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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Review

January 25, 2016 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

I went to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens today.  I had previously suggested I would wait until it was in the cheap theatres but my totally reasonable proposal that Smokey and the Bandit needed a reboot and was a better movie than the original Star Wars appears to have garnered minimal traction so I […]

Filed Under: Movie Schmidt Tagged With: A New Hope, Han Solo, Smokey and the Bandit, Star Wars, The Force Awakens

SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT is a Better Movie Than STAR WARS

January 12, 2016 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Three weeks past release and audiences continue flooding into movie theatres like flies to a corpse to watch the long anticipated seventh chapter of the Star Wars franchise.  I am still not one of them.  I prefer picked over bones to fresh flesh, not to mention a cheaper price tag and fewer people, so I’ll […]

Filed Under: Funny Schmidt, Movie Schmidt Tagged With: Burt Reynolds, Harrison Ford, jerry reed, Smokey and the Bandit, Star Wars, Trans Am

The 1977 Movie That REALLY Needs A Reboot

December 16, 2015 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012 and green-lit a sequel trilogy, not a week has passed where something Star Wars wasn’t blowing up my social media.  This year it’s become a daily irritant as the orgasmically anticipated The Force Awakens inches ever closer to its December 18, 2015 release date.   Star Wars this and […]

Filed Under: Funny Schmidt, Movie Schmidt Tagged With: Burt Reynolds, geeks, jerry reed, movies, Smokey and the Bandit, Star Wars

My Life Is A Song #10

June 26, 2015 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Not much needs to be said about this song other than it’s from the GREATEST MOVIE EVER!  Written and performed by a finger picking genius, who also happens to be in this very same movie, this song oozes with nostalgia for me.  Few memories from my childhood are as fond as watching this movie at […]

Filed Under: Music Schmidt Tagged With: beach, childhood, drive-in, jerry reed, movie, nostalgia, Smokey and the Bandit

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