MANUFACTURER: MILTON BRADLEY
PIECES: 1000
MOVIES: THE COLOR OF MONEY, THE FLY II
November 11, 2016
If there's one thing I hate more than missing puzzle pieces, it's running jokes that go on too long. So don't expect to see a post begin like this EVER AGAIN!
This was a fairly standard puzzle. Like I posted earlier, a common format is sky-castle-boats-water, well, another really common one is sky-castle-bushes-flowers. I'm not a big fan of the bushes in these puzzles, honestly. Each piece is pretty indistinct and its usually pretty tedious work to do them, especially when it's all one uniform color and texture, like this one. I like bushes in real life though, so the lingering appreciation for them helps me power through the monotony.
The missing pieces are unfortunate, but at least they allow you to easily see the odd shape of the pieces. This looked like a pretty old puzzle and I can't recall seeing pieces shaped like that on the more modern puzzles. I might totally be wrong about that, we shall see as we go through these. I do like the pieces though, the make it a little bit easier, especially with the dreaded bushes.
A couple of sequels for this one, both that come with a little bit of a bad reputation.
Despite being directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese, Color of Money is definitely a far inferior sequel to the classic The Hustler. Paul Newman was excellent as usual (he won the Oscar), and Tom Cruise was cast perfectly as an obnoxious protegé who's really full of himself, but it just doesn't have the same charm as the original. No way Tom Cruises bouffant haircut and pearly white teeth can replace George C. Scott, either. The innovative and unique photography with the pool playing is probably what I remember most about the movie, which kinda says a lot about the movie over all. B-
The Fly II? Some truly disgusting stuff in this one (both the special effects and the writing). They really tried to emulate a lot from the first movie (by first I mean the Goldblum one), but weren't really able to get anything as close to that. Funny anecdote: my lovely girlfriend Lia's aunt is friends with people who went to high school with Jeff Goldblum and apparently they are very disappointed that he does not go back for his high school reunions. We are all disappointed in you Jeff. C-
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