MisterCairo
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It is one of my favorite and most watched movies. I have it on my iPad just in case I get a hankerin’ to watch it.
Belay my last. You live another day...
It is one of my favorite and most watched movies. I have it on my iPad just in case I get a hankerin’ to watch it.
Thank you for the stay. I should have been more clear in my appreciation of the flick.Belay my last. You live another day...
That review cements it, I will watch Nobody. I have always enjoyed Odenkirk’s quirkiness/oddness and wondered if it was worth the watch."Nobody" - Sweltering without central air-conditioning. Puddin' and I scraped up enough fans to watch this 2021 shoot-em-up and beat em down. Playing against type, Bob Odenkirk plays a cross between John Wick and John Q Normal. You know the trope, ordinary guy who appears to have a spine of jello is suddenly revealed to be an unstoppable killing machine when his wife/kids/dog/barbecue grill is threatened. If this sound familiar it's because the screenwriter wrote all three John Wick films. What's makes this film more fun and "believable" is Odenkirk's casting and a supporting cast that's equally bizarre. The film also takes the time to truly establish our hero's current life of quiet desperation. His wife is bored and distant, his son thinks he's a coward and a loser. Only his young daughter seems to love him unconditionally. All of this makes us like and root for Odenkirk before his transformation into butt kicking murder machine. The other good thing about his character is that he often gets as good as he gives when fighting. He tells a busload of thugs that he's gonna stomp a mudhole in em, which he does BUT it takes way longer and is much harder than expected and in the end he almost looks worse off (as he should) than the 5 jokers he attacks.
Bottom line "Nobody" is great mindless fun that made me forget (temporarily) that I was drowning in a pool of my own sweat.
Worf
I LOVE those films!!!!! Last year I did a marathon of them all! I did a double feature every weekend for the month of April!I just watched "The Road to Hong Kong" (1962), the last of the seven "Road To" movies with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, and have now seen all of them. I love these movies so much! They are all excellent comedies. In order, they are "The Road to Singapore" (1940), "The Road to Zanzibar" (1941), "The Road to Morocco" (1942), "The Road to Utopia" (1945), "The Road to Rio" (1947), "The Road to Bali" (1952), and "The Road to Hong Kong" (1962). The stories aren't actually related, and their characters have different names, but the plots and characters they play are all pretty similar, and it's always fun to see Bing use Bob in his elaborate (and dangerous) money-making schemes, the trouble they get into, the song-and-dance numbers, and how they fight over Dorothy Lamour. My personal favorite is "The Road to Rio." If you haven't seen any of these, it's a really great series- definitely one of my favorites!
I saw "Nothing but the Truth" a few weeks ago, and I loved it! I've been watching a lot of Bob Hope movies recently, and love all of them. I also watched "Caught in the Draft" (1941) last week, and "Bachelor in Paradise" (1961) yesterday. We just got "My Favorite Blonde," "My Favorite Spy," and "My Favorite Brunette" on disc, and I'm really excited to watch them soon!I LOVE those films!!!!! Last year I did a marathon of them all! I did a double feature every weekend for the month of April!
As a kid in the late 1970s I would occasionally catch one late night on television and just loved them... back then I probably only ever saw maybe 2 of them... until last year. I love Bob Hope movies and the Road To movies are delightfully fun especially when Bob breaks the 4th barrier and looks at you to say something as an aside... somehow it isn't just a gag but involves you into their world which is what I liked about it when I was a child. If you get a chance watch Nothing but the Truth (1941) Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. its free on YouTube.
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AWESOME! coincidentally I have Caught in the Draft on cue for next Saturday! (you have great taste in films! )I saw "Nothing but the Truth" a few weeks ago, and I loved it! I've been watching a lot of Bob Hope movies recently, and love all of them. I also watched "Caught in the Draft" (1941) last week, and "Bachelor in Paradise" (1961) yesterday. We just got "My Favorite Blonde," "My Favorite Spy," and "My Favorite Brunette" on disc, and I'm really excited to watch them soon!