GIRLS & GUNS: 6 Reasons We Need Jodie Foster...and THE BRAVE ONE
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Introduction
Why does a kick-ass heroine have to be two-dimensional, as opposed to true-to-life? She doesn't. Jodie Foster's provocative new movie, THE BRAVE ONE, is proof of that. Here are six reasons I welcome her to the big screen shooting range:
#1: Chicksploitation is NOT Auteurism.
The plot’s redundancy almost put me to sleep, but just loved the Noirish art direction in SIN CITY. Still, an Uzi hooked to your G-string has got to chafe. In any event, Rodriguez and Tarantino sharing a wet dream makes for a helluva sleep-over.
#2: Real assassins don’t wear Prada.
MR. AND MRS. SMITH gave “irreconcilable differences” a whole new meaning. And admit it: as a term of endearment, “Honey, I’m home—to kill you . . .” just doesn’t say happily married, now does it?
#3: The catsuit is SO last season…
First there was THE AVENGERS. Then there was KILL BILL I and II. Poor Uma Thurman. It can’t be easy fitting into a catsuit when your boyfriend is a restauranteur!
#4: The NRA is not a sorority.
In the CHARLIE’S ANGELS franchise, Cameron Diaz spends most of her time on screen shaking her booty, Lucy Lui substitutes high kicks for onscreen charisma, and Drew Barrymore proves she has mogul potential. Oh, and they all find love. The sisterhood of the traveling nunchucks. So much for plot development.
#5: Comic book and video game heroines are drawn that way…for a reason.
Barbie-esque bimbettes with inflatable chests, wasp waists and legs UP TO THERE in killer stilletoes or thigh-high boots, sporting AK-47s and straddling Ducatis. In your dreams. Or that TOMB RAIDER video you played over and over again, back in the day. Seriously, though, did the movie live up to the virtually real thing?
Don’t worry, boys: Angelina’s back – in a screen adaptation of the comic book, WANTED.
Don’t worry, boys: Angelina’s back – in a screen adaptation of the comic book, WANTED.
#6: I think we’d all like some proof that Milla Jovovich can actually act.
That is, without a gun in her hand. ’Nuf said.
I thought Milla was great in the one where Bruce Willis wears an orange wife beater, and the movie about ventriloquism. She just needs a good role and she'll do a good job. She has the moxie and work ethic. She's the only model/actress that came out with a legitimately good album, too. But then again, I guess she's not Jodie Foster, and hasn't played a believable character (yet)(although she played a believable prostitute in the one about the basketball player [which I know isn't your point]).
And yes, I can't wait for WANTED, another movie that won't live up to the comic book.
-a boy.
And yes, I can't wait for WANTED, another movie that won't live up to the comic book.
-a boy.
Yea, that movie was FIFTH ELEMENT. Very stylized--and Bruce was pumped. I don't think Milla spoke English yet--which is why she was perfect for the character, who I think spoke Dolphin (LOL!)
But you get my drift: There's a reasons the US is a violent society: gun play and foreplay are synonymous. ooouuuiii!
But you get my drift: There's a reasons the US is a violent society: gun play and foreplay are synonymous. ooouuuiii!
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