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Spy (2015)
*truffle shuffle* I'VE SEEN IT MORE THAN ONCE!
**ALERT ContainS 1 or 2 spoilers, but mostly just opinion!**
Wow, there's a lot of negative feedback on this movie! I hit 'next' like 6 times before finding anything positive! But hey oh! Different strokes for different folks.
A few have mentioned fat jokes, or jokes at the expense of the star's weight: I don't think I can recall one single fat joke?? (Could be wrong?) At most there's the reoccurring joke that her cover identities are all like frumpy cat women, which is typical of the average woman regardless of weight (True Lies "Natasha?", "No no Doris" comes to mind).
If anything it was refreshing to see a character who is physically average kicking butt!
The scene with the footage from "the farm" was funny, I even hit rewind a few times!
The language from Mccarthy was much more tame than usual, and sorry but I laughed out loud at the thunder c**t line! The vomit "not on him, not on him" Hilarious! And I loved seeing Maccarthy dressed up nice! WHY NOT!?
Yes during the action sequences you saw her shoes clearly switching from heels, to flats, to wedgies, back to heels! Very sloppy but actually I didn't mind! If anything it allowed me to have that geek moment of noticing the flaws! However blatant!
Spy won't change the world (did you expect it to??) but speaking on behalf of, at least some portion of the overweight female viewing world: It's like fat fantasy porn. A guilty pleasure if you will! Men have been doing it with Bond for years!!! (In my opinion Bond is only credible in the Daniel Craig years, but that's another story!)
So two thumbs up for us fatties! Where else do you see the average female turning it around with her unrequited love only to say SEE YA! And ends up in bed with Jason Statham!? (A fact she is not happy about!) Also, I'm not a fan of Statham but at least he's trying something different!
I agree with (someones) comment that the first 15 minutes show how it could have been taken in a totally different direction (cooler, no doubt) and yes i'd have been TOTALLY up for that!! But feeling disappointed by a movie is nothing new really, is it??? There's enough crud in this world for me to say, if they made a sequel i'd totally see it!! :D
I didn't get offended by the d**k pic at all, but if you did then avoid 'The Brothers Grimsby' at all costs! Now I did think that was crudely unfunny. And a lot of the "this is so crude and unfunny" comments allotted to Spy, you can apply to 'Grimsby'.
I think the majority of chunky women will have a special place for this movie, and there's enough of them in the world! And this is rarely shown in film, on that merit alone I could have given it a 10!
In fact I think the average female (if not male) should probably relate to the content regardless of being fat or thin. The fact that she's overweight just really cements the average-Joe angle. (The most unbelievable bit was running to the top of spiral staircase! LOL there was no way I was buying that!)
I am a fan of this type of movie (action/spy), and so I see where some may be disappointed, but you can always have Kingsman on standby!
The Last Word (2008)
Unpredictably Beautiful
'The Last Word'(2008), starring my mate Winnie and one Wes Bentley (of 'American Beauty' fame), I read the description on IMDb.com, it went a little something, actually, exactly like this:
"A man (Bentley) who makes his living composing other people's suicide notes enters into a romance with the sister (Ryder) of a recent client." Hmmmm, I thought!
I added it to my favourites so that I could go back and watch should the mood take me, anyway it did, I've just watched it, and now I'm writing this.
Bentley plays Evan
I must say that this was the first thing i've enjoyed seeing Wes Bentley in since 'American Beauty'. Probably because his character in this movie is pretty much an older Ricky Fitz! Evan is a loner, poetically deep, interesting and intriguing
Had an abusive father
Yadda-yadda-yadda.
Evan writes suicide notes (hence the title: 'The Last Word') for clients who've contacted him through his website. One of Evan's current clients is a guy called Abel, played by 'Everyone Love's Raymond's Ray Romano.
I've never seen Ray Romano play any other character before and I really enjoyed his performance in this film. Abel's friendship with Evan grows during Evan's developing relationship with Ryder's character Charlotte.
I never knew this movie existed before this weekend, and everything in it is subtle and yet achieves maximum impact.'The Last Word' is unpredictable, funny, honest and sad. Well it's not very sad per say, considering it's main theme is death! But for a piece which walks hand in hand with suicide it is actually quite light, yet not at all offensive or disrespectful. It follows Evan's story and it has a happy ending. It's the type of film that I don't plan to watch again, but probably will do, and probably more than once.
In my opinion this movie is a wee gem. It's strangely beautiful, a bit like that carrier bag blowing in the wind! I recommend it.
I even feel a need to make a shout out to the guy who wrote and directed this movie, his name is Geoffrey Haley. He has two writing credits to his name, one short film and this one being his only feature film. His greatest plethora of work takes place within the camera and electrical department; if you check out his film credentials on IMDb, he has over 80 for camera and electrical, steadicam operations being his apparent forte. You will no doubt recognise a lot of the films Haley has worked on, one of which was 'American Beauty'
Swings and roundabouts folks. Swings and roundabouts.