Mystery Team 2009 5 out of 10
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Skyscraper 2018 8+ out of 10
Skyscraper 2018 8+ out of 10
Let's face it Skyscraper is just a remake of Die Hard with a different name. In the world of where everything is remade it is surprising that they didn't actually do it under the Die Hard brand. But whether it says Die Hard on it or not it is a basically a Die Hard film. So what does this film have going for it to make it special?? Dwayne the Rock Johnson of course.
The Rock stars Will Sawyer as a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team Leader and war veteran that lost his leg from an explosion shown the beginning of the film. The film picks up 10 years later and his character has been hired as a security expert to assess the world's newest and tallest skyscraper. This thing is supposed to be the safest building in the world. Whenever you brag about the world's tallest and safest building it is of course doomed like the Titanic. Of course a crime syndicate is after some evidence that the owner of the building holds and decide to set the building on fire after disabling the buildings alarms. Will Sawyer's family happens to be in the building at the time and he has to climb a construction crane and leap with his one leg into the building and then take on the syndicate.
The film is totally ridiculous and over the top and that is a good thing. The Rock just has whatever it is in Hollywood. He is this generations Arnold Schwarzenegger. He shines in this role as a father trying to save his family against the odds. The film is full of fun action sequences and was a fun summer action film. If you like the Rock you will enjoy this flick. The only thing the original Die Hard has on this film is a better villain. You just can't beat Alan Rickman in Die Hard.
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Sunday, November 25, 2018
The Endless 2017 9 out of 10
The Endless 2017 9 out of 10
I randomly came across this film based only on the poster while looking up new releases on Netflix. The description looked interesting so I dove in headfirst. It is a low budget film so don't go in expecting amazing special effects. Instead it is an interesting and creative story that takes you someplace strange.
The story features two adult brothers that escaped a UFO death cult about 10 years ago. After a random video tape shows up the younger brother wants to go back to the camp, since the reason they had left 10 years earlier was because the older brother thought the cult was going to commit suicide. The older brother reluctantly agrees to spend one night back at the place (I have no idea why).
They arrive back at the camp and things get really weird. The people their haven't seemed to age at all and the film slowly builds to some interesting mysteries. Something supernatural has a grip on the camp and as they find out the surrounding areas as well. You think the film may just be about this strange cult --but instead there is something deeper and more interesting going on.
I enjoyed the originality of the storyline. I thought the script did a clever job of creating an interesting story on a budget. It brought to mind Coherence, another low budget Sci-fi film I really enjoyed. It created a new and interesting kind of unseen and creepy antagonist. This foe is never fully explained, but is definitely something I would like to see more of.
Check out the trailer below and then go into the movie with an open mind.
The story features two adult brothers that escaped a UFO death cult about 10 years ago. After a random video tape shows up the younger brother wants to go back to the camp, since the reason they had left 10 years earlier was because the older brother thought the cult was going to commit suicide. The older brother reluctantly agrees to spend one night back at the place (I have no idea why).
They arrive back at the camp and things get really weird. The people their haven't seemed to age at all and the film slowly builds to some interesting mysteries. Something supernatural has a grip on the camp and as they find out the surrounding areas as well. You think the film may just be about this strange cult --but instead there is something deeper and more interesting going on.
I enjoyed the originality of the storyline. I thought the script did a clever job of creating an interesting story on a budget. It brought to mind Coherence, another low budget Sci-fi film I really enjoyed. It created a new and interesting kind of unseen and creepy antagonist. This foe is never fully explained, but is definitely something I would like to see more of.
Check out the trailer below and then go into the movie with an open mind.
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Saturday, October 27, 2018
RIP Apu you will be missed.
Comedy has officially died as of October 27th 2018: The PC Police has won as The Simpons has caved to pressure on Apu After 30 years The Simpsons will be getting rid of Apu. Apparently people have discovered that the character is too much of a stereotype. Apparently they haven't noticed that the entire show is stereotypes. Every single character on the Simpson is a stereotype or an exaggeration of a stereotype of some kind. The show is a comical look at our society.
People are no longer able to laugh about or enjoy anything anymore. Abu is dead...... Who is next?
The lazy cop that eats donuts
The smelly Comic Book Nerd that lives in his moms basement.
Fat Tony the Italian mobster (Because all Italians are mobsters)
Let's get rid of all of the Simpsons Stereotypical characters . Like the corrupt Mayor with a Boston accent based on the Kennedys. Or Cletus the Slack Jawed Yokel (White Trash). And of course Homer himself. The Fat Dumb Bald Average White Guy? Don't even get me started on Bumble Bee Man. Maybe they should just cancel the show all together since all the characters may be offensive to someone. People can no longer laugh at themselves.
If it is so important to get rid of Apu what should happen to the 30 plus years of reruns that are on all hours of the day that feature the character? Should this character be digitally removed from all those episodes so as not to offend. Or maye we should run a warning before each episode. Or maybe all the shows should be pulled off the air? Watch out Family Guy you are next. It may just seem like a little thing to you--- but it has actually been a tidal wave of little things.
