Becky and I went to see the movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is describes the movie as follows…

“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is an action thriller based on the 2014 non-fiction book written by journalist Mitchell Zuckoff with the Annex Security Team. The film depicts the harrowing true story of the attack on a U.S. embassy outpost in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, which killed four Americans (including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens). After the assault begins, an ex-military security team are tasked with protecting a covert CIA base approximately a mile from the outpost. Directed by Michael Bay, the film stars John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, and Pablo Schreiber…”

The Review:  In the movie, A Few Good Men, Jack Nicholson’s character is famous for saying, “The Truth?  You want the truth?  You can’t handle the truth.” to Tom Cruise’s character, while on the witness stand.  In this film, you will discover why the many of the American people can’t handle the truth about what happens in parts of the world to protect America’s interests. There are tremendous risks in parts of the world where America is not welcome and Benghazi, Libya under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was one of them.  I am going to have to get a little political in this review because I remember when this happened and what we were told by the White House.

This film shows how several former Navy Seals and special forces former military men were working to protect the CIA as contractors, when all hell broke loose and the U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens lost his life.  There was no support from the United States for apparently political reasons or because of incompetence that cost American lives.  This movie shows the true story of what really transpired from the people who were actually there, but once again Hollywood took liberties to protect political interests.

The film didn’t discuss how Hillary Clinton was in charge of this fiasco.  It leaves out how her and President Obama sold the American people that it was all about an anti-muslim video that created a Muslim protest in Benghazi on the anniversary of September 11th.  That was really disappointing about the film because you left wondering if Hillary Clinton paid to have the facts about what she did withheld from the film now that she is running for President of the United States.

There is a level of incompetence that is shown in this film with nobody in the United States military responding to the crisis that is unbelievable and will make you angry.  It’s hard to tell your kids to join the military today, knowing that Washington doesn’t support our people anymore other than with lip services, but will leave our citizens to die in order to protect their own political interests.  It is pathetic.  These “secret soldiers” had to hold off a small army to save the lives of others and they really didn’t have to do it as civilians.

There is some very interesting dialogue in the movie, such as when the CIA Chief bashes these military guys and makes a point to tell them how he went to Harvard implying how stupid they are.  Later he thanks them for saving his life and that put things in perspective.  The movie is really well done and what these guys did was nothing short of incredible.  We really enjoyed it and thought it was one of the best films we had seen all year.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – **** Don’t Miss It

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Becky and I went to see the movie The Revenant at the Regal Cinema in Lone Tree, CO tonight with our friends Tammy and Bruce. The Fandango website at The Revenant describes the movie as follows…

“In 1820s America, frontiersman and fur trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) joins a pelt-gathering expedition along with his teenage son Hawk (Forrest Goodluck). When attacks by Arikara Indians claim the lives of many of the men in the party, Glass leads a small group on a new path back to a U.S. fort. While attempting to hunt game on the journey, Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear and horribly wounded. Assumed he’ll be dead soon, Glass is left under the care of roughneck John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), and the young and inexperienced Jim Bridger (Will Poulter) as Hawk watches on in horror. Fitzgerald betrays Glass and leaves him for dead, alone and unarmed. Glass nurses himself back to health and charts a course of revenge. Alejandro González Iñárritu directed this pulse-pounding epic…”

The Review:  Leonardo DiCaprio should win an Oscar for his role in this film.  His acting is amazing, even if for much of the film he doesn’t say anything and a bit like Tom Hanks character in the movie Castaway where he is alone most of the time.  This movie has some of the best cinematography I’ve seen in a film in a long time and speaking of long, this film is really long!  It is not politically correct by any stretch, which is refreshing because early America was not politically correct.  The film shows how the Native American tribes were not all nice guys, like so many want to portray today.  The Sioux killed the Pawnee the same way that the French and Americans killed the Sioux and other tribes, along with one another.  It was everyone against everyone in a fight for survival and territory.  The reality that the Native Americans were not all friendly to one another, but in fact were just as brutal as the American settlers.  Which you definitely do not see very often in movies, unless you are watching a documentary.

I think that is one of the great aspects of this movie is that early American history was worse than an episode of Naked and Afraid. It is easy to forget and just be thankful to have a warm roof over your head.  There is a scene early on where Hugh Glass, played by DiCaprio, is mauled by a grizzly bear and it is incredible and hard to watch.  The movie is just amazing in its realism.  It’s slow at times, but the will to live and survive and what this man endures is amazing.

The Director should win an award for this movie too, along with Tom Hardy who was awesome as well.  This film shows how low the life expectancy actually was for many of the traders living in the wild frontier.  Especially, in places like Colorado where you could freeze to death, be killed by wildlife or murdered by your fellow man.  The movie will really make you appreciate that we do not have to endure the challenges that the first settlers had to go through colonizing America today.  We have other challenges of course, but someone or some animal isn’t trying to kill you when you go out for a run in your neighborhood.

In the Hollywood world of ridiculous special effects and completely unrealistic action films or just plain stupid movies, it was refreshing to have a film that was so realistic and so well done.  The word revenant means “a person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead.“, which is a really clever movie title.  We all really liked it and Becky and I thought it was a Don’t Miss It.  I am not sure what Tammy thought, but I think she liked it and I know Bruce really liked it.  It is disturbing at times, but it’s definitely a don’t miss it in our opinion.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – **** Don’t Miss It

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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy
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Becky and I went to see the movie Point Break at the Regal Cinema in Lone Tree, CO tonight with our boys Conroy and Corban. The Fandango website at Point Break describes the movie as follows…

“Undercover FBI agent Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey) infiltrates a group of extreme athletes who are using their specialized skills to pull off a series of complex crimes. This action thriller is a remake of the 1991 cult hit of the same name, and features a number of real-life extreme athletes performing the stunts, which include free rock climbing, wingsuit flying, and motocross riding…”

The Review:  The original Point Break was a great flick, one of my favorites, so I had high hopes for this new release of the cult classic.  I read a few reviews that were not very good, but we wanted to see it anyway.  We went to see it and I had mixed emotions about if it would be any good compared to the original.  This version was not nearly as good at the original, since it went from a few adrenaline surfers looking for a huge wave and robbing banks to a quest for an environmental corporate retaliation.

The original made the bad guy bank robbers out to be surfers looking for an endless Summer with a surfing break, which is the whole idea of the name point break.  This new version is about a quest to do eight different extreme sport challenges to achieve nirvana or reach your breaking point and taking out corporations in the process, as a way of giving back to the Earth.  The extreme sports are cool, but there isn’t much substance to the film like the original and they almost make the bad guys out to be good guys, which detracted from the film.  Even the FBI agent of Johnny Utah is not officially in the FBI and apparently good at every extreme sport imaginable.  It was a bit ridiculous.  Contrast that with the original where he had to learn how to surf and Bodie and his girlfriend taught him how.

We still liked it, but it wasn’t really much like the original point break, so don’t expect to see anything close to the original other than the names of the characters.  It still thought it was Worth The Trip as a stand alone film because of the cinematography and extreme sports element.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

Conroy – *** Worth The Trip
Corban – *** Worth The Trip

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