Doesn't look like the target audience for such a movie anyway.
Posted on 02/08/2018 10:03:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
Clint Eastwood is at the top of his game for about 10 action-packed minutes in which he directs a recreation of the events of Aug. 21, 2015, when three young American men thwarted a terrorist attack on a European train.
Airman Spencer Stone, Spc. Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler play themselves taking down an attacker (Ray Corasani), who’s armed with a knife, pistol, assault rifle and almost 300 rounds of ammunition. This unusual casting move boosts the action’s emotional heft, and those scenes are a tense, taut piece of filmmaking.
But in the remaining 83 minutes of this movie’s brief running time, Eastwood is at the very bottom of his game, interspersing quick cuts to the train ride with a thuddingly boring back story of average, slightly hyperactive kids who maintained a lifelong friendship.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
That is what reality is.
And this story is a reality.
And heroes rarely have interesting back stories.
They tend to be average people who, when presented with the opportunity, rise to the occasion.
Doesn't look like the target audience for such a movie anyway.
I don't know how long in real time the actual attack and takedown took, but it couldn't have been long enough to fill an entire movie. How else was he supposed to fill out the film? I'm more interested in the good guy's back story than the raggedy man's.If the movie is indeed 10 minutes of the train attack and 83 minutes of backstory - irishjuggler
The "boring backstory” of Christians successfully raising up respected, even honored, adults in secular America.”Sully” was a lot like this movie - based on an incident which only took a couple of minutes. A movie on the subject has to address the question, “Where do we get such men?”
I liked “Jersey Boys” better than “Sully.” Could be because I’m a big Four Seasons fan. Plus I’m kind of tired with Tom Hanks.
I also find that sometimes I’m in the mood to watch a particular movie, sometimes I’m not. A good example is “The Hangover.” The first time I tried to watch it, I found it overly gross and quit it about 20 minutes in. A few days later, I watched the whole thing and enjoyed it.
Two terrific Eastwood movies were “Unforgiven” and “Gran Torino.”
“Siege of Jadotville” on Netflix
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