The Monday Minute! is a new series that will provide weekly updates for loyal readers on the titles that have been added to the Jumjax™ Database and our newly accessible IMDb tracking lists.
Jumjax™ Database: New Additions
The search continues.
- Films and Television Shows That Utilize Jumping Jacks
- Films and Television Shows That Do Not Utilize Jumping Jacks
The newly added titles are as follows:
Foreign Correspondent (1940) - 120 minutes
Alfred Hitchcock is world renown for his film craft, but this one could have been crafted better. There is a lot of plotting and intrigue going on here, mixed with suspenseful sneaking and snooping. You can't help but wonder how the protagonist keeps such a sharp mind and also remains physically capable to the challenges he faces, but the film never dares to explain. An oversight. I think showing him doing some jumping jacks would have been a simple, albeit ideal way to accomplish this. 1/10. Not recommended.
Sanshiro Sugata (1943) - 79 minutes
Akira Kurosawa is also world renown for his film craft, and while Sanshiro Sugata (1943) seems like it is a physical-exercise-positive flick with it's jujitsu and judo juxta positioning, one can't help but feel an opportunity was missed by not showing Sanshiro training with jumping jacks, the most efficient exercise (something I would hope great martial arts masters would understand). 1/10. Not recommended.
Game of Thrones (2011- ): Season 8, Episode 5 [TV]
A lot going on in this episode, but when the ash clears I think the consensus will be it would have been much better if it had shown less rubble and instead opted for the more methodical, suspense inducing army preparation--tactical build up. (A perfect place to insert jumping jacks, I might add.) THEN it could flip the switch from that point, but really missing that stability which jumping jacks provide. 1/10. Not recommended at this moment. (1 episode left in this season of the show, and then I will have to watch the earlier seasons to see if there are any redeeming qualities in those episodes and learn more about the characters. I don't see what all the hype is about watching this current season, but maybe the knights have been training with jumping jacks previously, and showing it again in this season was for some reason deemed an unnecessary repetition by the show creators. One can hope.)
Might throw together a supercut with all the jumping jacks instances we've found so far.
xxoo, always yours
-Frank
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