Another Movie Snubbed By the Academy

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2013)

To begin with, anything Bruce Willis does (unless mushy-mushy-kiss-kiss garbage) is, without question, Academy Award worthy. He is an actor who is only matched (and definitely not surpassed) by Mr. Sylvester Stallone, Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mr. Wesley Snipes, Sir and Lord Chuck Norris, Mr. Jason Stathom, Nicolas Cage and maybe one or two others. If only they would do a movie together. And I do know there are plenty of those out there who may disagree with meand I do truly care about your opinionreally. Well – not really. To put it bluntly – I absolutely don't care what you think. I feel this is yet another example of a fantastic cinema-graphic phenomenon overlooked by a clearly ostentatious academy. What a bunch of snobs. Were there problems with this movie – sure there were a fewa very, very few. When you have a group emblematically known as Retired-Extremely-Dangerous (RED), you are almost certain to experience some issues and there might be a couple of hard-to-take scenes – that is heavy drama (oh so heavy drama.) One scene in particular that almost wrenched lamenting moisture from these normally arid tear ducts was the sad killing off of Morgan Freeman – what a tragic bummer. If only Mr. Willis was closer – he may have saved him – and if Chuck Norris was in the movie - he would have simply willed Mr. Freeman survival. At least Mr. Willis wasn't left out in the cold. He had some pretty awesome support still alive, breathing and kicking butt. Mix Mary-Louise Parker and automatic weapons – you have a symphony of lead. John Malkovich and sanity – well – that just ain't happening. Rebecca Pidgeon she is a badass in training – give her time – she has great potential. All in all, they did a fine job covering for the hole left by Morgan's sad departure. All seriousness asidelikable characters and a fast paced plot made for an enjoyable movie. No moral mirrors to ponder or political drums to bang – just action. This was a very easy movie to watch and appreciate, and I prefer movies that provide escape and not some stupid dia-tripe. Thanks old folks – and bring back Morgan – you know you want to.