Amit J recently drew my attention to a cinematic masterpiece - The Hitman, starring Chuck Norris. I had the good fortune of chatting with him while he was viewing this gem over (what was presumably) a bottle of whiskey purloined from his father's liquor cabinet. Not exactly what you'd consider the makings of top drawer director's commentary, but it did seem eminently bloggable.
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Amit J: Hmm, Chuck Norris's character is not the hardened criminal hitman that I initially thought he was
Me: That tough exterior belies a softer core?
Amit J: This director is a genius
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Amit J: This plot is very confusing
Me: Chuck Norris movies tend to be
Amit J: You must queue* this movie immediately -- if its available commercially
[Yes - it is]
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Amit J: Chuck Norris is dispatching a villain with deadly efficiency
said villain has friends -- very unfortunate ones from how this scene is panning out.
Me: Yes I dont expect this to end well for them
Amit J: Ha- How you guessed this I will never know -- I thought Chuck was in a quandary when they jumped out from the bushes (really, there were bushes)
[The bushes I suspect were of the proverbial variety, a directorial masterstroke by any standards]
Me: This sounds too good to miss, i will queue it right away
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Amit J: And now he is in an unoccupied Italian restaurant confronting the mobster boss who's eating some sort of spaghetti. Norris slaps the standing consigliere with disdain.
Amit J: I wish I had paid more attention to this movie, alas.
Me: The mobster boss eating spaghetti is an elegant touch.
Amit J: Quite original and symbolic I think
Me: And it has that understated elegance
Amit J: Right -- and I think they went with no soundtrack in order to place the viewer in the reality of the situation
[There is a school of thought that this was more because the director snorted away a large part of the tiny sound budget, but members of this school are largely in the minority]
Amit J: A classic
Me: Quite so
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Now tell me you don't want to watch this.
* as in rent; a Netflix reference, for the woefully uninformed
