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Beautifully put. When I was a kid TV was chock full of heroes, from Superman to The Green Hornet. Even cartoons had heroes you could relate to like Underdog and Felix the Cat. Then things started to change. Our heroes came under attack. Green Hornet and Batman were cancelled and Superman was taken out of syndication because they said kids were jumping off roofs with towels for capes trying to fly. Even back then my friends and I laughed at that notion and said any kid stupid enough to jump off a roof got what he deserved. We were onto the whole Darwin Award thing before it was a thing. But you're right Drinker. We can't have nice things In today's hypersensitive world of beta males, fem-nazi's, and PC puritans. God help us.
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I think it's a symptom, or byproduct, of a larger problem, the death of discernment and critical thinking. They aren't stressed in our education systems they way they once were so why should we expect them to appear in the marketplace? People have gotten lazy at the creative and the consumer end of the spectrum. I imagine there are a lot of great ideas dying on the vine because studios are too risk averse. I like some of the indie stuff but most don't have the resources to make a real blockbuster. So here's to Ghostbusters XX and Indiana Jones versus Batman.
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I told myself I wasn't going to bother with anymore reviews of this hot mess but to borrow from Michael Corleone, just when I thought I was out you brought me back in Drinker. I'll give ya credit. No one can summarize the root of a problem with more flair than you. Cheers! 👍
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If you come away from this film believing it is part of some Q Anon conspiracy or right-wing propaganda because Donald Trump watched it I'm willing to bet your commitment to the left has gone beyond the political and has drifted into cultish devotion. This is a powerful movie that sheds light on a deeply disturbing topic. It will make you cry and cheer at the same time, a rare feat. In the Hollywood of old, not the one dominated by cultural commies Bill Camp would win an Academy Award for his portrayal of the former cartel member trying to atone for past sins. Triple shame on those hacks at rags like Rolling Stone who trash this movie while writing columns that support the idea that children should be allowed to make decisions on gender and who to have sex with as well as changing the term pedophile to minor attracted person. That millstone waiting for you can never be too heavy.
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Oh man, this is the first time I've run across one of your videos and I love it! Siskel & Ebert my ass! THAT was top-flite analysis. As someone who grew up watching Star Trek when it was on prime time let me say, "Live long and prosper!"
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"Just like Tatiana, swallow it they must." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Quips like that are why I love ya Drinker! I just finished watching The Terminal List and it is a great show, a bit of a hybrid where The Fugitive meets Death Wish. It does start out a bit slow and at first I wasn't sure if it was overhyped, but by the time you get to the third episode...hang on tight. I was telling my buddy about it and he said it sounds like a lot of dying going on. I said yeah, but then I reminded him of that old line we used to say in Texas when it was still fashionable to do so: "Some shit just needs killin." Chris Pratt does a good job in the lead and I gotta say Constance Wu, who I had never heard of before this show, does a good job in her role as well. She's tough minded, but she doesn't go around acting like a guy. So if you haven't seen it, take it from the Drinker. The Terminal List is eight hours well spent. On a side, I'm still waiting for you to review Outlaw Josee Wales and Crimson Tide Drinker. I know, they are a bit dated, but they are both right up your alley and I'd like to hear your thoughts on them. Maybe do a series on gangster movies as well. Lotsa good stuff out there waiting for your review. Just sayin.
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I'm gonna see it this week because I like westerns and I'm okay with epics because when I was coming up they weren't outliers. It's an ongoing story so I'm okay with some things being unresolved and with a bit of disjointedness. I'll reserve judgement until I see how good a job part two does putting it together. Besides, it pissed off all the right people who were crying about Costner not glamorizing the noble Indian enough and not painting the white man as the devil. "This is 2024 for f-s sake they cry out." Okay, that alone will bring me in. We'll see how it goes but the trailer I saw in the theater a while back looked cool, the kind of film you want to see on the big screen. I mean, I know it's not Barbie but not every film can be a cinematic masterpiece for the ages.
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I remember an interview where she was asked about nudity on screen and if she would ever consider doing it. She said the idea appealed to her and as far as her tits went she was just waiting for the right role to come along where she could, "break those puppies out." She was in her hot prime at the time and didn't seem to have any problem with the whole exploitation angle then. It's like that girl from the AT&T adds complaining about men commenting on her tits. Take a look at the You Tube videos she was making before she landed the AT&T gig and you will see her reference her busty appearance and even simulate going down on a faucet. I'm not saying people's views can't evolve, but don't try and get on a high moral horse before you properly dismount the lower horse you used to ride. That's called being consistent.
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Amen. When Hollywood started recycling 60s TV shows I knew it was the beginning of a bad trend. I saw The Beverly Hillbillies movie and that was enough for me. Now I guess Lost in Space has two interracial kids because...well Mr. Robinson must be okay with Mrs. Robinson stepping out...twice at least. I dunno, I haven't watched it. I ran up against a similar mindset when I was a musician. The artsy-fartsy crowd looked down their noses at me because I loved The Beatles. Too commercial they'd say. Then they'd run some Yoko Ono style avant-garde bullshit at me and call me a cretin who just didn't get it because I told em it was shit. Oh well, the Age of Stupid is tough to deal with sometimes. Great commentary Drinker.
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As the old-fart in the room I hope Sound of Freedom makes independent films that tell great stories the new thing. But then you need to have great writers to have great stories I suppose. Sorry, movies based on video games, comic books, and dolls from the 1960s don't do much for me. There is still plenty of great history out there to mine but doing it correctly would require pretentious directors more interested in making movies full of whiz-bangs and statements to adapt and get out of their own way. I'm not sure this generation of filmmaker has it in em.
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"None of these grand ideas really gel into a satisfying whole." Sounds like a review of my marriage Drinker. I'm with you on this one. I only watched it once when it made it to cable.
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Sam: "This Amazon Lord of the Rings show is a real stinker." Frodo: "Why do you always do that? Run it down that way?" Sam: "Because that's what it is Mr. Frodo. There's nothing in it but lies and deceit."
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Give me the good old days of The Grinch and Charlie Brown's Christmas any day. Man, do I pity the kids of this generation.
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It's not really my kind of thing so I doubt I would have watched it anyway but it's always enjoyable listening to the Drinker. Without a doubt, the sharpest analysis on movies available. I don't always agree with him but he uses language the same way Carlin used to, and that makes pretty much anything he produces worth the trip.
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I'm glad comic books were never my thing and that The Hulk wasn't even on my radar back in the days when Bill Bixby played the part. That way the desecration of the material doesn't affect me one way or another. Normally I don't even tune in to The Drinkers reviews of comic book movies for those reasons but he gives sage advice about writing so I thought I'd listen to this one. Thanks for the tips. I'm getting ready to start my third novel and can use all the advice I can get.
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I wish you were right Drinker but alas, the true social justice warrior doesn't give a shit if the entire industry goes over a cliff if that's what it takes to stay on message. For them, it's a religion. I see it as a death cult. They're kinda like The People's Church but with money. In actuality, they are akin to a flock of locust's. They destroy everything in their path and leave a wasteland in their wake. But I like your gumption so I keep coming back. There. I'll go away now.
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I'll watch this one when I'm able. My dad liked the 1930 version and I bought it for him as a gift. I preferred the 1979 remake with Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine. I think it was panned because it was a made for TV movie but I thought it was better than the original. I'd like to see you review "When Trumpets Fade" some time Drinker. It's an HBO movie that didn't get much attention because it came out as the same time as Saving Private Ryan but it's a good somewhat off-key war movie with a good storyline.
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That's why Top Gun Maverick did so well. Maverick was a man who did manly things but he also had doubts, fears, and regrets. He just didn't let them prevent him from doing his job. In short, he was a man. The thing is, every woman I know who saw the movie liked it more than the guys. They want men back more than we do I think. Well said Drinker. BTW, you showed clips of Crimson Tide, how about finally reviewing that one. Just askin (for the 100th time maybe).
