Posted by Dale Sackrider, II on Jun 29, 2007 in
Movie Reviews My first reaction when I saw a preview for the fourth movie in the Die Hard franchise was “No they didn’t!!!” After seeing the movie tonight, I have to say - Oh, Yes they did!!! If you are looking to see the movie - don’t worry, there are no spoilers here, you can keep reading.
The Bad - there is a lot of language in this movie. It carries a PG-13 rating but most everything but the “F-Word” was used many times.
The Rest - If you took the first three movies, put them in a blender and added some adrenalin - this is what you would get! It was over the top with the action scenes - most of them are so over the top that they go a step beyond unrealistic and move right in to ‘who-cares-that-this-could-never-happen-that-was-freakin-awesome!’ They had just enough references to the earlier movies to satisfy the Die Hard fan’s pallet, leaving no great line unsaid. The visual affects were great, and the comedy was dead on for the Die Hard genre.
If you didn’t enjoy the first Die Hard (what’s wrong with you?), then don’t bother with this one. If you loved the first movie, liked the second, and didn’t bother with the third - you should go see this movie. If you already own the box set for the first three, you should stop reading this and head to your closest theater now!
Two thumbs up, five stars, would (and might) see it again.
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Posted by Dale Sackrider, II on Jun 28, 2007 in
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The main character, John Spartan (played by Stallone) in the 1993 film Demolition Man, is cryogenically frozen in 1996 and thawed sometime in the 21st century. Shortly after he is thawed, nature calls and he is confronted with the fact that in this future world there is no toilet paper. Instead there are seashells in the bathroom where a roll would normally be. Spartan asks about it and is taunted that he ‘doesn’t know how to use the seashells’.
On a regular basis in the bathrooms at work, the toilet paper rolls conspire against me. You know what I’m talking about - you are done with nature’s call and reach for the paper only to tear off a half a square. No matter how slow you pull the roll, you just keep making confetti! When you finally do manage to pull enough off in a single connected string, you pull hard to tear it off and instead of tearing, it rolls out enough paper to clog the Colorado River. This is almost a daily occurrence at my job — I know I’m not the only one because I see the confetti left from the last occupant of the stall.
I’M READY FOR THE SEA SHELLS…
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Posted by Dale Sackrider, II on Jun 23, 2007 in
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We were eating sandwiches at a small store front in Scottsdale when he walked right past us - the real batman! Ok, maybe he was just some forty year old pedophile dressed in the Adam West version of batman from head to toe in 100 degree June heat. He smiled at Zander as he walked by. Read more…
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