God Bless America. I can see why this one sat on the shelf for so long - because it's as ridiculous as the original but just the kind of movie to soothe the guns and god crowd this Thanksgiving. I like how they used North Korea as the bad guys because there is just no one else to hate anymore.
Monday, November 12, 2012
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Actually this one sat on the shelf for so long because of MGM's bankruptcy. Same thing that delayed "Cabin in the Woods" which also starred a Chris Hemsworth before he was Thor.
Seeing the original recently, its "better than it had any right to be" and was very much a product of its time. I like the idea of the protagonist being a returning Marine rather than the star football player and having Dad be shot by the villain rather than just screaming "Avenge Me!" for no reason are definite improvements, but I can't see this one having half the impact of the first one.
Or twice the impact...which would be sad.
North Korea? They can't even afford electricity for the citizens of their own country. It's have to be a really powerful magic weapon that would give them the edge on the US. Even then they'd run out of cash before they took the eastern seaboard. If they started in the midwest and spread outward...
...that would have to be one powerful magic weapon. I'd buy marine-on-leave Hemsworth as the leader of the resistance but I just don't buy North Korea being able to mount that kind of attack without some REALLY POWERFUL magic weapon.
THANK YOU for saying that. I have been ranting at the cat all day about this one. When North Korea is the boogeyman we are really running out of villains in this world. What about corporations taking over the US military and using it to supress the citizens of America. Now THAT makes more sense. I'll watch it but I won't be happy about it. Plus where is C. Thomas Howel and Powers Booth...without that great line it's not worth remaking anything.
"All that hates gonna eat you up inside boy."
"Keeps me warm."
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