starring Liam Neeson I honestly didn't expect too much from this movie, so I was a little surprised.  It's not the greatest film ever made nor will it likely be considered a "classic" by any means.  Still, it's entertaining and fun. When I was a kid, the A-Team (".. in 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit...") was the greatest show on television.  I was Mr. T for Halloween in the 5th grade ("I pity the foo' that don't gimme some candy!").  I loved that show.  I've now Hulu'd all of the episodes and can honestly say that, although they're hokey and campy, TV today can only rarely match that kind of greatness. So I expected the movie to suck.  I was mostly disappointed, since it's not half bad.  The story was updated to match today (instead of 1972 and Vietnam, it's 200-some and Iraq) and the actors are, of course, different.  I really like Neeson, though some roles (including this one) are a what I'd consider questionable choices for him.  Still, he does a good job.  The guys playing Murdoch and Mr T. are spot on, though. The story line is pretty simple and basically ...

directed by Robert Zemeckis I wasn't sure what to expect from this movie.  I wasn't even aware that it was a computer animation, honestly, and so my first surprise was to find out that it was.  It's very well done and the acting (which is done by real actors and then translated to animation) is excellent. This new form of film making allows the movie's creators to choose the best actor in voice and style for a movie without worrying about their looks.  In this case, Ray Winstone is Beowulf, despite his physically being 180-degrees away from what we'd imagine the hero to look like.  Nothing against Winstone, of course, but few would imagine an epic hero like Beowulf - the subject of JRR Tolkien's university thesis - to look like a pub crawler from Liverpool. At any rate, the movie is extremely well done and very close to the core story.  The action is good and just comic-booky enough to make the legend seem bigger than life. This movie is highly recommended - especially the director's cut.No related posts.

produced & directed by Michael W. Dean Years ago, I heard the Libertarian Party described as "dope smoking hippie peaceniks, but with guns."  A funny description, sure, but in a way, it's spot on.  Since libertarians are neither Republicans nor Democrats (aka Republicrats, aka left or right wing), but instead staunch believers in what Thomas Jefferson would call our inalienable rights..  Well, it's fitting. Michael W. Dean, a fellow Wyomingite (see Right Arm of Wyoming), made this movie as a documentary featuring a medical marijuana dispensary owner and employees, a nice Miss America type girl (as a narrator and occasional shooter), and some people in and around the gun rights movement in Wyoming (plus "Sheriff" Richard Mack, for whom I have little respect).  The core of the movie is our inherent rights and freedoms and how our right to grow and smoke pot is intertwined with our right to own and carry firearms.  Just like our right to free speech, our right to practice the religion of our choice (even if it's no religion at all), our right to privacy, etc. are all intertwined.  When we give up one, we give up all of them. The movie is entertaining, fun to watch (if ...