I remember this too well...
Eight years of unpopular, scandal ridden, Republican rule - a divisive war, a lousy economy, gas prices out of control . The Dems have a fresh faced outsider coming in, and we all know, finally change is in the wind...it's 1976 all over again, my faithful readers, time to invest in guns and ammo, because things are about to get way worse.
Unfortunately, there's no Gipper waiting in the wings....
I think we should go see a movie as a diversion.
Unfortunately, there's no Gipper waiting in the wings....
I think we should go see a movie as a diversion.
posted by Steve at 10/24/2008 11:24:00 PM
6 Comments:
I think of Clint as highly as the next man, but that movie looks awful. (Do you think he'll actually learn to --gulp-- overcome his intolerance to the Chinese neighbors? Will his battle with the gang help him grow as a person?) Again we get the old crank with a heart of gold, who overcomes his own demons in spite of himself, blah blah blah. It looks like a Lifetime movie with a gun in it.
Disagree - while the "bonding with the foreigners next door " thing will likely be a bit much, Lifetime rarely offers ass kickings of those who deserve it. Unless you think a wife with a big mouth deserves it. And, for the record, I do not.
This was a quote in the Hindustan Times from Limbaugh. "I'm going to give you a name that would make me jump for joy - Bobby Jindal. I did an interview with Bobby Jindal. He is the next Ronald Reagan if he does not change."
"Again we get the old crank with a heart of gold, who overcomes his own demons in spite of himself, blah blah blah." Does this hit too close to home You?
I like seeing Clint kick arse as much as anyone; his walking into the saloon in the last 20 minutes of _Unforgiven_ and asking, through gritted teeth, "Who owns this shithole?" is one of the Great Movie Moments. I bought the special edition of _The Good, The Bad and the Ugly_ the day it was released. I've even defended the oft-maligned _True Crime_. But this? The old man fighting Asians? Come on. I wonder . . . his kids want him in a retirement home, but he shows them! Why didn't he just name it _Here Comes Gramps?_ Is Bea Arthur the love interest--or yours?
And by the way, it doesn't hit close to home, since my demons are far from overcome.
Neeeeeeeeeeeeeext?
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