Queen And Slim Movie Review

Queen and Slim is a film staring Daniel Kaluuy and Jodie Turner-Smith, written by Lena Waithe about a black couple on their first date who get pulled over by a cop and having the situation turning from routine to nightmare causing the couple to have to kill the police officer in self defense. Feeling that they are in a no win situation and that no one would believe their side of the story, they run away. Throughout the movie I asked my self many questions that were also asked in the film. When it came to the moment of the traffic stop I felt the most uncomfortable. The movie did a great job capturing the awkwardness of the date and the tense feelings being pulled over by a cop as well as the feeling of pressure to stand up for you rights and walk the line of trying not to escalate the situation.

The best part of the movie was seeing two people who seemed to not have much in common find love and strength in a world that both praised and hated them. Queen, at first seemed like a cold and rough around the edges person who was fed up with being disappointed. Slim, came off to much of a push over that was too willing to let bad things happen because he was too fearful to speak his mind. Throughout the journey both characters became exactly what they needed to be for themselves and for each other. This is one of those films where I don't know what I would have done in that situation.

To me, the best performance came from all of the co-stars in this film. The people that help Queen and Slim along the way. Bokeem Woodbine as Uncle Earl along with Indya Moore were some of the most entertaining yet heart felt moments. By the time of me writing this report this film is currently sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. I give my reasons why I would not give this movie a perfect score, mainly because there were some decisions by the writing or direction of this film that I deemed unrealistic or done to make a point that would not ring true in the real world. This film is not going to change the hearts and minds of people who go in with their hearts and minds already made up on this type of situation. If you’re pro-cops and feel that people get themselves in trouble when they “disobey” officers then you’ll probably feel that way about Queen and Slim going out. If you feel that cops are not perfect and that there are bad actors in any profession, racism still exists and a cop can be racist like anyone else is capable, then you’ll leave feeling the same way. I am a black man in American and I know what its like to have a tense situation get worse and worse no matter how progressive or woke we think we’ve become. Films like this are reminder of what is really going on in some parts of the world and what some people will not believe ever happens to others because it doesn’t happen to them. Films like this, when they are done right, as this one was are always necessary.

I recommend people see it because its gives the right message at the right time. Ironically its also a great date movie. Despite all of the things that goes wrong with Queen and Slim the love that grows between them is heartfelt. The people that both Queen and Slim become the further and further they go makes the viewer root for the love between them to blossom just as loud as you would root for to escape the dangers that are all around them. I took away that the chances of their escape were intertwined with their chances of them accepting each. The thing to figure out is can they have it all or is one sacrificed for the other.

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Is A Story of Cowboys & Hippies

More than anything I feel that Once Upon a Time In Hollywood was a western set in Hollywood California. The theme being instead of the old stereotype of Cowboys and Indians was Actors and Hippies. Brad Pit played a cowboy type tough guy, strong silent type, a mans man. This film also made me think of that question asked Tarantino from the reporter with the Washington Post asked him why his movie did not feature more Margot Robbie. After seeing the film I have to strongly agree with Mr. Tarantino. This movie was a love letter to Sharon Tate. This was not about Margot Robbie. Her ability to serve the story and give honor to the life and tragic death of a fallen star at the hands of madmen and women was crafted extremely well. I think Tarantino won't be credited enough for what he did for her memory. My new ranking will include this instant classic in my top five of Tarantino movies.

1. Kill Bill (vol 1 & 2)
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Django Unchanged
4. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
5. Englorious Bastards

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Hustlers Trailer: Projecting Amazing & Potential Award Nominating Performance By Constance Wu

My first look at the trailer of Hustlers was optimistic. There are a few movies out the Housing Market crash, corruption in wall-street, etc that I put on my rotation. The Big Short, The Social Network, Molly's Game and now it seems that Hustlers are teeing me up to include it with the rotation. From the angel and point of view of the people that the greedy have taken advantage of financially, socially and physically. I'm curious to see how this movie turns out and I'm glad to see that this feels like a more hard hitting dark comedy type of film but I'm hopeful that the acting, even by the comedic actors will steer towards a more serious tone. This trailer has done its job by increasing my interest. I'm very excited for this film. I'm curious of what Cardi B and Lizzo will bring to the table. Will Cardi just give us a performance where she's playing herself? Will Lizzo be a natural and do something on the level of a Jennifer Hudson? I'm more so looking to get something that can be potentially brilliant from a Constance Wu. From Fresh Off The Boat to Crazy Rich Asians there is a path to Constance becoming a brilliant dramatic actor. Possibly on a path to an Academy nomination. I'm not predicting anything now but from what I saw in this trailer, she's an actor to keep an eye on.

