Grazing Rites

On a continuum of recent movies I’ve seen this was way better than AVPR and No Country For Old Men but not nearly as good as Charlie Wilson’s War. The story was good, Nick Cage, Ed Harris, and Jon Voight are all on their game. Jon Voight in particular was given a lot of stuff to play that was fairly different from his recent outings which was nice to see.

On a completely unrelated note there was a woman sitting behind me in the theatre, about 35, who kept kicking the back of my chair. At one point she started kicking along to the music. She was shocked and confused when I politely asked her to stop. No apologies but she stopped…for awhile. She ended up needing several reminders.

Back to the movie, it’s a little smarter than the first film. I particularly enjoyed the Last Full Measure reference that they didn’t spell out. This movie is alot smarter (and educational!) than the mindless entertainment some people seem to think it is, having not seen it. It’s not worth going out of your way to see but it’s a safe, entertaining way to spend 2 hours and 11 minutes but it’s kinda long so watch the soda intake.

Jon knows what I’m talking about.

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