The Blues Brothers

 

                Still on the quest of finding movies that I haven't touched nor, had much of my lifetime to take the time and seen from start to finish. And it just so happens, The Blues Brothers was on Amazon Prime, and I just thought well I have all the time in the world, so, why not watch the movie from beginning to end. Starring John Belushi in his iconic yet final comedic film before his passing, along with fellow Saturday Night Live, alums, Dan Aykroyd as well as list of Blues and R & B legends James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Cab Calloway. Now, I'll admit that this was my first time watching this classic comedy craziness, but this was one of those films where I just don't know what to say mainly because of what it's trying to be in terms of musical or comedic spoof.

                After his release from prison, Jake (John Belushi) reunites with his brother, Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) -- collectively known as the "Blues Brothers." Jake's first task is to save the orphanage the brothers grew up in from closing, by raising $5,000 to pay back taxes. The two are convinced they can earn the money by getting their old band back together. However, after playing several gigs and making few enemies, including the police, the brothers face daunting odds to deliver the money on time. 

                I will admit in a full disclosure way of saying this, I technically didn't watch the film all the way through for many reasons, the way the film started I wasn't quite sure if I was listening to anything mainly cause, there was no music and for a movie to be called Blues Brothers you could at least add some harmonica music to go along with the intro part of the movie right? Then when I finally sat down and watched the movie through, the musical elements put me in a puzzled state as well as some of the comedic elements to the film just, again it was one of these movies where they take some of the over-the-top comedy to the next level just gave me that mixed emotion of "huh". Now granted both John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd were at the peak of their comedic genius after spending so many years on Saturday Night Live and give them credit at being comedic geniuses, but with this movie I just was trying to put together on what this movie was supposed to be, considering that this movie does have musical elements but then we get to the out of control comedic elements that goes way over the top and then it just loses me out of it, especially when Carrie Fisher is trying to kill the Blues Brothers and of course through the course of the movie she fails constantly and the joke is she's a horrible shot, or even when the apartment complex blows up and they walk away from it, it goes from like any of the Naked Gun films or even the Airplane films that you begin to realize that you've seen this movie so many times that you begin to realize it while watching the movie. Granted some of the action sequences are cool especially some of the ways they were able to film the car chases but then again when they comedy goes over the top you slowly begin to lose interest but it's like a train crash, you don't want to look but you can't stop watching the mess go up in flames. I'm sure there are people out there that rank this as one of the greatest comedies ever made, but for me this is one of those films where I have mixed emotions of wanting to like this film and not quite sure in what to make of it and sure there are some funny moments especially with some of the nun scenes, but then it gets way to out of control. The best part of the movie is that it ends in a way like the TV series Fargo where you can stop watching it, after the season is done, then you can call it good as well as walk away before it gets worst especially when there's a sequel and after watching this movie I really don't feel the need to watch the second film. So, if your fan of the “Blues Brothers”, original film I'd say go nuts and watch the film on Amazon Prime, but if you are like me and don't know what to make of it, just remember you’re not the only one out there that feels confused about the movie like I am. 

Ice Guardians

 

                        Now, a couple of weeks ago I reviewed my opinions of the movie Goon, starring Stifler and Victor Creed. And I just happened to mention a small documentary, a film titled Ice Guardians and believe me when I say this, I feel like this would be a much better recommendation than watching Goon. Though in all fairness I do need to expand my horizons at times and sometimes there good hidden gems and, well at times they just don't age well or makes you lose into the reign of how can you do this better even though this film has already been made and there is no point in wanting to fix, that certain film like Goon unless you have all the money in the world to remake that movie, than sure.

                        The film explains the evolution of the on-ice enforcer, which was around since the days of the Original Six, later made a big impact in the seventies, as well as the eighties and nineties, but the after those years it soon becomes a decline of the enforcer as well as a debate on whether these warriors should still be around for these superstars or perish.

