By Geno McGahee

The TruTV’s hit show IMPRACTICAL JOKERS have hit the road and came to the Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut.  It’s been quite a while since I covered an event and I was happy to attend this show, which was one of back to back shows this past Saturday night.

The show began with Mike Finoia and he got the audience laughing immediately.  Despite the crowd wanting the Jokers, Finoia was warmly received and very entertaining.  His commentary about marriage and politics was very funny.  It led to the moment that the crowd was waiting for, the introduction of the Impractical Jokers.

James Murray, Sal Vulcano and Brian Quinn hit the stage and were very funny.  It would have been great if Joe Gatto was still involved, but the show was hilarious despite that.  Murr came out wearing a very bad wig from Party City after forgetting to bring the wig made out of Q’s natural hair.  The three worked well off each other, taking jabs at each other throughout the show. 

There were so many funny stories, including how Murr scared off advertisers after discussing his mother’s lady parts during a zoom meeting.  Sal would discuss his own screw up when he went on the Kelly Ripa show, drunk, and taking a shot at Denzel Washington, unprovoked.  The show was just story after story and laugh after laugh.  These lifelong friends understand how to tell and story and how to deliver punch lines, especially Q.  

Q noted that he recorded the meows from his dead cat and he recorded over his grandmother’s dying words.  When pressed for what her words were, he made some erection jokes and it was very funny.   It was also very funny when he was screaming “eat the rich” and “USA” despite being rich himself, which Murr called him on.

A lucky 12-year-old was allowed on stage to shock poor Sal during his story about Jaden Smith and his tattoos.  It was another funny spot.  The show concluded with a new skit where the four Jokers, Joe Gatto included, tried to show who could be the creepiest, and Murr with his fake mustache and 1970’s creepy tight clothing easily won.  There was no surprise there, but Sal demanding people get into his van and Q getting roughed up at a baseball game deserved some props.

I’ve always been a fan of Foxwoods, but it’s been many years since I’ve covered an event and I’ve never been to the Premier Theater.  It was a great venue and the way it’s set up, there wasn’t a bad seat in the house.  Prior to the show I took a walk around the building, checking out the shops and grabbing some food.  It was a good time.  

IMPRACTICAL JOKERS: THE DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE TOUR was such a good time with my only complaint being the mediocre wine at the bar.  You can’t win them all, but despite the wine, it was a great show at a great venue.  The next time, I’ll make sure to hit the tables. 

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By Geno McGahee

There are certain superhero approaches that are fresh and DOOM PATROL fell into that category.  The odd show follows a group of heroes that are interesting and work off each other incredibly well.  The storytelling is solid and it appeals to all ages and that is by design.  In the fourth season of this series, it doesn’t miss a beat and doesn’t lose any quality that sometimes happens as you keep creating seasons.  It’s just quality stuff.

The fourth season brings 12 episodes and ties up all the loose ends, bringing this series to a conclusion that is satisfactory.  The cast is incredibly strong and a special mention should be made for Brendan Fraser.  Despite the show being not always serious at all times, Fraser shows his acting skills throughout this series.   He adds so much to the show.  The rest of the cast is very good as well and they are given a lot to work with and seem to have fun with the roles they are in.

The show is presented incredibly well on Blu-ray. It’s vibrant and the special effects look near movie quality despite it being a made for TV show.  Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment brings it to the homes in the best way and if you like the series, this is a must own. 

DOOM PATROL: THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON is really good and continues the quality that we’ve come to know with the series. 

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By Geno McGahee

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has released CRAIG BEFORE THE CREEK, an animated movie, based on the series of the same name.  The story involves Craig Williams, a youngster that moves to a new town and finds some very strange things happening.   The kids around him seem off and then it gets really odd.

Pirates arrive and when a toy is stolen, Craig must respond and the search for a granter of wishes and an item that will help him fix everything.   During this quest, Craig goes against Serena, a kid with an interest in the powers of the item as well.   It’s a race against the clock and a battle for power in this Cartoon Network film.

Overall, this is a good film, especially for those that enjoy the show or have children that enjoy the style of the Cartoon Network shows.   It’s got a very distinct look and vibe and some humor that will even hit the adults that watch it.

