Friends Season 2

Here is my live watching notes of Friends Season 2. It was a pretty good season. I enjoyed the multiple episode plot lines with Joey on Days of Our Lives, Monica dating Tom Selleck and getting fired, and yeah, even Ross and Rachel. The Superbowl episode was kind of gimmicky, and overstuffed with special guest stars. The normal roster of supporting characters is pretty strong.

In Power Rankings news, they're down there somewhere, and not much changed between that episode and season's end. Speaking of those supporting characters - there might be a "Friends Secondary Character Power Ranking" in the future. Eliot Gould is in the catbird seat.

The One With Ross' New Girlfriend

No Cold Open! New Intro!

We still have Ross' sad slow motion big suit dance.

And we're back at the airport.

Chandler's hair is all different, I'm scared.

oh Phoebe gave all the dudes haircuts

PAOLO IS BACK HELL YEAH

Dudley Moore ~ Demi Moore

And Phoebe keeps ownin' it

Why is Chandler wearing a bowling shirt for another person, is he a 90's hipster?

The One with the Breast Milk

Monica has a really nice pencil sketch of an avocado hanging in her kitchen.

"If he blows into one, does the other get bigger?"

The Hombre man looks like a horrible nightmare gimp suit.

PHOEBE IS STILL KILLIN IT

Joey is the White Hombre.

Emily Proctor as Annabelle!!!

The One Where Heckles Dies

Hahaha, Janice impersonations

Oh god they killed Heckles.

Phoebe doesn't believe in evolution?

Heckles saw Joey as "the italian guy" , Chandler as "his gay roommate".

Phoebe trolling Ross is the best.

Janice is back and she's pregnant and married! Yay!

The One With Phoebe's Husband

Rachel owns trying to catch this bird.

What, Steve Zahn?!

Phoebe used to live with Monica?

"The underwear out there is yours from when you were having sex with Fun Bobby out on the terrace!"

Chandler has a third nipple

"I can't believe you. You told me it was a nubbin!"

"Joey was in a porno movie!"

Their table at Central Perk is always reserved. I wonder if they actually reserve it, or if they're just GIGANTIC ASSHOLES.

"You know, that's bad for the paper tray"

"How can you be straight? You're so smart and funny and throw great Academy Awards parties!" - Phoebe is the best.

The Ross version of the (500) Days of Summer scene is so obnoxious.

The One With Five Steaks and an Eggplant

Yes they're mocking midget WWF wrestling, I LOVE IT

"Bob here."

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Another Three's Company joke

Topical! It's Ebola

Hootie and the Blowfish. That's the joke

There was a long shot of a Cigar store with "Gay vacations" right above it

Monica made out with a blowfish.

The One With the Baby on the Bus

I hope Ross dies

The One Where Ross Finds Out

"Hey Bing, racquetball in 20 minutes!"

"When I first met you, the first thing I said to Chandler, great butt, awesome rack"

Damn, Jennifer Aniston is really good, she's carrying the Ross/Rachel stuff on her own.

The One With the List

12MB of Ram, 500MB Hard drive, built in spreadsheet, 28kbps modem

Whoa, Michael McKean could be Monica's boss.

Chandler just offered to play Doom.

"Spock actually hugs his father?" Star Trek commentary

Well if this ends with Ross with nobody, I'm okay with it.

I thought I couldn't hate Ross more until he dedicated a U2 song to Rachel.

The One with Phoebe's Mom

Ugly Naked Guy is decorating the tree.

The ending twist with Joey was nice.

The One with Russ

Oh geez, Fun Bobby is an alcoholic, he's the most depressing character.

Holy shit Chandler jamming his hand into the cookie jar and getting sauce was amazing.

Russ falling for Julie after she shows up outta nowhere. Love it.

The One with the Lesbian Wedding

Whoa, Ross is so shitty.

Joey's days of our lives is cool.

Oh Phoebe, you've gotten possessed.

Rachel's mom gets a standing ovation/ clap entrance??

"unattractive nude man"

"Lesbian wedding… chicken breasts!" - Monica moving up the rankings.

Get some, Mr. Adelman.

"I'm sorry, but the pigs don't want to get in the blankets"

Monica is so terrifying and I love her.

The One After the Super Bowl

Uhhhgghh drop the stupid monkey please.

NEW INTRO!

