After reading Dave's review of the film, Joe wonders if Dave thinks of himself as the victim of catfishing, and we both wish we could eat pimento cheese at every meal.
Dave: This movie might as well be called Whoopi Goldberg Gets Catfished. Throughout the film, Goldberg's character, a communications specialist at a bank who gets drawn into international espionage, meets so many handsome men by 1980s standards, but gets hung up on a spy that she can only communicate with via the computer terminal at her bank job. Foreshadowing the experience of all of us who have tried online dating, Goldberg's handsome man claims to be stuck somewhere in Eastern Europe and unable to meet her, even though he desperately wants to. Instead, they chat online every night at the same time and Jack puts her up to more and more embarrassing and dangerous stunts, involving people who claim to be spies but who I suspect are actually his wingmen. When Whoopi is finally completely smitten, Jack "escapes from Eastern Europe" and creepily shows up at her office looking like a refugee from Bass Pro Shops: I think he's wearing some kind of oversized fly fishing vest and he has the mullet to end all mullets. He also appears to be roughly 47 years older than I (and probably Whoopi) expected - maybe this is the genesis of the old bait-and-switch profile picture trick! After their date at the end of the film, Jack probably sent a message to Whoopi's office computer saying that he "really doesn't know what he wants right now" and "maybe it's better if we just take things slow." Whoopi subsequently gets a cat, starts reading cozy mystery novels, and still secretly hopes Jack will message her again after hours at the bank. (⭐️⭐️⭐️)
This popcorn may be the absolute best we've ever made. Admittedly, I am nuts for pimento cheese (I mean, it's basically mayo and cheese, so what's not to like!?). But popcorn with finely shredded cheese, butter, and sweet paprika was deceptively simple, but amazingly delicious. The butter and cheese did make the popcorn a little messy and a little less crunchy than I'd prefer, but the smoky, salty taste from the paprika and the oh-so-slightly melted cheese, which the recipe suggested dumping on the popcorn while it was hot, was a match made in heaven. This is not a dinner guest or first date popcorn - there's no way to eat it with dignity - but darn, is it ever good. (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️).
Joe: I remember really wanting to see this film as a youngster - the phone booth sequence in the previews looked so funny, and Aretha Franklin's version of the song was quite the hit that year. The film was a parade of 1980s actors: Whoopi (obvs), Annie Potts, Carol Kane, Phil Hartmann, Jon Lovitz... almost like a Saturday Night Live skit come to life. And that turned out to be a good thing. What I really wanted to watch this evening was a totally brainless film, and Jumpin' Jack Flash most definitely hit the spot. The plot was borderline incomprehensible, Whoopi chews up every scene she's in, and the KBG fear-mongering felt positively quaint in light of a year that was pretty much nonstop terror. Still, this flick was dumb fun, and it made me yearn for the time before we had an internet and smartphones. (⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2)
Dave makes a killer pimento cheese. I also make my own killer version of pimento cheese, thanks to his tutelage and my own inventive combo of spices. So when he announced he was going to make a pimento cheese popcorn, you better believe my ears perked and my salivary glands started working over time. True, this popcorn lacks the sweetness the pimento brings to the party, but GOOD HEAVENS. This is definitely one of the best popcorns we've made. It's delightfully cheesy - perhaps because that's really the primary ingredient. Really, this is just cheddar cheese popcorn, and you better believe it's marvelous. We fought over the final crumbs. (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Popcorn recipe from: Atlanta Magazine
Jumpin' Jack Flash on IMDB.
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