Last movie you watched......

Got a link to any that do have digs at Trump?

 

No links at this time, my friend. Maybe later.

 

Yeah, that's what I figured. You've got nothing as usual.

 

Later, grasshopper.

 

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The second one just refers to the "political and cultural climate." So I guess you could say that one might put the blame on raging radicals on both sides. Or perhaps not.

That one also has some amusing flaws. First, it pokes fun at the need to introduce romance between Steve Trevor and Diana Prince. Um, dimwit, that explains why she ended up in Europe for World War I.

Second, it refers to Bane as a "home-run villain." No. His RAW was microscopic in his first film appearance and not a whole lot better the second time around.

There is another link yet to come, O2P. Which will break first: your spirit or your body?

 

Finally got to "Lion" in my Netflix queue. Best movie I've seen in a long time.

Struck by two things: First, Nicole Kidman makes so many awful movies I keep forgetting what an amazing actress she is. Second, for a destitute laborer in a poverty-stricken country, Saroo's mom sure had gorgeous teeth.

 

She really does make a lot of bad flicks, such that I had the exact same reaction watching her in HBO's "Big Little Lies" (which was very good). She really was excellent in that. Trying to get the wife to watch "Lion," but we haven't had time lately.

 

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.

It was terrible. Fell completely flat. Whole thing felt canned, faked. Performances were wooden.

 

Never had much of an impression of Kidman until I saw her in To Die For. She was great in The Others and The Family Fang as well. But really - you need to see her in Rabbit Hole.

 

With D-Day and Father's Day this month, I ran across "The Longest Day" and watched it last night. All three hours, and never a moment when I felt this movie was dragging or boring. This movie came out in 1962, it's 55 years old. Unbelievable cast for a movie in which there was no established "star," no one actor dominating the movie. The guy who played Eisenhower looked exactly like him. I had to check to see if Ike was actually playing himself in the movie (it wasn't). The credits at the end were done in alphabetical order since there wasn't a lead actor, so Eddie Albert was first and John Wayne last.

 

The Mechanic Ressurection.
I am a sucker for Jason Statham movies. This one is his worst. God, it is awful.

Also rewatched The Missing.

 

Reading the second review, I was astounded at how stupid the script sounded in the cold light of day. I mean, I really enjoyed it.

Gal Gadot did a really good job at humanizing a cartoon character whose main quest was the equivalent of trying to make the world safe for Smurfs and unicorns. She wasn't as good as Christian Bale in the Dark Knight trilogy but he at least had some grounding in realism to work with.