Are the actors all from the area? The area really doesn't look much different from the Midwestern town I grew up in, in Wisconsin, or where I live now, in Minnesota. Maybe there's a comment on Michigan's educational prowess considering how idiotic their climactic plan was.

Oh, yes. I saw that movie in the theater but I can't say I remember it super well. But now I remember that!

I think it's because the script makes her very smart and competent at her job, which was a good decision, but, really, her other movies aren't nearly as much "big stupid fatty fall down" as people like to say they are. There are jokes about her physical condition in those other movies, like her trying to run from…

It is very subtle.

I thought McCarthy played better off of Bullock than she did with anyone here, but, yeah, she does play pretty well off most of the characters here, too.

But when people say shit like, "Oh, of course it was Detroit! There was a foreclosed house!" it's entirely disingenuous. That's hardly endemic to Detroit or Michigan.

I think he did describe at least one thing that happened in the first Crank movie, reviving himself with a defribulator.

Statham's speech about all the shit he's been through was the film's funniest moment by far.

Yeah, if the filmmaker was smarter he might have incorporated Detroit into his themes, but instead he just kind of abruptly reveals that's where it's taking place like right before the climax (people more familiar with the area probably recognized it earlier).

So I did see Spy. I'm kind of surprised the reviews have been as good as they are. I liked it, but I like McCarthy. This isn't anything different than any of her other movies. In fact, I much prefer The Heat.

The excuse I keep hearing is, "I've not seen the originals" or "I haven't seen the other movies in 30 years." I keep trying to convince them it doesn't matter, but no one's listening.

It completely loses me with the whole pool scene. I mean, that's the best plan you people can come up with? And they even learn there that it won't go in water and they do absolutely nothing with it. IMO, a great setup with no payoff.

It's my favorite, too, probably for the same reason. I think American Dad introduced me to the band. If you aren't a fan, there's an episode where Stan Smith becomes a MMJ superfan. It was made around the time Evil Urges came out, so that's where most of the music comes from.

I had a friend who insisted that movie deserved Best Picture at the Oscars that year. Not that I ever saw it, but I kind of stopped talking to him after that.

One of my best friends is from Shawano.

I should be seeing Spy later, unless I get lazy. I had a hard time sleeping this whole week, so I didn't watch as many movies as I normally would. I did finish up the Adult Swim series Eagleheart and watched most of what Hulu has of The Eric Andre Show. Eagleheart's third season is particularly brilliant. Eric Andre…

Both 3 and 4 are huge steps down from the first two, but both are still pretty good monster movies. Both also look great, being backed by two good directors.

So was the original, honestly. I was 14 at the time and loved it. Last rewatch, not as much. I actually bought it cheap on BR to watch it again, so I guess I should probably do that sometime soon.

It was about a year after the new improved movie theater opened in town and the only way the older theater could get any customers was to lower their prices. It was actually first run. They were even getting some arthouse releases occasionally, you know, trying to play stuff the better theater wouldn't play, but they…

I'm just teasing. I don't like it a lot, either, but I do think it's easy to miss the point. The guy is in love with the girl, but is socially awkward, as is she. The only thing he knows is that she's into the paranormal, so he tries to engage her in that way. She has a wild imagination, though, and his efforts to…