CRAIG BEFORE THE CREEK is a film that brings adventure and great animation into a film that is certain to entertain the target audience.    The film is currently available on DVD and Digital from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. 

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By Geno McGahee

As a child, I was a big fan of both King Kong and Godzilla and watched all the older movies that featured them, including the one where they were together.  I was happy.  I thought quitting while we were ahead might be a good idea, but like everything else that is popular, Hollywood will make remakes and re-imaginings to turn a buck.

King Kong would return in 2005, but I’m not sure that that film is related to this series.  It was very good movie and showed that the big hairy ape had some potential to come back and be a box office draw.   In 1998, GODZILLA was released and most want to forget that one, but not me.  Not me!  I liked that movie.  I still consider it the best Godzilla movie even though it had things that irritated me.  It was fun, but then in 2014, GODZILLA: WE’RE SORRY FOR 1998 was released and it was dark and not much fun.  It wasn’t a bad film. It just wasn’t memorable or a good time.

In 2019, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS came out, followed by the best in the new series, GODZILLA VS. KONG in 2021.  I wonder why Godzilla got top billing.  I’ve always been Team Kong and I’d prefer to see KONG VS. GODZILLA or KONG AND HIS GOOD FRIEND GODZILLA, but that might not draw asses to the seats.

So, after really enjoying the 2021 GODZILLA VS. KONG, I was eager to see the follow up in the new release, GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE.  I felt it was a tough formula to fuck up.  You got two big monsters.  You find some random city and they fight and they destroy everything and then it’s over.  Considering Godzilla won the first fight, I was ready for Kong to get his revenge.  With Godzilla sleeping through the majority of the movie, he could have easily just killed him when he was asleep, but he let him wake up naturally. 

Ilene (Rebecca Hall) is trying to make her adopted daughter, Jia (Kaylee Hottle), who keeps scribbling shit during class.  She also has a connection with Kong and feels that he is in some trouble in the hollow earth where he lives.  Ilene gets in touch with conspiracy theorist, Bernie (Brian Tyree Henry), and they team up to figure out what is going on.  

We find out that Kong’s issue is that he had a bad tooth.   They must have run out of ideas.  I would rather heard he had erectile dysfunction.  Now there’s a story.   They could even have a character, possible Ilene, note that “I guess he’s not King Cock after all.”  Hollywood should have contacted me.  I would have saved their movie.

Trapper (Dan Stevens) is some eccentric guy that wears tropical shirts.  He is able to give Kong a new tooth and the movie could have ended there and I would have been happy.  I think I would have just been happy if it ended then and they showed something else.   

Trapper, Illen, Bernie, Jia, and a random guy that was definitely going to die early, travel to the hollow earth to see the glorious CGI world.  They go through the jungle and Trapper senses something and the guy that doesn’t probably have a name in this gets eaten by a plant.  Thankfully that is the only plant in the whole film that is dangerous and after a minute or so, they forget about it.  Fuck him.  He wasn’t important. 

While visiting the hollow earth, they find a post where a bunch of people were killed and they figure out that there is another monster there that likes to fuck shit up.   As this is happening, Kong meets up with some little fucking shit ape that sets him up.  He gets jumped by a bunch of raggedy looking chimps and gorillas, but they are no match for Kong.  Kong also has an axe in this one, which I don’t get.  They are just giving him shit to make it different.  I contend that if you are going to give him an axe, you give him clothing first.   If you are sitting there in the jungle, you’d first say “I need to cover my junk” before you make a weapon. 

Kong takes the little fucking shit ape under his wing and he is brought to a slave camp where the apes are all forced to work.  It reminded me of ENEMY MINE when those poor aliens were put to work and pushed around, but that was a far better movie.  As Kong watches on, an elderly gorilla gets slapped around and he’s seen enough.  Kong says fuck you and punches out the guard, leading to the debut of the big monster that they’ve hid in fog and shadows for a bit and he was totally unimpressive.  He’s a big skinny orangutan with a whip.  He also has a pet lizard thing that shoots radiation or something.   It’s enough to keep the gorilla slaves in line, but it was disappointing.

