- I have an unspoken rule that I don’t like to talk about a movie until we’re out of the theatre (the whole theatre, not the screening room), partly because I like to eavesdrop on other people’s reactions. Case in point, the conversation in front of me on the way out:
Girl 1: On a scale of 1 to 10, what would you give that?
Girl 2: You know, it’s pretty hard for me to give a movie a full ten, but I think that one definitely deserved it.And then I went cross-eyed. Anyway, perhaps this isn’t a full ten (far from it), but it’s definitely not as bad as I thought it would be. I need a good action comedy once in a while and this was pretty serviceable for that purpose.
- I still do not like Cameron Diaz. I really don’t. I never believe any of the “unique” backstory her characters come with, be it a history of classic car repair or an inability to cry since she was fifteen. This is the mark of a bad actor. Inhabit your character, lady!
- I assumed from the beginning that Roy’s real last name would be Knight (obviously), but I was confused that June’s last name was Havens and not Day, as I expected. This title now makes no sense to me because it sounds like it’s trying to be a clever little play on words except it’s not? Did I miss something glaringly obvious?
- Peter Sarsgaard, that accent wasn’t necessary.
- Okay, where do I have to go to get on one of these luxury trains? Because I really like travelling by rail and one day I would like to take a trip on a super luxurious train. VIA and Amtrak are definitely not like that.
- Most of the things I found funny in this movie were the bits that were purposely campy and self-mocking for this style of film. My favourite part was when the train assassin was holding onto the sausage links for dear life. My second favourite was when Fitz was holding the battery and when asked why it was so hot, he said “Because it’s filled with POWER!” HAHAHAHAHA, WOW.
- Speaking of which, the battery was a stupid macguffin and I’m confused why it did not occur to anyone earlier that Feck could just make another one.
- I’m going to Spain at the end of August so I was excited when they ended up there. The car chase scene with the bulls was a little ridiculous, but that’s fine.
- On the one hand, I don’t think constantly drugging the female character is terribly funny. On the other, I did like that when the roles were reversed, June was able to save Roy without it emasculating his character, proof positive that it doesn’t have to compromise male characters to be saved by their female leads.
I bring this up only because I recall reading an article on the upcoming Salt in the last month or so that talked about how the script changed when the title character went from being played by Tom Cruise to Angelina Jolie. There’s evidently a scene where Salt has to save his spouse and apparently the scene had to get rewritten once the spouse changed to being male because it’s emasculating to have his wife (!) save him. Um.
So… go June? She, rather than Roy, even gets to drive the car on their Cape Horn adventures and, still, he remains masculine! How revolutionary!
- I kind of really enjoyed Roy’s parents. You don’t know what you type into that computer!
Knight and Day
Hey there, surprisingly enjoyable summer movie in a sea of blockbuster season crap!
IMDB Plot Synopsis June Havens finds her everyday life tangled with that of a secret agent who has realized he isn't supposed to survive his latest mission.
Okay really?! Grace and I skipped this thinking it would be dreck.
If you go into it with zero expectations, it ends up being kind of fun.