Yes, the scary slow motion Russ robot move lives on.

FRED WILLARD!

Also they did another big applause introduction, this time for Brooke Shields!!

The water throwing gag is aces.

Part 2

Harry Elafonte

Is that Julia Roberts?

AAAGHHH it's JCVD

"Did you see Timecop?!" Monica is challenging Phoebe for #1.

Ross is so sad with the monkey.

Julia Roberts is making this R-rated, oh geez

Drew Barrymore has some ground rules for a threesome

Classic stuff with the bathroom scene and the Rachel/Monica fights

The One with the Prom Video

Haha, Joey got a golden "to my best bud" bracelet for Chandler, oh my god. Joey movin' up the rankings now.

Who is this weird guy trying to hire Monica jeez?

Ross shirts so big.

ELIOT GOULD IS BACK.

I fucking hate Ross.

"That Stefi Graf has quite a tush"

Why is anyone on earth cheering for Ross and Rachel at this point?

Patrick Kerr as the restaurant manager

The One Where Ross and Rachel…. You Know

Gross

TOM SELLECK!

Rachel doesn't like subtitled movies.

This episode is not really funny. Also I hate Ross/Rachel.

The One Where Joey Moves Out

Monica>Phoebe >>> Joey>Chandler>Rachel >>>>>Ross

The One Where Eddie Moves In

It's a big deal for Joey to have a toilet phone.

SMELLY CAT MUSIC VIDEO AND DEMO

Eddie is Adam Goldberg, holy shit!!!

Buffay.

This whole music video. Oh god. Robin Sparkles.

This "All By Myself" montage is an all-timer.

The One Where Dr. Ramore Dies

Eddie is crazy.

Brian Posehn!

The One When Eddie Won't Go

Rachel knows The Hobbit.

This crazy feminist wind-taker and lightning-bearers thing book is amazing.

"How do you expect me to Go if you don't let me Blow?!?!

• You know I don't… have a problem…with that…"

Yay, they're back together. Bye Eddie.

The fake dog thing….Scrubs.

The One Where Old Yeller Dies

Poor Phoebe.

"It's a Wonderful Life" for Phoebe

Ross' stupid overplanning, he's the worst.

The guys emulating Magnum PI is pretty great.

Depressed Phoebe is really great.

Also I love that they're still riffing on TV watching sometimes.

The One With the Bullies

Is one of the bullies Nicky Katt?

They're finally addressing the seats issue.

Whoa, Phoebe meeting her half-brother is pretty sweet (Giovanni Ribisi!)

Chandler is not the most graceful.

Oh god the payoff with the new Monica diner job.

The One With The Two Parties

Yes, this is classic sitcom!!!!

Whoa, Chandler just raped a girl?

GUNTHER for MVP.

Aww, yay, Chandler is helping Rachel, they're Friends.

He even got a slowed down instrumental theme played for it!!!

The One with the Chicken Pox

I AM NOT OKAY WITH PHOEBE DATING CHARLIE SHEEN

The One With Mindy and Barry's Wedding

What does Warren Beatty know about kissing?

THE INTERNET!

Chandler got called a geek for talking to a girl on the internet.

"hh" means we're holding hands online.

Phoebe just invented catfishing.

Noooooo magnum PI noooooooooooo.

It's a big twisty / changing season finale I suppose.

JANICE!!!!!!

Star Trek IV and Star Trek V

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986
★★★★ 

The best full-length feature film adaptation of “Whale Wars” I’ve ever seen.

I watched this years ago, before I had seen almost any Star Trek. I hated it. I thought the tone was completely stupid, I had no clue really what was going on plot-wise (or with Spock for that matter), and I was annoyed that the Star Trek movie was only in 1980s San Francisco.

BUT, today, with the context of the first three movies, this is hilarious, and it’s actually a really fun buddy/fish-out-of-water caper movie. It’s great to see Kirk and Spock becoming friends again. The rest of the crew gets their own great moments in the plot as well.

Now, this is the part where I list all the great one liners.

Remember where we parked.
Well, double dumbass on you!
They’re still using money.
The hell they did!
Riches beyond all avarice.
Admiral, thar be whales here!

