20230420:
At times this movie is either over the top ridiculous or underwhelmingly bad, but it's good where it counts: the action. And while it's far from touching the best of Arnold's action movies, it does hit what I would consider standard action moments.
Netflix determined the movie for me as an 85% match. I decided to give the movie neither a thumbs up nor a thumbs down.
Instant Comments:
Hehe. This car is definitely going to be moved and likely wrecked
LOL. Idiots. (hit by recoil)
Holy moly. (farmer killed)
Wow. What a dark movie. "Baby on the way" + "put the gun down" + bang
Huh. If she realized the situation she would get in the car and turn on the headlights or perhaps shine her flashlight. I say there's a good chance she would realize this
The dialogue in this movie is so bad (like the dialgoue in a porno)... but the action is good (he turns around in the car, and flips the SWAT car... he really is driving a Batmobile)
Okay, not just bad dialogue but some bad plot execution (this guy he was locked up for being drunk - so it's not like he's some kind of criminal - but they treat letting him out to help with the cause as if he's done something terrible)
This woman Christie is so dense. "Why are you hidhing behind the car?"
This officer is too good of a shot with the rifle... earlier she was afraid in a fire flight but here she just took two persons out with a sniper rifle
Hehe. Smile. "Welcome to Sommerton"
Whoa. Tackles the guy off the roof and blows his brains out
HAHAHA. The flare gun device blew the person up
OMG. The old woman took the guy out
"Who the hell are you?" "I am the sheriff"
So apparently a tractor is tougher than this batmobile which was tougher than a SWAT car...
Some jiu jitsu
Holy moly. Pulls it out and jabs it into this other guy.
Smile. Twenty million. (how much money have and why if it came down to his freedom, would he not start just randomly increasing this value as he becomes more and more despearate)
Hahaha. "That's why I shot him."
"Next time don't park it in the fire zone. Schmuck."
Watched 20230420 (Netflix, Instant)
The Last Stand (2013) Kim Jee-woon. 110 min
Relevant Links:
The Last Stand (IMDb.com)
The Last Stand (RottenTomatoes.com)
The Last Stand (Wikipedia.org)
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Thursday, April 20, 2023
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Puss in Boots (2011)
20230420:
Overall, the movie had a less interesting plot than I would have desired. I guess the story of a person being framed and thus being forced to be the outlaw hero is not one I'm fond of. And here I think it's a little ridiculous. Somehow Humpty, who was also part of the crime, gets rewarded for bringing Puss back. And there is no trial.
[20230420][20230616 Edit]
Instant Comments:
1a: haha chupacabra
1a: hehe. eggs you've shown enough
1a: chupacabra again
1a: dance fight
1a: hahaha what!? they dance down from the ceiling against each others feet
1a: ooo taps foot to have sword fall
1a: bean club, with first two rules, I only know as a reference to Fight Club
1a: pause where jack and jill hit puss on the head
1b: resuming. Puss wakes up from unconscious. about 35 min remaining.
1b: I love these multiple angles. i feel like an entire film (not necessarily Puss in Boots) should be done this way
1b: lol, humorous in a creepy way. (always there)
1b: (not sure if I wrote in previous or not but I thought the goose would have been giant and that the eggs laid would have been giant, but this little chick looks about their size... is the "monster" that was chasing them really its mother?)
1b: andy "jack" beanstalk
1b: hmm Humpty golden inside... wonder if he survives or rehatches. unless gold is gold.
Credits: 1b: main title credits were well done (Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, etc)
1b: apparently two of the songs were Rodrigo y Gabriela. I heard them perform once at a festival, and I liked their songs but did not continue listening so I didn't recognize their songs during the movie
1a=20230419, 1b=20230420
Watched first two-thirds 20230419, remaining third 20230420 (Netflix)
Puss in Boots (2011) Chris Miller. 90 min
Relevant Links:
Puss in Boots (IMDb.com)
Overall, the movie had a less interesting plot than I would have desired. I guess the story of a person being framed and thus being forced to be the outlaw hero is not one I'm fond of. And here I think it's a little ridiculous. Somehow Humpty, who was also part of the crime, gets rewarded for bringing Puss back. And there is no trial.
[20230420][20230616 Edit]
Instant Comments:
1a: haha chupacabra
1a: hehe. eggs you've shown enough
1a: chupacabra again
1a: dance fight
1a: hahaha what!? they dance down from the ceiling against each others feet
1a: ooo taps foot to have sword fall
1a: bean club, with first two rules, I only know as a reference to Fight Club
1a: pause where jack and jill hit puss on the head
1b: resuming. Puss wakes up from unconscious. about 35 min remaining.
1b: I love these multiple angles. i feel like an entire film (not necessarily Puss in Boots) should be done this way
1b: lol, humorous in a creepy way. (always there)
1b: (not sure if I wrote in previous or not but I thought the goose would have been giant and that the eggs laid would have been giant, but this little chick looks about their size... is the "monster" that was chasing them really its mother?)
