Draft Day: I thought this was Supposed to be Realistic

Draft Day attempted to allow us to feel like we were in a "real" War Room for the draft, but that's an outright lie. The moves made are unrealistic and ridiculous. The pinnacle of the insult mountain is the Jaguars trading the No. 6 pick for three second rounders. It's so preposterous it's physically painful to watch it happen. The deal for the Browns to move up to No. 1 was feasible, but I'm going to ruin this piece of shit for everyone, SPOILER ALERT they don't take the franchise QB that everyone expects. They take a guy who would've been available at No. 7 originally at No. 1, like the Jaguars would've done. The QB falls to number No. 6 where the Browns trade their next 3 second rounders, since they traded 3 first rounders to move up. The Jaguars take it because we're led to believe that nobody does any homework in the draft and the players they expected to be available at 6 wasn't. The Browns THEN deal No. 6 back to the Seahawks for all their picks back PLUS a punt returner. That's EVEN more ridiculous than the Jaguars deal. It'd be more realistic that a fan riot in either city broke out and murdered all team personnel. This heap of shit isn't even over and I'm ready to rule on it. Bottom Line: 3.1 out of 10. Awful, crap, boring, stupid, ridiculous. DO NOT WATCH THIS. P.S. I'm insulted Ellen Barkin was associated with this film. I also forgot to mention that it wastes time trying to make some relationship tension between Costner and Garner, which is probably worse than the draft shenanigans. I want my two hours back whatever studio threw this garbage together.

Machine Gun Preacher

I was avoiding this one because I'm far from a Gerard Butler fan, but this had a great rating on Netflix and I was looking for something entertaining. Butler is a good fit for a man who struggled with drugs, booze, and guns (though I guess struggling might not be the best word for the guns...), but he also does well in the redemption part. Sam Childers would be better playing himself because he's clearly a badass. The pictures during the credits don't do him justice I'm quite certain. He completely changes his life after he fought with and stabbed a hitchhiker him and his friend pick-up. The hitchhiker did try to hold a knife to his friend, which was a bad idea. The movie tries to balance his family life with his calling, which is building and maintaining in orphanage in war-torn Sudan. He goes to unbelievable lengths to sustain and protect his shelter/orphanage. It's a great story, especially after seeing the amazing documentary "The Devil Came on Horseback". The reality is Sudan is as close to hell as possible and the efforts of Sam Childers make a monster difference in the kids he saves. Bottom Line: 8.4 out of 10. The movie is excellent, though I have an enormous soft spot for movies like this. I thought they spent too much time on the family struggles, but Sam Childers life probably deserves a TV series and even that might not be enough time to do it justice. I think it's probably worth reading more on Sam Childers.

The Drop- Don't Bother

I was excited to fire up The Drop featuring Jimmy Gandolfini and Tom Hardy. The movie seemed like a movie centered around robbing money from a "Drop bar" where illegal money is dropped and picked up by mobsters, etc. I assumed this would mean wild badassery from Tom Hardy, or AT LEAST Jimmy Gandolfini, but sadly it does not. It just drags on for 107 minutes of mediocrity and attempted character development. I joked about 20 minutes through that Tom Hardy's character is "deeply troubled" as evidenced by EVERYTHING about the character. Bottom Line: 5.1 out of 10. Deeply disappointing, down to Tom Hardy's bullshit simpleton "accent".