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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Snakes on a Plane (2006) in Movies
Mar 26, 2021
Snakes on a Plane - brought to you by Red Bull.
This film would have been nowhere near as enjoyable if it wasn't for Samuel L. Jackson. It's pretty bad, but I still kind of love it. Despite it's very obvious mid 00s crappy CGI, it has a kind of 90s action vibe to it. I also have an undying crush on Julianna Margulies so that also helps.
It's a whole load of faffy nonsense - B-Movie perfection, chefs kiss.
This film would have been nowhere near as enjoyable if it wasn't for Samuel L. Jackson. It's pretty bad, but I still kind of love it. Despite it's very obvious mid 00s crappy CGI, it has a kind of 90s action vibe to it. I also have an undying crush on Julianna Margulies so that also helps.
It's a whole load of faffy nonsense - B-Movie perfection, chefs kiss.
David McK (3562 KP) rated Jingle All the Way (1997) in Movies
Dec 10, 2022
Mid 90s family friendly Christmas action comedy with Arnie Schwarzenegger as a workaholic dad who keeps breaking promises to his kid (a young Jake Lloyd. Yes, that Jake Lloyd who would later play kid Anakin Skywalker, who grows up to become Darth Vader) and ends up hunting all over town on Christmas Eve for this seasons must-have Christmas present: a turbo-man action doll.
Amusing enough, but not one of Arnie's better kid-friendly offerings IMO.
Amusing enough, but not one of Arnie's better kid-friendly offerings IMO.
David McK (3562 KP) rated Sharpe's Battle (1995) in Movies
Sep 18, 2022 (Updated Sep 18, 2022)
Mid-90s TV Sean Bean starring TV movie, loosely based on the Bernard Cornwell novel of the same name.
I say loosely based, but as not as loosely as the previous (Sharpe's Gold): here, the rough outline is pretty much the same as in the novel - sure, there are liberties taken and subplots left out and/or changed, but this *is* recognizably the same story, complete with Brigadier Guy Loup, the spanish Real Compania Irelande (sp?) et al
I say loosely based, but as not as loosely as the previous (Sharpe's Gold): here, the rough outline is pretty much the same as in the novel - sure, there are liberties taken and subplots left out and/or changed, but this *is* recognizably the same story, complete with Brigadier Guy Loup, the spanish Real Compania Irelande (sp?) et al
David McK (3562 KP) rated Liar Liar (1997) in Movies
Feb 1, 2025
Liar Liar pants on fire ...
Mid 90s Jim Carrey vehicle, in which he plays a sleazy lawyer who is forced to tell the truth for 24 hours after his son makes a birthday wish for the same, which magically becomes true.
Cue physical slapstick comedy and his own brand of gurning as he tries to fight a divorce case, knowing he is on the 'wrong side' (as it were) over who gets custody of the children.
That, and a saccharine sweet finale.
Mid 90s Jim Carrey vehicle, in which he plays a sleazy lawyer who is forced to tell the truth for 24 hours after his son makes a birthday wish for the same, which magically becomes true.
Cue physical slapstick comedy and his own brand of gurning as he tries to fight a divorce case, knowing he is on the 'wrong side' (as it were) over who gets custody of the children.
That, and a saccharine sweet finale.
David McK (3562 KP) rated The Day of the Jackal (40th anniversary edition) in Books
Apr 23, 2019
I think I first read this book in the mid 90s when I was in my mid teens, pre-GCSEs.
Flash forward about 20 years, and I think I picked it up again when it was on offer on Kindle. As I didn't really remember all that much about it - save that it detailed a plot to kill Charles de Gaulle, and that there's a film starring Bruce Willis based on it - I thought I would give it a re-read.
While there's no doubting the technical proficiency in it, and the (almost) insane amount of detail, if I'm honest I actually found this to be rather plodding; rather pedestrian. I get it: most police work is such, but (IMO) that doesn't really make an engaging read.
Flash forward about 20 years, and I think I picked it up again when it was on offer on Kindle. As I didn't really remember all that much about it - save that it detailed a plot to kill Charles de Gaulle, and that there's a film starring Bruce Willis based on it - I thought I would give it a re-read.
While there's no doubting the technical proficiency in it, and the (almost) insane amount of detail, if I'm honest I actually found this to be rather plodding; rather pedestrian. I get it: most police work is such, but (IMO) that doesn't really make an engaging read.