The actors and crew said they all learned a lot from the French production crew. Zoe got weapons training from the trainer of the Los Angeles SWAT team. I had no qualm overall with the production values just the writing and direction. It sorta reminded me of a 1990s type thriller though it would have been better and more popular shot 1970s style. They seemed to be caught between one of these super woman movies and a revenge movie. I would have liked to see it more realistic like the latter. My favorite of these are Asian films which are far more nuanced and intelligent. Most recently watched "The Chaser" which fits into that genre.
On 12/22/2011 10:21 AM, emilymae.reyn wrote: > Yep...I'm with you on the rating of this. I saw it in the theatre so didn't > even get the "making of" part. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu<noozguru@...> wrote: >> On 12/20/2011 10:13 AM, Emily Reyn wrote: >>> I saw Columbiana...it might be O.K. as a "wind down" movie where you don't >>> have to think too much, but except for watching Zoe Saldana in action...the >>> plot, which shows promise at the beginning, doesn't deliver and requires >>> great leaps of faith, IMO. >> I call it "one for the money". The "making of" was more interesting >> than the movie. Too much exposition or putting up signs like "now this >> is happening." Maybe the French can't make movies for Americans if that >> indeed *was* the intended audience. I wished there was a commentary to >> explain what the hell she swallowed at the beginning because there were >> no memory cards back early 1990s. Talk about requiring great leaps of >> faith. One star or maybe two because of everything except direction and >> story (Luc Besson can do better). >> > >