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Makes me glad I gave up video games when I lost custody of the Nintendo 64 system during my divorce in 97. Oh well. But hey, I used to kick total ass in Ms. Pacman and Zelda so I was progressive before it was even a thing. Thank God, because I don't have the proper amount of energy, wherewithal, or melanin to learn all the rules behind right-think in todays parallel universe. Fuck it, I'll stick to Donkey Kong and Centipede and let the rest of humanity sort things out on their own.
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A nice altruistic gesture on your part Drinker. I don't know if it's a coincidence but You Tube didn't fill this one full of adds. Anyway, your heart is in the right place so good on ya. I've never seen this but maybe I'll check it out. I love history and I used to keep my eye out for accuracy but I decided to separate the two a few years ago and I'm better off for it. There is history, then there is a movie about history and if a director takes some license I'm okay with it. Unless it's Ron Howard tarnishing the legacies of guys who have died just because in his formulaic way of making movies a plot calls for tension, or incompetence, or an antagonist, or whatever. He did it with Apollo 13 and Cinderella Man but I guess that is a gripe for another time. I just hate squirmy guys who trash a man when he's dead. At least have the balls to defame a guy while he's alive like Moneyball did with Art Howe. He was able to tell his side. Same with Johnny Cash's first wife after Walk the Line came out. Anyway, enough of that. Good review as always.
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This is why we can't have nice things.
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I saw this one at the theater and I thought it was okay. It reminded a bit of Saving Private Ryan with less subplots. In my opinion, When Trumpets Fade does a better job of showing individual struggles while trying to complete a seemingly impossible mission but that's just me. But I agree it was good to see a contemporary film maker examine WWI. It was the seminal event of the 20th Century, setting the stage for Communism, Anti-Colonial Movements, and WWII. I recommend Margaret McMillin's Paris 1919 and if you like that read her other book on the subject, The War to End all Peace. She is the preeminent author on WWI in my humble opinion.
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Ah Drinker, nice to have you back for 2022. Not the type of movie I would give a shit about even if it was done okay but since your reviews always bring out a few good laughs I figured why not. Here's to a happy and healthier new year as we...oh yeah, I forgot, thins are still pretty sucky. 🤔 Anyway, nice to see you're back. Looking forward to more reviews. Maybe some new extra shots since the current crop of movies ain't exactly lighting the lamp.
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Scooby Doo came along when I was entering my teens so I didn't really watch much of it (I was always a Loony-Toons/Rocky and Bullwikle kid anyway) so the fact they are destroying it doesn't really affect me. I got pissed years ago when the first attempt at stealing shows from youth and f*cking them up took place with the Beverly Hillbillies. After that mess I decided to just stay away from these updates and based on what Hollywood has put out, I haven't missed much.
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Maybe they tried to play it a bit down the middle because it was The Daily Wire and even though it's easy to sing to to the choir on social and political issues things change when you put money into a project you want to reach beyond your echo chamber. If I was dealing with this subject matter I would have tackled it from the human side as opposed to taking the Die Hard route. Maybe a movie dealing with the aftermath and real dialogue about real emotions people experience after such a tragedy. I'm very pro Second Amendment but who's to say where I would land or how I would feel if my child was killed in such a manner? There are other ways to create tension and other journey's you can take your protagonist on. But that's just me. I doubt I'll watch this one. The plot has been overcooked already. Ben and company are new to the movie business so let's see where they go next, if there is a next.
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You gotta know there was at least one person involved in this who looked at it like that 1:55 AM pickup at that bar you simply end up at. She doesn't even look passable with foggy beer goggles but everyone else is getting laid tonight and pride just won't let you walk away from what you know is a super bad idea. Your only worry as you pull out of the parking lot is; "I hope I can sneak out before she wakes up feeling frisky."
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Good analysis Drinker. I used to teach a lesson on stress management and I would open with the clip where Bill rips up the convenience store. I would ask my students if any of them ever felt that level of stress and if they were in Bill's shoes, would they have acted the same way. I used to get some interesting responses. The thing I like about the movie is Bill interacts with every social demographic, from gang-bangers to snotty fast-food workers. My favorite is the kid who teaches him how to fire the missile. He's so calm about it all and he's able to connect with Bill in a strange sort of way because of his demeanor. Anyway, it's a great movie, that's for sure.
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Just saw it. A beautifully done picture. Go see it if you are able. Very moving heroic story of what a regular guy can do.
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Why not rename it Snow Brown? How about an updated version of Roots where Kunta O'Reilly steps off the boat and is beaten into submission by his black overlord? “People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.” ― Milan Kundera
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Normally I enjoy oddball time travel movies (12 Monkeys and The History of Time Travel being two examples). But now that I know it is a Christopher Nolan movie I'll take a hard pass. I'm not into comic books so I didn't see his Batman flick. But after hearing about how brilliant and innovative the guy was I was pumped about seeing Dunkirk when it was released. I was expecting something pretty good but what I got was probably the worst war movie I have ever seen. I say probably simply because the bozo's that tried to turn Pearl Harbor and Passchendaele into chick flicks are awfully hard to beat when it comes to straight up douchebaggery. I even watched Dunkirk a second time when it landed on HBO just to make sure I hadn't got it wrong the first time I saw it. Turns out I hadn't. It was still an awful fucking movie. So that's that. I can see where the Drinker says this guy's pretentious approach to movie making is a load of shit. Next.
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I always said you could tell a guys character by the way he answered this question: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? And I love the "Welcome to the party pal" line. Yippekyaye!
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A good example of CGI overkill is the Pearl Harbor attack scene from the movie Midway. The sinking of the Arizona is so obviously fake it detracts from the drama of the scene. The actors and the story salvage the film but most of the effects are cheesy. Contrast that with the chariot race in the 1950s version of Ben-Hur. Actual chariots with actual drivers were flying through the air and while they used dummies for the parts where someone got runover it was still done with real horses. Another of my favorite's is the scene from Clear and Present Danger where they blow up an actual mansion. The house was owned by a couple who were getting divorced and they figured it was a good way to get rid of a place neither of them wanted. The director had one chance to get it right or the money they spent buying the place would have gone down the drain. Think anyone would have the stones to try that one these days? I agree CGI done well can do a lot for a movie but I was a musician once upon a time and I never liked it when my fellow artists wanted to throw a bunch of reverb and other effects on the music in the recording studio. I always preferred a clean sound. Maybe that's why I'm not much on big effects flicks. Give me good old dialogue and storylines that bring me in. But that's me.
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A friend of mine is really into the Kingsmen and I watched it with him a while back. It's not really my thing and I found it to be a bit over the top. Anyway, he recommended this one and I was a bit hesitant but after seeing some of the scenes here maybe I'll give it a peek. It looks like they went a bit wild the Rasputin character but WWI and the politics of that time have always fascinated me and I still hold that WWI was the seminal event of the 20th Century, one that created problems that still plague us more than 100 years later.
