on the targeting: If I get an email saying some subscription to some thing I've never heard of is renewing, or that I know I don't subscribe to, I ignore it. I figure if it actually shows up on my credit card I can just call and cancel. I get these all the time from places that go on about McAfee or the Geek Squad. Guess what: I don't use McAfee nor the Geek Squad.
Usually the email address will be a "wholelotofletters@gmail dot com"
Can't agree, Noah—my BFF and I watched THE BEEKEEPER and found it to be largely fun, and the point was The President herself knew nothing of her son's activities, and he tried to kill her right before Clay killed him. Yes, the son could be a swipe at Hunter Biden—or just as easily Donald Trump, Jr. ("Cokey Sniffleface" or "Snorty McFailson", as our colleague Jeff Tiedrich calls him over at https://substack.com/@jefftiedrich ).
I was curious where the U.S. President would have a home that looks to be on the French Riviera, and looking up the shooting locations it appears, apart from some location shooting in Boston, to have been shot entirely in the U.K. That might explain why it doesn't really feel like it takes place in the U.S. even though all the film is set here, and why the U.S. President and the ex-head of the CIA are both played by British actors indifferently hiding their Britishness. TBH, I'm kind of surprised it wasn't set in the U.K. with the mother being Prime Minister and her friend/failson leashholder being former head of MI6, or something.
As for the setting being Internet scams? Yes, that's a new premise for an action film, and good to see. It might also be why it was so popular, earning back nearly four times its production budget—lots of people have been scammed or know a loved one who's been scammed, so it has resonance for them, and the pleasure of watching Jason Statham kick their asses warms the cockles of their hearts.
A little bit like those car movies…what are they called ‘The Fast and the Furious.’ An entertaining afternoon at the cinema with your middle-schooler (if you have a highish tolerance for allowing them to see violence—for my kid it’s right on the edge but doesn’t go over). The whole thing is truly over the top. The villains are villainous. The good guy is good but not too good. Very B-picture silliness.
I've had the flu and watched it in that grateful, soporific mode. I liked it a lot.
on the targeting: If I get an email saying some subscription to some thing I've never heard of is renewing, or that I know I don't subscribe to, I ignore it. I figure if it actually shows up on my credit card I can just call and cancel. I get these all the time from places that go on about McAfee or the Geek Squad. Guess what: I don't use McAfee nor the Geek Squad.
Usually the email address will be a "wholelotofletters@gmail dot com"
For a better beekeeper movie, try “Mr. Holmes” with Ian McKellen as the elderly beekeeper Sherlock Holmes struggling with dementia.
Can't agree, Noah—my BFF and I watched THE BEEKEEPER and found it to be largely fun, and the point was The President herself knew nothing of her son's activities, and he tried to kill her right before Clay killed him. Yes, the son could be a swipe at Hunter Biden—or just as easily Donald Trump, Jr. ("Cokey Sniffleface" or "Snorty McFailson", as our colleague Jeff Tiedrich calls him over at https://substack.com/@jefftiedrich ).
I was curious where the U.S. President would have a home that looks to be on the French Riviera, and looking up the shooting locations it appears, apart from some location shooting in Boston, to have been shot entirely in the U.K. That might explain why it doesn't really feel like it takes place in the U.S. even though all the film is set here, and why the U.S. President and the ex-head of the CIA are both played by British actors indifferently hiding their Britishness. TBH, I'm kind of surprised it wasn't set in the U.K. with the mother being Prime Minister and her friend/failson leashholder being former head of MI6, or something.
As for the setting being Internet scams? Yes, that's a new premise for an action film, and good to see. It might also be why it was so popular, earning back nearly four times its production budget—lots of people have been scammed or know a loved one who's been scammed, so it has resonance for them, and the pleasure of watching Jason Statham kick their asses warms the cockles of their hearts.
It’s one of those ‘so bad it’s good’ movies.
Not actually good.
A little bit like those car movies…what are they called ‘The Fast and the Furious.’ An entertaining afternoon at the cinema with your middle-schooler (if you have a highish tolerance for allowing them to see violence—for my kid it’s right on the edge but doesn’t go over). The whole thing is truly over the top. The villains are villainous. The good guy is good but not too good. Very B-picture silliness.