If you’ve been paying attention since the start you’ll probably know that Chris Nolan has experienced a slight dip in quality over his career.
“WHAAAAA????” I hear you cry.
“But he done The Dark Knight and that’s my bestest film evar evar!”.
Yeah it might well be mate, but let’s face it, it was a bit clunky, overlong and had oblique and unsatisfying sub-plots aplenty.
Before that we had The Prestige (Good because David Bowie’s in it), Insomnia (Good because Al Pacino shouts ever so slightly less than usual) and Memento (one trick pony that still manages to end with someone from ‘Neighbours’ looking good). In my opinion (and it’s the only one that counts round these parts), he’s a trifle overrated. Not saying he’s bad by any means, just not quite the genius he’s made out to be all the time.
So – does Inception justify the hype? Can half-man/half-Brussels sprout DiCaprio ever convince as a leading man?
Despite all our bright eyed looking to the future lately, here at STS we’re still a bunch of miserable old bastards – a fact resolutely hammered home by the recent news that Jackie Chan is now old enough to play Mr.Miyagi. The greatest Martial artist of our youth – after China O’Brien – reduced to playing a wrinkly Yoda analogue. Add to this the fact that he’s accompanied by Jaden Smith -meaning The Fresh Prince is old enough to have a son -and we can almost hear the undertakers sizing us up as we dodder down the street.
Now, other blogs might try to age with dignity, but inspired by Jackie, we’ve decided to fight the ageing process to the death, and in order to take out such a dastardly opponent, we’ll need the finest martial arts movie makers can possibly conjure! If you made it through that convoluted opening paragraph then you might just be tough enough to check out The Greatest Movie Martial Arts!
With Bruce Willis currently clanking robotically across cinema screens everywhere, the danger of being replaced is high on the public agenda!
It’s safest to assume you already have a colossally evil doppelganger lurking out there, ready to bump you off and slip into bed with your old lady as soon as possible – and she won’t be complaining, he’s got rechargeable Plutonium power cells!
Fortunately Hollywood has long represented the other you on screen, and STS has waded through a whole bunch of them –yep, even those godawful 70s ones with John Saxon – to compile this handy print out and keep guide to make sure you stay you!
Don’t go changing –It’s the STS guide to Replacement Thrillers!
