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Netflix Originals

Okay, so... Up until recently I had only ever watched Netflix original TV shows.  This prior weekend though, I watched a Netflix original movie.  Okay, so to be honest, it was stupid and cheesy.  But... I actually enjoyed it.

So, the movie was this one with that Mall Cop guy in it.  It's called The True Memoirs of an International Assassin.  Or something along those lines.

Anyways the basic premise of the movie was that the guy wrote this book and then he submitted it to these publishers and they all rejected it save for one.  That one then changed the title of the book adding "true" to it even though it was fiction.

He's like... "Well, that's not cool."

Then she hands him a stack of cash as part of the profits and he's like.. "Well okay I guess..."

Then... Like as soon as he gets home from that meeting... There's a knock at his door and you're just like OH NO!

That's when it gets interesting.

You'll just have to watch it.  I feel like it's a decent enough plot.

So, the one thing I noticed from it is that the plot is very much driven by things completely out of his control that weren't of his own decision after he makes one original decision.

Basically... In the very beginning when he's writing the book, one of his friends tells him something, and then tells him that information is NOT for the book.  He goes against that and puts it in the book anyways.

It's that act that sets the whole thing in motion and then everything from then on is like a whirlwind around him that is something he basically has no control over.

I feel kind of like most of us can identify with that.  Maybe something happened in the past where... We made one choice that we realize wasn't the best choice, but it's one of those situations where it's too late to go back and now there are forces all around us pushing us further down that road.

Maybe that's why I was into the movie... I mean, it's also pretty funny.  It's just one of those mindless movies where you have it playing in the background while you do something else and then every couple minutes you glance back up and watch for a few minutes and then go back to what you were doing.

Anyways... Check it out of your Netflix queue is getting kind of short.  It's not the best movie ever made, but it's fairly entertaining.

Oh and I like the soundtrack.  The songs are super popular classic tunes that have been redone.  It's a bit like how they redid pop songs in a different language for The Life Aquatic.  It's the same as that.  They redid the songs in a different language to fit the movie.

Anyways... Give it a watch if you're bored.  Or just want a good background movie.  I was going to post the trailer here but I just watched it and it TOTALLY gives away most of the movie.  So, I'm not going to post the trailer here.  Just put it on in the background while you're doing work.  Or just watch it.