double dose of joel

Ever since the time change on Sunday, I've been feeling jetlagged.
The problem is this: it's Spring Break and I haven't been anywhere, much less on a plane.
I've just been right here.
(Hey, the bfe will get the joke!)
So, since it was cheap-movie day, that's where I went!
But I was in need of a theme for this doubleheader.
Which ones would it be?
I also wanted the movies to be two which I had not yet seen.
You know - make it a more challenging proposition.
(smile)
And you know what?
"Red Sparrow" and "Gringo" were a perfect combination!
What did they have in common?
Joel Edgerton, named like a Stan Lee character, interacting with blonde women.
I can hear the question now: named like a Marvel bad guy or like a Marvel good guy?
Does it really matter?
Do you not know what I mean?
Perhaps you missed "The Excelsior Acquisition", back in Season 3, Episode 16, of "The Big Bang Theory"?
That was the one in which Raj, in three separate instances, rattles off the names of those created by Stan the man.
Good Guys, like Peter Parker and Bruce Banner.
Bad Boys, like Green Goblin and Silver Surfer.
Get it?
Alliteration, amigo!
I choose to believe that Joel chose these roles because of the names of the characters he would be playing.
As Nate Nash he was definitely a Good Guy. Even as a spy, he had a heart of gold - beneath a nicely hairy chest and well-shaped legs, both of which were bared on more than one occasion as he emerged from a swimming pool. Oh, yeah!
Also, he helped the heroine double-cross her bad uncle.
Yes, Nate Nash was definitely a Good Guy.
On the other hand, Richard Rusk was bad to the bone. He was constantly half-dressed and fully engorged all throughout the movie. Talk about your bad Americans, he embodied the phrase fully.
Thankfully, his bad boss behavior bounced him into handcuffs at film's end.
Hooray!
I'm so glad I was able to see Joel in both films - what a fine range he has!
I must say, though, that I prefer him as a Good Guy.
I'll keep an eye out for his next role.