I wanted to like Last Action Hero but it was a bit too self-aware and the kid gets annoying after a bit - not his fault, his character was written that way. I felt True Lies captured a lot of what LAH was trying to do but more subtle, funnier and just all around better.
I wanted to like Last Action Hero but it was a bit too self-aware and the kid gets annoying after a bit - not his fault, his character was written that way. I felt True Lies captured a lot of what LAH was trying to do but more subtle, funnier and just all around better.
Although LAH (and Charles Dance) did ultimately instill in me the relentless urge to quote, "I snap my fingers again, and sometime tomorrow you emerge from several canine recta" to my enemies, so there's that, I guess.
I think TRUE LIES is definitely the better movie, but I also think LAH was doing something really interesting, deconstructing the genre about five years before everyone was ready to do so. Genuinely before its time!
I wanted to like Last Action Hero but it was a bit too self-aware and the kid gets annoying after a bit - not his fault, his character was written that way. I felt True Lies captured a lot of what LAH was trying to do but more subtle, funnier and just all around better.
Although LAH (and Charles Dance) did ultimately instill in me the relentless urge to quote, "I snap my fingers again, and sometime tomorrow you emerge from several canine recta" to my enemies, so there's that, I guess.
Mercedes Ruehl also mugs excessively in LAH.
Excessively or the perfect amount?
I think TRUE LIES is definitely the better movie, but I also think LAH was doing something really interesting, deconstructing the genre about five years before everyone was ready to do so. Genuinely before its time!