HUSTLERS follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.  The film is inspired by the article published by New York Magazine entitled "The Hustlers at Scores" written by Jessica Pressler.    In Theaters from STXfilms September 13, 2019

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The Passage Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2 Thoughts About Our Villains

Right off the bat we have a secret organization bent on saving the world. That's what I like, a villain who sees themselves as the heroes. They have to believe they are the last chance at humanities salvation in order to keep paving the road to hell with good intentions. Now that Dr. Frankenstein has created the monster, it is time to see which monster will rise by the end of this season.

I sense a incoming passing of the torch to our true master of evil, Shauna, played by Brianne Howey. There is a draw to her character, a silent death that lingers in the room. We've already seen what she is capable of. To be on death row for the murder of your parents and tossed away like garbage only to be given supernatural powers has a larger impact on me than anything else. Dr. Tim was bitten by accident. He is the most vulnerable to the illness but so far is the most powerful in the room. Is his age a set back or the true reason that he will lead in a Dracula like state?


I think it will be Shauna who takes the throne from Tim and show us the true meaning of evil. The way she invades ones dream rivals even Freddy. Using sexuality is an obvious plot but it is affective no matter how much it is used. Even when you know what you're dealing with, you can't help but to be drawn in to her power.

All hail the future queen of the passage.

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The Only Living Boy In New York Review

The Only Living Boy In New York (4/10)

Director: Marc Webb

Runtime: 88 Minutes

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This is a coming of age movie that doesn't do much in the way of showing the character coming of age. It borrows from a slew of other cliche themed works such as The Graduate, Wonder Boys and Igby Goes Down but does nothing to separate itself from other similar works. Them movies are much more interesting and satisfying to watch, it seems as the writers were barely even trying when they wrote the screenplay for this movie as the dialogue feels so lazy and barebone.

Thomas Webb (Callum Turner), the son of a publisher and his artistic wife, has just graduated from college and is trying to find his place in the world. Moving from his parents' Upper West Side apartment to the Lower East Side, he befriends his neighbour W.F. (Jeff Bridges), a shambling alcoholic writer who dispenses worldly wisdom alongside healthy shots of whiskey. Thomas' world begins to shift when he discovers that his long-married father (Pierce Brosnan) is having an affair with a seductive younger woman (Kate Beckinsale). Determined to break up the relationship, Thomas ends up sleeping with his father's mistress, launching a chain of events that will change everything he thinks he knows about himself and his family.

Usually, in a coming of age movie, you don't really like the main character at the beginning of the movie and you slowly start to like them as they learn their wrongdoings throughout the movie. The biggest problem this movie has is making its main lead so unlikable, I hated how smug and confident he was with all of his actions. You're meant to dislike him at the beginning, but you're not meant to hate him so bad that you want to throw him out of a window. I never recovered from this feeling and unfortunately felt it throughout the whole movie. Everything seems so familiar, nothing feels original. Tone, dialogue, setting, music, plot, it all seems taken from better coming of age movies. Why does Jeff Bridges play the most cliche idea of a writer ever put to film, an alcoholic writer who seems to sit around every day waiting to give the main character some new advice. Because he plays such a cliche character, he's completely unrecognizable as a real individual. Despite all this, he is one of the few (maybe the only) characters that have a shred of emotion to them.

Clocking in at a short 88 minutes. The Only Living Boy In New York is as thin as it gets. None of the characters are developed beyond the script, and are downright lazy. The song selections don't help either, there never seems to be any real choice in using them beyond the sake of pulling at the audience's heartstrings. For example, The Graduate did this extremely well with the music starting chilly and adding layers of depth to make everything feel regretful.

"There's no such sophistication here, as confirmed when Bob Dylan's "Visions of Johanna" comes on the soundtrack after, ahem, Johanna starts seeing Thomas on the sly. That's The Only Living Boy in New York in a nutshell: high-quality parts recycled into a derivative whole that lands squarely on the nose". Quoted from The Hollywood Reporter which perfectly sums up the music in the movie perfectly. It's hard for me to really find anything good about this movie, the movie does look really nice. Although cliche, New York does make for a beautiful location to film at.

