where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Thursday, March 24th, 2011
show: 11:15 a.m. ( Extra Dollar Off First Show Matinee )
costs: $6.25 Ticket + $2.32 bulk Chocolate Candy + $4.00 small Diet/Zero Coke = $12.57
auditorium: 11
seat: 4th row, 8th column
synopsis/overview: A sleazeball lawyer, Mickey Haller ( Matthew McConaughey ), who specializes in sleazeball cases, gets a crisis of conscience when the biggest sleazeball case falls on his lap.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) "That's not how you spell the 'wheel'"; 2.) "My name's Reynaldo"; 3.) Case postponed; 4.) "I got my license back three months ago"; 5.) Bikers; 6.) "The best scam artists in the world are right here in Hollywood"; 7.) The attorney couple; 8.) "Luis' choice"; 9.) "I may turn some tricks for the PTA"; 10.) "Time to tell me what happened"; 11.) "Homosexual couple from across the hall"; 12.) "There's no client more scary than an innocent man"; 13.) "No, no. I got this. I insist"; 14.) Security tape; 15.) "What am I missing here"; 16.) Switched files; 17.) "You lied to me"; 18.) "How does someone like you sleep at night with the scum that you represent"; 19.) "You know that there are lines that I will cross"; 20.) Photo evidence; 21.) "I ain't going to jail for something I didn't do"; 22.) "I'm trying to make it right"; 23.) "I couldn't believe I'd represent at innocent man"; 24.) "He's got me in his trick bag"; 25.) Intruder; 26.) Murder scene; 27.) "You were the only one who could have taken it off him"; 28.) 'Phone message; 29.) Gun case; 30.) "Pleasurable, consensual love"; 31.) Warrant; 32.) Testimonies; 33.) "There's something I need you to get for me"; 34.) Defendant's testimony; 35.) Legal document; 36.) Rebuttal witness; 37.) Judge's chambers; 38.) The acquittal; 39.) "Time to find yourself a new lawyer"; 40.) "Whose side are you on, anyway"; 41.) "You got more balls than a Chinese ping-pong tournament"; 42.) Tracker; 43.) "Hospital, not the morgue"; 44.) The killer; 45.) "I thought I told you to be careful"; and 46.) "Three-peat customers .... You stick it to them the next time."
favorite scene: I liked the "payback" scene involving the bikers.
audience reaction: The audience liked this a lot.
recommendation: I liked this Psychological Thriller type of movie, too. Go see it if you're a fan of the genre.
spoiler alert! Couldn't he afford to own a more modern and more fuel-efficient Lincoln Town Car especially with today's gas prices the way they are? Why was the attorney couple ( He = Defense; She = Prosecution ) allowed to appear and/or present their cases in the same court? Shouldn't this be considered a breach of professional ethics or a conflict of interest? Just who, exactly, stole the old gun in the first place? When pointing out the taped evidence to the witness, why did he use his "dirty" finger instead of his index finger--was he sending out a message to her since she was just a prostitute? What exactly was the killer's motive? There had to have been a reason why he just targeted prostitutes. And his personal experience with rape didn't justify the killings. The police would want to know how Mickey came into possession of a gun which was not registered in his name at all. Because the unregistered-to-him gun would cast doubt on his "Self-Defense" alibi, tainting it with a hint of premeditation. Not only that but, more than likely, he didn't have a permit to carry a concealed deadly weapon.
fyi: My brother took me to the hospital two days after I injured my left knee during my bicycle ride from work. The nurse asked me why it took me two days to go to the hospital. And I told her that it was because I couldn't walk the day before. Anyway, after she immobilized my left leg, she had me sit in a wheelchair and be wheeled out of the hospital--for legal reasons--even though I was more than capable of limping out to the curb where my brother sat in his pick-up truck waiting for me. I can honestly tell you this: I felt very embarrassed sitting in that damn wheelchair! Heck, I mean, I rode my bicycle for ten miles after the accident to get back home and, yet, they wouldn't let me walk just a few yards' distance in the hospital. Oh, and those idiots forgot to give me a pair of crutches!
word of advice: Don't send an innocent man to jail.
tidbits: I had my periodontal cleaning today at 8:00 a.m. And the hygienist told me to keep up the good work because my teeth were very clean.
I went to the Admiral Callahan Lane Safeway Store to get my prescription filled, afterwards.
Then, I went to the doughnut shop a few doors down to have a breakfast of coffee and apple fritter. Dang! their apple fritters are at least three times bigger than the ones at Safeway. I couldn't even finish the whole thing.
I went home to take care of some bills and dropped them off at the Postal Annex before I went to see this movie.
After the movie, I went to pick-up my check, put gas in my car's tank, and make deposits at Bank of America and Chase Bank.
Finally, I went to Selecta Filipino Buffet to eat lunch, to buy some lottery tickets and to read the Filipino newspapers before heading off for home.
And I did all these in the rain. Talk about crummy weather. But I guess that we need the water, whether we like it or not.
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