Exclusive Hot Scene: ‘Red’

COMMENTS (16)

• i’ll remember to put this “hot scene” on the next time i have trouble sleeping.

  Comment by freddy — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 5:03pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Maybe “hot” refers to “hot off the presses” instead of “this is the epitome of AWESOME” ? I don’t know, but “hot” has been included to describe other things, like new trailers and such on this site.

    Comment by Creek — Thursday September 30, 2010 @ 9:44am PDT  Reply to this post

• Helen Mirren is a piece!

  Comment by Jim — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 5:58pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Hope that’s not going to be the trailer! Talk about a scene taken out of context! Wake up Freddy!!

  Comment by Oh Boy — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 5:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Agree about Mirren, and all around talented actors. But this clip??? Awful direction. They’re all phoning in their performance, especially “Weeds” mom – what’s with the deer stuck in the headlights look? What idiot decided to release this as the clip to show to help market the film?

  This just looks terrible. This is directed by the guy who brought us such weiners as “Flight Plan” and “Time Traveler’s Wife”.

  Comment by Yuck — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 6:01pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • To all of you aspiring directors out there, several textbook examples of what NOT to do in this scene with the camera — starting with the extremely awkward, distracting, and completely unnecessarily complicated dolly reveal that opens the scene — wow, pointless and awkward.

    Then the shot tracking with Helen Mirren ANTICIPATING her dialogue, it’s exactly the kind of thing you should not be doing with a camera (telegraphing the actors).

    And yes, every shot of Mary Louise Parker looks like she’s surprised to be getting her temperature taken with a rectal thermometer.

    And story-wise, this is supposed to be the LET’S GET PUMPED UP SCENE! WE’RE BADASS ASSASINS COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT TO KICK SOME ASS!!! (cue the “Rocky” music)

    …and they all look like they’re ready to curl up for a nap. This clip does not bode well for the film…

    Comment by sheldrake — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 7:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Directors should not shoot table scenes if they don’t understand how eye-lines work.

      Who is looking at who?

      Wow. Someone yank this guy’s DGA card.

      Comment by supersned — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 8:27pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • “And yes, every shot of Mary Louise Parker looks like she’s surprised to be getting her temperature taken with a rectal thermometer.”

      Hilarious description of MLP’s acting in every movie of hers I’ve ever seen.

      Comment by true — Thursday September 30, 2010 @ 9:33am PDT  Reply to this post

• Morgan Freeman could read the phonebook and be interesting, but everyone else sucks. Bruce, you’re 55 years old, stop doing action movies. What is this, like the geriatric DIE HARD?

  Comment by Robin the hood — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 6:05pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Yes. Yes it is. And because of that, it’s going to be AWESOME

    Comment by please — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 6:55pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Well, yeah. The point is that they’re old.

    Comment by Michael — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 7:28pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Big opening weekend. A lifetime of endless ancillary sales. They really are getting the band back together.

  Comment by anotherwgamember — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 6:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

• You know those marketing campaigns for big action movies where they have a commercial devoted to each character? I’ve seen 100 commercials for Red and EVERY single one has been for Malkovich’s character. It’s like that said “Oh screw it. He’s the only interesting character in this crappy movie. Nobody will notice.”

  Comment by Pablo — Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 8:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Love the dialogue.

  “You’re not going without me.”

  Comment by Malibo Jackk — Thursday September 30, 2010 @ 12:29am PDT  Reply to this post

• READY! Lights. Camera. Cue the crickets!!!

  Comment by DJT — Thursday September 30, 2010 @ 4:35am PDT  Reply to this post

• I just want to say that Morgan Freeman has been blessed with probably the greatest voice in the universe.

  But you have to agree with sheldrake & supersned, awful directing.

  Comment by jkl — Friday October 1, 2010 @ 3:14am PDT  Reply to this post