Shoot 'Em Up
 

My most anticipated film for the rest of this year.

I can't wait to see it. (Seems like one huge homage to old school John Woo films)

Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/shootemup/

I know. I've been looking forward to seeing this for a while now.

At the San Diego Comic-Con this year they were giving away tickets for an advanced screening. The guy at the New Line booth told us that they overbook for these things, so show up early. Well, I got there an hour early and the line for the movie had already stretched around two full sides of the block, and was just turning the corner onto the third side when I got there. It was ridiculous. Feeling confident that I wasn't going to get in and not wanting to wait in line an hour for nothing, I left.

But yeah, I am all over this movie when it comes to theaters.

I also attended Comic Con, and did not get to see the Screening.

But I did get to see the amazing Panel with the 3 exclusive clips.

And got to meet Clive Owen afterwards.

Too cool. Clive Owen is the man!

I saw the preview and I think it looks so over the top and ludicrous that it's bound to be laughing riot. Good times, I hope.

Yeah, it looks like the movie The Big Hit, except with more over-the-top action.

Not that I didn't already think he was great in Sin City but after Children Of Men he became one of my favorite actors. I'll be seeing this for sure. Looks like my kind of movie.

Saw the movie Friday night. Did not like it as much as I had hoped. A lot of the action was good, but was missing something. Clive does a lot of cool stunts, but he was not as balletic and Woo-esque as I would have liked.

The movie is fairly funny. Paul Giamatti especially brings the laughs, and there are some genuinely funny moments.


There really is no plot whatsoever. Giamatti plays a genius, which basically means he can figure out where Owen is going to be next so he can show up and get into another gunfight with minimal delay. This wouldn't bother me save for the fact that they have to say it explicitly.

I'm kinda sad actually, because there have been a string of movies that have been bad in a totally awesome way (Snakes on a Plane, Grindhouse) and I was hoping for the same thing here but it was really hard for me to get into this movie. Oh, and as an avid gun collector and recreational shooter, I did not appreciate the not-so-subtle gun control message that the movie had. Seriously. WTF?

I saw it as well and just couldn't stop laughing, yo. The action is just completely ridiculous and unreal, it's funny. I enjoyed it a lot.

My review.

It's shamelessly over-the-top and hence I enjoyed it.

I saw the trailer a while ago, it looked really cool. I'll see it when it comes out here.

Just saw it tonight, it was everything I wanted. One of the most entertaining movies I've seen in awhile.

This year really disappointed me at the start but lately I've been more surprised! Next up is 3:10 To Yuma.

My friend and I went to see this, but our theater sucks and it wasn't there. We ended up seeing 3:10 to Yuma instead, but i liked that movie so it turned out all right.