John Woo

[Gunmaster45]

Some people were taught to keep their finger off the trigger by putting their finger up against the inside front of the trigger guard, so maybe that's the safety tecnique he was taught.

I like John Woo films, the gunfights are very cool and artistic, and at least when I see people launched through the air and guns never running out of bullets, I can go, "Well, it's a John Woo film."

As obvious by the new page, I just saw Face/Off and liked it a lot, despite the very bizzare story idea. I also liked Hard Boiled, although both subtitles and dubbing (mind you with Australian accents for people in Hong Kong!) the story was harder to focus on.

One I didn't like was Windtalkers. I don't think a war movie is a place to mess around with artistic action. War movies are Drama films, not action films. But it was okay with gunplay, so I still capped it for the site.

I love John Woo's trademarks, such as Berettas, akimbo firing, diving through the air, diving on banisters, flying doves, reflections, slo-mo, the list goes on.

One thing that does bug me though is that the main protaganist is apparantly the only one who can shoot people in a gunfight effectively, while everyone who allies him is either hopelessly mowed down or the guy has to run around and save everyone. Granted, I think Woo's films are great, that part just tends to bug me.