First of all, it should have been called The Sexy Man, because boy howdy, let me tell you, Josh was so f**king hot it this movie, that I had a heat stroke by the time the movie was over.
The movie began fairly decent, giving just a little indication of what was going on. So in the first 10 minutes, we get full frontal bare chest of His Most Jimmyness, minus the tattoos. All I could think of was how I probably hate that makeup artist who had to spend hours dabbing flesh tone on those beautiful biceps and that pecked out chest. All I could think of was "DAMN!!!!" I am still in delirium, and I've created a new term tonight. You've heard of slap-happy, well I've spent the last couple of hours just being Josh-happy!
The movie flowed rather well and it had some really cool special effects that tether on the brink of being gross. But it was still too cool. Those arms of his get really good screen time. And now my mind is going back to his chest and his tummy and I officially hate Elizabeth Shue who had a little too much time with her face on his chest!!!
I'm sorry , but I have one thing to say. Josh is all MAN with a capital
DAMN!!!!! I'm really trying not too give too much away with this review and maybe Cassie can help me out here, but just based on the pure sexiness that Josh exuded in this movie, I have to give it 2 thumbs up. But on a sadder note, the movie had its low points as well. Again, the special effects were totally cool, but squeamish at times. There is a really weird part that involved animal cruelty, but it's not really shown, but the implication was bad enough. All in all, Kevin killed an invisible dog, which may have saved some on the budget, but the yelping was bad enough. Josh did bleed a lot, but damn that man looks sexy anyway.
There is a lot of nudity in this movie, and the only sad part is that Josh doesn't get naked enough. Kevin had too many ass-shots and I honestly think that he gives new meaning to "the little thing that flaps." But I can't help but think of what Elizabeth said in her interview on Leno the other night of it looking like steak. (if you see it, you'll know what we mean. What, couldn't this also give new meaning to Bacon???) Just keep that in mind. There is a lot of female nudity as well, but I'm still a little irked that Josh didn't get much nudity. Where are the Josh butt shots when you need them??? However, he does look good in those jeans!!!
Okay, what else. I know I shouldn't do this, but I can't help myself, so if you want to go on, by all means, do so, but here goes……….HE LIVES!!!!!!!
He stayed alive through the entire movie!!!!! I was literally screaming when the credits rolled because he lived to the end and he had a hero like presence as well. But it was really strange because the ending itself lacked a certain something, but he was alive and okay and that's all I cared about. All I could think of was how he might actually get more notice in this than Kevin Bacon. I'm still not sure what it was missing, but it just could have had a little more. At least Josh and Elizabeth didn't have that mushy kissing scene at the end like Die Hard or whatever those other action-thrillers have.
And when you see this, just let yourself compare Josh's chest to Kevin's. Kevin looks like a puny girlie man next that sexy, pumped up chest of that too damned sexy stud muffin bucket of lust that is known as Josh.
I don't know what else to write other than if you can handle strange things and such, definitely see this movie. Even if it might get bad reviews, just the shirtless Josh scenes were well worth $7.50.
I guess that's it for now. I'm still delirious and Josh-happy and I really want to marry that man now. Oh, and as sad as it is, I officially hate Melissa and Lisa now, because I just can't help but think that she stood just feet from his sexiness and probably was close enough to smell the studliness of him.
The Hollow Man~~~2 very enthusiast horny thumbs up!!!!!
Wendy
Well I would hate to disagree with Wendy, but I must admit to giving this film only one and a half somewhat enthusiastic thumbs up.
The special effects are incredible, but truth be told, if I really wanted to know what the inside of a man or ape looked like, I would have gone to medical school. Do the film makers of Hollywood think the movie going public has gotten so unimaginative that they must show us every explicit detail of what our bones, muscles, fat, and veins look like? Gross! Thank goodness we all have skin or I would have to barf every time I saw someone without their clothes on.
These filmmakers seem to have chosen the wrong times to ask us to use our imaginations. Did Kevin's character rape his neighbor, whom he had the habit of spying on pre-invisibility, or as he told one of his co-workers, did he just scare her? This was typical of the filmmakers, to give us little insight into Kevin's character, thus making it difficult to understand the path he choose to take with his invisibility and even more difficult to care.
Perhaps we were supposed to use our imaginations to explain how invisibility results in super-human strength. Or to explain how a pipe, which Kevin lays on while picking up the hefty coworker in order to kill him, can sustain the weight of both men, but falls to pieces when Josh accidentally shoots it with a dart gun?
