Went to the movies once again over the weekend (gee what a surprise). Not really a whole lot out right now and I wasn’t in the mood for anything too serious so I went to go see the Gridiron Gang. I will just go ahead and admit that I am a fan of the Rock. After making that statement I feel as if I must add that I stopped watching “professional” wrestling when I was in 4th or 5th grade, I just think he makes a good action hero and can actually act halfway decently. I remember the first time I really saw him as more than a stupid wrestler was when he made an absolutely hilarious appearance on Saturday Night Live, the quit smoking skit in particular was classic. The Rundown was huge surprise for me as well, I enjoy that movie probably more than I have any business doing so; “you want the thunder or do you want the lightning?” cracks me up every time. Anyway, with Arnold getting old and becoming a shitty politician the world needed a new action hero and I can see The Rock filling the void, or maybe Vin.

I will keep this review pretty short. I will just say that you will probably see the exact movie that you think you are going to see when you walk into the theater. There are no big surprises or anything, it’s your run of the mill uplifting, facing your fears, becoming a better person football movie. That said, it’s a pretty decent one. The Rock does a decent job in his first real dramatic role and the rest of the cast isn’t bad either, I always like seeing Leon Rippy in movies. It was a nice touch seeing documentary footage of the real Sean Porter (the character the Rock is portraying) during the credits, looks like the did a good job of capturing the type of person that he is.

While looking up some stuff on imdb I just saw that the Rock has been cast as Johnny Bravo in the upcoming Johnny Bravo movie, sounds like a stroke of genius to me just wondering how they will do the hair.