                        Not to say that Goon wasn't a bad film, and you shouldn't watch the film, that's not what I'm intending, and really Goon was a decent film though had a ton of flaws, things that just don’t work for me as an audience member. Ice Guardians for me is for certain, that go to movie to watch if you want to see a great story about these hockey goons or warriors that gives a great reason as to why we all love hockey, and if you’re not a fan of Hockey your obviously there for the Hockey fights. Now, I can't decide everyone's opinion because in all fairness every sport in America has changed from football to baseball, hell even basketball has changed more than baseball but the game of hockey has stayed true to its origin for a long time even if you don't want to watch the game all the way through and, there is some fights happening in regular season time but there's a whole lot of fights when it comes to the playoffs even though you'll probably be bored but for me, I don't care a whole lot about wanting to see more fights when it comes to hockey as long as my team is winning and especially when it takes a number of minutes for my team scores a goal is when I jump up and down and glad to see that my team is winning or the game is at the point of no comeback then I turn the television off. What makes this film great furthermore one of the best Hockey films of all time, is that the film alone give you a down to earth realization of why the enforcer is always important especially in the game of hockey mainly because if you look at the great one aka Wayne Gretzky career he had a ton of guys backing him up when he was on the ice throughout his career shattering records, and yet when you take a look at Sidney Crosby's career he had a lot more concussions than Gretzky ever had, and that's because the league started dismantling a lot of the hockey goons, all because there trying to get passed a ton of the Hockey violence which leads to the important question of would the game of Hockey be just a little more safe than the league being a little too worried about the fighting of hockey being a bad influence. The other thing in what this film does perfectly is that we see a glimpse of these guys who when they do get into the NHL, there it’s a dream come true but then they have to go back down and realize that there position as well as there playing time isn't enough and it's a matter of time of when there time of playing is coming to an end or can they still have the mental capacity to keep playing through the pain and injuries. In terms of Hockey movies I've seen I will rank Ice Guardians, up there between Slap Shot and Miracle, and even though this is a documentary the film tells a great story about the solo role of the enforcer protecting teammates not matter the cost and later in life, has suddenly diminish and what truly happens when some of these superstars now, all of a sudden don't become protected and what happens. The film is both on Tubi as well as Amazon Prime so if you’re a fan of Hockey or the NHL, I would most certainly recommend watching Ice Guardians from start to finish. 

  

January Recommendation: The Hateful Eight

 

               This new year was really about finding any movie that would most certainly be putting me into a good mood whether it was Beerfest, watching a Bill Murray film that made him a star though I also watched Stripes as well when it came to this month hell, I even watched Hot Tub Time Machine which really, if you haven't seen Hot Tub Time Machine you need to stop what hour doing and watch that great comedy. Then of course there were times where I decided to watch a winter themed movie like The Grand Budapest Hotel or celebrate hockey season like watching Goon. But then when you find that one movie that's on Hulu and it most certainly puts you in the best of moods like that way of saying "absof**kinglutly". Well Quentin Tarantino's second epic Western, The Hateful Eight was most certainly the movie to refresh your soul so, you can get back into the crumby world of life

               While racing toward the town of Red Rock in post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John "The Hangman" Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive prisoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh) encounter another bounty hunter (Samuel L. Jackson) and a man who claims to be a sheriff. Hoping to find shelter from a blizzard, the group travels to a stagecoach stopover located on the mountain pass. Greeted there by four strangers, the eight travelers soon learn that they may not make it to their destination after all. 

