When video games made thier real break in movies

Who of you saw this movie and enjoyed it as much as I did. The first view of the ultimate Power Glove.

Glory Road 2006

 2006

Starring
Josh Lucas
Derek Luke
Austin Nichols


Plot: The true story of Don Haskins and his recruitment of 7 African American basketball players for the 1965 collegiate season.

All sports had their barrier brakes at some point. Baseball had Jackie Robinson in 1942 and Basketball was just following. Don Haskins was a college basketball player in Texas but blew his knee out during his final years and changed his way to coaching players instead or being one. He found his way as a Texas high school girls basketball team and takes them to the state championship which gets him noticed and he himself is recruited to coach at Texas Western.

Being at this little known school makes it very hard to recruit top players from across the country. He has been given very few scholar ships to hand out and after watching the play of a little unknown player by the name of Bobby Jo Hill he begins to see where he needs to take his talent from. He not only recruits Hill but other players from Indiana, New York, Texas. One big name was David Latten who at this time was the biggest most valuable center going into college. Rumor had it that Latten played with the Miners because of Haskins recruitment of African American players from all over and not just one on a team.

We see some racial tension between the current and new players of Texas Western but, just like any other team or family they come together to play and take care of one another.  There is bigger racial tension when the team travels down in the south to play and problems rise, however they stick together and protect each other. Bobby Joe Hill who originally butts heads with coach Haskins in the beginning of the movie and in true life emerges as the team leader and brings his entire team together.
The big climax of the movie comes in during the final game and you might guess what happens but how I don't believe without knowing the history you would believe how it is done.

All in all this has become one of my favorite true sports movies ever made and it does this legend true justice on how things really go when the boys are up against the odds.

Top quote from a top movie

Wall Street Quotes

 Teldar Paper, Mr. Cromwell, Teldar Paper has 33 different vice presidents each earning over 200 thousand dollars a year. Now, I have spent the last two months analyzing what all these guys do, and I still can't figure it out. One thing I do know is that our paper company lost 110 million dollars last year, and I'll bet that half of that was spent in all the paperwork going back and forth between all these vice presidents. The new law of evolution in corporate America seems to be survival of the unfittest. Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated. In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank you. I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much.

The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

Assault On Wall Street 2013

 2013

Staring
Dominic Purcell
Erin Karpluk
Edward Furlong
John Heard


Plot: Rosie Baxford (Karpluck) had a brain tumor and now has successful treatments for its removal and is well on her way to recovery. Her and her husband Jim Baxford (Purcell) want to start their life over and begin a family. It is explained to them by the Doctor that she will need a series of injections and at this time it would be high risk for them to attempt to start a family. Money becomes a factor and Jim finds out his Pension and Investments have be cheated from him and now the money to finance his wife's  recovery is gone.

This movie really hits home with me on many levels. First the insurance issue they face when they schedule the first set of I injections she is going to need will be full cost because they have reached their maximum pay out for the year. There had been many times in the past with my old insurance that I reached that level and had to pay out of pocket. The Boxford's are not a rich family but they have at this point little debt and begin to use credit cards to pay for the expensive injections and expensive medications needed to be taken out of the doctors office.

Jim had served in the armed forces and when got back had a broker invest in what he believed safe transactions in the Real Estate market and other safe bonds. As soon as he goes to his broker to cash some of it in to help pay of the medical necessities of his wife he finds out that things have gone wrong. The real estate the broker invested in was corrupt even though The broker told him it was safe and the CEO of the bond firm (Heard) has sold the bonds on the market and converted them into nothing to hide wrong doings and to keep his clients at the expense of his investors.  Jim partner Sean (Furlong) stands by him through out the movie even going as far as giving him Ten Thousand dollars to help out which Jim gives as a retainer to an attorney who says he can help but really in my opinion jerks Jim around telling him one thing and doing something else.

