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Please Help Stop Jason from Making any More Movies

posted 16 years ago by doug33763
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I guess Jason, has never seen a script he did not like....

Outside of Snatch and the Italian Job (passable) and the first transporter, (other two were just carbon copies for the mass idiots to spend money on).

Jason needs to take a break....this movie was written by a 12 year old...the acting and action was just as bad...

Death Race, I saw about 5 minutes of...

I fell asleep 10 mintues before the end of the movie, where he was in mid-evil times, fighting some army hord...dont recall the name, I just remember when ever I bump into Jason to ask him for a couple of million dollars so I can invest in Time Machine technology so I can go back in time and get 90 minutes of my life back.

It just goes to show people will watch anything with a popular actor and the right promoting......

This movie was straight up Stupid and I am dumber for watching it.

Just think of the opening scene....the "would be killer" video tapes his own crime, then carries the "knocked out" hero all the way back to his house, puts him in his bed, and then leaves a VCR tape for him....plus if you look at the VCR tape he recorded the injecting of the drug with multiple camera angles...so the "would be" killer, used at least two cameras to record the injecting plus he had to edit the two camera's footage together, then transfer this footage on to a VCR tape....all before he delivered Jason back to his house....

You would think if he was this smart of a "would be killer" he would just put two in the brain and be done with it.....

You want story lines to be somewhat believeable......this one starts off bad and then hits a new law when he grabs his girlfriend on the sidewalk....i dont know too many hookers who would go for that, let alone, the good girl in the movie which she was trying to play.

The best thing about this movie was the credits.

[–] d-wallace101 16 years ago

Your not serious are you....? If you havent noticed he has made alot of money off his movies and just because you dont like his movies doesent mean other people dont. O and crank must be bad seeing how it got a 7.1 on IMDb.....theres a thousand other actors you should have made this forum for the truth is Jason makes good movies and you shouldn't complain. And clearly you never saw The bank job or The italian Job.

[–] doug33763 16 years ago

I guess you did not read what I wrote...the opening scene in Crank was filled with so many holes the rest of the movie was doomed to only apeal to seven year old mentalities....

I did not say that all his movies were crap....did we really need a Transporter 3....

please....crank was one of the worst movies I have ever seen....I dont care what kind of rating the bubble gum population votes this gargabe as....

And if you think that I dont have anything to back it up......the Godfather Part 1 was rated a 9.1.

So what you are saying; that Crank is just 2 points away from one of the worlds best movies......I think not...

so you can stick the IMDb rating where it belongs.....

And yes Jason is a cool actor....he just needs to pick his movies better....because they are starting to suck.....

there may be a 1000's other worse actors out there....but there was only one that I know of who stared in CRANK.....and now guess what.....there is a CRANK 2 coming out.......

Jason needs to get kicked in the balls......if the even is thinking about CRANK 3.

[–] house1985 16 years ago

Jason is a good actor, just watch Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

He did great in those films.

I hated Crank, but this one looks like one hell of a crazy B Movie. I'm looking forward to it, not because of the acting, but because of the madness. I think it'll be ok.

Not great, not good, but ok.

[–] Val-El 14 years ago

So what you are saying; that Crank is just 2 points away from one of the worlds best movies......I think not...

2 points you say???

How about 22%! A HUGE number on "point valuation!

[–] gabrielguild 16 years ago

guess you could do *beep* better? bitch!

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[–] flowery_meerkat 16 years ago

Speak for yourself.Jason Statham is supremely cool and his movies are a brilliant diversion from life.

PS I am neither a teenager or a male in case that was the next angle you'd go for.I just like good old fashioned action.

Never happen, Cherry. You survive the Nam, you get to live forever, man.

[–] TheEtherWalk 16 years ago

Jason Statham is awesome. Death Race was crap but the OP needs to go die.

A man on the move, and just sick enough to be totally confident.

[–] doug33763 16 years ago

Spoken from another 12 year old kid.....

Forgive me but I can see your future.....10 years from now....living in your mom's basement....calling up to her to find out if the Hot Pockets are done yet...while you sit back with your only friend (blow up doll) and watch Back to Back shows of Crank 12 and Crank 13...

Jason,,,,needs to be more selective...he is pumping out movies faster that samuel l jackson.....snakes on a plane, black snake moan....

He is taking your money....and all the other masses of idiots out there who are flocking to his movies just because he is cool.

Hollywood is cashing in on him right now because he is the IT actor....

Same thing with Mike Myers a few years ago...until he started having some bad movies....

Dont be a Lemming

[–] flowery_meerkat 16 years ago

Why don't you stick to HSM and Miley cyrus.Action is obviously not your genre.FYI Sam Jackson is super cool and if he spends his time making movies,thenI'm going to pay to watch them.

Let Jason do his thing, make his money and get the recognition that he has worked so hard to cultivate.He'll be hitting his 40's soon and noone needs to see him trying to do massive stunts like he is now in his late 40's and 50's.Live and let live...(and produce more movies)

Never happen, Cherry. You survive the Nam, you get to live forever, man.

[–] doug33763 16 years ago

Did you actualy use the term Super Cool....

What are you 12??????

[–] simenkummen 16 years ago

Wow nice come-back retard...

WHAT ARE YOU, 11????

[–] flowery_meerkat 16 years ago

Doug

I'm double that age boy!!!! how old are you 15?

Never happen, Cherry. You survive the Nam, you get to live forever, man.

