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[johnathan]

First up me and the family watched Wild Hogs .Hard to see these stars getting older.It was passable and funny in a corny way.When the theater breaks out in laughter it helps me laugh.My wife and family love corny humor .

Then I watched a family movie "The Ultimate Gift" this was a real treat ! It was recommended by netflix for me and I had never heard of it.A very touching sweet movie !For a made for TV like movie it was really good !

Lastly to fill out the triple header I watched Dawn of the dead again.I rented the HD DVD version this time.Same movie ha ha just a slightly better image. Johnathan

[COACH2369]

I have been spending more time than usual in my theater room since I will no longer have it at the end of the month. We are moving to Nashville for a job transfer and the new place will not allow me to run a projector.....sigh...

Anyways, this weekend I checked out some older flicks... Heat, Con-Air and The Rock..

The Rock looked fantastic and it might have to do with it being the Crit. edition....

Con-Air - good transfer and a corny classic in my mind! "I said put the bunny back"...

Heat - I bought the original DVD release many years ago and this was the first time I had sat down and watched it since I saw it in on VHS down in my parents basement on a 27" TV! The picture quality was pretty bad and the sound was just okay. The bank robbery scene sounded the best!

[johnathan]

Coach2369
Sorry to hear you are having to give up your theater ! You never know what the future holds . It may be the best thing that could happen for you. Having just finished my theater a few months ago I would hate to leave it. Good luck to you.

By the way I like Con Air and Heat ! Johnathan

[RobZ]

We are moving to Nashville for a job transfer and the new place will not allow me to run a projector.....sigh...

That's what I was saying before and during my recent move. If there's a will there's a way. Even with limited space theres a way. For example: a lightweight portable projector like the Optoma H70, Elite pull-up screen, and a Yamaha sound projector paired with a small sub.

[Gary*w*]

Took a break from movies and fired up a Netflix rental, "League of Gentlemen." This is a comedy from the BBC that revolves around the goings-on in a fictitious small community in England. All the main characters are played by the same three guys, and it is truly a bizarre series. Kind of one of those shows where you don't know if you should continue, but can't seem to turn it off.

In other words, I think I really like it. May have to rent season 2.


I saw that show when it originally aired on BBC America. Very dark, very crude but riotously funny if you are into absolutly sick humor. I loved it!

[iamfranki]

Over the past week or so I've been watchng the season 1 of Deadwood. VERY strong laguage which should not be heard by the little ones. Western theme drama as it is. Otherwise a pretty good stoyline with excellent characters. first few episodes were better then say 5 and 6 and they have already killed off a couple of major characters. Any how I like it (3.5 / 5) and am going to rent season 2 and 3

[Triaxtremec]

I busted out War of the Worlds last night to try out the new sub and speakers. It sounded amazing but the old lady living beneath me wasn't to happy to say the least.

[mustardayonnaise]

dunno if it's been discussed here before, but 'Into The Blue' is a great little throwaway film. Stars Jessica Alba and Paul Walker. They basically spend the entire time in their swimsuits and Jessica Alba is OMFG hot in this movie. Lots of fun, some decent action, and the photography is out of this world, esp. if you like underwater photography. This is one to really push your plasma, the blues and the yellows just POP off the screen- colors are hyper-intense...

[CptnRandy]

Last night we watched "The Constant Gardner". We've had this a while and I've passed over it several times - mainly because I had read the book when it was first published and found it excellent and completely depressing.

The movie is very well done - expertly told. And yes, depressing, but not so much as the book.

Recommended.

Randy

[DKaps]

Grindhouse presents Deathproof and 300 a few nights ago. I liked Deathproof. There were a handful of really great suprises and good fun the whole time. Kurt Russel was just great. I wasn't as impressed with 300. It looked great and had a very unique style but not as much substance as I hoped for.

Deathproof - 4 out of 5
300 - 2.5 out of 5

[mustardayonnaise]

I wasn't as impressed with 300. It looked great and had a very unique style but not as much substance as I hoped for.

300 - 2.5 out of 5

300 was a hit because it appealed directly to those kids who love to play video games. it looks like one. i agree, it was very unique visually but pretty empty otherwise.

[BasementBob]

Watched Severance (2006) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SM6FM2)

I remember the commercials a few months back, where the implication was that the company decided that rather than pay severance to some of its less than stellar employees, that it would instead send them on a 'retreat' in the woods where they would be hunted and 'most-dangerous-game' killed.
Maybe there's another movie, because that's not this one, but it's similar.
This company does send a bunch of employees off on a work-weekend to a lodge in the middle of the forest, but the actual carnage is unanticipated.
As a horror/slasher film, there are some humor moments at least one of which is an eye opener, and the guy who more or less says "I know half of us have been slaughtered and in the past couple of hours all of us have narrowly avoided death and that there's an unknown super bad guy out there stalking us as we speak and contrary to SunTzu's 'with a loss of mobility comes the loss of the war' we've baracaded ourselves up here, but if you'll excuse me I'm going to go down this long dark twisty corridor all by myself to the washroom with the ground level window" comes back alive. (actually all he says is "I'll be back", and all I was thinking was "you idiot, no you won't")
The characters are mostly played to maximize the office stereotypes, a little overly so, but not so far as to be annoying.

Overall, an interesting way to spend 90 minutes, unlike some films I've seen lately.

[PLincoln]

watched "Knocked Up" last nite....I haven't laughed that much in a long time. Great flic.

[Tnilsson]

I agree about "300". It was visually stylish but overall a bit vapid. I repeatedly found myself wishing that they had made a more factually accurate movie. It's not as if the original story needed the addition of dozens of circus freaks and hundreds of ninjas to make it exciting.

[starscomeout]

Last night I watched "V for Vendetta". On a 1 to 5 star rating I give this movie 5 stars. I rarely, and I mean rarely have ever given a move 5 stars, but this movie provides so much, in not only entertainment, but it also provides a political statement that seems to fit so will with our current administration.

I highly recommend this movie to anyone who has yet to see it!

Best Regards,
Don

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[jewing1043]

Last night was "The descent" on BD

The movie itself gets about a 2.5 out of 5

typical dark movie
look around the corner and nothing there
turn away for a sec and then turn back for a scare

Video quality about a 3 to a 3.5 in different scenes
audio about a 3 also

[cabbageheat]

I could shoot myself sometimes, but I'm not brave enough to pull the trigger.

But, I pulled the trigger on "Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer".

geeze. . .there went 16 bucks.:rolleyes:

What a lame movie. It was instantaneously forgettable from the get go. Though it clocks in at about 90 minutes, it felt like 2 hours. Predictable, shallow, and about as bland as a rice cake.

It's shallow moving making at its best.

crap. . .just crap.

[roar]

I watched Fantastic 4 last night too... I got what I expected out of it... which was nothing, but at least I only dropped $5 on the rental :)

Watched Driving Lessons (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446687/) on the weekend, quite enjoyed it... no english subtitles mind you, which drives me nuts in a dialog heavy movie like this one.

Picked up 1408 for tonight, looking forward to it!

[coolhand]

Bourne Idenity

2.75 out of 5

Bourne Supremacy

2.75 out of 5

not a lot of action and some weird endings??

Not a lot of action?? The car chase scene in Supremacy is among the best ever! I know people that didn't like them that much but they do have action.

[rsante]

I'm sure I'm about to get slammed for this, but....

I *bought* and *watched* and....*enjoyed* F4: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Now, it's not a great movie, it's barely even a good movie, but it is fun and I have hopes that Fox eventually sh*t-cans Tim Story and gets a good director to handle any future F4 flicks, and really liked the Surfer character.

So, put me into the minority here, but I give it a 2 out of 4 for nothing more than just being mindless fun for a non-fanboy.

[bakpakva]

I got tired of waiting for Netflix to ship the HD DVD version of "Knocked Up" from my queue, so I rented it last night in SD DVD from our local Safeway DVD Play Kiosk. It was only $1.50 to rent ( 99 cents with a promo code), so it was tough to pass up. Anyhow, I was pretty disappointed and I think I laughed twice during the whole movie. I guess I just didn't get the humor, although most think this movie was hilarious. I am glad I didn't wait any longer to see it and took it off my queue.

OT: I would use the kiosk again, since it was cheap, within walking distance, and easy to use. I am considering changing my Netflix plan back to 1 out instead of the 3 I have now. I am very disappointed in the length of time it is taking me to get HD DVD rentals. When the finally do ship, it is from a state across the country which takes another 3 days to get here! The last one they shipped was from WI. They either need to buy more copies or I will simply watch new release SD rentals from the kiosk and buy the few "must have" HD DVD's. <eor>

[jandawil]

I watched Hot Fuzz on HD-DVD the other night. I was really anxious to see this as most HD nuts say this is one of the best HD-DVDs out. It did look great and the sound was good for a comedy, but the movie wasn't quite as funny as I had hoped. It was funny, especially towards the end where it bordered on ridiculous but in a fun way. I guess all the hype sort of got my expectations to high. I was entertained however which is good. All in all an enjoyable movie and one I will probably watch again since some movies like this are actually funnier the more times you watch it. So for now I'll give it 2.75 out of 5.

[ifmracin]

Watched "The Number 23" with Jim Carrey.

Pretty good, it was nice seeing him in a more serious role.
I liked the inter-mixing storyline of current/past and the multiple roles that the characters play.

I'd give it a 3.5 of 5.

[teknoguy]

Watched "Breach" Saturday night...movie based on the Russian mole within the FBI.

Slow paced drama (aren't they all?). Good though.

3.5 out of 5 popcorns

-t

[jewing1043]

Not a lot of action?? The car chase scene in Supremacy is among the best ever! I know people that didn't like them that much but they do have action.



