Juliane Moore brings it as Sarah Palin whilst we eat a white person's idea of what Mexicans eat.
Dave: Well, that was terrifying. I know it’s fictionalized, but this movie beat a direct path to Donald Trump and the sycophants that surround him. Watching commentators be upset as Julianne Moore (playing Palin) skate through interviews by memorizing pat answers felt both eerie and quaint. It’s a reminder, once again, that presidential elections, like K-12 School Council Association elections, have become about star power, soundbites, and quips, not policy and ideas. The acting in the film, though, was superb: Julianne Moore’s Alaska accent rarely faltered and she managed to play Palin as a well rounded character, despite temptation to make her a know-nothing and the script that was clearly out to make her a villain of sorts. Ed Harris was brilliant as McCain, and both Woody Harrelson and Sarah Paulson were fascinating to watch. (⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2)
I could eat this popcorn all day. Thanks to Penzeys Spices Southwest spice blend [we aren’t sponsored but we wouldn’t turn it down], this popcorn was deliciously smoky, spicy, and salty. The lime gave it a bit of kick, too. It was so good that we ran out 1/4 of the way through and we had to snack on pound cake to make it through the two hour (!!) movie. 10/10 would make again. (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2)
Joe: I read the book almost a decade ago, and what struck me at the time of reading was how much McCain and Obama came off as squeaky clean. Almost everyone else - Palin, Edwards, and Clinton, among others - were power-hungry, pathological, and dishonest. The film, unfortunately, chooses to focus only on the McCain/Palin thread. McCain, rest his soul, still comes across as the gem of a person I have no doubt he was. I’m grateful that the filmmakers preserved his integrity and his humanity. Don’t @ me, people. You can disagree with the man’s politics and still recognize that he was fair, genuine, and a class act. Palin, appropriately, comes across as the crazy person she is, and it’s now fairly clear that she was the spark plug for the insanity that has now become the Republican Party. The acting in the film is brilliant across the board (with Moore, Harrelson, Harris, and Paulson, how could it not be?), but I do wish the script had stuck to the book. Admittedly, adapting a nonfiction book that was literally developed from interviews would be difficult, but... the book is almost always better than the movie. So says the librarian. (⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2)
Seems the popcorn was only in front of us for only five minutes before the bowl was empty. We didn’t have taco seasoning in the house, but Penzey’s southwest blend was an excellent substitute, mostly because everything Penzey’s makes is amazing (Seriously, Penzey’s, we love you, and if you wanted us to make a popcorn cookbook based off your spice blends, we wouldn’t say no). The bite of lime, the kick of the seasoning - this is a popcorn we will make again and again and again. Beyond delicious. (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Popcorn recipe from: Party Popcorn by Ashton Epps Swank. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014).
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