And The Twitter Oscar Goes To…Mr. Chris Allred

Killer Burger favorited one of my tweets…that is like winning an Oscar for Twitter.

For my acceptance speech I would like to thank the little guy who makes low-quality, small burgers, with a big price tag. If it wasn’t for you, I may never have found KB.

I would also like to thank my stomach for being hungry.

I would also… (the microphone goes down, the music goes up, and security actually drags me off).

 

 

Can you name what this is?

(Clue: It is water)

AllFate Industrial’s LEAN Tip of the Week

The core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Simply, lean means creating more value for customers with fewer resources.

A lean organization understands customer value and focuses its key processes to continuously increase it. The ultimate goal is to provide perfect value to the customer through a perfect value creation process that has zero waste.

Eliminating waste along entire value streams, instead of at isolated points, creates processes that need less human effort, less space, less capital, and less time to make products and services at far less costs and with much fewer defects, compared with traditional business systems. Companies are able to respond to changing customer desires with high variety, high quality, low cost, and with very fast throughput times. Also, information management becomes much simpler and more accurate.

A popular misconception is that lean is suited only for manufacturing. Not true. Lean applies in every business and every process. It is not a tactic or a cost reduction program, but a way of thinking and acting for an entire organization.

The term "lean" was coined to describe Toyota's business during the late 1980s by a research team headed by Jim Womack, Ph.D., at MIT's International Motor Vehicle Program.

(Taken from www.lean.org)

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Sabotage Movie Review

 “Sabotage” is a full on visual attack of carnage.
There is sex, drugs, and corrupt DEA agents, but once you get past all of that, then the rest of the film is pretty much gory graphic death.
Schwarzenegger is at his best, and I loved his portrayal of his character throughout the entire movie. At no time did he shoot a ridiculously big gun, which had previously been mounted to a helicopter. He was the Schwarzenegger that the paparazzi catch walking around in real life; smoking his cigars, and working out at the gym; a more relatable screen presence, minus the part of him being undercover DEA with no regard for the law.

*Spoiler alerts*

The kill shots are very graphic for a Schwarzenegger movie. The aftermath of a guy going one-on-one with a train and what was left afterwards. The most realistic scene of a fast moving car hitting a bicyclist ever. The list goes on and on, because this is the kind of movie where everybody dies (well most everybody).
There are videos of a drug cartel torturing people, including Schwarzenegger’s wife. Some stuff is only talked about and not seen, like the cartel mailing Schwarzenegger’s wife’s face to him. Then some things are seen, like a guy getting his head sawed off with a knife.

The story was solid, and there was a great plot that was easy to follow. Schwarzenegger had a proven motive for his actions, and it was well done. Unfortunately for me, the death scenes and the graphic nature took away from a potentially good action movie. I have to give this movie two thumbs down, and I recommend you wait to see it when it comes out on TV.

Murder idea from the movie: Before dumping a body into a lake or the ocean, wrap the body tightly in chicken wire first; that way when the body expands from gases being released while decomposing, the chicken wire will cut into the flesh allowing the gases to escape; the body then will not float.  (NOTE FROM CHRIS ALLRED: Do not commit murder or use this idea)
 

Ride Along Movie Review

 “Ride Along” was as expected; meaning that all of the “good” and “funny” content was shown in the previews.

Kevin Hart is funny, but he’s only as funny as his character can take him, and the man cannot act. There is little difference between watching Mr. Hart on the big screen acting and watching him on a stage doing standup.

Ice Cube is Ice Cube and no matter what role he is in he always brings Mr. NWA. I believe that Ice Cube (aka O’Shea Jackson) is a talented writer, a historically great musician, and an accomplished actor; unfortunately like a lot of famous actors he has only one character and that is himself.

The best part of the movie, with a lot of “I told you so” from kids across America, is that video games are not only good for you, but that they can save your life with enough practice. It was fantastic to see Kevin Hart’s character, who is a first person video gaming pro, be able to recognize different guns by the sounds they make, similar to the games he plays. Best yet…be able to find extra ammo lying on the ground during a gun battle just like in the games that our youth play today.