               Originally, The Hateful Eight was intentionally going to be a sequel to Django Unchained, but Tarantino realized that Jamie Fox's character did not fit the story which really he could of had a story involving Jamie Fox and Sam Jackson's character in The Hateful Eight for which would lead to the movie, title The Hateful Eight, but really when it comes to Tarantino I don't know what would be the best story to come up with so I can't honestly complain about that. The film itself, according to Quentin Tarantino was inspired by the sixties Western Television series, like Bonanza, The Virginian and The High Chaparral, and Tarantino explains basically states that all of those shows would usually have a bunch of outlaws take the lead character hostage or go to a place and most of the outlaws were portrayed by guest starring actors like David Carradine (long before he made his epic climax in Bangkok) and Charles Bronson. And Tarantino in his own words "I thought what if I did a movie starring nothing but those characters? No heroes, no knight and shining armor type heroes. Just a bunch of nefarious guys in a room, all telling backstories that may or may not be true. Trap those guys together in a room with a blizzard outside, give them guns, and see what happens". The film alone is ten years old as of this year in fact it's been close to films release although I may be thinking it was released around January, though you know how movies releases are these days. And truth be told I've seen this great movie at the local theater and any of Quentin Tarantino's movies age like fine wine, moreover there's really not a whole lot to say when it comes to a Quentin Tarantino film I mean the film alone speaks for itself from the great actors he casts to the great storytelling to even the satisfying endings that we can all enjoy over and over again. Although I will say that this was probably one of the most beautiful films he's ever shot in terms of scenery and even shooting outside when it comes to winter time despite very little outside filming, now I don't know if it was visual effects or painting but the first couple of shots where there still in the first act of the film with the blizzard chasing after the stagecoach is hands down one of my favorite shots in the entire movie. If I can may some lists of the many gifts that Tarantino is able to use when it comes to making movies, it's most certainly gathering a list of actors he trust as well as actors you'd never expect would show up, and this is him and Samuel L. Jacksons many collaborations and I would most certainly add this as Jacksons greatest roles when it comes to a Tarantino film but you also have a list of actors like Michael Madsen and Tim Roth fellow alums from Reservoir Dogs and even Kurt Russell does a great job in the movie, for which really was a role that I believe Quentin asked him to be in so he can wipe out the stain, that is Death Proof. Now, I don't know if this movie would have a different appeal because I heard one of the two actors that were approach for the movie was Viggo Mortenson and Jennifer Lawrence, all I can say is Mortenson I can see in a Quentin Tarantino film, unfortunately not so much with J-Law especially when it comes to Jennifer Jason Leigh and to make a long story short I'm very glad Tarantino made the wise choice in casting Leigh as the prisoner/antagonist. I can imagine right now Quentin is taking a long break from Hollywood for many reasons, mainly mental break from Hollywood bulls**t especially reporters, so I can understand with good reasons why we haven't seen any reports about Tarantino's latest updates to his next film he'll make. If it were me I would recommend all of Quentin Tarantino's movies for all the world to see because to me he's most certainly up there in one of the greatest filmmakers of all time and, sure kids of this generation or the butt hurt schmucks out there in the world would never appreciate his movies but I'm most certainly one of those guys that loves and cherish his films till the day I die. As for the Hateful Eight I would highly recommend anyone who haven't seen any of Tarantino's films or is finding a good movie to start off with because to be fair their most certainly one of those films that you must see and think but also delivers a ton of shock and awe. So, if you either have a Netflix account or a Hulu account then I would highly recommend watching this great Western until the final frame.

              

A Real Pain

 

                   On a typical Saturday night there is nothing better to do although I was technically house sitting for my parents, while they go on vacation. And really I was told about Jessie Eisenburg's second directorial film, A Real Pain was premiering at the local IMAX theater in one of the many towns I go see movies at, furthermore saw a preview of the film and thought why not it has that intriguing sense of a human story of two grown cousins who both have baggage in their everyday lives, more importantly this is one of those films that I'd never imagine watching a movie of Jessie Eisenberg's mainly because I always viewed him as a type cast after his Oscar nominated role in The Social Network, but then this is probably one of his best works of all time. 

                   Mismatched cousins David and Benji (Jessie Eisenburg & Kieran Culkin) tour Poland to honor their late grandmother. Their adventure becomes complicated as old tensions resurface while exploring their family history.

