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Hancock (2008)
The negative reviewers just don't get it...
I guess I can blame the (lack of) educational system these days, because this film is brilliant! A man with super-human powers that feels that he has been abandoned by society in general, and so, he turns to alcoholism to make his emotional pain go away, and has little regard for society in return (or property, for that matter). Until, that is, he saves the life of a P.R. man, who makes it his mission in life to turn around public opinion.
People on here have spent hours debating the how's, the what's, the what-if's, the why's...nonsense.
Break out the popcorn, sit down, and as somebody else on here said - turn your brain off, and enjoy this film! it's one that makes you laugh, cry, and cheer. Few films do all of the above.
(I prefer the unrated version due to scenes deleted from the theatrical version, and also, the language is much more colorful, and in tune to the storyline & the main character!)
Call to Glory (1984)
A magnificent series that time has forgotten
I was just out of high school and just into the USAF when this series aired, and I was totally blown away.
Being an airplane fanatic, I can't describe what it was like to see a series about an officer that flies U-2 spy planes, then moves to California, and begins flying SR-71's! It was something that you just didn't find on television then, and you won't find it now.
The chain of events taking place in the era in which the series took place (the early 1960's), and the Sarnac family's involvement in them, the actual newsreel footage added in to partially tell the story, the music, this was amazing stuff. From the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Civil Rights Movement, to our entry into Vietnam, it was all there, as was the characters' involvement/reactions to those events.
Unfortunately, with most great television shows, the cost of production often outweighs the profit - and that was the case with this one. U-2's, and especially SR-71's are ungodly expensive aircraft to feed (one of the reasons SR-71's were finally retired - a SR-71 usually took on fuel at least 6 times just doing a routine training flight, they used so much fuel!), and being able to shoot on the flight line only when the USAF says you can, never mind transforming a modern town into a 1960's town during production, adds up to a series that was dead before it could take off.
Keep in mind, this was in the era when television shows didn't have mega-budgets the likes of The X-Files.
If you happen upon this series somewhere, watch it!