tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13799403.post7731300255674743987..comments2023-10-19T13:01:39.731+01:00Comments on Confessions of a Film Critic: The A-TeamJohn Maguirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580990308415894733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13799403.post-44924460401029863562010-08-22T13:58:00.262+01:002010-08-22T13:58:00.262+01:00I don't know if you saw 'The Good Die Youn...I don't know if you saw 'The Good Die Young' on Saturday on TV. Great actors - Stanley Baker, Laurence Harvey, Richard Basehart. I recall that Stanley Baker was in another heist movie in the late 50s/early 60s. I don't suppose you know what it was?<br />best<br />TTONY @oakroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304486783392151133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13799403.post-53649326754667177452010-08-16T15:19:00.703+01:002010-08-16T15:19:00.703+01:00Hi Squire:
I don't have a problem with The A ...Hi Squire:<br /><br />I don't have a problem with The A Team being mindless crap, but being crappy mindless crap. JJohn Maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580990308415894733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13799403.post-18882815028169869722010-08-14T11:58:23.725+01:002010-08-14T11:58:23.725+01:00Kinda have to disagree with you here. Sometimes I ...Kinda have to disagree with you here. Sometimes I think critics take their job too seriously. The A-Team is what is & makes no apologies for it. It's a no-brainer with a few good laughs & relatively some decent action. Why is that such a bad thing? It's not like Carnahan set out to make the next There Will Be Blood or Goodfellas or even the next Die Hard. He delivered what most people wanted. For that, I give the man credit. And at the end of the day, it was a fun show. <br /><br />Nostalgia is the only real defining thing that makes films like Die Hard & Raiders of the Lost Ark the pinnacles of Comedy Action films that others aspire to. Release Die Hard to day & it'd be panned for the over-top acting & stereotyping. I love films, I appreciate the nuances of how photography can change a scene, how editing can change a film from a great film to a classic (see the greatest trailer of all-time: Alien) but sometimes I think people need to just take films as they are intended. This one - a no-brainer.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15470742125378911394noreply@blogger.com