This movie looked like it could be ok, but it wasn’t. It was predictable, and all of the funny content was left for the previews. The only redeeming qualities were the video game life skills because nowhere else would they actually help you like they did in this movie. With that I give this movie one thumb up, and I recommend you wait to see it when it is released on DVD.

 

Anyone willing to try this? Honey Powder?

Winter’s Tale Movie Review

 “Winter’s Tale” is a fantastic movie about the power of the heart and the gift of love; the struggle between good and evil, and right from wrong.

Come on? Any movie that has Will Smith playing Lucifer and Russell Crowe playing a demon has to be good, and their portrayals were top notch. The big problem with the film was Colin Farrell, because of his lack of acting skills. However, Colin’s character was right up “his alley” and I actually believe that the writers had Mr. Farrell in mind for this part because I can imagine him being that way in real life. If Colin would have stopped, took a breath, and didn’t try so hard; his portrayal of the leading man would have been perfect.

This movie is not as predictable as I thought; with that said as each new section came to light it was easy to figure out where it was taking you. Love is eternal, and love has many layers, and it is not something to take for granted, nor can one always figure it out.

I give “Winter’s Tale” two thumbs up, I recommend seeing this in theaters.

 

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty Movie Review

 “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty” took me by surprise.

I am not a Ben Stiller fan at all, thus my hesitation in watching this movie; however I was excited to be proven wrong in this case because Ben Stiller was the perfect choice for this role.

I love Ben Stiller (in this movie only) because he was perfect. When he was skateboarding, I was able to be there with him, feeling his passion and enjoyment. It was so real that I had to look it up to see if he really skateboards, and he does (or did as a kid); the part in the movie with him on a board was really him though. Fantastic!

Why can’t he be this good in other movies?

I love seeing movies that inspire me, and I left the theater loving my life and feeling optimistic about the future. I cannot say enough about how great this movie is, and how great it made me feel.

Sean Penn’s character had one of the coolest jobs ever, and he pulled it off. More importantly though was the understated friendship and respect between the two leading men.

I wholeheartedly give “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty” two humongous thumbs up, and I recommend seeing this in theaters.

 

The Monuments Men Movie Review

 “The Monuments Men” is a good movie (even though it starred George Clooney) and it deserves to be looked upon differently that other movies.

It is part big name Hollywood type movie, and part art film; it would kill at Sundance.

The French are hilarious when it comes to them and Matt Damon, with his ability to speak French. The characters are relatable because you know them. I am not talking about you know of the actors and have seen their work; I am talking about your older neighbor, your grandparents, or even stories passed down from generation to generation. All of the actors (still unsure of Clooney though) did a great job living the part, but still being true to themselves.

This movie is said to have been based off of a true story, and I sure hope that is true because these men and women helped save our heritage. I am a huge supporter of the arts, and these people are heroes.

I give “The Monuments Men” two massive thumbs up, and I recommend seeing this in theaters.

 

Pompeii Movie Review

 “Pompeii” was a huge letdown. You could literally get more of everything from watching a documentary or opening a history book.

I did not watch this movie because I was writing a research paper, and so I went to the theater wanting to watch an adventure unfold before me. They could have kept it historical or made the entire thing up (doesn’t matter in this case) but what they needed to do was have the whole thing come together, which they were unable to accomplish. The movie sucked!

Pop quiz: What do you do when the gods are angry and the volcano that you live next to starts to cause earthquakes, spits out fire, rains down lava and rock, causes tidal waves, etc., etc. Do you:

a) Stop and fight the person that you had a problem with

b) Seek out revenge

c) Make out with the person that you are attracted to

d) All of the above

 

Obviously the answer is “D” all of the above because that is exactly what every main character dumbass decided to do. If it was me I would tell the other dudes that I’ll find them on the outs and we’ll settle our differences then. I would get my girl, get the hell out, and celebrate after we were safe.

