I hate talking to negotiators Jack. They talk to you like they're your best friend and they do'nt even know you.

I recently watched the classic action film speed. It is still suspenseful even after having seen it before. The cast is also pretty good with Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock,Joe Morton, Jeff Dainels and Alan Ruck known most for Farris Bueller. Hopper has to be one of my favorite villains. I like the bus scenes but I think that the part in the subway was really far fetched because how they did not get a cut or bruise when the subway fell on it's side and was sliding several feet is very fake. They also used the scene that is used in almost every action movie such as True Lies, Moonraker etc when the good guy is driving and the bridge or road is out ahead.

Overall it is one of the best action movies ever made. This is the olny good film directed by Jan de Bont. He made Speed 2, Tomb Raider and Twister which were all over the top action movies with very bad plots.  He is better known as cinematographer for such films as Die Hard, Lethal Weapon 3 and Hunt for Red October.

Gaint Rest in Peace Elizabeth Taylor

In memory of the great and very beautiful actress Elizabeth Taylor who died a few days ago at the age of 79. This being my first time seeing it I enjoyed it a lot. I really liked Dennis Hoppers Performance as well as Dean's. This is my first time seeing James Dean in a film. It touched on the subject of Racism. I liked this film and think that anyone who likes movies should watch this.

I love the Smell of Naplam in the Morning.

Last night I spent 3  hours of my life watching  Apocalypse Now Redux The extended version of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 war film which I would have to say is one of the worst war films ever made. There where only a few things I liked about movie. One of them was was when Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore played by Robert Duvall who makes his men go surfing during a battle and also plays Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" over the helicopter to the VC troops. I also enjoyed Dennis Hopper's performance as the crazy photographer. Another good thing was that they played a little bit of "Satisfaction."

 First off it was way to long. It was very slow at times, it barely had Harrison Ford, they killed off a young Laurence Fishburne. It was very strange and confusing and I could not figure out what was going on. One moment they are fighting and getting shot at, then minutes later they are making out with naked women in a playboy helicopter. I did not care for Brando or Sheen. I also thought that the scenes in Brando's hideout were really disgusting. It makes fun of the men that gave there lives by portraying them as drunk, crazy, stupid and ruthless trigger happy killers. The movie acts like the soldiers in Vietnam were just sitting around drinking, smoking, having sex and doing what ever they wanted with no authority. We will finish off the Vietnam Series with another member of the Sheen family his son Charlie in Oliver Stone's Platoon.

I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're gonna be winners.

I am having a Gene Hackman fest. My first movie in the fest is Hoosiers. I have seen it before and it is one of my favorite Hackman films and also by far my favorite sports movie. I also picked it first in honor of the late great Dennis Hopper who gives a great performance as an assistant coach along side Hackman and also an acholic trying to overcome his drinking problem well his son plays for the team. The team goes though some challenges and so do some of the players such as Jimmy played by Maris Valainis. But in the end they come though to win and become the state champs. It also has the music which is composed by the great Jerry Goldsmith.