{"id":51535,"date":"2024-12-26T19:04:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=51535"},"modified":"2024-12-26T19:04:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:04:50","slug":"carry-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/12\/26\/carry-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Carry-On"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:813,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/boxd.it\\\/C0B2&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/letterboxd.com\\\/film\\\/carry-on-2024\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>&#x1f3a5; Carry-On (2024): <a href=\"https:\/\/boxd.it\/C0B2\">&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This really wants to be a modern Die Hard \u2014 complete with opening with a shot of a plane landing directly overhead \u2014 but having just watched Die Hard (as we do every Christmas Eve), I can safely say this is no Die Hard. It\u2019s paced a bit too slow for an action\/suspense film (Die Hard is 15 minutes longer, but this one <em>feels<\/em> longer), Edgerton only seems to have one expression and doesn\u2019t remotely embody the relatable \u201ceveryman\u201d that Willis did, and too much of what happens happens because the plot needs it to happen, not because it makes sense. The most interesting part was a fun action sequence that\u2019s shot entirely from within a car (which doesn\u2019t involve any of the main characters). But at least the TSA gets their \u201cno, really, they\u2019re just good people trying to do their Very Important Jobs\u201d propaganda in for the holidays!<\/p>\n<p>(Spoilers follow\u2026)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While the \u201cfiguring out where the bad guy is by noticing sounds\u201d bit was clever, but depends too much on the bad guy being a chatterbox. The entire \u201cget to know you\u201d bit doesn\u2019t even make sense, as it means the main character is sitting there apparently talking to himself; not exactly a way to not draw attention. The bad guy should have just kept his mouth shut except for instructions and threats, but then the plot wouldn\u2019t have worked.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the suitcase was switched just ended up being confusing \u2014 I think in the end, he switched the <em>contents<\/em> of the two cases? Still not entirely sure, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1f3a5;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: This really wants to be a modern Die Hard, but can\u2019t pull it off. But the TSA gets their feel-good propaganda!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[5987],"class_list":["post-51535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-carry-on"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51536,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51535\/revisions\/51536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}