1b: andy "jack" beanstalk
1b: hmm Humpty golden inside... wonder if he survives or rehatches. unless gold is gold.
Credits: 1b: main title credits were well done (Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, etc)
1b: apparently two of the songs were Rodrigo y Gabriela. I heard them perform once at a festival, and I liked their songs but did not continue listening so I didn't recognize their songs during the movie
1a=20230419, 1b=20230420
Watched first two-thirds 20230419, remaining third 20230420 (Netflix)
Puss in Boots (2011) Chris Miller. 90 min
Relevant Links:
Puss in Boots (IMDb.com)
Monday, April 17, 2023
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
20230417:
After watching the movie, I wasn't sure if I had seen it prior to today. I don't remember it at all, but there certainly exists examples of movies I dont remember, yet have a record of seeing them. There is, however, no record of having seen this movie, but my records only go back to when I first started blogging (December 2009).
In any case, it was a feel-good movie, and I enjoyed watching it with my family.
[20230417][20230615 Edit]
Instant Comments:
not bad of a throw using sound. estimating the distance to within reach
wow that moment of his escape was tense.
so understanding to let Spirit go
i feel like rain will survive.
oh what luck. Little Creek came in time.
escape after escape. great pacing
what a jump.
respect earned (from American sergent [Colonel])
"Take care of her, Spirit who will not be broken" (this scene brings Ada to tears)
Watched 20230417 (Netflix)
83 min
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166813/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit:_Stallion_of_the_Cimarron
After watching the movie, I wasn't sure if I had seen it prior to today. I don't remember it at all, but there certainly exists examples of movies I dont remember, yet have a record of seeing them. There is, however, no record of having seen this movie, but my records only go back to when I first started blogging (December 2009).
In any case, it was a feel-good movie, and I enjoyed watching it with my family.
[20230417][20230615 Edit]
Instant Comments:
not bad of a throw using sound. estimating the distance to within reach
wow that moment of his escape was tense.
so understanding to let Spirit go
i feel like rain will survive.
oh what luck. Little Creek came in time.
escape after escape. great pacing
what a jump.
respect earned (from American sergent [Colonel])
"Take care of her, Spirit who will not be broken" (this scene brings Ada to tears)
Watched 20230417 (Netflix)
83 min
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166813/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit:_Stallion_of_the_Cimarron
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Instant Comments:
1b: subtle joke: toadstool
1b: she makes fun of her dad, bleh bleh bleh
1b: hawa-what?
1b: hmm, is it keeping his word if he let's her into a fake village?
1b: hehe contacts
1b: clearly dracula doesnt want to resort to harming him
1b: oh this is where we started watching, just before they kissed at the party
1b: im not 83 anymore
1b: seat 83 e
1b: fellow dracula bleh bleh bleh (Benjamin laughs)
1b: all draculas line up. bleh bleh bleh
1b: lol i didnt notice yesterday. hes watching twilight and dracula remarks that's how their represented nowadays
1a: Watched the end of the movie [at the party, around the 1 hour mark]
1a=20230415, 1b=20230416
Watched the last third 20230415, watched the first two-thirds 20230416 (Cable TV)
91 min
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837562/
1b: subtle joke: toadstool
1b: she makes fun of her dad, bleh bleh bleh
1b: hawa-what?
1b: hmm, is it keeping his word if he let's her into a fake village?
1b: hehe contacts
1b: clearly dracula doesnt want to resort to harming him
1b: oh this is where we started watching, just before they kissed at the party
1b: im not 83 anymore
1b: seat 83 e
1b: fellow dracula bleh bleh bleh (Benjamin laughs)
1b: all draculas line up. bleh bleh bleh
1b: lol i didnt notice yesterday. hes watching twilight and dracula remarks that's how their represented nowadays
1a: Watched the end of the movie [at the party, around the 1 hour mark]
1a=20230415, 1b=20230416
Watched the last third 20230415, watched the first two-thirds 20230416 (Cable TV)
91 min
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837562/
Friday, April 14, 2023
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
Instant Comments:
typhus
hahaha "really there's no need to be rude" (fan waving)
moriarty...
hehe. "typhus" "That's a loose thread"
lol. "Enola, this is not harmless. " (funny but Grail seems fine)
Hehe Enola set Sherlock up with Watson
Watched 20230414 (Netflix)
129 min
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14641788/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Holmes_2
typhus
hahaha "really there's no need to be rude" (fan waving)
moriarty...
hehe. "typhus" "That's a loose thread"
lol. "Enola, this is not harmless. " (funny but Grail seems fine)
Hehe Enola set Sherlock up with Watson
Watched 20230414 (Netflix)
129 min
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14641788/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Holmes_2
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Enola Holmes (2020)
20230407:
Yesterday I started watching Enola Holmes. While the last name Holmes would suggest she's related to Sherlock Holmes, this wasn't immediately revealed.
[20230407][20230615 Edit]
Instant Comments:
1a: I watched up to 37 min mark where Sherlock and Mycroft are speaking and Sherlock says she's only 16, that is, he's additionally concerned about Enola.