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Well said Drinker. I used to get criticized for saying everyone is full of shit, it's just a matter of degree. But the Hollywood types prove on a regular basis that most of them peg the needle far to the right on a regular basis. Maybe it's because they work at playing make-believe so much that some of them actually buy their own bullshit, like the pathological liar who eventually loses the capacity to discern between what is true and what is a lie. I suppose it also has something to do with being surrounded by sycophant's whose job is to kiss their ass all day long. I used to teach and that can be a stage, especially when you have 250 people in the audience. A lot of my colleagues thought they were all of that simply because their students told them they were. I would remind them that most of those people have one goal, to get through the course with as little pain as possible and get as far away from them as they possibly could. Needless to say, that take didn't make me popular with the fellas but it was the truth. I can only imagine what it is like at the actual star level. People buy their own BS easy enough but once you start buying what other people are peddling your ability to think for yourself disappears. I remember a few years back when Tom Hanks snuck away from his handlers long enough to give his leftie half-ass opinion on how the war in the Pacific was especially harsh because we were fighting people with slanted eyes. In his world, people of color or with slanted eyes can do no wrong because they are at the bottom of the oppression totem poll so all the bitter fighting on Okinawa, Iwo-Jima, and Peleliu had to be the fault of the evil white man. This was right after he had been involved in filming an HBO docu-series on that very war and he had worked with Gary Sinise to raise money for the WWII Memorial. I worked to raise money for that as well but after Hanks little ant-American diatribe I was like, the hell with him and the hell with his series on the Pacific. I did peek at a few episodes but truth be told it was nothing but a poor-mans Band of Brothers. I've seen his movies since then and liked some of them but I have no respect for the man. I'll give Sean Penn credit. I disagree with damn near every word he says and every cause he backs but at least he's authentic. He IS Jeff Spicoli. As for the rest of em, beyond Gary Sinise and a few others I wouldn't give any of them the time of day. That has always been a failing of America. We have no royal family so we transferred our hero-worship onto Hollywood stars. The problem with putting your faith in people is they will always let you down. I'm not saying down with people, just the opposite, our flaws are what make us so intriguing. But if you're looking for someone to admire there are better places to shop than Hollywood and New York. I still stand by my assertion, everyone is still full of shit, it's just a matter of degree.
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I enjoy watching an Academy Award MC getting punched out as much as the next guy but it's still not enough to make me tune in next...I mean ever. But hey, nice to know he has some semblance of manhood after letting the world know he's okay with his wife screwing around. I always thought when your spouse decided to sleep around that was pretty much it as far as the marriage went but that's me.
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New to the channel but at least one Critical Drinker review is now part of my daily ritual. Great job with this one. I used to use the scene where he rolls back prices in the convenience store with the Louisville slugger as an intro to the stress management lesson I used to facilitate. The idea was simply to get the students attention but every now and again it would generate a lengthy discussion. Could you see yourself losing it like Bill? That kind of thing. The saddest part of the movie for me is when the snow-globe he bought for his daughter gets broken. I always saw that as a turning point for Bill. It's hard to sympathize with a character like him but it is epic when he blows up the street. Take that construction! Anyway, cool review and great analysis of the characters.
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I saw the add for this on Amazon and thought...well I didn't think anything because the original sucked. Remaking that is like taking six-month old fetta cheese out of the fridge and leaving it on the counter for a week hoping the fresh-air will breathe some life into it. I'm not even sure why I bothered with the review. Just in a mood for some of the Drinker I guess.
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Christopher Nolan is more concerned with making a film than telling a story. That works in some instances but history requires storytelling and when the storytelling is weak or disjointed the product suffers. I'm one of those who hated Dunkirk because while it was visually interesting, if you didn't know anything about the evacuation going in, why it happened, how it was put together, why it worked, you didn't learn anything coming out. It sounds like he did the same thing here. I was hesitant about spending money to see this one, and this review sort of confirms my fears. I'll wait for it to stream, then wait for the price to drop. Sorry, but as someone who has studied history and read quite a bit I have learned that the narrative makes all the difference. I don't demand complete fidelity, since license is always taken, but just like I steer clear of Ron Howard bio-pics because of his cookie-cutter style of filming and cowardly character assassinations of people who aren't around to defend themselves simply to create an antagonist because that was what he was taught at film school, I steer clear of Nolan because he sucks at storytelling and just doesn't seem that interested in it. And yes, that is a run-on sentence dedicated the Drinker who is a master at their application. Cheers.
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Another example that storytelling may be on life support but it's not dead yet. I think a comeback is in the making. Maybe I'm just being a bit of a Pollyanna but stories that actually touch people still have great appeal and there is a hunger for them. Comic books and franchises from the 80s and 90s are dead. Welcome back story time, us old fogies have missed ya.
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Is disney even still planning on releasing that train-wreck? It's like they got in a room and said okay, let's find the most stereotypical annoying spoiled little gen-z bi*ch and see just how big a finger we can give to the world of normal people. They just make movies so they can call people who think they are dogshit names for calling them what they are. They wanna crash and burn at this stage, going out like the angry little woke alphabet fu*kheads they are. Can't happen fast enough for me.
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I've never been a big Star War fan so I'm not in a position to say one way or another what she did to that franchise. I do know she road the coattails of people with actual talent and gave herself a sh*tload of credit for films like Seabiscuit and Lincoln, mugging for the cameras and making out like she was some kind of creative genius and played a critical role in their success. I also know it annoyed the sh*t out of me. But my lefty friends love the moron. When they asked me if I thought she was responsible for all the flops people were blaming her for and I said well it seems like every film she's in charge of crashes and burns I got the eye roll treatment because I mean she's a woman don't ya know. Even a small chip off the matriarchy that has f*cked up the West is a win so good on whoever talked this melomaniac into riding off into the sunset. I am woman hear me bore indeed. And why is it all those "guys" she hired look like betas at best and flat out *** at worst, which I'm willing to bet most em are. Just wonderin.
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I dunno, I saw the original at the theater and wasn't blown away (pun intended). I saw the preview for this and Beetlejuice Two and my first thought was; why? Not my cup-o-tea but as long as the girl doesn't beat up the guy twice her size I guess that's a win these days. Best of luck...I guess.
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A movie heralded for what it what represents as opposed to what it accomplished. Hmmm...🤔 You mean, kinda like giving someone a Nobel Prize for what he may become vs. any specific thing he accomplished? Okay, at least they're consistent in their obsequious pursuit of woke street creds.
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I know several fans of Clint who didn't like this movie. I always did. I mean you've got Clint, Morgan Freeman, and Gene Hackman. That alone makes it worth the trip. The final scenes where Clint takes the killing of Morgan Freeman personal is quintessential Eastwood. I always say there are two movie characters you never want to fuck with, Charlton Heston in a Biblical flick and Clint Eastwood in a Western. This one doesn't disappoint.
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That was fun. To borrow from Bob Dylan: "I guess you would know more than me, I only wrote the song," or John Lennon's response to people finding hidden meaning in his songs: "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together." The Drinker has become my new spirit animal, until I find another. I'll go away now.
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I'm not a fan of the genre. I didn't read comic books as a kid and I have never seen a marvel movie. I just peeked into this one because I wanted to hear the Drinker. Still, it is nice to see another I am woman hear me bore project go down in flames. A long time ago, when the Earth was green, there were more kinds of beautiful women, than you ever seen. Now a bunch of em want to be men. They are the same ones on the vanguard promoting tranny madness. What better way to take over than to turn all the men into women. It's like "A Boy and His Dog" come to life.
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Okay, so I waited a while to watch this one, waited for it to be free with my Amazon subscription because I was so pissed off about wasting my money and time on Dunkirk that I made myself a promise never to spend another dime watching any history-based movie by this guy. That said, it was okay. The Drinker is right, the best part is the middle when they are making the bomb. I actually give Matt Damon credit for that. I thought he was a weird choice to play Leslie Groves but he pulls it off pretty well and it seems like the other actors upped their game to keep up with him. Never thought I'd say that. As for the rest, yeah, I'm with the Drinker. It had too much of a beautiful mind feel to it in the beginning and the end was highly moralistic. One thing I don't like is for a movie to lecture me. And that weird sex scene between Oppenheimer and his dead girlfriend in the middle of the Spanish Inquisition style interrogation Nolan created was just flat out off-putting. Is it too long? Yeah. Are the visuals great? Absolutely. But if you don't know much about the Manhattan Project don't expect to know anymore about it after seeing this film. Nolan is just incapable of telling a coherent story. I guess because he's not really interested in that. He likes making movies, not telling stories. That's his thing and if you like that, he's your guy. I give this one a passing grade and while I'm sorry I didn't see the explosions in the theater, I'm also glad I didn't spend any extra money to watch it. Hey Drinker, on a side, when are you going finally honor my request and review Outlaw Josie Wales or Judgment at Nuremberg? Just askin.
