I’m not a big race dude. I’m not a big automobile person - I use them and occasionally I’ll dabble in a game that lets me go real fast, but that’s really the extent of my general interest in the stuff - so tonight’s movie choice might come off as a bit out of nowhere on the slat flats, like a really good ninja. You know what though? It’s offered (at the time of writing this) to watch for free in numerous places, and it comes as a recommendation - and I do love the fact that recommendations have brought me to a good number of movies that are quite good and totally outside of my wheel house (har har) - so why don’t we strap up and see just what’s up with The World’s Fastest Indian.
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I love nothing apparently more than giving neck-snapping genre whiplash with the constant back and forth I do lately. I imagine it’s getting to the point where people wish i would perhaps tackle another lengthy franchise like Godzilla just so they could get their breath - but nay! On this day, we step to a genre that I’d wager I rarely actually step into - biography drama. Yep, tonight we get a “based on a true story” movie that doesn’t involve something totally made up and trying to be scary - today we get schools and the ultimate terror of humanity - math. Get your pencils and prep your inner nerd, it’s time to Stand and Deliver.
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So the new movie buddy had a request for a movie this week - another war one, a bit more serious this time but also a far more impressive story. The fact that it’s based on a true story really helps sell how impressive it is - and of course set in a time of greatness - even if that greatness isn’t all in the good way. Tonight we see the reason behind a man, and the impressive story to go along with what happened up on Hacksaw Ridge.
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The staggering length of the desired DVD drought continues, and we once again get to be surprised at what shows up in the mail. Tonight is a more serious note - one based on a true story, complete with an actual picture of the person of whom the story is based on as if to say “yeah, we know anyone can use that label, but we actually did find a real story to make visually impressive.” The lead of the trailers is somebody that I’ve grown to expect to be able to do justice to a wide range of rolls, and the trailers showed me that there’s a mix of good old human darkness to this seemingly whimsical world of dolls - but the question remains if it’s drama will be entertaining or just straight up depressing. Find yourself a nice pair of heels and go save a milkmaid, it’s time to look at Welcome To Marwen.
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This one comes recommended, so instead of being on the fence of whether or not to watch it, it’s on tonight’s docket. It’s not that I don’t like this type of movie - I mean, perhaps biographies made as Hollywood flicks and the inevitable entertainment inflation could be a little bit of a put off - but rather that I already know what I kind of figured the movie would go over, so despite the man behind the band I didn’t know if the interest was going to be there. Soundtrack wasn’t going to be a question - I enjoy the crap out of some Queen - just the drama. Still, a recommendation is a recommendation, so let’s find out if this movie is a drag or flying off like a rocket man. Tonight, we check out Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Tonight's movie didn't exactly pass me by on the movie radar, it just wasn't one that I was super interested in. Fast forward to it being out for home video, and a friend mentions that they thought it was pretty fun. I've watched movies with far less exceptional recommendations, so I figured why not? As far as I know, "inspired by" very well could be the word of the day - but let's see how the house that guns built plays out.
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October continues. We've done the undead, we've done cryptid-like legends, we've passed aliens from outer space turning our own dead against us, what could be left? Well, as much as I'd like to take full credit for this weeks movie choice, I can't do so while being entirely honest. No, that distinction goes to a Blastr article I read pertaining to a 'tops' list from their popular show Ghost Hunter's T.A.P.S. team. Seeing as this is one of the few on their list of movies that I hadn't watched, I figured we might as well add straight-up dead (or maybe extra-dimensional?) to the list of haunts for this October. Will you quake in fear over this dramatization of events that, as far as sources can tell, are actually based on true events?
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I find myself watching found footage movies as though one of these days the perfect one is going to happen around, and the entire world will realize how awesome they could be if done right. It's theoretically not something that should be that hard to do - and if anything building tension should be easier than through normal means, since it adds to the effect that the viewer is there (theoretically). It never seems to happen though, it always seems to somewhere go so terribly wrong - from either holding onto it's suspense for way too long, or pacing that's so dull you would rather go to sleep. Can this movie dig up some fun, or will it be destined to make your bones ache?
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Well, the name is kind of a spoiler in it's own right, but it's been a while since a military style flick has shown up in my queue of viewing. Considering it's 'based on a true story' tag, what's going to happen here is a good deal of authenticity with some bad events over in the heated world of Taliban-filled territory. It's certainly a familiar war story to those who like the genre, but it never claims to be anything more than what it is. Will this band of brothers be cause to add to the collection, or would you rather leave the rifle on the shelf?
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Find yourself with a hankering for a world war 2 flick that's less depressing and war-like? Maybe wish Ocean's Eleven had a smaller cast and was set back in world war 2? Ever feel the burning desire to watch some people thwart Hitler by saving art? Well, today might be your lucky day, as this is exactly what Monuments Men promises! Now all we need to do is figure out we celebrate over the survival of art, or if we rather wish the german guy shot us (I promise you'll get that later).
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