Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "The Critical Drinker"
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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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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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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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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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