redfiona99

Went to see Edge of Tomorrow. Not the cerebral flick I had been led to believe it was but it was a solid action flick with a nice line in black comedy.

So the aliens land in Hamburg first. Fine. Unfortunately, the map the film shows of the aliens spreading starts in Frankfurt. They are two different cities. I should know, I have been horribly drunk in both of them.

Also, there's an English character who talks about second grade. I really don't get that oops, because if Jez Butterworth is who I think he is, he's actually English and ought to have spotted that.

Yes, I'm being nit-picky but it had a budget of $175 million, I expect the details to be checked.

I did like it, but I thought the ending let it down a bit. I was happy with the everybody's dead ending. But I knew no Hollywood film would end that way and sure enough, cue nonsensical deus ex machina (or rather alien blood ex machina) to make sure everyone lives. Most annoying.

The real question becomes, when did secondary character wearing a Hawaiian shirt become Hollywood shorthand for "yay we've cast an Aussie"? Not that I mind Kick Gurry getting a part. Actually, the real question is why Noah Taylor not in everything? (This can be joined by 'why is Saïd Taghmaoui not in everything' because he should be. He was the only enjoyable thing about Conan the Barbarian.)

Bill Paxton and Emily Blunt are also very good in this, and I like what they do with the main character and Tom Cruise does it well.

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Forgive me football fans, I am about to sin. I shall miss the first three World Cup games (fencing, charity quiz, wedding). I feel strange and peculiar about this.

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That was not the fic I expected to finish next. It leads to an important question. If I say "Doctor In The House", am I the only person who flashes straight to James Robertson Justice?