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She's the Scottie Pippen of the movie industry. Put a Chick in it and Make Her Gay will be on her tombstone. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Way ta go South Park.
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I grew up at a time when Disney was all about movies like Cinderella, Bambi, and The Jungle Book, and the entire family would tune in on Sunday night to watch The Wonderful World of Disney. I'll be honest, I was way more of Loony Toons/Mad Magazine kid than Disney and comic books but at least Disney was wholesome. Now it is literally demonic and just needs to go away. But it won't, because it serves its purpose, which is too dark to get into here. I only tuned in to this one because I wanted a Drinker fix. Personal request: how about getting back to reviewing older movies as well and less of your after hour panel show which is becoming quite redundant. But that's just the view of cranky get of my lawn old man I guess.
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Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse Biden said "Hold my beer." Since I'm posting a comment on the Drinker's page I guess it would only be fitting to refer to of his favorite movies to sum up my thoughts on 2020 and the people who brought us COVID and riots. To quote Meg Ryan from Courage Under Fire: "There will be a reckoning." Waiting for The Drinker to bring home 2021. And that's all I've got for now. Let's Go Brandon!
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Rocky II is okay but Die Hard 2 was crap. The scene in Die Hard 2 that had me scratching my head the most was when Bruce Willis uses the ejection seat to escape from the cargo plane just before it explodes. Sorry Bruce, cargo planes don't have ejector seats. And what happened to the roof of the flight deck? Did the seat just blast through it? I'll be honest I thought Rocky III and Die Hard 3 were both better than the sequels. Yeah, Rocky II had more of the feel of the original and the overall acting is a bit better but when Rocky finishes off Mr. T that should have been the end of the Rocky franchise. If you disagree grant me this, at least it's not Rocky V. I saw 2010 in the theater, it was okay as far as sequels go. I would have put Terminator 2 on the list. Yeah, it's a bit hokey, but aren't all sequels not named Godfather II? Like Rocky III, that should have been where the Terminator was terminated. Terminator 3 had a chance to be something but the casting for that one was just beyond horrible. That nerdy loser kid they picked to play the future savior of the human race, where did they find him? And his girlfriend was almost as unbelievable in her role as future heroine. I'll give Kevin Costner credit, he was offered big money for Bull Durham and Field of Dreams sequels and he turned them down. Good for him. Most things are best left alone. Porky's Two: The Next Day ring a bell? For the most part, sequels suck.
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If that's all it takes to keep people away from a movie sympathetic to one the classic villains of all time...cool. I was never going to see it but if keeps some young girl home, that's freaking awesome. We glorify evil enough in these wicked times.
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"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." - George Orwell: 1984 Amen Drinker...amen.
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I saw the runtime on the theater homepage and that was enough for me to say thanks but no thanks. I like Martin Scorsese, but this isn't the first time he's gone too long with a movie. Casino ran about an hour longer than it should have. Scorsese spent way too much time developing the Robert De Niro Sharon Stone subplot in that one. No way I'm sitting in a movie theater for three and a half hours. The last time I did that was for Return of the King. That was worth it. This one, maybe I'll catch it when it streams and watch it over two nights.
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The only part of the Matrix series beyond the first movie that was even worth the trip was when Neo has that conversation with the Matrix version of Oz at the end of the second movie. They lost me when a new Oracle showed up and they gave some half-ass reason for it. It was kind of like when I was a kid and Darren 2 showed up on Bewitched. The bit where that French chick puts her sexual powers in Trinity's face and kisses Neo is okay but if we're being honest it was one of the weaker attempts at the gratuitous sex shot movies of that period were required to have. The third movie lost me after about five minutes. I left in on in the background because...well I don't really know why. The original Matrix was a cool film and I liked that it ended with no real resolution. But I also figured they did that to set up the sequel and since 97% of sequels suck I also figured that one would as well and it largely didn't disappoint where sucking was concerned. As for Matrix Four...that's going to be a hard no. Maybe if they brought in Al Pacino and connected it somehow to the Devil's Advocate. Hey, why not? That movie never got a sequel.
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I saw a trailer for this and you hit on it Drinker. I just couldn't see Anaya Taylor Joy in an adventure shoot-em-up film. I like her as well. It's too bad she seems get shitty scripts tossed her way, and even the decent ones seem to put a governor on her potential. Or who knows, maybe she does that. Anyway, I won't be watching this, was just curious and to tell the truth with the kind of day I'm having I needed a shot of whatever it is the Drinker was serving up today. Sometimes ya just need that guy to tell you to go away now.
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I was a kid when the original with Chucky Heston came out and it was a bit of a cultural phenomena. There were Plane of the Apes trading cards among other stuff. But by the time it got the third movie, where Zera and her hubby show up in the spacecraft Chucky flew off in the whole thing had lost its flair. Some things should just be left alone. I found the the first remake or whatever it was to be somewhat interesting but as the old saying goes, you can't go home again. Hey Hollywood, come up with some F-n new ideas and let us have our memories. You guys suck, I get that, but stop ruining what was once cool.
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In a totally unrelated story, actor Siaka Massaquoi who was in the film and also happens to write for the Babylon Bee, was arrested on his way home from the movie's premier for being in the capital on January 6th, 2021. Why'd it take so long to arrest him and what exactly did he do that day? Well, no one is in a hurry to answer those questions since, as I said, it is TOTALLY unrelated to his appearance in this film. Having fun in obama's Amerika gang? Yes we did indeed, and everyone knows, obama has no sense of humor, at least not when it is directed at him and his friends. Something to think about kiddies. Sleep well.
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I dunno, maybe I'm in the minority but I found this movie to be pretentious at times and obtuse when it wasn't being pretentious. The plot was flat, the ending was ridiculous, and outside of Anaya Taylor Joy's performance I thought the rest of the cast was just as stiff and dull as the movie. She really does deserve better scripts than this and that Northmen movie or whatever that bore-fest was called. I thought the Menu, to be fair, sucked. But that's me. Maybe I'm just one of those dimwitted unwashed masses types who just doesn't get it. I'm also one of those who thought Christopher Nolan did a half-ass job with Dunkirk because he was more interested in making a Christopher Nolan movie than telling a story. That movie actually came to mind as I watched this one. But like I say, I imagine I'm in the minority.
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There have been other movies along this line like Day of the Jackal and Collateral, two movies I like. Sometimes, like Michael tells Sonny, it's not personal, it's business.
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Disney's ideas on diversity are a lot like Henry Ford, who told customers they could get the Model-T in any color, so long as it was black. I don't know anything about this spat between Gina and disney but I hope she wins because...well, it's disney. As for Musk buying disney I'm not sure Satan will allow that hostile takeover to occur. Granted, Musk isn't the most Godly man but he's not a Satanist and disney is carrying out a very important demonic mission for the father of all that is evil right now. It's one thing to take on a worm like bob iger, another to take on a Principality. I don't see it happening but ya never know. God has used flawed men time and time again to thwart the plans of the enemy.
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This one is on my gotta watch list. Beyond being a good movie, it looks like it is triggering the right people. I'll support anything the Disney crowd is against these days, if for no other reason than to get more good material out there. Wouldn't it be poetic justice if it turns out making more money than that indiana jones hot mess? First Bud Light and Target feel actual pain now this. The tide just might be turning.
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That was Kostner's epic period with Water World, Dances with Wolves, and The Postman. I'm one of the two dozen or so people who had no time for the first two but enjoyed The Postman. Hard not to like a movie where Tom Petty plays Tom Petty. Yeah, it's kinda light on explaining how the apocalypse went down, but it's a fun watch. A for Water World, it was so forgettable I don't really have much to say.
