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The Black Dakotas (1954)
Ooops!
I just checked on the price of gold in 1864, it was just under 19 dollar an ounce. The money they're after is stated to be $100,000. When the saddle bags contain the loot spills on the ground we can see it's comprised of $20 gold pieces. Doesn't much matter of you use 16 ounce or 12 ounces per pound, simple math says the $100,000 would weight over 300 pounds, yet the two lift the strong box with particular ease. And Merrill's character tosses the saddle back onto the horse like it contains some wadded up newspaper....which it most likely did. Of course there are some good parts, the beadwork on the Indian outfits was pretty neat, and the blankets over the Indian ponies hiding the saddles, classic old Hollywood.
I Wanted Wings (1941)
Cameras are cameras
When Constance Bennet's character is sitting on the tail of the bomber taking pictures, she's using a range finder camera. When she jumps down, she's now holding a TLR (twin lens reflex).
Thunderball (1965)
Wouldn't fire
When Bond drops the gun off the roof, it fires. A Walther PP or PPK have hammer block safety and wound not fire. Can onky discharge with a pull of the trigger which lowered the hammer block safety.
Dr. No (1962)
I first saw this at The Waikiki Theater in Honolulu, 1965.
When Bond attaches the silencer to his pistol the gun is an FN with concealed hammer. Bonds gun is a Walther PP or PPK and both have an exposed hammer.
Dangerous Passage (1944)
Planes, trains and...
After Beck leaves the hospital there's a bus, then a train, then a Yellow Cab, then a view of the Post Office in Galveston, Texas, his ultimate destination. Bus, that's fine, train, ok, but the cab taking him from the train to the Galveston Post Office has a California license plate.
Trading Paint (2019)
Predictable..and boring...oh so boring
The interaction between father and son was so maudlin and sappy I thought I was watching a Hallmark Christmas movie. We all new they'd win the final race, they always do, but give us a story. Down and out, not enough to money to compete against the big boys, finds the money, wins the race, smiles all around. Like watching the movie Titanic, we all knew the ship sank, and we all knew they'd win. Kevin Dunn's "Stumpy" was the only character I even remotely cared about. But I watched it, all...the....way......through. Only thing missing from this wanna be Hallmark fare, it didn't snow!
Dawn of Conviction (2012)
Not the worst
Saying it's "not the worst" doesn't sound like much of a praise but it was passable, better than the average westerns of late with some nice photography. I'm a long time fan of westerns and many of the genre's recent fair leave me cold, often switching channels after a few minutes. This one had its share of slow to no action, but the real west, like the real now, was probably pretty much like that. Taking place in the early 1880's it should be noted that the siding on the bank they robbed was held in place with Phillips head screws, not invented until 1930! Maybe this was a "progressive" town. I rated it six stars because, well, it was a western, that gets it five all by itself. Then another one for the scenery. That's it.