Taken - Page 2

zmancbr · 02-17-2009, 11:22 AM

Great movie... my gf and I went to see it and both of us were impressed with it! My favorite line was "what you don't remember me?" You guys that have seen it now what I'm talking about...

02-17-2009, 09:13 PM

I saw this last night and liked it. Not an amazing movie, and predicable, but action packed and satisfying to watch.

I'm not the first one to make a comparison to Man on Fire with Denzel Washington, but I feel it's a bit different than that movie. The premise is very similar. Girl gets kidnapped, man carves out a swath of death and destruction to find her at all costs. However I found Liam Neeson's character to use more intelligence gathering tricks, subterfuge, and clever tactics than Denzel's character, which lends a slightly different feel to his rampage and it's less over the top. More guile, less guns.

foomanto · 02-18-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by totallytentative

I'm not the first one to make a comparison to Man on Fire with Denzel Washington, but I feel it's a bit different than that movie. The premise is very similar. Girl gets kidnapped, man carves out a swath of death and destruction to find her at all costs. However I found Liam Neeson's character to use more intelligence gathering tricks, subterfuge, and clever tactics than Denzel's character, which lends a slightly different feel to his rampage and it's less over the top. More guile, less guns.

i liked it and i can see the comparison. but i think Neeson's character was in the intelligence counter intelligence filed with combat training so he could take care of himself when the stuff hit the fan. Denzel's character was more of the solder that was sent into a situation and did what ever he needed to do to get the job done shoot first ask questions later.

smokeyandthebandit05 · 02-19-2009, 12:28 AM

I loved the movie. A friend of mine somehow got a hold of a reviewers copy so it was like DVD quality but boot leg lol..but yeah if anyone is thinkin about goin to see it, do it, you wont be let down

02-19-2009, 02:06 AM

We weren't that impressed with it. I think I'm just going to have to give up going to the movies. I have really big problems with movies that make you wait 30 minutes to get to the point that you saw in the PREVIEWS. Seriously, you KNOW she is kidnapped, I don't need all of that back story. The girlfriend and I both found it to be overly predictable and while the gratuitous violence was certainly amusing in it's own right, there was never a shortage of me wondering what else I could be doing that would be more entertaining.

02-17-2009, 11:22 AM	#21
zmancbr CERTIFIED THREAD KILLER!! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Zach Location: Color Red Posts: 1,692 Trading: (41)	Re: Taken Great movie... my gf and I went to see it and both of us were impressed with it! My favorite line was "what you don't remember me?" You guys that have seen it now what I'm talking about...

02-17-2009, 09:13 PM	#22
totallytentative Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Taken I saw this last night and liked it. Not an amazing movie, and predicable, but action packed and satisfying to watch. I'm not the first one to make a comparison to Man on Fire with Denzel Washington, but I feel it's a bit different than that movie. The premise is very similar. Girl gets kidnapped, man carves out a swath of death and destruction to find her at all costs. However I found Liam Neeson's character to use more intelligence gathering tricks, subterfuge, and clever tactics than Denzel's character, which lends a slightly different feel to his rampage and it's less over the top. More guile, less guns.

02-19-2009, 12:28 AM	#24
smokeyandthebandit05 Feeling at Home Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Rich Location: Branchville Posts: 758 Trading: (1)	Re: Taken I loved the movie. A friend of mine somehow got a hold of a reviewers copy so it was like DVD quality but boot leg lol..but yeah if anyone is thinkin about goin to see it, do it, you wont be let down __________________ MIAMI CANES 9-4 NJ DEVILS 37-21-3

02-19-2009, 02:06 AM	#25
TravelingJ Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Taken We weren't that impressed with it. I think I'm just going to have to give up going to the movies. I have really big problems with movies that make you wait 30 minutes to get to the point that you saw in the PREVIEWS. Seriously, you KNOW she is kidnapped, I don't need all of that back story. The girlfriend and I both found it to be overly predictable and while the gratuitous violence was certainly amusing in it's own right, there was never a shortage of me wondering what else I could be doing that would be more entertaining.