Kong goes 0-2 against big monsters when that big fucking orangutan guy kicks his ass and I’m really depressed now.  He finds a place to die, but the human visitors give him a mechanical metal hand to fight with.   It would NEVER WORK.  Go to the zoo.  Find a gorilla and sneak in when they are sleeping.  Put a metal mechanical hand on their arm and they will wake up, rip it off and beat you over the head with it and probably have his way with you, depending on the season.  Actually, I don’t think there is an official mating season for gorillas.  I never Google anything before I write reviews.   Sorry.

Godzilla finally wakes up and destroys some stuff and is now looking for some signal that is coming from hollow earth.  That signal is coming from a lost tribe that Jia is related to and now they are going to use all their technology to get Kong and Godzilla together to take on the skinny orangutan guy and his reptile dog thing. 

The final fight happens with orangutan man and lizard dog versus King Kong and Godzilla.  Well, they added Mothra to the mix because he’s a guardian for the tribe and he’s there to make sure that shit goes right.  Can you guess who won this final fight?  It wasn’t orangutan man and his lizard dog.

GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE was very dull without much dialogue or suspense.  If you like watching constant fights with CGI monsters without much more going for it, then this is for you.  I kept screaming “bring in Matthew Broderick!”  I was that angry that I paid to see this movie.  Giving King Kong an axe and a fucking mechanical glove?  What next, they’re going to give him a strap on dildo to attack the city with?   I hope they do.  

I can’t recommend this one.  I thought it sucked.

Rating: 3.5/10

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By Geno McGahee

There is something incredibly charming about indie horror films from around this time.  I loved going to the video stores and picking up a couple of these low budget horror films and it is a time I missed, but I’m a collector and I own just about every movie ever made.  So, I dug into my collection and decided to watch MEMORIAL DAY, a 1999 slasher that I don’t think I’ve ever seen. 

Around this time, horror had found a new direction with SCREAM being a huge hit but there were still a lot of FRIDAY THE 13^TH fans and this film is obviously created by somebody that had an appreciation for both. 

We begin with Tyra (Martine Shandles) and her boyfriend getting ready to get down, but when he goes out to his car to retrieve a condom, he gets murdered by a masked killer in a pretty shitty mask.  It looks like it was made out of paper mache, but I’ve seen worse in the no budget horror world.  After he kills the boyfriend, he goes upstairs and sneaks in, blindfolding Tyra and tying her to the bed.  Why she never opened her eyes or realized he was wearing latex gloves is a mystery, but maybe she was just so into the passion.  Maybe she assumed he put the condoms on his hands.

We now have a group of young adults on their way to a lake and they are hiding a secret that involves the death of somebody.  I guess somebody knows what they did last summer, or three summers ago as the story goes.  The most annoying character is Seth (Derek Nieves).  One, he has yellow hair and he’s just obnoxious.  He’s got a girlfriend, Reagan (Jasmine Trice).  I’m not sure why she is with him or puts up with him, but it’s a movie and this might just be movie magic.

This group has a rotund friend that dresses really poorly.  I’ve met plenty of fat guys that know how to dress nice, but this guy just puts on shit to make himself look really sloppy on top of having a weight problem.  Just looking at him, I knew he wasn’t going to be the hero of this film and, spoiler alert, they kill him off first.  I would have loved if this story was about him buying new clothing.

More details come out about the death of this guy known as “Danny Boy”, where he fell off a boat and died.  The killer knows that they let Danny Boy drown three summers ago and that is what is going on here.  Little did they know, Danny Boy had a brother and he is the one that is on a killing spree. 

When the killer is revealed, it’s quite amusing.   Because Danny Boy was disabled, the killer wanted to make everyone else disabled before he killed them.  It’s a new twist on this SCREAM formula I guess. 

MEMORIAL DAY gets a few points and it may not be fair to other films that I have reviewed.  One, I really miss the video store days and this is one of those films that would be sitting right there when I went in, screaming “Geno rent me.”  The other unfair advantage is that modern indie horror is so in the shitter that it can’t help but to look better than it did when it was first released.   Why can’t indie horror filmmakers make movies like this anymore?   This film has some heart and love of the game to it.

On top of the unfair advantages I give this one, I have to say that I enjoyed MEMORIAL DAY and especially liked the ending.  I didn’t expect it and it was so hilariously absurd that I respected it.   I’m going to recommend this one. 

