tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post3060662852332341139..comments2024-02-16T14:01:23.523-05:00Comments on THE B-MOVIE CATECHISM: FREEJACKEegahInchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-79297178899041187692013-07-14T17:28:11.104-04:002013-07-14T17:28:11.104-04:00Yep, this movie pretty much slammed the breaks on ...Yep, this movie pretty much slammed the breaks on Estevez's career, consigning him to the Mighty Duck's franchise for the better part of a decade.<br /><br />There's a pretty good MTV interview on YouTube where Jagger discusses this movie and his acting in general. He pretty laughs in Kurt Loder's face when asked if he would consider doing Shakespeare. He knew his limits and didn't try to overreach. EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-24738203094035759782013-07-13T20:55:09.154-04:002013-07-13T20:55:09.154-04:00+JMJ+
I watched the movie just so I could read t...+JMJ+ <br /><br />I watched the movie just so I could read this review--and realised at the climax that I had seen it before! It turns out that the scenes with the personal ID number and the old-fashioned car remained memorable even if the rest of the story faded from memory. <br /><br />A lot of Estevez's acting made me cringe. I agree with Xena that he and Rene Russo didn't have much chemistry, but the worst part was when he was trying to be Anthony Hopkins. For one thing, I really don't buy that McCandless would have said that to Julie; for another, Estevez's delivery was simply bad. Of course, we can say that <i>Alex</i> is the bad actor but that everyone still bought it because they had seen transfers before and thought they were just deaing with cognitive dissonance (the McCandless employees) or hadn't and were shellshocked (Julie). Still, it didn't go down smoothly at all. <br /><br />On the other hand, I was surprised at how much I liked Jagger. He was good in this one, and I really felt that Vacendak meant it when he called Alex his friend. (Awwww!) Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-50622569620430560662013-07-06T22:11:07.662-04:002013-07-06T22:11:07.662-04:00I think they really wanted Total Recall 2 and trie...I think they really wanted Total Recall 2 and tried to make Estevez act like a younger version of Arnold. It didn't work. Speaking of which, Michael Ironside in the Mick Jagger role would have been great.EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-81854380912962408932013-07-06T19:55:34.863-04:002013-07-06T19:55:34.863-04:00The trouble with this movie is that it was badly m...The trouble with this movie is that it was badly miscast. I thought Mick Jagger actually did pretty well (and his enunciation coach must have had a great time)& if you try to picture, say, Jeff Goldblum in his role it isn't much of an improvement. And Anthony Hopkins is as cool as always, 'though Gary Oldman would have been good, too. But the central couple had zero chemistry. Zero. Almost anyone in the lead role would have been better--didn't Harrison Ford need work just then? Grrr.<br /><br />You're right, mind transference would make a whole hash of things. "When he died and the resurrection comes, whose body will it be?" I can hear some Pharisee ask. <br /><br /><br />Xena Catolicanoreply@blogger.com