davidvandekerk

This show is unique. It's not the subject matter that makes it unique. It's the contestants. I actually would like to know most of them and call them friends. They seem like nice, real people. I'm actually sorry when most of them get eliminated, even when somebody botches their work so you KNOW they're going home. They are humble, nice people who want to perfect their craft. They often help each other and work cooperatively even though they are competing for a prize.

Yes, I am interested in metal work. But unlike the egomaniacs in Ink Master, I found this pleasant to watch. I hope it goes on for many years.

I have to give the directory credit where credit is due. All information says this is a 12,000 euros (maybe $15,000 USD) movie. Come on, you can't sneeze for that much. It's below the budget of a good Star Trek FanFic movie. Yet, if you don't look too closely it really looks like this is a movie. Amazing.

We have people running around with pretty much correct guns and uniforms doing pretty much correct World War II things. We have sound effects and music and even some CGI airplanes blended in.

What we lack is a coherent plot, decent actors and decent cinematography. But hey, for 12,000 euros you can't get everything in life. We also have a film that was oddly sympathetic to the Waffen SS. Personally I wonder if this is related to the increasing trend towards seeing another foreign religion enemy that is destroying everything in those same countries.

I saw Bright and I enjoyed it. I liked the assorted mythological creatures in downtown Los Angeles. It wasn't fantastic but I definitely enjoyed it. There was this guy doing a bad Will Smith imitation and there was this Ork out-acting him and there was a whole bunch of myth and magic with pretty good special effects and little details like the Centaurs as mounted officers and the dragon in the background. Yeah, better than the average made in Bulgaria direct to cable movie. I was hoping that they would follow through and make it into a TV series. I would watch it.

Then I saw that it was Will Smith and that this thing cost $90 MILLION dollars. WHAT? That was $90 MILLION? Oh man! Somebody got ripped.