Rating: 7/10

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By Geno McGahee

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has just released WEDNESDAY – SEASON ONE has been released on Blu-Ray and DVD.  It’s one of the most popular series and features one of the rising stars in both TV and film, Jenna Ortega, in the lead role of Wednesday.

The Addams Family has been a popular series that has been revisited on a few occasions with mixed success and it was difficult to see anyone else in the role of Wednesday outside of Christina Ricci, but Ortega has made the role her own and did incredibly well, gaining a big following in the process.

The series focuses on Wednesday and her journey to discover more about herself and her family, uncovering many mysteries.  The show does a great job of keeping it interesting and mixing in enough of the old and new with this new approach to the series.

WEDNESDAY: SEASON ONE is now available and there’s a reason why it’s become so popular and launched the career of Ortega.  The show is stylish and interesting and the cast is very solid.   It’s definitely worth a watch and is one of the better shows in recent times.

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By Geno McGahee

It has just been released.   RICK AND MORTY: THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SEASON is now on the shelves and available online on Blu-ray Steelbook, Blu-ray and DVD.  The comedy has been one of the most popular shows of all time and continues to amuse and draw a crowd.  Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment does a great job in presenting this season and adding a lot of bonus material.  After binging the first six seasons last year, I have to say that I enjoyed this season as much and maybe more.  I was very entertained.

The focus of the season is Rick, more or less, and his life.  It covers his drinking problem and how he interacts with his unique group of friends as he and Morty continue to go on adventures.  There isn’t a bad episode here and they can mostly stand alone.  This series has the style where they don’t need to rely on any ongoing storyline from previous seasons or episodes.  It just wants to make people laugh and puts Rick into situations that are very funny.  His lack of patience is very funny with some of the people he encounters.

The presentation of the show on Blu-ray is very good. It looks very sharp and the sound is also spot on.   The amount of bonus material is impressive too.   Any RICK AND MORTY fan or followers will appreciate the attention to detail and generous special features included in this release.

RICK AND MORTY; THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SEASON is a really good time.  It’s an animated series that continues to stay fresh and funny even this far along in the series.

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By Geno McGahee

In 1984, GHOSTBUSTERS was released and became a huge hit and it was only a matter of time before a remake or reboot would happen.  In 2016, the reboot was released and it didn’t do the business or leave the impression that they had hoped for and there were many reasons for it.   The top complaint seemed to be the casting with the all-male cast being replaced by an all-female cast, but there were bigger issues than casting.

Erin (Kristen Wiig) is a college professor hoping for tenure , but she has a past she’d like to hide.  Years before, she co-wrote a book about the paranormal with her old friend, Abby (Melissa McCarthy), and it has the potential to ruin her aspirations.  She goes to visit Abby and her partner, Jillian (Kate McKinnon), and this is where the biggest problem is on display.  

Kate McKinnon is not a comedian.  She has no clue.  She has this whole “look at me, I’m being funny,” thing that Adam Sandler does from time to time, and it never works. It’s never funny.  McKinnon apparently thinks that making funny voices and faces will make the crowd laugh, but it doesn’t work on SNL and didn’t work here.  Wiig and McCarthy both have great talent and can be very funny and we see it here at times.

After being fired, Erin decides to team up with her old pal and her friend to create this incarnation of the Ghostbusters.  They hire a secretary named Kevin, played by Chris Hemsworth, and I heard a lot of negative things about him in this.   I thought he was one of the funniest parts of the film.  He is an intellectually challenged guy and they add some funny moments to make it work.  Every time there’s a loud noise, he covers his eyes.  That was pretty funny.

Erin, Abby and Jillian get a new team member with subway employee, Patty, played by Leslie Jones.  Jones really does well in this role and adds to the team with her one-liners.  There still isn’t much to work with here as far as a comedic screenplay, but Jones, McCarthy and Wiig are using every tool in their toolbox to make it work. 

The Ghostbusters are dealing with a lot of paranormal activity and there is a reason why.  Rowan (Neil Casey) is a man that is sick of being bullied and wants to release all of the ghosts on the city and destroy all the people that were cruel to him over the years.  He becomes aware of the Ghostbusters and the war has begun and so as the really bad CGI, which is another issue we have here.

