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Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« on: May 14, 2009, 01:48:45 PM »
I need to learn that Liam Neeson judo neck chop move.  How does his hands move so fast?  He's like faster than Bourne!
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2009, 01:50:46 PM »
Movie was pretty awesome, we need more R rated action movies.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2009, 02:40:19 PM »
Commando + Spartan - One Liners = Taken
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2009, 02:41:01 PM »
Is the DVD the uncut R version? 
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2009, 02:43:35 PM »
Bourne doesn't have shit on Liam Neeson.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2009, 02:45:02 PM »
Quote from: swaggaz on May 14, 2009, 02:43:35 PM
Bourne doesn't have shit on Liam Neeson.

He was a jedi once.  :starwars
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2009, 02:49:20 PM »
I wish Liam Neeson could be my dad.  :'(

Quote from: Tauntaun on May 14, 2009, 02:45:02 PM
Quote from: swaggaz on May 14, 2009, 02:43:35 PM
Bourne doesn't have shit on Liam Neeson.

He was a jedi once.  :starwars

And the leader of a secret band of ninjas dedicated to keeping the world safe through mass-murder!
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2009, 02:51:44 PM »
So it's good? I've been holding out because I didn't want to see Shannon from Lost in anything else again
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2009, 02:54:26 PM »
It's pretty fucking awesome, he judo chops so many dudes in the larynx. :lol

I also appreciated it being one of the few films where the badass protagonist doesn't reign in his ass-kicking for audience sensititivy.  They pretty much unleash Liam Neeson in Paris and he carves out a swath of destruction that would make Jack Bauer blush.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2009, 02:55:25 PM »
Quote from: Karakand on May 14, 2009, 02:40:19 PM
Commando + Spartan - One Liners = Taken

man spartan was so fucking awesome
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2009, 02:55:55 PM »
And it's ok, because they took his daughter!  All americans would feel totally justified.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2009, 02:57:54 PM »
Quote from: Eric P on May 14, 2009, 02:55:25 PM
Quote from: Karakand on May 14, 2009, 02:40:19 PM
Commando + Spartan - One Liners = Taken

man spartan was so fucking awesome

Don't think I've seen spartan.  Will it blow my balls off?
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2009, 02:58:11 PM »
Was it me or did those dudes massively overpay for his daughter?  You could get way hotter broads for free!
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2009, 03:05:24 PM »
Quote from: Tauntaun on May 14, 2009, 02:57:54 PM
Quote from: Eric P on May 14, 2009, 02:55:25 PM
Quote from: Karakand on May 14, 2009, 02:40:19 PM
Commando + Spartan - One Liners = Taken

man spartan was so fucking awesome

Don't think I've seen spartan.  Will it blow my balls off?

yeah probably.  it's val kilmer trying to get the president's daughter back

to say anything more will ruin the many twists of plot.

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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2009, 03:17:30 PM »
Quote from: Eric P on May 14, 2009, 03:05:24 PM
Quote from: Tauntaun on May 14, 2009, 02:57:54 PM
Quote from: Eric P on May 14, 2009, 02:55:25 PM
Quote from: Karakand on May 14, 2009, 02:40:19 PM
Commando + Spartan - One Liners = Taken

man spartan was so fucking awesome

Don't think I've seen spartan.  Will it blow my balls off?

yeah probably.  it's val kilmer trying to get the president's daughter back

to say anything more will ruin the many twists of plot.

I'll have to look out for it.  :tophat
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2009, 03:22:01 PM »
I should probably watch Spartan now

Quote from: Willco on May 14, 2009, 02:58:11 PM
Was it me or did those dudes massively overpay for his daughter?  You could get way hotter broads for free!

his daughter was a brat.  She made him feel bad for getting a karaoke machine because the rich guy got her a horse or something.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2009, 03:26:34 PM »
I watched the topically related indie flick Trade starring Kevin Kline, and I was surprised at how many details of the sex trade industry the two films shared. So other than Liam Neeson being unrealistically awesome, the movie isn't entirely implausible. Also one of the kidnappers looks like Jinfash  :-*
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« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2009, 03:28:36 PM »
More like realistically badass.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2009, 03:35:57 PM »
i'm buying the blu-ray. no doubt.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #19 on: May 14, 2009, 03:43:39 PM »
lol you spend money on movies

i saw this back in october 2008
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #20 on: May 14, 2009, 03:48:57 PM »
I really want to see this now, except then if my daughter ever wants to take a trip in Europe I'll have to join the CIA or something.  :-\

That's a lot of work.  I'm kind of lazy.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #21 on: May 14, 2009, 04:10:41 PM »
Quote from: Cyanista on May 14, 2009, 03:48:57 PM
I really want to see this now, except then if my daughter ever wants to take a trip in Europe I'll have to join the CIA or something.  :-\

That's a lot of work.  I'm kind of lazy.

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Well, I'd watch it.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #22 on: May 14, 2009, 04:18:22 PM »
Moral: don't let your kids listen to U2.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #23 on: May 14, 2009, 04:23:01 PM »
Accordin' to the imdumb forums, the difference between the R-rated cut and the theatrical release is just two minutes and a matter of some additional moments of violence, sweet sweet violence.  For instance:

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1. Near the end, when they try and strangle him and he escapes - he asks that guy for information in the elevator. In the PG-13 version, if I remember correctly, he shoots him in the leg, the guy gives him information, then he puts one in the head. Here, he repeatedly asks for information and keeps shooting the guy - knee, stomach, etc. until he gets the information, and then unloads on him. This isn't filled with blood and guts, but obviously they toned it down.

2. When he's running up to the boat and it takes off before he gets there. In the PG-13, he sneaks up on the guy by the car and just bangs his head against the the car and drives away. Here, he does that, then drops his head down and slams the door on it.