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I only saw one on your list, One Life, and it was an absolute gem. The rest of your list? I'll take your word for it. I am a bit surprised you didn't have anything to say about Horizon one way or another. I think it deserves to be somewhere on the spectrum but that's me.
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At least Disney will lose more money, and that is never a bad thing. The fact they keep that kennedy woman around tells you all you need to know about their motives when it comes to movie making, and turning a profit isn't high on the list. The cult must take precedence.
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This was one I wish I would have seen at the theater. I'm not really a racing guy but when this one popped up on Amazon I said what the hell and watched it one night. Then I watched it again. Then I bought it on Blue-Ray. For me, it was all about the interaction between Damon and Bale. Yeah, The Drinker is right about holes in the plot and some stuff being a bit contrived but the interplay between Shelby and Miles overcomes all of it. That fight seen on the lawn is epic! It's how you would expect two middle-aged guys a bit out of shape to tussle. I laughed my ass off when Matt Damon hit him with the loaf of Wonder Bread. Highly recommend this one. It's a race movie you don't have to be a race fan to enjoy!
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I don't think Tolkien fans are the passive type. Amazon picked a fight with a dug in group and I think the backlash is going to be loud and long, much more so than Wheel of Time or Star Wars. Their SJW allies in the press won't be able to write their way out of this one. I get the feeling name-calling ain't gonna work against this bunch. As for me, when I heard about dwarf baby-mama's, steamy love scenes, and an interracial Shire being part of the plot (even though the Shire wasn't a thing during the period the show is supposed to be set in), well call me close minded but I decided to take a hard pass. If that is the softball stuff they released to test the response to a woke Middle Earth I can only imagine what the stuff they are keeping under wraps looks like. Name call away. I'm just not that interested in watching this mess.
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I always say this when I watch a video about this film but I'm compelled to repeat it. This is absolutely not a movie I would have watched even if it was a clean remake. Normally I wouldn't giv two sh*ts about it. But it has taken on a life of its own, the train wreck that keeps on giving, and I'm actually invested in seeing how big the boom will be when it slams into the Earth like that space rock that killed the dino's. Sadly, it won't achieve the complete destruction of disney to make way for a new life form like that killer asteroid did but just like I enjoyed watching Shumaker Levy 9 smash into Jupiter, I gotta see this thing through. Can't wait for the formal review Drinker. I'll go away now and wait.
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The final bit of criticism sums up my main problem with it. They stretched a nice little story into a trilogy. If done correctly, it might have made a nice little movie. But we'll never know.
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When I was a kid epics like Ben-Hur were all the rage. Epics became mini-series with the advent of TV and that watered down most of them. LOTR is, in my opinion, the last true epic cinematic event, and will probably remain the last. The thing is, it is true to the spirit of the book but the content actually varies quite a bit, and it still works because everyone respected Tolkien's intent when he first told the story. Jackson blew it with the Hobbit, which seemed like a money grab, redeemed himself with They Shall Never Grow Old, then got greedy again and f*cked up Get Back when he took Disney's money and turned what should have been a proper reshoot of Let it Be into what Let it Be was, a f*cking snoorfest. Oh well, he gave us the LOTR trilogy and for that he will always get two thumbs up from me.
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Sorry, but the Rocky saga should have ended when Mr. T got his ass whipped. There were no more hills for Rocky to climb and that's where it ended for me. Rocky IV and V were just money grabs for Stallone who, lets be honest, isn't one of the all-time greats when it comes to acting depth and developing characters who aren't from south Philly, Rambo being the only exception and then I only really liked the first one. I watched the first Creed because someone recommended it and as expected it bored me so that was where I stopped. I just tuned into this review because I wanted a dose of the Drinker while I sipped at my coffee. Still waiting for those reviews of Crimson Tide and Outlaw Josie Wales Drinker, or how about the Godfather saga? At this point I have to assume you aren't a fan of any of those so I'll stop asking. Too bad.
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I never heard of this mess so I looked it up and somehow it managed to make 13 million at the box office. Now that is a low number depending on how many screens it was released to but the fact this thing made that much money tells you a lot about just how far we have gone down the demonic rabbit hole. You know they nominated this abortion for all those awards as a direct response to Trump winning. It's just like when they awarded obama the nobel peace prize based on what he might do. Lefties love shiny objects and participation trophies and they also love handing them out to people simply as a way to flip the right and every normal person the bird. I'm with you Drinker. I hope they give the f*n thing every award it's up for, especially giving best actress to a man. That just might be the final brick in the bag where the old school liberals say: "Screw this, this sh*t is too heavy to carry around anymore. These people are totally batsh*t. Move over conservatives, we're gonna join ya in that politically homeless camp." At the very least 13 oscars for this demonic pile of dogsh*t would convince the handful of normal people who still watch this garbage self-love-fest to finally admit they've had enough. It would completely disgrace the award, something that has needed to happen for a while, and watching a man in falsies and too much makeup cry as he accepts his best actress award is galactic level karma for all the pretentious dimwitted bimbos who were out front promoting this sick behavior when it was just the young high school and college girls getting the short end of the stick. If it wins no other award, THAT is the one I'm pulling for, just to hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth. It will be their turn to just be good losers in order to promote the cause of inclusiveness and diversity. There could be no greater poetic justice, a cosmic level mic drop. You go girl! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Leave it to the guys at South Park to nail it. I'm not a regular viewer but I'll have to look that one up. It looks like it might be the best once since way back in the day when they did an episode about Cartman and the gang trying to become lesbians because Chef told em the substitute teacher they were crushing on was gay. Gotta love guys who just don't give a sh*t who they piss off.
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I think the last time I watched the Oscars was...🤔...fuck, I honestly cant' remember. I know the Jerry Lewis Telethon was still a thing and I think people were talking about some new arcdade game game called Space Invaders. Anyway, my point is, I never was much on slurpfest stuff like the Oscars, Emmy's, or Grammy's, but like The Drinker I love a good movie. When I was a kid it was the only escape we had. There was no internet, no social media, no video games. You climbed tress, played baseball in the summer, football in the fall, and hockey in the winter, all with busted up equipment because you had no money to buy new stuff. But you could occasionally get 75 cents from the old man and go see a show. Or better yet, jump in the car and go to the drive-in as a family. Movies like Patton, Planet of the Apes, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, even creepy shit like The House That Dripped Blood or The Exorcist. Those were the days. Here's to a golden age that maybe never was but I like to think existed. Yeah, my passive voice is pervasive, but so is my nostalgia for days that will never come again. RIP Hollywood, I'm gonna miss ya. 😥
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I'm glad I was never a big fan of this series. I imagine watching it being taken apart the way it has hurts people who are. But come one man, it's Disney. Did anyone really expect they would do the right thing? Everything they get their hands on goes to sh*t. They even managed to screw up the Beatles, getting Peter Jackson to take the money and turn what was going to be a two-hour make over of the Let it Be movie that had fans all over the world salivating into an 8-hour snooze fest that took a bunch of material Jackson was going to leave in the can and slapped it in to fill air space. I know one guy who tried to watch it but tuned out after the second episode because it sucked that bad. At least as a trekie I knew when to get off the Starship Enterprise. As for people who still go to Star War movies, may the farce be with you.
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Where's that little girls fem-Nazi handler? That woman who was hanging over her shoulder in those other interviews is, to use the parlance of of 2023, totally cringe. I almost expect her to morph into Al Pacino as that little narcist goes off on her rants and say: "Vanity, definitely my favorite sin." I was never a fan of the original Cinderella, even as a kid, because I was a boy and that kind of film wasn't what little boys liked, or at least admitted they liked. But Walt Disney did create a ground breaking film. The only thing that little brat broke was wind. But she did dig a hole big enough to bury the film for all-time. I'd say the odds that movie ever reaches a theater are 1 in 10. Disney just can't afford another flop that will have people mocking them even more than they are already being mocked. South Park will have a field day with that hot mess. No, that little girl is headed to a career modeling jeans or maybe doing dirty movies for a living. Or maybe she'll marry some rich Hollywood exec looking for a trophy wife and end up making guest appearances in Law and Order: SUV. Either way, she has a long way to go before people will find her remotely likeable. If I may borrow from her own lips: "It's cancel culture baby!"