Damn this movie is stupid! No surprise then when I give this movie two thumbs way down, and I recommend you wait to see it when it comes out on TV.

Non-Stop Movie Review

 “Non-Stop” was not another “Taken” movie, which it looked like it might have been.

This time Liam Neeson is a drunk with a gun who had his world rocked years ago and has been unable to fully recover. Liam is an Air Marshall on an international flight during a game of who done it (or will do it). The good thing about this movie is that it keeps you guessing on who the bad guy really is, and even after it is all over, I was still waiting for something else to happen.

I think this film did a fair job capturing the inner workings of mankind; from stereotypes, to coping, to bravery. This movie has a strong underlying of human thought and emotion.

I give “Non-Stop” one thumb up, and I recommend you wait to see it when it is released on DVD.

 

Noah Movie Review

 “Noah” has a lot of hits and misses; things that I liked, and things that I didn’t. It is not a great movie, but it is a great interpretation of the Biblical story.
I am a pretty religious person, but I have the ability to think outside of the box when it comes to religious beliefs and texts (see my religious website for more: http://thesixthday.org).
I didn’t like the look of the fallen angels because they were more theatrical than Biblical, nor did I like where the story looked to be going. In all honesty, I hated the entire CGI Garden of Eden piece from man, to the snake, to the forbidden fruit, to Cain killing Able. The way it was done takes away from the movie, and cheapens the entire flow of the film.
In reflection, did the telling of Noah come across as needed in this modern version? Yes; every main point was addressed, and followed accordingly. This interpretation of how Noah went from “point A” to “point B” was fantastic. Of course you are free to disagree, but depending on how much you disagree may be related to either being a non-believer (God was very present in this movie), or because the cult doesn’t allow for any self-thought.
I liked how God spoke, and agree to some extent on how this could be true. I like that Noah was in a drunken state passed out naked on the beach; I like it better that he wasn’t a drunk beforehand but that his action drove him to drink. I like that Noah’s choices were hard, and the easy path wasn’t the solution.
“And unto you I say be fruitful and multiple, and repopulate the Earth.”
Like I said, there is a lot wrong with this movie, but the basics are solid (like the worldwide rainbow).  So with that I give “Noah” two thumbs up and I recommend seeing this in theaters.
 

Need For Speed Movie Review

 “Need For Speed” is a great video game turned movie.

A lot of the time they cannot pull off a movie based off of a game because of all of the hype, and on top of that people really put themselves into these games; so when it is wrong, it is really bad…think Van Damme in “Street Fighter”.

I love this movie, and would probably choose to watch it over any other type flick. “The Fast and the Furious” franchise have nothing on “Need For Speed”. Besides this film co-stars Michael Keaton, and anytime that you can get Batman to host a secret illegal race...the world is all good.

So as Mr. Keaton said,” Cop cars top out around 130. Sorry smokies, good luck trying to keep up. I’ll let you know who wins”.

I highly recommend “Need For Speed”; giving this movie two huge thumbs up, and I recommend seeing this in theaters.
 

Muppets Most Wanted Movie Review

 “Muppets Most Wanted” did not live up to the franchise name.

It was a good blend of human to Muppet ratio, but it seems like they struggled to pull it together. The Muppets were solid. The human actors were solid. The writing was good, and the story was sound. Separated out like that the components were perfect, and the movie should have been as anticipated once put together, but it wasn’t; something kept it from being “The Muppets”.

The human aspect has always been my favorite part of any Muppet show, and this was no different. Usher as the usher, celebrity cameos, and who doesn’t love Ricky Gervais. Ray Liotta was perfect, and the best part is when Tina Fey tased Loki.

So like they say in a Siberian gulag, “Goodnight Danny Trejo!”

Although the movie really never came together, I still have to give it two thumbs up based on the franchise and what they tried to do in this film; however I recommend you wait to see it when it is released on DVD.

 

Escape Plan Movie Review

 “Escape Plan” is easily summed up with “You hit like a vegetarian”.

