First Watch
Viewed on an Airplane
First Impressions
- I had a five hour flight from Barbados to Toronto this past weekend, and I didn't feel like watching anything I'd downloaded on my tablet, so I picked this one out of the Air Canada's movie selection. My Bond viewing is a little scant. I didn't start watching this series until A View To A Kill (a personal favorite, but considered one of the worst of the series, I'm told). I've…
Fourth Watch
Viewed on TCM
Current Impressions
- If there was ever a movie that got lucky with its timing, it's this one. If the Three Mile Island thing hadn't have happened in the same week that this was released back in 1979, it would have gone down as just a routine suspense drama, with some fine performances, but lacking in any serious action. The China Syndrome was released at the time that those 70s style disaster flicks were waning…
First Watch - as part of the watchlist at Golden Reel Gin Joint
Viewed on Youtube
First Impressions
- I watched this as part of the Gin Joint group. I always thought I'd seen this before, but I didn't remember a thing while watching it. Maybe I did see it - and it was just that forgettable. I also read some of the reviews from other Gin Joint members who complain about Don Ameche cheating on Gene Tierney. I can…
First Watch - as part of the watchlist at Golden Reel Gin Joint
Viewed on the Internet somewhere
First Impressions
- I'd never heard of this one before, and went in watching without knowing much about the plot. That was a little bit jarring, but not in a bad way. I went in thinking it was going to be a routine melodrama about marriage, but it turned into a bit of an observation about life's choices and fate. It opens…
