Aliens

So, Aliens. Meh. It's sci-fi, which neither of us particularly care about. Only watched the first one as part of the AFI Top 100 project we finished a while back.

Long, sorta action-y toward the end. Bill Paxton was mildly amusing. Mildly being the key word here. Oh, and Paul Reiser, you turd! Am I right?

On the Bad-Ass scale, 2.5 stars out of 5.

Did Tam cry? Nope.

Mission: Impossible

Doug hadn't seen this one before and I hadn't seen it since it came out. Plus the latest one sounds pretty Bad-Ass, so it would be nice to catch-up and watch the others. Plus, I have a boner for Tom Cruise STILL. Going on, like, 20-some years now. I don't care what the haters say; I wouldn't kick the man out of bed for eatin' Scientology crackers. Anywho.

Oh, poor Gordon Bombay. Your character gets killed off within the first 10 minutes. Probably because Brian De Palma quickly realized how unconvincing Emilio Estevez is as some geeked-out CIA hacker specialist. Buuuuuh.

I didn't understand what the hell was going on the first time I saw it, and I didn't understand this time. But hey, there's the guy from "The Professional" and Ving Rhames- that seems kinda Bad-Ass!

Pretty slow for about 90% of the film. But, the train/helicopter scene was the shiiiiit, so we agreed on 3.5 stars out of 5.

Did Tam cry? Nope.

Taken

FINALLY, a movie that didn't suck. BAMF is back in full force! Thanks to my cousin and her husband for letting us borrow this.

Doug had his doubts about Liam Neeson being Bad-Ass, but I figured given the plot, it had to be worth a watch and couldn't possibly be worse than Fifth Element or Highlander. And it so wasn't.

Torture scene? Check. Bad-Ass car chases that make me want to buy an Audi? Check. Taking out all of those fuckers on the boat? Suh-weeet! Also, check.

It was well-paced too. Just under 90 minutes, so it was non-stop Bad-Assery, topped off with a happy ending of course.

It was kinda sad about her friend, y'know, dying, but uh... Being too eager to share cabs with strangers in a foreign country? Well, lesson learned, eh?

Anyway, Doug and I agreed on the rating: 4.5 stars out of 5. The half-star deduction simply because it wasn't Die Hard.

Did Tam cry? I got choked up at the end during the father-daughter reunion. Yeah, that horse you got for your birthday didn't save you, did he? Mmm-hmm.

Great Bad-Assery. Now back to my bourbon.

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Watching "The Fifth Element" after a suggestion from a coworker.

Um, no.

Piece of shit with no Bad-Ass qualities whatsoever. Doesn't qualify, so no rating.

Between this and Highlander, we need to step up our game. A Bourne sequel. Jason Statham. Something. No more crap.