Cameron H.

Just bumping this as a reminder...

I know. I believe it's a Bob Dylan demo he wrote while on the set of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. I see your "the more you know" and raise you a

Yeah! I'm not a huge country fan, but I do have two of his songs ("Wagon Wheel" and "Radio")

I agree! Everyone seems to having a hoot and a holler! Welcome to the boards!

Just watching Miami Connection and having the best night ever...

It was a Drunk History segment if that counts. I both love and hate "Jolene." You're too good for him, Dolly!

Fantastic!

My tablet was taking awhile to load and froze at "losing to Louis Gossett Jr for" and my mind wanted to fill in "Iron Eagle?!?" ETA: Do you want to be added to the rotation, Slide? We'd be glad to have you

Ugh! Don't get him started. If I have to sit here and listen to Cam B talk about and post pictures of licorice again, I'm going to fucking puke. "Look at me! I live in Japan, I'm super nice, and I love candy that tastes like Satan's butthole...."

Honestly, the thought of a "soft candy Christmas" turns my stomach...

I'm just saying some things are inherently of better quality than others. If that makes me an elitist, well...

Yeah, but like you said, they're everywhere - so kind of disappointing. There's nothing really special about them. They're like the bare minimum of candy - like candy corn on Halloween. @kate - I'm guessing they went more optimistic so the ending wouldn't be a complete bummer.

How many times can you listen to the same song before you have to admit you have a problem? I've just listened to Lionel Ritchie's "You Are" three times in a row. That's got to be pretty close, right?

I'm guessing a 'Hard Candy Christmas" would be something kind of sweet, but hard to swallow. Like, it's Christmas, and we're happy about that, but things aren't all that great either. As for the potential of a Kris Kristofferson/ Dolly pairing, I just saw it in Joyful Noise and it was...not good. Maybe it's just because Kris is old now, but his heavy-breathing, talk singing was creepy and off-putting. I shall share it with you now... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QJ5e1N1aIc ETA: For those who read my Letterboxd review, the dude in this scene is supposed to be her grandson and had just looked Dolly square in the eyes with tenderness and called her his "gorgeous grandma." It was really upsetting... ETA 2: Kris is dead in this scene.

You've been missed!

I think this was my favorite song in the movie:

For anyone with Amazon Prime, Miami Connection is on two of the add-on channels: Con TV and Cinefest. There's nothing else really on there, but if you want to save yourself some money, you can sign up for a 7 day free preview and just cancel it before the week is up.

Oh, yeah! I felt terrible for all the women! How horrible!

Maybe it's not a "hot take" exactly. I'm just saying, regulate it and make it safe, that's all. I'm sick of people sticking their "morality" in other people's business. If you don't like it, don't go. I thought the movie was pretty good. Of the two movies about prostitution we've done this round, this is definitely the superior movie. I was amazed that I already owned two of the songs ("Hard Candy Christmas" and "I Will Always Love You") so that was cool. I also thought Burt was really good. I think I've only see him *star* in a couple of movies - this and Smokey and the Bandit - and I have to say, I get it. Had Harrison Ford turned down Han Solo, I think I would have liked to see Reynolds in that part. He's got the right swagger - although that high pitched, tittering laugh he sometimes does would have to go.

Wow! I didn't know this was based on a true story. BTW - Here's my hot take on brothels: two consenting adults can have sex for whatever reason they like. A person can want to have sex with someone because they love them, or because of the way they cut their hair, the way they walk, the cereal they eat, or for an exchange of goods and services. As long as both parties agree on the terms, who gives a fuck? Lord knows that brothels are a healthier and safer alternative for everyone involved. I'm really glad this movie agrees with me

Kind of bouncing off of what Cam just brought up, I enjoyed how this movie illustrated how life is often unfair and how it's the fleeting things in life that make it bearable. It's sex, or a song, or a friend, or a smoke, or a drink, or threatening the pompous television watch dog on national television. It's those moments that make the injustices in the world tolerable. I like how it doesn't necessarily have a happy ending, but they themselves can still live happily ever after.

Thanks! I definitely will! I didn't know such a thing existed...

This is what I mean when a movie needs to be made with sincerity. In terms of quality, it would be so easy to lump this together with Ninja Terminator or Hard Ticket, but because it is made with innocence instead of cynicism, it transcends from being merely a crappy movie and becomes something more.

I've spent quite a bit of time at UCF in my day and I love how dingy and gross it looks in this movie. It's really not that bad. And, Sorry. Spoiler Alert. 95% of "Miami" Connection takes place in Orlando.

It's a movie about "or-pans" and an indictment against Big T-shirt. Oh, and it's about being "Friends for Eternity" - just like us, guys