Overall, The Only Living Boy In New York isn't a good movie. It does nothing new to stand out in an already overflowing genre, barebone characters and a poor script does nothing to elevate this movie to at least average status. Jeff Bridges is entertaining but extremely unnecessary, the music feels cheap and slapped on, never truly following the flow of the movie. It does at least contain some good imagery and thankfully is only 88 minutes, so you won't be waiting long for the credits to roll.

Bright Movie Gives A Ton On Todays Social Issues But Was It Great?

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3 out of 5

GLOW Is The New Black

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5 out of 5

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Netflix Delivers The Most Hated Woman In America: My Review

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La La Land Becomes The Atlanta Falcons Of The Academy

The opening seemed to be well received with the performance by Justine Timberlake. A lot of people thought that La La Land would be the song that opened the show but Justin's music for the movie trolls seemed to be a breath of fresh air and got the energy ready for the jokes by the host Jimmy Kimbel who went right after his enemy Matt Damon.

Then the first Oscar goes to

Mahershala Ali. Just like Jeremy Johns, I had not seen Moonlight but if his performance was anything like it was in the Netflix series Luke Cage then he definitely deserves it. "It's not about you its about the character." Well said. I love the fact that when he won the award as he stood up, button his coat and headed to the stage he received a pat on the back and kept walking then instantly he stops. He looks back because he realizes who it may have been. He turns around and sees that it was Jeff Bridges, also nominated in the same category, and extends his hand out of respect and Shakes Jeff Bridges hand before continuing on to the stage to give a great speech .

After the commercial break we come to the first shocker of the night, Suicide Squad wins. Yes it was for Makeup & Hairstyling, an award I may have given to Star Trek 3 but I do see it to be deserved. No complaints but nothing for La La Land. Best Costume Design was taken by Fantastic Beast and Where to Find them, a movie that I did not have the energy to pay a ticket for. I just can not see why we're moving forward with Harry Potter without Harry.

When O.J.: Made In America took best Documentary Feature, no one in the audience knew if clapping was allowed. I'm here to say it is. Because it honors the victims of the crime and the people who's lives were also destroyed because of that infamous event. The creator, Ezra Edelman and Caroleine Waterlow are to be honored as well.

And the Oscar goes to Viola Davis, Actress in a Supporting Role for Fences. Ironically also of Suicide Squad. In all seriousness, the gratitude and appreciation of what she's achieved. This moment was almost as great as seeing Meryle Streep eating candy that fell from the sky thanks to Jimmy Kimmel.

A lot of people have stated that if Emma Watson did not received the Oscar for her performance in la-la land that she probably would never receive an Oscar because this was the performance of her life. Others wanted Meryl Streep to win because they wanted her and Donald Trump to get into it again. This category was stacked but I believe that if Emma Watson wanted then lala land has earned a ticket purchase for me because I'm definitely curious to see what this movie brings as far as the performance from these two stars . Ryan Gosling also nominated for best actor beat out by Casey Affleck who gave a speech honoring Denzel Washington.

Sean believes that he is going to rub it in Ben Affleck's face that he has an Oscar for acting now . Something that his brother does not have even though Ben has more Oscars. Either way it goes Ben Affleck will look Casey in the face and say but I'm Batman .

Breaking news, best picture was announced for La La Land. Then after beginning their speech, it was then stated on stage that the real winner was Moonlight. It had to be repeated that it was not a joke. The embarrassment could be felt hardheartedly by everyone involved. The cast of Moonlight slowly walk up the stage as the dishearten team of La La Land were rushed off the stage. The commotion behind the scenes must have been a tornado of expletives as the producers scrambled to get the real winners on stage. I feel bad for Jimmy Kimmel. He had an almost perfect night. The delivery of his hosting was memorable and funny as hell, it was all overshadowed by the craziest twist in Oscar history. Never before has this ever happened.

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I .T. Official Trailer 2016 REACTION

I haven't seen the movie in a long time but the moment I saw this trailer all I could think of was Fear staring Mark Walberg. I don't have any expectations for this film. It seems to be just like the typical stalker film. I was not really entertained. Seems to a film that should go straight to Netflix. I won't waist more words on this trailer. Other than it seems to have told the whole story the moment the trailer indicated that Brosnan was the hero.











