Comments on: Movie Review - Shoot ‘Em Up http://afistfulofreviews.com/2007/09/11/shoot-em-up/ We waste our money so you don't have to. Mon, 21 May 2012 15:04:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Ecksem Diem http://afistfulofreviews.com/2007/09/11/shoot-em-up/#comment-202 Ecksem Diem Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:07:27 +0000 http://afistfulofreviews.com/2007/09/11/shoot-em-up/#comment-202 When I heard about this movie, I too was intrigued, but when I saw a trailer, I basically thought, "Oh, it looks like it's going to be an utter piece of shit." But, after a good review from both you and someone I know very well (who has at best some seriously questionable tastes as far as modern cinema is concerned, however), I'm getting pretty interested in seeing this movie. Now, if they'd spliced some of that aggravated carrot assault of Clive's that you mentioned into the trailer, I think I'd have been much more interested from jump; unfortunately, another review I read already ruined the "umbilical cord" scene for me. So, just to review: Movies I've wanted to see this summer (well, summer-ISH): Spider-Man 3 28 Weeks Later Knocked Up Transformers SiCKO Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Sunshine The Simpsons Movie The Bourne Ultimatum Superbad Balls of Fury 3:10 to Yuma (this just came out, though, so I suppose that it doesn't really count) Movies I've desperately NOT wanted to see this summer: Live Free or Blow Hard Movies I HAVE seen this summer: Live Free or Die Limp SiCKO 1408 The Simpsons Movie Terrible. Anyway, I'm not too sure how I should close this out, but I can only think of one thing... "This time I can't bring myself to tell him to shut up. Sure he's an asshole. Sure he's dead. Sure I'm just imagining that he's talking. None of that stops the bastard from being absolutely right. I don't have a chance in hell of outrunning this cop, not in this heap. The only question left is whether I'm going to kill him or not. Tough call. For all I know, he's an honest cop, regular guy. Working stiff with a mortgage, a wife and a pile of kids... My hand moves all on its own, sliding one of my guns to my lap and thumbing back the hammer... "I don't know what to do..." When I heard about this movie, I too was intrigued, but when I saw a trailer, I basically thought, “Oh, it looks like it’s going to be an utter piece of shit.” But, after a good review from both you and someone I know very well (who has at best some seriously questionable tastes as far as modern cinema is concerned, however), I’m getting pretty interested in seeing this movie. Now, if they’d spliced some of that aggravated carrot assault of Clive’s that you mentioned into the trailer, I think I’d have been much more interested from jump; unfortunately, another review I read already ruined the “umbilical cord” scene for me.

So, just to review:

Movies I’ve wanted to see this summer (well, summer-ISH):
Spider-Man 3
28 Weeks Later
Knocked Up
Transformers
SiCKO
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sunshine
The Simpsons Movie
The Bourne Ultimatum
Superbad
Balls of Fury
3:10 to Yuma (this just came out, though, so I suppose that it doesn’t really count)

Movies I’ve desperately NOT wanted to see this summer:
Live Free or Blow Hard

Movies I HAVE seen this summer:
Live Free or Die Limp
SiCKO
1408
The Simpsons Movie

Terrible.

Anyway, I’m not too sure how I should close this out, but I can only think of one thing…

“This time I can’t bring myself to tell him to shut up. Sure he’s an asshole. Sure he’s dead. Sure I’m just imagining that he’s talking. None of that stops the bastard from being absolutely right. I don’t have a chance in hell of outrunning this cop, not in this heap. The only question left is whether I’m going to kill him or not. Tough call. For all I know, he’s an honest cop, regular guy. Working stiff with a mortgage, a wife and a pile of kids… My hand moves all on its own, sliding one of my guns to my lap and thumbing back the hammer…

“I don’t know what to do…”

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