cledakling
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I've always loved David Clayton Thomas's voice and the music of Blood Sweat and Tears. They're favorites along with Chicago, Steely Dan, and Earth Wind and Fire for big brass lines and complex instrumentation.
However, I had no idea what had happened to them being a little too young to remember much about the counterculture. I assumed that they went the way of most popular bands who had personality difficulties and fell apart.
It's really interesting to find out this was far from the case. The other reviewers here give you the story of their fateful trip behind the Iron Curtain. Just because the members said that the communist countries were oppressive and essentially - worse than the government in the US - people decided that they had turned their back on there political beliefs and had become shells for the government. Their career never really recovered.
I think they could have edited and arranged things so that there would be room to at least mention the other members in the nine person band. Also Id have liked a little more background on how they came together and how their career ended. Their experiences had to be incredibly impactful for everyone.
At this particular time in American history, this isn't just nostalgia, it's an important reflection of what has gone and what can go on in the United States.
However, I had no idea what had happened to them being a little too young to remember much about the counterculture. I assumed that they went the way of most popular bands who had personality difficulties and fell apart.
It's really interesting to find out this was far from the case. The other reviewers here give you the story of their fateful trip behind the Iron Curtain. Just because the members said that the communist countries were oppressive and essentially - worse than the government in the US - people decided that they had turned their back on there political beliefs and had become shells for the government. Their career never really recovered.
I think they could have edited and arranged things so that there would be room to at least mention the other members in the nine person band. Also Id have liked a little more background on how they came together and how their career ended. Their experiences had to be incredibly impactful for everyone.
At this particular time in American history, this isn't just nostalgia, it's an important reflection of what has gone and what can go on in the United States.
I can't believe that it's over 20 years since this movie came out. It was utterly ridiculous then and it is utterly ridiculous now. But it's supposed to be.
I'm an old white lady and I still like this movie. No, I don't like the bathroom humor or the gross out stuff. But there is enough other things in there that make it worthwhile. Yes they played to all sorts of racial and gender stereotypes. But everybody got made fun of. Of course the Wayans brothers can say things that a white person ever could. And that is alluded to in the movie as well.
I've been a Terry Crews fan since this movie. He is delightful.
I'm an old white lady and I still like this movie. No, I don't like the bathroom humor or the gross out stuff. But there is enough other things in there that make it worthwhile. Yes they played to all sorts of racial and gender stereotypes. But everybody got made fun of. Of course the Wayans brothers can say things that a white person ever could. And that is alluded to in the movie as well.
I've been a Terry Crews fan since this movie. He is delightful.
I didn't know anything about this movie. Looked like a nice change from watching Christmas movies.
I usually like your lighthearted smart aleck adventure guy movies. But give me a break. It was hard to imagine Ryan Reynolds character as an elusive world-class art thief when he never shut up. If I were Dwayne Johnson's character I would have beat the $#& out of this jerk in the first 30 minutes.
From what I've read on the other reviews Reynolds character is much like his from Deadpool, movies I suspected I wouldn't like. I'm 66 and have no desire to be part of the Marvel or DC universe.
I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, but I was expecting more than several witty exchanges, and the rest of it being junior high insults and bullying. I'm a substitute teacher, I get enough of that at work.
I usually like your lighthearted smart aleck adventure guy movies. But give me a break. It was hard to imagine Ryan Reynolds character as an elusive world-class art thief when he never shut up. If I were Dwayne Johnson's character I would have beat the $#& out of this jerk in the first 30 minutes.
From what I've read on the other reviews Reynolds character is much like his from Deadpool, movies I suspected I wouldn't like. I'm 66 and have no desire to be part of the Marvel or DC universe.
I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, but I was expecting more than several witty exchanges, and the rest of it being junior high insults and bullying. I'm a substitute teacher, I get enough of that at work.