Watching GHOSTBUSTERS, I kept thinking about the SCOOBY DOO live action movies with the CGI.  It’s the same complaint that most people have about modern films compared to classic films that used practical effects, but the CGI in the 2016 GHOSTBUSTERS wasn’t very good and the film is loaded with it. They really wanted to make this action-packed and they did, but much of it feels green screen with the actors not having anything to work off of. 

The film is nearly 2 hours and it runs out of steam less than half way through.  It’s easy to see why this is the ignored entry in the GHOSTBUSTERS series and it has nothing to do with the casting as much as it has to do with the mediocre screenplay.   There is so much over explanation and wasted time in this film and the jokes linger. 

The good outweighs the bad here and the film isn’t an insult to the 1984 film, but it does nothing to stand out and is not a foundation for a sequel.  I only recommend it if you loved GHOSTBUSTERS and are curious to see what they do with the source material.  Other than that, it’s not worth two hours of your time.

Rating: 5/10

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By Geno McGahee

There was a time when action films were done right.  Action stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean Claude Van Damme and Sly Stallone were pumping out film after film and just beating down a bunch of goons and some final boss bad guy.  When that time passed, action films sort of lost their way, but when I saw the trailer for THE BEEKEEPER, I began to think that maybe we are on the beginning of a return to form.

Clay (Jason Statham) is living a quiet life as a beekeeper, making honey and looking out for his elderly neighbor, Eloise (Phylicia Rashad).  As Eloise works on her laptop, a message pops up saying her computer was compromised, leading to one of the more popular scams that target the elderly.  After being totally cleaned out of her life savings, she takes her own life.

I must say two things here.  One, Rashad has aged incredibly well.  The other thing is that the film is set in Springfield, Massachusetts, and it didn’t look like Springfield to me.  Where were the junkies?  Where were the homeless people with signs asking for money?  That Springfield looked great in THE BEEKEEPER….maybe it’s set in an alternate dimension where they cleaned it up.

Agent Parker (Emmy Raver-Lampman), Eloise’s daughter, and her partner, Agent Wiley (Bobby Naderi), begin investigating the matter, but there’s somebody else planning on getting revenge his own way.   Clay is ready to take revenge and heads over to the scamming headquarter building and we get some great action here.  Statham is great in this film and watching him enter the building with two gas cans and kicking everyone’s ass is a lot of fun. 

The big boss of the scamming network, Derek Danforth (Josh Hutcherson), sends some goons to kill Clay and they start by shooting up his bees.  It’s a bad idea and they pay for it in gruesome ways, including one of my favorite deaths where he cuts off a guy’s fingers and then ties him to a truck and drives him off a bridge.  It is hilarious. 

The only person that really understands the danger of Clay is Wallace (Jeremy Irons), a former CIA bigwig.  The Beekeeper program is a government program where the elite soldiers take care of “the hive”, systematically killing until they reach the queen bee.  The queen bee here is the mother of Derek, the President of the United States, (Jemma Redgrave). 

As the bodies pile up, Parker and Wiley continue to pursue Clay, leading to a finale that features more guys getting their asses kicked.  THE BEEKEEPER is an action film that follows the old formula that worked in the 80s and it works now.  Statham does a great job as Clay and they laid a foundation to build off this film. 

Thankfully, THE BEEKEEPER did well at the box office and showed that there is a demand for these sorts of films.  I really enjoyed it and the bad guys in this was perfect. Who wouldn’t like to see all of these scammers that take money from people taken out in the most brutal of ways?  This is a fun film and I highly recommend it.

Rating: 7/10

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By Geno McGahee

I’m not a big fan of superhero films, but Batman is one of the exceptions that I typically enjoy.  I like the idea of a rich guy sick of the assholes stealing shit and causing trouble.  I don’t think anything can beat THE DARK KNIGHT when it comes to superhero movies, but it’s not all positive with the Batman series.  I wasn’t a huge fan of the first two BATMAN movies by Tim Burton in 1989 and 1992 and hadn’t seen BATMAN FOREVER since it first came out in 1995.  I suspected it would be shit, but it was somewhat of a pleasant surprise.

