Comments on: A Couple of Mehs and a Blech

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:46:01 +0000

Aw shucks.

By: Deuce

Deuce — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:28:25 +0000

Yeah, those intros are all Sitz! Isn’t he wonderful??

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:23 +0000

Haha, I was just giving you crap. And you’re welcome for the FB intros.

By: Mike2D2

Mike2D2 — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:02:14 +0000

Ok, tried before and lost my connection.
First off, I want to thank you for all the creative intros (especially this one) you give on FB.
Secondly, I want to defend myself against your accusations. I know plenty of Spanish speakers, thank you very much. Didn’t want to weigh down this review with too many details but maybe I should have. Of those I asked, one said the subtitles were distracting, of course. Another said the translations were dodgy at best; some words/phrases don’t have an English equivalent.
Let me know what you think if you ever see it.

By: Mike2D2

Mike2D2 — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:56:09 +0000

Just checking if I can reply to an old post.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 07:38:28 +0000

What Young Guns 2 Lacked in Charlie Sheeniness it more than made up for in Jon Bon Jovity.

I’ll steer clear of the last two movies, but I’m still curious about “No.” It doesn’t seem to be available by any of our usual Costa Rican outlets, but I’ll have to keep looking. It may just be too new. But after the Scarlet Pimpernel (which I reviewed a while ago), and actually spending a few days in Santiago, Chile’s history has started to interest me more.

By the way, I think it’s noteworthy/strange/funny that you (Mike2D2) have lived for many years in both Santa Fe and Los Angeles, but I’m the only friend you know who speaks Spanish?? You’ll have to get down here for another visit and we’ll introduce you to more people, haha!

By: Deuce

Deuce — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:42:51 +0000

Good call! I forgot he wasn’t in the sequel, too! But — another C.S. WAS in the sequel! One of my boyhood favorites… the dreamy Christian Slater! Lou-Diamond Phillips stuck a huge knife in his forearm!

By: Mike2D2

Mike2D2 — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:25:10 +0000

Correction: Charlie Sheen wasn’t in Young Guns 2. I guess I imagined there was a flashback in the sequel where Emilio remembers his bro getting unceremoniously blown away and sheds a tear.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:46:01 +0000

That’s kinda how I thought those would pan out from the previews. I thought NO looked interesting, but I’m not always big on historical dramas because most of them tend to take themselves too seriously. I mean seriously, Schindler’s List. Lighten up a bit… But for a lot of historical dramas and biopics, it’d help a lot if they had a little fun since we could easily learn the same information from the internet… the point of a movie is to be entertaining.

And Charles Swan looked like it could be a little bit too weird for its own good. That sort of Wes Anderson zaniness works because it’s quirky AND really good, and there’s always a good through line, but you can see where they could easily get derailed. Either way, I might jump into this one somewhere down the line just cause.

And yeah, Stand Up Guys? Sorry you had to sit through that. It’s sad that Al Pacino’s name has been so tainted in recent years, but it just goes to show you: If you get a big name attached, you can get anything made.

By: Deuce

Deuce — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:10:15 +0000

Thanks for the tip about Stand Up Guys, Mike! I was so happy you mentioned Emilio. I LOVE Men at Work! Nice work.