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Is Lena Dunham Shaming Us Into Acceptance?

My name is Christopher Fagan. I am only speaking for myself.
I hate this show.

I don't know why its so popular and I can't relate to any of the characters. No its not just because black people don't seem to live in New York anymore.

I simply hate everything about it.

The sad thing is, I'm addicted to it like cocaine addicts are addicted to old Power Rangers episodes. Yeah, look it up, its a thing. I use to think Adam Driver was the worse thing about the show and now he's the only thing I like about it. This was before Star Wars, I think.

Watch it if you dare, I saw back in the beginning Lena Dunham would just try to publicly shame any critics who would talk about her looks. I don't care about her size at all but if Khaleesi can opt to tone it down, Lena can too. Its like she's daring you to have an opinion about her and if its not what she'd like she'll use her celebrity to shame you. Its like the show is just cable bullying. Yet, I can't stop hitting myself.

I fucking love these girls to death, I mean literally, but not literally.

Bravo Dunham, marry me! I freaking Late you. (love/hate).

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Through The Movie Trailers: Creed (video)

Creed A set of beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions.

To me this movie trailer spoke volumes. I do not need to see anything else after this. I'm one hundred percent sold on seeing this in theaters and want can't wait to see it. I'm mostly looking forward to seeing what an actor at Michael B. Jordan's level will bring to this movie. The title of this movie speaks to me. I see it at a covenant and a continuation of Rocky Balboa keeping his promise to look over his fallen friends son to keep him save after failing to keep Apollo Creed alive in the fourth film. 

You have Balboa taking on the mantle of mentor and taking a new up and comer Creed, played by Jordan, who in a lot of ways looks like Carl Weathers. They both rocking the stash, Weathers thick 80's mustache, Jordan more trim look but the resemblance is there. If you told me he was really related I'd believe you. 

Rocky has come a long way and after redeeming the franchise with Rocky Balboa (film) after that God awful Rocky IV (touch me and I'll sue) crap, its great that Sylvester Stallone is not taking this franchise to a new direction and focusing on the Creed family. When i first heard the synopsis and saw this trailer, I might as well had preordered my ticket. I'm definitely excited. Jordan is in the best shape of his life physically and in his career. If he doesn't have a few Oscars when he's done I'd be shocked. This movie trailer is awesome.

I'm mostly curious to what the plot will be focused on. Has the Creed family fallen on financial hardship and a son tries to fill his fathers shoes or are we looking a a privileged young man who's trying to climb out of the shadow of his father?

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Through The Trailers: Bridge of Spies Official Trailer #1 Review

Tom Hanks plays (James Donovan) an insurance lawyer recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue an American pilot detained in the Soviet Union. Directed by Steven Spielberg, that's when I knew I was going to watch this movie. You had me at Tom and you had me hooked on Steven. The key point of that gave this trailer gravity was when Amy Ryan (Mary Donovan) tells James to lie to her. Tell her that he's not going to be in any danger, even if its a lie, just give her something to hold on too. Wow! I do not like to use movies to teach history. But I suspect to learn a lot about certain events that I never paid attention in at school. The raising of the Berlin Wall for example, the tensions between American and how mob mentalities rage like wild fire when tension are this high. This movie will speak to a lot of current events. History is a rerunning events. This movie will reflect that upon us today.

Everyone deserves a defense. Every person matters. But lets be clear, no body is safe. These are dialog that comes from different scenes in the movie but the way this trailer pieces them together makes this an amazing work of marketing. I can't wait to check this one out. The band that played hits like Catch Me if You Can & Saving Private Ryan is back in Bridges of Spies.

Release Date: 16 October 2015 (US)
9 October (UK)
10 December (Germany)

Through The Trailers: Lila & Eve Official Trailer #1 Review (2015)

Do not prejudge based on her last movie The Boy Next Door this is Jennifer Lopez with supporting the Academy Award nominated Viola Davis. Not a movie with JLo trying to act. Viola plays a mother grief stricken after the death of her son. When police are unable to move forward in the investigation Lopez's suggest they take matters in their own hands. This is when the trailer takes its best turn to keep you along for the ride.

