The A-Team captures the spirit of the original series and the cast does a really good job of mirroring those characters. Overall it amps up the action, and tones down some of the campy elements of the show. It delivers a straightforward, solid action film.
The action is incredibly overthetop, throughtheroof. There's one scene where a tank gets blown out of a plane, and the whole team just ends up flying it to ground-level. There are some really wild action sequences that are just absurd, and they are scattered quite nicely throughout the film. A set-piece almost every 10 minutes? Superb.
The entire film really relays the origins of the team, and how they go about to clear their name for a crime they didn't commit.
The characters for this venture maintain their respective personalities but they still evoke a sense of realism while doing that. Their position in the military is very believable.
Hannibal is a tougher and gruffer than the original, but still captures that wit and glint in the eye I assume the original Hannibal would deliver. Face is just all charms. The name says it all, and it totally met my expectations for him. Then Copley proves that his acting debut in District 9 was no fluke, playing Murdock as comic relief and I find most of his antics pretty hilarious. Nuclear hamburger patties, anyone? B.A. is the tank of the team, but he's never the steel you'd make him up to be. The team seem more amused than intimidated in angering him. Even the badguys weren't actually afraid of him.
An incredibly fun and crazy ride, if you find yourselves at the cinemas, this is something you have to see for yourselves.
Your mind is the scene of the crime.
15.07.2010
Hi Bernard
ReplyDeleteI am a teacher at Havelock Academy (www.havelockacademy.co.uk)
in Grimsby, UK and I thought you'd be amused to learn that for the last two years I have been showing my Form 1 (11 and 12 year-old) students an essay you used to have on the web somewhere, entitled: 'Should smoking be banned?'
They use it for essay practice and start by reverse engineerig it: 'What research questions must he have asked?', 'What would his outline and more detailed planning have looked like?' I also tell them a little bit about your school, as they are are studying the International Baccalaureate's Middle Years Programme and are very interested in International Schools overseas.
Today, they started to plan their essays (Do children learn best in a traditional school environment?') and we realised that you would probably be graduating this year! They asked me to get in touch with you and let you know how much your writing helped them with theirs and that it's a small world after all!
Kind regards and good luck for the future,
Mrs Kate Mills
Teacher of English
Havelock Academy
k.mills@havelockacademy.co.uk
Greetings Mrs Kate
ReplyDeleteVery amused indeed! Just began looking around for it and found it on my old blog (http://luckylittlemeatcreature.blogspot.com/2008/03/of-discursive-essays.html).
I never imagined my essay could be brought into the classroom in such a way as that. Thank you for the opportunity! Also, now I know a little bit more about another International School overseas; Havelock Academy.
I actually just finished my IGCSE papers about 4 weeks ago! I'm truly grateful and humbled my writing is doing good for your students! It truly is a small world after all!
My best regards to you and your students, and to always charge forward!
Bernard Sam
Class of 2010
Cempaka International School