I watched Bullit last night for the first time (SE DVD). It was pretty good but I can't say I loved it. I was amazed at how little dialougue there was, which was ok. I did love the dashboard camera angles on "the" car chase scene.

Last night the girls were all watching ice skating, so I watched The Cincinnati Kid (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059037/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9Y2luY2luYXR0aSBr aWR8ZnQ9MXxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8Y289MXxodG1sPTF8bm09MQ__;fc=1;ft =23;fm=1).

Great movie and what a cast!

Randy

My wife and I watched Kung Fu Hustle. I did not think she'd like it, but she did. It was a bit goofy, but there were some really, really, funny scenes and we did not feel like we wasted our time.

Sat down last night, had some Mega-pop, and watched Doom.

Not bad. Very much like Resident Evil. Some of the acting from supporting cast members was weak , but Hey, it's an action/horror film.

Not jump out of your seat scary, but very entertaining nonetheless.

Loved the first person view during one of the scenes. Brings back a lot of computer gaming memories.

Overall, a very good video game inspired movie. I would recommend it to anyone that likes those types of movies.

Surprisingly, my wife liked it also.

Watched Timecop 2. I didn't know they'd made a second one.
Evil Time Traveler: You have a smile like my wife.
Hooker (disapointed): So you're married.
Evil Time Traveler: Oh, she died a few years ago.
Hooker (excited): Oh, I'm sorry.
Evil Time Traveler: Don't be. She'll be back soon.

Last night, more ice skating for the girls, so I watched Ed Wood!

Randy

Saturday night - girls pick: What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Not bad.

Randy

Last night we watched "Into the Blue." Decent flick (3.5stars) ... Did anyone else notice notice how Jessica Alba's swimsuit always seemed to ride high just when her backside was crossing center screen? I tried to hide the smile but my wife could see the smirk forming at the corners of my mouth. I said I was admiring the color saturation and the pop of the reef scenes but she knew better.
-J

We watched Zathura on Saturday. It was much better than I expected. Wife and daughter liked it too. 3 out of 5 stars.

Blast from the past...Only took me 6 hours (due to interruptions) to watch Gladiator yesterday. Got to love the DTS soundtrack.

Last week I picked Lord of War. Thought it was pretty good.

This week, wife got to pick a movie that has GOT to be one of the top two WORST movies EVER. Right there with Showgirls bad....

One Last Dance...the one with Patrick Swayze. The dancing is OK, the dialogue is terrible and the acting is even worse. When it was done, even the wife was pretty disapointed, and she loves Patrick Swayze. Basically, I wasted an hour and half of my bulb's life.

HEY! That sounds like a pretty good title for a movie..."A BULB'S LIFE!" Oh, wait...nevermid.


Tom

Over the weekend we watched Robots and Brother Bear with the kids. I watched Good Will Hunting solo.

First time, long time...for this thread at least.

Bambi II - 4.5 out of 5...My 15mo old was mesmerized. also the 5 and 6.5yr old and the bigger kid (me) enjoyed it too!
Lord of War - 3.5 out of 5...I like Nick Cage, entertaining.
Constant Gardener - 4 out of 5... Good flick, interesting topic.

My roommate and I went for a double-header at the theater last night...first up was Chapelle's Block Party. Incredibly fun and up-lifting movie. I loved every minute of it. A great mix of comedy and huge musical talent. The movie follows Dave Chapelle as he organizes and sets up a impromptu concert in Brooklyn, NY. He goes back to his hometown in Ohio and randomly invites people on the street. He also goes to one college and invites an entire marching bound of incredibly excited students who then play a magically renedition of Jesus Walks with Kayne West. Honestly, this was probably one of the most fun movie's I've ever seen. Totally made me want to be at the concert (which took place in September of 04. If you're looking for a fun and musical movie to watch, go see this.

Now to the bad.....the second movie was saw was Ultraviolet. And wow, its unimaginely bad. The script, the acting, the action, the fight scenes, they're all worse than horrible. And don't get me wrong, I loved Wimmer's Equilibruim, I thought it was a fresh-take on an old concept, but he unforunately cannot revive what was special in Ultraviolet. The movie literally had me at a loss of words and I still don't know how to explain how bad it was. Its current score of 5% on Rottentomatoes is INCREDIBLY fitting. Its THAT BAD. Honestly, do NOT WASTE THE MONEY ON THIS MOVIE. Funnily enough, the movie theater we saw it in was probably only twice the size of my home theater. The screen might have been no more than 220" diagonal screen...total waste of money.

Block Party: A++++
Ultraviolet: Z----------------------------------------

Last night we watched "Walk the Line" and it was very good. That makes 2 of the 5 Oscar nominated pictures we've seen. Of the 2, I'd pick "Crash" as the winner, but 2 lead actor awards for Walk!

Randy

And Saturday night: The Interpreter. I'm not much of a Kidman fan, but Sean Penn is terrific.

Randy

Watched Broken Flowers last night. It won Grand Prix at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. I thought it was a very entertaining study of an aging bachelor (Bill Murray) coming to grips with his Don Juan ways. He gets an anonymous pink letter advising him he has a 20 yr old son which sets him on a search and back into the lives of four old girlfriends. If you prefer typical Hollywood endings then you won't like the lack of closure but I thought it was a refreshing thinking man's movie. Excellent acting and Sharon Stone was terrific.

Also saw Constant Gardener and thought Ralph Fiennes should have been nominated for best actor.

Just like Heaven is highly recommended.

Walk the Line on Saturday. Very good movie. DTS track sounds great. The music in this movie sounds incredible. Acting by the leads was stellar. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Domino last night. I liked it. Kiera Knightly is stunning. DTS-ES sound was not as good as I had hoped. Good bass, dialog was crystal clear, but I would have liked a little more activity on the surrounds. Granted I had to watch this movie at a somewhat subdued level do to the content. 3 out of 5 stars.

Attempted to watch "The Ice Harvest" with Billy Bob Thorton and John Cusack. I say attempted because after 30 minutes the wife and I had to turn it off. What a poor attempt at a movie. Its not often we have to turn off a movie but we made the exception on Saturday. Redeemed the weekend by popping in a favorite "House of Flying Daggers"....twice

I watched Domino (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CQQIDU), and kept looking at my watch thinking "is that all the time that's past?"

Then I watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E6EK3S), and about 90-minutes into this 157-minute movie my stomach gurgled, I hit pause, thinking "This film is popcorn worthy ! "

Last weekend while up at the condo, we watched Galaxy Quest (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003CXDV/qid=1141753118/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-6242069-8243011?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130). Although a fairly inane movie, I'd forgotten how entertaining it actually is. We had us and another family with us, with all 6 boys on the couch, pretty much riveted, while the girls just watched (us) in amazement. LOL

I watched Domino (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CQQIDU), and kept looking at my watch thinking "is that all the time that's past?"

Then I watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E6EK3S), and about 90-minutes into this 157-minute movie my stomach gurgled, I hit pause, thinking "This film is popcorn worthy ! "

How did you get the Potter movie so soon?

How did you get the Potter movie so soon?

some people are special ;)

Last night Chronilcles of Riddick again with Angela and the three boys. This time in HD over HBO and Comcast. Obviously, this is an extremely demanding movie for bit rates. Even over cable there was some blocking during flashes with lots of movement like when he takes out the solders in the dark.

Art

Last weekend while up at the condo, we watched Galaxy Quest (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003CXDV/qid=1141753118/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-6242069-8243011?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130). Although a fairly inane movie, I'd forgotten how entertaining it actually is. We had us and another family with us, with all 6 boys on the couch, pretty much riveted, while the girls just watched (us) in amazement. LOL
We pop that one in every few months - it's just plain funny to us and we love it! :D

Last night Chronilcles of Riddick again with Angela and the three boys. This time in HD over HBO and Comcast. Obviously, this is an extremely demanding movie for bit rates. Even over cable there was some blocking during flashes with lots of movement like when he takes out the solders in the dark.

Art

I thought the DVD version of the movie looked pretty good though, but I can see it being an encoding nightmare.

Watched Jarhead the other night, pretty good flick.

Watched Walk the Line last night.....meh.

It's one of those movies that is good, but all the way through it, you keep looking at your watch going "Jeez, it's still going??"


Also watched Saw II. Some of the acting from the main cop guy was pretty bad, but the ending made up for it all.

I thought the DVD version of the movie looked pretty good though, but I can see it being an encoding nightmare.

Yea ,It was unwatchable over DirecTV due to blocking but better over cable. The DVD did look good but there is no subsitute for detail in HD.

Art

Watched King Kong 1933 Fay Wray (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AY3KNA). It's amazing how much this director and story did so right. I found myself wondering repeatidly if this film was better than anything made in the last few years. Even the relatively boring bits were riviting, such as I've never seen a contemporary girl with the facial expressions and movements of Fay.

I agree ,you have to get past a few things but it was incredibly well done IMO. Another film that I watched again the other night( I think I pull it out about every six months :D :o ) is the original Dracula. This is just creepy. The pace is slow but that adds to rather than diminishing it.

Art

Seems like great minds think alike. Last night we watched Psycho.

My 13 year old daughter had never seen it, and even being a fan of movies like "The Grudge" and "The Ring" she wanted to stop half way through. We talked her into watching the rest, but it was tough! Hitchcock was the master of suspense. Who needs gore?

