Spot on. I was recently watching this documentary on PBS about some of the most high-security prisons in the States. It’s wild how much of what they showed there actually shows up in this movie. You really need to check it out.
Leave Frodo out of this. Even without him, the whole movie feels completely unrealistic and just plain stupid. There are moments where it honestly looks like they're just parodying hooligans and fan culture.
Of course it isn't healthy. That was settled a long time ago. Even if we ignore the whole mess of hormone therapy, painkillers, injections, and whatever else they're popping just to get through the day. The reality is that the kind of physical strain these pro athletes endure simply isn't good for the human body, period. Professional sports isn't "healthy." It’s just a fact.
There are no guarantees. I just wanted to point out that this is a lifelong battle. That’s exactly why there are so many relapses—most people simply don't have the grit to keep going.
Samuel Davis16 said:My husband’s best friend is an addict. They grew up together, so they're still inseparable. He’s been with his girlfriend for three years now. She knew he was shooting up for years, but she wouldn't be with him if he hadn't stopped—or at least, that's her excuse.🙄 She knows exactly what someone on a bender looks like (and he is—sometimes it's just pills, sometimes it's coke, but lately, it's all IV), yet she chooses to look the other way. They make it work. But only because she’s so high herself that it’s honestly unbelievable. (He isn't your typical street junkie who steals from people; he doesn't have the legal baggage he used to.) What I can't wrap my head around is this: how one addict can't give a normal woman everything she needs, and how a normal woman can endure it even when she knows. Even while she's high. Look, if you could actually provide everything—emotionally speaking—maybe he wouldn't be using. She'd see that instantly, no matter how blind she might be.☕ It would be great if that were the case, but nobody can guarantee he won't slide right back into the pills. Anyone using is a hard-core hedonist. They love the high too much to stay clean. They are rare—I mean reaaaaally rare—people who get clean. Even when they manage to detox physically, they never truly get clean mentally. Anyway, hope that gives you something to think about.
Spot on. For the rest of their lives, they'll carry that feeling in their heads—that one specific high that nothing else in this world can even come close to touching.
When you're talking about heroin, you have to realize just how clueless some people are. The mood swings, the physical appearance, the way they talk, even their eyes—when someone is high, it’s obvious enough to see from a plane flying over.
Aside from the ones you already mentioned, I’ve always thought that scene where the cop finds his stash tucked away in the couch was absolute gold; shiiiiit
I’m pretty sure there used to be some kind of training manual for people who think they're ready to be moderators.🤔😬
Honestly, they remind me of those guys in the military who are just waiting to get dishonorably discharged. That's the type of person we're dealing with here.😬
I haven't checked out The Bank Job yet, but I have to say, Jason Statham is solid in pretty much everything he touches. We're talking ranging from absolute classics like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, to really good stuff like Revolver, decent flicks like Crank, okay movies like The Italian Job and Transporter, and even passable ones like Cellular and Mean Machine—he even managed to make that disaster Ghosts of Mars somewhat watchable. Honestly, the only movie so incredibly terrible that even Jason Statham couldn't save it was The One with Jet Li in the lead. I haven't caught his newer stuff since Crank, but I highly doubt he'll ever find himself stuck in a pile of garbage quite that massive again.
The first one is easily my favorite. The second? It was alright, I guess. As for the third... honestly, I forgot it even existed about an hour after watching it.
Nancy Watson86 said:The concept works, though there are some gross scenes, plus the kid doing the killing looks like an actual psychopath enough, but that final scene was just pure, unadulterated melodrama.
Is this supposed to be some kind of teen horror flick?
Sandra Ward66 said:Hahaha!! I just watched that movie... unbelievable!! But seriously... that's actually a true story!! Absolute madness!! And which train heist are we even talking about here!?! Is there a movie about that one too!?! 🙂
They mean the great train heist. There’s a movie; I think ABC aired it a few times. There's even a documentary featuring one of the guys who pulled it off—he's living somewhere down south in the States now (assuming he's still kicking), and honestly, good for him. He's living the life.😉
Great movie. I still remember watching it at a buddy's place right when it first hit the local Blockbuster, and we were absolutely floored. For the next month, we couldn't stop messing around with:time is on my side,yes it is🙂
Under Siege 3 would have been set on an airplane. I honestly feel like we’re lacking movies with that specific premise—you know, the whole hijacking scenario where the lead actor, Seagal in this case, has to swoop in and save the day.
Under Siege, where Seagal saves the day again, but this time the setting shifts to a bus.