Domino

Going against the advice of one of my best friends “China”, I rented out Domino to watch (instead of sleeping like I should have been doing). And she was wrong on one count – it wasn’t AWFUL. At least, not really.

I’m sure a lot will disagree with me on this, but I found the first 40 minutes or so awesome. The movie was done in a different way, sure, but isn’t that sometimes a GOOD thing? The fact the director was a teensy bit creative pulled me into the beginning of the movie. I’ll admit that the constant replaying of some lines, like: “My name is Domino Harvey, and I’m a bounty hunter [pause]. My name is D-d-d-d-domino Harvey-y-y-y. I’m a bounty hunter-r-r-r-r… [pause]. My name is Domino Harvey, and I’m a bounty hunter” got a tad irritating at best, but I still found it watchable.

I really liked how Keira represented Domino. There wasn’t much in the way of character development, but she still managed to pull off what was remaining; the best parts I found were the times she was incredibly cynical. I found with the British accent it made it almost humourous. And also she should be commended for learning the whole deal with the num-chucks (if that indeed was her and not a stunt double).

To cut a long story short, I sat through the first hour, and fast-forwarded the rest. I had no idea what was happening by the end of it, but I’m content to take the movie for what it was in the first 40 minutes.

The last thing I like to point out? The funniest part was when Lateesha was on Jerry Springer. That scene alone would have done well. Check it out: