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Super Scary Saturday (1987)
Reports of his death must have been exaggerated!
I went to a comedy club in Las Vegas a few nights ago and Al Lewis was in the audience glad-handing anyone who recognized him. I remembered him but I don't think I ever knew his name. So, I looked him up on the Google machine. Multiple news outlets (even Wikipedia) reported he died in 2006.
If he WAS born in 1923, as reported, he would be 100. Now I am wondering if he really IS a vampire! You go Al!
Hmm, or is it an impersonator with an uncanny resemblance? It is a mystery wrapped in a conundrum.
Either way, I wish "Grandpa Munster" or "Grandpa Munster Clone II" well with the new show!
Come on Grandpa, fess up.
Ticket to Paradise (2022)
Hollow, vapid, formulaic writing
Come on George and Julia, you couldn't find a better script? All I could do during this movie was think that the writer was on vacation in Bali and decided to write a simple, predictable Rom Com incorporating the things she saw on a van tour around the island. "OK, let's see. I need 2 movie stars so it is guaranteed to make money. Maybe 4 second tier actors and a bunch of extras. Then parent-child relationships, adult conflict. And a big resolution. All with beautiful scenery." There was no depth in any character. There were no surprises. The comedy was sparse. The only good part were the 3 or 4 outtakes shown during the credits. Please, don't waste your money on this formula-driven drivel.
Non-Stop (2014)
Awful. Unrealistic. Silly. Boring.
Liam, what were you thinking? There HAVE to be better scripts out there. Don't waste your immense talent on lightweight scripts and directors like this. This film was so bad, it is hard to know where to start. How about the Air Marshal Service hiring a drunk cop fired from a major police force? Never gonna happen. How about there somehow magically appearing a hole from the lavatory to the secured cockpit? And the air pressure being lower in the cockpit than the cabin -- which is the opposite of the real world. How about the copilot assuring the air marshal he would not unlock the cockpit door for the rest of the flight then, 10 seconds later is seen in the doorway talking to a flight attendant. How about bad guys intending to parachute from an airliner with apparently no way to do so? How about the bad guys counting on Liam Neeson's character killing another air marshal in a fight -- and, for that matter, getting into the fight -- despite the fact that supposedly Liam's character is a drunk and both men are armed? And then there are the terrible special effects. Did they think we would buy a blue screen with a model airplane behind the actors. (Either that or really weak CGI). Come on. And the acting. Oh,the acting. Sometimes they cut away from the face of a character, dub in a line, then cut back to the face. Pretty transparent cover-up of terrible acting and directing. And the actor supposedly flying the plane looked like he was playing with his kid's toy. To reduce power you pull, not push the lever, for example. No wonder he crashes an apparently flyable plane (even the gear came down and all the controls worked), and he was already in the flare to land. Beyond which, it was getting pretty boring about an hour into it. The absurd and obvious mis-directions throughout were not only obvious, they were like yelling "Hey, this guy looks like a bad guy. I'll bet it's him." The script would have read better if it was written as a thriller, not a mystery. Tell us who the bad guy is and then the audience can yell "Look out! He's behind you." Instead we were yelling, "Give me a break. This is ridiculous already." This film would be a good candidate for the next iteration of Mystery Science 3000 so at least we can get a laugh at the awesome awfulness of it all.