The Boxford's lives show what happens when someone needs expensive medical care and they use their entire savings plus max out all credit cards. The dominoes begin to fall on their life to the point they can's pay the mortgage and the treatments can no longer be afforded.  Rosie believes she is hurting her husband because of all the money she needs and takes her own life to try to alleviate his stress. When Jim gets and finds her dead he takes matters into his own hands and plots his revenge on the people who have wronged his family.

This is a fast paced movie which offers it's watchers a glimpse of how your lives can change and people can rob you blind and get away with it. One of the focuses we hear mention is the bail out of the countries banks (the TARP 750 billion bail out) and how money was used to still give the big wigs their bonuses and helped people like Madoff strive.

I said in the beginning this movie hit home for me and here is why.  My wife and I have been in the money situation and still are today after over 5 years of surgeries needed for my back and other treatments cost us our entire life savings, my big investment portfolio, her investment portfolio and the selling off of possessions and borrowing big time money from family to pay a ton of medical bills. I feel cheated by a ton of people in my past of taking advantage of me and costing us our life savings to make sure I am well. Unfortunately this movies story line happens to many families every day by not being able to afford medical needs cause insurance money caps or people who robbed them blind and get away with it.

Demolition Man 1993

 1993

Staring
Sylvester Stallone
Wesley Snipes
Sandra Bullock

Plot: Super cop John Spartan (Stallone) is a top cop in 1996 and in chase of the criminal mastermind Simon Phoenix (Snipes). After a bust gone wrong Spartan is accused of killing 20-30 hostages and as punishment is frozen along with Phoenix in a new maximum security prison. Over 50 years goes by and Phoenix is up for parole and escapes the prison. The way of life has changed over 50 years and the police force is not capable of apprehending Phoenix so they thaw Spartan to come back and chase down the maniac he already brought down once.

When I watch this movie I have good and bad thoughts about it. It makes for a great action adventure movie with a little comedy thrown in here and there. However the changes that happen during the time period while the two are frozen are only explained to us and we have to make a mental picture of how things happened. The time period we are in is a clean world so to speak. Everything is neat and tidy and crime free. The only person still wanting a piece of action is Lenia Huxley played by the
beautiful Sandra Bullock. It his her idea to have John Spartan released and reinstated to the police force since he once captured him before. Throughout the movie we watch not only Spartan adapt to the new world he is living in but, the world has to relive the past they left behind.

The main purpose for these criminals to be frozen is to be able to put suggestions of good into their mind. Teach them new skills that will make them good people and adjust to a new society. However there is always a twist. We see that Spartan has been given the talents of a top seamstress but, Phoenix has been given the talents to be a super criminal. Who gives him this power well you just have to see and find out. The movie moves pretty quickly and provides some humor brought in by Rob Schneider and Dennis Leary. Both have bit parts but have talents to bring a little life to a action packed movie. Leary plays the leader of  the underground society that doesn't want to live in the current future and wants to retain its past. Leary also adopts to the person he was in real life the rebel who we all loved. His song I'm an Asshole made him the perfect fit for the character he plays.

The movie provides non stop action and suspense. Stallone and Snipes make perfect advisories in this futuristic storyline. I wish the movie was longer so we could get more of a background on what happens after they get frozen but, it is explained well enough that we get our own visions on what had happened.  I won't be giving any quotes from this movie because there is only a hand few that stick out and they won't make the same impact as if you first hear them in the movie.

Over all the movie is a good movie to watch at least once if you are into this kind of movie. I believe that this movie is ok for anyone 10 years or older. Language is not heavy and not much blood seen in the movie except on Stallone (go figure)

My question to you if you have seen this movie. How the hell does Taco Bell win?

Clue 1985

 1985

Starring
Tim Curry
Madeline Kahn
Christopher Lloyd
Michael Mckean
Eileen Brennan
Martin Mull
Lesley Ann Warren

Plot: Six strangers are sent invitations to come to a dinner party where an injustice will be settled. During the evening several murders take place in which no one knows who has committed the crime and in stylish fashion begin to break down each murder and look for the murderer.