                   A big surprise is that this film is Eisenburg's second feature film, later in his career he made his first directorial debut "When You Finish Saving the World", and this basically was his first directorial debut, and basically the important part is that he just basically wrote and directed his first film didn't act in the film just wanted to focus more on directing his first feature film and this was around 2022. Now, with A Real Pain Eisenburg just decided to write a story about his heritage of what it means being Polish and Jewish at the same time and has really been asking about that question for quite a long time. Emma Stone, who co-starred alongside Jessie Eisenburg with Zombieland, has been a longtime friend as well as a producing partner who most recently produced this film along with Eisenburg's past films. At the time Eisenburg wasn't familiar with Kieran Culkin prior to developing the script, but later cast him, based on his essence as well as his sister's recommendation. Although Culkin wasn't sure about wanting to do this movie mainly because he wanted to be around his family and was recently finishing wrapping with Succession, that I truly believe he most certainly wanted a break from acting as well as probably didn't want to do another drama like this, but after a series of conversations as well as convincing with Emma Stone, Kieran decided to be in the movie along with Eisenburg. Moreover, all this movie is credited to Kieran Culkin's performance in the movie and the man no question has a great talent of being able to portray a character with a ton of baggage but also is a down to earth guy who loves his cousin no matter how dysfunctional the two of them are. Even Eisenburg does a fantastic job directing this great human-interest story of what it means to carry the burden of past family pains as well as having to live in the shadow of your own religion being oppressed even after the events of WWII. And true there times in Eisenburg's other past work where I wasn't really interested as in actor because after the Social Network he's always been branded as this uptight guy whose socially awkward basically playing Mark Zuckerberg kind of made him a hit but was kind of like Jim Parsons portraying Sheldon Cooper where that character will never go away from this guy, though after doing some research I realized that Jessie Eisenburg is in fact OCD actor which I figured he would be because that's always followed him through his career but now seeing him as a writer and director I've begun to respect him more, especially with a movie like this furthermore casting Baby aka Jennifer Gray in a movie which I totally didn't realize she was in the movie until I looked the movie up after watching the film. Even though I saw this film at a IMAX screening, the film itself is recently on Hulu so, for a first time seeing Eisenburg in the director’s chair as well as an actor and writer I have to say this is most certainly up there in the top five best films of 2024, in fact it's so good I can now push Dune Part Two out of the list and store that movie into the closet of films I can only watch once. So, if you’re looking for a feel good and relatable movie to watch before the Academy Awards come around then I would highly recommend watching A Real Pain, for Eisenburg's writing and directing as well as Kieran Culkin's best on-screen performance since Scott Pilgrim versus the World.

 

                     

                 

Meatballs

 

                  I'm aware that this film is a hundred percent a summer themed movie and since we’re still in the first month of the new year we're not going to be seeing heat waves in the next four maybe five months. Desperate times calls for desperate measures, especially when you trying to find a full-time job as well as applying for a job isn't going your way. So, like the past couple of weeks I'm trying to find movies that are in the range of winter themed movies but more importantly finding films that put me in a good mood, and as fate would have it Bill Murray's first collaborations with both Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis, Meatballs has become the latest streaming movie of the month of January and I figured why not watch a Bill Murray film that I have not even came close to seeing, and surprisingly enough it wasn't what I expected in a typical raunchy film.

                 Tripper (Bill Murray) is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp NorthStar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy (Chris Makepeace), a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to defeat rival Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition.

                  The surprising thing I find when watching the movie is that, and granted this is from watching classics like Caddyshack, or Stripes is I would imagine this movie to be in the raunchy stage of 80's comedies. When in fact this movie does have those elements in a fair sense but more tone down in terms of how much raunch they can use, furthermore compare this movie to Stripes, this film technically a softcore porno if you want to compare this with past works of Bill Murray's earlier and most recognizable works. As much of an ego/narcists, Bill Murray was throughout his film career as a comedic actor, I never in a million years imagine this guy being a mentor/friend to a kid who is having trouble fitting in. And I was a bit unsure of what I should think of this movie especially Bill Murray's performance in the film, mainly because I always looked at the guy as a immature a**hole from is more popular films like Ghostbusters, Stripes and even Groundhog Day, like it was really on the freaky side of what I was expecting. Though to the films credit this something new out of Bill Murray that I never quite expected and the fact that he' tries to help out the estranged loner kid played by Chris Makepeace, I find it awesome to see for many reasons, I never had much in terms of cool counselors when I was going to Catholic camps but after watching Bill Murray's performance in the film I wish I had him as a counselor because he would most certainly be that go to camp counselor that I want to hang out with over and over again if I'm being forced to go to any summer camps. A side from this being Murrays first starring role in a movie with the success of Saturday Night Live, I got to admit that this was most certainly a movie where Murray shines as one of the all-time great improvisors from the many camp announcements he does in the movie to his epic comedic speech by the end of the movie, and Harold Ramis who co-written the screenplay states that Ivan Reitman did not know for certain whether Murray would be in the film until he showed up till the third day of shooting, for which I believe this was the first of many times Reitman or Ramis would get use to his antics until Bill and Harold had their feud during Groundhog Day filming. For any old film or classic movie that films next to a K-Mart I will always recommend a film that respects and honors the once and out of business K-Mart (anyone out there remember K-Mart?) because my entire childhood was always hanging around K-Mart's even when they began dying off the face of all of America. The movie itself is on both Peacock, Tubi and Amazon Prime and even though this is a summer themed movie I would highly recommend watching this movie because this is most certainly a great film that you can watch and have a great time watching this 80's cliche, comedic characters do their thing for an hour and thirty four minutes and really if your old as I am and want to remember the good old days of K-Mart's being in your local town, then this would most certainly be a movie for you especially when it's Bill Murray's rise to stardom.

