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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-04-05 (Saturday)
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 12:40:08 -0700
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On 4/6/25 12:25 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

> On 4/6/2025 10:46 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>> On 4/6/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> I finished "Reacher" season #3, watched a dumb movie off Tubi, and 
>> watched the "Who Shot EJ?" episode of DOOL, along with some golf:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Zero Hour (Tubi) - There are *multiple movies* with this title, 
>> including the post-apocalyptic 1957 flick "Zero Hour!" with Dana 
>> Andrews... 
> 
> That's what I immediately thought of.  But are you sure it's "post- 
> apocalyptic?" I only ever saw it once, years ago when I learned it was 
> the basis for "Airplane."

You're right - I was confusing this film with 1962's "Panic in Year 
Zero!". The latter is the post-apocalyptic flick.

>> But this was a low-budget 2023 entry that clocks in at about
>> 70 minutes.
>>     Even that was too long.
>>     I watched this mainly because it stars Mikaela Hoover - who is 
>> literally probably best known for being in 2 episodes of "Two Broke 
>> Girls" (so she's not a major actress!) - and Sarah Dumont (who, based 
>> on the name, I confused with *Emma* Dumont!).
>>     This was a one-man movie show: written, directed and co-starring 
>> Justin Groetsch (who?!) - well, it was actually him and his wife (or 
>> sister?), as she produced.
>>     Did Groetsch really think he was being clever with this flick?!
>>     He tries a "twist" at the end, but that lasts for all of about a 
>> minute, before he launches a "double-twist" ending which didn't work 
>> for me at all. And he keeps showing flashbacks to explain/justify 
>> these lame twists. This didn't work at all either.
>>     The only parts that work (very!) mildly are the parts in the 
>> middle with Hoover trying to escape late-night intruders into her 
>> office. But this flick takes too long to get going, isn't all that 
>> great in the middle, and pretty much falls apart at the end with the 
>> lame "twists".
>>     Bah!
>>
>> What did you watch?
> 
> 
> I watched:
> 
> 
> Final Destination (blu-ray)
> 
> Final Destination 2 (blu-ray)
> 
> Final Destination 3 (blu-ray)
> 
> The Final Destination (3D blu-ray)

I'm fond of all of these films, but esp. "2" and "3" for starring J.J. 
Cook and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, respectively.