Its interesting what a person can do in the name of love and family. What I'm most curious about is what is in it for the character played by Lopez.  She convinces a woman to go above the law and take an eye for an eye. I speculate that Lopez has a more diabolical ulterior motive. So far I'm just curious but not yet sold. But I do like what I see so far.

Directed by:
CHARLES STONE III

Written by:
PATRICK GILFILLAN

Starring:
VIOLA DAVIS
JENNIFER LOPEZ
SHEA WHIGHAM
CHRIS CHALK
JULIUS TENNON
ANDRE ROYO
AML AMEEN
YOLONDA ROSS
DIARRA KILPATRICK
RON CALDWELL
MICHOLE BRIANA WHITE

Produced by:
SARA RISHER
DARRIN REED

Rated: R

San Andreas: The Most Awesome (Expletive Deleted) Movie Review Ever!

Not one side of the same coin as that other disaster movie 2012, its not even the same currency, Jack!

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This movie succeeded where 2012 failed repeatedly in exactly three years.

The Dark Knight Music Returns

When you see the Warner Brothers Logo appear you are first pulled into this world by the music. Which from the second it starts immediately sounds familiar. I could have sworn Christian Bale was going to come out of nowhere and start yelling "Where Is She!?" The horns, gave away a Dark Knight vibe, Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard need to get royalties from Andrew Lockington for that opening score rip off. It was too obvious. But I have to admit it fit perfectly in a disaster movie. When all hell's breaking loose I guess its possible the Joker is up to it. 

Driving While Sending The Audience Obvious Messages

It's hilarious that in the beginning you have Morgan Griffin playing the first victim of the earthquake by showing us how she hates being alive so much that she'll drive on a narrow road built high into a mountain side, texting while driving, reaching for water on the floor of the passenger side, and almost

hitting an oncoming car. Oh, she wasn't wearing her seat belt either. Natalie (Griffin) was able to avoid all of these things that can get you killed while driving to be knocked off mountain by the first hit of the earthquake, fall over, flip about fifty million times and not die because a branch caught your smart care and you get to dangle on the edge till The Rock comes to rescue you with his team of bad-asses, while doing a documentary no less. The part where The Rock express superhuman abilities may or may not be out of touch. I don't believe The Rock could pull a door off a car but if it don't take you out of the movie then nothing will. 

The ID4 Moment

I love those moments when everyone in the world are dumb and the only person who can figure out what is really  going on is either Jeff Goldblum or Paul Giamatti in this case. Having him talk about great earthquakes in recorded history was another obvious set up that the nerd in the movie would be fighting off Earthquakes side by side with The Rock. But that never happened. I really loved the way his character was utilized. He gave a lot of motion to the film. The feeling that "This Is Not Just a Movie". I think if this were to really happen to California, Giamatti is the man to break to new. I didn't care much for the scene where his colleague, Dr. Kim Chung, played by Will Yun Lee died "Man of Steel" style, telling Giamatti in so many words, not to save him the way Clarks dad did. This time a little girl was saved by this kind stranger then when her mother comes to retrieve her and not as much as a "Thank You" were you pissed as I was? That was an ungrateful mother who I believe left her daughter to die.

The Only The Rock Cant Do Is Make A White Baby

During the Attitude era of the WWE The Rock once said this and it killed. Since Dwayne started getting more gigs, its been clear that his characters were always envisioned as Caucasian but The Rock is perfect for the role so we'll pretend its not possible that any of his children would have a tan or God forbid curly hair. When you see that Johnson is estranged from his wife and in the middle of a divorce. His ex, Carla Gugino sends so many signals for the Rock to try to fight for her, even in the house owned by the new boyfriend, Ioan Gruffudd but the Rock stubbornly resist all the signs and focuses on moving the plot along.

From Mr. Fantastic to Sterotypical Jerk Boyfriend In Record Time
Ioan Gruffudd played a nice guy who just happened to be rich. That's usually the standard counter when the old boyfriend/husband is huge and intimidating physically. It seems that Hollywood thinks the only way to put a superior person in their place is by belittleing them by how much money they have or have not. But from the opening he was an OK guy. I was surprised because I assumed he'd be a jerk from the very first moment. Also typical. But he maintained a good guy quality throughout. Even when trouble came he did his best to do the right thing. When the moment came that the disaster was something more than just a typical earthquake his character quickly stripped away of any power that his money can provide and he regresses into survival mode. 

