Mudderoy
06-19-2009, 10:01 AM
Warning read after you have watched the movie.
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My wife and I watched "Taken" last night staring Liam Neeson.
I've always enjoyed Liam Neeson performances, but it never seemed he lived very long or stared in the pictures I saw him in. I thought his character in "Next of Kin" staring Patrick Swayze was hilarious.
Anyway, to the movie.
I had read that the movie was unrealistic and tedious. I didn't find it that way at all, in fact I was very impressed that the story wasn't twisted. You know how you find out that the someone you wouldn't suspect turns out to be behind it all? It was a very simple story about a man and his daughter. Even though Liam Neeson character was very capable of "taking care" of anyone that displeased him, and getting away with it, he allowed the mere mortals around him to sway him from his mindset. The contrast between the ex-husband being manipulated and belittled by his ex-wife, and pushed around by his 17 year old daughter and who he is when he is working is amazing, yet believable.
If you are a father then you know that "if capable" you'd move heaven and earth to protect your child. That is exactly what Liam Neeson did in this movie.
Some of the sequences that I found most amazing (in an entertaining way) was how Liam Neeson fought the many bad guys in the movie. At one point he shoots someone in the back of the head. Not a hero move, but a realistic one facing the odds he was up against.
The fights sequences reminded me of an online game I play, Counter Strike.
What may look unbelievable to some movie fans reminds me of what I experience in the virtual world of a first person shooter. I'm not indicating that this is anything like the real world, but I could relate to it from the virtual one. I laughed out loud several times because of the association between the scenes and my online game experience.
I enjoyed the movie very much as it had aspects of detective story in which clues had to be found. Lots of action, and no "I wanna Oscar" plot twists.
Just a man searching for his daughter in a world that is more concerned with money than morals.
I would very much like to hear your thoughts on this movie.
http://newcityofgospel.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/taken-movie.jpg
My wife and I watched "Taken" last night staring Liam Neeson.
I've always enjoyed Liam Neeson performances, but it never seemed he lived very long or stared in the pictures I saw him in. I thought his character in "Next of Kin" staring Patrick Swayze was hilarious.
Anyway, to the movie.
I had read that the movie was unrealistic and tedious. I didn't find it that way at all, in fact I was very impressed that the story wasn't twisted. You know how you find out that the someone you wouldn't suspect turns out to be behind it all? It was a very simple story about a man and his daughter. Even though Liam Neeson character was very capable of "taking care" of anyone that displeased him, and getting away with it, he allowed the mere mortals around him to sway him from his mindset. The contrast between the ex-husband being manipulated and belittled by his ex-wife, and pushed around by his 17 year old daughter and who he is when he is working is amazing, yet believable.
If you are a father then you know that "if capable" you'd move heaven and earth to protect your child. That is exactly what Liam Neeson did in this movie.
Some of the sequences that I found most amazing (in an entertaining way) was how Liam Neeson fought the many bad guys in the movie. At one point he shoots someone in the back of the head. Not a hero move, but a realistic one facing the odds he was up against.
The fights sequences reminded me of an online game I play, Counter Strike.
What may look unbelievable to some movie fans reminds me of what I experience in the virtual world of a first person shooter. I'm not indicating that this is anything like the real world, but I could relate to it from the virtual one. I laughed out loud several times because of the association between the scenes and my online game experience.
I enjoyed the movie very much as it had aspects of detective story in which clues had to be found. Lots of action, and no "I wanna Oscar" plot twists.
Just a man searching for his daughter in a world that is more concerned with money than morals.
I would very much like to hear your thoughts on this movie.