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Kate (Emily Blunt) is beyond aggravating to watch

posted 9 years ago by dirtyharrybax
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First of all, I like this movie, Del Toro is badass and Sicario is realistic.

For the first 15 minutes, i think Kate is okay, but contrary to what many believe, i don't think they picked her because she was dumb. At the Beginning Josh Brolin hears she has worked for the FBI as a door kicker for years and thats all she's done. he says "I like her already" They were picking an FBI Agent so they could operate where they needed to, yes, but they also wanted someone who wants to see justice brought to the cartel members involved with the bomb earlier that day- who hated those responsible and had tactical experience.

Then all throughout the action she does stupid nonsense stuff; starts smoking again, freaks out when her team kills 8 of the worst people in the world (who were going to attack) points her glock at her savior, almost lets a corrupt cop bang her (then almost murder her) and in general tries to hinder her team mates. That is why they didn't make her a bigger part of the team/tell her anything. The CIA Josh Brolin and Alejandro were not corrupt, they did not take money, they simply did what they were supposed to well.

She also acts like everything must be done by the book, yet when she was almost killed by a corrupt cop she tries to screw, I bet that wouldn't be in her official statement of how they caught him.

Perhaps she was just simply the wrong choice for a badass woman type.

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[–] dirtyharrybax 9 years ago

In that it isn't like Die Hard or another ridiculous action movie. If you think its unrealistic that's fine by me.

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[–] dirtyharrybax 9 years ago

I honestly didn't find Alejandro's killing spree too far out. I think highly trained Top-tier CIA Hitmen are pretty quick. I see you are an expert in movie realism though, which is fine by me, my post isn't about Sicario's Realism level.

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[–] dirtyharrybax 8 years ago

Refer to title of thread.

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[–] TheDarkKnightMatter 8 years ago

2 years with over 6,000 rates, you need a life kid. Go outside and play with your friends before you lose it like the kid in Sandy Hook.

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[–] xMCGRUBERx 8 years ago

I found really realistic and gritty. Del toro was awesome. He did kill 20 guys. He killed like 6. He was methodic. It was awesome.

I too found blunts character a lil
bit of a stick in the mud. A antagonist of sorts.

[–] kmags84 8 years ago

Wow... Not even close and I love Die Hard. Read into Del Toro's character. Not only is the Social Impact much more relevant and based in Realism, it's also meant to be portrayed as it is. Del Toro isn't what he seems.

[–] TheDarkKnightMatter 8 years ago

Do us all a favor Mr. Perfect and shut the *beep* up.

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[–] snowleopard 9 years ago

Agree that Del Toro was a badass. Both his character, and his acting. His control of subtle expressions and gestures was superb in this film, and his acting basically turned her into cardboard when they were on screen together.

I get what you say about the film's story, and don't disagree, but I'm not sure she needed to be a badass herself. Maybe towards the end when push came to shove, but by then, the film was about Del Toro. I also think either she didn't fully grasp her character, didn't quite have the acting chops to pull it off, or wasn't directed or given enough takes in scenes to make herself convincing as that character.

Don't get me wrong here, I actually like her as an actress, I just think something was amiss in this role.

[–] dirtyharrybax 9 years ago

I don't have anything against her as an actress either, at least I don't think so, but I also think Michelle Rodriguez (or someone) mighta been better for her role

[–] lukas1985 8 years ago

There's nothing badass about killing kids. What exactly made him badass? He was a complete douche d!ckhead and only douchey d!ckheads would find him badass.

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[–] mikeyflatley 8 years ago

He wuz smart in doin so bec they will most surely take their dad's place and cont cartel and get revenge.

Werd 2 ur mudda, bruddafckka

[–] xellos49698 8 years ago

Spoilers, my review
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Sicario is an introduction to boredom, which tries to shock you back from the dead, with horrific violent scenes of dead bodies and dismemberment.

Kate Macer aka Emily Blunt was suppose to be a leader, but they portrayed her as a follower. Her character doesn't choose to do anything at all. She is tricked into volunteering for a dangerous assignment, with no knowledge of what she need to do.

Worse, Kate Macer is extremely inept for an FBI agent, who suppose to be in charge of a Kidnap Response team. Kate Beckett from Castle and Teresa Lisbon from the Mentalist have far more detective skills and better training then this 'FBI" agent Kate Macer aka Emily Blunt is suppose to be.

Forget the fact that Kate Macer's doesn't look the part, she can't even act the part. Her character never plans a head, never thinks things through, and is an emotional wreck. Yeah, I'm going to continue working with about bunch agents that are bending the law to get the job done; when it's obviously an illegal operation and unethical because WHY?

Even if we are to believe Kate Macer wants to find out what was going on, which is the only excuse I can think of that would make sense for her to stay on the operation. Kate Macer doesn't even have the common sense get behind cover half the time.

The whole time I was watch Sicario I kept hope for something, anything to justify Kate Macer being this helpless weak person. She is suppose to be the lead character in a crime drama movie. Unfortunately, there is nothing here but contempt for all the characters and lifeless story to look forward to if you see this film.