           

10th Anniversary of The Grand Budapest Hotel

 

              This is most certainly the first ever movie I ever watched from the list of Wes Anderson's filmography. To those, who are not familiar of Wes Anderson's work, the man has in what may be in all his films, has a bewildering sense of strange humor that sometimes is confusing but at times works for that essential period. And since this only movie I like of his, has reached a anniversary mark of ten years since the film’s release I figured why not watch this great comedy furthermore see if it still lives up to its name. I strangely remember watching this film ten years ago saving the film on a cable network aka Spectrum satellite for which was my parents and brother's final time to ever purchase anything that's related to Dish Network and Direct TV, and to be honest I was just loving the role Ralph Fiennes was portraying and thought that it was the most brilliant comedic role I've ever seen. 

              In the 1930's the Grand Budapest Hotel is a popular European Ski Resort, presided over by concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes). Zero (Tony Revolori), a junior lobby boy, becomes Gustave's friend and protege. When one of Gustave's elderly lovers dies mysteriously, Gustave finds himself the recipient of a priceless painting and the chief suspect in her murder. 

              Now, I haven't seen a good portion of all of Wes Anderson's films, though in fairness some of them were all in either cable previews list, either way I didn't get much into his work because they somewhat in my stand point looked a bit weird or wasn't sure what to make of it such as a film where Bill Murray is seeking revenge on a shark. Furthermore, it wasn't out of a sense of disrespect or wanting to get into his work I just looked at most of his previewed films and thought that they weren't all interesting for me. That is until I got finding the Grand Budapest Hotel and was deciding in my best interest to give this movie a shot and really it was Ralph Fiennes performance that was the main reason why I dug this movie from start to finish. The film has a grand total of seventeen actors combined throughout most of them are in a grand sense cameo appearance. Anderson himself customarily employs a troupe of longtime collaborators, actors like Bill Murray, Adrian Brody, Edward Norton, Owen Wilson and even Jeff Goldblum, have worked on or more of his projects. According to Brody, who said that the most significant challenge was balancing the film's comedy with the otherwise solemn. If you really need a reason as to why I would recommend anyone to sit down and watch all two hours of Grand Budapest Hotel it's most certainly because of Ralph Fiennes performance as this bizarrely entertaining, yet ahead of its time, concierge M. Gustave. Mainly because of his out of this world humor unexpected punch lines that still give me a smile every time I watch him on screen and I believe during pre-production Fiennes was trying to get himself out of the villains portrayals from all the Harry Potter films he appeared in, and although he wasn't sure on how to approach the character, to me Fiennes was the main reasons as to why I never watched all of Andersons films until this film came along. And it isn't just Fiennes portrayal in the film countless actors like Adrian Brody who does an excellent antagonist almost out of the silent films with the crazy mustache, Edward Norton does a great job as well and even the newcomer Tony Revolori who plays Fiennes pupil furthermore has great facial expressions whenever Ralph says the most unexpected things through the course of the movie. Even after ten years of the film’s release, I still say that the film alone stands the test of time and maybe now I do need to make a point and watch some of Wes Anderson's filmography though not all of them just a few in terms of testing out the waters. But more importantly, I still rank this as a comedy of the 2010's and if you’re like me whose a bit unsure of Wes Anderson's work I would say to try this film to be your first obviously because of Ralph Fiennes performance but most importantly, it's a good stepping stone of wanting to get your feet wet in a sense of wanting to try and watch some of Wes Andersons work. 

           

Goon

 

                    Going back and finding some simpler kind of movies more like trying to find anything between an hour and thirty-minute or hour and fifty-minute films just to get myself prepared for the new year and since we're amid hockey season, I figured I'd take a whack at a hockey movie, something you'd never quite expect. I've been familiar with the movie Goon for quite a while after watching it for the first time in quite a long while. The film itself stars Sean William Scott in the well, I'm not sure if this is the unlikeliest of roles though something that I'm not sure if I would cast him in this role with all things consider I think this was a way for him to branch out of his side character's he's only been famous for, like I don't know American Pie?

