WAAF Movie Blog

If you listen to the show regularly, you’ve heard my impression of Liam Neeson, he appears to be in the news frequently because he’s in every other movie that comes out these days.

Fact is, I used to not really be a fan of Neeson’s..he never  played the lead in a movie before Schindler’s List that I could take seriously . He had small roles in some of my old school favorites like EXCALIBUR , THE MISSION and KRULL, but DARKMAN was the first starring role I saw..and honestly I thought that movie was pretty stupid (sorry fans).

He was great in SCHINDLERS LIST..but after that he made two movies I despised; BEFORE AND AFTER (made in Massachusetts) and..ahem..get ready..STAR WARS EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE. Granted he did what he could in that one..at least the dreadful THE HAUNTING had a hot CATHERINE ZETA-JONES.

Moving on however, he’s really made a comeback the past decade or so starring in several movies I thoroughly enjoyed.  BATMAN BEGINS, GANGS OF NEW YORK, LOVE ACTUALLY (guilty pleasure chick flick), and of course…TAKEN.  A recent favorite THE GREY is out on Blu-Ray and DVD..I highly recommended that one on the show when it was in theaters.

  I wasn’t particularly a fan of CLASH OF THE TITANS, didn’t see the WRATH sequel, and honestly…didn’t see THE A-TEAM. 

   LIAM appears to  still plugging along with his muddled American accent impression (He’s actually Irish) in two huge movies still to come this year this summers  DARK KNIGHT RISES and..not surprisingly TAKEN 2. Yes I’ll be there for both. 

I’ve included for your enjoyment three of my favorite LIAM NEESON moments;  the phone call from the kidnappers in TAKEN, a HILARIOUS  comedy scene from HBO’s LIFE’s TOO SHORT, and a scene from THE GREY.