3. The fight at the very end with the guy running the boat is much longer and graphic. The whole boat scene feels a lot more intense overall.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #24 on: May 14, 2009, 04:23:02 PM »
Yeah, U2 sucks and it gets people abducted into sex trafficking.

I got the unrated cut.  It's not graphic, but it is pretty intense.  Good stuff.  So this was written by Luc Besson?  Maybe he should stick to Final Draft and away from cameras.
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« Reply #25 on: May 14, 2009, 04:26:51 PM »
The ending was a pretty big letdown -- kinda stupid that there are no repercussions for this guy going to a foreign country, murdering its citizens, its police, and some royal Arab dude.  He just comes home on a plane and nobody gives a fuck.

I thought it would have been far cooler and far more poetic if he had gotten away but had to go underground to avoid authorities that would normally chase someone down for murdering diplomats and stuff like that.  So essentially we see the "cost" of such actions.  He gets his daughter back because he unleashed the fury, but can never see her specifically because he unleashed the fury.  She finally learns to appreciate her father and forgives him for never being there for her as a child, but consequently he can no longer be there for her as an adult.  It would have been like The Gift of the Magi -- except with a lot more throat punching.

Instead they go with the distinguished mentally-challenged happy ending where the bratty daughters' American Idol dreams come true.  Seriously?
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #26 on: May 14, 2009, 04:28:54 PM »
Dude, he spends like two hours murdering people wholesale and doesn't even get arrested, and the happy ending is a deal breaker?

It's not like we were dealing with a serious movie to begin with!
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« Reply #27 on: May 14, 2009, 04:34:33 PM »
Dealbreaker?  I just didn't like the ending (and part of the reason was obviously because 2 hours of murder go unanswered for).

Quote from: mojovonio on May 14, 2009, 04:28:48 PM
I seriously think you missed the point of the movie.

There was a point? 
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #28 on: May 14, 2009, 04:38:40 PM »
Quote from: Mandark on May 14, 2009, 04:10:41 PM
Quote from: Cyanista on May 14, 2009, 03:48:57 PM
I really want to see this now, except then if my daughter ever wants to take a trip in Europe I'll have to join the CIA or something.  :-\

That's a lot of work.  I'm kind of lazy.

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Well, I'd watch it.

:lol  I lulled.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #29 on: May 14, 2009, 05:30:19 PM »
Quote from: border on May 14, 2009, 04:34:33 PM
Dealbreaker?  I just didn't like the ending (and part of the reason was obviously because 2 hours of murder go unanswered for).

Quote from: mojovonio on May 14, 2009, 04:28:48 PM
I seriously think you missed the point of the movie.

There was a point? 

What, you didn't get the Extended Edition where France is like "Hey, you can't just come over to our country and kill all our human traffickers and beat up all our corrupt cops and get away with it." and then Liam Neeson kills the entire country.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #30 on: May 14, 2009, 05:47:27 PM »
Quote from: Eric P on May 14, 2009, 02:55:25 PM
man spartan was so fucking awesome

"where's the girl?"
*punch*
"where's the girl?"
*punch*

 :heartbeat

Quote from: border on May 14, 2009, 04:26:51 PM
I thought it would have been far cooler and far more poetic if he had gotten away but had to go underground to avoid authorities that would normally chase someone down for murdering diplomats and stuff like that.  So essentially we see the "cost" of such actions.  He gets his daughter back because he unleashed the fury, but can never see her specifically because he unleashed the fury.  She finally learns to appreciate her father and forgives him for never being there for her as a child, but consequently he can no longer be there for her as an adult.  It would have been like The Gift of the Magi -- except with a lot more throat punching.

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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #31 on: May 14, 2009, 05:49:59 PM »
Quote from: Joe Molotov on May 14, 2009, 05:30:19 PM
Quote from: border on May 14, 2009, 04:34:33 PM
Dealbreaker?  I just didn't like the ending (and part of the reason was obviously because 2 hours of murder go unanswered for).

Quote from: mojovonio on May 14, 2009, 04:28:48 PM
I seriously think you missed the point of the movie.

There was a point? 

What, you didn't get the Extended Edition where France is like "Hey, you can't just come over to our country and kill all our human traffickers and beat up all our corrupt cops and get away with it." and then Liam Neeson kills the entire country.

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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #32 on: May 14, 2009, 06:18:02 PM »
I want to see this really really fucking bad.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #33 on: May 14, 2009, 06:24:37 PM »
Quote from: Karakand on May 14, 2009, 05:47:27 PM
Quote from: Eric P on May 14, 2009, 02:55:25 PM
man spartan was so fucking awesome

"where's the girl?"
*punch*
"where's the girl?"
*punch*

 :heartbeat


"you broke my arm!"

*crunch*

"NOW, I broke your arm"
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #34 on: May 14, 2009, 06:34:10 PM »
This is high on my to-buy list.  It's awesome from everything I've heard.
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Re: Taken was the best sixteen dollars I ever spent.
« Reply #35 on: May 15, 2009, 12:10:45 AM »
Quote from: mojovonio on May 14, 2009, 04:38:00 PM
Did you complain that John McClane never had to answer for all the property damage he did?
All that can kinda be swept under the rug because all the people he killed he did in self-defense and he never really crossed any borders doing it.  So someone high-up enough just has to grant him amnesty or a pardon or whatever.  A foreign government would not be quite so kindly......particularly whatever government that Middle-Easten Shah-type dude was from.

I dunno, I guess I just associate Liam Neeson with more highbrow stuff and given that it's more-or-less a foreign movie anyhow, I was surprised that they went for something so saccharine when there was the opportunity for something more interesting and bittersweet.
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« Reply #37 on: May 15, 2009, 01:44:41 AM »
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