Crude, worthless, and actual anti-entertainment. Even the television-cut got more fast-forwards than regular-time play.

The only good part of the movie was watching the ’75-’76 Ford Gran Torinos get smashed up and wondering how many of them actually “lost their lives” to this movie production. (the answer is seven, if you care.)

I guess it was also a bit enjoyable to see Snoop Dogg as an actor.

I’m embarrassed that I watched even as much of the movie as I did. Not worth renting or even recording off the television. Stick with the original series – I’m even surprised the original actors made cameos in this film – they should be ashamed of themselves.

I’m done ranting now.

Why did no one tell me that this was a “must-see” film?

What a great film!

The acting, the setting, the boxing! Wow!

Seriously, eventually this is a must-own DVD.

Not knowing the full story of boxer, Jim Braddock, it’s easy to say that Braddock’s character – played by Russell Crowe – has a life-story worth telling the world about! It’s an amazing story of triumph over adversity and hardships due to the economic slump of The Great Depression. I loved the family story-line as much as the boxing story-line too! I thought the movie would be slow if it wasn’t all-about boxers in the ring, but I was wrong! The home-life of Braddock brings-to-life his victorious story of overcoming!

The book would be a great addition to my library and knowledge-base for sure!

Another film that I didn’t get to see in theaters or even on DVD made its way to my DVR thanks to cable television.

“The Sum of All Fears” was fantastically entertaining while i was down sick a couple weeks ago.

The movie brought-to-life the typical movie plot: Russia vs. US in a nuclear war, except this time the nuclear attack actually happens! Maybe it’s because I’d forgotten about the movie, or the fact that it’s been 5+ years since it originally came out, but I just didn’t expect the nuclear-explosion! I hope I didn’t give away too much.

The movie ends well with good prevailing, though Morgan Freeman does die and that shouldn’t have happened.

One of the Oscar-winners from a couple years ago that I never saw has finally “wound up” on TBS in an edited-for-television format worthy of making its way onto my DVR.

I’m glad I chose to record this one!

Crash is one-director’s (Paul Haggis) look into the issue of racism.

The movie is full of common (and some un-common) scenes of racial profiling, racial tension, and racial innuendos.

The end does give us a bit of “hope” amidst the darkness and depth of racial-tension throughout the movie. This “hope” is in the form of a mere “look” and an unspoken promise by one of the main characters to think-differently. Each character, in fact, has a similar “moment” of realization – both good and bad.

What I enjoyed most in the movie is how each character or set-of-characters interacts with other characters throughout the movie – their stories literally intersect with the other stories of other characters.

I was grateful for TBS’s work at editing MOST of the profanity out of the film. I could get used to this waiting until it comes out on tv business.