There's something about Indiana Jones that is still very compelling now as it was in the older films, and that kind of counterbalances the poroblems of the script.
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Originally Posted by Chuck Mayer
I consider Gambit one of the lamest X-Men ever, and I ditched the comic before they really drove him into the ground (wikipedia for the shocking [to me] details).
I'll put it this way...the fan casting for Gambit when he was popular was Jean Claude Van Damme That says a lot.I do apologize for the minor thread fart. I hope they do some neat stuff for this film, because Hugh made Wolverine interesting again, for the first time in YEARS. I don't expect much, but maybe Jackman and Hood have some nice tricks. |
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Originally Posted by Adam_S
Bigger, Stronger, Faster - 9 of 10
quite simply one of the best documentaries I've seen in quite some time. Mark, Chris and Mike Bell are three brothers from Poohkeepsie NY, they grew up fat and short, their heroes were Hulk Hogan, Arnold, and Sly. They began lifting weights in High school, Mark went to college to play football then dropped out to pursue a career in pro wrestling. Mike barely finished high school, got married, and competes in weightlifting competitions. Chris is the filmmaker, and all three brothers have tried steroids, Mark began it in college, Mike not too much later, and Chris tried them once as well. Mark and Mike are big proponents of steroids. They love them, their behavior is classicly that of an addict. Their wives are not so fond of steroids. Chris felt tremendous guilt over his steroid use and quit almost immediately, everything he believed in was anti steroids. But he was even more conflicted as it was revealed all his idols used steroids, and steroids became more and more popular in competitive sports such as Baseball and the Olympics. The film digs into the history of steroids (they entered sports when the US olympic team found out the russian weight lifting team was using steroids in the fifties and they rushed home to develop better anabolic steroids in order to compete), presents a fair cross section of the position steroids are in today, debunks some myths about steroids but raises new questions about their psychological harm as an addictive substance. The film shows how the use of steroids is fracturing and stressing the Bell family, and the bleak outlook Mark and Mike are facing. the film is remarkably well balanced, entertaining and fascinating to watch. it is neither overtly anti steroids nor pro steroids but it does tackle the subject head on and brings it out of the shadows to expose the hypocrisies of both sides of the steroids issue. |