[–] wuzsubi 16 years ago

As soon as I saw the OP write "mid-evil" instead of "medieval" I knew this thread was BS. I'm not letting someone that thinks medieval is mid-evil tell me what he thinks of the brainless "bubble gum" generation. Stallone and Schwarzenegger had plenty of movies with cheesy one-liners and ridiculous action back in the day, but the OP can't seem to comprehend that sometimes action films should just be all out action in order to be the best ACTION film it can be. Often attempts to squeeze in other "deeper" elements in a film that's meant to be an action film just makes it seem half-assed and trying too hard. Sure, The Godfather had great character development, acting, and plot, but are you ever going to see some guy running around on a rampage in a city because his heart'll stop without adrenaline in a movie like The Godfather? Hell no. And many people would LIKE to see some guy rampaging around going grand theft auto to keep his adrenaline pumping. I understand the importance of having "deeper" films, but the OP should also understand the importance of having B-grade but nevertheless entertaining movies with a fresh take that can offer something different.

And please, OP, stop calling people 12 year-olds. A 5 year old has read enough fairy tales to know medieval isn't spelt MID-EVIL.

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[–] losdostaco 14 years ago

Well let's not get worked up here. We can all agree that Crank and it's sequel Crank 2 are two of the worst frickin' movies out there.

But that does not mean they can't be enjoyable. Yes the acting is atrocious, the dialogue campy, the whole film in fact is campy, but it can still be a very entertaining and fun movie to watch. Many of the situations he finds him in defy logic and he would and should die, but that's where you're supposed to leave your sensibilities behind.

It takes different people to like different movies, and if you don't like this particular type of action movies, I can totally understand, it was for all intents and purposes god awful.

But it does one thing and does one thing right; it entertains. As long as I can sit through a movie and not be bored out of my skull, it at least has done one thing right, entertain. And that's what a movie should do. I have sat through what can be called, fantastic, Oscar-Award winning sensations, and have fallen asleep.

And no, I'm not one of those mindless drones who watch only action fluff. I enjoy good movies, from As Good As It Gets, to American Beauty, or Shawshank Redemption.

But I do enjoy good action movies or any movie that entertains. And Crank has at least that going for it; its action packed and very enjoyable.

Jason Statham is not the best actor. He gives identical performances in all his films. But that's not why I go watch his movies. The man is a good action star. But he does seem to have better acting chops than say, Lundgren or Schwarzenegger. Regardless we watch him because he's good in action and he does great fight scenes, and we need guys who can give me believable action. There are actors out there that would be fortunate to even be able to give the performance Statham gives in action movies.

I mean how many Claire Forlani's or Keanu Reeves or Ben Afflecks are we going to have to sit through? They are horrible action stars. The movies I'm referring to are The Medallion, Matrix, and Daredevil. If you watch the fight choreography you'll appreciate people who have the skill and ability to choreograph believable fight scenes.

There is a need for people like Jason Statham, and there are needs for films like Crank. They entertain.

[–] Electric_Sheep 16 years ago

I think he has just forced himself into a "stereotype" much faster than any actor has!

[–] imail724 16 years ago

Ok, I have to partially agree with you here. Jason does indeed like to pick a lot of *beep* scripts. Death Race, In The Name Of The King, Transporters, etc. But, I actually like Crank. The reason I like Crank is because it is just so unbelievable and over the top. It obviously is not a movie that takes itself seriously and I wouldn't consider it to be a great film, just a fun, hour and a half, balls-to-the-walls action movie. Nothing more. Jason can be a great actor, just see The Bank Job, and he has also been in some fantastic films, see Snatch. But he does also appear in too many *beep* films as well. I just wouldn't put Crank in that category.

[–] rlxtreme 16 years ago

You should watch London, with Jessica Biel and Chris Evans. Definitely not an action film. Same intense acting, but in a different genre. Great!

[–] wolverine_rahul2005 16 years ago

Statham Rocks!!! I think u really need to appreciate the fact, that he is one of the few actors who agree to make such action movies... The plot may be brainless and senseless, but look at the other points of view, such as action and humor, its brilliant.... If actors like Statham wudn't agree to do such movies, u wud hav to sit around watching dramas, and weeping over them the whole day.... The world would be robbed of fun and time pass flicks!!!

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[–] doug33763 16 years ago

Wolverine.....

Trust me I love a good, "You wronged me So now your gonna DIE" Action Flick...

This one just sucked ass.

If you want a good action Flick which is about same thing as Crank watch Taken.

Liam Nissen was awesone in this movie and the plot and the writing was right on.

[–] ticktickBOOOM 16 years ago

If you want a good action Flick which is about same thing as Crank watch Taken

How are Crank and Taken about the same thing ? The premis for both is entirely different - the only similarity is that they both fall into the "action" category.

What a douchebag.

I have had enough of these motherfunkn snakes on this motherfunkn plane

[–] ledford_25 14 years ago

"If you want a good action Flick which is about same thing as Crank watch Taken."

I stopped reading right here. One person was right, I think we are dealing a little boy here ourselves.

Taken was by for the most cliched popular thing I've ever seen. The reason I use the word "most", is because of how popular it's gotten. You wanna bitch about plotholes let's lets talk about how he killed dozens of those gangsters, but ended up going home scott-free. All of a sudden he's not tailed, not wanted, oh..... And let's not forget the foreign agent (his friend) that was IN ON IT. That man would know some connections. I mean he shot his wife in the arm dude, come on now.

You're gonna mention a *beep* movie like TAKEN, as a way of insult? But at the same time talk like you're the high and mighty movie genius? Please.