Sean’s movie thoughts

 How many Focker jokes will be in the upcoming Meet the Parents sequel ? I would guess at least six. At a certain point there can be too many. I remember the last Vacation movie had maybe 5 jokes about the family renting a weird car. Maybe a few were too much or unrealistic for a relatively realistic film. Roger Ebert was not a fan of funny cars in films. He called them a sign of desperation. I saw a good mini review of Wicked for Good . There was a full review later, which was also positive. Most early mini reviews I saw were negative and mentioned splitting a play into 2 films. Wicked, the play,was under 2 hours long, so turning it into 2 movies was going to be a stretch.  The new Deathstalker is decent, more more than decent.  The practical makeup effects are good, and most of the jokes are good. There is not too much comic relief. (Yeah I still complain about too much comic relief.) I think it might be worth watching again.

  Exit Protocol was decent. Dolph Lundgren , Michael Jai White , and Scott Martin star in this movie about assassins. I liked it but maybe it would be better with someone else in Martin's role. He was not terrible but maybe Frank Grillo would have been better in the role.  Michael Jai   White has maybe an extended cameo in Exit Protocol but it was nice to see him. His character was named Isaac Florentine . The real life Isaac Florentine is a director who among films directed Undisputed 2 , which starred Michael Jai White. There is another sequel to Meet the Parents coming out next year. I saw the first two but I don't remember if I saw the third one. I don't remember wanting to see the third one. Expect more jokes about the name Focker. Some of these years later sequels have been kind of sad.