Randy

Watched the new Harry Potter tonight. Was a bit dissapointed in either the film or my projector. There were so many artifacts and pixalation on the screen it was almost to much to watch. I really hope that it was in the DVD and not what I am going to be seeing from the PJ.

Last night watched "Hostage" with Bruce Willis. OK action movie for a rainy Saturday night.

Randy

Last night I went back in time and watched "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" I had seen it many years ago, but I enjoyed it alot last night even though the wife thinks I am crazy.

I think I figured out why I was so dissappointed in Harry Potter. I went in the settings for the dvd changer and found they were still set for the 36" CRT. Changed a few things and WOW... what a difference.

Tonight I went back and watched the first Harry Potter. Still the best one.

Another film that I watched again the other night( I think I pull it out about every six months :D :o ) is the original Dracula. This is just creepy. The pace is slow but that adds to rather than diminishing it.

Art

Words can't describe how much I hated the original Dracula the first time I saw it. Now, I watch it every Halloween and love it! There isn't another horror film like it out there, the long periods of silence are so eerie.

Shaolin Soccer: Expectedly corny, but entertaining. Sorta like a Chinese version of The Full Monty.

March of the Penguins: Good, but was expecting better PQ.

Thanks - it is a great thread.

I'm already making my list of movies to watch - I hadn't heard of Zero Point in years - I'll have to track down a copy. Apollo 13 it a great flick - we had 11 people view it recently - nice rumble launching a Saturn V rocket!

Randy
When my wife and I lived in Orlando we took a drive over to the coast to watch one of the workhorse launches, man most awe inspiring thing I ever saw. From a couple miles away it rocked the ground like an earth quake. Shuttle launches you could see from orlando, would light up the night sky, and if the wind was right you could hear it. Best was when the shuttle was comming back to land. You would hear the sonic boom, then have time to turn on the tv to catch it before it landed.

Watched "Just Friends" last night with the wife. Cute movie. Starring Ryan Renolds and Amy Smart. Didn't do much at the Box Office, but was a cute date type of movie. It was much better than I thought it would be, and probably the funniest opening to a movie I've seen in years.

Watched "Just Friends" last night with the wife. Cute movie. Starring Ryan Renolds and Amy Smart. Didn't do much at the Box Office, but was a cute date type of movie. It was much better than I thought it would be, and probably the funniest opening to a movie I've seen in years.

Still dating the wife, Mntneer? :)

Still dating the wife, Mntneer? :)

Always. :D

Good man!

I don't know if its been discussed before, but this weekend my wife and I watched the 40 Year-old Virgin...the first full showing in the new theater. I know its a lame first watch, but since nothing had been calibrated yet I figured what the heck. The movies funny, but there is so little effects in it, I had to keep checking if the surround channels were working!

Next up this weekend: The Doors and Braveheart.

Watched old Star Trek episode #35 The Doomsday Machine.
This is the first time I've watched old star trek on the big screen.
I set the DVD player to Squeeze Mode = Off, which made it 16:9 -- made everyone look a little fat, but seeing it wide screen on a 10'x6' screen was impressive. Colour and sound were excellent.
When Commodore Decker's Planet Killer went by, 5' tall, wow.

Last night we watched "Howl's Moving Castle." Dreamlike (especially the parts where I was asleep!).

Randy

LOTR Fellowship of the Ring enhanced edition. The DTS ES 6.1 Discrete track made me smile.

I also watched some of the LOTR Fellowship of the Ring. The scene in Moria with the cave troll is sick. I did notice when watching this base heavy scene I had to turn down my subwoofers a bit because they were shaking my room too much. I have not noticed this with any other movie. Anyone else experience this?

This weekend the wife and daughter were away so I got to watch a lot of stuff.

Friday night I watched the Doors which blew me away with some of the concert scenes.

Saturday watched the directors cut of Legend, which is a beautiful movie with lots of nice sets and colors with probably the best bad guy ever...The Lord of Darkness is worth the cost of the DVD alone.

Watched the Goblet of Fire this weekend. Good movie. The Harry Potter movies are always entertaining, but the trend of Professors that turn out to be bad guys is getting a tad old. ;)

Watched A History of Violence and Mirrormask this weekend. I liked both... 3 out of 5 stars each.

Das Boot in german w/ subtitles in DTS.

gohd:
Das Boot in german w/ subtitles in DTS. I don't understand german, but I've always enjoyed the movie more like that -- in german with subtitles. That's the way to watch it.

If you liked Das Boot you might try another war flick Der Untertag (Downfall) in German DTS as well.

Master and Commander in DTS mode, first time since getting my SVS sub.

Holy crap...push the dialogue up so it's in your face and watch out when the cannons fire!

Hitchhiker's Guide - great movie, clever soundtrack, a re-watch post-sub install, some nice stuff.

40 YO Virgin - bleh, it was just o.k....after all the hype. I hate date movies.

Land of the Dead - "Sky Flowers!" felt like being at a 4th of July fireworks show.

Psychomania - 1971 psychedelic Brit biker trash film, witches, Triumphs, amusing but only if you like these oddball oldies

Love and a .45 - Fun if you like violence, extra points for central characters named "Creepy and Bob".

Repo Man - I dunno, my wife wanted to see it. By the way the version from Netflix has a DTS audio track option. It's about the funniest 'optional' audio track ever, it is horrid.

gohd:
I don't understand german, but I've always enjoyed the movie more like that -- in german with subtitles. That's the way to watch it.
I saw a bit of the dubbed version in English DD, and it really wasn't that bad. Still don't get the full effect of the original dialogue though, even if you don't understand it. How would y'all compare the depth charge scenes between U-571 and Das Boot?

Won a "Movie Basket" at a charity silent auction recently, filled with Blockbuster gift cards, "movie candy", popcorn, and a few DVD's, one of which was "Caddyshack", which I hadn't seen in years.....still sophmoric....and still VERY funny....Rodney was a genius!

watch a History of Violence last night and I can't say I'm all that impressed...sure, it has some great themes running throughout it but themes do not make a movie...plot and story do. I think the begining was so perfectly setup and the end ruined it. The shear amount of plot-holes in it destroyed it for me....semi-good movie, but not great

Last night my eight year old and I watched Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in HD. Tremendous transfer and great audio including some nice LFE and fun surround pans. Not a very good movie IMO.

Art

Finally saw Blade: Trinity (Unrated).

Bleh. No wonder it was critically panned. Too much comic-relief and not
enough seriousness, IMO. Listening to your iPod while kickin' butt is just
about as dangerous as listening to one while driving. I was personally
scared more by the 1931 Dracula than the pretender here passed off as
him. I think Wes needed a new Bentley and didn't even bother to read the
script. Most trilogies have one weak episode and this was the one for Blade.

* * Stars



Also watched Wallace & Gromit: Curse Of the Were-Rabbit.

Great stuff, good fun. If you don't like animation (and who doesn't), don't
bother. Otherwise, kids and adults should love it just fine.

* * * * Stars

Last night had family in and watched "Ladder 49". Not bad. In fact a great example of a movie that is pointless to watch on a regular TV as opposed to a true home theater!

Randy

Watched "Pride and Prejudice." Great cinematography and acting. Though I'm sure most would consider it a chick flick, I still found it very entertaining and, let's face it, two hours of Kiera Knightly....not too bad.

My daughter and I watched Flight Plan last night. Sound (DTS) and picture are really good. Movie is about average. 2.5 out of 5 stars.

The family and I watched Chicken Little over the weekend. Not a terrible movie but I was disappointed. I was really hoping to see a return of the classic Disney feature animation. There were some great characters and really funny moments but the over all story IMHO was really weak. The animation was good but nothing compared to Pixar. I hope Disney figures out quickly that CGI is not King... story is. :(

Last night was Girl's Night Out - "Phantom Of The Opera". Many of us have seen the Broadway show (more than once) and we all thought this movie captured the story better.

Friends over last night for Chinese food and King Kong!

Randy

Last night with the three boys and Angela King Kong. Almost no edge enhancement but three plus hours on one side it was heavily filtered. Alaising all over the place and no detail in any medium to long shots. LFE was big fun as was some great surround activity

I enjoyed it much more at home than at the commercial theater.


Art

Saw II - My wife and I watched it snuggled up on the couch. I became pretty wrapped up in the story. It had a Dolby EX soundtrack but I couldn't tell you whether the sound was good or bad. Too busy watching the movie. I did notice the HTPC was shifting the image a bit to the right and leaving a small black bar on the left side of the screen so I wasn't too far gone. :) I liked Saw II at least as much as the first one. 3 out of 5 stars.

Chicken Little - Watched this with my daughter over several days. Finally finished it up last night. Ok movie. Some funny stuff, but it's not Disney's best work. 2.5 out of 5 stars.

I watched Chicken Little again with the kids. Fortunately it gets better with each viewing. I just love Fish out of Water. He reminds me of the mime from A Bugs Life.

http://www.incinemas.com.au/movies/images/castcrew/chickenlittle_voiceofficewatercooler.jpg

Watched "Lawrence of Arabia" last night. What a great movie, well acted and beautifully shot. Night before was "Get Rich or Die Trying" which I can honestly say was better than I thought it would be. Tonight a buddy is coming over and we're going to watch "Alien" so I'm pretty stoked about that with all my stuff finally almost all setup!

