We're going to go see a flick this afternoon, one that promises to be a suspenseful "popcorn" movie. Which is a curious term, no?
Ever since I first spied this descriptive it has thrown me for a loopner. Who coined this term? How is it that one movie merits this accolade, while another, well, if there happened to be popcorn in your stomach during its presentation, you'd soon be disgorging it; so, no: it simply can't be a "popcorn" movie.
Hello?
I, for one, could stuff popped corn into my pie hole throughout any movie ever made if I were even the teensiest bit hungry. (Oh, who am I kidding--I wouldn't even have to be hungry.) And I've never in my life thrown up during a movie. They are all "popcorn" movies to me... or so it would seem. Today's movie may change all that.
It's entitled "Leashed" for one thing; not the most savory of positions one could find oneself. After witnessing the previews I'm presuming Jet Li is forced into a life of servitude, one in which he occasionally must call upon his extensive karate knowledge to protect himself, his honor, and of course fatten the pocketbook of his "master."
"Here's lookin' at you, kid" could be one of the lines he mutters under his breath right before he kicks someone in the solar plexus. But I doubt it.
I really don't understand why more movie reviews--like this one--haven't been written before the viewing of the movie. I mean there's a lot to be gleaned from previews and word of mouth and reading the reviews of others. Perhaps after I see "Leashed" and while contemplating a "post-viewing" review of it, I'll consider this "pre-viewing" review as more lively, more apropos, more visceral, perhaps even more to the point. And so I'll upload only this to my site.
From the previews it looks rather dank and Li's cage seems awfully confining. A guy could get riled up staying in a place like that all day. The only time he--Jet Li--gets out for some air, well, he has to throw down. I'm not sure, but I don't think it's a Disney feature. Not enough pastels in the previews.
So anyway. We're getting ready to take off for the show now. Did we pop up a few brown grocery bags filled with a fluffy treat to munch on in the dark?
Um, no. Not this time. Maybe for the next pic. If it's a popcorn movie, that is.