Just thought that there would have been more by the way they were advertised

I was expecting it to be loaded with action

[jewing1043]

Last night was "The Prestige" on BD

The movie itself would get about 3.75 out of 5


Pretty decent acting all around plus a few surprises from David Bowie and Andy Serkis.
interesting movie that kept me hooked for most of it

Video quality 3.75 out of 5
audio quality 4.00 out of 5 some good deep bass in certain parts

now i have to search the room for what was shaking during the bass

[sleeks]

Watched "Breach" Saturday night...movie based on the Russian mole within the FBI.

Slow paced drama (aren't they all?). Good though.

3.5 out of 5 popcorns

-t

Saw this in the theater and enjoyed it also.

[dc_pilgrim]

Finally got around to watching "The Lives of Others" - the german oscar winner about the east German security forces spying on its own citizens. A sad movie to be sure, but well done and held my interest. Recomended.

[MattCleary]

1408 on Friday night (the 'unrated' version with a totally different ending...) and then Reign over Me on Saturday. I think we need comedies next ;)

[CptnRandy]

Last night we watched "Brick".

Very clever, but the sound mix and the accurate style of teenager barely audible speech, combined with my exhaustion at the end of the week made it hard to keep my eyes open.

If you're a fan of noir or hard boiled detectives, this is a great fit.

Randy

[jandawil]

Watched Next on HD-DVD last night. Not too bad. Well paced and a pleasant 90 minutes which is rare these days. Not sure what it is about Nick Cage, but I like his stuff. If you've sene this movie and remember the scenes at the Grand Canyon Havasu Pi reservation, that place is breath taking!! My wife and I took a 4 day hike down there several years ago. It's the most beautiful place I have ever scene. What made me laugh is in the movie they parked their car up top and walked for 5 minutes and they were there. No Way!!! It is a grueling all day hike of about 10 miles or you can do what the rich people do and take a heliocopter. Anyhow...it was fun to see that place in a movie.

[cabbageheat]

Watched: "Surfs Up".

What can I say. Another chatty, long CGI pop culture dipstick from Dreamworks pictures.

I found it to be rather boring and long (even though it was just above an hour). I don't see the appeal of this film, even for little kids. There was so much dialogue, flying past the viewer at about 90mph, that I was surprised any kid could even keep up. Shia had some good moments with improv, but besides that, RENT ONLY.

Pixar is about the only ones to get this CGI thing right, the pop culture nuances of Dreamworks get old, stale and age a picture almost instantaneously. That's the last one I pick up from them.

[Art Sonneborn]

Last weekend we watched MI III with 15 of my sons football team at an end of season party (5th and 6th grade). Tough getting a movie that would be OK for ten year olds but notr boring for kids almost 13.

Friday night I watched the new HDDVD version of 2001 ASO. If you are at all a fan of this film this is a must buy,the HDNet version can't touch it.

Last night ,Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes The Pearl of Death

Art

[jewing1043]

Last night I watched TMNT on BD

I would give the movie itself about a 3.75 out of 5

Video quality was about a 4 out of 5 Not sure if it was just me but I think the video quality improved towards the end of the movie or I didnt notice it until the fight scene

Audio quality was about 3.5 out of 5

The left it open for a sequel but I dont think it will happen

[Gary*w*]

Watched a weird little movie called "Fido" (http://imdb.com/title/tt0457572/) on DVD. it's a comedy about a boy and his pet zombie. Think "Lassie" meets "Dawn of the Dead". It's not perfect but is amusing enough to rent it's got a few good laughs.

[Volodymyr]

It's been chaos lately, I'm lucky if I get more than 4 hours of sleep a night, so haven't watched a lot of movies lately... but...

Me and one of my roommates will only watch movies with an actor from the previous movie. Kinda nerdy, but a lot of fun. We do occasionally break the rule for HD-DVD since I don't have much control over what/when Blockbuster sends me.

Lets see how far back I can remember (we've been doing this for months). We took Star Wars to Willow (Wicket is Willow), then hit Val Kilmer for a second or third time, hit Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Blind Horizon, Top Gun, which took us to Tom Cruise. Waiting on A Few Good Men, to Vanilla Sky, to Dune (I bought that on HD DVD) via the little girl is apparently the chick in Vanilla Sky I guess.

We broke the chain a few nights ago for the best HD DVD ever of course, Forbidden Planet.

[westgate]

Last weekend we watched MI III with 15 of my sons football team at an end of season party (5th and 6th grade). Tough getting a movie that would be OK for ten year olds but notr boring for kids almost 13.

Friday night I watched the new HDDVD version of 2001 ASO. If you are at all a fan of this film this is a must buy,the HDNet version can't touch it.

Last night ,Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes The Pearl of Death

Art
and nigel bruce, my heroes! they're the only 'holmes' actors that i care for.

[westgate]

Watched "The Number 23" with Jim Carrey.

Pretty good, it was nice seeing him in a more serious role.
I liked the inter-mixing storyline of current/past and the multiple roles that the characters play.

I'd give it a 3.5 of 5.
i had trouble following most of it, so i'll watch again in a few months

[tleavit]

I had bought a HD-DVD player and got:

V-Vendetta (4.5 of 5)
Chronicles of Riddok (never seen it) I loved it, Wife hated it (duh) (4.5 of 5)
Bourn identity (seen it already) (4.0 of 5)
March of the penguins ( 4 of 5)
Transformers (5 of 5)

I enjoyed them all greatly!

[jandawil]

Watched Shawn of the Dead on HD-DVD last night. Loved it!!! Wife couldn't sit through it. I guess it's not for everyone. I thought it was very funny and actually better than Hot Fuzz.

[BasementBob]

"A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. "
Orson Welles

[DKaps]

I watched Grindhouse's Planet Terror a few nights ago. It was a riot. WAY over the top gore, cheesy dialog, and ridiculous situations poking fun at all the zombie B movies from years ago. I can't wait for their next one.

During the brief sex scene where they say "Missing film reel" or something like that and suddenly more people are now at the restaurant (especially the crazy twin babysitters)...that was absolute gold!


In a half hour or so, I'll check out Transformers in HD. First time seeing it so I'm looking forward to shuttin' off the mind and just enjoying the place gettin' blowed up and stuff. :)

Dan

[johnathan]

I watched Talk to me HD DVD the other night. Not bad I like Don Cheadle.And the costar was a good actor also.The movie was a period piece about a 70's era DJ Petey Green from DC .Worth a rental.
Last night I watched Spider man 3 . The action sequences were good but I am a little less thrilled with the love drama.Watching the standard def DVD with my XA2 looked great!

Last week I watched a strange movie about Aborigines called 10 canoes.It was entertaining sub titled and narrated in broken English. Worth a rental if you like foreign films . Johnathan

[BasementBob]

I've been working my way through Stargate SG-1 - The Complete Series Collection (all 10 seasons) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TJBNHQ). Not bad. Several episodes I'd never seen before. A few things make more sense when they're seen in order.

[MattCleary]

Watched, no... sat through Zodiac last night. I liked the movie but boy was it dry and felt every minute of it's 2 1/2 hr. running time. Felt like it could have been a PBS production.

Tonight? Wild Hogs! :)

[teknoguy]

Tough week for movies...

Watched "Premonition" with Sandra Bullock. 2.5 out of 5 popcorns. The gag reel was the best part! Too bad since I usually like her stuff...

Watched "Brick". 1 out of 5 popcorns. Completely unbelievable!

On the upside...

Watched "Alien" on Halloween. Hadn't seen this in at least 7 years if not more.
It was the Director's cut which If I remember only added 1 minute to the film and I didn't pick up on the extra footage, wherever it was! Unless it was Ridley Scott's intro to the film?? 5 out of 5 popcorns! Looked and sounded better than I remembered. Plus it's a classic.

-t

[rsante]

teknoguy-
I loved "Brick." Modern high-school setting, detective-noir speaking...a very cool combination. 4 out of 5 for me.

MattCleary-
Funny to hear someone say that "Zodiac" felt like the full 2-1/2 hours, because I thought I missed an hour of it after it was over. A great movie, great acting, and really made you think that they found the guy but just couldn't pin it on him. 5 out of 5 for me.

Last night I watched "28 Weeks Later." What a fun flick! Scary and 100% better production quality that it's prequel ("28 Days Later"). Even opens up the possibility of a third film, which I really hope they make.

[teknoguy]

teknoguy-
I loved "Brick." Modern high-school setting, detective-noir speaking...a very cool combination. 4 out of 5 for me.

MattCleary-
Funny to hear someone say that "Zodiac" felt like the full 2-1/2 hours, because I thought I missed an hour of it after it was over. A great movie, great acting, and really made you think that they found the guy but just couldn't pin it on him. 5 out of 5 for me.

Last night I watched "28 Weeks Later." What a fun flick! Scary and 100% better production quality that it's prequel ("28 Days Later"). Even opens up the possibility of a third film, which I really hope they make.

I think that's what I couldn't reconcile...the modern HS and detective noir speaking...but hey, if you like it, that's fine! Looking forward to "28 Weeks Later" myself! Same main character as in the 1st one?


Last night watched "The Nightmare Before Christmas". I never saw it before.
5 out of 5 Popcorns. "What's this? What's this?"

-t

[johnathan]

Watched Mr.Brooks last night.I liked Kevin Costner but it was too hard for me to accept William Hurt as his alter ego.And Demi Moore looked as if she had a mannequin face she had so much botox .If you ever watched Dane Cooks comedy routine then that starts to show in his character also.Worth a rental but a let down for us . Johnathan

[rsante]

I think that's what I couldn't reconcile...the modern HS and detective noir speaking...but hey, if you like it, that's fine! Looking forward to "28 Weeks Later" myself! Same main character as in the 1st one?



No, new characters all the way around. You may recognize a couple actors, but most aren't very common.

[aaron_hinni]

This weekend we watched "Reign of Fire" and "The Hustler".

I enjoyed "Reign of Fire". I thought it was a well done post apocolyptic movie. It was weird seing Matthew McConaughey playing a physically big brute type of character.

"The Hustler" was awesome. One of the better films I have seen in a long time. It will cause me to seek out some other black and white movies, and makes me want to re-watch "The Color of Money" again soon.

