Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (i) on August 22, 2001 at 17:51:01

In Reply to: Mystery genre twist: Detective and the Femme Fatale. posted by TAFKA Steve on August 22, 2001 at 10:08:50:

***I would've mentioned "The Bodyguard" with Kevin Costner first, but I didn't like it. And if I hear Whitney belt out and butcher that @#&*%! song one more time...

Well, that was one hell of a stinker... hard to be more ridiculous than this movie. Some chiche movies at least have something to attract your attention...

***Ugliest guy protecting the babe: Charles Bronson protecting Jill Ireland's First Lady.

When it comes to this couple, I feel sad. She died way too early, and she was exceedingly beautiful. Not to everyone's taste, I know.

What was the name of that flick where she sends him a kiss and he shoots her right through the kissing lips? Well, almost. Still - what was it? Not quite a "protective male".

And I can't forget her with Anthony Perkins... I don't know about you, but both my wife and I had soft spots for her. And he sort of took on some of her charm. When she was gone he was a motherless child... still is.

***Hong Kong films have featured Jet Li and Jackie Chan several times in formulaic "protector" roles.

Yeah, but too much bang-bang. I sort of love soft touch...

***Then there are all those secret agent films (James Bond didn't do too good a job protecting most of his lovers, as they ended up dead by film's end).

Just as well...