Lisa R. Varga

Cranston seems to channel the imposing LBJ like none other - before or since - to capture the large than life persona of the Senate confined to Veep under Kennedy and leap to 'accidental president' who dragged the south into the future of civil rights and would be relected by the largest margin of popular votes in US history. Woody Harrelson takes 2nd place in LBJ (2016), but Cranston nails it.

British snobbery has deep roots in ancient history, as elitist noobs for 400 years in the class of Plebs under Roman rule. Before bananas or potatoes. But somewhere in between SNL and Monty Python, this works just as well. (Turn on captions, or you'll miss the slang dialogue drift in the wit of the Brits).

Why cancel the series at the set-up for Season 2- They should have fired the director, switched out the writers - and upgraded the supporting cast to make best use of Meyers and Kretschman - the only two assets worth holding onto.

Germans playing Germans is always an improvement. I'd like to ree a remake with Thomas Kretschmann as the Red Baron.

WWII films made in the 50's relied on two things; the American male persona of the 1950's was a natural fit to the prime era of leading male actors, who could fill the production demands of technical advisors who were otherwise Admirals in the Pacific Fleet. And this film trys to measure up with character veneer (Das Boot) flattened to rage and fear, and in dangling dialogue spun-off 'Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)' - it succeeds in wasting assets otherwise available in fact based script, that doesn't start the engine before the boat sinks to the bottom with the cast and crew trapped inside. Macy was a weak choice for the US Navy, and the posturing the Germans as unduly sentimental - is a bow shot down the throat with a dud. I'll look forward to the remake - with a director.

Tongue in cheek - to bill this as a comedy. Rather than a parody of the military. And an embarrassing one at that. Leave it to Hollywood to shove the truth right down the throat.

Kudos to J. R. Whittington, the actor who plays Speedoo in the opening band scene of the Cadillacs - who never moved like those guys did on stage. ( Prove me wrong, I wish I were) Then jump to Leon Robinson who plays David Ruffin better than Ruffin could have played himself - Leon is a knock out in the stage performances - he glides through smooth moves in the B&W 'My Girl' performance scene with a bloom in the transition to color. Like the Temptations who made more than one song better then the original version - there is more than performance by the actors in this film that elevate the status of the originals they were cast to play. And there are no bad performances in this film - they clicked in sync. Love this film about the origins of American rock & roll - its' Black America -at its best.

Add this to the list of true stories in US gov. Although you might not recognise the modified plot as a remake of Seven Days in May (1964) based on events leading to the resignation of General Edwin Walker for anti-communist indoctrination of US troops during the Kennedy Administration. But two lines of dialogue conjer up the unmistakable image of the verbatim exchange between Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster, that still begs the question - which one is the Judas, anyway?

The first time I watched this, I did cry; and watched again to roll with the flow of the music. Because that's why we watch some films again and again, to feel the sensation of the ride delivered in the carraige of the music. Great films are scored in the heart and mind of composers. Kudos to Richard Gere (more handsome w/age) for playing second to the true story of a canine star. Nobody doesn't like this movie.