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Person of Interest (2011)
Silly premise but Caveizel and Emerson are so amazing in this show, you can't help forgetting it's a silly premise
I will admit. It's a silly premise. A machine that spits out social security numbers that only happen to happen in New York and the surrounding area. Yeah, that's silly! Few are going to argue, otherwise.
But you don't care. Caveizel and Emerson are so convincing in their roles you soon forget it's a silly premise and are totally absorbed in the show. There are few shows on TV that I have enjoyed as much as "Person of Interest." Caveizel already showed his insurmountable talent in "The Passion of the Christ." He is definitely under utilized in the limited venue of a television show. However, I selfishly hope no one else figures that out, because I don't want to lose him in this show. He's the only reason I tuned in, in the first place and he's a large reason I keep tuning in. My husband and I love the show. We keep trying to jump ahead and figure the twists in the plot before the end of the show. A lot of times we are wrong, and the plot gives us a surprise we didn't see happening. That is what makes an enjoyable program.
Too many programs are formulaic and derivative, and you can see how the show will end 10 minutes into the show, because you have seen it so many times before. Not "Person of Interest." It's a fresh idea, in a medium I thought had run out of ideas 30 years ago.
PLUS, despite it's gritty reality it's a show I can watch with my 14 year old and not feel she is being exposed to a lot of vulgarity that (unfortunately) seems to be the reality for a lot other programs. How can they do that? How can they be such a gritty, dark, drama and YET be a show you wouldn't worry about the older kids (I'd say 12 and older) watching? That's pure genius! Great show! I can't applaud the show enough! Standing O!
Scrooge (1970)
The Best Scrooge and Marley Ever!
Who ever thinks of taking a young man, and having him play Ebenezer Scrooge? Only Albert Finney was up to the task. So, convincing was he, that I didn't know he was really young man (at the time) until years later (seeing him in another film). There are old men who haven't done better.
Alec Guiness is the best Marley hands down. From the weird jerky, yet fluid movements that make his musical dance of the dead, to his dead pan, yet whimsical humor. I love him! Kenneth More! Need I say more? A cheerful, bombastic, larger than life Ghost of Christmas Present you will never find elsewhere! And I don't think it can be argued that there is a better Cratchet than David Collings (who I also liked and remember in Doctor Who's "Robots of Death" with Tom Baker!) The musical highlights? My favorites are "Thank you Very Much" and "I Like Life." The technical aspects of this film amaze me as it was made long before CGI. I have never seen a better scene of a door knocker turning into Marley as this film--even films that used CGI. I still don't know how they managed the scene where young Scrooge walks by Old Scrooge, Old Scrooge turns around, and then young Scrooge walks back by him. It's amazing. How was it managed without CGI? I wish I knew! Then there is the DVD. I have blu-rays that don't have the quality of picture. The quality, the color, the clarity is wonderful for DVD. A shame it is not yet on blu-ray.
This film is worth buying and watching every Christmas. Enjoy!
Invisible Invaders (1959)
Get ready for some major foot dragging
This movie is about some invisible, foot dragging aliens. Which is odd because once they take over the bodies of the dead, they seem to know how to pick up their feet, at least a little. However, once they are invisible, they drag their feet, in such a heavy way it causes them to have extremely labored breathing. No wonder they prefer fighting humans in the bodies of the dead. They don't breathe heavily in the bodies of the dead. I guess being a zombie is less work intensive than being an invisible alien.
The aliens are fighting the whiniest weenies on the face of the planet. Adam Penner seems to be in an obnoxious whine about something throughout the entire film. John turns from true blue friend to a lovely shade of cowardly yellow. The only person in the film that seems to have any ca hones is John Agar. That alone tells you something about the film.
There's only one woman in the film. I don't even see any female zombies. (Oops, did I use the forbidden "Z" word, again?) It's no wonder the only woman in the film falls in love with John Agar. He's the only "hero" in the film, deserving to wear pants.
It's no surprise, this film is one of my favorite films to put on at bedtime. While I'm awake, I can laugh at this film. If I fall asleep, who cares! If I make it through the entire film, I know I better make an appointment with my doctor for insomnia.
This film is a much a labor to watch as the labored breathing of the invisible aliens. I'll never know why MST3K didn't get a hold of this little gem of awfulness. It certainly deserves the MST3K treatment. No foot dragging, whatsoever, in saying that.
The Mist (2007)
Your typical Hollywood anti-Christian bigotry
As usual, the Christian is depicted as an unhinged bigoted redneck, half insane and full of hate.
Does Hollywood have to constantly remind us how out of touch they are with the rest of the country without punctuating it with these lopsided stereotypes? The idea of a window into another universe is intriguing. But when we go or allow another universe in, can we leave the typical Hollywood stereotypes behind? In the 70s it was depicting all blacks as pimps, prostitutes and thugs.
Now it's any enemy that makes them feel threatened in their petty politics.
Way to go on delivering half a plot, half politically motivated bigoted rant.
And the ending was pointless and awful
Killdozer (1974)
In about 100 years I may get to like this movie
No, just kidding. But isn't it what you want to say about this movie? Other than that, it's a space rock that meets a bulldozer. They fall in love, and decide to reenact the Terminator 10 years early. For some reason this bulldozer now hates those gave it a reason for existence and it's bound to put them out of existence.
Problem is bulldozers move at like, what, five miles an hour. I could probably walk and get away from a bulldozer. Yet on an island that seems big enough, and in jeeps they can't seem to get away from the slowest most plodding movie villain ever.
I guess that's why I love this movie. It's funny, it's unbelievable. It's so bad it's good. Besides it gave us the most memorable line in a movie ever, "In about a hundred years, I may get to like you."
Jaws 2 (1978)
You will NOT believe a shark can eat a helicopter
This movie is about as bad as a "teen scream" can get. A shark that can swim faster than a speed boat to catch water skiers. A shark that can eat a helicopter. Dumb teens who do little more than whine and scream. They took the premise of a mature thriller like Jaws and turned it into a mindless excuse for teens to act "cool" and then really, REALLY stupid. The latter 3/5 of the movie Roy Scheider is left twiddling his thumbs lost in the ocean just to give time for a bunch of teens who can't act their way out of a paper bag. Then Roy Scheider pops back in at the end for the most implausible way to kill a shark ever put a film that wasn't direct to video--which is what should have happened to this film. One word -- BAD!