177062407341552010-07-25T13:41:00.625-05:002010-07-25T13:41:00.625-05:00You could accuse me for applying a double standard...<em>You could accuse me for applying a double standard to Jolie as a female action star, but had Tom Cruise remained in the role these stunts would have looked just as ludicrous. </em><br /><br />The only thing that the presence of Tom Cruise would have improved would have been the running scenes -- Tom just runs faster, or looks like he runs faster, or looks cooler as he runs faster (take your pick). But that would have been offset by the mysteriousness of Jolie. Really, she's pretty perfect for the part in theory. The film just has too many flaws.Jason Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-4316364477439045672010-07-25T08:29:55.220-05:002010-07-25T08:29:55.220-05:00An intelligent treatment of a movie not even worth...An intelligent treatment of a movie not even worth the effort of a review. Talk about ludicrous security - she's just supposedly assassinated the Russian president and they put her in a NYPD car with a couple of cops in the back with her. Wow! After all she's done? That's confidence!Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-72379128211540852812010-07-23T18:40:22.060-05:002010-07-23T18:40:22.060-05:00Yeah I just picked up on Farewell's similariti...Yeah I just picked up on Farewell's similarities to Salt. I have to wait a couple weeks for it but I'll probably give it a shot for my spy fix. And about the action in Salt, you're right that a number of critics seemed to praise the lack or relatively low amount of CGI. That's fine, but I don't know if you want that to be the real strong point of a movie like this.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-65838478552957692042010-07-23T13:37:43.884-05:002010-07-23T13:37:43.884-05:00I've noticed three really smart reviewers who ...I've noticed three really smart reviewers who coincidentally disliked Inception - Zacharek, O'Hehir and Edelstein - who give the stupidity of Salt a free pass. <br /><br />Sometimes I think critics need to establish their populist cred by holding their noses and "liking" the occasional popcorn flick.<br /><br />In this case, the action was fairly old school so it appeals especially to the people who hate Nolan's style of confusing action.<br /><br />Anyway, there's another espionage thriller opening this week in limited release called Farewell that might be more of what we're looking for.Craig Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-57979741266780937872010-07-23T13:14:25.210-05:002010-07-23T13:14:25.210-05:00Well I clearly walked into this under the wrong im...Well I clearly walked into this under the wrong impression, so I was double disappointed that it was not just empty fluff, but really lackluster empty fluff. I can't remember any "whoa" moments and the Hallmark commercial love flashbacks made things even worse. <br /><br />As far as reviews go, I think Ebert's 4-star rave is the one that I'm struggling with the most. He shreds the plot and basically praises the film on the chase scenes (was there more than one?) and Jolie's "animal energy", whatever that means.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-87330078851696944832010-07-23T11:58:26.348-05:002010-07-23T11:58:26.348-05:00I was in the mood for a preposterous but entertain...I was in the mood for a preposterous but entertaining summer action flick without any superheroes running around in their underoos so I was fully prepared to disagree with you on this one (I liked Knight and Day after all), but it was pretty much a waste of 90 minutes. I didn't have the same issues as you did, I was just kind of bored by it.<br /><br />A little surprised by the positive reviews from some really smart critics.Craig Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.com