sick

been in bed sick the past couple days so ive watched a million movies and forgotten most of them immediately. taken 2 and tak3n (taken 3, haha) are pretty indistinguishable. it's funny to see dad jokes about killing boyfriends come to life. they both take place in a world in which dad is an OCD lunatic and that's totally justified. the highlights are the inventive secret agent stuff, like when he's telling her exactly what to do without explaining why. it's this whole military ethos of following orders, and it can be thrilling. if he just told her to grab the map out of the briefcase in the closet that wouldn't have the fun of him saying to "go to the closet" "remove the briefcase" "open the briefcase" "take out the map." it's almost kinky, maybe, to never explain and only order.

anyway. i also watched some shitty sean penn movie called the gunman. it's amazing to me that women still shriek throughout all of these movies. i thought we were past this. but that's all they're ever depicted as doing as soon as anything goes wrong.

but the HIGHLIGHTS were inside man and coming to america. inside man is a delightful heist movie. it's a nifty conceit and it's great watching denzel washington swagger all over the place. it also just meanders in the best way. there're random snippets from interviews with suspects/victims, which are great. there's a construction worker summoned forth for random delightful banter, and then his ex wife gets hauled in for the same. there are lengthy asides with police officers showing them as both bigots and sane human beings. it takes its time. it's wonderful

coming to america is great too. it's funny. it's also rare and great to see all these black protagonists. was super anxious at the end that he wasnt gonna get to marry lisa.