A is for A-Team, B is for B Movie, C is for Complete Escapism

First off, thanks to my friend who clued me in about the best pirate movie site out there. I had a few friends over for some dinner, a little vaporized sativa and the A-Team movie. I remember watching the original series when I was growing up and it was never ever good. Each new season actually got worse (there were five seasons in total) until it was canceled in 1986. But thanks to our friends in Hollywood, every television show or toy with a modicure of commercial success is ripe for a remake, rebirth or (my most hated euphemism) re-imagination.

The A-Team movie though is wonderfully over-the-top, summer escapism. The plot is half-baked, but the casting for the film is stupendous. High praise for casting Liam Neeson as Hannibal Smith, the man who loves when a plan comes together, and a scene stealing Sharlto Copley, of District 9, as the lunatic pilot "Howling Mad" Murdock. The plot moves like a rogue bowling ball tossed down a huge hill until scenes between "Faceman" Peck (Bradley Copper) and his ex-girlfriend Captain Charisa Sosa (Jessica Biel) cause the entire movie to come to a celluloid stopping halt. Beside this, it's flying tanks, implausible escapes and a fun time.

And for all those haters, with the economy in the toilet and tons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, whose interested in sitting in the dark pondering the dark realities of the real world? Light up and go stream the A-Team.