So, after the suggestion was made to post an appropriate movie for 4th of July, I started the hunt. I ruled out the Independence Day series, I am just not that into it. There was a strong desire for Team America! which sadly, expires on TUBI come July 1st. It’s on Pluto, but you just can’t trust Pluto to have it past July 1st. Pluto doesn’t even give you a hint when they are about to pull a film. Big Trouble in Little China was my backup plan, and guess what – It gets pulled from streaming on July 1st. That left me SCREWED for decent content for July 4th.
Then, DEG suggested The Patriot. To my surprise, it was NOT getting pulled by the 4th. And the lead actor in this movie is none other than Mel Gibson! Star Power for GlibFlicks! Woo Hoo! Thank you DEG, I put you down for this as an Audience Appreciation Thursday post! So tonight, let’s celebrate the film choice of DEG, The Patriot!
In case you live in a cave (It’s Glibertarians – very possible) here is a summary of this film courtesy IMDB:
Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.
This film has an impressive 7+ score on IMDB, which is a sure sign of a quality film. The people who detracted from it wants some kind of perfect historic time capsule, which would then be a documentary, not an entertaining film. Here’s a little background and comments from Movie Steve, who comments regularly on IMDB:
The Patriot is NOT a documentary. It didn’t pretend to be, and wasn’t. Loosely based upon Francis Marion (the “Swamp Fox”), it only touched on Marion’s impact on the Revolution in South Carolina. If anything, it was downplayed. For instance, in real life, he had over 150 men in his guerrilla band. The movie portrayed him as having far fewer. As a documentary, it fails on this and many other points. As a movie, it is a tremendous success.
As far as visuals, they were stunning. The wide-open vistas and battle scenes were breath-taking and beautifully filmed. Yes, it was violent, but that lent a realism to the film that most other films about this era lack. The look and feel of this period was portrayed well.
The acting was superb. I won’t give anything away, but this did NOT (arguably) have either an entirely “Hollywood” plot â people, including civilians, DIE, as they do in war â or much of a “Hollywood” ending, despite a relatively happy one. That was impressive, and made the film genuine, exciting and at times, shocking. Plot points such as Benjamin Martin’s youngest daughter’s feelings about her daddy, and the romance between his son and a young girl were touching, and even emotional.
That’s it for me, Glib Flickers. I hope you enjoy tonight’s movie selection. In other news, I can tell you that construction of the pool and grotto at Stately R.J. Manor is moving along, it might be wrapped up by mid-August in time for a Texas Glibs pool party.
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary! I posted this picture as a reminder to please dress responsibly for 4th of July! Or gird your loins and enjoy this picture in your bunk. Everything is voluntary, after all! Next week I will post 008: Operation Exterminate! Then it will go back to Audience Appreciation Thursdays for a bit longer.
Um… she’s not in this ,is she?
Should I know who she is?
The pair of legs near the end of this post.
Or, alternately, no, I have no idea who that is.
Sheâs abusive to books and aparently does head jobs in her log cabin.
I have to assume she was in âfilm.â
Why are the Pats Rioting? What are their demands? Should I have not called them Rick?
Plus one.
Jason Isaacs is a bad guy, which makes the whole movie.
Tcheky Karyo also has a small part. He makes a good bad guy as well, Romeo must die for example.
The Patriot really does have a good cast, imo.
Isaacs is great. And a young Heath Ledger is always fun. Give the girls a cleaner boy before Knight’s Tale released the following year, where, playing the cleanest ‘knight’ Hollywood’s yet concocted.
I enjoy this flick. It’s not stellar, but it is a rare Hollywood trek into the ’18th century’ W/O adding magic.
Sorry Iâm late. Long Thursday
Two movies currently on Tubi, if you didn’t see recent comments of mine:
Can’t Stop the Music (RIP Victor Willis)
The 1943 Nazi version of Titanic (subtitled, not dubbed, which I know may put some people off)
Did they Nazi the iceberg?
Do they have a secret undersea base?
Youâre late.
In the V sort of daddy alien way or the Kip way?
Chipping Pioneer: I missed your question from the dead thread.
To make pastrami from a frozen uncooked corn beef (should be in the corning brine in a sealed bag).
1) Defrost for 2 days in the fridge
2) Open the bag and ditch the liquids
3) Rinse with cool water then put in a large pot or container
4) Fill container with fresh water and ditch and replace water every few hours. The salt needs to come out or it will be way salty (8 hours at a min)
5) Remove from pot, pat dry and spice rub with pastrami spices (coriander, black pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika for color and flavor, an a few tablespoons of brown sugar)
6) let sit overnight in fridge if you want, but not required
7) Smoke at 250F or so for 2-3 hours then wrap with pink butcher paper or foil
8) keep wrapped till internal temp reaches about ~190-195F
9) leave on smoker for30 minutes to 1 hour or till the bark re-sets and internal temps are near ~200F
10) Rest for 30 minutes
11) Slice and eat
12) alternatively you can take out at 165C and steam it the rest of the way
Alternatively one can buy some pastrami.
/snark
For some reason my brain read that as Salami, and I got confused when it failed to be turned into a sausage.
Also, Heath Ledger.
Now, Iâm not a squeeing fangurl (as per Pierce Brosnan, Tommy Lee Jones, and Matthew Mcconaugheyyyyy), but the kid had some acting chops, and A Knightâs Tale is terribly smart.
*fist bump* We’ve discussed this. Paul Bettany as Chaucer is just fucking brilliant in every way. (He also *nails* it.) Doesn’t ever try to hide its silliness. Just that ass of yours in that seat right there, and fucking have fun for 1.5 hours.