[teknoguy]

Watched "Farce of the Penguins" last night.

What a hoot! I need to watch it again since I was laughing so hard.
This is not for the kids btw. Language is locker-room type so it may offend some.

Great spoof. 5 out of 5 popcorns.

-t

[jewing1043]

Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer on BD

I was hoping that this could make up for the first one but I was sadly mistaken
the movie gets 2.5 out of 5

Video Quality is a 3.5
Audio Quality is a 4.0

[sharker_richard]

woo, good

[CptnRandy]

Just finished "Transformers".

Awesome action, awful comedy.

On the whole, better than say, "Armageddon".

Randy

[Art Sonneborn]

Just finished "Transformers".

Awesome action, awful comedy.

On the whole, better than say, "Armageddon".

Randy

Yea, right there with you on Transformers just not that good.

On the otherhand ,Robinson Carusoe on Mars tonight was an epic film that deserves a high place in the pantheon of film.;)

Art

[CptnRandy]

Love that classic sci-fi, Art!

Tonight the wife and I are watching "The Pursuit of Happiness"

Randy

[jandawil]

Yea, right there with you on Transformers just not that good.

On the otherhand ,Robinson Carusoe on Mars tonight was an epic film that deserves a high place in the pantheon of film.;)

Art

Transformers was definitely meant to be shown in a HT. They were showing it on the flight I was on last week and I thought "Why bother?", but put that same movie on a 120" screen with good surround...well than that's another story. Definitely this movie falls under the "good crap" category, and I mean that in the nicest way.

[chinaclipper]

Saw it last night.

The flight scenes are absolutely incredible, even though they don't last long enough. Good special effects.

Definetely one to add to your "show off the LFE" theater demo DVD.....

Pretty good story IMHO, very realistic in many ways I suppose. Pretty good acting-Love or hate Owen Wilson he does play a good pilot.

I'd give it a strong four stars out of five...

Best,
Tom
Chinaclipper

[teknoguy]

Transformers was definitely meant to be shown in a HT. They were showing it on the flight I was on last week and I thought "Why bother?", but put that same movie on a 120" screen with good surround...well than that's another story. Definitely this movie falls under the "good crap" category, and I mean that in the nicest way.

I watched Transformers last night.
The plot was thin but the SFX are what this movie is all about.

In my HT it looked and sounded great! Great popcorn movie...if you want something substantial in the way of story, this isn't it.

-t

[Tnilsson]

Watched "Bright Young Things", a movie about the hollow lives of the rich and entitled in England shortly before the second world war. Written and directed by Stephen Fry (adapted from a book by Evelyn Waugh) and very good. Recommended (especially for those of you longing for a movie with a plot after watching "Transformers"). ;)

Going to try to watch "Gallipoli" tonight in honor of the day. I have not seen that since the year it came out in the theaters.

[MattCleary]

This weekend we watched: 1/2 of Gremlins, Say Anything and Pretty in Pink. A real 80's weekend :D

[coolhand]

TF is a popcorn summer action movie. Turn off your brain and let your inner 6 year old out to enjoy the eye candy.

Brick is one of my favorite movies. I saw something negative posted earlier and had to jump in and defend it. Joseph Gordon Levitt is turning into a GREAT actor. He carried The Lookout (another small but outstanding movie).

I just rented No End In Sight, Ratatouille, Surf's Up and Sicko. I'll update when I get the chance to watch them. I made a concerted effort not to see as many movies in the theater so I could enjoy them coming through my theater.

[jewing1043]

Flags of Our Fathers on BD

Interesting and not so interesting movie about the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima. I only wished they could have told the story in a straight line instead of jumping forwards and back. I think they did this to keep people interested because the flash forwards were not that interesting.

Movie itself gets 2.5 out of 5.0

Video Quality 3.0 out of 5 for the naval scenes
Audio Quality 3.0 out of 5 for the ok panning of sound during battle not enough lfe for my taste

[jewing1043]

Ultraviolet on BD

Different type of movie than I expected. Action scenes were a little better than ok some of them they didnt even show but you heard them. Kind of surprised by the vampire theme in the movie

Movie itself gets 3.0 out of 5.0

video quality 2.5 out of 5.0 a lot of the facial shots were very soft
audio quality 2.5 out of 5.0 surrounds were ok but where i expected bass there was none

[Road Captain]

Black Book

This was a very moving story and very well done. Carice van Houten, a Dutch actress, should really make a name for herself with this movie.

The only disappointment was having to read the subtitles...

[dc_pilgrim]

Saw "The Wendell Baker Story" on dvd. Its the Wilson Brothers (Luke and Owen), with Luke co-writing and directing. The result is a light-hearted mess. Just not pulled together well, with a few entertaining sequences. 2/5.

[Road Captain]

Spiderman 3 - Is it just me or is there something lacking in this movie. Wasn't impressed at all. :confused:

[Wazzey]

Expectations are always hard to live up to.. I enjoyed Spidey 3 ok.. but I know what you mean.. wanted it to be everything...

Kids and I have watched transformers a couple times and have jumped into the good scenes several times.

Have just made it to the last few episodes of Smallville's 6th season in HDDVD after watching all of the previous seasons as well. Did all the episodes while running on the treadmill.... 40 lbs less later here I am... Only way I enjoy running, watching movies.... Dunno why but I enjoyed the entire series of smallville plots and characters. You can get the first four seasons in regular DVD for only $15 a season on sale at best buy.. or at least it was that last week.

[CptnRandy]

Saturday night the wife and I watched "The Sentinel" with Michael Douglas.

Meh.

Randy

[teknoguy]

Dearth of something good to watch so I pulled out "V for Vendetta" Saturday night. Had been a while since watching it last..Great movie.

4.5 out of 5 popcorns.

Did I hear that an extended edition was going to be released after the new year?

-t

[dc_pilgrim]

Have just made it to the last few episodes of Smallville's 6th season in HDDVD after watching all of the previous seasons as well. Did all the episodes while running on the treadmill.... 40 lbs less later here I am... Only way I enjoy running, watching movies....

Congrats on the achievement. Good method.

[chinaclipper]

Saw it again for the second time last night.

Ratatoullie is the latest in the Pixar movies-it has a super 2:35 format and just looks great on the big screen, even in standard def. I don't have HD-DVD or Blu-Ray.....Yet!!! The Oppo 981 does a FB job though.

One thing;I actually saw it three times-realized I was watching it in 2.1 format halfway thru the second time, so I HAD to change it and see it again from the beginning in 5.1--Very cool indeed! Lots of good LFE, I was impressed!

4 out of 5 stars, and maybe even higher.
Best,
Tom
Chinaclipper

[jewing1043]

Saw 3 on BD

I was very surprised by how much I liked this movie after not really liking the second one

the movie it self gets a 3.75 out of 5.0

Video Quality 3.5 out of 5.0
Audio Quality 4.25 out of 5.0 clarity and accurate use of surrounds and lfe

[aaron_hinni]

Got in the mood to watch 8 mile last night. If you can stomach any amount of rap and f-bombs, this is a great flick.

[teknoguy]

Got in the mood to watch 8 mile last night. If you can stomach any amount of rap and f-bombs, this is a great flick.

I agree. This was a very good movie.
Didn't think I'd like it but was surprised.

Not a fan of rap myself (too old) but I thought Emenem or is it M&M or... did a very good job.

Told my kids I watched it and they were in shock when I said I liked it. That was the fun part...
-t

[CptnRandy]

Catching up - my daughter was home from school over the holiday, so outvoted by 3 females and we watched "The Holiday" Wed. night before Thanksgiving. Eh.

After the Thanksgiving meal, we settled in to watch "Ratatouille" Marvelous. Excellent film.

We also went out to a movie (increasingly rare for us) and saw "Enchanted". Terrific film - loads of fun.

Randy

[DB2]

Saw Ratatouille over the weekend on BD. Good movie, excellent PQ & AQ.

[BasementBob]

Watched Black Sheep (2006) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TJ6PB0)

"40 million sheep. And they're pissed off."

For anyone that's raised sheep and liked Shawn Of The Dead, this is a must see comedy B horror. Once.
It was better than I expected, and certainly there are sheep doing things I've never seen sheep do before.

(But I suspect, if you've never raised sheep, it's not as much fun.)

[aaron_hinni]

I caught a little of the Hitchcock marathon on HD-Net's movie channel over the weekend. We watched "Psycho" one night, and "Rear Window" last night.

I had never seen "Rear Window" before, and I really loved it. I think they are replaying some of the other movies next weekend, so I am going to try and catch those.

We also watched "Transformers" over the weekend. My wife asked me before it started, "Is this movie supposed to be any good?". I just said, "It is just supposed to be entertaining." With that in mind, we sat back and enjoyed the hell out of it.

[chinaclipper]

I caught a little of the Hitchcock marathon on HD-Net's movie channel over the weekend. We watched "Psycho" one night, and "Rear Window" last night.

I had never seen "Rear Window" before, and I really loved it. I think they are replaying some of the other movies next weekend, so I am going to try and catch those.

We also watched "Transformers" over the weekend. My wife asked me before it started, "Is this movie supposed to be any good?". I just said, "It is just supposed to be entertaining." With that in mind, we sat back and enjoyed the hell out of it.

Hehehe Funny stuff. I recorded the same ones! And how about "Vertigo"? We really loved Jimmy Stewart in those two...What an actor.....And hey, was there EVER an actress that could command a scene like Princess Grace?? Beautiful.....

Transformers is IMHO is one of those movies that I call a "teen spirit" kind of movie... Lots of action, neat special effects, nice to look at, but no real substance, and not a lot of smarts.

Hehe... Sounds like my 12 girls sometimes.....j/k
Best,
Tom
Chinaclipper

[jandawil]

Watched I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry last night on HD-DVD. Went into it with mediocre expectations and it actually exceeded them. Funny movie and I found myself laughing more than I anticipated. Not too shabby....next up this evening is Live Free or Die Hard. Only SD-DVD unfortunately.... I need to hurry up and go purple.....

