Weekly Mail April 28, 2019

Hey:

So I'm finishing up a week off from work. When I was in school, going back after this week off was the easiest of the three weeks we got off from school. Going back after Christmas was always tough, because you had to get through January and also because you were leaving all the cool stuff you got for Christmas behind. Going back after the February break was a bit easier, but still.

But if you got through the Easter break, you knew you were in the homestretch. Especially if it was a late Easter like this one. Of course now its just back to work with no two months off coming my way.

But I'll be happy for Tim when school is over for the year.

Anyway......



MOVIE REVIEW**MOVIE REVIEW**MOVIE REVIEW**MOVIE REVIEW**

Avengers Endgame
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Pratt, Scarlet Johansen
Saw it with: Timmy

So historically speaking, I don't do movie premieres. When I was a kid, I felt like the kids that went to a blockbuster movie premiere were the ones who were spoiled and obnoxious. (You know who you are). Those feelings haven't changed.  The first/last time I went to a movie the day it opened was when I went to see Showgirls-which while pathetic, was also a very accurate definition of the state of my life circa the fall of 1995.

In any event, Tim talked me into going to see the Avengers on Friday afternoon. I wasn't one of those geeks that went at midnight. No we did the blue hair special at 4 PM.

So naturally I don't want to give away on spoilers so I'll keep my review to a few opinions.

1) It's LONG. I'm talking DeMille's The Ten Commandments long. I'm talking two trips to the john long. They could have cut this baby down to 2.5 hours and still gotten the story told.

2)It's CONFUSING- Now, remember when Timmy and I saw Avengers Infinity War last year (WM:June 3, 2018) and I told you I couldn't review it because I didn't understand it? Well, not much has changed. I mean I got the gist of it, but still there was a lot of confusion.

My Post Colleague Kathianne Boniello just informed me that to properly catch up, I would need to watch almost 60 hours worth of film time. I should have just let Tim write the review.

3 Aces.

OBITUARIES: John Havlicek

John Havlicek had the misfortune to die during the NFL Draft. It's the only explanation as to the lack of coverage for what I felt was a pretty big deal.

I have multiple apps on my phone that give me breaking news, sports or otherwise, and not one of them announced Havilcek's passing. All of them told me that Kyler Murray was the first pick in the draft, which was the worst kept secret in sports.

That's a shame.

Havlicek was one of the NBA's 50 greatest players, the all time leading scorer for a franchise that also had the likes of Bird, Russell, and Cousy. I never got to see him play, but anyone I know who did says he could do it all, shoot, pass, rebound and defend. I grew up detesting the Celtics, but the reason for that was because they had great players. I'm not sure John Havlicek was the greatest of them all, but statistically speaking he may have been. RIP.

Now that I got that off my chest.....


THE NFL Draft: (or the Super Bowl for when your team sucks)

The Jets and Giants for the second year in a row had high draft picks. The Jets picked 3rd and the Giants had the 6th and 17th picks in the first round. The Jets pick Quinnen Williams was considered by many to be "the best player in the draft". Following Leonard Williams and Jamal Adams who also if memory serves were tagged with that moniker. Seems like if we keep picking the best players, it stands to reason we should start winning some games. Instead we suck it up and are right back to the draft where we pick "the best player in the draft." And people wonder why I try not to watch too much football on Sunday.

But the Jets draft was a walk in the park compared to what the Giants did on Thursday night. The consensus was that their choice with the 6th pick, QB Daniel Jones, would have still been available at 17. And that there was at least one QB rated higher than Jones who was still available.

The looks on the Giants fans faces when they selected Jones was priceless.

I'm old enough to remember the last time the Giants drafted a QB from Duke. Dave Brown didn't exactly make people forget Simms and Hostetler. The Giants are counting on Jones to take over for Eli Manning.  Maybe we'll all be wrong and this guy will end of being the next Tom Brady. More likely, he'll be the next Dave Brown.





That's all we got this week kids. Back to the Grind


and Have a Great Week