I've been cataching up on some anime (Japanese animation) lately. First I watched the new Disney release of My Neighbor Totoro w/ Japanese dialog and English subtitles. Totoro is one of my favorite anime movies, and I never did like the previous Fox English-only dub (watch movies in their original language I always say). Anyway, the movie was, of course, excellent although I did listen to a little of their dub, and it was quite bad (as should be expected). Great children's film that parents can enjoy too. Five stars.

I then watched Miyazaki's latest - "Howl's Moving Castle", also distributed by Disney. Definitely a film for older kids & adults with deeper plot elements and "scary" sections (like Spirited Away). There are some plot gaps, but it was still an excellent movie and it makes you realize that Japanese animation is way ahead of everyone else. It is a movie, that just happens to be animated, rather than the typical "kids" animation that Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks puts out. Four stars.

Coming up next: "Wallace & Grommit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" and "Corpse Bride."

Last night the boys and I watched the original The Fly in HD. Special effects were not very good but a good story.

Art

I finally got around to watching History of Violence and thought it was better than some reported earlier. I've always liked David Cronenberg's films and this one had his trademarks. I think the plot would have been better the editors had develpoped the son's and wife's characters more.

We watched Brokeback Mt last night. Picture and audio were very good, but the story is a real downer. Definitely not a movie to watch on a cold, rainy, depressing, night. It still should have won Best Picture, IMHO.

I liked History of Violence. Around the middle of the movie, I had no idea on what to think would happen - been while since I've seen anything like that.

Sent the Wife to go pick out movies since it's usually me and I feel bad for getting action flicks....until she brings home Capote. Worst movie I've seen in a long time! His voice drove me up a wall. Can't even stand to type the name out, but then she handed over 40yov Unrated. Maybe it's because we had just got done watching the 'other' movie but I thought it was funny.

We watched Brokeback Mt last night.

Dude, you admitted to that? :D I wouldn't post that on a forum that can be viewed by people all over the world! :eek:

I liked History of Violence. Around the middle of the movie, I had no idea on what to think would happen - been while since I've seen anything like that.

That film premiered the same night as "Walk the Line" so I missed it at the Toronto Film Festival last year. The people who saw it really liked it and gave Cronenberg a long standing ovation.

Jarhead. Sort of a mix between Full Metal Jacket and USA channel's "Over There" series. For me, a renter, not a keeper.

Dude, you admitted to that? :eek:

Watched Ice Harvest. dull.

Watched Learning Curve (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000B3FCC), and really enjoyed it. It's not for everyone. It contains pretty much everything you're supposed to keep your kids away from, in both senses of the concept. The amazon review says it's missing about 30 minutes, however the DVD has about 20 minutes of Deleted Scenes most of which help the story and explain a couple of things you might miss in the main movie.

Dude, you admitted to that? :D I wouldn't post that on a forum that can be viewed by people all over the world! :eek:


Yeah, but he blogs on "the G-Spot", so it gets cancelled out....

Continuing on my animation theme, I watched two stop motion animation movies: Wallace & Grommit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Corpse Bride. Both good movies: Wallace & Grommit as good as ever and Corpse Bridge as Tim Burton as ever. Probably more enjoyable for fans of the Wallace & Grommit shorts and Nightmare before Christmas respectively than the general popcorn munching Summer Blockbuster watching public, but you have to appreciate the pain-stackingly slow hard work that goes into these movies in this day of CGI everything.

Continuing on my animation theme, I watched two stop motion animation movies: Wallace & Grommit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Corpse Bride. Both good movies: Wallace & Grommit as good as ever and Corpse Bridge as Tim Burton as ever. Probably more enjoyable for fans of the Wallace & Grommit shorts and Nightmare before Christmas respectively than the general popcorn munching Summer Blockbuster watching public, but you have to appreciate the pain-stackingly slow hard work that goes into these movies in this day of CGI everything.


Both are excellent! I really enjoy the original stop action "Creature Comforts". Hilarious stuff with the animals.

Watched eXistenZ Wed night and Underworld SB lastnight.

eXistenZ absolutely sucked, I can't believe how bad it was. I fell asleep and I NEVER fall asleep during movies. I can't even write anything more about it.

Now Underworld SB was another story. The picture looked great, especially considering it is a very dark movie. I'd seen it once before on a bootleg version i downloaded on my laptop back when it was in the theaters and had forgotten that it was actually pretty good.

bakpakva,

i'm with you on Brokeback Mountain. Really liked it, though the story was a bit of a bummer. the acting and images were great.

come on guys, watching it doesn't make you gay! if you avoid this one because of the content you're going to miss one of the best movies of the year and two great performances (actually three, becuase Michelle Williams performance was pretty dang spectacular too).

go out and rent it. think of renting it like buying tampons for the wife...just because you're picking it up......

Yeah, but he blogs on "the G-Spot", so it gets cancelled out....

You are correct, this is a good point....I will let it go.... ;)

Well, it felt good to watch a movie on my system for the first time in several weeks. This is due to my busy spring travel schedule.

Tonight I watched Derailed which I recall didn't last to long in the theaters but got pretty good reviews. I thought the movie took awhile to develop. Once things got going and they revealed and interesting "twist", I was hooked. It is well worth the rent.


This was the first Clive Owen movie I have seen and I found him enjoyable to watch. I am going to try and see Inside Man this week when I am out of town on business because I have heard he does good job in that movie.

I watched Dead Man last night, having picked it up in the bargin bin. Hard to describe just how I felt about this movie. I mean I liked it, but I am not sure I actually "get it". Perhaps it is one that you have to watch several time. Without giving away too much of the plot, I will say that I am still not sure at what point William Blake actually became a "dead man". This one goes on the shelf, and I will pull it out again at some point and watch it again to see if I am further enlightened. The sound track was sort of eerie, but perhaps because I am fan of Neil Young, it worked well for me. There are some great lines in this movie, even though there are also a lot that went right over my head.

Over the weekend I watched a couple of the Busby Berkely musicals. After enjoying 42nd Street I decided to buy the box set. Footlight Parade with James Cagney, Dames and Gold Diggers of 1933 were fun in that the dance routines were just incredibly well done. Dames ,however, was weak overall and the script was just a lead up to the ending routines. I was ,however, pleased at how clean these transfers looked so it was time I enjoyed.

If you have any affinity for older films watch 42nd Street. Each of these is only about an hour and a half.

Art

My daughter and I watched The Chronicles of Narnia yesterday. It's pretty good and I enjoyed it for the most part but I found it to be exclusively targeted at kids. Disney and Pixar seem to know how to take what is a "kids movie" and make it an everyone movie. Narnia doesn't have that. Picture and sound (DTS) are good. There is good bass and surround activity. 3 out of 5 stars.

We watched Narnia as the inaugeral event since I installed the new riser, buttkickers, theater recliners and new amplifier. The DTS soundtrack is good and the quality of the story is really good. I read the book a long time ago and it was done really well on screen. The references to christianity are pretty neat and expected. The difference sound treatments made in the room is noticeable. I have to crank the amp a couple more notches for the same level though. I would say it is a 4/5

At the DD's lounge I watched PITCH BLACK and CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK I would rate those as 4 out of 5 plenty of action and a good story line. I just picked up Kong and cant wait to shake the house.

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ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE AND WE ARE MEERLY PLAYERS WITH OUR HT TOYS.

At the DD's lounge I watched PITCH BLACK and CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK I would rate those as 4 out of 5 plenty of action and a good story line. I just picked up Kong and cant wait to shake the house.

Then you better pick up War of the Worlds because unfortunately Kong aint gonna do it.

I ended up doing a double feature on Saturday night and watched History of Violence after Derailed.

I thought History of Violence was decent. I thought the plot was a tad weak and could have used some development of the characters. I will say, I enjoyed the cheerleader scene and the action on the steps...:) Definitely not a kids movie...

Transporter 2. A one timer for me. Decent SQ (aside from occasional hollow-sounding dialogue), but poor overall PQ (I thought it looked soft throughout). Story was nothing new and pretty poor acting/script. 2/5.

Tonight my wife and I watched "The Masters of Horror" -Tales from the witch house or something like that...based on reviews I thought it might be witty, scary and well produced. Other than some nods to Bruce Cambell and Sam Raimi, there wasn't much redeeming about this dvd. This movie was just lame, not enough camp, not scarey, not interesting, and to top it off, pointless gratuitous violence on a baby - this went over particularily well with my wife (we're new parents) Take heed of this warning, and avoid this dvd. I write this on my laptop, while sitting alone on the sofa downstairs - aka the doghouse...... *sigh*

Friday night with the wife and youngest daughter - "Pleasantville". A surprising and well done movie.

Saturday night the wife and I watched "Capote". Remarkable performance by Hoffman.

Sunday - just me, watched "Charade". Lots of fun. How could you go wrong with Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, James Coburn, George Kennedy, and Walter Mathu?

Randy

Got around to watching King Kong with the family last night. I thought the jungle sequences were well done. Not worth watching a second time especially with Jack Blacks terrible acting. Should have been edited down to two hours as well.

Watched Adaptation yesterday. A peculiar movie to be sure. It's pretty good, clever, etc. Not really my thing. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Friday night ten HT nuts watched Serenity on HDDVD . A fun film ansd the HDDVD was some of the best images I've ever seen.Also I enjoyed the nearly relentless bass.