[D_B_0673]

Watched Live Free or Die Hard and thought it was very good

[Tnilsson]

Had a bunch of people over for pirate drinks and the newest Pirates of the Caribbean movie last night. I didn't see it in the theaters when it was out but felt I needed to find out what happened to everyone after the "end" of the second movie. All I can say is, boy, the franchise has gone down hill fast! No, wait, I can also say that I hope that they don't make a fourth one (even though this one seems to set the stage for yet another sequel)!

[aaron_hinni]

Hehehe Funny stuff. I recorded the same ones! And how about "Vertigo"? We really loved Jimmy Stewart in those two...What an actor.....And hey, was there EVER an actress that could command a scene like Princess Grace?? Beautiful.....

I have "Vertigo" queued up to be recorded and am really looking forward to watching it. Stewart's acting was great in "Rear Window" and Grace was absolutely spectacular! Just hearing her voice made me tingle.

So last night we fired up the first "Underworld" on BD. I've seen the SD version a couple of times, and really enjoyed it. My wife couldn't remember it, and I am wanting to watch the sequel soon, so it was time to watch it again. The soundtrack on this film makes for good for demo material, plenty of use of the surrounds and LFE. Great vampire/werewolf action movie... and you never get tired of watching Kate Beckinsale in leather.

[rsante]

Watched "Live Free or Die Hard." Talk about a bad movie. The most preposterous situations and what not; had me looking at my watch every 10 minutes wondering when it was going to be over. Great action, but too hard to swallow.

[jewing1043]

Mr Brooks 2.25 out of 5.0 the girls picked this one they owe me now

Davinci Code 3.25 out of 5.0 dissapointed did not live up to the hype

Sin City 4.0 out of 5.0 was very surprised at how well this movie was

[jandawil]

Watched "Live Free or Die Hard." Talk about a bad movie. The most preposterous situations and what not; had me looking at my watch every 10 minutes wondering when it was going to be over. Great action, but too hard to swallow.

You definitely need to have the whole suspension of disbelief thing working for you in this one that's for sure. I watched it last night. I though it was a lot of fun.

[tleavit]

You definitely need to have the whole suspension of disbelief thing working for you in this one that's for sure. I watched it last night. I though it was a lot of fun.

YA, I loved DH4. You just need to realize it follows that late 80's still crazy action flick formula where the good guy has a one in million shot at something and does it about 30 times in the movie :)

aka see all DH's... Or Arnold moves, Lethal Wep's, etc...

[rsante]

You definitely need to have the whole suspension of disbelief thing working for you in this one that's for sure. I watched it last night. I though it was a lot of fun.

I have no problem with suspension of disbelief...in fact, I like movies where I have to do that. After all, we go to the movies/watch movies in our HT for that very reason. HOWEVER, that said, this movie wanted us to suspend disbelief for a VERY LONG TIME.

I loved the plot of this movie (the "fire sale"), but the way they went about it with the over-the-top chases, including but not limited to: a helicopter/car mid-air collision, a jet vs. semi ending with McLane on the tail of the jet and sliding safely off it?! That's a bit too much suspension...about about 30 minutes too long.

Now, that notwithstanding, how funny would it have been instead of Kevin Smith playing "Warlock" that they were going to see the guy who plays PC? I was reeeeeeally hoping they'd throw him in somewhere...anywhere!

[BasementBob]

rsante:

For a riot, imagine Warlock (1991) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1573624101), keeping Lori Singer and Richard E. Grant,
but replacing Julian Sands with Kevin Smith.

[rsante]

rsante:

For a riot, imagine Warlock (1991) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1573624101), keeping Lori Singer and Richard E. Grant,
but replacing Julian Sands with Kevin Smith.

It's funny you mention him because I was thinking about Julian Sands the other day (the movie Warlock, in fact). Always thought he was a cool guy, an okay actor, but good at playing menacing characters.

Just checked him out on IMDB, and I wasn't aware he played in Ocean's 13. I'll have to Netflix that.

[DKaps]

I have no problem with suspension of disbelief...in fact, I like movies where I have to do that. After all, we go to the movies/watch movies in our HT for that very reason. HOWEVER, that said, this movie wanted us to suspend disbelief for a VERY LONG TIME.

I don't have much of a problem with the physical stunts that need so much suspension as that's pretty much expected. The ones that drive me crazy are the WAY OUT THERE ridiculous technology feats. Like:

Let's re-route all the natural gas in the area to the factory so that it explodes.

Or....

During the chase scene involving the jet and semi, "Can you get me through to the pilot? Sure. [clackity clackity click click clack on a laptop] You're on!"

[rsante]

I don't have much of a problem with the physical stunts that need so much suspension as that's pretty much expected. The ones that drive me crazy are the WAY OUT THERE ridiculous technology feats. Like:

Let's re-route all the natural gas in the area to the factory so that it explodes.

Or....

During the chase scene involving the jet and semi, "Can you get me through to the pilot? Sure. [clackity clackity click click clack on a laptop] You're on!"


I'm with you on all those points. It was all a bit too much.

I'm just glad they didn't cast Willis' real-life daughter, Rumor, as his movie daughter. The second I would have seen her potato head I would have turned it off then and there. Talk about a face made for radio!

[jandawil]

Now, that notwithstanding, how funny would it have been instead of Kevin Smith playing "Warlock" that they were going to see the guy who plays PC? I was reeeeeeally hoping they'd throw him in somewhere...anywhere!

Kevin Smith is pretty funny. Funny story from DH4 in an interview with Kevin Smith...Kevin Smith re-wrote some of his lines to make them a little more "true to his character" and ran them by Bruce Willis who really liked what he did. He ran it by the writers and the conversation went something like this:

Bruce: "I like what Kevin did with his character here and we want to go ahead and use what he proposed"

Writers: "Well, we don't want to go that route and feel that his lines should stay as we wrote them"

Bruce: "That's cool...I understand....that's fine....So who's your second choice to play John McClain?"

Problem solved. Kevin went on to say that was the most "pimp" thing he had ever seen. Classic!

[CptnRandy]

Last night we had a rare night out and saw a pre-screening of "The Golden Compass." We enjoyed it (and I'm a big fan of the books - I thought it was an acceptable screen adaptation. Plus - battling armored polar bears!!!)

Randy

[BasementBob]

rsante:

I'm just glad they didn't cast Willis' real-life daughter, Rumor, as his movie daughter.I believe they re-cast the same girl who played his daughter in DieHard-1.

[BasementBob]

Watched The Six Million Dollar Man - Season 1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000ANDBTY) and Season 2.
and The Bionic Woman - Series 1 (1976) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000AV3QL4) and series 2.

I'm really enjoying the Six Million Dollar Man. It's a shame that due to licencing problems (http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/Dvd-Guy/Arent-Original-Bionic/800023655) the Sasquatch episode in Season 3 won't be available anytime soon. I didn't know until this week that the Sasquatch was played by Andre The Giant.

With the Bionic Woman the tearing of the phone book wasn't as much fun as I remembered, but Doomsday Is Tomorrow (part1 and part2) was great on average.

(I don't have it yet, but I see that Banacek (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OCY7OE) is now available.)

[CptnRandy]

Last night I had a friend over and we watched "Beowolf and Grendel" - the 2005 movie.

Excellent - highly recommended.

Randy

[johnathan]

Just because it was a new release I rented Super Bad. Well five minuets later myself and my wife pulled it out of the player.Just glad we didn't have anyone over at the time.

Lets just say the language was over the top for even this blue collar guy that works around some pretty ruff talking guy's. Johnathan

[sleeks]

Watched 300 - liked it.

Watched Fantastic 4 - Silver Surfer - Good movie for what it is....mindless action flick.

Next up: Harry Potter

[rsante]

Watched Fantastic 4 - Silver Surfer - Good movie for what it is....mindless action flick.

See, that's what I thought too. I went into it expecting crap, and by the end I was entertained. Yeah, it was cheesy. Yeah, it was poorly written and directed and Tim Story should never get another directing gig again. BUT, it was fun and the SS was well done.

[scaesare]

Had a bunch of people over for pirate drinks and the newest Pirates of the Caribbean movie last night. I didn't see it in the theaters when it was out but felt I needed to find out what happened to everyone after the "end" of the second movie. All I can say is, boy, the franchise has gone down hill fast! No, wait, I can also say that I hope that they don't make a fourth one (even though this one seems to set the stage for yet another sequel)!

Ditto on PotC:4 ! We all looked around afterward and asked "are you as confused as I am??

In the "Recently Watched" category:

Firewall: So-so thriller. (Man, I can't imagine how Harrison Ford is gonna pull of Indy 4, unless they are specifically tailoring the role to match his age) (Oh, and it was nice to FINALLY see a real depiction of copmuter sytems... well for the most part)

Spidey 1: Kids had never seen it... they thought it was good. I still am not a fan.

Cinderella Man: Great flick, if depressing for the first 3/4ths

Shrek III: I fell asleep. (Great pic quality on the HD DVD tho). Kids liked it.


Next in the hopper: Spidey II (I saw and thought worse then #1, but kids wanna see).

[Neuner]

Just because it was a new release I rented Super Bad. Well five minuets later myself and my wife pulled it out of the player.Just glad we didn't have anyone over at the time.

Lets just say the language was over the top for even this blue collar guy that works around some pretty ruff talking guy's. Johnathan

I rented it only because I had heard it was really funny. My wife and I are both regretting that we watched it.



The same thing went for 'Hot Rod'. If I had known this was an SNL production I wouldn't have rented it. I had also heard this one was funny, but 5 minutes into it my wife & I debated about stopping it but we didn't have anything else so we tortured through it.

I usually like stupid movies, but these are just plain horrible. I think I laughed only once during both of them.

