A Dead Comedy

Right, so I am so excited to go and see Knight and Day last night that I was literally jumping up and down in my seat whilst the adverts were playing. A good start, I enjoy action movies anyway and this one certainly did not disappoint in that area. However I am not a fan of Diaz anyway (The Holiday is an exception) her ditsy characters just generally put me off her. Cruise on the other hand plays the famous action hero and his comedian streak shines through, I would say a good performance from him although nothing too different from his MI days.
The story is sublime and the A list cast, an excellent set of names, it is such a shame the end product wasn't up to scratch. I felt Diaz's character was trying to be all too many things at once. She fixes up old cars (surely this the kind of kooky trait many writers should stay away from unless it is a main feature!) when the two of them are on a tropical island we now learn Diaz is martial arts trained, (why did she not use these skills earlier!?) I felt this film was being too much, an action romantic comedy. To make a film a success one needs to focus on a certain genre and lightly intersperse others into rather than cram it all into a 90 minute film.
Although I am ripping into this film, I did enjoy it and not at one point did I ask the fearful question of 'when will this end?' I felt it could have been so much more and what let me down the most was the end. What a disaster, never have I seen such an un-realistic, trying to be quirky ending in all my life. What happened did they run out of creative talent in the last five minutes? It was all very rushed and to be honest extremely; I dread using the word; stupid!

I have not forgotten to post about the book I am currently ploughing my way through 'Catcher In The Rye.' I have not be reading for the past week as I have been concentrating on revising for my theory test! Now that is done and dusted I am back on track and can tell you that this is quickly becoming one of my favourite books already. A quirky novel written in 1951 with scenarios which are still true in today's youth. Definitely one classic to read! Watch this space...