Sunday night by myself I watched Laura, a 1943 film Noire classic. Kind of sad really but very interesting all the way through.

art

I keep forgetting to post about "Downfall". It's a simply amazing movie about Hitler's last days in his bunker. The surround sound is wonderful (with muffled bombs going off overhead so you feel like you are actually in the bunker) and the acting is even better. Not a happy movie by any means, and with some really disturbing scenes, but one of the best movies I have seen in a long time.

And for those of you with kids, check out Disney's "Atlantis" and "Treaure Planet" if you have not already done so. I was surprised to find them both very entertaining (especially the script in "Atlantis", written in part by the creator of "Serenity").

The title of this thread hadn't interested me enough to look in here until this morning. I read back through a half hours worth of posts. This is a great source for picking out some good watches. It is also a great way to keep from feeling wierd about watching too many movies. :) I'll try and make this one of my daily stops.

I'll start by recommending "I am David". We watched this on Sunday night. It's about a 12 year old boy that flees a communist concentration camp, with only a loaf of bread. Touching movie. The pace was at times a little long and slow, but necessary to set the pace for his journey. The video quality was stunning, as I find to be a common thread in Lion's Gate Films.

Will be watching "Taxi Driver" for the first time tonight.

Watched "November" last night one of the better independent Indie psychological thrillers I've seen. Courteney Cox does a fine job as a photographer whose boyfriend is murdered in a store robbery. This film noire cycles through the five stages of coping with death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance before the surprising twist ending. Some disturbing visual images and jarring sound effects blur what is real and what is imagined. Recommended.

Just finished "Taxi Driver". I would rate the movie only fair, no interest in watching it again. However, the extras on the collector's edition DVD were very nice.

Watched "The Sting" on AMC last night. This is one of my 10 favourite movies of all time.
Shaw is incredible!

nc

Watched Fun With Dick and Jane (2005) last night while wiring up a pair of new surrounds. I liked it even though it was a barely above average movie. I noticed some obvious macroblocking on the walls of their dining room. The player, HTPC with Theater Tek 2.3 is not known for enhancing MB so it was pretty bad that it was that obvious. Sound was good. Not a big sound effects movie. Surround activity sounded good on the new speaks. 3 out of 5 stars.

I sat down and watched Steven Seagal's latest direct to video masterpiece, Mercenary For Justice. It seems like he has been putting these out every 4 months. Anyways this one was pretty decent. The picture quality and surround effects were definitely above average. Seagal did about 95% of his own dialog and most of his stunts(he only had 3 or 4 one on one fight sequences) This reminded me of some of the 80's Chuck Norris movies because it seemed like nobody ever had to reload....

I would give this 3.5 / 5 stars and definitely worth picking up as a renter...

I watched another of my film noire releases Gas Lights. Interestingly despite the very very slow pace it was interesting. I've known a few abused wives and one can see how relentless manipulation can really bring things like what happened in this film to happen. It was 1944 Ingred Bergman, Charles Boyer and Joseph Cotten. Not for everyone but a good film IMO.

Art

I watched another of my film noire releases Gas Lights. Interestingly despite the very very slow pace it was interesting. I've known a few abused wives and one can see how relentless manipulation can really bring things like what happened in this film to happen. It was 1944 Ingred Bergman, Charles Boyer and Joseph Cotten. Not for everyone but a good film IMO.

Art


Reminds me of a time, years ago, when I was in a theater watching "Thelma and Louise". When it got the the rape scene, I heard a scream and a woman leapt from her seat, dove over several seated movie watchers, and literally sprinted up the isle and out of the theater. Must have hit too close to home.

Friday night we watched "The Door in the Floor" a really interesting movie and some tremendous performances.

Saturday, needed something lighter so we watched "Cliffhanger".

Randy

Oh yea I forgot. I took a friend and his wife out to dinner on Saturday and a real class restsaurant in Detroit. After we went back to his home and in his theater we watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I'm ashamed to say I'd never seen it. I laughed very hard primarily because it was so pathetic but that was obviously the intent. The Black Knight,the French Guard on top the castle ,the killer rabbit all very funny. :)

Art

Watched a few movies over the weekend.

Waiting...: Funny, stupid, etc. Overall not too much above average. 2.5 out of 5 stars.

Crash: Pretty good movie. I started out thinking this movie was just too racist. It's just as over the top in it's own way as some action movies, but the more I watched it the more I got into it. I now think it goes to extremes to intentionally illustrate it's point. I think I liked it a little more than my wife. We watched it as a transport stream on a HTPC originally recorded from Showtime-HD. Picture quality was good, sound was ok. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Apollo 13 (HD-DVD): I've always liked this movie. I like it even better on HD-DVD. Picture quality was spectacular. Certainly one of the best I've seen on my display. Sound was good, high quality, but nothing special. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Sunday night we watched "Pride and Prejudice". Above average movie and story. Donald Sutherland was hilarious as the father in a house full of ladies. Made me laugh with just the look in his eyes. On the same note, Kiera Nightly gave one of my favorite acting performances in many years.

Reminds me of a time, years ago, when I was in a theater watching "Thelma and Louise". When it got the the rape scene, I heard a scream and a woman leapt from her seat, dove over several seated movie watchers, and literally sprinted up the isle and out of the theater. Must have hit too close to home...
Either that or she just remembered she forgot to make her husband a sandwich before she left. ;)

On Saturday the family watched Napoleon Dynamite - pretty entertaining in a dry humor sort of way. Characters are on the mark in capturing high school drama.

Saturday evening was a viewing of Kong with several friends - I liked the picture and for me the time flew by as I usually don't make it past 11 pm. Sure some of the scenes could have been shortened but I think each of the scenes had merit. There was a good deal of suspense, which added to my interest.

On Sunday, I watch most of House of Fying Daggers, not bad. Great cinematography decent yet not quite believable story. I bailed out on it to watch the last quarter of the Kings/Spurs game. Ill finish it off tonight


My system is a Panny AE900 using Grey Wolf II, Outlaw pre-amp and amp w/ various speakers incl. an SVS 25-31 PC+.

On Saturday the family watched Napoleon Dynamite - pretty entertaining in a dry humor sort of way. Characters are on the mark in capturing high school drama.

Saturday evening was a viewing of Kong with several friends - I liked the picture and for me the time flew by as I usually don't make it past 11 pm. Sure some of the scenes could have been shortened but I think each of the scenes had merit. There was a good deal of suspense, which added to my interest.

On Sunday, I watch most of House of Fying Daggers, not bad. Great cinematography decent yet not quite believable story. I bailed out on it to watch the last quarter of the Kings/Spurs game. Ill finish it off tonight


My system is a Panny AE900 using Grey Wolf II, Outlaw pre-amp and amp w/ various speakers incl. an SVS 25-31 PC+.

How do you like the Outlaw setup over an AV receiver?? I was considering that over a receiver, but went the receiver route for now. Sorry for the hijack :o

jandawil, I've got the outlaw 950 and 7100 amp. I upgraded from a Yamaha
RXV-750 hooked to an older Carver amp. The sound of separates greatly surpasses the Yamaha by itself and the features on the outlaw (most notably variable low frequency cut off for the speakers run in small mode) are very nice.

So for ~ 1500 you can get separates of decent quality which, for me, will sound better than a 1500 dollar receiver

jandawil, I've got the outlaw 950 and 7100 amp. I upgraded from a Yamaha
RXV-750 hooked to an older Carver amp. The sound of separates greatly surpasses the Yamaha by itself and the features on the outlaw (most notably variable low frequency cut off for the speakers run in small mode) are very nice.

So for ~ 1500 you can get separates of decent quality which, for me, will sound better than a 1500 dollar receiver

Glad to hear you like the Outlaw. I just bought the Yamaha RX-V2600 and am running it with a Crown Pro Amp running my front LR and using the receiver to power my surrounds and like the sound very much. Separates have always intrigued me and I like the Outlaws ability to set different crossover frequencies for mains, center, and surrounds. That is huge!! One day I hope to go that route. Back to the topic in this thread....my theater should debut this weekend and I plan on watching Incredibles with the kids and probably Harry Potter IV after that. It's been a long time coming.

Last night - Ladies Tennis Team night - Down With Love

What a perfect film for us! We laughed until we cried!!!!

Last Night I watched The League of Extraordinary Gentlemans....not a bad movie at all....pretty good bass too!:)

Jurassic Park: The lost World is up tonight for a bit of bass testing!:)

Last night - Ladies Tennis Team night - Down With Love

What a perfect film for us! We laughed until we cried!!!!


So, did you fit all 20 in? :)

Randy

So, did you fit all 20 in? :)

Randy
I had the room all cleared out - then found out that with all of the PTA and furniture market conflicts, we were going to be a group of 5. So the chairs went back in! I was barely going to make it with the soccer chairs and bean bags...

Other than my husband and son's backs giving out (those motorized Berks are HEAVY!) we now have a VERY clean carpet under/behind the Berklines :cool:

The ladies were amazed. No one had seen my room before. They thought I was going to play a movie on a big screen TV and call it a home theater. They also stated that their husbands were in NO WAY EVER going to come to my house :D Mind you, these same girls want to do "Pajama Night" now in the Wheel - O - Rama... ;)

Viewed Cinderella Man last night. Not quite as good as I had hoped and I prefer Raging Bull to it if I had to watch a fight story. The picture quality was OK a bit soft at times and generally carried a sepia tone.

Sound was also just OK, what can you expect from a dialogue movie. Boxing scenes were fine but the movie for me generally lacked any tension or suspense.