Swamp Fox without bringing Leslie Nielsen?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swamp_Fox_(TV_series)
Loved it as a kid.
Tarleton’s Quarter!
No plans to go anywhere out of the ordinary or do much out of the ordinary on the 4th, but at some point during the day or evening, I will probably fire up my Blu-Ray of 1776 and indulge my weakness for musical theater. By the way, how’s the weather in Philly this week?
I think that played in my house ca. 1976 and I have no memory of it whatsoever.
I wouldn’t put it in the top tier of American musicals, but I find it fun, with some touching, tense, and poignant moments. Lacks a big “show stopper” number (unless you count the one I linked, and it’s from the very beginning) that’s remembered as THE song from the show.
Except for the “To the right” musical number which brings the proceedings to a screeching halt.
Yeah… a show stopper isn’t supposed to work THAT way. đ
TCM shows it every July 4th if you don’t own a copy. The actor who plays Franklin does a tremendous job.
Rhywun is going to be orgasmic over that VAR decision.
? I was rooting for Croatia.
I’m just gonna guess the decision was wrong because that seems to be the theme of this tournament.
I fucking hate VAR – that hasn’t changed.
It was a bit of a joke: I know how much you hate VAR, and that changing an on-field decision that was very close is something that was going to enrage you.
The fact the Cristian the Prick is in the next round makes it worse.
Yeah I can’t stand him. I’m surprised he found time to play instead of looking at himself in a mirror.
It funny because I welcomed VAR at first. I thought it was going to right a lot of wrongs. It was a more innocent age.
Please understand that I am I big fan of Ronaldo butâŚ
It was Portugal who got robbed by the ticky tacky VAR call in this game because â once again â a tiny part of a playerâs body was off.
The Croatian dude was 100% past his player and that always shoulda be a non-goal even before VAR stuff.
Sorry I mean NOT a big fan of Ronaldo.
I probably missed that because I was channel surfing but at this point I just don’t care. It’s made the game all about tedious frame-by-frame analysis. Every time I see injury time is another goddamn ten minutes I just roll my eyes.
Yes. Itâs too ticky tacky
Now I see what everyone on social media is complaining about. It hit the Portugal player first. Although that doesnât change the ruling unless he made a deliberate soccer player backwards.
I hate it. I would do:
A) make it like hockey where you just have to be touching the âlineâ.
B) once the ball is fairly in the box, no offside.
In the original rules there was no offside.
But yeah, I like the hockey compromise. The current situation blows.
It’s been quite some time since, “I want you to shoot the officers first, then work your way down,” made it into the mass media. To my dismay.
Modern times I would suggest shooting the E5s and 6s first.
Leave the butter bars.
Good way to kill off the younger brothers of the men inheriting the estates and titles back in Great Britain.
Going after the aristocracy directly had to have been a gut punch.
I just got back from watching “Young Washington”. I don’t remember enough of the history of Fort Necessity and Fort Duquesne to say more than they got the history right at a high level. It’s a good movie.
Thanks RJ for posting this. I’m going to watch it over the weekend.
Thanks for insight. That one snuck up on me. Kinda tempted to see it. Interesting supporting cast. Kelsey Grammar said he’s fighting himself about running for office.
Ben Kingsley’s good at his job. Never seen it, but apparently Sexy Best is really good and he’s tremendous in it.
I forgot about Young Washington.
Might have to go see it.
I used to go to the movies quite often, but the selection of crap that has been there has cut that habit from once a month to maybe once every 3 or 4 months.
OT: https://x.com/Richard_Harambe/status/2072787364494131406
Zing. I heard they were “already married” and thought finally please let this shit be over.
Everyone else has hit that end zone so why shouldnât he?
Right there with you Rhywun.
She is a billionaire and far far from being a double bagger.
I love the The Patriot, it’s not the most accurate, but it is a good time.
I have seen it many times, much better than Braveheart.
The ambush of the British in the early stages when he and the younger sons rescue Heath Ledger is brutal.
This guy who I like most of his stuff, has a conniption talking about it.
OMG there is an honest-to-goodness real-life hoosier for sale on FB Marketplace for $100. *bites nails*
A person from Indiana?
*raises hand* I might be cheaper.
I pack light and clean up after myself. *files nails*
Hope it’s not TOK. He’s worth a LOT more than that! đ
(Full disclosure: I know whereof you speak thanks to a certain person of my acquaintance from the other side of Missouri.)
The side cabinet that has the weird flower bin in it?
Yes, it has a flour bin.
Does anyone know why they are called that?
Or was it lost to time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosier_cabinet
Funny. I never bothered to look it up. One of those things I had thought was a mystery.
They are fairly rare in my neck of the woods. Thought of as a back east kind of a thing.
Neat. I’d never known those things had that name.
Patriot is a good choice.
I think I might have voted for Revolution with Al Pacino.
One of my favorite movies as a kid. Still a great flick today.
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I demand a refund!
“Content Not Available.”
That’s the reply King George got when he asked for news from the American Colonies in 1784.
I thought that was because I was in Canada on vacation and know how Canadians feel about “acting up”. I mean damn, they are polite, but not everything has to be followed up with “sorry”. I thought it was an exaggeration how much they used this, but it’s not.
I watched an interaction between a fire chief type guy coming to scold the guy whose place I was staying at because he was burning after season had shut down and it was almost comical as to how polite it was.
GT- Donatos has a $12 pizza
Just so ya know
That doesn’t sound low carb.
Watching The Longest Day. Again. Terrible casting? Terrible acting? Don’t care!
Nor should you. It’s a great movie.
Riding a BART train from San Francisco, and there’s an ad that says “Catch a train or a flight, not Chlamydia”. I’m wondering if I should be sitting down.