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He didn't step away after this movie. Home Alone 2 came out the year after this, whether you consider that good or not is debatable. Then he had 5 movies come out in the two years after that, the best probably being The Good Son. The last of those movies was Richie Rich which was a surprising bomb, that is when he took a break from acting. Perhaps he was burned out from the schedule he had just gone through, or the issues in his family, most notably his father, were taking their toll on him. Either way, it was 9 years before he did anything, and he still doesn't do very much, and not any thing really note worthy.
But the $4 million was NOT offered at gunpoint. And if Mullen tried to argue that his sons kidnapping was putting him under duress, I would force him to admit that he had no intention of ever paying anyone the reward, and would try to weasel out of it, no matter who earned it. Remember, his public image had recently taken a hit, and people did wonder about his business ethics.
I'm not saying agree with this, or that it would work. But if the family wanted to try to get the money, and had a shady enough lawyer, this could be their Hail Mary plan.
I think the banks would deem the transaction illegal and undo it since Mullen was being held at gunpoint. But the next thing I wondered: If you were Jimmy Shakers family, or whoever was inheriting his estate, would you sue the banks to keep that money, or would you just shut up about it, and want to distance yourself from being associated with a corrupt cop and kidnapper?
If I were the attorney for the family I would argue that the $4 million reward was offered by Mullen on his own free will, prior to his son being rescued. Shaker rescued his son, and therefore was entitled to that money (not sure if it would ever be proven that he was the kidnapper, or if that would even matter). Just because the actual transaction was done at gun point, the payment had already been agreed upon, and the Shaker family was entitled to the money.
Yes they did need Vince and Hulk.
Hulk was one of Andre's closest friends for a long time. They traveled the world together and worked together during the territory days, in Japan, and during the rise of WWE. He offered insight into Andre's personality, his sadness, and what it was like working with him, in particular on the biggest stage in wrestling history.
Vince was Andre's boss for the last decade of his career, and his father was his boss for a number of years prior to that. He gave us insight in how his father and Andre set up a business model where Andre could be "leased out" to other territories for short spans of time, then leave before people grew tired of him, and return to New York rejuvenated. Then how Andre felt used and unceremoniously dumped at the end.
And most importantly, WWE owns most of the tape from Andre's matches, so nobody was going to get this doc done without that footage, which means you need to be on Vince's good side. Simmons had been saying that for years. So sure they weren't going to trash WWE much, but I think they did at least reference the dark side of this business.
Pretty sure it was Jodi they were talking about. After Shavonne jumps out of Darla's truck and into Jodi's car, Simone is looking back at her thru the window and is really pissed at her.
Just because the stories are known, doesn't mean there isn't information that isn't widely known. Also since most the stories are older, there is more of a chance for the people involved to look back at it in retrospective and show how these events have shaped their lives. For example I had no idea that Benoit had children from a previous marriage, and his son talking about his life since the murders was heartbreaking. Especially when he mentioned who did and who didn't reach out to him. <spoiler>Then getting to see that he reconciled with Nancy's family</spoiler>
Chyna
The Iron Sheik
The Steroid trial
Jesse Ventura's journey thru wrestling. From Navy Seal vet, to AWA superstar, the run with Hogan he was supposed to have, his attempts to unionize wrestlers, then the innovator of the heel commentator, then winning the lawsuit that forced Vince to start paying royalties.
Sitting down and watching the whole series beginning to end... no.
But picking and choosing certain episodes or scenes, then yes it is very rewatchable. Even the last season had some great moments.
At minimum she knows exactly what happened to her husband, and did everything she could to ensure she benefited as much as possible from his death. Including not having him declared dead for 5 years so that she could could buy up property under just her name, so his kids couldn't claim any of their inheritance.
At worst: She killed him herself, and fed him to her tigers.
The truth is probably somewhere in between.
All 3 of them are scumbags in their own unique ways.
He realized that the Predator was killing what it deemed to be worthy prey. And he had been left for last, so he knew that the Predator considered him the big prize. So being the proud warrior that he was, he accepted the challenge and stayed to fight. Also he probably figured he owed it to his men to either avenge their deaths, or die with them.
The Alliance was desperate to get anybody they can, especially someone who can fly. Some farm boy from Tatooine who has never even flown in space, let alone been in battle, can just walk in and be sent on a critically important and dangerous mission.
The more I'm thinking about it, Porkins was much more of an accomplished pilot than Luke was at that point. Porkins had probably been in the Battle of Scariff.
Short answer: because he was greedy and power hungry, and thought he could get the Grail and live forever. He could have just live the virtuous Christian life, but instead he took what he thought would be the easy way.
Elsa probably didn't believe in the power of the grail until she saw it first hand. Then she wanted to keep it for herself and ignored, or didn't believe the knights warnings about crossing the seal.
And Belloq also wanted the power of being the one who controlled the Ark. And most likely he didn't see himself as an evil man. Just the worlds greatest archaeologist who is able to track down the greatest treasures in the history of the world.
I don't there was much hype prior to the release of the first movie. But as word of much spread people started seeing it. Then it was one of the first really big DVD's. In may 1998 it was the highest selling DVD of all time. This gained a lot of buzz for the sequel and it had a huge marketing and promotional push leading up to its release. Plus then you had original and memorable new characters like Mini-Me and Fat Bastard, and smoking hot Heather Graham coming off of Boogie Nights.
And on top of all that, the 2nd movie is just better.
I think they both just wanted to get back to 1985, and this was probably their best opportunity. And the Delorean was already set up on the tracks, and it would have taken a huge effort to get it off of there and back to the shop. Kind of a miracle they got it perfectly on to the tracks in the first place.
Also, no guarantee that Tannen was out of the picture for good. If he escaped from prison or was found not guilty, then he would be out and looking for revenge.
It's still weird. Kind of douchie too to do it in front of a blind guy. And he's stuck there. It's not like he can just get up and walk away.
Perhaps she should have learned that its wrong to take advantage of people for your own purposes. She wasn't befriending Cady. She was taking advantage of her. Cady had gotten in with the plastics, and was still too innocent and naive to see what was really going on. So Janis used that to get her long awaited revenge at Regina. Even if you're ok with what she did to Regina (btw she was messing with someones physical and mental health), she should be regretful for using Cady.
Wasn't that kind of the point? All girls at that age will do at least a few things that would qualify them as a "mean girl". Even ones that are normally really nice. Even worse, they'll do it to another girl whom they consider a friend.
When Tina Fey asked the girls in the gym to raise their hands if they ever said something about someone that wasn't true, everyone raised their hand. And then they all took a turn doing the apology fall.
Because 90% of an iceberg is underwater. The part that was above water might not have looked like much, but when you consider what you can't see, its at least 100 times bigger than the Titanic. And it's made of solid ice. Something has to give in that collision, and it wasn't going to be the iceberg.
All Time: Grillo
Current: Benjy.
I was going to say Gange, but then I remembered that he was involved in some of my favorite on air beat downs. Sending the porn to Howards Daughters 2nd grade teacher, refusing to leave after Stuttering John evicted him, not wanting to go Howards house to copy tapes, giving the Garry Shandling tape to Ralph, and screwing up a prank on Jackie. I love that no matter how indefensible his position was, he still tried to defend himself.
Julianna Moore has 10 credits, according to Mr. Skin, with the most recent in 2018. Winslet comes in at 13, most recently 2017. The Reader was in 2008.
Everyone one is allowed their opinions and preferences. But facts still remain.
And that is an amazing scene with Mortimer.