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The Twilight Zone: The Big Tall Wish (1960)
A boxer who looks like he has never worked out?
I am a big fan of the Twilight Zone, and aside from breaking down racial Barrie's at the time, this episode seems to fall a bit flat in terms of plot. I couldn't get past the fact that the boxer looked like he never lifted a weight in his life. Even if he was old, it doesn't add up. A boxer would be in better shape. No muscle tone and man-boobs. It's distracting and takes away from the story. Also, the trainer looks eerily like Willem Dafoe. Switching places during the knockout scene was just a lazy twist. The scene with all of the crowd close ups is just cheesy and a waste of time. The whole episode seems like they just wanted an excuse to break racial barriers and didn't focus on the plot.
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Annoying into song...just like Weeds
Decent show, but the intro song is SUPER annoying. Jenji Kohan picks the most annoying, horrible intro songs. Little Boxes isn't as annoying as You've Got Time, but both are #1 and #2 on most irritating songs in a show. Thank you Jenji. She is like a friend with horrible taste in music that always has control of the radio. What makes You've Got Time even worst are the super closeup, skin-pore shots of angry looking women. I must add the that lyrics to this song are like the analogy of a 7th grader, comparing prisoners to animals in a cage. I think every 13 year old thinks they are the most creative person on Earth making that comparison, when it's just the go-to analogy for anyone in prison. And...what kills me is...it was nominated for a Grammy for something like best song in a TV series. Good music, please come back. So horribly, annoying song (did I make my point) but the show is solid. Just a little over-acting with the Russian lady, but Caputo cracks me up. That's it...all done.
Salt (2010)
Girls who kick ass....
Hollywood needs to stop making movies where girls kick ass. Movies with this them (including Kill Bill) should be in a bin with all of the movies about talking babies, talking animals, and movies where an old man and teenage boy switch bodies.
In real life hot chicks do not kick ass, period - and although we do go to the movies and watch TV to escape reality, I can't be the only person who thinks it's almost a cliché. It's like in a sitcom when a girl joins the guy's wrestling team - you just know what is going to happen next. Yes, she is going to beat the captain who is 5x as strong and 10x as talented.
In short, I just don't like movies where girls kick ass so this never really had a chance.
Good (2008)
British accents on Germans is ridiculous
My one big beef with this movie is the use of British accents, which is just ridiculous...and ironic. Since the British and the Germans in WW2 were enemies, it's just silly to use British accents for Germans - especially in a WW2/pre war era movie. Are there no German actors? Could they not even try for a German accent?
Aside from this movie, I have an issue with the fact that directors seem to think that everyone spoke with British accents in the past. WTF. Did we speak with British accents in ancient Rome (ie Gladiator, Rome, etc)? No. Enough with the British accents as the default for movies based in the past, it's time to be more authentic to history.