1b: hehe sherlock spots the title: two boys.
1b: ah very smart. the shot shows that she realizes the best course of action is to fake having been drowned.
1b: hehe her teacher says she never mastered the corkscrew, she already failed and here she failes again, though it seems her mother has it down. I guess this foreshadows that towards the end of the movie likely she would use it to take down her mother.
1b: I'm thinking as she's talking about being able to defend the Viscount, that the bowler hat man was able to track her down but not the Viscount. is this just chance? [it is revealed later, in short, yes. he was tracking the viscount but ran into Enola]
1b: smile. "how do we laugh? we laugh politely. hahahaha"
1b: hahahahahahahaha. very serious advice. "your move Enola" and camera cuts to Enola as a little girl, perhaps 7 years of age. I love Helena Bonham Carter. [20230615: probably the best scene]
1b: huh. Enola must have predicted this and given him a corset. but would a corset realistically protect against a bullet (one from that gun specifically)?
1b: huh Enola is crying so it seems she wasn't in on the plan, but his hand moved...
Credits:
1b: Anthony Rickman. hmm doesn't seem to be related to Alan Rickman
1a=20230406, 1b=20230407
Watched first third 20230406, remaining two-thirds 20230407 (Netflix)
123 min
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Holmes_(film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7846844/
Yesterday I started watching Enola Holmes. While the last name Holmes would suggest she's related to Sherlock Holmes, this wasn't immediately revealed.
[20230407][20230615 Edit]
Instant Comments:
1a: I watched up to 37 min mark where Sherlock and Mycroft are speaking and Sherlock says she's only 16, that is, he's additionally concerned about Enola.
1b: hehe sherlock spots the title: two boys.
1b: ah very smart. the shot shows that she realizes the best course of action is to fake having been drowned.
1b: hehe her teacher says she never mastered the corkscrew, she already failed and here she failes again, though it seems her mother has it down. I guess this foreshadows that towards the end of the movie likely she would use it to take down her mother.
1b: I'm thinking as she's talking about being able to defend the Viscount, that the bowler hat man was able to track her down but not the Viscount. is this just chance? [it is revealed later, in short, yes. he was tracking the viscount but ran into Enola]
1b: smile. "how do we laugh? we laugh politely. hahahaha"
1b: hahahahahahahaha. very serious advice. "your move Enola" and camera cuts to Enola as a little girl, perhaps 7 years of age. I love Helena Bonham Carter. [20230615: probably the best scene]
1b: huh. Enola must have predicted this and given him a corset. but would a corset realistically protect against a bullet (one from that gun specifically)?
1b: huh Enola is crying so it seems she wasn't in on the plan, but his hand moved...
Credits:
1b: Anthony Rickman. hmm doesn't seem to be related to Alan Rickman
1a=20230406, 1b=20230407
Watched first third 20230406, remaining two-thirds 20230407 (Netflix)
123 min
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Holmes_(film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7846844/
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Instant Comments:
oh! ha! he lives! (skinny enough and lucky enough to land between the spikes)
hehe. cut loose. literally.
kids. they laugh at supervillain but not whatever ridiculous answer by the previous kid
Jaws
hehe fart bomb. but whats the counter? [face mask]
Ben laughs at whac-a-mole [apparently this spelling is correct! though "whack-a-mole" is also seen]
hehe. he's so nice to let his three special minions sleep with him...
Dr. Nefario. first gadget
hmm... why would Dr. Nefario help Gru?
huh is Minionese a mix of Italian and Spanish? [generally it is a mix of everything]
hehe comical airplane scene
hehe the acupuncturist
haha. he uses Kevin to try to break the wood
hahahaha find your inner beast, stop this kick
hehe baby chick minion
obviously you guys are rehired
Dr. Nefario
big boss
hehe oompa loompa reference
Peanuts reference
Watched 20230401 (Netflix)
90 min
*Minions 2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5113044/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minions:_The_Rise_of_Gru
oh! ha! he lives! (skinny enough and lucky enough to land between the spikes)
hehe. cut loose. literally.
kids. they laugh at supervillain but not whatever ridiculous answer by the previous kid
Jaws
hehe fart bomb. but whats the counter? [face mask]
Ben laughs at whac-a-mole [apparently this spelling is correct! though "whack-a-mole" is also seen]
hehe. he's so nice to let his three special minions sleep with him...
Dr. Nefario. first gadget
hmm... why would Dr. Nefario help Gru?
huh is Minionese a mix of Italian and Spanish? [generally it is a mix of everything]
hehe comical airplane scene
hehe the acupuncturist
haha. he uses Kevin to try to break the wood
hahahaha find your inner beast, stop this kick
hehe baby chick minion
obviously you guys are rehired
Dr. Nefario
big boss
hehe oompa loompa reference
Peanuts reference
Watched 20230401 (Netflix)
90 min
*Minions 2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5113044/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minions:_The_Rise_of_Gru