The only negative about this movie is that it doesn’t follow the Mo Movie Rule. This is offset by the fact that the female member of the heist team is present because of her brains and skill, not her cleavage, and while pretty in a well-scrubbed Midwestern sort of way, is not a model and is not there to provide a romantic subplot for the hero.
It’s so nice to watch a movie that has a well-written script, addresses potential plot holes and deals with exposition intelligently.
I done earned myself some serious Spouse Points this weekend, as I volunteered to go with Samwise to watch a romantic movie based on a classic French novel. (Sorry; romantic film.)
Despite the fact that nothing blows up, at least not physically, in this movie, I enjoyed it immensely. It’s certainly pretty, and the acting is wonderful. Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer) is beautiful, but the movie makes absolutely no attempt to hide her age, or the physical differences between Lea and her much younger lover. It’s based on a French novel, so of course there is Drama, but it is not stupid drama. One of the reasons I really loathe romances (aside from the lack of boom boom pow and all that) is the creation of artificial obstacles, usually by the device of having the characters act like they have the IQ of warm jellyfish. Here, nobody is stupid – not even Edmee, the very young and innocent wife – and the obstacles are very real, not simply things that would vanish if people stopped being foolish.
Rupert Friend is, of course, the eye candy, but by jingo he can act. As can everyone else in this movie. It’s not often that a movie that would be watchable with the sound off is a thousand times better with it on.
Worth seeing; mild spoilers:
If you were to combine a Feng Shui game and an action movie revolving around dragons, especially if you were targeting it to an audience with a high tolerance for, and ability to forgive, plot holes larger than many New England states, then you really could not do better than Dragon Wars.
Old Master Fu! Reborn heroes! Giant scaly evil wyrms devouring elephants! Helicopter vs. flying dragon aerial combat over Los Angeles! Grim-faced FBI agents trying to figure out just what the hell we’re dealing with here, Mr. Secretary of Defense! Angst-ridden Korean doomed lovers!
Gamemaster Joe-Bob says check it out.
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