At this point of the movie leaving behind your girlfriend's daughter to die looks like a jerk move. But in that situation when you think all is lost any one of us would have just fled the scene if there's no real family ties to another human being. The right thing to do is to do all that you can but even then I still could not blame him from running out of pure fear. Then the movie continued and he totally goes into pure A-hole mode and starts killing people to stay alive. Again you can chalk this up to survival of the fittest but after a while even I couldn't make any more excuses for this dude. I'm glad he got what he had coming to him. In the above picture.  That's him on the left. Guess what happens next.

Recalling The Racial Quiet Rioters
what I found very interesting was the fact that when we're at our worst we find time to try to steal. I love the fact that the director tried his best to only test Caucasian looters when we all know that all people and all of all backgrounds races and religions will still during the times of disasters. This reminded me  of the times during Hurricane Katrina when the media would show footage of white people taking things from stores and calling it findings and when they showed black people taking things from stores it was called stealing. I love this scene of crazy white people finding 50 inch screen TVs in finding Dodge trucks hand The Rock being the only minority that had to steal something to survive.

Because We Like When Everything Shakes
I have to take a moment to notice how much it's obvious that Alexandra Daddario and Carla Gugino are two of the most beautiful women in the world but the director obviously loves to have them running and having their breasts bounce around in almost every scene that they were in all while maintaining perfect salon quality hair.

Follow Me To Action
I found it very humorous that in the midst of all the chaos people will blindly listen to the guys in the crowd. I mean she obviously knows, and how to stay alive I mean look at him. Even his ex wife followed him out an airplane with only one para-shoot between the two of them. I have to admit that I'll never jump out of an airplane unless it was in the warm embrace of Dwayne Johnson's arms.

The Most Epic Water Ride Ever!
I don't care who you are, the scene with the boats all trying to get over the tidal wave before it crest was tense and I loved how everyone who had a boat all had the same goal in mind. I also love the fact that, not every made it. You're either on The Rock's boat or your going to die seems to be the message. The underlining message was also, "If you're not The Rock's daughter you'll die faster". While daughter Blake lugged around her love interest and his little brother played by Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Ben & Art Parkinson as Ollie. The "Two Brothers who saved me" as Blake put it in an emergency call to her parents. Was I the only one thinking how that would have been interpreted when she delivered that line? Probably, my mind always goes to awkward race stuff.

Too Convenient Till It Spelled DOOM
One of the umpteenth moments where it felt like "We're finally safe" then the very next moment was "Holy Crap!" The best was when Blake and the Brothers made it to her mothers boyfriends under construction tower as the tidal wave was coming inland. How she knew the exact floor to stop at instead of just going as high as possible but still managing to pick the last safest floor where the water wouldn't kill them, is beyond me. Then she had to say the scariest line disaster movie history. "This building is sinking!". I mean, What The H. E. double hockey sticks batman? Good thing Ben got that kiss out the way in the middle of the movie instead of the cliche moment at the very end till we roll credits or go off to fight General Zod. . .oops wrong movie.

Blakes Going To Die, Isn't She?
Said brilliantly by little Punky Brewster impersonator, Ollie. He gives the best cheesy lines like, "My San Andres guide book has everything". You mean to tell me this kid reads traditional map to the starts books and doesn't know what a landline is? This moment of the movie where Blake was seen in the trailer drowning was intense. My movie critic Jedi Master "John Campea" talks about Man Tears for movies like Best of The Best. But I had to shed some for this seen. Having a hero, Johnson, loose a daughter in flash back scenes, by drowning made the character struggle, but the idea that he'll loose two daughters the exact same way and see their faces as they died was just cruel. As a father it got me. Dude Tears bro.

911 Undertones
So who thought it was obvious that the American flag waving above the disaster right after Dwayne Johnson delivers the final clique catch phrase of the film "Now We Rebuild" was probably CGI?

My Take From The Film
I liked it. Its not going to win any best male or female anything at the Oscars, but for me, it fired on all four cylinders. This movie promised The Rock was going to face off with an earthquake and it did. Yes there were a ton of cheesy one liners but they were freaking awesome. It felt like there was a garage sale of awesome one liners and every actor in this movie had about twenty bucks to spend that day. This was the kind of movie that anyone could fall into. Just check your Shakespearean snooty criticisms at the door and enjoy the popcorn bro.

Go See It. . .You're Welcome!