Last night - Rainman. I'd forgotten how funny the movie was.

Plus, Bonnie Hunt, a personal favorite, in a bit part.

Randy

I spent 8 days in Orlando for the McDonalds World Meeting and I had more free time than I knew what to do with so I saw a couple of movies.

Inside Man - I enjoyed this movie very much. The cast was wonderful and the plot had a couple of nice twists.... I give it 9/10.

MI3 - WOW is all I can say about this movie. I was in the mood for a good old popcorn movie and I wasn't disappointed at all. The action sequences and stunts were excellent. IMO, this was the best out of the three. I would give it 10/10.

Rainman is one that I need to watch again. Is it like....20 years old??? wow! I haven't seen it in that long. Will put it in my Q.

Friday night we watched "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". I've convinced myself that I'm just not a Potter fan. I want to like them so bad.

Tonight we are watching "Downfall", about the last days of Hitler's reign.

Last night - War of the Worlds

Oh my word...the entire Wheel - O - Rama shook!!!!!!!
The LFE was on overtime!

I was on the set of Rainman when they filmed the restaurant scenes down at Pompolios in Newport, KY. The restaurant was owned by a good friend of mine's family. I was only in 3rd grade at the time so I don't remember much except for Tom Cruise giving my mom a big hug....lol

Last night my friends were over to screen Casshern, a live action scifi anime in the vein of Sky Captain/Sin City. Absolutely stunning visuals-although the transfer at times appeared soft, the live action/greenscreen material was seemless, it made it very easy to suspend any disbelief. Great soundtrack - with classical and some heavy guitar tracks and a very active LFE......and like alot of anime pretty hard to make sense of, unless you're Japanese. It's got Japanese and Thai soundtracks, but English subtitles are available. Highly reccomended if you're looking for some off the beaten path eye candy.

Saw '..Dick & Jane..'. I love Jim Carrey, so I think that is why I enjoyed it so much. I particularly like when the lawn gets re-posessed(sp?). Sound and Pic weren't that great, but I didn't care since I was after the humor.

The Wife & I liked 'Hoodwinked', even though it's not as funny as the Pixar movies. I liked the twist to the fairy tale stories. Just the sound of Patrick Warburton cracks me up. Sound effects weren't that great, but the visuals and animation details were impressive.

I liked 'Serenity' for something different, but it appeared they were trying to give it the 'Mummy' humor and edge and it really didn't work for them. I enjoyed the special effects, visuals.

The animation and details in Narnia were amazing. The story brought back a lot of memories from reading the books as a kid, but I didn't enjoy it as much as a grown-up. For some reason I kept analyzing it too much, which was a habit I broke, but something about the plot brought it out in me again...

I was on the set of Rainman when they filmed the restaurant scenes down at Pompolios in Newport, KY. The restaurant was owned by a good friend of mine's family. I was only in 3rd grade at the time so I don't remember much except for Tom Cruise giving my mom a big hug....lol

What's weird is all through the movie I kept thinking, "geeze, this soundtrack sound like it's ripping off The Lion King."

Actually, the other way around! Hans Zimmer wrote the score for Rain Man in 88 and Lion King in 94! imdb link (http://imdb.com/name/nm0001877/)

Randy

Last night me and the mrs. watched Robots. Good fun flick!

Watched "Narnia". Really enjoyed it! I thought there were a few places where the effects looked "B" budget, and it took me out of the movie for a second. Otherwise, would have loved to be 12 again and seeing it for the first time!

We just installed our HT-S580 to our JVC 1080i with a HD cable box. Tested it with Jurassic Park, and the final scenes of Titanic. The creaking and cracking of the ship was so real it sounded like the house was breaking apart. Absolutely love the new system, bought The Mummy, Mummy Returns and some others to enjoy the full sound. I made a thread regarding audio cables, if anyone could pop over and help, it would be much appreciated.
I was considering King Kong, we saw it in the theater, and honestly liked it. Great thread.

Last night I watched Harry Potter and the GOF. I really enjoyed it. This is my first week with my new theater and I was saving a lot of movies that have been out for a quite a while until I could watch them in my HT. Is that mental or have others done that??? Anyhow, the first test with the dragon was awesome!! This weekend we'll watch King Kong and I have yet to watch Batman Returns or Revenge of the Sith even though I have had the DVD's since Christmas. My wife thinks I'm mental....aren't we all though :D

Don't worry.. I did the same thing. I travel alot for work and when I am my hotel room, I will refuse to watch a movie on HBO if I haven't seen it yet on DVD in my theater....lol

Welcome to our world!!

HAHAHAHAHA!!

Wait until you insult friends or family by going to read a book instead of watching a movie at their house. Do they really expect me to watch a movie on anything measured in inches??? I'm not wasting the experience that way! :)

Glad you're enjoying it Jon !

Watched "Scary Movie" last night for the first time. 2 stars. It wasn't that funny, and had lots of gutter jokes that served no purpose (much like 40YOV). I won't be bothering with the sequels.

tony

Tony,

I used to teach near Greer - Blue Ridge, to be exact!

Ya'll know I had the tennis team over for girl's night last week (Down With Love - perfect !). I told them I would serve popcorn and they were to bring everything that goes with it. I had a friend (bless her heart!) that brought a microwave bag of popcorn in case I didn't have enough. I think she was a bit embarrassed when she saw the Wheel -O- Rama and her popcorn machine (not to mention the case of popcorn I keep). I am still getting tickled over that one! Most of them thought they were coming over to a big screen TV in the den!

Since finishin my theater it has brought a whole new joy to movies old and new. 2 night's ago me and my wife watched all three die hards in a row. last night was flightplan with jody foster my wife wanted to see it so i got it after everything she put up with while i was building it i thought that was the least i could do to my supprise it was a very good movie tonight not sure thinking about i-robot or war of the worlds.

Well, tonight my wife decided she REALLY wanted to watch Rumor Has It and since we had a .99 coupon for Blockbuster, I said what the heck! 15 mins. into the movie she falls asleep.....lol

It wasn't all that bad. I would have paid the full rental price if needed, but I am glad I didn't see it in the theater....

Tonight by myself again Training Day in HDDVD. A disturbing film for me. The HD looked great.One time I had to tell my kids at the door that they couldn't come in.

Art

Finally got around to watching "Downfall". Long and slow, but very powerful. Great acting job by the fellow that played Hitler.

It is based on a book written by his actual secretary. It gives an inside look at life during the last 12 days in the Berlin bunker.

Pam, I'm near the airport, south of Blue Ridge. If you ever come back this way, let me know.

Finally got around to watching "Downfall". Long and slow, but very powerful. Great acting job by the fellow that played Hitler.

It is based on a book written by his actual secretary. It gives an inside look at life during the last 12 days in the Berlin bunker.

Pam, I'm near the airport, south of Blue Ridge. If you ever come back this way, let me know.
I have a High School reunion in August - (Wade Hampton) so I'll be in town then for sure!

Keep my address handy and let me know when you're here. Our theater is humble, but if you have time, would like to meet you.

I'll keep any future reference to this on PM to keep the thread on topic. :)

Finally got around to watching "Downfall". Long and slow, but very powerful. Great acting job by the fellow that played Hitler.

It is based on a book written by his actual secretary. It gives an inside look at life during the last 12 days in the Berlin bunker.

Pam, I'm near the airport, south of Blue Ridge. If you ever come back this way, let me know.

I thought "Downfall" was a completely engrossing movie. Bruno Ganz's performance was nothing short of brilliant. Even looking at IMDB.com it was the 41st ranked movie of all time. Very high score.....

I watched "the Family Stone" this morning with my wife and daughter. What a disjointed plot... I can buy into over the top plots sometimes but to see the relationship confusion here just completely turned me off.

T

Downfall was one of the better films of 2004. Certainly one of the best war movies ever made. Bruno Ganz' performance was brilliant indeed, amongst several great roles in that flick. The soundrack was excellent as well. The constant Russian bombardment of Berlin via the LFE channel transformed my HT into the bunker.

Saw Weatherman last night and it was an utter waste of time. Bad plot, billed as a comedy when it wasn't. Even Michael Caine couldn't save this one. Two thumbs down would be generous.

Last night Angela and I watched Cinderella Man on HDDVD. What a great film. Crowe can do essentially anything.

Art

Last night watched the new Delux Edition of Moonstruck (Mother's Day present). This was the first time I had seen this movie and thought it was a really good romantic comedy espeically if you're Italian or know someone who is. My wife being Italian had already seen it. :p The picture was excellent however the sound was quesitonable in parts but mostly good. It has some really good bonus material if you like to cook Italian food!

Maybe I didn't come across correctly above, but I'm in agreement with the posts regarding "Downfall". :) The long and slow comment was probably because I started it at around 10pm and didn't finish until 1am with toothpicks in my eyes. :)

Found myself alone at the house last night, so I pulled out "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow."

Very visually interesting, but didn't find myself drawn into the world - perhaps a bit too much faithfulness to the 1930's movie serial. But then again, Raiders of the Lost Art is near perfection doing the same thing, as is the Star Wars (screw the Episode IV business).

Randy

Speaking of.. did you hear George found the original Star Wars. You know, the one without the Episode IV business, the one where Han shoots first and will be releasing it on DVD this September.

