Watched "The Judge" last night with Robert Duvall, Billy Bob Thornton, and Robert Downey Jr. - really good movie, great story, great acting, runs the gamet of emotions, and would highly recommend for anyone and everyone to watch. Surprised this movie did not get more traction for some potential awards this year. I would give it an 8.5/10.
Coming up to getting close to game time this weekend for the Super Bowl - my current feeling is that Seattle somehow wins this game and it stays right at the total, so no good advice other than take Seattle. This is a combination of the deflategate stuff surrounding New England, the overhype by the majority of betters putting money on New England (2/3 of all bets on New England), and the theory that the "masses are asses" mindset with betting - don't follow the crowd. Only prop bet I like is who gets the ball first - you would think this is a 50/50 bet, but New England defers almost everytime they win a coin toss and Seattle might just decide to take the ball if the win, so it should actually be Seattle 75% New England 25%. Pretty good odds on Seattle.
Showing posts with label Recent Movie Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recent Movie Reviews. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Pro Bowl does not fill the sports void this week - no real football, college and pro basketball don't matter until tournament/playoff time, no baseball yet! ESPN can't get enough of deflate gate (and how stupid is that whole thing). I almost was bored enough to watch tennis, but I stopped myself.
Went to American Sniper - great movie, difficult to watch, emotionally draining. Can not imagine how hard it must be to watch if you are a veteran that served during that time, how hard it must be to revisit those thoughts and feelings. 9/10
Went to American Sniper - great movie, difficult to watch, emotionally draining. Can not imagine how hard it must be to watch if you are a veteran that served during that time, how hard it must be to revisit those thoughts and feelings. 9/10
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Watched Lucy tonight - interesting premise, but movie kind of runs off course as it goes along. Morgan Freeman and Scarlett Johansson carry it but only a 5/10 rating. Old movie reminder of the week - Basic, with John Travolta - watch it evertime it is on.
Quick thought to ponder - what special "gifts" would you want - having all knowledge like this movie is to much. I would go with control of the body and your physical being, ability to swing in time but only a week or so forward or backward, and immortality for the time you want - not forever, you would age but could stay healthy for the time you choose. Throw in teleportation for the Star Trek fans and we are good to go.
Recent TV - Banshee is killing it as usual, Shameless is always good, and Blacksails started tonight - very underrated show. continuing to enjoy the Goldbergs, the show just continues to grow on me.
Politics - both parties completely puked on themselves over the last week. Republicans continue to bash literally everything the President does, can't and won't try to find any common ground, let Joni Ernst deliver the SOTU response, which sounded like someone reading "Little House on the Praire" outloud, and then backed it up by letting Palin step back into the picture - advice - house arrest in Alaska. The Democrats continued to respond by stating what they were going to do instead of trying to work thru things in some form of bi-partisan attempt, can't seem to get anyone out in front of bad situations/bad press, and right now - regardless of how well things are going for the average person, the public hates the attitude they feel Obama, Biden, and Hillary all have. They need to soften the tone and rhetoric.
On a lighter note - those of you from anywhere but Omaha - recent news here is that a coyote has been seen running around a neighborhood in LaVista. Wow - a coyote, in Nebraska! What's next, someone sees a deer standing next to the road?
Quick thought to ponder - what special "gifts" would you want - having all knowledge like this movie is to much. I would go with control of the body and your physical being, ability to swing in time but only a week or so forward or backward, and immortality for the time you want - not forever, you would age but could stay healthy for the time you choose. Throw in teleportation for the Star Trek fans and we are good to go.
Recent TV - Banshee is killing it as usual, Shameless is always good, and Blacksails started tonight - very underrated show. continuing to enjoy the Goldbergs, the show just continues to grow on me.
Politics - both parties completely puked on themselves over the last week. Republicans continue to bash literally everything the President does, can't and won't try to find any common ground, let Joni Ernst deliver the SOTU response, which sounded like someone reading "Little House on the Praire" outloud, and then backed it up by letting Palin step back into the picture - advice - house arrest in Alaska. The Democrats continued to respond by stating what they were going to do instead of trying to work thru things in some form of bi-partisan attempt, can't seem to get anyone out in front of bad situations/bad press, and right now - regardless of how well things are going for the average person, the public hates the attitude they feel Obama, Biden, and Hillary all have. They need to soften the tone and rhetoric.
On a lighter note - those of you from anywhere but Omaha - recent news here is that a coyote has been seen running around a neighborhood in LaVista. Wow - a coyote, in Nebraska! What's next, someone sees a deer standing next to the road?
Monday, January 5, 2015
Ok - I have been slacking - my apologies. I will throw out some honesty to get the ball rolling.
Recent games - I took the following bets over the past few days :
Won on Ohio State and Alabama overs.
