Movie Thread

[BladesNBarrels]

My wife and I watched "My All American" on Netflix last night. We both enjoyed it. It's based on a true story about a guy from Wheatridge who played football for the University of Texas in the 1960's.

Freddie Steinmark class of 1967.
Steinmark grew up in Wheat Ridge and went to the University of Texas, where he was one of the leaders of the team during its national title win in 1969.
He died in 1971 from a cancer that cost him his leg.
The Steinmark Award was named in his honor, and is given each year to a male and female recipient who are multi-sport athletes and excel on the field, in the class and in the community.

[ChadAmberg]

looks interesting. bit of a anti gun slant, still looks good.

In real life, he's a distant cousin of mine.


Today, I'm watching Kelly's Heroes.

[Ridge]

We saw the movie "Traded" at Walmart, read the back and thought it sounded pretty good.

It was NOT. Do not waste your time or attention.

We can deal with B films. We can even make fun of some of the shows that try so hard to take themselves seriously but fail. Sadly, this show was slow. S-L-O-W. I suspect the director had only a passing knowledge of what Westerns were comprised of, so the actors were told to speak their lines slowly, and have significant pauses in between their lines to sound thoughtful. Ignore the fact that Kansas looks NOTHING like Arizona (which is where this was filmed ignore the fact that the clothing was shiny and new while the actors had smudges of dirt and grime on their faces, to demonstrate hard work on a 'ranch'. What kind of ranch, I have no idea because there was no indication of anything but a fence where perpetual horses waited in their bridles and saddles, no matter the time of day or night. Maybe it was a dirt ranch, since there was dirt and dust blowing almost nonstop.
The daughter spoke with a twangy accent. The rest of the family did not.

There was a bunch more fussy stuff that kept throwing me out of the story, but the sub-par acting topped the list. I really, REALLY wanted to like this show, but I could not stomach more than 20 minutes.

We watched John Wick afterward, to recalibrate our blunted movie expectations.

That's what Metacritic.com is for.

[newracer]

We've been watching Westworld.

I watched he first two but it looks like they are not going to be available on demand after today.


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[ray1970]

Freddie Steinmark class of 1967.
Steinmark grew up in Wheat Ridge and went to the University of Texas, where he was one of the leaders of the team during its national title win in 1969.
He died in 1971 from a cancer that cost him his leg.
The Steinmark Award was named in his honor, and is given each year to a male and female recipient who are multi-sport athletes and excel on the field, in the class and in the community.

Yeah, I was trying not to spoil anything.

[BladesNBarrels]

Yeah, I was trying not to spoil anything.

Oops! Sorry. Old Wheat Ridge Alum before his time. Heard about him while I was in the service.

[TheGrey]

We saw the remake of The Magnificent Seven. It was well done, although it will never replace the original. Peter Skarsgaard is getting typecast as the bad guy a lot, and he's just not got the screen presence or the charisma to pull it off, IMO.

[ray1970]

Took me five attempts but I finally managed to get through "Batman vs Superman". Possibly the worst superhero movie ever made.

I'd say if you had to choose between watching this or going shopping for clothes with your wife you should choose the shopping trip.

[opie011]

Took me five attempts but I finally managed to get through "Batman vs Superman". Possibly the worst superhero movie ever made.

I'd say if you had to choose between watching this or going shopping for clothes with your wife you should choose the shopping trip.

LOL. I rarely get to watch a movie and I saw this the other night and thought the EXACT same way when it was over.

[StagLefty]

^ Yup real dissapointment on that one !!!!