Yesterday I was thinking about watching a movie. I have several favorites that I have watched recently so I needed to go back to pick one I have that I hadn’t watched in awhile. Because someone in a podcast recently had mentioned 90’s BMWs I thought – Ronin.
But before I opened Plex to watch it I thought I’d check our streaming services to see if there was anything new that might tempt me. Second one in on the “Movies we think you’ll like” line on Prime was a movie called The Comedian from 2016 starring Robert DeNiro. Hmmm, I was going to watch a Robert De Niro movie, this has him in it … I watched the trailer and was intrigued enough to give it a go.
De Niro plays an aging insult comic, but is best known for an old TV comedy he did and everyone remembers fondly except for him. The supporting cast are great and while there some slow spots, the movie was quite enjoyable. Until the ending. Do yourself a favor, at the one hour 51 minute mark when his stand up bit fades to black or if you see a chyron that reads “8 years later” stop watching. I’ve warned you.