                    Though a misfit among his brainy family members, Massachusetts bouncer Doug Glatt (Sean William Scott) has a knockout punch that lands him a spot on a minor-league Canadian hockey team.

                    Having re-watched the film now I will say that this film is at true a decent film from start to finish, that being said though, I would of made a ton of changes with the movie needless to say maybe replace Sean William Scott or change his character in terms of being a complete moron and I get it, the character is supposed to be this dimwit bouncer whose only known for fighting and that's what gets him success of being a hockey player. But I would rather have the character at least stand up to his parents at least moreover have some conflict in terms of is he really being treated as a goon or want to give more as a hockey player. And just some of these little tips can make your hockey movie about enforcers or goons be a good or great movie and it's not that hard. In the world of Hockey there is always that role of being an enforcer or goon, players like most recent Ryan Reaves or can go back in time and talk about past legends like Dave Schultz or even Claude Lemieux and with the changes in the NHL of course the goon's role is in a sense left out because all there made to do is fight nothing else and I think with a movie like this you do have a sense of story that needs to be told in a different stand point. The one actor in this movie that really saves the movie and no it's not Eugene Levy, it's surprisingly of all actors you'd expect saving a movie is Liev Schreiber who does a fantastic job playing the veteran goon on the verge of retirement but most importantly gives a lot of advice to Scott's character and really I kind of wished we had more of his character in the movie but granted he's supposed to be the antagonist/mentor so I guess you can't always have what you want in life. If you’re ever feeling the sense of finding that one feels good movie or any sports related film, I would recommend watching this movie and only this movie, for reasons why I say this movie alone is because there's a sequel and I don't believe anyone needs a sequel to this film, but if you’re not a big fan of Sean Williams Scott, for which I can totally understand there is another movie/documentary that explores the enforcer/goon role called Ice Guardians I would also recommend watching that film if you’re not feeling of for 90’s dead weight like, Sean William Scott. Though I would recommend not buying this movie, more like if it's free on any streaming service you've subscribed to then you can most certainly watch the film, from that standpoint.

 

                          

Reacher

 

                 A show that me and my brother started watching, I believe back in November of last year and this is most certainly one of those shows that I believe is a love letter to all those 80's cheesy action movies that we've all grown up and loved over the years. A lot of you are probably familiar with the show Reacher, me I only heard about the Tom Cruise movies to the point where I didn't really care because I wasn't really wanting to waste my time with Ritalin crazed Cruise man. But then again, it was one of those times where me and my brother had this thing where we both watch one television show together from start to finish and surprisingly enough it's not too bad.

                Reacher (Alan Ritchson) is a former U.S. Army Military Police Major, who prefers to live as a drifter, traveling from town to town across the United States. Though everywhere he turns trouble seems to be coming to him or trouble doesn't know what they’re dealing with.

                Watching this show I'll admit did kind of make me laugh in a sense of the choice of actor, because Alan Ritchson in case you haven't seen the former Spike TV show Blue Mountain State, Ritchson plays the linebacker whose insanely dumb (maybe gay?) at times the obnoxious bro but his infamous shouting of GET OUT! aka screaming like a girl, is what haunts my dreams as well as every time I see him or watch him on the big screen. Sure, I can accept the guy is turning himself into a different person as well as getting a wider known role instead of Blue Mountain State but deep down just watching the guy doesn't go away in terms of this being the same guy who obnoxiously screams like a girl. Though in the end this show is impressive especially Ritchson as an actor despite him taking his shirt off constantly because all the ladies have to see this guy without a shirt, though I wish we can have more women taking their shirts off, just me personally. I don't know what the best way to describe the movie other than this is a show about a man with an unknown background but is an unstoppable wrecking machine, I mean basically all the cheesy action movies you love from films like any Arnold movie, Chuck Norris film or even a Sylvester Stallone flick where the entire film is just a predictable storyline from the first episode to the final episode, and you know that the character of Reacher is going to kick these bad guys a**s like there's know counting on that but it's really the story as well as each episode is what makes it worth seeing. I will say the entertaining part about watching the show is the predictable sex scenes they have with each season granted season 1 only has one but, when we get to like season 2 then I was literally on the edge of my seat, screaming and wanting Reacher and his love interest to start hitting the slow saxophone music, because I just knew it was going to happen and of course me, when they do it I'm just screaming "yes" as if I just won a bet, I mean basically it brings back to all of those years of me being forced to witness any Grey's Anatomy show or any Soap Opera show on ABC, so either way I do feel proud of myself in the end. I've never read any of Lee Child's book series of Jack Reacher but as a show by itself I would most certainly recommend watching the show from season one to the upcoming season three, I mean it has all those great elements on what makes a great action show but most importantly it does have tribute feel to all those 80's action movies as well as predictable sex scenes for which I hope in season three that we have a three way with season one love interest and season two love interest that's defiantly what I'm hoping would happen and if not that's fine I'm not worried.