[Neuner]

'Hot Fuzz' - Saw a little while ago, but wanted to comment. My wife & I loved this movie. We were laughing all of the way through it. I only rented it because it was the only thing we hadn't seen and I expected it to be dumb. I was terribly mistaken and I thought it was well done. When I mention it to friends I'm surprised when I hear that they haven't seen it, let alone known about it.

[rsante]

I rented it only because I had heard it was really funny. My wife and I are both regretting that we watched it.


Wow, it's amazing to me that people are this put off by the language in it. My wife and I saw it at the theater and couldn't stop laughing. I bought the DVD the day it came out.

Now, I will admit that it was incredibly raunchy, but sometimes raunch is funny......d*mn funny!

[DKaps]

Firewall: So-so thriller. (Man, I can't imagine how Harrison Ford is gonna pull of Indy 4, unless they are specifically tailoring the role to match his age) (Oh, and it was nice to FINALLY see a real depiction of copmuter sytems... well for the most part)

That reminds me of another technology STRETCH of a writer's imagination....When Ford uses the scanning parts from a fax machine to gather text from a computer monitor as it scrolls by.

[aaron_hinni]

Watched "American Psycho" a couple of nights ago with Christian Bale and Willem Defoe. I really loved this movie, althought I guarantee it is not for everyone. If you enjoy the Showtime TV series "Dexter", then this is a must see.

[scaesare]

That reminds me of another technology STRETCH of a writer's imagination....When Ford uses the scanning parts from a fax machine to gather text from a computer monitor as it scrolls by.

Yeah... that was a bit much.

At least he ran it thru an OCR package first!

[chinaclipper]

Saw it last night with some friends.
They LOVED the special tickets we printed out..... :)

The movie itself is filmed in that "personal view" that insures lots of camera motion, and wierd, quick shots that confuse and befuddle at times. I thought I might have to retire to the back row, but it was really not too bad at all. Some of those "first person shots" with lots of camera motion in some films make me a bit sick.

Great special effects, fight scenes look real, and sound is as expected, totally cool. My guests actually insisted on staying in the theater until the credits rolled-and I mean rolled...ALL of 'em, until the very end.... They wouldn't go home!!:)

This the last Bourne flick really ties some things together, answers some questions, but does leave some room for yet another sequel....

All and all, overall I'd give it a strong 4 stars out of 5!
Best,
Tom
Chinaclipper

[BasementBob]

Is Bourne Ultimatum HDDVD (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VWYJ8Q) an action film or a drama.
Well let's look at the end credits.

CAST: 33 people

Stunt Coordinators: 11 people
Stunt Performers (USA): 69 people
Stunt Performers (UK): 57 people
Stunt Performers (morocco): 8 people
Stunt Performers (Spain): 24 people
Stunt Performers (Germany): 5 people

So, that's 174:33, or the stunt performers outnumber the cast 6 to 1.

That's an action film.

[SuicideJockey]

Spiderman 3

Rental Thats one DVD that I won't be buying.

[gnolivos]

Watched World's Fastest Indian in HD-DVD.

Fantastic! Family friendly, great story (true), with some nice eye candy and a few action scenes with fast vehicles. It really is a must watch, with Anthony Hopkins delivering a spectacular performance!

[Road Captain]

Watched World's Fastest Indian in HD-DVD.

Fantastic! Family friendly, great story (true), with some nice eye candy and a few action scenes with fast vehicles. It really is a must watch, with Anthony Hopkins delivering a spectacular performance!
Ditto to that....

[BasementBob]

Theme: WWII Bomber Landing Gear movies

Watched: Memphis Belle (1990) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/6304936362)
crank crank crank

Watched: Amazing Stories - The Mission (1985) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005JN8Q)
"The Mission". Starring Kevin Costner and Keifer Sutherland, this has to be one of the most remembered episodes. A world wat II crew's belly gunner is stuck in his seat in the bottom of the plane and it appears that he will be crushed upon landing...until a miracle happens. A brilliant and magical episode.

[BasementBob]

Watched Mr. Brooks [Blu-ray] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VD5I8K)
How long is this film? I don't know. It went by pretty quick whatever it was.
Good film, adults only.
Takes a moment to be sure that no one else can see anything when Kevin Costner talks to William Hurt.
Mr. Brooks has some depth and range, he is desperately trying so hard to be the best that he can be; daddy has to take care of it, he drives a volvo. Everyone is fighting their demons.
It is a film that was made outside of the system, because they were concerned that if they made it inside the system, the system would try to make it nice.
I think the articles in the USA Today at the end are in latin.

[sivartk]

Watched Mr. Brooks [Blu-ray] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VD5I8K)
How long is this film? I don't know. It went by pretty quick whatever it was.
Good film, adults only.
Takes a moment to be sure that no one else can see anything when Kevin Costner talks to William Hurt.
Mr. Brooks has some depth and range, he is desperately trying so hard to be the best that he can be; daddy has to take care of it, he drives a volvo. Everyone is fighting their demons.
It is a film that was made outside of the system, because they were concerned that if they made it inside the system, the system would try to make it nice.
I think the articles in the USA Today at the end are in latin.

Just watched this today, too (Standard DVD as my Blockbuster takes 4-5 weeks to get new releases on BD and $30 was too much of a gamble). The film was right at 2 hours. It did seem to go buy very quick and kept you interested. Some action, but not a lot. It did have a nice pace to it.

There were some "holes" in the film and some characters didn't act as a normal person would, but overall I enjoyed the film. Although Demi Moore passing for a 37 year old was a stretch ;)

[Ktulu_1]

We watched The Bourne Ultimatum Friday night on HD DVD. Excellent movie. Excellent disc. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Sunday morning, early afternoon, while recovering from a Christmas party the night before we watched The Family Man (DVD) with Nicolas Cage. As an It's a Wonderful Life knock off it does ok. It's certainly not a great movie like the classic Christmas story it emulates, but I like it. AND... Tea Leoni is one of the most beautiful woman in Hollywood. 3 out of 5 stars.

[jandawil]

Watched Bourne Ultimatum Last night on HD-DVD. Wow what a great flick and great disk. True HD soundtrack was incredible and video quality was excellent. This may be the best of the Bourne series yet. Non stop action and suspense to say the least. The only slightly negative thing was some of the hand held camera work does get a little tiring on a 118" screen after a while, but it does work for this movie. I'll definitely watch this one many times.

[BasementBob]

Watched Hostel - Part II [Blu-ray] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UJ48OU) I think I enjoyed it more than the last one. My goodness do you have to watch the special features though -- it's not that it's a whole other movie when it's explained, but there's a lot of interesting bits that were not obvious, some are movie-insider bits (who the actors are) and some are real-world bits. Speaking of obvious, there's an abundance of plot twists, all of which were predicted. One thing I was waiting for, never happened (blonde).

Watched The Simpsons Movie [Blu-ray] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WGYMD8) Wasn't as good as I'd been expecting. One good laugh though.

Did not watch, nor purchase, nor own, nor receive, nor intend to see Hee Haw - Episodes 1 through 240 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002M5TQ6) I was surprised to find these are for sale.
"Where, oh where, are you tonight?
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over, and I thought I'd found true love,
Then you met another, and PFFFT! You was gone!"
"Now, we're not ones to go 'round spreadin' rumors,
Why, really we're just not the gossipy kind,
No, you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip,
So you'd better be sure and listen close the first time!"
"SAL-LUTE"

[rsante]

My 5-year old son has developed a serious interest in Spiderman (finally!) and we sat down last night and watched the first Spiderman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/) movie, and tonight we watched half of Spiderman 2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316654/). He's really enjoying them.

After the kids go to bed the Mrs and I are going to turn on The Bourne Ultimatum (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0440963/). Loved the first two so I'm sure I'll love this one as well.

[Wazzey]

Order of the Phoenix on HD-DVD as well as The Sorcerers Stone and Chamber of Secrets in HD. Haven't seen the other 2 in Hd since I bought the HDDVD collectors box last week. Never thought I'd be a harry potter nut after the first movie.... didn't like it at the time but after reading the books I enjoy it even more. Kids like em all too.... gives me an excuse.... ya know the kids wanna watch it so I have to :)

Was nice watching it in HD in the theater...

[BasementBob]

Watched Halloween - Unrated Director's Cut (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VKL6Z2)
Not bad. Watched it over 3 sittings. Very Halloween-ish slasher stuff, although I've not seen Carpenter's Halloween in years.
Hated the beginning 'family' scenes -- that's not a family. Hated the menu song -- wrong pitch.
A lot of nudity, not a lot of suspense/horror -- once it gets rolling it's more assembly line violence for the last while.

[CptnRandy]

Friday night the wife and I watched "Night at the Museum". I'm not much of a Ben Stiller fan, but we enjoyed this one!

Randy

[chinaclipper]

I FINALLY broke down and watched the movie.
All I can say is that first scene when the train comes---wow!!!

We forgot about the Buttkickers and when the train comes, we really experienced the darn thing in our theater. Incredible!!

I had some of my athletes over last night (They wanted to watch Ratatouille) but I just HAD to prime them by using that opening "Train" sequence.

Needless to say, we pretty much had their attention after THAT scene.

In summary, I'd say about 3 out of 5 stars. Not a GREAT movie, but as many movies now a days seem to be, great special effects...

Someone should really put this scene in one of those "experience my Home Theater" Demo DVD's.....

[rsante]

Last night I watched the latest in the Harry Potter line, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." This is my favorite one so far; the story was great and it's so cool watching them grow up over the years on film.

HOWEVER, what crappy picture quality. Absolutely horrible when compared to the others in this series and to most films of the past 10 years. My son has some Wiggles videos on VHS that look better than this movie does 80% of the time. What a shame.

[chinadog]

HOWEVER, what crappy picture quality. Absolutely horrible when compared to the others in this series and to most films of the past 10 years. My son has some Wiggles videos on VHS that look better than this movie does 80% of the time. What a shame.

Hmm, watched it it last night AND the night beofre, but in HDDVD and it was great picture quality. I assume you're watching via DVD?