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The thing is, the same suburban women who saddled us with biden and drive to target in their minivans with the coexist bumper stickers on them will take their daughters to se this one in droves. This will give Hollywood a desperately needed win and convince them that crap like this can still compete with films like Sound of Freedom and Mission Impossible. Thanks Karen.
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I'll take Judy Garland with Toto singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow any day, but that's me. Oh yeah, in her prime, Bette Davis would have kicked any of those broads asses, fair fight or not.
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A lot of CGI is cheesy as hell. Some of it looks more like a video game than a film. In the good old days they just blew shit up if that was what they needed. Clear and Present Danger is a classic example. They bought a house from a couple going through a nasty divorce so both of them were good with blowing the place up. But I think it's more about storytelling. And telling decent stories you can take your kid to and not feel like you are committing child abuse. People are tired of gay nonsense and comic book stories. Look at some of the movies that have had the best return lately; Sound of Freedom, Jesus Revolution, Father Stu. And I bet Cabrini is going to do as well or better. As for the writers, they plain old lack life-experience. Life is not what they learned from the commie propagandist in the liberal arts college or what they went through as apprentices on some reality-tv show. The older writers got better as they lived more of their lives. Some 30 year old snot nosed who gets hired because she likes sleeping with women knows...well, that, and not much more. Shit in, shit out. Tell a good story, people will come. In the 1920s power shifted from London, Paris, and New York to Hollywood. Now it is migrating again. That is the nature of capitalism. Will the product improve? Time will tell.
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Damn Drinker, around the 1:30 mark it sounds like you are describing MAGA, and it's cheeto jesus who is the embodiment of the establishment now but no one is allowed to say that in "alternative media" as those grifters like to call themselves these days. Come up with a brand, slap a label on it, sell it to the brain-dead who just want the dog-and-pony stuff like owning the libs or the boomers who think trump is going to bring back the steel plants and there ya go, how to lose elections and permanently break a country in seven easy steps. But shhhh...you're not supposed to say that stuff or you are a cuck who loves biden. I guess this show is just a microcosm of the reality-TV world we all live in now. Cool. And it's gay because, well of course it is.
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Summed up as only the Drinker can do it. I didn't have any plans to watch this when I first heard about it so I'm not overly bothered. For those who do, have fun.
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Here's to the 1100 or so triggered souls who disliked the Drinker's take on remakes and PC corrective actions. May you enjoy your cup of cocoa with Pajama Boy while you hand Tampons to your boyfriends.
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I had no plans on watching it but it's fun hearing the Drinker tell it like it oghta be and I needed a good laugh. Thanks Drinker. My day is a bit better for the effort.
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Not my bag but you know what, as long as Mario isn't gay and that princess isn't a tranny why not. It's okay for a movie to be fun and wholesome. I seem to remember when that was sort of a rule, at least where kids and families were concerned so have it. Like I say, it's not something I'd go see but if they can make a buck without cursing or sexing up the kids, good on em.
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That image of them wearing the force is female tee-shirts actually made me throw up in my mouth. I'll be honest, I was never over the moon for Star Wars. I thought the original trilogy was fine and it should have been left where it was. In my mind the loop was closed. But the big Hollywood studios don't seem to have anyone capable of original thought so now they mostly just recycle and steal and they do it badly and since we can't have nice things in the woke universe you end up with that disgusting picture of the third-wave feminists who critics praise because they are too chicken-shit to do otherwise. But hey, what do I know. I'm just an old white knuckle dragger who writes run-on sentences.
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My involvement with video gaming ended at Nintendo 64 so I wouldn't get any game-related inside humor and such. I do have a question though. The Drinker mentioned the head ghoul is a former actor who was a big star before the nuclear war. Fair enough, but he also said the story takes place 200 years after the war ends. So that would make the guy what, 235 years old? How is that dealt with? I dunno, I most likely won't watch so unless someone clues me in here I suppose I'll never know.
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"They stimulate your eyes and not your brain and the more it happens, the more audiences start to become jaded and disinterested." So to put it in simpler more concise terms, Hollywood has become a strip club.
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"Somehow I don't think Disney would sanction behavior like this." Sorry to challenge you on this one Drinker. See Miley Cyrus. I'll be honest, I saw this movie when it was released and while my friends really liked it I found it to be a bit laborious. I mean, I thought it was okay but I wasn't over the moon about it. It did have moments though and I like Dennis Hopper's character the best. But it did make a mark and the line, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning...it smells like victory," became a metaphor with a lot of different applications for us in the military. That said, after hearing the backstory it has new found respect from me. Thanks for the informative piece Drinker. I had no idea about any of this shit.
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Thanks Drinker, I came for my daily fix and discovered you are doing a series. How cool! I will check in regularly because I can't seem to get my notification bell to work for this or most of the channels I subscribe to. But that's a conversation for another day. And thank you for exposing Creed for what it is. I watched it once and saw pretty much the same thing you did. Truth be told, once Rocky kicked Mr. T's ass the Rocky series was finished as far as I was concerned. Mick was dead and Rocky and Apollo were now allies. I figured that was far as I wanted to go. Rocky fighting the Soviets and Don King wannabe's just didn't do it for me. Same with Terminator. I liked 1 & 2 and 3 had the potential to close the loop properly but then they went and cast a pathetic loser as John Conner and made his future Mrs. the brains of the outfit. They were early adopters when it came to the whole I am woman hear me bore thing. And I stopped at three with Star Wars so I didn't see any of that mess. I guess in some ways I'm sort of like Ferris talking to the audience at the end of his day off when it comes to recycling iconic movies. Uh oh, I better watch my mouth before I give someone an idea for Ferris Bueller: the Next Generation. As always, your analysis is spot on. I've already shared this one Drinker and I look forward to the next installment.
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I always wondered why it was that a civilization advanced enough to leap frog through the galaxy, overcoming the laws of time, space, and acceleration had attack ships that folded like the Orcs at the gates of Mordor when the mother ship was blown up. And how such an advanced civilization was able to be duped by two guys who hid from them by rolling up the tinted windows in a ship they owned. But, as The Drinker points out, the interplay between Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum is cool and I love that bit where the dog leaps through the air just before everything behind him gets blown to shit. I always found the premise to be way over the top but hey, I like Armageddon even though it has fire in zero oxygen environments and an asteroid the size of Texas flying in at 45,000 MPH+ that Bruce Willis is able to blow up with a single baby nuke. He's right, sometimes you just gotta say fuck the science and enjoy the ride. Great review!
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I suppose making a film with the explicit intent of pissing off a segment of the population is to be expected given today's environment of hate and division. Art does reflect life after all. Or is it the other way around? I dunno. But the Drinker makes a good point. Looking at it as something intentional does provide clarity as to motive. What a shame. We are all heading to the edge of the cliff and very few people are asking why we want to jump off.
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All the way until the end you are never really sure if JK Simmons is a monster, a genius, a bully, or just a run of the mill a-hole with an over inflated sense of himself. You keep waiting for the great reveal but it never quite gets there. That is what I liked about it anyway. It is an intense movie that's for sure.
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I didn't watch the first one and have no intention of watching this. I just needed a good dose of the Drinker on a cold Saturday in December. Happy Christmas as you put it in that side of the pond.
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@foxtayle683 I agree. I like The Lost Battalion very much, another underrated war movie.
