Documentaries

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Well if Val still has 5-10M left, that's plenty. I should not have assumed you hadn't seen Val's autobiography film. I assume he is still in Malibu, which has some of the best weather in the world, and he's got a nice ride. In the documentary, he claimed it was the divorce expenses that fucked him up, but I'll take your word for it that it was the Mark Twain movie that reduced his fortune to 5-10M (I will also take your word for it that you are not the only one reading this thread besides me). If you're not a smoker and get throat cancer that's somewhat of a bad beat (I'm guessing he was not a smoker, or not much of one, but I don't know). Anyway, I'm glad he got it treated and recovered - hopefully his voice will recover too, but that's gravy.
I enjoyed the footage Val provided from the set of the Island of Dr. Moreau fiasco. I liked that movie even though it was supposed to have been a total fuck-up.
What I was really hoping for, was a lot more detail about Real Genius which is one of my favorite movies and my favorite movie that Val made -but it was totally glossed over.
I saw an obscure movie 17 or so years ago that he did called Mindhunters which you may have seen. IIRC this one sat on the rack for 10 years or something like that and then it was in theaters (where I saw it) for like a week. It was OK, nothing special. Since Val did so many movies, I guess it was understandable that he glossed over a lot of them and just stuck to detailing the big ones.
Anyway, as you mentioned, Mark is probably (like 99.9% probably) a friend of Val's and was just plugging the shit for Val. I thought it was Ok, but absolutely no fucking way was this a must see documentary.
Hopefully Val realizes that cruising around Malibu in a nice ride with 5-10M in the bank is just fine, but that's out of my hands.

Val is/was a really good looking guy.
No way in Hell he wasn't cheating around on his wife lol.
Marriage has about a 50% chance of failure anyways and in Cali the Wife has all the power.
Whatever... besides the point.
In the Doc he was saying how all that land was for his family and their future generations.
That he would never give it up.
And after all that he says I need to sell it to fund this Mark Twain Project.
I wasn't there and I don't know him or anything but just on the surface that seems contradictory and selfish.
I get it... that's life.
When MC Hammer went Broke he told people... hey, there is MC Hammer Broke and there is Regular People Broke.
Meaning that when these people go broke it is more likely for paperwork purposes and they have plenty of hidden cash/assets.
I don't care how much money and power you have... it's easy to Fuck It Up.
I don't know if Val was a smoker but he certainly had to smoke for certain roles in movies.
And just living in LA or any Big City Area is a large risk for all sorts of Cancer(s).
The documentary had its moments but it just felt disjointed and didn't have much substance, in my opinion.
But everyone else loves it and praises it because you know, its about a guy overcoming death and cancer and nobody wants to kick him when he is down.

I am reviewing the documentary for entertainment purposes.
I probably should shut the fuck up about Val's Personal Life which I know nothing about.
Although he did put it all out there for us to look at and somewhat judge.
When you do the math, 62 is near the end, try to enjoy it.
If you make it into your 70's without money and people to help you, you are most likely Fucked!
And it only gets worse.
I watched my grandfather have a stroke in his early 60's and spend 25 years in a VA Hospital Bed.
That's Life but do you really want to live out your last 25 years like that?
I guess his sister liked it as she controlled all that monthly VA and SS money coming in lol!
12 x 25 = 300 x a monthly average of 3000 dollars = 900 Dimes over 25 Years.
That's a lot of money, I guess you have to keep him alive at those numbers lol.
Me, I'm crawling out somewhere with my 45 Automatic.
I don't want to make a mess indoors for someone to clean up.
The End.