A review of "The A-Team"

The A-Team

by Joe Carnahan

And doesn’t try to overstep its bounds. Seriously, this movie is an adaptation of a very dumb tv show, but instead of trying to be a serious remake (I’m looking at you Miami Vice) it is content to be a screen adaptation of a tv show.

The casting was well done. I was a bit apprehensive about Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in the role of B.A. Baracus, since Mr. T had so definitively made the role his. Fortunately Jackson didn’t try to be Mr. T. Sharlto Copley as H.M. Murdock was the surprise of the movie—I had forgotten the performance he gave in District 9. Equally good, but completely different. I look forward to seeing more of him in the movies. Cooper and Neeson are likewise good.

As a whole, the movie felt somewhat disorganized, but seen through the lens of multiple episodes strung into one movie it makes more sense.

While I can’t say this is high art, it was certainly entertaining. I love it when a plan (movie) comes together (understands what it is and is not).

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prizes for using the toilet

Well, she’ll pretty much use the potty to urinate all the time. Well, whenever we’re home. So that’s a big piece of the puzzle.

But we can’t get #2 to happen on the potty. Enter the prizes. We went to Target last night and selected a variety of toys as prizes. Result? All day trying to earn one of the prizes.

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Road trip!!

We’re packing up the car and taking Little Girl to visit her uncles in Toronto. I can’t wait to see how that’s going to work out. We’re breaking the drive up in to two days so we can stop at a provincial park on Lake Erie. We might stop at Niagara Falls.

In any case, we’re going to find out how toddlers travel.

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Saved from the trash

Stale bread? Bacon grease?

Youʻve got the makings for really, really good croutons.

Put some bacon grease into the pan and toast up the cubed bread. It’s nearly criminal that you can make something so good out of things that are ordinarily destined for the garbage. Best of all, the skill level is very low.

Note: You can use any oil, but bacon grease is mega, mega, King Kong good for this purpose.

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