Wife and I watched the special edition of Tombstone last night. What a great movie, and in DTS it sounds absolutely amazing. Just bought Apollo 13 (Imax version). Can't wait to see that.
Anyone have any suggestions for DTS movies?
Thanks.

Wife and I watched the special edition of Tombstone last night. What a great movie, and in DTS it sounds absolutely amazing. Just bought Apollo 13 (Imax version). Can't wait to see that.
Anyone have any suggestions for DTS movies?
Thanks.

Off hand I would say "Saving Private Ryan" DTS Version I think is one of the best there is.

Don

Off hand I would say "Saving Private Ryan" DTS Version I think is one of the best there is.

Don
Thanks, I have that, just have to be in the mood for it. My father was in WWII and it's a little hard to watch.

Movies with great DTS sound

I Robot
Gladiator
Fight Club
The Haunting
Monority Report
The Mummy
Planet of the Apes (Walberg)
Spy Game
X-Men United

yes.... I like action movies

Frank I

Just watched Munich. It was well done. Has Nudity and a tutorial on Pregnant Sex. So not for the kids. Watch the Speilburg intro AFTER the movie. It gives away too much info.

Raises a lot of questions and food for thought about the nature of our world today.

Just watched Munich. It was well done. Has Nudity and a tutorial on Pregnant Sex. So not for the kids. Watch the Speilburg intro AFTER the movie. It gives away too much info.

Raises a lot of questions and food for thought about the nature of our world today.

Ha ha, tutorial! I watched it over the weekend. It's a good movie to be sure but I think I expected a little more from it.

I watched Jarhead on HD-DVD last night. Everyone has been telling me how it wasn't what they expected. I liked it.

I watched Jarhead a few weeks ago, and I have to say that I thought it was very lame. Too slow without much of an actual plot to grab onto.

I watched Jarhead a few weeks ago, and I have to say that I thought it was very lame. Too slow without much of an actual plot to grab onto.

Must agree 100%. I didn't need a think man's war movie.....Come to think of it the movies I have seen in the 3 weeks or so through Blockuster have sucked...

Domino was OK.
The Family Stone sucked.
Chicken Little was boring (Although my 12 year old liked it)
Serenity - I expected way too much - I guess I will never be a Science fiction fan :(

I did like Good night, Good luck. Great period type piece.

Y

Watched "The Family Stone" tonight. I really enjoy ensemble casts. However, Sarah J. Parker is typcast from SITC in my mind. I had a hard time buying her in this role.

Just finished A History of Violence.....man, it wasn't just a clever name. Some pretty graphic stuff, but great movie. Glad the wife wasn't around for that one, she probably wouldn't have liked it. I picked up Phantom so we'll watch that tomorrow. I've heard good things.

Lord of War (Nicholas Cage). Interesting movie about gun-runners. Not much test for an HT system though. One timer for me.

Holy cow what a buzy two weeks.

MI3. Not bad, action packed, liked it better than Number 2.
Posieden: Much much better than I expected. Definitely worth the price of admission.
An American Haunting: I liked it, but I'm a bit biased since I use to work for the company that made it, and remember the day we optioned the book.
Serenity: Liked it a lot. Much much better than I expected. Want to rent the series now.
Dark Water. Bleh... boring and not scary.
Aeon Flux: Eh.... okay I guess.... some fun sequences....but that's about it.
The Ringer: Cute and funny. Not hilarious, but funny. I didn't have Johnny Knoxville in this one.
Crash: Damn good movie, and I completely agree with it winning the Oscar for best picture.

I got to watch more movies being out of town this past 2 weeks and I had the prior month. Only draw back with the DVD's was watching them on my laptop.

Watch "The Talented Mr. Ripley". Odd movie, IMO. I guess I was expecting it to be more like "Catch Me If You Can", but it was far from it. Maybe worth seeing once.

Mntneer's post reminded me..

Any recommendations from people on whether to watch Serenity or the Firefly series first?

Watch "The Talented Mr. Ripley". Odd movie, IMO. I guess I was expecting it to be more like "Catch Me If You Can", but it was far from it. Maybe worth seeing once.

Mntneer's post reminded me..

Any recommendations from people on whether to watch Serenity or the Firefly series first?

I would recommend that you watch the Firefly series first, though it is not necessary. I actually think the series is better anyhow. You can watch Serenity without seeing the series, but you will miss out on some of the character development.

I couldn't agree more. I watched the movie first and thought it was "OK". I'm now about done with the series, and it's just great.

Dan

I would recommend that you watch the Firefly series first, though it is not necessary. I actually think the series is better anyhow. You can watch Serenity without seeing the series, but you will miss out on some of the character development.
Couldn't get past the first 30 mins of Serenity (thought the acting was bad), but the strong following here and other threads makes me wanna give the movie another chance. Maybe I just didn't understand/know the characters like you mentioned.

BTW, saw Munich. Thumbs up. A suspenseful 'hitman' movie, but based on actual events, which made it more engaging. Although only in spurts, had some very decent subwoofer moments.

Friday night - family movie night and girl's pick: The Goodbye girl. Forgot what a nice little movie it is - and for comparison, it was released in 1977, the same year as Star Wars!

Last night, Munich. Powerful movie and rather depressing with some terrific performances.

Randy

Watched King Kong last night. I liked it, wife thought it was lame, but she doesn't like any movie that is not realistic. It could have been shorter though for sure. The dinosaur chase was way too long as was the fight with the T-Rex's. The scenes in 1930's NY were awesome and I thought the video transfer of the DVD was excellent, one of the best I have watched so far. Naomi Watts is absolutely stunning to look at so that doesn't hurt.

Saturday night was "The Fast and the Furious". Our first time. I thought the acting was bad, except for Jordana Brewster. I just didn't buy all the tough guy acts.

I did enjoy the stunt scenes. The tractor trailer scene was really good!

We were exposed to a whole culture that we didn't realize existed.

I watched Jarhead a few weeks ago, and I have to say that I thought it was very lame. Too slow without much of an actual plot to grab onto.

Most of the people I've talked to have said the same thing, but for some reason I liked it.



Watched Rumor Has It... with the wife Friday night. Not a very good movie. Average at best. Wife thought it was, "Cute."

Tried to watch The New World several times this weekend and couldn't get all the way through. I really wanted this movie to be good as I dig historical fiction pieces almost as much as war movies. This is the final confirmation that Terrence Malick movies and I are completely incompatible. Why people continue to give that guy money to make movies baffles me. His movies consistently continue to be the biggest budget stink bombs I've ever seen. As with the Thin Red Line, acting and cinematography are good but writing and movie making are dismal. 1 out of 5 stars.

Watched a cropped HD version of Independence Day recorded from HBO HD or something. Not a great movie. Popcorn fair to be sure. Bill Pullam is horribly cast and does a terrible job. And yet, ID4 is infinitely more entertaining than The New World.

Two recent movies watched are "Aeon Flux" and "Shop Girl". I expected very little of "Aeon Flux" (actually thought I'd hate it but I was curious about it after seeing the commercials) and was surprised to find myself enjoying it a lot. "Shop Girl" was deeper but also very entertaining.

It's not a movie, but we had an 'American Idol' party last night. We had 10 people over and had a blast.

I thought it was a very entertaining production. I don't think the judges said a single word! It was packed with performances!

Friday night - girls were watching TV, So I watched "Serenity". Pretty good - guess I'll have to watch the series now.

Last night, we watched the first X-Men movie. We're planning on going out to see the new one tonight.

Randy

Friday I went to Best Buy with a $25 "DVD Cash" check in hand and bought Unforgiven on HD-DVD. I watched it Friday night and it was spectacular. This movie is one of my favorites. Easily in my top 20. It looked great in HD-DVD.

For Memorial Day we watched Full Metal Jacket on HD-DVD and it was also spectacular. Great movie.

Friday I went to Best Buy with a $25 "DVD Cash" check in hand and bought Unforgiven on HD-DVD. I watched it Friday night and it was spectacular. This movie is one of my favorites. Easily in my top 20. It looked great in HD-DVD.

For Memorial Day we watched Full Metal Jacket on HD-DVD and it was also spectacular. Great movie.

I take it FMJ was 1.33? How does that look in HD-DVD?

Watched Batman Begins last night for the first time in my HT. I did see it at the theater as well, but I got the DVD for Christmas and have been saving it for the theater. I don't think that movie will ever get old. Best superhero/comic book movie ever made IMO. Enjoyed the heck out of it.

Watched "Underworld" in superbit. I thought it looked great and was very entertaining. Looking forward to the sequel.

Also watched "Chicago" which was different type of movie than I usually watch but entertaining and easy on the eyes :)

I take it FMJ was 1.33? How does that look in HD-DVD?

Nope 1.78:1. Looked really good but not up to snuff with some of the other HD-DVD titles.

Watched Batman Begins last night for the first time in my HT. I did see it at the theater as well, but I got the DVD for Christmas and have been saving it for the theater. I don't think that movie will ever get old. Best superhero/comic book movie ever made IMO. Enjoyed the heck out of it.

I couldn't agree more.

Nope 1.78:1. Looked really good but not up to snuff with some of the other HD-DVD titles.

1.78? Really. I was told Kubrick insisted on shooting full frame and that any "widescreen" version wasn't true to his plans.

I'm wondering how HD-DVD and BR will handle 1.33 stuff in the future, old TV shows, etc.

According to IMDB...

