tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724537973285198834.post1815506181351473460..comments2024-01-29T10:56:03.268-05:00Comments on My Movies, My Words (from Abbott to Ziggy): LETHAL WEAPONEric F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05062980077091387176noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724537973285198834.post-27875991715524130262013-05-17T08:19:23.441-04:002013-05-17T08:19:23.441-04:00I look forward to the Remains of the Day story. Le...I look forward to the Remains of the Day story. Lethal Weapon worked because the characters felt real. That scene with Gibson putting the gun in his mouth was disturbing like nothing else in action pictures. It was a moment of real drama. Rogers home life seemed to be typical for any one, distracted Dad, disruptive kids, bills, it was life. Then you layer the over the top violence on the drama and it goes bang. The lurid death of the girl flying off the top of the Capitol Records building, plus the in your face violence of the drug gang, create a template for action films for the next ten years.Richard Kirkhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428986542891346618noreply@blogger.com