I can’t wait for us to get some of that transparent aluminum.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 1989
★★½ 

It’s not a good sign when the movie opens up with a 50+ year old guy climbing the sheer face of a huge rock formation. This sort of thing seemed gratuitous in Tom Cruise’s MI:2, when he was undeniably a sex symbol and in his prime. Here, it just comes off as vanity. A lot of these movies are about the original crew accepting and facing their age and mortality, but this just felt tone-deaf. All the action comes off pretty flat and boring, and nothing looks half as good as the space action in the first three movies.

That’s not to say everything is bad. This is still a pretty decent movie. It just stands out as a cut below the rest of the original cast movies. Shatner does have an eye for the wondrous scenes and images of the movie. As Spock’s half-brother guides them beyond the center of the galaxy to parts and beings unknown, he is able to show a great sense of wonder and excitement. The climactic showdown with “God” is classic Star Trek stuff, with the iconic line “Why does God need a starship?” earning its status. It’s not so bad that this is often the only thing remembered about this movie. “It’s a SONG, you green-blooded Vulcan!” deserves a place right next to it. The camping sequence is pretty good silly fun, much like The Voyage Home, but it’s too little too early.

I’m not a fan of the “odd movies bad / even movies good” Star Trek movie crap, but this is a mess. Shatner makes this way more of a vanity project than Nimoy’s prior movie. Lots of scenes and sequences just fall completely flat. And the action stuff looks flatter than any Trek movie to date. A couple good moments stand out, but this is unfortunately the most forgettable Trek movie.

Mini Movie Reviews

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006

★★

Unfortunately, this is mostly a loose collection of catchphrases that hasn't aged well.

There's a little bit of clever satire about NASCAR and the South mixed in there, but it's really not enough. Also, a LOT of great people in really light roles throughout this. It really didn't help that much that I accidentally watched the extended/unrated cut. These are almost never better, and this one was no exception.

Dazed and Confused 1993

★★★★½

A love letter and mixtape to the 1970s with all of the future stars of the 1990s.

Only really lags when it tries to focus too neatly on a single character (usually London's tiny quarterback).

Made me miss living in Austin for the first time in a while.

The Interview 2014

★★★

The Interview hangs its big comic set pieces on a pretty standard buddy adventure script. More of them hit than miss, though, and Randall Park does a pretty good job with a kind of tricky part. This falls right in line with the last few action-comedies from this crew, dating back to Pineapple Express. For being a notorious "outlaw" film, the comedy steers closer to mainstream studio running gags a little more than the last couple.

Definitely is not worth the hype or international incident. But is mostly a fun flick.

Step Up All In 2014

★★★★

I really liked this, and loved the "twist" ending/message. These movies have a soft spot in my heart next to Final Destination series, with different reasons.

But after 90 minutes and the Step Up All Stars, this movie couldn't top the "evil" dance crew's first dance in the bar. Also the subplot with the "big move" reminded me of Blades of Glory in a bad way and didn't deliver.

That being said, I still loved it.

The One Where Joe Watches Friends Season 1

Before 1/1/15, I had never seen more than 5 minutes of Friends. I never watched Primetime TV, my main exposure was the 4pm-6pm syndicated block. Friends aired directly opposite Seinfeld and The Simpsons, and my loyalties were steadfast. Now that it's on Netflix, I'm fixing that, and loving every minute of it! Below are my hastily scribbled notes from every single episode (bar one I guess I really had nothing to say), just slightly edited for coherence. 

Also, for some reason, I'm keeping a Friends Power Ranking going- I'll do that before the notes. The > means "greater than", and if there are more than one, that means a larger gap. 

After the first couple episodes:

Phoebe>Joey>Monica>Ross>Chandler>Rachel

Halfway through the season:

Phoebe>Monica>Joey>Ross>Rachel>Chandler

End of Season 1:

Phoebe>>Monica>Joey>Rachel>Chandler>>Ross

The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate (Pilot)

These assholes just sit at this coffee shop all day?

Everybody looks like really weird alien versions of themselves

Whoa, so that's how Ross and Rachel meet

Mello Yello

These are some outfits. Speed Racer

The One With The Sonogram At The End

Okay, the opening is a million times more bearable when it has actual parts from the show and not just the scary umbrellas and dancing

Ross is a museum man?

"this is the Three's Company where there's a misunderstanding"

-"Oh I've seen it" *turns off*

Our little harMonica - THE GREAT ELLIOT GOULD

The One With The Thumb

Friends gettin' grim

Chandler is a jerk and smoking and it's gross

I like Chandler and Joey being friends (hhaahahah)

Monica's dating a college professor?!

