I enjoyed this movie which is really more about cutting throats in business than the origin of the giant burger company.
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Broadcast News
(1987)
Great Film (Albert Brooks is Fantastic)
12 January 2007
If you have not seen this late 80s film about the the Washington Bureau of a Network News station than I highly recommend it. It is a sad commentary on the direction of news reporting in this country but tells the story with wit. The characters are well developed and Albert Brooks performance is fabulous. He delivers all his lines with entertaining understated comedy. I am not an Albert Brooks fan at all so this was a welcome surprise. I have a friend who works as a producer for a local news station and he advised that this is close to reality so kudos to the films writer and director for doing their research.
Fun movie with a lot of insight into the World of Network News. It is not nearly as dark as another movie I also recommend in the same genre 'Network'.
Fun movie with a lot of insight into the World of Network News. It is not nearly as dark as another movie I also recommend in the same genre 'Network'.
Rocky Balboa
(2006)
Rocky Balboa...why?
21 December 2006
I heard Stallone comment that he wasn't happy with V ending the Rocky series so I guess that is as good a reason as any. This film almost treats II-V like they didn't exist with almost all references and flashbacks to the original. I actually think Stallone went a little overboard with memories and characters from the first film.
The beginning is slow and sad but it really communicated where Rocky was in his life, a man holding on to the past. The middle of the film picked up some speed based on Rocky's new motivation, and the fight was as good as any other Rocky movie. Some long scenes with angry speeches worked and some were kind of dumb. Rocky's opponent Mason 'the line' Dixon (Antonio Tarver) did a much better job than I would have suspected from a boxer trying to act which was a welcome surprise.
I still don't think this movie was needed to conclude the series (I think Rocky V is a good conclusion and underrated) but it was entertaining and worthy of a look.
The beginning is slow and sad but it really communicated where Rocky was in his life, a man holding on to the past. The middle of the film picked up some speed based on Rocky's new motivation, and the fight was as good as any other Rocky movie. Some long scenes with angry speeches worked and some were kind of dumb. Rocky's opponent Mason 'the line' Dixon (Antonio Tarver) did a much better job than I would have suspected from a boxer trying to act which was a welcome surprise.
I still don't think this movie was needed to conclude the series (I think Rocky V is a good conclusion and underrated) but it was entertaining and worthy of a look.
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