tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post8950304985014033561..comments2024-02-10T01:22:29.316-08:00Comments on Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies: The Dead PoolKevin J. Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-30326655195298480962012-04-11T06:18:49.678-07:002012-04-11T06:18:49.678-07:00I actually enjoyed this movie. I think director,Bu...I actually enjoyed this movie. I think director,Buddy Van Horn, did a good job on this film.filmhttp://www.screenafrica.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-42722702453674858662012-04-07T16:32:02.651-07:002012-04-07T16:32:02.651-07:00Thanks, Tim. See my comment above to Roger about w...Thanks, Tim. See my comment above to Roger about what further irked me about the film. I suppose that comes from just having watched <i>The Rookie</i>, and THAT seems like the movie Eastwood should have been cheeky and meta with, not with his most iconic character. <br /><br />I remember liking this in high school because I remember thinking the remote control car chase was funny and the harpoon gun was a funny comment on the "bigger is better" mentality of '80s actions films. Still, the recent viewing just left me feeling so cold and indifferent even if I could appreciate some of the things Eastwood and co. were doing. <br /><br />Thanks for following along with the series. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm glad I did it because it allowed me to watch <i>Magnum Force</i> again; a film I horribly undervalued when I first saw it in high school (and college, for that matter).Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-68778579680563126462012-04-07T16:25:42.012-07:002012-04-07T16:25:42.012-07:00You're right, Roger, about the film predating ...You're right, Roger, about the film predating that '90s meta-action film style, but Eastwood would have been better off doing that with <i>The Rookie</i> or another non-Harry cop picture rather than trying to do it with the iconic character. There's a little too much wink-wink going on in <i>The Dead Pool</i>, and for some odd reason, it seems as if Eastwood is aware of this and tries to do an impression of someone doing an impression of him throughout the movie. He has a weird speech pattern throughout the film that bothered me for some reason. The whole thing just has a weird tone to it that I didn't think was a befitting sendoff.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-6349332584040150342012-04-06T22:36:14.896-07:002012-04-06T22:36:14.896-07:00Fantastic series of reviews, I mean; looking back ...Fantastic series of reviews, I mean; looking back over, my own comment didn't make sense to me. Gah.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-21631013898891407292012-04-06T22:35:16.256-07:002012-04-06T22:35:16.256-07:00The Dead Pool is the only one of the series I'...<i>The Dead Pool</i> is the only one of the series I've only seen once, as a teenager, and all I really recall is thinking that it felt so much like everybody involved had flat-out given up, that I've never really felt compelled to go back, even though I own it. I can't say that you've given me a lot of reason to change my mind on the subject, but you have my respect for grappling so thoroughly with what's amiss beyond my own knee-jerk dislike of the unseriousness of it.<br /><br />This has been a fantastic series.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-82171631855062268922012-04-03T12:50:58.055-07:002012-04-03T12:50:58.055-07:00And in that Harry is a celebrity now trapped by hi...And in that Harry is a celebrity now trapped by his own fame/reputation and therefore targeted for execution/elimination, I think Dead Pool ends up being quite a good sendoff for a character who has become a cliche and can't be taken seriously anymore. The toy-car chase seems to say it all symbolically, going through the motions and delivering but, wink wink, we're now "outside" any serious attempts by the genre. The film also predates a kind of '90s irony/meta-awareness that got quite tiresome by Wes Anderson and late Schwartzenegger.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422504922725630957noreply@blogger.com