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This was me. Intrigued by the movie (I think there may have been a remake), let me to read the book and it's sequels. Not disappointed by any of them and would recommend watching/reading to anyone.
Film Reviews - what have you seen lately, what did you think?
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This was me. Intrigued by the movie (I think there may have been a remake), let me to read the book and it's sequels. Not disappointed by any of them and would recommend watching/reading to anyone.
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Those Who Wish Me Dead (HBO Max) - Angelina Jolie stars as a fire jumper in Montana that is haunted by not being able to save people in a fire the year prior and is now relegated to a fire tower. She is good friends with the town sheriff (Jon Bernthal/The Punisher) and his pregnant wife who runs a survivalist camp. Sheriff receives a call from a friend on the run from the mob that is an accountant saying hitmen are coming for him. Before he gets there he is ambushed and his son escapes into the woods. He happens to run into Jolie and it turns into her protecting him from the hitmen while a fire is on the way.
This movie is a straight throwback to something we would have gotten in the 90's. If this had been made in the mid-90's it would have starred Nicholas Cage and would have been a little more over the top. Not necessarily a bad thing in this day and age. Was a descent flick with a good supporting cast. The hitmen are played by the guy who was Littlefinger on GOT and the guy that plays Beast in the newer X-Men movies. They work for Tyler Perry who shows up for a whole 5 seconds. 6/10.
This movie is a straight throwback to something we would have gotten in the 90's. If this had been made in the mid-90's it would have starred Nicholas Cage and would have been a little more over the top. Not necessarily a bad thing in this day and age. Was a descent flick with a good supporting cast. The hitmen are played by the guy who was Littlefinger on GOT and the guy that plays Beast in the newer X-Men movies. They work for Tyler Perry who shows up for a whole 5 seconds. 6/10.
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Sounds familar to that schitty 90s movie Firestorm staring Howie Long.
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Is that why you can’t watch gay porn anymore: you’ve mastered the art, and they don’t do it like you?
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Wouldn't know.
Will have to defer to your vast knowledge of the subject.
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Creative comeback. Well done.
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Greenland 2020 HBO - Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin 
The plot sounds inciting. To wit the earth is under asteroid bombardment and Gerard, Morena and their son have, for reasons I didn't catch, been invited to board a plane to escape. Honestly I fast forwarded through 3/4s and never got to the end. Despite the interesting setup the movie was all about them trying to get to the plane. It turns out the son is diabetic so he is not allowed to board. So the wife and son are separated from Gerard. The rest of the movie is just will they/ won't they tension. Cheap "oh that's sad" tension. There is a reason that this went straight to HBO because it is terrible. Joe Bob says watch Firefly instead to get your Morena Baccarin fix.
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The plot sounds inciting. To wit the earth is under asteroid bombardment and Gerard, Morena and their son have, for reasons I didn't catch, been invited to board a plane to escape. Honestly I fast forwarded through 3/4s and never got to the end. Despite the interesting setup the movie was all about them trying to get to the plane. It turns out the son is diabetic so he is not allowed to board. So the wife and son are separated from Gerard. The rest of the movie is just will they/ won't they tension. Cheap "oh that's sad" tension. There is a reason that this went straight to HBO because it is terrible. Joe Bob says watch Firefly instead to get your Morena Baccarin fix.Morena Baccarin for research purposes:
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The typos here today on "the chatter" are cracking me up!Greenland 2020 HBO - Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin
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* enticing
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Honestly, I wasn't being the grammar nazi! I read your post right after reading the Lusitania post. Both made me smile.
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Gerald Butler will do anything for a paycheckGreenland 2020 HBO - Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin
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But almost all of us would enjoy the paycheck he is getting for that crap.
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No doubt. I would love to get paid to put out a couple trash films each year. I think the last 2 or 3 had to do with global warming. Costar with hot chicks, film in cool places and get paid. Luckily he isn't one of the ones bragging about "artistry" like some of them do. He seems to know he's leading a stinker and just takes the check laughing. He's this generations Bruce Willis. Every now and then he hits something good, but gets paid a lot of money along the way.
