Under Attack

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is actually a remake?? Wow, I would have never known this, why couldn't they pick a different train??? You guys know I'm going to NYC next week and that I'll be going in the Metro and all, right? It's just not very wise to see this movie right before taking a trip to NYC where I know that I'll be taking the Metro just about everywhere I need to go. I must see The Statue of Liberty for sure, even if it's from Battery Park, I don't care. Also I'd like to walk along the Brooklyn Bridge (No movies about disasters here... right?
Oh well, New York is always under attack, if it isn't by aliens (think Independence Day) or by a natural disaster (Think Deep Impact or The Day After Tomorrow), terrorists attack in World Trade Center (based on true events, of course), hijackers in The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, even King Kong, Godzilla or by just anything else you can think of has happened to the Big Apple at least once...
So anyways, I know there's danger anywhere you turn in NYC... and I love it.
If you saw John Travolta walking into the subway with his beenie hat and his goatee on, with his tatoos and his mean guy-fresh-off-prison look, you couldn't recognize him, it's the best coverup I've ever seen for a celebrity. maybe more celebrities should take his disguise and just roam around the city without anyone noticing. Oh, that's right I forgot the paparazzi!!
So the movie is very predictable, nothing new to the table, really. It's just a game of who outsmarts the other. On one end is the hijackers led by John Travolta as the smartass, fresh-out-of-prison go-to guy to do all mischievous things to the passengers of Pelham 1 2 3 that has been chosen as hostages for a ransom that John Travolta is demanding. The amount? $10 millions dollars CASH!! Tatatatatatah... I can see Dr. Evil licking his lips and raising his pinky next to his mouth and laughing histerically. I know, it's like the first thing you can think is: why ask for just 10 million dollars, I mean the lives of some citizens is just worth 10 million dollars?? (It is, it turns out) Anyhow, that's how much he's asking for so that's what they must come up with.
And on the other hand there's just a Metrorail employee played by the great Denzel Washington who is starting to show his age (finally!! can you believe he looks this good still, and he's already 55 almost my mom's age) but he's just a family man who just happens to be on the other end of the line when the crazy, lunatic Travolta character calls in and demands his $10 million dollars within 1 hour or else... yep, you guessed it: he'll start killing hostages one by one until there's none. Bad, bad, bad Travolta, bad!
So you can figure out the rest, it all plays out at the end but it's an enjoyable film still with other great actor like James Gandolfini as the mayor, John Turturro as the negotiator, among others.
Now, I must get ready for my very own adventure which starts tomorrow with my own trip to the wonderful Big Apple. I love that city, just thinking that in a few hours I'll be walking through that incredible city, Times Square and seeing the Rockerfeller Plaza, seing a Broadway show or strolling htrough Central Park and just endless things I can do in NYC, and I even heard they have Gay Pride this weekend over there so I may visit some of the clubs there like Splash or Monster. There's just so much to do in so little time (I must be back on Sunday!!!) Oh well, I'll take plenty of pictures to share and I'm sure James Paul will win The Fashion Show competition, did you get to vote yet??? Hmmmmmmmmmmm, well, I must go guys, time to pack. Happy blogging!!! Wish me good luck, too.
I'll be needing it for when I take that stupid Metro LOLOL If I see TRavolta in there I swear I'll get the fuck out, I swear, he scared the bejesus outta me LOL