The classic board game we all played as kids comes to life with the help of Hollywood.  Look at the list of stars who are each cast as a classic character in the game. You have a who's who of comedy stars and dramatic actors, who have all have been put together in one house to solve murders. All the rooms and character names fit the board game (with the addition of a few people to make the story line) as we know it. The rooms are accurate to the game board, even the secret passageways. The evidence is the weapons which are the same murder possibilities as in the game. However nobody knows who has committed the crimes, and they have to figure out who has done it before the police arrive.

From the get go this movie is non-stop laughs and thrills. Why a certain movie site calls this movie a thriller makes absolutely no sense to me. The characters are there to find out who has been blackmailing them with secrets from informants. They are given the weapons to kill the person believed to have wronged them, and once he is killed the first time it begins. All of them have secrets that link each one to a victim who will be entering the house any time in the movie or are already there.

When you look at the actors cast for this movie, my favorite is Madeline Kahn. She can show so many emotions in one character that makes her fit for this movie. She plays the lovable 5 time married Mrs. White and is given the rope in the film. Now just because she is given that weapon doesn't meant she uses it... or does she? She has some of the best lines in the movie and they come through perfectly and can make you cry tears because of how funny they are. For example:

"Men are supposed to be like Kleenex. Strong, soft and disposable." The way she says this line and in the moment makes this line one of my favorites.

There are tons of great lines from this movie. Not all are given to Mrs. White but here is one more for ya.

Col. Mustard: Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests.
Wadsworth: You don't need any help from me.
Col. Mustard: That's right.

I am not going to quote the entire movie cause what would be the fun of giving all the spoilers away.  This is a movie that I can play in my head from start to finish and never miss a beat. It was one of the first movies I watched with my wife of 4 years together and we even used the final line at the end of our wedding. We can put this movie  on and recite every line from beginning to end. I whistle the opening theme song at times at home which puts me in the mood to watch this great flick.

Can you figure out who killed each victim, in the correct room, with the correct weapon or do you need to see the end? Some of the murders are obvious but others are tough. The movie contains three endings. I recommend watching the endings in order and don't jumble them up because each one predicts a different ending but as the last ending does tell us: "This is how it really happened." If you haven't seen this classic please watch it with family cause it is a laugh riot. I can definitely say I DIDN'T DO IT.

Question to you all. Why isn't Mr. Green accused of killing Yvette?

Great movie a Must see

I have seen this movie more than all of the ones I have ever watched. Will be reviewed when I do sequels.

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So for those of you who don't know about the situation I was in that allowed me the time to watch so many movies let me tell you. I had back surgery in 2010 that resulted in a number of problems afterwards which kept me form working and would take 4 more surgeries until I was ok. during this time movies become a way of life for me to pass the time. I have been a avid movie watcher for over 20 years and spend a lot of my time quoting them in real life when the quote is appropriate of course. I watch all types of movies from Drama to Animated. I have watched well over 2000 different movies and if you're my friend on Facebook you can check out the movies I have watched by looking at my Facebook movie profile.
      My plan for this blog will be picking 1-3 movies a week and writing a review on those movies. My hope is that one of the reviews will either make you want to rewatch the movie, or if you haven't seen it, would make you want to watch it because of my review. There will be weeks where there could be more or less but I hope sometimes to run themes like parody week, twin movie week(meaning take two movies that are the same theme but just different stories), war movie week, sports week, true story movies, and you get the idea.
      I love to watch movies cause they open a huge world not just to me but, to everyone in the world. Can you honestly say that when you have watched a movie you have never wished you could have been in this movie and enjoyed it as real life. I found movies to be that escape and they helped pass my day as I laid in bed in tons of pain. So I hope you will enjoy this blog and if you have a movie you want reviewed (chances are I have seen it), I will make a list and do a request week and review that movie for you. However please respect my opinions on what I review. My thoughts might not be the same as yours.