     

Beerfest

 

                A New Year has come my friends and to be truthfully honest I was in a bit of a letdown with Christmas coming and going, though don't get me wrong I know it's part of life but I was going through a funk phase of being laid off, from my job in November, not really wanting in a best essence to go finding a new job so, to make a long story short I wasn't feeling in the best way possible all because of what the new year will hopefully bring. So, I had to find one movie that can give me a fresh relief in life. And this movie was no doubt one of the greatest decisions I've ever made in my entire life, especially when you are in a funk. Furthermore, I knew I had to get my dad involved in watching this amazing film, if you aren't familiar with the Super Trooper's movies or Tacoma FD show I'm sure you've watched this film in your college years and thought this movie was the greatest film in all the world. 

                Two brothers (Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter) from America happen upon a secret and centuries-old beer-games competition during a visit to Germany's Oktoberfest. After losing badly, they return to America, assemble an impressive team of brew-lovers and return to Germany for a rematch. 

                The concept of the film's premise starts really with one of the simplest of ideas, basically going on trips or re-living a memory. Jay Chandrasekhar director of the film as well as part of the writing team Broken Lizard who all four men wrote Beerfest, states "We were at a Beer Garden in Australia (wearing our Police uniforms) and we went on stage and challenged the top five drinkers in the room to a chug off. The place exploded. We were winning, but then Paul Soter started drinking and we quickly lost. Then we had an arm-wrestling contest. Then Steve Lemme insulted national treasure, Russell Crowe and we had to be escorted out by security. We thought that would be a fun movie. The drinking part", for which the rest becomes history if you ask me. Now going back and watching this movie along with my dad. I will say that this is the most underappreciative movie ever made and for me one of the best comedies ever assembled, and the fact that you have critics that view this movie is the worst comedy ever, and I feel like these critic's obviously haven't watched this film all the way through and if you want to talk worst comedies try looking at films like A million ways to die in the West, or Don't mess with the Zohan. The Broken Lizard crew are exceptional writers and comedians I mean the fact that these guys have been doing it for quite a long time is impressive as well as underappreciative because all of these guys films aren't perfect but there most certainly funny and entertaining from start to finish almost the modern-day Mel Brooks or Harold Ramis. The other thing in what makes these guys great is that they cast some of the most unexpected actors/actresses to make the film work hell Donald Sutherland is legendary in this movie even though he's only in the opening part of the film and it was a much better performance than watching Invasions of the Body Snatcher's personally. But the best for last is Cloris Leachman who does a fantastic job in the movie playing the inspiration for her young Grandsons in a great comedic way possible and even though she passed away four years ago, she's no doubt one of the greatest comedic actresses out there along with Madeline Khan. So, ladies if you want to find a good idea of what makes a great comic actor it's called having a great sense of humor and if you don't believe me, watch this movie as Leachman shines throughout the movie. Super Trooper's is defiantly a great comedy you can watch over and over again the same with its successor despite that it's a shame premise but Beerfest is most certainly that one comedy that you can watch over and over again from its great opening scene to its iconic one liners, this is most certainly a comedy that you can watch for months on end and feel refreshed whenever you’re in a depressing mode and Beerfest is most certainly that comedy that needs to be seen to be understood by a wider audience. The movie is on Tubi and so I would highly recommend watching this with your own father because it gave my dad something to laugh at and I'm certain it will give your own father tears of joy.