Ewww, he's smoking at work…. Where his cubicle has its own no smoking sign…

Holy crap, this is that episode that How I Met Your Mother stole

I really like when they watch TV and make fun of it, like in Beavis and Butthead

The One With George Stephanopoulos

Who the fuck is George Stephenopolis.

It's less than 100 steps from Chandler/Joey's place to Central Perk

I think this is the first time they broke along gender lines

Couldn't happen today with the protective netting!!!

George Snuffleupagus

"I thought you were great in Silence of the Lambs"

Did not actually feature George Stephanopoulos

The One with the East African Laundry Detergent

Another cold open with more battle of the sexes

"I don't know if it's me or his hunger strike"

Lmao, Chandler has Rocky and Bulwinkle socks now, oh my god. Mix and match?!

UBERWEISS

Rachel's never done laundry

The One With the Butt

Monica is a control freak

"You finally made your crack in, gonna invite us to the big opening?"

Chandler has a "It's a Wonderful Life" poster in his bedroom

"I got the part, I'm gonna be Joey Tribbiani's ass!"

The One with the Blackout

Phoebe Boo-feh??

Lmao joey with a menorah.

Ugly naked guy needs a spinoff, I wonder if they ever see him. Maybe it's Brad Pitt.

(Wildest places ever had sex)

Monica: a pool table I think

Joey: Library women's room

Phoebe: Milwaukee

Ross: It's a small world after all

Rachel: Foot of the bed

Uh oh Joey just said "the Friend Zone"

And he knows about Ross wanting Rachel

"I can't tell you, because of… the reason!"

Monica had a crush on Joey??!?!?!

Bob Buttons the cat

Larry Hankin as "the weird man"

The One Where Nana Dies Twice

Chandler's reaction to "he's a he?" and his little dance was some A+ physical comedy

"you have a quality"

"This almost never happens!"

They're making fun of the idea of homosexual hair

Aw. Phoebe's mom died :(

Phoebe is the best

Young Elliot Gould looks like old Damian Lewis

Ross is in peak physical comedy

The One Where Underdog Gets Away

Blossom joke

Chandler hates Thanksgiving because his parents divorced

Joey is just eating marshmallows

Give Courtney Cox the Emmy

"Ugly Naked Guy's taking his turkey out of the oven"

"What did you wish for?

-The bigger half"

Chandler saved Thanksgiving!!!!

Lmao at the gag ripping off the ads underneath Joey's STD. Hemorrhoids, etc, ending in Winner of 3 Tony Awards.

The One with the Monkey

He just straight up has a monkey out the gate.

Now Phoebe's mom's suicide, oh geeeez.

Oh no, Fun Bobby isn't Fun, his dad died.

The One With Mrs. Bing

Monica just killed a guy.

This explains a lot about Chandler that his mom is a sexpot.

"I'm a fabulous mom, I bought my son his first condoms"

The foreign boyfriend storyline is SO FUCKING copied in HIMYM.

Joey: "I'll just pee in the street"

I love this extended riff on the raquetball.

"you don't have to be awake to be my man"

The One With a Dozen Lasagnas

Friends it's too early for you to be self-aware of being a great sitcom.

Too cold Joey.

And it was Odd Couple.

"I'm excited about being an aunt

--OR an Uncle…."

Joey owns

WHY IS MONICA WEARING JEAN OVERALLS

The anti-Paolo. The age of Ross.

The One With the Boobies

How can I not click next episode?!?!?

Chandler has intimacy issues… "when the laughter stops,".

Joey's dad owns

"I married a lesbian to make YOU look good"

Rodg has a chain wallet.

Awww dammit, the dating a psychiatrist storyline happened in HIMYM too.

Joey's good storyline with his parents was nice.

Funny closer with the circle of revenge.

The One With the Candy Hearts

Happy Valentine's Day

Written by Bill Lawrence

Janice is back!!!

Oh geez, Chandler is bankrupting Joey :(

"A picture of this guy naked

-- he's wearing a sweater

No, he's not."

Oh geez, Ross is hitting rock bottom

The One With the Stoned Guy

Holy shit Chandler quit his job when he was offered a promotion

It's me

The I don't have a dream speech.

Oh geez I don't want to hear Ross talk dirty.

