Oh I completely agree. It's just not the Hollywood way unfortunately, so many an older actress ends up looking like an alien, especially if she relied on looks to get roles in her prime.
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To save his declining business, Chris Cringle (Mel Gibson), also known as Santa Claus, is forced into a partnership with the U.S. military. Making matters worse, Chris gets locked into a deadly battle of wits against a highly skilled assassin (Walton Goggins), hired by a precocious 12-year-old after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking. ‘Tis the season for Fatman to get even, in the action-comedy that keeps on giving.
And that first one was just a rip off of point break
Love this movie
You shut your whore mouth!
...and somehow it was even cheesier!
It’s the exact same damn movie. But worse as they swapped swayze for diesel.
Point Break is about surfing, F&F is about street racing.
It’s the exact same damn movie. But worse as they swapped swayze for diesel.
So there.
Undercover cop joining the crew of thrill seeking heisters.
Pretty much the same movie
How many banks got robbed in F&F?
I thought so.
Troll
Pretty entertaining.
Pretty entertaining.
Went old school last night.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
9/10
Hilarious movie. Yes I've seen it before but not for years. Steve Martin is perfect, and this is probably John Candy's best performance.
I forgot Kevin Bacon was in this at the beginning as Martin's adversary chasing down a cab.
Appearances by Ferris Bueller's dad, Grace (the principal's secretary) and Bueller's teacher (Ben Stein - Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?) as an airline announcer. Makes sense since it's a John Hughes film.
On this watch, I noticed they likely left a ton of scenes on the cutting floor. When Neal finally gets home it feels like there is a weird scene between him and his wife where she is crying. He was only 2 days late due to weather. Chill out lady.
Also - John Candy's character has a black eye at the end of the movie that's never explained.
Steve Martin dropping 15+ f-bombs on the rental car lady is still one of the best scenes ever put on film.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
9/10
Hilarious movie. Yes I've seen it before but not for years. Steve Martin is perfect, and this is probably John Candy's best performance.
I forgot Kevin Bacon was in this at the beginning as Martin's adversary chasing down a cab.
Appearances by Ferris Bueller's dad, Grace (the principal's secretary) and Bueller's teacher (Ben Stein - Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?) as an airline announcer. Makes sense since it's a John Hughes film.
On this watch, I noticed they likely left a ton of scenes on the cutting floor. When Neal finally gets home it feels like there is a weird scene between him and his wife where she is crying. He was only 2 days late due to weather. Chill out lady.
Also - John Candy's character has a black eye at the end of the movie that's never explained.
Steve Martin dropping 15+ f-bombs on the rental car lady is still one of the best scenes ever put on film.
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Saw Violent Night last night.
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It is a mix of Die Hard and Home Alone with Tarantino level violence and gore.
Santa taking out thugs with a sledge hammer and a candy-cane shiv!!!
I enjoyed it significantly more than Fat Man (which I though took itself way too seriously).
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It is a mix of Die Hard and Home Alone with Tarantino level violence and gore.
Santa taking out thugs with a sledge hammer and a candy-cane shiv!!!
I enjoyed it significantly more than Fat Man (which I though took itself way too seriously).
I repeat this verbatim in every rental car service desk.
I avoid online booking just for the occasion.
I've been on an "older" movie run lately...
Gremlins (1984)
Phoebe Cates is impossibly cute.
The mom is pretty badass in this movie. Kicks a lot of Gremlin butt - including nuking one in a microwave. She looked familiar so I looked her up on IMDB. She was also in Stand By Me (Gordie's sad mom), Back to the Future (Lorain's mom/Marty's grandma when he goes back to the 50s), and Footloose (Kevin Bacon's mom).
The dad is a whacky inventor in the film (who the fuck has a convention on Christmas Eve?) and given this is a Spielberg film, there are definite similarities between this character and Data in Goonies (which came out 1 year later) with his mostly non-working gadgets.
Gizmo is still an adorable pet. The Gremlins are still awesomely mischievous.
I thought about showing this to my little nieces (ages 7 to 10) since it is a bit of a Christmas movie and it's PG - glad I didn't. Probably a little too scary - and Phoebe Cates has a scene where she found out Santa wasn't real because her Dad died trying to sneak down the chimney and they found him 5 days later when his body started to stink from decomposition - LOL
6.5/10
Worth the watch. Good, campy fun.
Gizmo driving the Barbie car is still classic...
Gremlins (1984)
Phoebe Cates is impossibly cute.
The mom is pretty badass in this movie. Kicks a lot of Gremlin butt - including nuking one in a microwave. She looked familiar so I looked her up on IMDB. She was also in Stand By Me (Gordie's sad mom), Back to the Future (Lorain's mom/Marty's grandma when he goes back to the 50s), and Footloose (Kevin Bacon's mom).
The dad is a whacky inventor in the film (who the fuck has a convention on Christmas Eve?) and given this is a Spielberg film, there are definite similarities between this character and Data in Goonies (which came out 1 year later) with his mostly non-working gadgets.
Gizmo is still an adorable pet. The Gremlins are still awesomely mischievous.
I thought about showing this to my little nieces (ages 7 to 10) since it is a bit of a Christmas movie and it's PG - glad I didn't. Probably a little too scary - and Phoebe Cates has a scene where she found out Santa wasn't real because her Dad died trying to sneak down the chimney and they found him 5 days later when his body started to stink from decomposition - LOL
6.5/10
Worth the watch. Good, campy fun.
Gizmo driving the Barbie car is still classic...
Man, I haven't seen this in years.
Definitely need to re-watch it.
8/10 was pretty fun and made me laugh more than it should've...