FMJ:

1.37 : 1 (negative ratio)
1.66 : 1 (intended ratio, Europe)
1.85 : 1 (intended ratio, USA)

It appears it was shot on 1.37:1 but it was intended to be viewed at 1.85:1.

Had a bunch of friends over for "A Knight's Tale", the Superbit version. Very entertaining movie about jousting with a modern riff. All of us enjoyed it quite a bit. Recommended if you want something fun.

According to IMDB...

FMJ:

1.37 : 1 (negative ratio)
1.66 : 1 (intended ratio, Europe)
1.85 : 1 (intended ratio, USA)

It appears it was shot on 1.37:1 but it was intended to be viewed at 1.85:1.

Interesting. We had hired and used Douglas Milsome for D&D and he was the DP on FMJ, and I asked him way back then if we'd ever see a widesreen version of FMJ on laserdisc (yes, LD :) ) and he said that we should really never see a widesreen version of it, since Kubrick insisted on shooting full frame.

Great flic though.

Just finished "Cool Hand Luke". Had not seen it before.

Good movie, but I was bugged by the fact that he was doing time for something so petty.

Watched "Serenity" last night. I just don't get what was so interesting to people about this one???

From what I've heard, it's the series that's incredibly interesting, so if you haven't seen it, you're missing a lot of character development in the movie.

Point taken, but the movie ruined me from having interest in giving the series a chance.

Last night my wife and I caught an early showing of X-MEN. I really enjoyed it and thought it was well done. Kelsey Grammar was a nice addition. If anybody hasn't seen this yet and doesn't know about the "secret" scene, stick around until the end of the credits and you will be glad you did. :)

After we finished with X-MEN we thought about double dipping and seeing The Breakup, but the theater manager was right outside the theater.

Shopgirl (Claire Danes; Jason Schwartzman; Steve Martin). Definitely a chick-flick, but not bad. Sorta reminded me of Lost in Translation. Great acting I thought.

Shopgirl (Claire Danes; Jason Schwartzman; Steve Martin). Definitely a chick-flick, but not bad. Sorta reminded me of Lost in Translation. Great acting I thought.

WOW - I watch some pretty bad movies but I could only get through the first 40 minutes of Shopgirl. Absolutley nothing happens. I could no point. Your compariosn to Lost in Translation tells me why I have had a hunch to never rent it. :rolleyes:


I did see Poseidon today. I took by 12-yr son so my wife and daughter could see Break-up (schedule matches). Poseidon reminded me of War of Worlds - Lots of special effects but no plot and poor acting. Enough said.....

T

Watched Donnie Darko last night.

I knew I liked it, but wasn't sure I was understanding it. After the movie, I got on the internet to find out what the hell it all meant. Definetly have to give it props after some furthur explanation.

Family in from out of town this weekend - first time they'd seen the theater.

Friday night: The Incredibles
Saturday night: Pirates of the Caribbean
Sunday night: A series of unfortunate events (better than I imagined - once again, a movie that would have been better with virtually anyone but Jim Carey).

Randy

Wow, first time, Randy? What were their reactions?

They loved it. My brother and his wife, 2 boys (11 & 9) were nuts about it. We ran all 3 screenings at overflow capacity and no complaints on floor seating.

I suspect my brother will be looking at remodeling his basement big screen TV setup when they get back home!

Randy

We had some friends over for Lawrence fo Arabia, the Superbit version. I had forgotten how long (and how good) that movie is. The movie makers take a lot of liberties with the true story, but it is probably my favorite movie (even though I don't watch it all that often).

Tony,
If you didn't like the movie don't bother with the series. I personally loved the movie and it had me go back and TiVo all the Firefly episodes. Really hit or miss with the series but I thought Serenity was the best Sci-Fi movie in ages.

Watched Shawshank, 5th Element, and Brothers Grimm Sunday. Played tennis for hours in the grueling sun and just crashed in front of the TV. Shawshank is an all-time fav, 5th Element was on TNT HD and is a fun little romp if you are in the mood. Brothers Grimm was all my mom and brother could agree on. Substandard. Haven't seen a big budget disaster like that in a while. Needed a rewrite in a bad way.

Watching Saving Private Ryan tonight. Not everyone is focusing on 6.6.06. 1st time watching it with my new Statement D1. should sound nice.

I saw the Brothers Grim for the first time. A pretty good movie that moves along. Interesting how they intermingle all the old fairy tales just enough so you catch. Perhaps not for kids under ten though.

My wife and I watched The Producers last night and really enjoyed it. I thought Matthew Broderick was very good. Better than I had anticipated actually. Nathan was great as well. The music sounded great in my HT and the picture was nice as well, just not as good as some movies with top notch transfers (King Kong comes to mind).

Watched "An Unfinished Life" with R.Redford and M. Freeman and J. Lopez last night.

I really enjoyed it! I'm a sucker for all of Redfords Wyoming cowboy stuff....(Horse Whisperer, etc.).

As much as I dislike Lopez's personal life, she is a fairly good actress.

Worth watching!

I'm been wanting to watch Whale Rider and finally got around to it last weekend. Great story and acting. Really powerful.

The wife and I watched "The Village" last night. We enjoyed it - nothing to be taken too seriously, but a couple of good scares.

Randy

Underworld Evolution was the main event last night. I thought it was on par with the first Underworld. Great eyecandy and the soundtrack was well done. EXtensive use of surrounds and deep bass.

My wife and I watched our first full movie in our new HT. It was Air Force One (was on one of the HD movie channels). It was fun (although the audio was sorta screwed up).

Watched Firewall last night. My brother brought it over and it was one that I probably would not have picked myself. So going into it with low expectations it actually wasn't too bad. Pretty good surround in some parts and good LFE surprisingly in the soundtrack. Pretty cookie cutter plot though.

Also watched Kill Bill 1 earlier that day by myself. I love that movie. The DTS soundtrack is great and really gets you into the movie.

Saturday night, the wife and I watched "Amelie". Delightful.

I got a bit of time this afternoon, so I started watching the TV series "Firefly". I am liking it.

Randy

My friend and I watched Firefly from the beginning to the end, and then finished with Serenity (over the course of a week). Awesome series, for sure. Also, as others did for me in recommending series vs movie first, I'll put my recommendation out there. The pilot episode in the series does an excellent job of establishing the characters and storyline, and the movie has sort of a concluding plot (fits better after the movie). Though you could go in either order, I'd definitely recommend the series first.

Watched Ingmar Bergman's "Smiles of a Summer Night" over the weekend. I thought it would be a bit depressing like most of his other movies, but it was a funny and very witty sex-comedy. Recommended.

Saturday night, the wife and I watched "Amelie". Delightful.
Randy

"Amelie" is in my list of top movies. It was a fresh approach that I think your description of "delightful" matches.

Watched "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." Funny movie, great performances. Story a bit far-fetched, but really entertaining.

Finished watching "Superman: The Movie" after that, next I'm moving onto "Superman II" tonight. Getting ready for next Tuesday's advanced screening of "Superman Returns."

Annapolis - Friday night in a Chicago hotel room. This movie is a turd. 2 out of 5 stars.


Stars of the Pharaohs - Saturday at the Adler Planetarium. I really need to reconsider my home theater design. A domed screen and a planetarium projector would be fairly unique even if it would cost more than my house.


16 Blocks - Monday. I enjoyed this movie. Mos Def's voice gets annoying after a while be he turns in a good performance. It looked and sounded great on HD-DVD. 3 out of 5 stars.

We watched "Eight Below" last night. Great movie....my 6 year old got a little scared at one scene, but liked the movie. My 9 year old loved it. The dogs are awesome as is the scenery. Four thumbs and one paw up from our family.

Steve

Finally watched Million Dollar Baby.

Good, but sad, movie.

Curiosity got the best of me and I finally rented Hostel. That may be one movie best seen on my 36" TV rather than my 118" screen. Yikes!!!! Not too many surprises there and not really scary either, just creepy...and gross of course. I liked it though.

Watched the "weeping camel" last night

Imagine a Movie shot with nomadic herders on the Gobi desert. The entire plot is a camel that refuses to nurse her colt.

Interesting, very slow, good insight into life in that part of the world. English subtitles. NO violence,sex, or adult language. One nude screen of a 3-4 year old boy.

Have a cup of coffee before watching and don't attempt after a big meal.

Last night I watch the new remake of "The Pink Panther" . Steve Martin will never, and I say never be able to come close to feeling Peter Sellers' shoes. With a rating from 1 to 5 stars, I only this movie 2 stars with a thumbs down.

Now will someone please dig Peter Sellers up and turn him back to rightside up in his gave. Because I am sure he must have turn over!

Don

16 Blocks - Monday. I enjoyed this movie. Mos Def's voice gets annoying after a while be he turns in a good performance. It looked and sounded great on HD-DVD. 3 out of 5 stars.

I loved this movie. There were some action scenes that were done in slow motion (not like in Matrix) that really put you on edge. Very well done. While checking out the movie, the Blockbuster employee was raving about it saying how Mos Def would be a big hit in the future. I kept waiting for his voice to change during the movie to prove her point, but it just remained as annoying as can be.

Watched "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." Funny movie, great performances. Story a bit far-fetched, but really entertaining.
I just rented this one, but never heard anything about it. Happy to hear it's a good one.