Batman (Val Kilmer) starts off by suiting up and he’s got a major issue with Harvey Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones).  Two-Face is focused on killing Batman after he blames him for his disfigured face.  During a trial, a mobster throws acid in Two-Face’s face before Batman could jump in.  I didn’t know that Batman attended trials.  I think he’d be a distraction sitting there and I consider it really disrespectful.  If you’re in court, you dress nice. You don’t wear some rubbery black leather thing with a mask.  Also, doesn’t the guard ask everyone to take off their hats in court?  Wouldn’t he ask Batman to take off the mask? I guess Batman could have told him to fuck off.

Despite all attempts, Two=Face keeps failing to end Batman.  I heard that Tommy Lee Jones didn’t like the over-acting of Jim Carrey, but he is living in a glass house here.  Jones performance in this movie is something to behold.  He is hilarious in this.  99% of his performance is just him laughing maniacally over and over again and you’d think that would get old.  It didn’t.  I loved it.  

Edward (Jim Carrey) works for Bruce Wayne and has a great idea to use brainwaves to create a better television experience.  When he brings the idea to Wayne, it’s shot down because of the potential danger to the user.  This infuriates Edward and he now plans revenge and enjoys using riddles for some reason.   So, he becomes the Riddler and he soon teams up with Two-Face and things get really bonkers.

One character that I could have done without is Robin (Chris O’Donnell).  Robin starts off as one of those circus tight rope guys and Two-Face kills his family and now, for some reason, he is being fostered by Bruce Wayne.  What the fuck is that about?  One, he looked of age to live on his own.  Secondly, why the fuck is Wayne doing foster care?  I’d think he’d want to keep his house empty to keep his secret and this blows up in his face when Robin finds the Bat Cave. 

After discovering the Bat Cave, Robin takes the Batmobile on a joy ride and runs into a gang.  This film was in love with neon shit.  The entire gang is wearing face paint and attack with glow sticks.  It’s not surprising that the gang gets their asses kicked.  You don’t try to fight people with glow sticks. That’ll never work. 

With Two-Face and Riddler becoming more and more of a problem, Batman agrees to accept Robin as his partner and they team up to take out the bad guys.  Before that can happen, the evil duo find a way to infiltrate Wayne Manor and it’s hilarious.  It’s Halloween and kids come to the door and trick or treat.  Shortly after, there’s a knock and Alfred looks out and sees two “kids” saying “trick or treat” but it’s obviously Two-Face and Riddler in masks with big smiles.  It was so funny.  I know Tommy Lee Jones doesn’t do roles like this and might not like what Carrey does, but he gave his all here and Jones was absolutely amazing in this role.  We need more movies where he runs around maniacally laughing and trick or treating.

We get the big showdown with Batman, Robin, Riddler and Two-Face and we also have Chase (Nicole Kidman), the love interest of Bruce Wayne, there too.  Batman is wearing a new suit for this battle and they show it off. They show his Bat ass for about a good 5-10 seconds in that suit.  I’m not sure if they just loved the look of the Bat ass suit or thought that Val Kilmer filled it out nicely.  I suppose there could be a “best Bat ass” competition and this was just Kilmer throwing his hat in the ring.  Whatever the case, the editor could have shaved off two seconds. 

The final showdown goes as you’d expect.  There was no shocker.  Two-Face and Riddler did not win.  Sorry to spoil that for you, but they did provide some amusement.  Carrey and Jones both were great in their roles.  Carrey was just being Carrey.  Jones was bringing something new to the game that I’ve never seen.  He gave his all in this role and appeared to have a lot of fun.

BATMAN FOREVER isn’t horrible.  It’s not great either, but if you appreciate ridiculous overacting and consistent maniacal laughter, you are going to like this.  It’s odd that Harvey Two-Face flipped like this over the acid in his face.  I know it’d suck but to go completely crazy and blame Batman was fucked.  Why not blame the guard that let the mobster into the courtroom unchecked?  He could have confiscated that acid.   At least in DARK KNIGHT, Harvey was upset about his girlfriend being murdered on top of his face being fucked up.  He had reasons to go ape shit.  The BATMAN FOREVER Harvey overreacted and if they wanted to blame Batman, they could have had Batman walk over as Harvey is in pain from the acid and say something like “sucks for you.”

Without question, this movie is better than I remembered and the two hour running time didn’t really drag.  I recommend it.

Rating: 7/10

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