I’m a big fan of over-the-hill muscle bound action starts kicking some major butt, but this movie wasn’t it. Stallone played to his strengths, while Schwarzenegger used a big gun.

Anyone who was alive during the 80’s knows that seeing these two action greats on the screen together is a dream come true. Unfortunately they couldn’t pull it off this time. Not because of the story, but because who starred in the story. Is there anyone who could have done it better? I don’t know, but “Escape Plan” was an epic failure.

There lies my dilemma; would I watch it again? Yes! Would I be willing to watch it every time my father-in-law, who is a huge Stallone fan, comes over? Yes! That is the thing, I don’t hate the movie, nor do I like it.

Any 60 year old that can literally beat my ass deserves at least one thumbs up, and so I give “Escape Plan” one thumb up, and I recommend you wait to see it when it is released on DVD.

 

Divergent Movie Review

 “Divergent” had the absolutely best…wait hold up…this movie had absolutely nothing to offer, which includes a plot.

I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

This movie could have easily been condensed and made better by bringing the others book in the series into it; that way there may have been something to get excited about. Unless of course you are one particular fifteen year old girl, like the one who was sitting next to me in the theater. She was literally living the movie. Holding her breath, sitting on the edge of her seat (never actually seen anyone do that before), falling in love; she was so into it. Other than her, I cannot imagine anyone else getting anything out of this movie.

The movie sucked royally, and the funny part is that one very trusted source who happened to read the series thought that for the first time ever, that a movie was actually better than the book; that is never the case. My question is; how bad was the book because the movie was pointless?

People who are divergent are different, that is the case in the movie as in real life. The leading character is divergent, but except for the last minutes of the movie it has nothing to do with the plot at all. Come on…that trait, that difference…is the title of the movie. One would expect for that difference to play a large role in the film.

The actors were fine; in fact I really liked Jai Courtney in this. So I cannot blame the actors at all, in any sense. However, we should bring back stoning for the sole purpose of punishing the writers, producer, director, and anyone else that had a hand in making this movie behind the scenes. They punished all of us by making a pointless film, and I think that the courts will agree (especially if any of the judges seen the movie).

I give “Divergent” two thumbs way down, and I recommend you wait to see it when it comes out on TV, but not just on TV…I am talking about the free television networks, not cable or satellite; the ones that you unplug your cable box for and put up the old rabbit ears up to get some sort of reception.

I fact don’t even watch it on TV…don’t watch it at all; unless maybe you’re in prison or in a coma and have absolutely nothing else to do.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Movie Review

 “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” was far better than I imagined.

Now I know that I have said similar things about different movies in the past, and in all retrospect I should probably stop judging books by their covers; or in this case, movies by their previews. However, in this particular situation I had all of the reason in the world to prejudge and hate the newest Captain America film. “Captain America: The First Avenger” sucked rotten eggs and smelled just as pleasant. In “The Avengers” Captain America was the weakest member of the team and could have ruined the film if he had more screen time.

I like Captain America in comic books, and in cartoons. In fact, I even like Chris Evans’ portrayal of the shield wielding hero. When I think of “Cap” I think of more…

The second movie gave me (and all of us) that more that had been lacking the first two showings of America’s old school hero. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” showcased what Captain America is all about; the ultimate clean-cut, red white and blue, American badass.

Sam Jackson is not the greatest actor out there, but he is tough, and people like that about him; so seeing Nick Fury kicking butt was great. Plus we got to see what was behind the patch, and the death of Fury himself.

The best character by far though was Black Widow. Scarlett Johansson has brought her “A” game in every showing of the Black Widow so far, but this time she really stepped it up a notch; so I guess that means that she brought her “A+” game (maybe? I don’t know…it sounded good when I was thinking it).

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” should have been labeled “Bucky’s Return” without giving too much away, like Bucky is back for example.

All and all it was a great action movie and it was a great Captain America movie. I happily give “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” two thumbs up, and I recommend seeing this in theaters.

 

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