The Film Thugs Movie Show

Is it possible for a movie to overcome "Marvel Fatigue?"

We have seen it all, and now the hole multi-verse thing... seriously, it's exhausting.

So, let us see how the boys handle it.

Some movies are just so good that, if you meet someone who dislikes it... you blame them for not liking it, because it cannot possibly be the fault of this wonderful, engaging, dare I say "perfect," movie.

This is one of those movies.

We recently lost one of the greats of screenwriting, Robert Towne.

His resume is almost cartoonishly good, and his influence on the craft of screen writing cannot be measured.

This week, in addition to discussing the career of Robert Towne, we will be discussing his criminally overlooked, "The Last Detail," starring Jack Nicholson as a career Navy signalman on Shore Patrol escorting a prisoner.

Let's see how accurate a movie that was criticized because the characters, "swore like sailors," while playing sailors is.

Actors "trying their hand at directing," tend to have one of three outcomes. 

"Yeah... I expected that crap."

"Wow, that was pretty good."

"Holy shit! What is this person dong next?"

Monkey Man is the third type. The story is lean. The action is brutal. The camerawork is stunning. 

Let's see what else there is to say about, "Monkey Man."

Can  a movie really be a movie if it doesn't have a disclaimer specifically stating that no animals, specifically including OXEN, we harmed during the filming?

Let's find out, shall we?