The Fix (review)

 One day I'm going to learn my lesson that Liam Neesson is out of making good movies these days. I just can't help myself!

I'll be honest, I almost didn't watch the movie but saw Zachery Levi was in the film too I thought it would have a chance at being good. 

It wasn't. 

The story is so confusing I had no idea what the plot was. They never really explained anything. After a military mission goes wrong they all....retire? from the army. Or special forces....it doesn't really tell you. 

Only when they come back Neesson's character is faking an illness because he needed Levi's character to get a piece of paper that's very important, which we're never exactly told what it is. 

Why Neeson had to fake an illness I don't have a clue. And when Levi goes undercover with a fake wife HE vetted...she turns out to be a traitor.....but we're told over and over again, that he's the best the military has to offer....yet he didn't know she was a traitor????

Also, they try to give his team some character but it's halfway through the movie that we see them again and they act all the same. In fact, Levi's character has an "issue" with one of them but it's never made clear why. 

It's like this movie was picked out of the trash, re-written by AI and no one bothered to read it before they shot the movie. 

Horrible waste of time.  

End of Oak Street (review)

 Oh boy. 

I remember when this hit theaters, I was halfway interested, but held off to wait for streaming. 

I'm glad I waited. 

This movie takes place in the 80s because....Stranger Things was a popular TV show. 

It has dinosaurs in it because....they're still making Jurassic Park movies in theaters. 

Another mix of two popular themes that can't quite stick the landing. 

Not to spoil the ending too much (this IS a spoiler!!!!)  

...........but there's a big death near the end I was impressed with because I didn't see coming. I was actually going to give this movie an ok rating because of the bold decision, only to watch them put in a time travel aspect to the film that undid the death and cheapened the entire scene in the first place. 

What a bummer. I expected more and got way less. PASS. 

Have a good weekend folks! 

Whisper Man (review)

After a man's son goes missing, he reconnects with his estranged father to help him find who took his boy.

This movie sucked. 

First off, it's got a supernatural element, that's not well explained. this movie has no idea what it wants to be. A murder mystery or supernatural thriller? It fails at both. 

I was confused. What does the boy having supernatural powers have to do with him being kidnapped. His dad put away the "whisper man" years ago. It "cost" him his family as he became obsessed with capturing the killer. 

It sounds like someone took 2 "been-there-done-that" movie scripts, combined them together but had no idea which direction to take the film. 

It's awful, confusing and I turned it off with 20 minutes left to go, because I couldn't even care less how it all ended. 

Waste of time. 
 

End of an era?

 A few weeks ago, I gave my grass, what could be, it's final cut of the year. 

And I noticed something that made me sad. No one was around to watch me cut it. 

When my girls were little they'd sit by the window and cheer me on every time I passed by. As they got older the youngest set took their places, sitting by the windows and waving. My son's been doing it on and off this year. He even came out every so often to "help" by pushing his toy mower around the yard. 

But even those times are coming to a close. Sure it's hot, but my son isn't staying out as much and my girls could care less what I'm doing outside. 

I get it. It's not exciting to watch. But it makes a Dad happy either way. They're getting older now and it's expected things change. They still do a lot of other things around the house that make me smile, this is just one that's fading away. 

Ghost A&W

 And finally I got to taste the root beer flavor. Not bad. Better than I expected, that's for sure. Not a big fan of root beer. I don't hate it, but I usually never drink it. But this one was much better than some of the other flavors they have out there for sure. 

Better than the 7Up one they had a while back because it taste more than just the soda its fashioned after. 

Either way, not bad. 

Ghost Strawberry Watermelon

 

So weird. 

This one taste very similar to the bubble gum flavor I had earlier but with a strong strawberry taste. All said and done, it wasn't bad but I probably won't get it again. 

It got me wanting to try Ghost Sour Cherry again but I think they discontinued it, because I never see it anywhere these days. 

That being said, I just want more sour flavors in general. 

Ghost Yoohoo

 This one was a tricky one to find. It's hiding in the protein supplements section of stores instead of the soft drink area with the rest of its clan. Either way, I've been searching long and hard for this one. 

The verdict? 

Meh. Taste like your regular chocolate protein drink you'd have anywhere but slightly tasting like Yoohoo. It's not carbonated, which is good. I was afraid this would be weird if it were. I'm glad I got to try it, and I guess I'd try other flavors in the future but it certainly doesn't replace the carbonated brands for me. 

Have a good weekend folks!