Finished watching "Superman: The Movie" after that, next I'm moving onto "Superman II" tonight. Getting ready for next Tuesday's advanced screening of "Superman Returns."
You mean your not going to watch superman III or IV? :D

I have seen about 8 movies in the last 3 weeks but I will comment on the one I saw last night. Traffic is one of my all time favorites. I loved the story. Just superb. As I started watching Syriana last night it gave me chills the story made me almost wet myself in enjoyment. I had to rewind it about 5 times in the first hour. (Let me see what is he doing and how does he fit in). I won't go on and on. If you like Traffic give this movie a chance. I have seen about 130 movies in the last 18 months and I have a rating scale and this is probably only one of 3 movies I will give a 10.

T

The wife and I watched "Vanilla Sky" last night. Can't say much about it without spoiling, but we enjoyed it.

Randy

After reading numerous positive reviews on it, my wife and I watched "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" last night. I thought it was hilarious and well done, especially the commentary! This is definitely a black comedy...:)

I would recommend picking this up...

In preparation for Superman Returns, we watched then 1978 Superman.

The Donner film has some great moments and the terrific performance from Reeves, but the general goofiness doesn't age as well.

Looking forward to the new film!

Randy

I just wrapped up Running Scared with Paul Walker. I was pleasantly surprised how well Paul Walker did acting in this one. It was one of the most violent movies I have seen in quite awhile.. The ending is fantastic!

I was also very impressed with the DTS-ES soundtrack. I had to play this one at lower volume that most movies...

Last night I watched "The Cave". Mildly entertaining, but on a rating from 1 to 5 stars, I would rate this movie only 2.5 stars. I would consider 3 stars an average movie and may be worth owning. Anything below 3 stars, then it would only be worth renting and watching if you have nothing better going on in your life at the moment!

I usually rent movies from Netflix and rip them to my media server and then watch them when I get the time. If it has a rating by others of less then 3 stars, then I will watch it when I have nothing better to do, but if it is a higher rated movie and turns out to be something I want to own, I will then purchase the movie to add to my library.

“The Cave” is one of those one time viewing movies that you watch once and then are glad to delete it from you hard drive to make room for something better.

Don

This weekend finally got around to watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith.....entertaining but not going to get a second viewing. The audio/surrounds was fantastic though.
Last night was Underworld: Evolution.... really loved this one. Both audio and video were amazing. Really hope they do a third.

In preparation for Superman Returns, we watched then 1978 Superman.

The Donner film has some great moments and the terrific performance from Reeves, but the general goofiness doesn't age as well.

Looking forward to the new film!

Now, the new one takes place after Superman 2, so you may want to brush up on this one, as well.

I agree with the goofiness aspect you mentioned, and the second one has the same tongue-in-cheek humor. Glad to see that comic-book-based movies are getting away from that trend. Sadly, it took Joel Schumaker completely bastardizing the Batman franchise for people to realize that that campy doesn't work (hope the folk responsible for Fantastic Four 2 are reading this).

Anyway, I have my ticket for the Tuesday evening advanced screening of Superman Returns (have had that in my wallet for over a week now...I know, pathetic). :D

Watched Kingdom of Heaven (4 Disc Directors Cut) last Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday night. I didn't watch it 3 times - it took three days to watch! :eek: Not a bad movie but not great. Lots of graphic violence and only a few great lines.

I watched The Interpreter last night and thought it was pretty good, although a little slow. They made good use of surrounds for a drama I thought, but I thought the video transfer on this DVD was terrible. It's the worst one I have seen yet of the newer movies. There was a sort of halo effect around the credits as well as the buildings when you saw the skyline of NY City. All in all a noisy picture. Anyone also notice this on this movie or any others. I thought it was my PJ for a sec, but HDTV looked fantastic as did other DVD's.

Last night: Superman II. I've always found this one slow, but the wife prefers it to the first.

Tonight: Superman Returns!

Randy

Watched 1999's "Happy Accidents". It's a romantic comedy with a twist. Better than average.

Also, "My Date with Drew". A little slow for me, but the last 20 minutes and the bonus features pushed it into 3 of 5 stars.

The wife and I watched The Ringer on DVD last night. It's cute but no big laughs. 2.5 out of 5 stars. Not bad but not really something to recommend.

I didn't pay very much attention to the sound and picture but I didn't notice anything that really stood out good or bad. Dialog was crystal clear. Virtually no deep bass or surround activity.

Last night: Superman II. I've always found this one slow, but the wife prefers it to the first.

Tonight: Superman Returns!

Randy


We just wrapped up a mini Superman marathon to get ready for Superman Returns. My wife also prefers the 2nd one.

Now we must decide if we want to see it on the DLP screen or in the IMAX??

OK, my new theater is finally in (somewhat) working order so I'm starting to crank thru Netflix again. Here's what I watched this week:

Count of Monte Cristo: This is an entertaining movie that I'd probably watch again, but man is the transfer horrible. PQ was pretty poor. Some of this may be because most of the movie is pretty dark for my Z3. The soundtrack didn't have much in the way of surround or LFE, so nothing too exciting to show off there.

Superman: Again not the best PQ, but sound was pretty good. The beginning scene that takes place in Krypton where everyone's clothing seems to glow looked pretty bad on my setup. I need to go back and watch it on a CRT or rear projection unit to see if it looked as washed out as I saw it. Also, a good movie, but not as good as I remembered.

Matrix Revolutions: I actually didn't see this until now due to the poor reviews. finally decided it'd be nice to see how it all ended. The first half was slow, but the rest was moderately entertaining. It also looked and sounded fantastic.

Jeff

Saturday night - girls night, so we watched "Don Juan Demarco". Johnny Depp always delivers. That Marlon Brando guy isn't too bad, either!

Randy

Rainy 4th in our neck of the woods, so movie time!

Apparently there was some law that I was not aware of, requiring us to watch a movie featuring Jimmy Cagney. So this year, we watched "Ragtime". A good, not great movie with a very interesting cast.

Randy

Rainy 4th in our neck of the woods, so movie time!

Apparently there was some law that I was not aware of, requiring us to watch a movie featuring Jimmy Cagney. So this year, we watched "Ragtime". A good, not great movie with a very interesting cast.

Randy


"Ragtime" is one of my personal favorites. Like "Amadeus", that's one that I can watch over-and-over.

Watched Firewall this past weekend. Pretty good flic, though it seems like Ford is always doing movies like these anymore.

Started watching Deadwood the HBO series. I rented the first disc of the first season, and watched the pilot episode.

Syriana. Good. Reminded me of Traffic.

Rainy 4th here too so I watched Aeon Flux, Kingdom of Heaven, and Donnie Darko. Never seen any of them before but Best Buy was having a good DVD sale. I thought all of them were pretty good.

Last night we watched Prime with Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep . Not bad but definitely a chick flic. My wife enjoyed it. There a were a couple of funny moments. Also watched The Italian Job (the new one). I love that movie!! The opening heist scene is awesome as was the ending with the Mini Coopers racing around. I'd like to see another The ______ Job with that same cast although it would be tough to write Ed Norton's character into it after the Ukrainian's got through with him......

In keeping with the 4th, we watched "Independence Day."

Man, I love that movie. A great throwback to some of those older disaster films, but with excellent FX and terrific one-liners.

"Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl" really good.

The wife and I watched "Eight Below". Excellent family entertaiment. 4 stars out of a 1 to 5 star rating.

Don

We tried to watch "The Hills Have Eyes", but after 20 minutes we had to turn this movie off. I enjoy horror movies but their was some VERY disturbing and graphic scenes that made me not want to watch this movie. I know it was Unrated, but I wasn't expecting it to be as bad as it was...

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE TO ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18!!!

IMO, it is a waste of time.

We tried to watch "The Hills Have Eyes", but after 20 minutes we had to turn this movie off. I enjoy horror movies but their was some VERY disturbing and graphic scenes that made me not want to watch this movie. I know it was Unrated, but I wasn't expecting it to be as bad as it was...

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE TO ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18!!!

IMO, it is a waste of time.


awesomely brutal movie...all horror movies should have the guts to go this far...and nothing happened until at least an hour into it...so unless you were spooked by the great atmosphere and music, you watched more than 20 minutes

We turned it off right after the scene inside the camper with the younger girl... That was enough for us. It might have been longer than we thought....

We turned it off right after the scene inside the camper with the younger girl... That was enough for us. It might have been longer than we thought....

haha thats what I figured...yeah it doesn't get any less brutal...the camper scene was particularly brutal though...what I liked about it was it was a true horror movie. Even though it was remake, it was well done and wasn't just bouncy blondes running around a resort before getting slashed up...it was scary and it bloody...

After returning from a week at the beach, my wife and I watched the 2005 "Pride and Prejudice". Very well made.

Randy

We watched Plan 9 from Outer Space the other night with some friends.

Awesome! It doesn't get much worse than this movie.

Doug

Watched UNderworld this weekend. Good movie, and a good sequel to the first.

Also have started watching Deadwood. Started Season 1 about a week ago and are over half way through it. Really good series. I wish I had found it sooner.

Last night I picked up "Edison Force". This was probably the best cast for a direct to video release I have ever seen. Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey did a good job. LL Cool J was also pretty good. Now the biggest surprise of this movie, IMO, was the acting of Justin Timberlake. He showed me that he could actually act.

The PQ was above average as was the audio. I would recommend this one as rental.

Watched "The Island" last night. My wife and I were both pleasantly surprised! I'd say it was a solid 3of5. Ewan McGregor plays two roles and switches characters flawlessly.