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By Peasant Sharecropper

A blue collar, beer drinking, shotgun toting, uneducated Dairy Farmer.

**** = Theater

*** = Rental

**= Free TV

* = For death row inmates only

2008

Tropic Thunder

**** Dumb as this movie is I will have to say I had a good time at the movies. Laughed a lot. Now with that being said the story is about as bad and weak as you will find in a movie. If you go into this movie and know what you are about to get. Goofball to the max. You will have fun and some good laughs. All the cast will get a laugh out of you in some way or another. Nick Nolte's real life mug shot looked better then his character in this film but it was the vintage Nolte that sells. Cannot, not like him. Ben Stiller is a very funny guy. Can't say alot about his directing. Be he is one of the funniest guys on the screen now. This was by far Jack Black's best character to date. The tied to the tree scene made me laughs pretty hard. Again this is raunchy comedy stuff. R language. Not for young kids. Robert Downey Jr. did a fun job with the makeover character. Most of all Tom Cruise was very very entertaining. You have to admire him for taking on a role like this. The rest of the cast was good. A fun time at the movies. Had a lot of laughs. Hard to come by these day.

Pineapple Express

** If you are watching this movie you need to take the Pineapple, Banana, Apple, any express out of the theater as fast as possible. I guess they say all good streaks come to an end this was the one for Seth Rogen. I guess when you establish yourself then you can start doing some of your writing. Well it doesn't get much worse then this. The last time I seen a movie this bad was Commando with swartzy. This story was about as dumb as it can get. Tried way to hard for laughs, but a couple did pop out of me. I have no idea who James Franco is but he did remind me of a young Dennis Hopper. Let hope he has the career. Funniest character of them all was Danny R. McBride who played Red. He was refreshing and funny when Red appeared on screen. Wasted a couple hours and money at the theater. Catch it on the tube if you can bare to watch it all the way through. Bad movie.

*** This is one funny movie. It was alot more then I expected. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are a pretty good comedy duo, no Martin and Lewis but they have pretty good chemistry. Rielly tries a little to hard to be funny and that hurts him in the long run. Ferrell is natural. You kind of know what you are getting from him but it never seems to get old. Great story how an older couple meets Mary Steenburgen Richard Jenkins get married and moves in together. Both of them have 39,40 year old sons still living at home. Ferrell and Reilly. Both spoiled kids. I laughed very hard many times. You will not be let down if you go to the theater but home video will still be a good time. Goofy as heck but was solid.

**** A very fun time at the movies I will have to say. I seen it on the 5th of July, hotter then shit outside, had a ting of a hangover and this was the cure. Steve Carell is a very funny guy and a good actor. I was a big fan of the TV show so wasn't expecting alot here. I have no idea who Anne Hathaway is but she was entertaining at the same time. Nice screen presents. The Rock was good and fit his role well, although he is shedding the Rock name and is now called Dwayne Johnson, For some reason I like the Rock. Great movie to take in even if you are not hung over. Had a very fun time.

* This is what the Happening is when you go to the movies to watch a movie and you missed the time. You end up taking a chance on a movie you never wanted to see in the first place. This has to be one of the worst movies I have ever paid to see. It makes a Stephen King movie look like an academy award winner. Mark Wahlberg? What were you thinking? One of the better actors in the biz today and you jump on this. You let a guy like Paul Giamatti do shit like this. Bad actors need to stick to bad movies. Not you Mark. OMG. John Leguizamo my boy. Love you but you were terrible. Not believable at all. M. Night Shyamalan is turning out to be a one hit wonder. The Sixth Sense all bombs after that and this one is the worst. Just freaking bad. Make a guy on death row watch this and he will claim abuse.

*** I have always been a sucker for true stories and this was suppose to be one. I have never seen any of Jason Statham transporter movies. I think this is the first movie I have ever seen him in. Really enjoyed it. Takes place in England in the 70's. A former great thief and old friend, Saffron Burrows cons him into pulling one final job. Lots of suspense and slick writing. How much is true and how much is HollyEngland I guess you will never know. Really liked it. Was nice on the big screen but should be a good rental.

* * I will not waste alot of time with this Movie. The title will tell you it all. It was okay but I was expecting more Tiger. I went this Move to see the Tiger. Like the ads. One really good scene is when he set the Tiger free and the rest was all alot of nothing. Catch it when it comes on the tube.

**** Sly is at his best even in his 60s. The only bad thing about this movie is Stallone's hair. Just didn't match the face. I didn't know they had hair die deep in the jungle where he lived. Tinted gray would have made him more believable. Now back to the movie. It was awesome. A blood bath but awesome. Movies come out every week, year after year after year. And still no Clint or Sly in the waiting. Rambo is one of my all time favorite movie characters. This movie doesn't let you down.