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Disney's problems run deeper than the guy steering the ship. The development team has been taken over by true believers, and for true believers, the cult matters more than profit. Just like Musk is talking about the need to go nuclear at Twitter and rebuild the entire platform from the studs up, Disney is going to have to come to some sort of reckoning with their employees at all levels, and that means shit-canning all those true believers even if the company has to take it in the shorts for a bit (pun intended). Disney is a brand, and that brand has been damaged. The video of those trendy execs talking about transing their kids and the gay writers taking pride in being able to sneak their views into content where it didn't belong had an effect on parents, most of whom don't want their kids transed up or exposed to girl-on-girl action. But those people don't give two shits because they are the vanguard of a revolution. Wanna fix that? Stop the revolution. That means pink-slips on an epic scale, and probably more than a few lawsuits, but it's gotta happen. Otherwise, some other bright young fella is going to figure out a way to give people what Disney won't. Don't believe me? Ask what's left of team Sears about how Amazon took their empire from them. It was all there before them, but they were wedded to a system and Jeff Bezos said I'll take that thank you very much. Disney is wedded to an ideology. Same same dude. Personally, I could give two dams if Disney goes under now or later but I think it needs killing all the same. I've been saying it for close to 30 years. The rot at Disney started a long time ago. Unlike you Drinker, I do wanna see em fail. But that's me. Okay, I'll go away now.
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Live long and prosper Drinker.
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A very thoughtful and thorough review of one of the greatest movies ever. Rocky has it all. Burgess Meredith was one of the finest yet underrated character actors of all time as any fan of the Twilight Zone reruns will tell you and he is perfect as Mick. Burt Young gives a great performance as Paulie. I think everyone has had a Paulie in their life, a guy who is a bit of a loser and gripes a lot but is basically harmless. Carl Weathers was perfect as Apollo (I guess they wanted to use Ken Norton but it didn't work out) and like it did with Mr. T Rocky gave his career a boost. My favorite scene is when Rocky lands the haymaker and puts Apollo on his ass. The look on his face as he's lying on the ring says it all. Right then he discovered there was a lot more to Rocky than meets the eye. But this is a love story at the heart of it and Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire are beyond great as Adrian and Rocky. I remember years ago I had a few too many and got into a bit of a fisticuff with one of the guys in the military barracks I was living in at the time (a drunken disagreement over music and its proper volume in mixed company). Anyway, the fight ended in a draw but I did get a pretty good shiner for my trouble. So, the next day, we are having this big award ceremony with Generals and Admirals and the like in attendance and I try to maintain a low profile as I arrive, not wanting any attention drawn to my eye. Well, buddies will be buddies, and my friends all stood up in the back and started yelling, "Adrian...Adrian..." I tell ya, it made hiding that shiner a bit more complicated than it needed to be. That's the thing about Rocky though. Everyone can relate to it in one way or another. I have yet to find someone who didn't like it and I suppose if I did it would be a red flag. I still think the character came full circle when he whipped Mr. T's ass but the other movies have done well so I guess I'm in the minority. But here's to Rocky and Adrian. I'm watching this review on Thanksgiving which is appropriate. If Tampa had an ice rink I might go for a skate before they closed.
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That was a good troll Drinker. Ya almost had me tearing up and thinking about an online tribute/memorial no one would look at. Now how about reviewing a few more of the old classics like Outlaw Josie Wales, On the Waterfront, or countless others younger audiences may not be familiar with. It sure would be better time spent than watching Barbie.
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Sure, she is parroting lines fem-nazi's like her handler standing next to her have taught her since she was able to burp on her own, but she also believes all of it. You give her too much credit Drinker. See, I think her head is too empty to actually engage in discernment and reason. The good thing is, this little poster child for the woke spoiled suburban gen-z crowd is acting like such a little narcistic bitch that she's setting herself up to be the fall-girl disney can blame everything on when this movie makes like 38 bucks and change at most theaters. The blame it on the audience trope is falling faster than the strong female character so disney will need to have something or someone to pin this disaster on when the stockholders start calling for scalps. Enter little miss entitled spoiled little brat. They'll say she did such a hatchet job on her own film that no amount of salve could have fixed the boo-boo. Hopefully, if there is two functioning brain cells in that septic tank called hollywood, this will be the last time we have to endure her obnoxious lectures to the unwashed masses because her days in actual movies will come to an end. She'll make the rounds of shows like the view and oprah might toss her a bone and let her weep on her couch over the way the man has kept her down and punished her for being brave or something but no studio will let the little twit anywhere near an actual film. Maybe she goes the porno route, or does commercials for taco bell. Most likely she'll marry some rich guy who just wants a cute little piece he can show off to his buddies as he bangs whoever he wants on the side. Am I being bitter? Probably, but I'm old, I'm tired, and I've had it to here with 20 somethings trashing everything older than them because history only began when they came into existence. disney is dying, and their demise can't come fast enough.
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I have conversations with people who don't exist all the time. Doesn't everybody? 🤔On a more serious note, they didn't actually put in a plug for preferred pronouns using a robot did they? This mania has infected every aspect of life like the bubonic plague.
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"If it doesn't bring a tear to your eye then I suspect movies aren't really your thing." That is the best commentary about this film I have ever heard. I've been watching this movie for decades and I still tear up at the end, especially the look Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart exchange when good old Sam Wainright telegraphs to say he's got George's back. THAT is what Clearance is talking about when he signs Tom Sawyer with "No man who is a failure who has friends." To borrow from The Drinker, it's fucking brilliant. The director, Frank Capra, was devastated when it bombed at the box office. Like Jimmy Stewart, he had served during WWII but instead of carrying a gun he carried his camera. His "Why We Fight" films were considered the best of the WWII government sponsored movies. Jimmy Stewart said he was attracted to the role of George Bailey when he read the bit where George was ready to commit suicide (he was in a dark place himself following the war). Other Christmas viewing traditions like The Grinch and Charlie Brown have fallen by the wayside but it's not Christmas for me unless I see this film and the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim playing Scrooge. Both of those films are must-see TV on Christmas Eve. Great review Drinker.
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Actually I love that disney is putting this garbage out. Make even bigger budget movies I say. Redo Bambi and make his mom a black-tailed deer who gets shot by the cops causing Bambi to lead the equivalent of a st. gerorge floyd riot, burning down the forests surrounding LA. They've got to have a finite sum of money and the quicker they can blow through it the quicker they can end up on the ash-heap of history. Please by all means, spend billions updating em all going all the way back to Steamboat Willie. Put gay bars in your theme parks and make drag queen shows and naked men swinging from ropes the first thing the kids see as they enter the park. It's what you want to do anyway so stop with the half-measures iger and just man-up.
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I didn't watch Rings of Power because why would I. I saw Father Stu, Elvis, and Top Gun Maverick at the theater. The kid they got to play Elvis had the look but the script was crap and Tom Hanks was a disaster as Col. Tom Parker. His attempt at a different accent was an embarrassment. Truth be told, Tom is starting to lose it and should probably start thinking about directing or producing because he's not aging gracefully. Father Stu was a great movie and if it didn't break you at the end then I guess no movie can. Top Gun Maverick was one of those rare instances where the sequel outdid the original. That was a master class on how to properly portray a character who has matured over the years. On the small screen, I liked The Terminal List. The beginning lags a bit but when the killing starts it's hell-on-wheels. I still haven't seen the updated version of All Quiet on the Western Front. Maybe I'll give that one a go. I prefer the 70s TV version with Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine over the 1930s adaptation so it will be interesting to see how this latest version stacks up. Anyway, Happy New Year Drinker. I'll go away now.
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I read the book decades ago and saw the original movie which honestly left me flat. I enjoyed the book so I'll take the Drinkers word for it and give this one a watch.
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You know, I don't recall Charlton Heston saying anything about toxic Christian's not getting it when The Ten Commandments failed to receive a bunch of Oscars like everyone thought it would. I guess insulting your fans just didn't come to mind. I'm glad I was never much of a Star Wars fan. They should tell Disney to take a hike and just stop showing up. Disney won't care, and more hit pieces will be written but so what. It's time everyone just grew a set and stopped worrying about being called names.
