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watched the Italian Job last night in greenbelt 3...it delivered more than i expected! it's a feel good movie actually with great action sequences and it will DEFINITELY make you want to buy your own mini cooper. Of course all my friends said - get a licence first margarita isabel escueta! haha...don't worry, i'm getting there :)
But the one that really got our attention was Charlize Theron. I always admired this girl...after watching Sweet November. Yes, I didn't watch that movie for Keanu Reeves and no i'm not a lesbian. haha. Even frances was admiring her...she was just absolutely gorgeous in this movie - how many girls do you know still look great even while crying? none right? hehe. i wish i had her legs!
But i think this was a good project for director F. Gary Gray. I will never forget his name now not because it sounds like a cartoon character but because he knows how to shoot action scenes. Sorry but Michael Bay has lost his touch as evidenced in Bad Boys II. Anyway, the images were gorgeous! especially in Venice and other parts of Europe. He still does not have the sharp edge of Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven) but give him some time people...he will knock your socks off as he gets more experience and more movies. He has directed The Negotiator with Kevin Spacey & Samuel L. Jackson and Set It Off with Queen Latifah,Halle Berry & Jada Pinkett. Now do you believe me? this man has P-O-T-E-N-T-I-A-L.
Here's an excerpt from another woman's movie review column:
Stella (Charlize Theron) is the only girl in The Italian Job. As it's a remake of a 1969 Michael Caine heist picture, you'd think that her input would be minimal. But Stella brings surprising edge and occasional finesse to her by-the-numbers role (originally male), not to mention crucial elements to the plot, namely, safecracking skills, an earnest desire for vengeance, and a Mini Cooper.
Still, she's up against it in this too-many-guys-vying-for-supporting-pizzazz picture. Stella is introduced right away, in a pose that underlines just how much she is The Girl. Her veteran safecracker father John (Donald Sutherland) calls her on his cell from Venice. She's in bed, filtered light making her sleepy sexy underweared self look even gauzier. And yet, the moment complicates what it can mean to be The Girl...
...Here, former model and current (June 2003) Elle covergirl Theron embodies a persuasive mix of vulnerability and anger, recalling some of her most beguilingly odd work, in 2 Days in the Valley (1996), Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Astronaut's Wife (1999). If she hasn't picked the most spectacular projects of late (Sweet November [2001], Trapped [2002]), Theron consistently brings a layered sensibility to her characters, part exposed and part steely. The talk in the Elle article, about "the toughest woman in Hollywood," concentrates on her upcoming role in Monster, based on the life of Aileen Wuornos. As this focus suggests, The Italian Job is inherently less interesting than even the idea of Theron playing a serial killer. Still, in this mega-boys' movie, Theron makes Stella sharper and more complicated than any of them.
ok my last comment after reading another review about the movie...apparently Edward Norton was not willing to do this movie but he was forced by the production company. There seems to be truth in this rumor since his acting seemed very contrived. Even Mark Wahlberg was so stoic the whole time. Or maybe they thought that the script didn't call for much emotion or acting. Or they wanted to do the whole Brad Pitt/George Clooney style of less is more. But they still lack the panache of these veteran actors. What will make you watch this movie though is the rest of the gang: that guy from Transporter and Lock Stock, a new black actor who has good comedic timing, and Seth Green ---the napster! hehe |
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