Here are just a few of the little caves to PC Culture in 2018 that form a slow tidal wave that is taking over our daily lives.
Early 2018: Disneyland caved and changed the Redhead scene from a Pirate Auction to Pirates Antique roadshow. Remember the pirate tales of yore when they sold art work in the town square.
Summer 2018: The Circus Animal Crackers box was changed because of pressure from PETA because the animals in circus cages on the box was too offensive. Free the animal cookies they said, because they have nothing else important to worry about.
Fall 2018: The Simpsons caves on Apu to remove the character from the show.
In 2018 it is offensive if your daughter puts on a Mulan or Moana dress for Halloween even if it is her favorite Disney character. All little girls should be able to dress like whoever their favorite Disney Princess is no matter what color their skin is. If your daughter is black she should be able to be be Snow White or Sleeping Beauty and if she is white she should be able to dres up like Jasmine of Mulan. Of course some people are probably offended that she is dressing up like a Princess at all.
People need to stop being offended by everything. People need to learn to laugh at themselves. We need comedy now more than ever-but instead we are letting tiny vocal portions of the society that are offended kill things off. I'm 100% over all political correctness. The show that makes me laugh the most right now is reruns of The Office because of its complete and total lack of political correctness. I refuse to be offended by redheads being sold at Pirate auctions or caged animal crackers or funny characters on an animated TV show. Netflix and Chill people Netflix and Chill.
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Game of Thrones : The Spoils of War : Quick Thoughts (Spoilers)
I'm generally at least a year late to the party for Game of Thrones. I don't have HBO and I'm not going to pay for it for one program. So I usually wait for Game of Thrones to come out on Netflix and then I binge it to catch up.
I have enjoyed the series as a whole -- but I have found myself at times completely disinterested in certain story lines while wanting more of others. So while Game of Thrones has been entertaining it has also been frustrating at times waiting for certain things to happen. A big example of these is the White Walkers: This undead army has to be the slowest bunch of dead people in Westeros. Seriously these guys need GPS or something because it has taken them forever to get anywhere. There was an epic battle with them in season 5 and now in the middle of season 7 they are still lolly gagging around in the north. If someone could please give them directions south it might speed things up.
The other storyline that I have been interested in has been the Mother of Dragons. The problem has been that her story has pretty much been disconnected from Westeros for the entire first 6 seasons of the show. It has at times felt like we just check in on her story while everything else has been happening in the main storyline. All of that changed with the season 7 episode: The Spoils of War. After watching Jaime Lannister's army win another victory the Mother of Dragons decided to heat things up a little bit. By heat things up we actually finally got to see one of her Dragons actually kick ass. After seeing the dragon in action I can see why they waited so long for this. The dragon devastating the Lannister army was bad ass. I've been waiting for a scene like this for the entire show. The end of the episode was predictable. I knew they weren't going to kill off Jaime Lannister but if they had that would have been an awesome way to go. Personally I think they should have done it.
I'm just glad that we finally got to see some epic dragon action. The show has really grown from Season 1 when the biggest battles never happened on screen to actually showing something of this scale and scope. I'm more all in on this show now then any other point in the story. It is about damn time that the Mother of Dragons finally showed up and got involved in the main storyline.
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Saturday, October 13, 2018
Get Hard 2015 6 out of 10
Get Hard 2015 6 out of 10
Get Hard has a fun premise and two great comedians. Will Ferrell plays a millionaire named James King that is going to be sent to prison for fraud. Being a rich out of touch white guy Will Ferrell just assumes that Darnell ( Kevin Hart ) has spent time in prison. He hires him to train him to survive prison and Kevin Hart's character takes the job because the money is too good to pass up.
Like many modern comedians this film has some really funny moments as Kevin Hart attempts to put Will Ferrell's clueless character through a ridiculous prison training camp. The two actors have good chemistry together which leads to some fun comic moments. The issue holding this film back from being a better film is the plot itself. It is obvious from early in the film that Will Ferrell's character is being set up to take the fall and that he is clearly innocent. It is also clear that at some point later in the film the story will turn from a story about training him for prison to uncovering who framed him to clear his name. Unfortunately the movie spends about 5/6 of the time showing the ill advised prison training and uncovering that he was framed is basically plugged into the end of the film almost as if it was an after thought.
My suggestion is that if you are a fan of either Will Ferrell or Kevin Hart than enjoy the film for the comic moments between the two actors. Just don't expect anything for the story itself.
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Dick Tracy vs Cueball 1946 5 out of 10 (50 Mystery Movies in 50 Weeks) Movie #3
Dick Tracy vs Cueball 1946 5 out of 10
In this Dick Tracy film Dick Tracy goes head to head with a dangerous criminal named Cueball. You guess it the guy is bald. The plot involves an expense diamond thief that gets murdered by Cueball before he can fence the diamonds.
This film was my least favorite of the Dick Tracy films on the 50 Mystery movie DVD set. The villain and story were just not as compelling as the other two films. The final showdown that features Dick Tracy chases down Cueball was however well done and a strong finish to an otherwise unremarkable film.
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