Lost on Auburn - 6
Won on Oregon -7
Won on Pitt overs
Won on Tennessee -3 over Iowa (come on Hawkeyes - you are a lock during bowl season)
Won on Kstate/UCLA overs
Won on Panthers - 5 1/2
Lost on Steelers - twice, had a futures bet on them to win the SuperBowl this year.
Lost on East Carolina/Florida overs - should have gone over - ECU fumbled in the red zone, missed a FG I could have made and then turned the ball over driving for a game tying TD at the end.
Won on the Colts -4
Won on Dallas/Detroit total sacks - over 4 1/2 - they combined for 9
And finally lost everything I was up since New Years on the overs of Dallas/Detroit. Terrible game, should have gone over easily. Cowboy fans - not only is Tony Romo not your QB of the future, your offensive line got literally thrown around every other play of the game. Good luck next week and next year, you are going to need it because your season is over before you even fly to Green Bay.
All of that being said - my leans at this point for next weeks games. I reserve the right to make corrections as game times get closer.
New England -7 vs. Baltimore - total of 47 1/2. New England is better, is at home, has had time off, and Baltimore played well last week, which means they won't this week. New England and the overs.
New England 35 Baltimore 17
Seattle -11 vs. Carolina - total of 40. Unders are tempting, but game will go over if weather is ok. Carolina is better than people think and if this goes to +12 take the points.
Seattle 27 Carolina 17
Green Bay -6 vs. Dallas and total of 53. Green Bay drills the Cowboys and this only goes over if Green Bay scores 35 on their own, because Dallas probably can't score 17.
Green Bay 33 Dallas 14
Denver -7 vs. Indy - total of 54. My tendency is to say that Indy will cover here and to do so the total should go under. The changing of the guard from Elway to Manning, from Manning to Luck, etc. is always a good story. Can Indy stop the run - maybe. Will Manning throw for a bunch of yards - maybe. I will give you more thoughts on this game at the end of the week.
My gut says Denver 28 Indy 24
And finally - Oregon - 6 1/2 vs. Ohio State - total of 76. Ohio State looked good vs. Bama, but I just don't believe the magic can continue. Oregon rolls em and the total goes under. Prediction 45-20.
Recent Movies - Life of Crime - Jennifer Aniston, Mos Def, Will Forte, Tim Robbins, actually very funny, a little hard to watch and Tim Robbins plays a complete creep. 6/10
Good People - James Franco and Kate Hudson - slow but decent movie 5/10.
TV - Netflix - getting into Marco Polo - very good. Catching up on the Newsroom - this season is pretty good. Can not wait until all of new shows start back up this week - Shameless is flat out good, Banshee has simple violent plots and completely gratuitious nudity, and the next batch of House of Cards is coming soon.
Last gripe of the day - if you are in management, IT, HR, or are in anyway, shape, or form responsible for any training, role changes, workload revisions, new programming, etc. for your company now or in the future - one rule stands true. Do not change for the sake of change - make sure it is necessary, productive, contributes to your customer, and is not the evil plot of an upper level management person who came up with what they thought was a great idea and had the power level to push it forward without anyone calling them on it.
2nd - if you do need to make change - start from the bottom, what does the customer actually want and how do the people that deal with them on a daily basis provide that to them. Get the employees input and determine how to design a new system/operation. Ask them to help you work out the important parts, the day to day activity, the areas they need to work from a user standpoint, etc.
Recent games - I took the following bets over the past few days :
Won on Ohio State and Alabama overs.
Lost on Auburn - 6
Won on Oregon -7
Won on Pitt overs
Won on Tennessee -3 over Iowa (come on Hawkeyes - you are a lock during bowl season)
Won on Kstate/UCLA overs
Won on Panthers - 5 1/2
Lost on Steelers - twice, had a futures bet on them to win the SuperBowl this year.
Lost on East Carolina/Florida overs - should have gone over - ECU fumbled in the red zone, missed a FG I could have made and then turned the ball over driving for a game tying TD at the end.
Won on the Colts -4
Won on Dallas/Detroit total sacks - over 4 1/2 - they combined for 9
And finally lost everything I was up since New Years on the overs of Dallas/Detroit. Terrible game, should have gone over easily. Cowboy fans - not only is Tony Romo not your QB of the future, your offensive line got literally thrown around every other play of the game. Good luck next week and next year, you are going to need it because your season is over before you even fly to Green Bay.
All of that being said - my leans at this point for next weeks games. I reserve the right to make corrections as game times get closer.
New England -7 vs. Baltimore - total of 47 1/2. New England is better, is at home, has had time off, and Baltimore played well last week, which means they won't this week. New England and the overs.
New England 35 Baltimore 17
Seattle -11 vs. Carolina - total of 40. Unders are tempting, but game will go over if weather is ok. Carolina is better than people think and if this goes to +12 take the points.
