VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA VS BANGKOK DANGEROUS

WAS ABLE TO SEE TWO MOVIES THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRST WAS WOODY ALLEN'S "VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA" STARRING JAVIER BARDEM, PENELOPE CRUZ, SCARLETT JOHANSEN AND REBECCA HALL. SET IN SPAIN, IT IS DRY HUMOUR TYPE FLICK ABOUT TWO FRIENDS WHO TAKE A SUMMER VACATION IN SPAIN DURING WHICH THEY RUN INTO THIS EMOTIONALLY DAMAGED PAINTER AND HIS SOMEWHAT PSYCHOTIC WIFE.

VERDICT: I WAS LOST IN THE DIALOGUE. I FOUND ALOT OF WHAT WAS SAID UNBELIEVABLE AND CLICHED...WHICH IN MOST OF THE REVIEWS SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK WAS DELIBERATE. I HOWEVER HAD MOMENTS WHEN I FOUND MYSELF CHECKING MY WATCH TO SEE HOW CLOSE I WAS TO THE END.
THE BEST PART OF THE MOVIE WERE FOR ME WHEN BARDEM AND CRUZ SHARED THE SCENES. THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS SO COMBUSTIBLE AND YET EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING. YOU ALMOST WANT THEM TO KEEP HURTING EACH OTHER FOR YOUR MORBID ENTERTAINMENT. JOHANSSEN LOST ME. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY THINK SHE CAN ACT.
ITS STRONG MOMENTS THOUGH PRESENT WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.

GRADE: C+


THEN I SAW NICHOLAS CAGE IN "BANGKOK DANGEROUS", AN ACTION FLICK SET IN THAILAND ABOUT A HITMAN WHO GOES THERE TO COMPLETE HIS LAST JOB AND FINDS HIMSELF EMBROILDERED IN MUCH MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR.
ALL I CAN SAY IS SHAHKRIT YARMNAM!!!!!!!

YES, CAGE WAS HOT. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED ASSASIN FLICKS AND THIS ONE MADE ME WANT TO DROP MY ARCHITECTURE DEGREE AND MOVE TO SOME REMOTE ISLAND, LEARN MARTIAL ARTS AND HOW TO SMUGGLE A BARETTA IN MY BRAIDS. BUT GOD DAMN, HIS COSTAR WAS HOTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THAI MEN WERE HOT? MEN, I SALIVATED OVER SHAHMAN OR WAS IT SHAHKRIT AND ANOTHER ACTOR SPOTTING GOLD HAIR...SEXY!!!

YOU'VE GOT TO SEE IT IF YOU LIKE

1. ASSASSINS

2. MEN IN BIKER LEATHER

3. SPECIAL EFFECTS INVOLVING SLOWED CAMERA FRAMES (OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THOSE SLOW-MO CAMERAS)

4. SEXY THAI MEN

5. ASIAN CITIES

6. A NICE STORY

GRADE: B+. STORY WAS SIMPLE. THE ACTION WAS BASIC BUT SLICK. AND I HAVE A NEW CRUSH!!!!