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The finance minister and I watched a movie called Irresistible tonight starring Steve Carell. He's a Hillary campaign guy, kicked in the junk by the 2016 election, and tries to start getting the dems connected to the heartland. A video surfaces of a Marine Colonel in a small Wisconsin town making an impassioned speech about equality yada yada yada, so he flies out to BFE and convinces this guy to run form mayor as a democrat. They start raising all kinds of PAC money, then the republican PAC comes to town and it turns into a big fight for every vote in this tiny town. We had a few good laughs during this one, lots of sarcasm (which I love, believe it or not). Has a big plot twist at the end that I liked. Surprisingly critical of both sides in politics. Not gonna win any awards but it was a good "movie night" movie. I think it was on HBO, can't remember.
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Honest Thief (2020) <Netfilx or Amazon Prime, I forget>
Liam Neeson is type cast, and this film does minimal effort with his type of role. I can't try to credit as a means for him to break type, either. Premise is a man who has robbed about 8 banks in the past decade meets a woman and decides to come clean - with her, and with the FBI. He calls the FBI and tries to make a deal, the lower level agents sent to check out 'yet another person confessing to be the in-and-out robber' get there, realize he is legit, and end up stealing the millions he tries to turn in as part of his deal. They figure, nobody will believe him. Story gets a bit deeper in that their boss starts to believe Neeson and question his agents, things go proegresively worse for the agents to where they are attempting to kill Neeson and his gf to get rid of witnesses. All in all, the story has a lot of break points - Neeson is smart enough to rob banks and get away with it for years (and some of what he does to the agents), and yet he's dumb enough to hand over the money early in his discussions with the agents? The agents make repeatedly bad decisions that a trained FBI agent wouldn't have thought thru the repercussions? Back to Neeson's type cast....there are very few moments reflective of his 'I know who you are, and I'm coming to get you' type roles, they are too few and too shallow. If you wanted a Neeson film, this won't deliver. If you want to see him branch out a bit...this won't deliver. This isn't the worst film ever, or even in his career, but it's def on the low end. 4/10.
Liam Neeson is type cast, and this film does minimal effort with his type of role. I can't try to credit as a means for him to break type, either. Premise is a man who has robbed about 8 banks in the past decade meets a woman and decides to come clean - with her, and with the FBI. He calls the FBI and tries to make a deal, the lower level agents sent to check out 'yet another person confessing to be the in-and-out robber' get there, realize he is legit, and end up stealing the millions he tries to turn in as part of his deal. They figure, nobody will believe him. Story gets a bit deeper in that their boss starts to believe Neeson and question his agents, things go proegresively worse for the agents to where they are attempting to kill Neeson and his gf to get rid of witnesses. All in all, the story has a lot of break points - Neeson is smart enough to rob banks and get away with it for years (and some of what he does to the agents), and yet he's dumb enough to hand over the money early in his discussions with the agents? The agents make repeatedly bad decisions that a trained FBI agent wouldn't have thought thru the repercussions? Back to Neeson's type cast....there are very few moments reflective of his 'I know who you are, and I'm coming to get you' type roles, they are too few and too shallow. If you wanted a Neeson film, this won't deliver. If you want to see him branch out a bit...this won't deliver. This isn't the worst film ever, or even in his career, but it's def on the low end. 4/10.
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Army of the Dead (2021): This is one of those Netflix movies. I did enjoy Synders take on "of the Dead" movies in the 00's and hoped this would be just as entertaining. It looks like he tried to make it a cross between the Ocean's movies, Expendables, and Resident Evil, and at times it was entertaining and other times it felt forced. The characters were interesting enough. A bunch of actors that you saw in other stuff, but not the stars of those movies. The story had potential, but post DCEU Synder was directing and made bland and it too convoluted.
The Positives:
When the action was going, good action
Dave Batista
Badass chicks kicking ass
Cool premise
The Negatives:
Long periods of nothing, even the dialog sucks
Different tiers of zombies, but not in a entertaining way
Just on the stupid level of predictable
Soundtrack is filled with schitty versions of good songs, except for the Richard Cheese one.
As a movie it's worth a fck it watch so gets a solid 5/10...
