Friday 17 April 2015

Review of BlackHat


For all my love for Chris Hemsworth I seriously did not like this movie- I try to like it, but couldn’t. 

Many people blame it on the miscasting of Hemsworth as the elite hacker, as he’s too good looking. Most hackers are usually nerdy or we expect that. The tech nerds were probably anti-gorgeous-Hemsworth. Problem also because most of us first saw him as Thor & that’s pretty hard to erase from our minds as that character is just too damn iconic ! 

Too bad, he’s a decent actor but the weak & outdated scrip isn’t helping. Not forgetting the directing is pretty bad. And the ridiculous title that everyone hates & very little people understand.

Another big problem is the casting of too many Asians that the Americans never heard of in the important roles. Even I don’t like to see so many of them!!! It’s like rojak …lol… It’s obvious this movie is targeted at the Chinese market, but it’s not easy making a movie that “try” to appeal to both US & Chinese market, which end up appealing to no one. Besides I seriously don’t think Tang Wei is even that popular with the Chinese or Asian market. For one, none of my friends like her. All I know is that she got the press really interested after going nude in a movie ages ago & that’s it. Fans ??? I seriously  doubt there’s any substantial number. I don’t care for Tang Wei, thus the romantic scenes were all lost on me. Imagine those in the west who don’t even know her. Bad casting. 

Wang Leehom, he’s nice & all, but just not charismatic enough plus he’s an unknown in the West. It’s obvious the Chinese don’t really care for these 2 actors, as there’s no support at the box office. Besides they could just down load illegally, for curiosity sake. That’s probably why the movie bombed globally & not only in the US. A good movie doesn’t need to have actors from every single movie market in order to be successful, Look at Lords of the Ring.
In the end it’s clear the director overestimated the appeal of my beloved Chris Hemsworth. Could Hemsworth just end up becoming only associated with the popular character (Thor )and fans abandon him after that franchise? Poor Thing !

2 comments:

  1. hi. My comment is nothing on chris hemsworth or blackhat...;)
    But recently i have developed vy bad acne. It felt marks on my cheeks. Thought of trying the jab. Saw that your last post was about 3 years ago Hows your skin now? Were u able to maintain the colour? Thank you--- feeling down...

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    1. Hi very sorry for this super late reply.
      Hope you are feeling better now.
      My skin has improve leaps & bounds after the jab. I can maintain the fairness by not exposing myself to the sun. I'm serious, you really need to do that religiously. You need to walk & stay in the shade. You also need an umbrella if you 'have' to walk under the sun- but just try avoiding that, if possible. And sun block- very important.

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