I'm laughing so hard at the Ross+Joey dirty talk with Chandler walking in.

He's being tempted to come back to the dark side!!!

Jon Lovitz walked in and everyone cheered wildly, what alternate universe are we living in

"Steve blazed up a doobie"

"Tartlets."

"I'm looking at the Weenis and I'm not happy!"

Special Appearance by Jon Lovitz, wheeeee.

The One With Two Parts!!!

NEW INTRO AHHHHHHH this is disorienting

"My monkey is out of control"

Weenis jokes still goin strong

"Urkel in Spanish is still Urkel"

Now Helen Hunt just walked in and everyone started cheering? I think it's Helen Hunt?

What, George Clooney and the ER guy?!

Eliot Gould is back, FUCK YEAH.

I really like when Rachel and Monica do impersonations of each other.

The One With all the Poker

They're being mean to Joey for crying

Uh oh, time for a battle of the sexes.

Aunt Iris is crazy and awesome.

I like that they play for keeps.

Joeincidence.

Rachel keeps string betting.

Uggghhhh Ross threw it.

The One Where the Monkey Gets Away

The One with the Evil Orthodontist

Ugly naked guy got gravity boots.

The One With the Fake Monica

Let's just say my curious george doll is no longer curious.

"Joey makes me feel like I'm this big" - Joey, same.

Aw the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil pose.

"How do you get popes in a volkwagon,

- make them take off their hats."

"Do you know there is already a Joseph Stalin?"

Phoebe's playing a game boy!!!!

Sorry Friends, good riddance to the monkey.

The One With the Ick Factor

Chandler getting dogpiled is awesome.

Pheobe/Chandler one true pairing.

"I just had sex with someone who wasn't alive for the bicentennial"

"You shouldn't even be here, it's a school night"

The One with the Birth

Phoebe-songs!!!

I'm not buying the sentimentality of this mostly since Ross sucks, also didn't care about the monkey.

WHOA THE PREGNANT LADY was Leah Remini from King of Queens

The One Where Rachel Finds Out

Season Finale!!!

"Making money hand over fist!!" Oh Phoebe

Yes, Ross is going to China.

Their hair has gotten under control .

"how can she do that, when she's never shown any interest in you?!"

Oh my gosh Joey got Rachel "Oh the places you'll go!" for her birthday.

"I don't think any of our lives are going to be the same again"

Aaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuugggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh Rachel is rushing to meet him at the airport.

Joey has a Scarface poster.

"It was like a ticker tape parade"

Jennifer Aniston is wearing an ass cape around a skirt?!

NOW THEY'RE BACK AT THE AIRPORT

What are the chances that same couple is on the same flight back?

CLIFFHANGER

Home Alone

Home Alone 1990

★★½

Home Alone is the first movie I ever really watched. I might have been in the same room as a movie playing before that, but it doesn’t really count. This was the first movie I got to see in a theater, after weeks of begging at the ripe age of 4. I got a very stern lecture about how movies aren’t real and I shouldn’t do any of the things that the kid does in the movie. I reminded them that I hadn’t beaten anyone with a stick like my idol Donatello, and thus won the argument. At least, that’s how I remember it happening.

Watching it over 20 years later, it falls somewhere between “embarrassed to have liked it as a kid” and “actually good”. John Candy is really funny in his small role, something I completely glossed over in my youth. Also, the mother is no less than the great Catherine O’Hara, someone I’ve liked in a lot of roles and movies since.

The “Wet Bandits” are more sadistic villains than at first blush. Marv’s “signature” of stuffing the drains and leaving the faucets running is really… just needlessly cruel. It’s bad enough that they’re robbing people during the holidays (and willing to at least kidnap a kid).

The third act bloodbath (with no blood) was much more overblown by my young mind. I thought the traps and physical violence were nearly constant, but it’s really constrained to one sequence at the very end. The violence tries to be cartoonish and light-hearted, but it just looks really really painful. Them still being conscious at the end of the movie is almost as big a stretch as us believing Kevin could in any way clean up the house before his family got home. But I guess this is a fantasy movie.

Left Behind (2014)

Left Behind 2014

★

This is. Such a terrible mistake. I’m doing it for you. Someone has to know.

The hunky male lead (not Cage) of this is some kind of investigative journalist that everyone recognizes. But he really just acts like a huge dick the entire time and everyone oohs and aahs over him anyways. Who would tolerate him pointing a camera in their face after their daughter just disappeared?