Is there some movie-making rule that says all geniuses must also be ass-holes? Is that enough of an explanation for the transformation from genius scientist and work alcoholic to peeping Tom and murderer.
Speaking of geniuses, is there also some new rule that scientists and doctor's must have great bodies, great faces and dress like they are fifteen. Are we really supposed to believe that a veterinarian, one of the best around, goes to work with no bra on? Of course we are, just as we are supposed to believe that beautiful women who live across the street undress every night with the curtain open. This makes it easier to accept the necessity for the endless breast shots. Haven't moviemakers figured out that for half of the population, if we really feel the need to see breasts we can just go look in the mirror?
Now let's discuss the plot, or perhaps the lack thereof. Genius scientist, having successfully tested his formula on a gorilla, decides to test it on himself. Only after an unsuccessful attempt to bring him back to visibility do they bother to bring up the fact that human DNA is different. Well duh!
I could go and on about holes in the plot, bad acting and Kevin's penis, but I know what you all really want to read about.
Yes…………..Josh, for the second time in a row, lives through to the end of the movie. This must be some kind of new record, and hopefully will become a big trend.
Josh had obviously been working out, maybe to keep Minnie interested? Anyway, it's to our benefit as we get to see him shirtless several times. After all genius scientists apparently have too much on their minds to close the curtains when there is an invisible man on the lose and they want to have sex.
Josh handles his role pretty well, consistently acting on a level much above Elisabeth Shue's. Perhaps she should loan him her award to help give him some clout in Hollywood as he's starting to become one of those under-appreciated actors. Be warned however, there's very little Jimmy in this character. He can't shoot a dart gun to hit the side of a barn. The girl has to save him, and then while he is hanging above on a ladder watching, save herself.
Definitely see this one at a matinee.
Ps. One bonus to this movie is its creative use of duct tape. As anyone in the SCA will tell you, duct tape is the mother of all inventions. Perhaps Josh's next movie can be about a man who saves the world using only duct tape. That would be much more plausible than the plot of this movie. Wendy, start typing.
Okay, so a lot of what Cassie is saying is true. The plot was a little bit predictable and sometimes I was wondering what the hell did they do that for??? But it's very true about the duct tape. Obviously, Josh can be killed by an insect, have his brains beaten with a baseball bat, cut off his own thumb, and (what other ways has he died?), but as long as there is duct tape, who cares that he had a crowbar go through him? Once Elizabeth slapped it on, put him next to a burning pile of papers, he was still able to come and save the day, in a way.
And as Cass and I just discussed again, there was one more thing that didn't make sense. Why is it that a building that has the most hi-tech construction in it and a project that is funded by the Pentagon have a faulty sprinkler system? After Kevin goes crazy with power, he is setting everything in site on fire and making nitrogen bombs, the sprinklers ONLY go off after Elizabeth shoots it with a tranquilizer gun.
And just what was that about, Cassie? Did you wonder how he is totally unconscious, frozen half to death bleeding to death and all she has to do is put him next to a fire of computer paper? Anyone who has ever tried to start a fire in your fireplace knows that newspaper just does not cut it!!! Same idea here. But obviously it works in Washington DC because it thawed out Josh enough to give him enough strength to go after Kevin and try to save Elizabeth again.
And don't get me started on that one little scene where he's grabbing her ass. Obviously they can't kiss on the street because Kevin might be loose, but they are going to tear each other's clothes off in front of a window? And Josh still wasn't naked enough, but I digress.
And not only did Kevin have super human strength after being burned, he was electrocuted, hit on the head with a crowbar, burned some more, steamed and just about everything else, and he is still trying to kill people. But at least he wasn't almost frozen to death as Josh was, but he looked kinda sexy all iced over and all I could think of was how I wanted to warm him up.
Oh, this is fun. Some of the cursing seemed a little forced and didn't really fit in. And why does the sista get it first??? Woman can't even go to the bathroom in privacy and she gets killed. And aren't these supposed to be his best friends and co-workers??
So, there you have 2 sides of the story. If you are just dying to see Josh's buffness in all it's glory, then go, go go!!!! But if you are squeamish and have something against illogical thrillers, maybe wait for the matinee. But either way, I think it made for and exciting Friday night at the movies.
Wendy & Cassie
The Hollow Man
