Philip DeFranco video posted 02-25-2020 to You Tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT66KexX1C8
My 02/26/2020 comment:
Restraints did not appear to be necessary, at least per the video shown. The child did not appear to be a danger to anyone, including herself. That arrest was beyond an insane response to a child's tantrum. The officer probably felt an arrest was the only way to protect himself from a civil lawsuit as he no doubt knew that Florida did not have an arrest age limit (obvious from his discussion of his arrest record). Finally, why was this even reported to the police, and by whom? Never heard of Jaystation and am now sorry that I have. I do feel sorry for those vacationers trapped on the Diamond Princess (or any cruise ship) as I read in another comment these people were sitting confined to their rooms. They were basically in a floating petri dish. I do not know what else could have been done for those vacationers at that point. WHO and all nations must be more vigilant in noting the arise of any virus and encourage inoculation by providing them free. While this particular virus was not expected, hence the adjective "novel", the birth and growth processes of COVID-19 are predictable and not novel at all.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Friday, February 7, 2020
Birds of Prey (2020)
(And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).
R
1 hour 49 minutes
Saw at theater February 7, 2020
This movie was literally a trip to a carnival. It was fun, colorful, exciting and even had fireworks.
I also noticed that the plot with the requisite McGuffin was simple, but the acting (especially Margot Robbie, Ewan McGregor and Rosie Perez) was so vivid , along with the cinematography and set design, that I was entertained. This was comic book movie that only desired to entertain, keep you turning its pages (aka scenes). This movie did not aspire to win an Oscar. For me, Birds of Prey deserved a better than passing grade, my choice is B-. The minus is due to the movie's short length resulting in the lack of backstory or dialogue for some of the secondary character and the primary villain. I did not IMDb her yet, but I would love to see Cathy Yan directing a lot more films.
All fight scenes should have glitter, confetti and color-smoke bombs. This was a fun, entertaining movie and even if the McGuffin was ordinary, nothing else in this film was. I would love to see future projects directed by Cathy Yan.
This movie is colorful, outrageous, chaotic, oddly charming and the best characterization of Harley Quinn (better than Suicide Squad) by Robbie yet. I have read/watched some negative reviews. A concept probably not popular on Twitter is that everyone is entitled to their opinion. Martin Scorsese aside (do not tweet him PLS), this is a fantastic (dare I say "Fantabulous") movie, hope there will be more.
Birds of Prey brought the comic book character Harley Quinn to life for me. The look in Margot Robbie's eyes when her character was about to do something really crazy or talk without a filter was hysterical. The CGI "pet" (at least I HOPE that it was CGI) also enhanced the theme that only certain asocial humans or wild creatures are attracted to and semi-tamed by Harley. I do have one question about a scene in the movie where a building was beautifully lit where in reality it should have been dark and dusty. However it must be the the magic of this movie that prevented that question from penetrating my consciousness until I got home.
Harley Quinn's fame as a character is mostly among DC comics fans and comic con cosplayers. I had wondered why this film was being made. However, I am willing to bet the monetary performance was not a huge surprise at DC. I think that this movie was made for all the obvious reasons, plus added PR for Suicide Squad 2 and a possibly leg up to include Birds of Prey as ensemble performers in other DC movies. I am not sure about the character Cassandra Cain as she is quite different from her comic persona, but who knows Ella Jay Basco is likable and perhaps they will recon some of the fighting abilities of the comic book character in a future film or streaming show.
(And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).
R
1 hour 49 minutes
Saw at theater February 7, 2020
This movie was literally a trip to a carnival. It was fun, colorful, exciting and even had fireworks.
I also noticed that the plot with the requisite McGuffin was simple, but the acting (especially Margot Robbie, Ewan McGregor and Rosie Perez) was so vivid , along with the cinematography and set design, that I was entertained. This was comic book movie that only desired to entertain, keep you turning its pages (aka scenes). This movie did not aspire to win an Oscar. For me, Birds of Prey deserved a better than passing grade, my choice is B-. The minus is due to the movie's short length resulting in the lack of backstory or dialogue for some of the secondary character and the primary villain. I did not IMDb her yet, but I would love to see Cathy Yan directing a lot more films.
All fight scenes should have glitter, confetti and color-smoke bombs. This was a fun, entertaining movie and even if the McGuffin was ordinary, nothing else in this film was. I would love to see future projects directed by Cathy Yan.
This movie is colorful, outrageous, chaotic, oddly charming and the best characterization of Harley Quinn (better than Suicide Squad) by Robbie yet. I have read/watched some negative reviews. A concept probably not popular on Twitter is that everyone is entitled to their opinion. Martin Scorsese aside (do not tweet him PLS), this is a fantastic (dare I say "Fantabulous") movie, hope there will be more.
Birds of Prey brought the comic book character Harley Quinn to life for me. The look in Margot Robbie's eyes when her character was about to do something really crazy or talk without a filter was hysterical. The CGI "pet" (at least I HOPE that it was CGI) also enhanced the theme that only certain asocial humans or wild creatures are attracted to and semi-tamed by Harley. I do have one question about a scene in the movie where a building was beautifully lit where in reality it should have been dark and dusty. However it must be the the magic of this movie that prevented that question from penetrating my consciousness until I got home.
Harley Quinn's fame as a character is mostly among DC comics fans and comic con cosplayers. I had wondered why this film was being made. However, I am willing to bet the monetary performance was not a huge surprise at DC. I think that this movie was made for all the obvious reasons, plus added PR for Suicide Squad 2 and a possibly leg up to include Birds of Prey as ensemble performers in other DC movies. I am not sure about the character Cassandra Cain as she is quite different from her comic persona, but who knows Ella Jay Basco is likable and perhaps they will recon some of the fighting abilities of the comic book character in a future film or streaming show.
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