ThreatMatrix Matrix: some big titties at the beginning, but none of the cool chicks bared anything
Deet Diagram: No homeless ass
The Positives:
When the action was going, good action
Dave Batista
Badass chicks kicking ass
Cool premise
The Negatives:
Long periods of nothing, even the dialog sucks
Different tiers of zombies, but not in a entertaining way
Just on the stupid level of predictable
Soundtrack is filled with schitty versions of good songs, except for the Richard Cheese one.
As a movie it's worth a fck it watch so gets a solid 5/10...
ThreatMatrix Matrix: some big titties at the beginning, but none of the cool chicks bared anything
Deet Diagram: No homeless ass
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The Gunman (20something)
I held off on watching this one forever because, well, Sean Penn, but I finally broke down.
This is another redemption movie about an operator and NGOs in Africa. As a movie for entertainment/good acting, movies like Blood Diamond will always be a better movie, but I actually liked this one. Whoever was doing the technical advising was very, very good and the Director clearly did what he was advised to do (dialogue/terminology as well as the action).
ThreatMatrix Matrix: I don't think there were actually any boobs, but the girl was hot and I really did want to see them.
Deet Diagram: A lot of the movie was in Africa, and they are all kinda homeless, but no ass seen.
I held off on watching this one forever because, well, Sean Penn, but I finally broke down.
This is another redemption movie about an operator and NGOs in Africa. As a movie for entertainment/good acting, movies like Blood Diamond will always be a better movie, but I actually liked this one. Whoever was doing the technical advising was very, very good and the Director clearly did what he was advised to do (dialogue/terminology as well as the action).
ThreatMatrix Matrix: I don't think there were actually any boobs, but the girl was hot and I really did want to see them.
Deet Diagram: A lot of the movie was in Africa, and they are all kinda homeless, but no ass seen.
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The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017): After hearing Deet's gush all over this movie for about three years, finally took the time to watch it. I'm a fan of Samuel Jackson and Ryan Reynolds (fcking Canadian) and was expecting their back and forth to be good and it didn't disappoint. Basic plot hitman makes a deal with interpol for his testimony his super hot wife Salma Hayek gets a full pardon. Of course Interpol has a person working for the main villian, and once you saw him on screen it's the dude that is always the mole or main villain. The only surviving Interpol officer (Electra from Netflix's Daredevil) used to bang Ryan Reynold's character before he fcked up his life. She calls him to protect the Hitman, and they have a history. This is where the movie really starts to go. It's an entertaining back and forth with good action. And did I mention Salma Hayek is hot.
The Positives:
The back and forth between Reynolds and Jackson
Action scenes are good
Soundtrack not too bad either
Salma Hayek bent over a pool table in skin tight jeans
Gary Oldman as the villain, is always a good thing
Salma Hayek cussing in English and in Spanish (yes it is hot)
Car chases in schitty Ford cars, was against type but funny
The Negatives:
The plot is a lot of paint by the numbers
Not a whole fcking lot, it's Samuel Jackson saying motherfcker a bunch of times...
I give this solid ride a 8/10... and the Mrs agrees. She also agrees that Salma Hayek is hot, and way out of my league.
Threatmatrix Matrix: No tits, ass or bush...
Deet Diagram: they travel all through Europe so probably some homeless ass, but Deet hasn't admitted to drinking out of any of it.
The Positives:
The back and forth between Reynolds and Jackson
Action scenes are good
Soundtrack not too bad either
Salma Hayek bent over a pool table in skin tight jeans
Gary Oldman as the villain, is always a good thing
Salma Hayek cussing in English and in Spanish (yes it is hot)
Car chases in schitty Ford cars, was against type but funny
The Negatives:
The plot is a lot of paint by the numbers
Not a whole fcking lot, it's Samuel Jackson saying motherfcker a bunch of times...
I give this solid ride a 8/10... and the Mrs agrees. She also agrees that Salma Hayek is hot, and way out of my league.
Threatmatrix Matrix: No tits, ass or bush...
Deet Diagram: they travel all through Europe so probably some homeless ass, but Deet hasn't admitted to drinking out of any of it.
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