tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post909776500431111039..comments2024-03-26T22:48:55.424-07:00Comments on Flying Totems: You deserve a break todayBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-73871390992640237582017-01-28T22:19:51.773-08:002017-01-28T22:19:51.773-08:00Yeah, Kroc did a pretty good job of erasing McDona...Yeah, Kroc did a pretty good job of erasing McDonalds' deeper past. (Although of course I'm aware that the real guy could have been very different from the movie character.) It wasn't until a few years ago that I learned about the McDonald brothers and their original restaurant. Actually it might have been in David Halberstam's <i>The Fifties</i> that I first read that Kroc wasn't the creator.<br /><br />One store outside Toronto and 150 sold? That must have been when only hipsters knew about them in Canada.<br /><br />Keaton has to keep the movie going and he excels. The role plays to his strengths, even if he's less sympathetic than usual.<br /><br />I've never seen <i>Monster's Ball</i> and I'm not really eager to. Something about the premise - a Death Row guard boinking the wife of one of his prisoners - just rubs me the wrong way.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-32217395899146237182017-01-22T13:32:58.469-08:002017-01-22T13:32:58.469-08:00ps: Oops, it was Monster's Ball :)ps: Oops, it was Monster's Ball :)susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-5566730756769708692017-01-22T13:31:36.363-08:002017-01-22T13:31:36.363-08:00I guess I hadn't been paying attention because...I guess I hadn't been paying attention because I didn't know about this one. In fact, I wasn't even aware that Ray Kroc didn't invent McDonald's, although I do remember when the first one opened just outside Toronto (I think the sign said 150 sold). <br /><br />Now that I've read your review and watched the trailer it's one we'll definitely put on our list of films to watch this year. I'm not a big fan of Michael Keaton but there's no doubt he's a good actor. <br /><br />We did one of those very rare (for us) things last night when we stopped watching a movie after an hour because we couldn't stand any more. We found it tedious, contrived and very overrated. <br /><br />On the other hand, Paris, Texas is still amazing. I hope you've seen it.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.com