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I saw the trailer for this last month and to be honest I was a bit skeptical. Years of crap reboots will do that. But maybe I'll give this one a watch. It is the kind of movie best seen in a theater and I don't go very often these days because most of the stuff just doesn't pull me in. I missed out on Ford v Ferrari in true big screen surround sound, like I say, maybe I'll give this one a look. Thanks Drinker.
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Russell Crowe, Rene Zelwager, and Paul Giamatti give great performances in Cinderella Man and the boxing scenes are some of the best ever done but I will never watch it again because of the hatchet job Ron Howard did on Max Baer in that film. He made Max out to be a monster who killed guys in the ring almost for kicks when in reality Max was a solid guy who felt so bad about the guy who died in the ring during that fight that he couldn't box for a long time afterward. He gave the guys widow all kinds of support and even helped send his kids to college. But Howard does that. He did the same thing to Jack Swigert in Apollo 13, portraying him as a stumbling klutz who the other crew members doubted. In reality, Swigert was a great pilot and engineer who knew the Apollo command module so well NASA had him work on the training software for the simulator. Howard is a punk and a coward because the guy's he trashes are always dead and can't defend themselves after the fact. He claims he does shit like that to add drama and tension to the movie. That's film school BS. He feels the need to create an antagonist because that's what he was taught in film school. His movies have a cookie-cutter quality to them and I don't watch his crap anymore. And BTW, Braddock made Joe Louis give him 10% of his future earnings before agreeing to give him a shot at the title so he isn't the saint he's made out to be either. Ron forgot to mention that bit though. Guess there was no tension to a guy taking advantage of someone else is there? Personally, my favorite Russell Crowe movie is American Gangster. Him and Denzel are so good they play off each other without even being in the same shot until the movie is about over. Truth be told, I found Master and Commander a bit boring and I didn't like the ending, but that's me. I apologize for the Ron Howard rant. The Drinker brought up the movie though and I think Opie is nothing but a punk. I hated the Beatle thing he did as well, Eight Days a Week. There isn't a single new take/slant in it and when he said he was going to make it my first question was why. After I watched it my next question was why. There were plenty of antagonists available for that one but he passed on mentioning any of them. And no, I don't give two shits what Whoopie Goldberg thought about The Beatles. Okay, I'll stop now.
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One of these days girls are going to start wanting to be girls again and boys are...well, they will probably be harder to get out of their dresses but they are going to come around as well and start wanting to act like boys. What will become of the whole woke revolution then?
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Oh man, as an old school Trekie I am so glad I stopped watching prime time TV after some numbnuts thought it was a good idea to cancel Taxi in 1983. I didn't even know this was a thing. Live long and prosper my ass. To quote The Drinker...go away now!
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I've never seen it, never will see it, and don't care. I just wanted to hear The Drinker. I'm in that kinda mood. Thanx dude! 👍👍
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Because of course she does. Hope that explanation helps.
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I'm currently reading a book on how the commies infiltrated Hollywood in the late 1920s and by the 1940s a bunch of crap was being churned out because the writers were talentless hacks who had no real experience but they towed the party line so the party bosses who were in charge of the various writers guilds the Comintern set up gave them preference and experienced screen writers who weren't as politically pure just had to suck it up. Hmmm...I wonder if history is repeating itself. 🤔Or maybe it's just a case of the more things stay the same the more they stay the same. Give the Marxists credit, when they stumble on a strategy that works they stick with it.
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All of this makes me glad that I always thought comic books were lame, even as a kid. As for the piss-poor writing, don't expect that to go away anytime soon. The well the studios draw from has been poisoned. The commies won and they are reaping their reward. Isn't it fun?
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Twitter is such a sewer. I'm glad I learned my lesson farting around with Facebook 20 odd years ago or whenever it was. Anyway, as far as getting personal goes they have to when the cult is attacked. It's not about the movie franchise at that point. Nobody can escape the wrath of the rainbow jihad. Whoever is running that Twitter account could give two shits if it crashes and burns. Leftism is a death cult and the cult members are playing a zero-sum/take-no-prisoners game. That's why republicans suck when it comes to taking them on. They keep bringing pen knives to a nuclear battlefront. Star Wars can't help themselves. They are part of the Disney family and that means everything is political. Walt is lucky the dead don't really give a damn about what the living are up to because he would come back and haunt them all if he could.
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Wait a minute Drinker, if NASA hadn't diverted that money intended to save planet into their diversity program, would Halle Berry have been available to save the solar system? 🤔This looks like Argo only it wasn't some CIA plot and was actually made. Glad this kind of stuff doesn't typically appeal to me anyway. Thanks for the heads up all the same Drinker.
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I haven't watched a second of any of this catastro-f*ck and seeing those snippets reinforces my decision. This is why we can't have nice things these days...ever.
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Nah, they'll take the money they make off these movies and put into flicks like Brokeback Mountain, The Next Day or some other such crap. It's who they are. They will throw a few bones to the stockholders to stay afloat, nobody lies better than a Godless leftie, but at the end of the day, in their heart of black hearts, they are part of a demonic cult and Satan does not simply throw his hands up and say, okay I give.
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This insistence on making sequels has always been a head scratcher. The suck rate has to be at 90% or better but they keep pumping em out anyway. I saw the original Indiana Jones when it came out many moons ago and that was enough for me. It was a good movie, but I wasn't going to spend a bunch of money on the sequels, not when cable was becoming a thing. I'm a bit surprised that Harrison Ford is still making these. He bowed out of the Jack Ryan movies because he said he was too old to be believable in the role. Guess they must have found his price for Indy. Oh well. Next.
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No vetting????? Will Smith had to chase down an alien on foot, shoot a kid carrying a quantum physics book, and drag a table across the floor while taking a test (I still mute that part every time). I checked out after the first one. I think I watched MIB II once just because. Sequels have a 95% suck rate (Godfather II, Wrath of Kahn, and LOTR Trilogy notwithstanding). This seems like it's right up there with such forgettable films as Caddyshack 2, Porky's 2; The Next Day, and everything that came after Major League. Oh well, as always, The Drinker rocks! The only critic I could ever like.
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I would never see a movie along these lines because it's not my bag but as someone put it listening to the Drinker review a film would make my time waiting at the oil change place bearable. Still waiting on that review of Crimson Tide though.
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Disney's not going to change. They didn't just start climbing this hill they chose to die on when Governor DeSantis was elected. They have been going down the demonic rathole for decades. It's just that people didn't notice or didn't want to believe it. And Iger didn't simply invite the alphabet mafia and the rest of the loonies in. He slapped em on that back, promoted em. and said yes, more of that please. Disney isn't the only company he did this to. ESPN went woke the minute Iger and his crew got their hands on it and now, outside of live events, they have about as many people watching their programming as the view. When I was a young man ESPN was the default channel. Now most of their shows would get their asses handed to them if went up against the Westminster dog show semi-finals. They will lay low for a bit, sell the shareholders on the lie to stabilize that freefall, then go right back to brown snow white and her gay small people or whatever they call themselves. Mickey will come out of the closet soon and marry Donald Duck because of course he will. Minnie will come out as non-binary and they'll sell tickets to her virtual transition because again, of course they will. It's who they are now. They'll continue to exist because the pervs who want to groom the kids will finance them if they have to. Drag queen story time for everyone. Bank on it.
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I'll be honest I think the last time I watched the academy awards show All in the Family was the king-king of prime-time TV. And I think the only reason I watched it then was to please some girl I hoped would help me learn more about...well, you know. Anyway, she didn't, and from that point on I spent my time on more intellectual pursuits like how many beers it took to get to the bottom of the stairs in a pile of...well, you know. Truth be told, I probably miss passing out at the bottom of a flight of stairs more than that crap. But The Drinker got me curious so I said what the hell, I'll take a peak. Nice to know hollywood is still a cesspool.
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