Bud

[rsante]

Hmm, watched it it last night AND the night beofre, but in HDDVD and it was great picture quality. I assume you're watching via DVD?

That's a correct assumption. Upconverted to 1080. However, I'm not the only one complaining about the pq. There's a thread on this forum dedicated to the poor picture quality.

I'm beginning to believe those conspiracy theorists who say that the studios are purposely making dvds look bad to get people to buy the HD versions.

[BasementBob]

Watched Harry Potter Years 1-5 Limited Edition Gift Set [HD DVD] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000W45D06).
Well, I watched the last one. Pretty good.

Watched Stardust [HD DVD] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WTLDPU). Really good fantasy adventure.
Anyone who's seen Oceans Twelve knows that stars don't make a movie, so with Peter O'Toole and Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro and a flying galleon[Time Bandits (1981)] from the commercials, I was worried. But I was pleasantly surprised with Stardust. I don't remember it starting with "Once Upon A Time" but I think it ends with "And they lived ..."

[starscomeout]

Watched 'Transformers' tonight in HD-DVD. I can see someone who is pre-twenties-something enjoying this movie, but I found it very corny and hard to sit through the entire movie. And please don't anyone tell me it is one of those movies you just need to park your brain at the door and enjoy it for what it is, because I am able to just veg-out on a lot of movies, but still enjoy them. This movie was made for those who spend the money at the box offices, which are people in their mid-twenties and younger. It is a movie that has no acting per-say, but just a lot of special effects. Whatever happened to a movie that was carried on the actors acting and not solely on special effects?

BTW, this movie probably looked just as good in SD, since it sure was not one of the better HD transfers.

On a 1 to 5 star rating, I only give it 2.5 stars.

Don
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[BasementBob]

starscomeout:
The way I described the Transformers was -- I enjoyed the movie as long as no one was speaking, not the humans, and not the Transformers.
This movie would have been a lot better with a Writer's Strike.

[BasementBob]

Watched Pathfinder [Blu-ray] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000W4HIWW)
Yuch.

there's plenty of violence with no suspense, lots of stunt work but no excitement, and a cast of characters so poorly developed that it's easier to care about the background scenery. To add insult to injury, the movie is filmed in a way that makes it seem like the camera has epilepsy and the color desaturation renders everything murky. from: http://www.reelviews.net/movies/p/pathfinder.html

[chinadog]

That's a correct assumption. Upconverted to 1080. However, I'm not the only one complaining about the pq. There's a thread on this forum dedicated to the poor picture quality.

I'm beginning to believe those conspiracy theorists who say that the studios are purposely making dvds look bad to get people to buy the HD versions.

That wouldn't surprise me at all, I'll have to go search for it. I'm sure it'll be an interesting read. Thanks.

Bud

[CptnRandy]

Last night we watched "The Simpsons Movie". Enjoyable.

Randy

[cabbageheat]

Watched "Men in Black 2". I know I'm ten years behind the curve on that one, but it was alright. Not as good as the 1st, and was pretty anticlimactic. It was a Superbit DVD as well, looked and sounded great at least. . .

[BasementBob]

Watched Ratatouille [Blu-ray] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VBJEFK). Very good. Everyone liked it.

Watched 2001 - A Space Odyssey [HD DVD] (1968) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I0RR62). Well, not all of it. After the bone until It's Full Of Stars. Very good. The models, especially the artificial satelites, are a little under resolution now that I see them on HDDVD. Beware the intermissions -- they're black screens with no sound -- the first one is at the beginning and it's 2.5 minutes long before the opening credits.

[starscomeout]

Has anyone seen the new HD cut of 'Blade Runner' yet? If yes, then how is the pq and sq of the HD version compared to the older SD version? I have it in my Netflix queue, but with all HD and BD titles through Netflix you end up on a long waiting list before receiving it.

Don
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[rsante]

The wife and I fired up that delightful holiday classic that just fills the heart with Christmas cheer....yes, I'm talking about "Bad Santa." (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/) Every year we watch it, and it puts me in the best mood! You can keep your "It's A Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Story." Give me Billy Bob Thornton liquored up in a Santa costume, yelling obscenities at kids, and 'loving' oversized women in the dressing rooms.

'Tis the season!


Forgot to mention, this also has John Ritter's final performance before his untimely death. He is, at times, laugh out loud funny. Never really been a big fan of his stuff, but he really was great in this flick.

[CptnRandy]

Last night the wife and I watched the 1999 Patrick Stewart version of "A Christmas Carol" this made for TV movie is an excellent rendition of the tale.

Randy

[sivartk]

Give me Billy Bob Thornton liquored up in a Santa costume, yelling obscenities at kids, and 'loving' oversized women in the dressing rooms.



Great idea, I'm going to do this with my 5 and 6 year old nephew and niece. I don't think my sister will mind ;)

[Nightman116]

Last night, the wife and I watched Balls of Fury. I would say it compares to Old School with Will Farrell. Parts of it were really funny, but it drags through most of the movie.

[starscomeout]

The wife and I watched 'Next' last night starring Nicolas Cage. We both enjoyed this movie as we have with most of Nicolas Cage movies.

I gave it 3.5 stars out of 5.

Don
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[Road Captain]

The wife & I watched 'The Last Sin Eater' last night. This is a film with a Christian message but has a wider appeal than Christian viewers. The "Sin Eater" is an old pagan custom where the sins of the dead are taken away during a ritual. The 'Sin Eater', because he has taken on all the sins of the dead is feared and unapproachable. The storyline is about a 10 year old girl who is seeking to relieve the pain caused by her sins. This film is heart-wrenching, yet heart-warming at the same time.

[Ktulu_1]

We watched The Simpson's Movie on Blu-Ray Saturday night. Someone said, "...it's like a hour and a half Simpson's episode." I have to agree. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Fun movie. 3 out of 5 stars.

[BasementBob]

Road Captain
You might want to watch The Order (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000TPA0G) -- it was the first time I'd heard of sin eater.
(By the ratings, it looks like the one you watched is a better movie.)

[Rockokma]

Since I do not go to the Movie Theater any more (other than my own) I just watched Harry Potter last week. I was a bit disappointed. They left much out from the book.

I also just watched Gangs of New York last week for the first time.

Wow this was a great flick, would highly recommend it and the picture quality was pretty good as well.

Yesterday we started Matrix in HD-DVD, best viewing of the movie I have ever seen was in my theater, pretty happy about that.

Tonight I plan on starting Bourne Trilogy in HD, I have not seen any of them yet, not sure why.

[Marc Ye]

We had guys night in the theater last week and watched Matt Damon find his destiny in the Bourne Ultimatum shown in high definition. Great action flick!

[Road Captain]

Road Captain
You might want to watch The Order (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000TPA0G) -- it was the first time I'd heard of sin eater.
(By the ratings, it looks like the one you watched is a better movie.)

I heard of 'The Order' a while back but thought it was more classed as a horror film and never watched it. I never got into horror films. 'The Sin Eater', although fiction story, could be considered historical based. Welsh immigrants, who formed many Appalachian communities, were known to practice the ritual. I'd class this one more of a drama and/or faith drama.

[Richr 13]

Both in Bluray. Pixar scored another couple of hits with these two and the picture quality ws excellent. Very enjoyable.

[CptnRandy]

Xmas Day the family watched, "Meet the Robinsons".

We all enjoyed the movie - you can see Pixar's influence on Disney - and note John Lasseter as Exec. Producer.

Randy

[dc_pilgrim]

Watched "Waitress" on DVD via netflix.

Sundance type quirky-chick-flick. The men in this movie don't get shown in particularly positive lights. Can't say I hated it, can't say I'd recomend it. Plays like a quirky but trash novel with decent performances (interesting cast, Keri Russell, Nathon Fillion, Andy Griffith).

[Art Sonneborn]

Last night one of only a handfull of silent films I've watched Frau Im Mond. I think it would be fun to edit the prep and launch sequence with the Saturn/Apollo ones. Only two things possible :The writer had a crystal ball that worked very well and was a genius or more likely IMO Von Braun and his team watched this film many times forty years before Apollo and it had a profound effect on them.

Art

[starscomeout]

Watched 'The Station Agent'. I rented this movie from Netflix quit some time back and ripped it to my media server until I could get around to watching it. It was one of those movies I kept avoiding due to being afraid it was going to waste my time by being something I would not enjoy. However, after a very late evening of not being able to sleep, I decided to give it a chance and I am glad I did.

This turned out to be one of those little gems that you are glad you finally got around to seeing. There are no action, explosions, special effects, nor is it a big budget production. Instead it is just plane raw acting that centers around three people's lives that are brought together by events that seem to send us all in specific directions for unknown, but needed reasons.

4.5 out of 5 stars

Here is the movie's overview:

"Winner of 2003 Sundance Film Festival awards, 'The Station Agent' stars Emmy Award winner Patricia Clarkson (TV's 'Six Feet Under', 'Far From Heaven'), Peter Dinklage ('Elf') and Bobby Cannavale (TV's '24', 'Third Watch') in a comedy about friendship that will have you smiling long after the final credits. Fin McBride (Dinklage), a loner with a passion for trains, inherits an abandoned train station in the middle of nowhere - a place that suits him just fine because all he wants is to be alone. But that is not to be. Soon after moving in, he discovers his isolated depot is more like Grand Central Station. There's Olivia (Clarkson), a distracted and troubled artist, and Joe (Cannavale), a friendly Cuban with an insatiable hunger for conversation. With absolutely nothing in common, they find their isolated lives coming together in a friendship none of them could foresee."

Don
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[CptnRandy]

Last night was girls' pick and we watched "The Truth About Cats and Dogs" Still hold up as light and funny.

Randy

[Agri]

Transformers in hd-dvd rocks.!

[BasementBob]

Watched a few minutes of Timecop on a heavily compressed cable station called SuperStation, and glanced over at my purchased-but-not-yet-watched-dvd-pile and there was Timecop [HD DVD] (1994) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000X1BYN8). I'd have to say the HDDVD version was much clearer!