Avoid it, it's not worth your time.

[–] Dark_Star1 8 years ago

I agree with most of what you say, and to me her character was by far the weakest element of the film. 2 minutes into the sequence where they crossed the border to pick up Guillermo, I asked my wife "what is she even doing here?" Her job is to lead high-risk entry teams; that's the one thing in the world that she is supposedly good at, and Brolin barely even allowed her to carry a loaded weapon. She brought nothing useful to the team.

My wife figured out at that point that she was being set up and used for something, but I still couldn't accept it. I assumed that as she worked with Alejandro over the course of the movie, they would allow her character to develop and evolve into someone more competent and jaded, but even at the end of the movie - when Alejandro had a gun stuck in her face - she was still the same incredibly naive twit that she was at the start of the movie. Even after he had already shot her twice in the chest, she still didn't get what she was into.

I like Emily Blunt, and have enjoyed watching her in other films, but there was absolutely nothing about her character that made any sense on any level. It's hard to believe the same screenwriter who wrote Alejandro's character wrote hers. This movie could have been so much better if I weren't smacking myself on the head every five minutes and saying, "good grief, how naive can she get?"

[–] xellos49698 8 years ago

Make me glad I wait for BR/DVD release, thankfully this was a rental for me.

[–] cliffordwilliams-53658 8 years ago

I liked her in The Wolfman and in Charlie Wilson's War. I guess she had to look butch for this role. But, after her supervisor told her the boundaries had been moved you would have thought she would have lightened up some. But, she didn't.

[–] ajm2259 (128) 2 years ago

She was there as a legal loophole that allows CIA to operate on American soil if they’re with a domestic law enforcement agency. That’s all.

[–] theclarkone68 8 years ago

Your post is an introduction to sloppy, sh!tty writing. Do yourself and everyone else a favor and write as little as possible.

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[–] TheTripleA 8 years ago

You rated Suicide Squad an 8/10. Enough said.

[–] nikhilpravin 8 years ago

Welllll.............................

She was meant to be like that,I think. Because she was supposed to portray a sloppy,scared,good-for-nothing agent

[–] Halbermensch999 8 years ago

It's perfectly normal that highly stressed people start smoking again, as she is not even given a lot of information on what she is doing there it's not exactly unrealistic that it puts too much pressure on her.

[–] Captain_Woodrow_Call 8 years ago

I agree with the OP and others about Kate. While watching the movie, I kept thinking "Kate really needs to find another line of work...."

[–] TheDarkKnightMatter 8 years ago

I agree, she ended up being a whinny bitch which annoyed me throughout the rest of the movie. It made many people question should women be doing jobs like this. The bitch couldn't get it together, which was aggravating.

State champ in martial arts. Trained with firearms. Don't be a keyboard warrior.

[–] Duckybooze 8 years ago

martial arts and firearms dont work on me

[–] mikeyflatley 8 years ago

Many ppl don't understand movie.

It summed up wid del toro's linez dat dis is land of wolvez.

Movie explored themez 1) wolvez vs rabbitz (rabbitz end up dying by handz of cartel) 2) law and order vs judge/jury/executioner (law and order does not work in da land of wolvez)

Werd 2 ur mudda, bruddafckka

[–] gtbarker 8 years ago

So she is beyond aggravating because she's plays a human character and isn't just Robocop. But then you criticise her for following the rules like Robocop, so now she's beyond aggravating because she isn't just another 'he's a maverick who doesn't play by the rules.

A ridiculous Trumper critique.

'Well I've got two words for you - STFU'

[–] BeaSouth (3311) 5 years ago

Nah, the movie was designed to make her look naive and out of her element. Go back and watch the scene when she bumps her head in the tunnel. They wanted her to be seen as a goof by the end when the war was really on

[–] spiceymeatballz2 8 years ago

She's kind of sexy at times but mostly she's a terrible actress.

[–] Luciana11 8 years ago

NO...she is not a terrible actress.
In fact, Emily Blunt is a VERY good actress.

The screenwriters were to blame here.
For some reason they dumbed her character down.
They could have portrayed her as an extremely strong and intelligent female FBI agent.
And she could have pulled that off effortlessly.

[–] movie80 8 years ago

The screenwriters were to blame here

Agreed

[–] frankey200 8 years ago

I couldn't believe it when they went down the tunnel and she lost her weapon.

What? She has this powerful weapon and the first time she's shot at, she drops it?

So then she's left only with her revolver?

Man, what a dunce.

[–] apm_bay 8 years ago

You don't like the character who she plays and that's got to mean that she's a terrible actress? Yes, that Kate Macer woman is meticulous, stiff and kind of uppity. So? It's a screenplay decision. That character is not supposed to be very likable. Have people forgotten that cinema and story-telling in general aren't supposed to be The Avengers all of the time? Not everyone is a shining, cheerful hero in real life.