Red Dawn

Walking out of the theater the other day, having spent almost two hours watching this fine piece of American patriotic theater, we worked together to craft a review that could capture the essence of Red Dawn. In the end, though, we were able to agree only on a few key points:

• It was a movie.
• Images indeed moved on the screen. 
• Shit blew up. 
• Director Dan Bradley and the various contributing writers are honey badgers when it comes to such minor details as logic, reason, continuity, sensibility, believability, and so on.
• Josh Peck is so annoying, so very, very annoying, that from here on if we notice a new movie includes him, we'll probably give it a pass.  I was rooting for the North Korean and Russian invaders to kill his character. 
• The movie utterly wasted Chris Hemsworth's greatest talent by never having him take off his shirt.

We were unable to agree on many other notable issues, including

• The single stupidest scene in the movie.
• Whether the filmmakers completely ignored technology and did whatever they wanted whenever they wanted, or if they simply were that ignorant of how tech works.  
• Whether Adrianne Palicki or Isabel Lucas could show more teeth when she smiled. 
• Whether there is any movie Chris Hemsworth won't make for a paycheck.
• The best way to kill Josh Peck. 

Amazingly, we had a pleasant time watching Red Dawn, particularly once we realized it was an unintentional comedy. 

Decide for yourself whether to go, but if you do, leave your brain at the door.