Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
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Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
HD Trailer | IMDB | 6 February 2009
A riveting action-thriller, Push burrows deep into the deadly world of psychic espionage where artificially enhanced paranormal operatives have the ability to move objects with their minds, see the future, create new realities and kill without ever touching their victims. Against this setting, a young man and a teenage girl take on a clandestine agency in a race against time that will determine the future of civilization.
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Pros:
+ Most movies with Hounsou are good.
+ Theme seems interesting.
+ Explosions.
Cons:
- Jumper was awful.
- Untested/unknown director and writer.
- There's only one good movie that Summit is distributing and it's not the one with the Human fucking Torch in it.
- Jumper... did you see it? It was terrible.
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Surprisingly it doesn't look that bad. I wouldn't call McGuigan untested either. Gangster No. 1 was really good and lots of people I know like Lucky Number Slevin.
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I saw the trailer for this in front of Sex Drive last weekend. It looked pretty interesting to me, although it just makes me think of Heroes.
And I didn't think Jumper was that bad at all.
And I didn't think Jumper was that bad at all.
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I liked Jumper, so I'll try to catch this during the weekend.
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Re: Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
I wasn't too thrilled by it. While the cast is good, the idea behind these powers and whatnot seemed half-thought out. It was paced weirdly; fast then slllooowww. I don't know, I can see some really liking it and others rolling their eyes.
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Re: Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
Yeah, just alright... the middle is really SLOW, with lots of scenes that go nowhere and don't even help to build characters (no one here seems like a real person - just a 'power')... and the movie just ENDS without much resolution... if this were a hit, I could see the next film in the series delivering the goods, but this one is so weak I doubt they'll get a chance to make the next one... great cast but weak execution, no distinct/fleshed out characters and TIRED plot elements = dull.
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Re: Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
I give it a marginal recommendation. Like the others who've seen it, it did drag at times, and some of the characters didn't feel very fleshed out, but it mostly kept my interest. It was a more bleak version of "Heroes."
I really liked the chemistry between Evans and Fanning, in their sort of brother/sister relationship. I wouldn't compare this to Jumper, which I thought was pretty bad. At least the characters' actions in this one make more sense and had some decent dialogue.
I really liked the chemistry between Evans and Fanning, in their sort of brother/sister relationship. I wouldn't compare this to Jumper, which I thought was pretty bad. At least the characters' actions in this one make more sense and had some decent dialogue.
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Re: Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
I saw Push today and this is not this year's Jumper....Jumper was a lot better than this film. I would say it's more like this year's 10,000 B.C., which also starred Camilla Belle.
Let me sum up PUSH:
PROS:
+Dakota Fanning is not a little girl anymore
+Dakota Fanning gets drunk
+Dakota Fanning curses
+Dakota Fanning still manages to get some good emotional scenes in there
+Dakota Fanning is the next Jodie Foster
+Amistad is in it. He's always good, eventhough I can't understand what he says half the time.
+Cliff Curtis is in it, with powers to change the shape of things (I still wanted him to play Zartan in the G.I. Joe film, who is a shape shifter/master of disguise)
+Chris Evans is always entertaining and should be a leading man in more films
+Amistad's right-hand blond man is pretty cool and gets the most bad-ass action in the film.
+nice shots of Hong Kong
CONS:
-not good enough story, especially if it's trying to be a set-up for a sequel that will never happen.
-Camilla Belle shouldn't be in Hollywood - she's unappealing and droopy-eyed.
-not enough action
The main reason to see this film is to see the screaming, eye-bulging Chinese guys. They are so unintentionally funny and awesome, it's worth the price of admission. And I'm being serious. Totally worth the price of 12.50 theater admission. I hope these guys get roles in future X-men films..
Let me sum up PUSH:
PROS:
+Dakota Fanning is not a little girl anymore
+Dakota Fanning gets drunk
+Dakota Fanning curses
+Dakota Fanning still manages to get some good emotional scenes in there
+Dakota Fanning is the next Jodie Foster
+Amistad is in it. He's always good, eventhough I can't understand what he says half the time.
+Cliff Curtis is in it, with powers to change the shape of things (I still wanted him to play Zartan in the G.I. Joe film, who is a shape shifter/master of disguise)
+Chris Evans is always entertaining and should be a leading man in more films
+Amistad's right-hand blond man is pretty cool and gets the most bad-ass action in the film.
+nice shots of Hong Kong
CONS:
-not good enough story, especially if it's trying to be a set-up for a sequel that will never happen.
-Camilla Belle shouldn't be in Hollywood - she's unappealing and droopy-eyed.
-not enough action
The main reason to see this film is to see the screaming, eye-bulging Chinese guys. They are so unintentionally funny and awesome, it's worth the price of admission. And I'm being serious. Totally worth the price of 12.50 theater admission. I hope these guys get roles in future X-men films..
Last edited by toddly6666; 02-06-09 at 11:30 PM.
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Re: Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
Just by the list of pros sound like it was a better movie than Jumper.
Christ, that picture you posted already entertained me more than Jumper.
Christ, that picture you posted already entertained me more than Jumper.
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Re: Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
I generally liked it but this guys says what I felt almost exactly:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40018
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40018
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Re: Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
She's like Megan Fox, with talent.
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Re: Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
Saw this last night, pretty meh. Not near enough action and the ending was terrible. Dakota Fanning drunk was pretty funny though
As to the Camilla Belle argument, she's good-looking but something about her eyebrows bothers me...
As to the Camilla Belle argument, she's good-looking but something about her eyebrows bothers me...
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Re: Push (Paul McGuigan, 2009) — Telekinesis and Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Hounsou
it's not just her eyebrows, but also her droopy eyes...her bang hairdo didn't help as well...