I will have to give this movie props - the closest thing it has to a tense and effective scene happens when a girl goes into a hospital and slowly walks through a maternity ward. This is after the titular “Left Behind”-ing occurs. The camera slowly goes through the empty room showing her walking past every empty crib. Then a good old-fashioned jump scare that worked far more effective than it should have.

Anyways, everything on the plane and with poor Nick Cage is torturous, and I’m not ashamed to say I got bored and decided to google the fate of one of the minor characters out of morbid curiosity. And well. I’ll let it speak for itself:

“She is rescued by members of the Tribulation Force. She is then convinced of the truth of God’s Word, and she becomes a devout Christian. She is eventually killed by Leon Fortunato, who calls down a bolt of lightning to vaporize her.

Hattie is resurrected at the Glorious Appearing of Jesus Christ, to the great delight of Rayford and the rest of God’s followers. She is awarded a crown from Jesus Himself, who praises her for her bravery in the face of certain death. She also appears briefly in Kingdom Come, as she is among those present at Mac McCullum’s thousandth birthday party and is assumedly with the rest of the Trib Force as they gather to watch the end of the Millennium.”

Anyways, this minor catastrophe is all fixed and wrapped with a shiny bow. Someone intones “I’m afraid this is just the beginning”, and I get terrified that there is 30 minutes left in this turd. Whew. They’re referring to the sequel. Then there’s a big quote over the screen - “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man” - well, okay, that makes no sense, par for the rest of the movie I suppose.

Another positive point: the credits roll out with a song titled “Left Behind”. FINE, I’ll give it another half star.

a few Movie Reviews

Leviathan 2012
★★★★½

Is this a surrealist nightmare or dream? It's hard to answer. It's filled with incredibly striking imagery. There are several shots and sequences of beauty that seem truly unique and seem impossible to capture any way other than the way this was shot.

And that way was just dropping several small waterproof cameras onto a fishing boat in the north Atlantic ocean. This didn't produce the most linear documentary, by any stretch, but it still ended up a visual and aural feast. I saw it described elsewhere as "David Lynch, gone fishing", and I would have to agree.

Some of the few human moments that are shown are lingered on for full effect. One worker's naked girl tattoo appears to dance while he spoons out some food. Another watches a news report on a break through bleary eyes. And the opening has the closest thing to actual dialogue, as two fishermen work together, yelling back and forth.

But again. Back to that gorgeous swarm of birds. The cameras gliding and dipping in and out of the water. Just some of many of the unique images and sounds this movie brings. I have to love a film that's so different from anything else I've seen.

Annie 2014
★★★

Quvenzhané Wallis is pretty amazing in the lead role, and she has great chemistry with Jamie Foxx. Will Gluck keeps things moving at a pretty swift pace, so the movie tends to glide past any of the less-desirable pieces.

Part of that gliding takes the movie way past any sort of message regarding the poor and the rich. Annie's foster home looks pretty great and shiny, all things considered. A rat scurrying across the floor resembles a lost pet more than a harbinger of filth. Annie's opening report on FDR and the New Deal is wrapped up in a fun drumbeat that is another glossy example of this.

The songs are all great and catchy. Only Cameron Diaz really stands out: out of place and out of tone with the rest of the movie. And the action and climax seems really forced when this movie doesn't really require a big thrilling climax like that.

Also, the rumors are true, this movie does have the exact same ending as Zoolander.


The A-Team 2010
★★★

The A-Team dares to ask the question: "can you get bored of action?" It gets dangerously close to "yes". But the game performances mostly keep it afloat.

There are huge attacks and huge plans after plans after plans. By the 6th time or so in the climax, it's just a continuous assault. Most of it ends up being fun in the spirit of the original TV show.

By the end of it, I was more into the characters than the spectacle. I'd like to see the TV Show that has about 1/20th of the scope and budget going forward. But Cooper and Neeson's huge surge of popularity makes that mostly impossible. I'll still have this.

Also, Joe Carnahan favorite Patrick Wilson is pretty awesome as the CIA slime Lynch. He has a couple standout goofy scenes elevated by him hitting the right tone.


Zodiac 2007
★★★★★

This movie is very spooky.

I have seen it several times before.

But I don't think any time was this late at night.