November Movies - Week 1

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

It's gonna be okay... or not... whatever... I spent last night watching a movie where Christopher Walken shoots two Presidents dead & spends time in a jail cell with another... so then back to reality...

November 1 – Tank (1984)
 
A retired general (James Garner) owns a tank… because that’s a thing. So when his son (C Thomas Howell) gets imprisoned by a corrupt sheriff in the deeeeeep South, there’s only one thing to do. Load up that tank & go get his boy. Now… I’m all for blasting corrupt authority figures away with advanced weaponry to humble them… but this movie is… let’s just say that it’ll definitely be talked about on the podcast one day. Step by step, you start to kind of question a few things… because everybody in this movie is borderline irredeemable… but goddamn James Garner is charismatic…
 
Rating – 8/10 – It’s dumb fun… and as you know, I like that
 
November 3 – Addams Family Halloween (1977)
 
BIG fan of the Addams family series, movies & whatever TV movie one-offs that I can usually find (still trying to find a decent copy of the Tim Curry-Daryl Hannah one). So when I saw this come up on Tubi, I had to check it out as I was not familiar. So… about 15 years after the original series, this was the pilot episode for a new series… and stars most of the original cast (yes, the kids are in their mid to late 20’s… but fear not, as there are other Wednesday Jr & Pugsley Jr that are in the movie… but never really explained where they came from?) and a few randos as weird Uncles that I assume might take over the series after a year or so… but wow… okay, so then there’s also a group of people trying to replace Gomez & Morticia with actors… while the real ones are hosting a Halloween party… and hijinx ensue… as the Uncle is also trying to bang Morticia… but this is a damn mess… the whole thing is shot on TV stock from the 70’s & not restored… the story makes absolutely no sense… the original actors are great for what they do… but yeah, too many questions & not enough laughs. Almost every joke falls completely flat & then through the floor.
 
Rating – 3/10 – Probably the worst Addams Family thing that I’ve seen to date… but still Addams
 
November 5 – Tropic Thunder (2008)
 
I still can’t believe that Robert Downey jr was nominated for an Academy Award while in blackface… yeah, it’s the movie about making a Vietnam War movie… about a fake story… with a star studded cast & one of the greatest surprise cameos ever… just watch it…
 
Rating – 10+/10 – Still amazing that this movie still makes me laugh so hard…

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Steve