Daily Dose Of Fantasy

“Max Payne” wasn’t as good as I would think. Somewhere between “Sin City” and “Wars Of The Worlds,” the movie stopped. And by that, I mean its photography and the special effects, not the story.
The story is about a guy named Max Payne and a tough girl Mona, teaming up to find and kill those who killed the love of their lives, in between a drug company scandal.

In an interview Mila Kunis, who played the tough girl Mona, said about her character:
“I am so not a tough person. Yeah, it’s a little hard but I’m used to, from [That] ’70s [Show], being around so many boys all the time. I’m used to a different relationship. I’m just more used to being picked on and being like ha ha and just more funny versus trying to kick ass and pretend like I’m really tough and know what I’m doing. I never had to do that in life. This was definitely the first time ever where I was like okay, this is very strange and very unknown territory to me but I liked it because it was such a challenge but I did, I liked it a lot.”
“I just really wanted to beat Mark [Wahlberg] up and I did and it was really great. It was really empowering. I got a lot of my anger out and angst and yeah, that’s it. I’m a method actress. So I took my job very seriously. I insisted on practicing a lot.”
That actually makes sense, since I’ve heard that Mark Wahlberg was left bruised on the set of the film because Kunis beat him up for real during the fight scenes.

I think her clothes was sexy but she disagrees, as she said:
“I hated the clothes so much. The clothes sucked. Oh my God, it was awful. Mark was like bundled up in jackets and wet suits and coats and turtlenecks and I was in a leather bustier and black pants and 5 inch heels. The heels sucked. Oh my God, it was awful. And like five inches of snow in five inch heels, you can’t look sexy and you can’t look like you know what you’re doing because you’re fall and I’m klutzy. It’s bad.”

She said she learns to shoot guns for real:
“What made me feel empowered was the gun, not the clothes. Like if I had the gun, it didn’t matter what your size was, what your stature was. As long as I was holding the weapon, I win so that was really great. I enjoyed the guns and I enjoyed the training a lot. I had weapons safety and then [director] John [Moore] for some reason made me learn how to take an MK5H apart and put it back together blindfolded. I really don’t know why but I now know how to do that in case anyone wants it. I liked shooting the gun a lot more than I thought I would. I think I like that.”

The video-game-turned-movie “Max Payne” sold about $18 million in U.S box office just over the weekend.
Also, reportedly, there have been some criticism from the company that produces the Max Payne video games, as they claimed that “There are several fundamental story flaws … in the film that have me shaking my head in bewilderment.” Among them, is the fact that Payne is seen in a flashback scene half way through the movie learning that his family has been murdered; “In the game, we put this scene right at the front of the story for a reason! Saving this scene until mid-film is a narrative blunder, because the audience needs to empathize with Max in order to like him and understand what drives him.”

Right! At some point I was so bored by the narrative that I just wanted to go out and have a cig. But overall, I liked it!

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