tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079366795444743478.post5184910456044241879..comments2023-03-16T07:15:20.776-05:00Comments on The Cool Hot Center: GUILTY PLEASURES: "Army of One" (First of a Series)Steve Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15637858560077832595noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079366795444743478.post-15529153970164405072011-01-22T18:21:10.687-06:002011-01-22T18:21:10.687-06:00I wonder whether Michelle Phillips ever imagined, ...I wonder whether Michelle Phillips ever imagined, when she was recording "California Dreaming," that she would ever be giving a cinematic hickey to a Swedish muscle star, portraying a drunk married to George Segal sporting a porn-star moustache.Steve Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637858560077832595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079366795444743478.post-37228983463760286342011-01-22T17:50:10.520-06:002011-01-22T17:50:10.520-06:00I've seen people walk out of exactly three mov...I've seen people walk out of exactly three movies in my life: Clockwork Orange, originally released as an "X," during the "speed rape" scene; Red Dawn, during the paratroopers' shoot-up of the school; and Watchmen, when Rohrshach dispatches the child murderer with a hatchet to the head. Although they are not for everyone, I liked them all, so I guess that <br />makes them my guilty pleasures.<br /><br />Gotta run now and check out "Army of One!"<br /><br />GottDavid Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079366795444743478.post-3055568722206618552011-01-22T17:30:07.468-06:002011-01-22T17:30:07.468-06:00My Guilty Pleasure is that iconic Second Revolutio...My Guilty Pleasure is that iconic Second Revolutionary War film early in Patrick Swayze's career, the inimitable RED DAWN. The unforgettable scenes of Cubans parachuting into the Swayze's local high school in rural<br />Montana(?) and gunning down shocked science teachers are only the beginning of a taut, emotional "Damn, they're invading my country" experience. It makes me long (briefly) for our own invasion so we can take up arms and fight off them (pick an invader).Though I rarely seek it out, I cannot stop watching when the remote leads me to Red Dawn.John Fordnoreply@blogger.com