I've been watching selected episodes from Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete First Season [HD DVD] (1966) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VDDDY6). Supposidly they've frame-by-frame remastered this, but in Shore Leave there's still digital effects around Spock when he "beams down from the bridge". Certainly it's the sharpest Star Trek Original I've ever seen, with excelent views of the Shatner 2000, and some have said that the plywood sets are obvious but I haven't noticed it yet. the main difference of course is that CBS has replaced all the entraprise shots with new CGI shots. I think they could have done better CGI than they did, but it's worth a look. I don't know if it's worth $130 though. The reason I bought the set was because everyone's talking about The Doomsday Machine CGI, including one of the amazon comments about this set -- but it turns out that The Doomsday Machine is in Season 2.
Another comment was that in Arena, we get to see the Gorn ship. Well, that's sort of true, it's tiny and way off in the distance. On my 24" tall set (50" diagonal), it's probably about an inch and a half tall. In Balance Of Terror they've changed the 'proximity phasors' to explode at a distance and look a little less like photon torpedoes by making them blue (watch The Enemy Below 1957 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001NBMH6) first, since rumor has it that Rodenberry watched this movie immediately before writing Balance Of Terror).
I don't think I liked the CGI I.S.S. Fesarius in The Corbomite Maneuver -- in the original it was a bunch of little spheres, but in the new one it's a big grey sphere with a bunch of glowing little spheres around it.
There's some special features, mostly about today's people making the CGI effects, but a bit about the original shots done by the recent people who edited the HDDVDs.
CBS remastered these so they could run them on their HD stations -- but many of the CBS affiliates refuse to run Star Trek in any time slot (including my cable's CBS HD). There's a bunch of extracts on YouTube, all fuzzy.

Watched Eastern Promises [HDDVD] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YENUIQ). A David Cronenberg film. It's the first HDDVD I've watched in a while that had to be taken out and cleaned to avoid skips. Certainly a good film, but not the fantastic I'd been lead to believe from the reviews. Equally certainly Viggo Mortensen does some good work here.

Watched Underdog [BluRay] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WCBVQS). This sort of thing -- talking dogs -- used to be State-Of-The-Art-Disney in the 1970's. I had to watch it because a friend of mine was involved a bit. In the special features there's a couple of Underdog cartoons so you can compare the old to the new if you've forgotten. If you're going to show it to kids, show them Lady And The Tramp immediately before (meatball scene).

[tleavit]

Last few days I threw in the old Indiana Jones DVD set to introduce my 7 year old to it. I figured he would be watching the 4th one coming out soon. Looked pretty good up scaled on my Toshiba A30. One problems were the menus, they refused to work on the Toshiba. For Xmas, wife bought me 4 Bond movies that I didn’t have (I think I have them all now, have to verify). Just threw in Live and let Die and it also looked pretty good. Sound was great on it. Menus worked on my Toshiba A30. I forgot how bad a Bond movie it was and ended up being a poor choice to introduce my son to Bond (he didn’t like it and was bored). I should have started with a better one (all 4 movies were rated PG in their day).

[BasementBob]

tleavit:
Thunderball, the original not the remake, was always my favourite 007.

[BasementBob]

Watched The Kingdom [HD DVD] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000Y9VF92)
The first 20 minutes, including the history/teaser, were riviting.

[John Martin]

Last night we watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, SD on a Sanyo Z4 and a crappy Zenith DVD player, in a 9' wide scope format using a couple of 5" x 7" optical prisms sitting in front of the PJ, on a darker beige wall above our TV, using a old Onkyo receiver in 2 channel mode with the speakers behind us on a table. Fun was had by all (he he).

Christmas night it was Ratatouille in the same as above.

I am really looking forward to getting my HT completed mid-Feb and getting MUCH better equipment. I have yet to watch an HD or Blu-Ray movie yet so I still think a SD movie looks good.

John

[BasementBob]

I bought someone a Day Timer for christmas, so of course we had to watch Taking Care of Business (1990) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005T7HC), where Charles Grodin looses his Day Timer (aka FiloFax) to James Belushi.

Watched Banacek - The First Season (1972) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OCY7OE). I know it was one of the Wednesday Mystery Night Movies, and today is Monday, so I'm a couple of days early.

[Ktulu_1]

Holiday Recap...

Ratatouille (Blu-Ray): A pretty good flick. My wife, daughter, and I really enjoyed this one. One of the best of 2007 for sure. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Knocked Up (HD DVD): Didn't seem like the sharpest disc I've ever seen but not terrible and certainly better than DVD. The movie is ok. I liked it very much but I cant say there was anything that stood out. It's a solid movie with lots of giggles and chuckles. 3 out of 5 stars.

Superbad (Blu-Ray): Great movie. Another one of 2007's best. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

The Kingdom (HD DVD): Decent action movie. Far better than most junk from the so called big name action stars. Peter Berg seems to be getting better and better with each movie he makes. My disc has a bad spot at one point that causes the player to stutter. The disc is clean and flawless and I'm at a loss as to why this happens. I'm going to exchange the disc today and see if that helps. I'm not prone to these kind of problems and I was bummed out when I discovered it. 3 out of 5 stars.

Love Actually (DVD): Watched this for the first time over the holidays and I was pleasantly surprised. I'm not a big romantic comedy fan but this one's pretty good. 3 out of 5 stars.

Blade Runner - The Ultimate Cut (HD DVD): I didn't find the "Ultimate Cut" all that different from the "Director's Cut." Great disc of a classic film. This movie is in my top 10 of all time 4 out of 5 stars.

[rsante]

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Director's Cut"

I started watching it late and figured I'd check out 30 minutes of it, go to bed, and finish the rest the next day. Nope, when it ended at 2 in the morning I was just thinking to myself what an awesome movie that was and that it really hasn't aged at all. A true classic and the director's cut looked beautiful with a deep, booming DTS track.

[Tnilsson]

"Ella Enchanted". I was looking for a movie the whole family might like and picked it up because of the comments on the back of the case from Leonard Maltin, among others, saying what a wonderful family movie it was. And it turned out to be delightful. I can't recommend it highly enough if you want a fresh movie that will appeal to both kids and adults.

[cabbageheat]

Blade Runner Final Cut, upconverted on DVD (havn't made a jump yet)

Beautifully shot, but in all, pretty anticlimactic in the end. I remember seeing this as a kid and scratching my head at what the heck was going on, seeing it as an adult lead to new and different conclusions as to what was really happening. Its just thick with themes and metaphors it requires multiple viewings to really "see" everything. I still found it to be a little slow, but the cinematography as beautiful as it was twenty years ago.

[aaron_hinni]

Was sick most of new years eve, so while the wife and kiddies were at a holiday party, I busted out some dude friendly movies that I could play loud.

300 on bluray was first on the list, since I haven't seen it yet. I don't think my wife would like this movie too much, but I thought it was well done.

XXX on dvd was next. Fun adrenaline movie. Some stupid unbelievable stunts, but who cares.

I started watching 2 Fast, 2 Furious on hd-dvd, but the family came home after 15 minutes in, and my 5 yr old wanted to play the Wii. It is not like it is a good movie anyway, but still fun to watch.

[BasementBob]

Based on Art's
Last night one of only a handfull of silent films I've watched Frau Im Mond. I think it would be fun to edit the prep and launch sequence with the Saturn/Apollo ones. Only two things possible :The writer had a crystal ball that worked very well and was a genius or more likely IMO Von Braun and his team watched this film many times forty years before Apollo and it had a profound effect on them.
I watched Woman in the Moon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00064AEWO) which I'm reasonably sure is the same film. I'd never heard of it, so I was curious. Since it was a silent film, it didn't loose anything watching it at 2x speed. "Apparently Lang's film got so much right about space travel that the Germans seized the models used in the film as state secrets when they started their own rocket-building program. This film runs 169 minutes and is quite slow in places. It has some very interesting and thrilling scenes."

Instead of editing in Saturn/Apollo ones, I paused and channel flipped to a Kelly Monaco retrospective done in 1998.

[lax01]

Just watched Shoot Em Up on Blu-Ray...awesome sound...First BR disc I watched and I'm totally impressed...even at 720p, it still looks fantastic

[waylonrobert]

Holiday Recap...

Ratatouille (Blu-Ray): A pretty good flick. My wife, daughter, and I really enjoyed this one. One of the best of 2007 for sure. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Knocked Up (HD DVD): Didn't seem like the sharpest disc I've ever seen but not terrible and certainly better than DVD. The movie is ok. I liked it very much but I cant say there was anything that stood out. It's a solid movie with lots of giggles and chuckles. 3 out of 5 stars.

Superbad (Blu-Ray): Great movie. Another one of 2007's best. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

The Kingdom (HD DVD): Decent action movie. Far better than most junk from the so called big name action stars. Peter Berg seems to be getting better and better with each movie he makes. My disc has a bad spot at one point that causes the player to stutter. The disc is clean and flawless and I'm at a loss as to why this happens. I'm going to exchange the disc today and see if that helps. I'm not prone to these kind of problems and I was bummed out when I discovered it. 3 out of 5 stars.

Love Actually (DVD): Watched this for the first time over the holidays and I was pleasantly surprised. I'm not a big romantic comedy fan but this one's pretty good. 3 out of 5 stars.

Blade Runner - The Ultimate Cut (HD DVD): I didn't find the "Ultimate Cut" all that different from the "Director's Cut." Great disc of a classic film. This movie is in my top 10 of all time 4 out of 5 stars.

I agree with your points about these movies. Just curious, what movies warrant 5 stars with you?

[Ktulu_1]

I forgot to mention that I watched the first season of Battlestar Galactica (2004) on HD DVD over the holidays. Wow! I was really taken in by the whole thing. In some sittings I watched episode after episode. The people that recommended this show, there are many and now I know why, were right on. With the season 2 HD DVDs just a dream for right now, the waiting is going to be difficult. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

[CptnRandy]

Jeff - only 3.5 stars! :D

I was one of those who avoided BSG until just after the LONG break half way thru season 2. One of my friends ragged me until I gave it a try. Frankly, one of the best series currently on TV and for a long way back.

