{"id":11643,"date":"2009-07-16T09:35:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T07:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=246"},"modified":"2009-07-16T09:35:02","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T07:35:02","slug":"true-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/16\/true-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"True Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"True<\/a><\/p>\n

Watched “True Lies<\/a>” again yesterday.\u00a0 Now this one is a special movie for me.\u00a0 I first saw back in 1994 or 1995, during my first ever trip out of the country, when I went to the Flint, Michigan, USA under a student exchange program.\u00a0 This was “the first” of many things – the first film I’ve seen in English, the first action film I’ve seen on the big screen, etc.\u00a0 It brings back a lot of memories, and it itself is being one huge memory.\u00a0 Even so many years after I saw it, I still remember it almost to a word.<\/p>\n

Obviously, I am very biased in this case.\u00a0 But I spoke to a few of my friends about this film, and practically every one of them remembers the film quite well and has only good things to say about it.\u00a0 Even now, decades later, it still looks pretty awesome.\u00a0 I guess the fact that it has lots of real stunts as opposed to CGI helps it to survive the time.\u00a0 Also, this film being a mix of action and comedy, even with action bits slightly outdated, the comedy is still there, doing just fine.<\/p>\n

Overall, an excellent entertainment.\u00a0 5 stars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Watched “True Lies” again yesterday.\u00a0 Now this one is a special movie for me.\u00a0 I first saw back in 1994 or 1995, during my first ever trip out of the country, when I went to the Flint, Michigan, USA under a student exchange program.\u00a0 This was “the first” of many things – the first film … Continue reading True Lies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1708,1,24],"tags":[1725,1726,1730,1740,1748,1769,1779,1781,1798,1802,1831,1833,1893,1895,1900],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5-stars","category-general","category-movies","tag-arnold-schwarzenegger","tag-art-malik","tag-bill-paxton","tag-charlton-heston","tag-crystina-wyler","tag-eliza-dushku","tag-gino-salvano","tag-grant-heslov","tag-james-cameron","tag-jamie-lee-curtis","tag-majed-ibrahim","tag-marshall-manesh","tag-tia-carrere","tag-tom-arnold","tag-uzi-gal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8008,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/06\/end-of-days\/","url_meta":{"origin":11643,"position":0},"title":"End of Days","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 6, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"\"End of Days\" was on TV now. 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