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| Comments on Monday 5 November 2001: |
| We did see 'The One' today. It was oddly bland - decent amount of action, nice soundtrack, bearable plot, but it rather required that one's brain be switched off for the duration. Otherwise the production draws attention away from the story and action. "Ooh look, you never see the face of both Jet Li characters at the same time." "Aha, see the soft martial art beating the hard martial art." and suchlike. If you have the choice of this or Iron Monkey, go for the Monkey. I would buy it, because martial arts movies are the best, but I wouldn't suggest that anyone else do so. And I won't buy it, actually, because I haven't got all the other martial arts movies that I want more, yet.
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| Tom |
| Mmm. I have read a number of reviews of 'The One' . Most of which can be condensed into 'It sucked'. Which is a pity because it looks more like a 'not too bad, but Jackie Chan films are better, funnier, and are more likely to involve fish slapping scenes' to me. But then, here in Australia, we get to see the trailers, reviews, and (frighteningly often) sequels, before the movie has ever been released for general consumption. This is why we dangle corks from our hats. |
| Tabbie |
| Moo... now not only do I not get to see it, but it also is said to be not good. Bleh! Oh well, money not spent is money... spent on something else, probably. |
| RavenBlack |
| I appear to have given a misleading impression. It's not actually bad, it's just not quite as good as the trailers would imply. |
| Erick |
| Most films are not as good as their trailers imply. Trailers are, after all, a tool of the marketing department of the studio or distributor. I think Jet Li kicks ass BTW. |
| Tabbie |
| Marketing department, where lawyers go when they worry about integrity, but not enough to stop lying. |