Can't wait for the final season!

Randy

[Ktulu_1]

I agree with your points about these movies. Just curious, what movies warrant 5 stars with you?

None

There has yet to be a perfect movie. So I can't give any movie a perfect score of 5 stars. It doesn't leave any room for improvement. Conversely, there are no perfectly awful movies and I don't have any movies that I would give a half star (0 implies no rating, .5 is the lowest). The 5 star scale I use is clipped a little.

A little perspective... There are only three 4.5 star movies that I own. Band of Brothers, Casablanca, and The Maltese Falcon.


Jeff - only 3.5 stars!

Yeah, I think 3.5 is fitting for season 1. It's very good.

[CptnRandy]

Last night we had 4 to watch "Eastern Promises". This is a very good movie - I highly recommend it.

It has, however, graphic violence. But as my wife pointed out, it was fitting for the story and nothing was gratuitous.

Randy

[Road Captain]

Last night we had 4 to watch "Eastern Promises". This is a very good movie - I highly recommend it.

It has, however, graphic violence. But as my wife pointed out, it was fitting for the story and nothing was gratuitous.

Randy

We watched "Eastern Promises" last night also. I agree with you... very good movie. The wife liked it also but had to hide her eyes a few places (then she would ask what was happening).

[jandawil]

Another thumbs up for Eastern Promises. Very good movie (although violent in parts). I could have also gone without seeing Viggo's junk :eek: Very good performances in this one. Tonight is Stardust. I've heard good things about this one and for once my wife will watch a fantasy movie with me.

[BasementBob]

jandawil: I watched Stardust back on Dec 20th - very good.

Watched Sunshine [Blu-ray] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000Y7U98W). Beautiful. Good Sci-Fi too. Some have suggested reading up on Q-Balls (http://www.citebase.org/fulltext?format=application%2Fpdf&identifier=oai%3AarXiv.org%3Acond-mat%2F0304355) first.

Watched Feast (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GLL1U6). Amusing little horror film. The little pop up captions are great.

Watched Tremors [HD DVD] (1990) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VJAICK). Amazingly clear transfer.

[lax01]

jandawil: I watched Stardust back on Dec 20th - very good.

Watched Sunshine [Blu-ray] (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000Y7U98W). Beautiful. Good Sci-Fi too. Some have suggested reading up on Q-Balls (http://www.citebase.org/fulltext?format=application%2Fpdf&identifier=oai%3AarXiv.org%3Acond-mat%2F0304355) first.


This title will be released on January 8, 2008.

lol :) Gotta go buy that this week ;)

[jandawil]

This title will be released on January 8, 2008.

lol :) Gotta go buy that this week ;)

Watched Stardust last night and enjoyed it quite a bit. I'll probably have to buy this one. De Niro was great!!! Very unique flick to say the least. Highly recommend this one.

[frorule]

I officially de-virginized my new theater 2 nights ago when my friend and I watched Live Free or Die Hard. Expectations were somewhat low, as I am not a fan of either of the DH sequels. Man, I was impressed. I liked it! ...Not quite as much as the original, but it's definitely the second best flick of the series. I should state I am one of those people who can suspend disbelief while watching a movie, so that definitely helps with this movie. I was scratching my head often, though.

One noteworthy observation. The bass thump when a certain character gets shot near the end of the film was amazing. I felt it in my chest as if I was getting shot. And I have a pithy little sub. I would love to experience that in a theater with better equipment.

[CptnRandy]

Frorule - Congratulations on completing your theater!

Randy

[frorule]

Frorule - Congratulations on completing your theater!

Randy



Thanks Randy. I see you are a Buckeye. We had a party in the theater last night (about 15 people) to watch the game. We had a good time, of course except for that minor detail that OSU got crushed... again... :(

[coolhand]

Made $100 on that game. Betting against the Buckeyes was like stealing; I actually feel guilty.

[beaker764]

Watched Glory last night. I'm sure everyone here has already seen this movie but if you haven't it's a great show.

[Ktulu_1]

We watched Evan Almighty (HD DVD) Tuesday night. This is not a great movie, but I wouldn't say that it's terrible either. Having pretty low expectations may have tainted my opinion. I'd bet if you go into this movie thinking that you're going to get an average movie with high production value, decent acting, and Steve Carell, you wont be too disappointed. 2.5 out of 5 stars.

[frorule]

We watched Transformers last night. What's all the hype about? Mediocre at best. 2 out of 4 stars.

[BasementBob]

Watched Epic Movie (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O76ZOO). Bluch.
Except for the scene with Carmen Electra as Mystique (that blue shape shifter from X-Men) in high school doing her Pussy Cat Dolls wiggle routine -- I must have watched that part ten times.

Watched Last Sin Eater (2007) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NVI0DU), a FoxFaith movie (Christian) based on Road Captain's (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=12576220&highlight=Last+Sin+Eater#post12576220) recommendation earlier in this thread.
Found it more of a MadeForTV kind of thing. I agree with most of the amazon.com comments. Good film (in both uses of the word 'good'), parents should watch it before showing it to kids to pre-explain several things.
I had been talking with a bible study person I know about 'sin eaters' (in history/faith, not the movies) a week before watching this, so I'm not sure why I was expecting the little girl to become a sin eater -- what actually happens is pretty much what the bible study person said

[John Martin]

Watched Cars in SD, no upscaling, using temporary 2.35 anamorphic lens setup. Not ideal but fun nonetheless.

I really need to finish the HT.

[jewing1043]

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Director's Cut"

I started watching it late and figured I'd check out 30 minutes of it, go to bed, and finish the rest the next day. Nope, when it ended at 2 in the morning I was just thinking to myself what an awesome movie that was and that it really hasn't aged at all. A true classic and the director's cut looked beautiful with a deep, booming DTS track.



I second that

I watched it the other day on Blu and was totally amazed

[JOHNnDENVER]

Screened 3:10 to Yuma this past Wed...

Wife gave it 9 out of 10, I gave it 8 out of 10.

I did love the fact it was a true blue, straight up, shoot em up Western, no gimmicks and very well done. A better sound track as in choice of music, and it would of probably gotten a better score from me. :)

[BasementBob]

Watched Shoot Em Up [Blu-ray] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XA5K4I). This film constantly reminded me of other films.

If you thought MI5 trained their agents well, you haven't seen a fully trained British Secret Nanny (played by Clive Owen, aka Carrot Killer!). Monty Python had a skit "How to defend yourself against a man armed with a Banana." The goons in this film didn't go to that school. The film is impossible, unrealistic, way over the top, way larger than life, mindless -- one long action scene with occasional short exposition, mostly in your face gun violence, overall it is fun nonetheless. Monica Bellucci has been a lot better. If you thought "Last Man Standing (1996, Bruce Willis)" was insufficiently violent or insufficiently one sided, then this is easily the film for you.

In "Bully for Bugs," Bugs Bunny, once again making that "wrong turn at Albuquerque," finds himself a spectator inside a bullring, where a magnificent bull is making short work of an overmatched toreador. Bugs is minding his own business -admittedly in the wrong place at the wrong time - "What's up, Doc?" - when the not amused bull bucks Bugs out of the arena and into the stratosphere. As Bugs, tail jacked up, is propelled toward the heavens, he turns to the camera and declares with an annoyed smirk, "Of course you know, this means war!" There ensues an outlandish, over the top, war of wits between Bugs and the bull fought with such implements as an anvil, a slingshot, a rifle, elephant bullets, axle grease, and a crude Rube Goldberg device that employs TNT.

The plot of "Shoot `Em Up" is almost as cartoonish as the action. There is so much ammunition dispersed in this movie, with the guns and gunplay erotized to a level nothing human approach in this movie, it is almost laughable that a gun control initiative is at the heart of its overblown action. Like watching a porn movie about abstinence.

Watched Con Air [Blu-ray] (1997) (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000X418UO)About the same as a decade ago.

[CptnRandy]

Saturday night the wife and I watched "3:10 to Yuma". We both enjoyed it - excellent performance by Crowe (no surprise, there).

Randy

[aaron_hinni]

Watched "Meet the Robinsons" on bluray with the family last night. It was a fun flick that kept us all entertained. It was visually spectacular as well.

[jandawil]

Watched Oceans 13 on Blu-Ray last night with the Mrs. We both enjoyed it. It was much better than Oceans 12, just could not hold up to 11 though. All in all a fun watch. I did however think the picture quality for Blu-Ray was very poor. I'm sure a lot of it was how the picture was shot just the style of the movie.

[Road Captain]

The wife & I watched two good ones this weekend... The Bourne Ultimatum and Stardust. She normally doesn't care for the fantasy ones, but really enjoyed Stardust.

[jewing1043]

The Kingdom on sd-dvd

surprisingly interesting movie
not worth owning but a definite rental

the movie itself 3.25 out of 5.0

video 2.5 out of 5.0
audio 3.75 out of 5.0 lfe was good and also not over used

[johnathan]

Watched 3:10 to Yuma great acting by all !

Shoot Em Up after watching the extras on the disk I had a lot more respect for the director ! He had worked on many others movies and that is why the action scenes seemed so familiar.

Death Sentence with Kevin Bacon and John Goodman. I enjoyed it for what it was another revenge movie with a lot of ultra violence and gun fire.

Sunshine very enjoyable although the filter used on the film took a little getting used to.It was entertaining ! Johnathan

[frorule]

We had the in-laws over last night and watched the movie "Next" in HD via TW's On Demand. Nicolas Cage's character can see a few minutes into the future. Great movie, we all liked it. 3 out of 4 stars. I don't know what to say about the ending except that some of us liked it and others weren't so sure. See for yourself.

[jandawil]

I watched Dune on HD-DVD simply because I had never seen it and I did enjoy the book. The picture quality was very good for an o