Vantage Point – Review

WARNING: Spoiler Review! If you haven’t seen this movie and plan on it, you’ve been warned.

I’m finally catching up on reviewing all the movies I’ve seen over the past few months. The first I wanted to review is Vantage Point. Dennis Quaid gives a great performance as an FBI agent sent to protect the president at a speaking engagement in Spain. The president is shot, and the story is told from the vantage point of eight different people.

While it was an interesting idea, the movie felt a lot like the movie Groundhog Day, where the same day is played out over and over again. This sort of monotony took the drama out of the movie if you ask me. But still, it was rather interesting. The final vantage point, after seeing some from people in the crowd, FBI agents, etc., is that of the president.

The twist is that you see in the end that it was actually his body double that got shot because his aides heard about the threat of violence before the arrived. Overall, not a bad movie, but I’ve also seen a lot better.

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Presidential Pudding

I was watching the Democratic debate tonight and kept hearing Obama use one phrase over and over: “The proof is in the pudding.” What this exactly means, I’m not entirely sure, but hey I like Obama and I sure as heck like pudding of all varieties, so hey! Here’s a new campaign poster I came up with for Obama:

 

Virginia Primaries: I’m Backing Obama

Well, after watching the debates and gathering information, I’ve finally decided who gets my vote: Barack Obama. I’ll get more into the politics later, but for now, he’s got my vote in the primaries today. We need someone with new ideas, new ways to get things done, basically just a fresh approach. We don’t need another Clinton regime, we need fresh ideas. I would be fine with a woman president. It’s not that, don’t get me wrong. It’s just I don’t think she would be the right person for the job. I would vote for the right woman in a heartbeat. Anyway, more about all of this later, but for now, get out there today and exercise your right to vote!

Chicken Politics

I’m not saying anything about Hillary Clinton by posting this, but it was just too funny not to. This is an actual KFC sign!