7.13.2008

Action Movies

Today I watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with my friends (if you've never seen it, what the heck is wrong with you, and while you're at it, although it's not a action movie, you gotta watch Silence of the Lambs... but i digress) and you know what, it reminded me what's wrong with every single action movie ever created.
Let me give you a senario:
A wide shot on our Hero name Xavier Torrez, FBI Agent, CIA Agent, Police Officer, and Part Time Pizza Delivery Man. Across from him stands his arch nemisis, Carl, who's really mean. Cut to a close shot of Xavier.
Xavier: We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Cut to shot of Carl, who pulls out a bazooka. He Loads it.
Cut to close shot of Xavier. He squints his eyes.
Xavier: Wrong choice
BOOM! Carl launches the rocket and narrowly misses Xavier. Now Xavier Pulls out his gun, but before he can shoot, Carl launches another rocket. Xavier dives out of the way and almost gets hit again. He shoots at Carl but misses. Now Carl Has a Machine Gun. Xavier Climbs into a car to drive away. Carl shoot a ton of bullets at Xavier, completely missing, but exploding the car. Xavier somehow makes it out, and takes three more shots in Carls direction. Carl pulls out a revolver and takes two shots. Suddenly Xavier sees everything really slowly, and for some reason, is really flexible, so he just limbos out of the way of the bullets, stands up, and shoots the crap out of Carl.

I think you can see the flaw in this senario. The hero always wins. ALWAYS. And not only does he win, he always wins by just a little bit. It's rediculous. If he gets shot, he'll just rip the bullet out and then have a burst of energy, or he'll just like be magically healed. It's kinda annoying. Just once i'd like to see one wear the hero dies. Painfully. Or the bad guy, has incredible aim. So he shoots out the heros kneecaps, but before he make the hero suffer, the hero will shoot back. That'll be more realistic. Or at least, make them miss a little less...
That's it. That's my rant, I don't have any more...


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