"that's his lungs you donut!"

Q & A

the first thing I saw them in: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. HE WAS MY MAN IN THAT MOVIE.

why I like them: he’sdifferent. unconventional. raw. real. he seems to be a fun person to be around and an honest man. also, honestly… he’s the first actor I’m, ahem, sexually-attracted with. not in an aww-he’s-so-cute way (see: JGL, Edward Norton), not even in an oh-HI-handsome way (see: RDJ, Neil Patrick Harris); it’s literally I-want-you-in-my-bed-NOW way because butts and arms and face and I’M JUST THAT LOW OKAY WHATEVER JUDGE ME.

my favorite role of theirs: it’s a tie between William Brandt, Clint Barton and William James. if I really have to choose, William James in Hurt Locker because he’s so heartbreaking and just so very tragic I can’t even.

my least favorite role of theirs: Brian Gamble, mostly because S.W.A.T is a shallow movie where Attractive People Do Everything You Expect Them to Do, complete with Zero Character Development.

a role I’d like to see them in: drama. he’s awesome in action movies, we get that, Hollywood. can we see him in some drama? 

who I’d like them to work with: I have no idea. how about EVERYONE because JEREMY RENNER IN ALL THE MOVIES, PLS.

Q & A

uhm. excuse me?

first of all,no, I don’t give it 5 stars just because Jeremy Renner is in it. I rate movies based on actors’ performance (not presence, there’s a difference), storyline, cinematography, and whether the movie delivers its genre (as in, I will complain if a supposed comedy isn’t funny, but I wouldn’t mind a thriller without any laughs).

I believe Ghost Protocol deserves its five stars. its actors deliver wonderful and believable performance. its storyline isn’t, say, Inception, but it’s not stupid either. no cheesy lines or anything. and most importantly, it’s clear. you have a good idea who is where and doing what. you can see the fight scenes clearly.

ALSO, I think its cinematography is really neat. see the burj khalifa scene— Brad Bird fully utilizes his camera angle there. when Ethan steps out of the window, the camera slowly pans down, showing the streets miles beneath Ethan… this scene is what truly bought me. it seems simple, but the fact that the camera angles alone manage to make you truly feel the height of the building when you are actually sitting down… yeah, not an easy feat at all.

and if that still doesn’t warrant a five stars rating: for me, there are two kinds of good movies. one is those that make me think, “hey, this is really good”, or “well, that’s a good use of plot device”, or “(insert meta observation)”. but the really good ones are the ones that suck me into the story until I forget to analyze it. and Ghost Protocol managed to make me cheer for the IMF team and completely forget to be meta. and believe me, it’s really hard to make me do so.

and if you’re STILL not convinced… well, each to their own, anon.

staceejaxxed:

I call this the Tom-Cruise-and-Jeremy-Renner-touch-a-lot photoset

I know this is unconfirmed and all, but I’m excited as fuck now.

(Source: authormichals)

this is actually my favorite part of the entire movie. It was just so perfectly crafted: right when people just get the tone of the movie, the familliar Mission Impossible tune is played, pumping the audience up, and the editing through the burning fuse is simply wonderful—scenes short enough not to spoil but clear enough to enjoy on second watching; not to mention it’s a nod to the original TV Show.

This is why Brad Bird is a damn good director, and a few steps ahead of Staton (John Carter)

DAMN, baby, damn.

William Brandt: The Helper

about John Carter

I really dislike the movie. I dislike it so much I’m actually irritated at the critics who claim they like it.

• the editing was choppy
• the characters don’t have much chemistry with one another
• the cinematography is filled with cliches
• (yes, I am aware that the original source is really old and some story elements may seem cliche when in reality it’s the one who started it, but as a cinephile I can say that the cinematography could’ve saved it and didn’t. Mission Impossible could’ve been filled with cliches, but the cinematography and screenwriting saved the movie. Why should we expect less from John Carter?)
• Lynn Collins’ acting is mediocre at best and cliche at worst.
• So many plotholes

So this is an open letter to Andrew Stanton:

PLEASE, leave the live-action movies to Brad Bird. I love Finding Nemo to bits and pieces, but John Carter bored me to death. I only like literally one scene where he fights a lot of aliens and the scenes are interposed with the scenes of his wife’s burial. 

John Carter was two hours of my life that I’d never get back.