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  Prior to the Barbie movie, most films based on classic toys were criticized the instant they were announced, but that is not what I am talking about. When I heard that Paramount was planning to make live action G.I. Joe movies, I was excited because they were my favorite childhood toys, and I still collect them as a hobby for sentimental reasons. I had colleagues when at Kroger who often told me it might be good, and they were mostly teenagers who did not know any better.  Case in point, I enjoyed the first one, Rise of Cobra, as nothing groundbreaking but a fun way to spend time, which is what a movie is meant to be, and the same for the solo Snake Eyes one. However, the one I am talking about now is the second movie, Retaliation. It not only featured Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who is always fun no matter what, and Bruce Willis, who reminded me of Die Hard, it also stuck to something a sequel should do and in some way was a head of its time. At the end of Rise of Cobra, Za...

 Because I love movies, sometimes I go to them because there is nothing else playing, and it was Deep Breath. It was an interesting premise, based on true events, but I think it would have made a better documentary. It was mostly rescuing a guy who lost his air supply, hoping he would survive, and it was not terrible, just again, would have been a better documentary. I have a feeling that movies where the people who make them work passionately, and based on stories they always wanted to tell, are coming back, and I look forward to them. If you are interested in book that would make great movies, including the ones I write, click on the link.  Smashwords.com