Seattle 27 Carolina 17
Green Bay -6 vs. Dallas and total of 53. Green Bay drills the Cowboys and this only goes over if Green Bay scores 35 on their own, because Dallas probably can't score 17.
Green Bay 33 Dallas 14
Denver -7 vs. Indy - total of 54. My tendency is to say that Indy will cover here and to do so the total should go under. The changing of the guard from Elway to Manning, from Manning to Luck, etc. is always a good story. Can Indy stop the run - maybe. Will Manning throw for a bunch of yards - maybe. I will give you more thoughts on this game at the end of the week.
My gut says Denver 28 Indy 24
And finally - Oregon - 6 1/2 vs. Ohio State - total of 76. Ohio State looked good vs. Bama, but I just don't believe the magic can continue. Oregon rolls em and the total goes under. Prediction 45-20.
Recent Movies - Life of Crime - Jennifer Aniston, Mos Def, Will Forte, Tim Robbins, actually very funny, a little hard to watch and Tim Robbins plays a complete creep. 6/10
Good People - James Franco and Kate Hudson - slow but decent movie 5/10.
TV - Netflix - getting into Marco Polo - very good. Catching up on the Newsroom - this season is pretty good. Can not wait until all of new shows start back up this week - Shameless is flat out good, Banshee has simple violent plots and completely gratuitious nudity, and the next batch of House of Cards is coming soon.
Last gripe of the day - if you are in management, IT, HR, or are in anyway, shape, or form responsible for any training, role changes, workload revisions, new programming, etc. for your company now or in the future - one rule stands true. Do not change for the sake of change - make sure it is necessary, productive, contributes to your customer, and is not the evil plot of an upper level management person who came up with what they thought was a great idea and had the power level to push it forward without anyone calling them on it.
2nd - if you do need to make change - start from the bottom, what does the customer actually want and how do the people that deal with them on a daily basis provide that to them. Get the employees input and determine how to design a new system/operation. Ask them to help you work out the important parts, the day to day activity, the areas they need to work from a user standpoint, etc.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Saw the Gambler tonight - Wahlberg was great. Good movie overall 7/10
Also started watching Marco Polo on Netflix - good so far - worth a try for you Netflix fans.
Also some holiday updates on classic must see movies
The Usual Suspects
Safehouse
Gran Torino
A River Runs Thru It
Mr and Mrs Smith
If i have not mentioned before - Moneyball is so good - I have seen it at least 20 times
Also started watching Marco Polo on Netflix - good so far - worth a try for you Netflix fans.
Also some holiday updates on classic must see movies
The Usual Suspects
Safehouse
Gran Torino
A River Runs Thru It
Mr and Mrs Smith
If i have not mentioned before - Moneyball is so good - I have seen it at least 20 times
Friday, December 19, 2014
As noted - watched Enemy last night with Jake Gyllenhaal - very disappointing movie - do not watch it.
That being said - go see Nightstalker or rent it when it is out - he does a great job of playing the most creepy dude and it is a great movie.
Other recent watches
Divergent - nice little take on our future society, good show for family 13+, 1st of a 3 part series of books. 8/10
Rover - Robert Patterson is a dumb redneck in post apocolyptic Australia. Not a good movie
A Most Wanted Man - one of Phillip Seymour Hoffmans last movies - German Spy movie in current times - great acting - good movie - very slow plot scene. A great rental. 7/10
Noah - very deep, cinematic take on the famous biblical story. Long and not for the truly religious.
6/10
Neighbors - Seth Rogan continues his on again off again pattern - not worth the watch. 3/10
3 Days to Kill - somewhat slower and more decent plot of the typical ex-CIA spy wanting to get out and move on genre. Kevin Costner does a decent job 6/10
Ride Along - not normally a Kevin Hart fan as he can be highly annoying and Ice Cube has played one role in every movie he has ever done, but not a bad movie to kill a couple hours. 5/10
That being said - go see Nightstalker or rent it when it is out - he does a great job of playing the most creepy dude and it is a great movie.
Other recent watches
Divergent - nice little take on our future society, good show for family 13+, 1st of a 3 part series of books. 8/10
Rover - Robert Patterson is a dumb redneck in post apocolyptic Australia. Not a good movie
A Most Wanted Man - one of Phillip Seymour Hoffmans last movies - German Spy movie in current times - great acting - good movie - very slow plot scene. A great rental. 7/10
Noah - very deep, cinematic take on the famous biblical story. Long and not for the truly religious.
6/10
Neighbors - Seth Rogan continues his on again off again pattern - not worth the watch. 3/10
3 Days to Kill - somewhat slower and more decent plot of the typical ex-CIA spy wanting to get out and move on genre. Kevin Costner does a decent job 6/10
Ride Along - not normally a Kevin Hart fan as he can be highly annoying and Ice Cube has played one role in every movie he has ever done, but not a bad movie to kill a couple hours. 5/10
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