Fincher has a couple of things in the works, including Rendezvous with Rama.

Panic Room was pretty good, but I'm not a fan of Seven and I thought Aliens 3 was just plain awful.

Randy

Wow Randy - this thread is out of control. You started it, and you were the 1000th reply as well!

Funny how those things work out! I still hear about great movies from this thread. Keep em coming!

Randy

Watched THE ROCK last night, had seen it several years ago but I managed to pick up about 15 DVDs for 25 bucks from a friend who was getting out of the Navy and didn't want to pack them. This happened to be one and I got a chance to watch on the Z2 with surround and I will say it was a nice experience. Of course any movie with Sean, Nick and some explosions will grab my attention.
Jamie

Wife and I watched "Along Came Polly" and "50 First Dates". Both movies were very entertaining and funny.

Last night I watched "Hellboy" and "Johnny English". Hellboy was better then what I expected, but "Johnny English" turned out to be less entertaining. I visualized a closer Bean character of Rowan Atkinson, then the character he played in "Johnny English". If Rowan Atkinson could develop his secret agent character a little better, then I could see them having a good chance here of a new character such as what Peter Sellers was in the “Pink Panther” movies as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, but in Rowan Atkinson’s case it would be the bumbling secret agent.

Don

just finished TAKING LIVES with Angelina Jolie. Lots of deep bass and a very good ending, the movie is kind of dark and is not repeat not a feel good movie

jamie

Tonight I watched Mr. Wakefield break out the broom in HD. Just awesome!
Too bad those pesky Rangers refuse to go quietly.

I was also keeping an eye on Yohan Santana violating The Yanks on ESPN-HD:D :D

Gus

Watched the Goodfellas SE from the new Scorsese 5-DVD set. Great commentary from Scorsese and the cast!

I watched Independence Day the other day, man I'd forgotten about that movie, and with my new setup it was just lovely.

This weekend I'm having a wee party.... showing:

Saturday:
- Last Samurai
- Kill Bill Vol 1
- Kill Bill Vol 2

Sunday
- Princess Bride
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (my group of friends loves kevin smith)

Should be good fun i think.

- D

Yeah Gus, I feel you. We keep winning but so does Texas and Anaheim!! We cant get any breathing room. After we went up 6-1 last night, we watched "Love Actually". A couple funny parts but definately a chic flick. I expected as much but I heard it was decent so we gave it a shot. Even my girlfriend thought it was just too cheesy some times. This is another DVD that will sit on the shelf for a long long time!

I just watched "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie" for like the 10th time.........such a funny movie....

Course it is indeed something different. I like :\

- D

I took a couple days off to lounge around and spend quality time with my son before school starts.

I'm looking for some movies to watch. The only title I'm eagerly awating now is The Alamo. Is there anything else out there on DVD for me to watch the next few days?

Gus

We had some friends over last night and watched "What About Bob?"

A few good laughs and good for a mixed age audience.

Randy

Watched Big Fish last night. I enjoyed it but my girlfriend lost interest due to fantasy aspect that Tim Burton uses in his work. I would definitely recommend this one.

Gus, how old is your son? One thing I picked up this week that you may enjoy with him is "ALF: Season 1" This is classic and I still enjoy it very much.

Originally posted by trnst7


Gus, how old is your son?

He is Eight, but he thinks he's 18. That makes for a difficult situation when choosing movies. Yesterday I took him to see Alien VS Predator. The wife hit the roof when she found out I took him to a PG-13 movie. He loved it!

Gus

checked out" taking lives" with angelina jolin, keifer sutherland last night, definetly not for general viewing(kids) if you like thrillers this one is for you........

just Caught the end of the butt-whoopin the sox gave the White Sox tonight. We're on a roll now. Picked up some new DVD's today. Waking Ned Divine, Being John Malkovich and Stealing Harvard($5) but I think I might just watch the Olympics for the rest of the night.

Just finished watching the Australian film Spotswood (Efficiency Expert in the US). Someone gave me a nice 35mm print of this. It's about a shoe company that hired a "Efficiency Expert". It's more like a comedy. Stars Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn and Russell Crowe.

*** of ***** stars

Yesterday afternoon I watched AOTC in HD again with my seven and four year olds( yes I know I could watch paint dry in HD and get a kick out of it but it is an entertaining film at least and looks oh so pretty in HD).

Last night, I watched the 1932 Grand Hotel. Very interesting but not what I would call a great film. The acting looked a lot like they where confused about how to do things now that films had sound. There were way too many exaggerated facial expressions body and hand gestures that looked awkward.

About half way through ( about 11:30) my 17 year old came up with his girlfriend and four of his buddies who had not seen the theater. I showed them some demo stuff including the DTheater version of Castaway ( the crash scene). There was actually a young movie buff in the group who just had the experience of his life by his demeanor when he came into the room and as he was leaving.:D I then went back to Grand Hotel.

Art

Last night the wife and I watched "Mystery Alaska".

Pretty good movie, but definitely NOT a family film - very rough language and adult situations.

Randy

Art, Your son is very lucky to have a father like you!

I watched Butterfly Effect, and like most preferred the dir cut ending better than the theatrical ending.
Also watched the Whole Ten Yards, wasn't expecting much, but was suprised to find myself laughing so hard. Today I plan on tweaking the HTPC I installed and then watch Along came Polly.
Enjoy
Jamie

Last night we watched Drumline again. God, that's good looking DVD! An audio-visual feast!

After the kids fell asleep, we watched Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. One of my all-time favorites.

Gus

Friday night my wife and I watched "Secret Window", neither one of us like this movie. I am surprised that Johnny Depp even thought that the script was good enough to do this movie, unless it was much better before they got done with the editing. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon13.gif http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon13.gif

Last night we watched "The Rookie". This was a very enjoyable baseball movie by Disney. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif

Don

The Rookie was great, being based on a true story and all. I first read about him (the real life rookie) on Reader's Digest, then I actually saw him pitch. Not a great hurler, but he did have some heat.

Tonight I watched The Sox break out the broom for the second time this week.:D :D

One thing though, tomorrow morning I'm headed straight to my doctor to ask for a Valium prescription. It's only September and I feel I've never been closer to a massive coronary!!!

Gus

How sweet it is. 5.5 games to go. Pedro on the mound tonight, let's make it 7 in a row.

This weekend was concert DVD's -

Steely Dan - Two Against Nature

Santana - Supernatural Live

Funny thing about concert DVD's - I may put one on intending to "just check out a couple of songs", and next thing I know it's an hour later...

and what...What...WHAT - WHY IS IT SO LOUD? :D

DE

Originally posted by trnst7
How sweet it is. 5.5 games to go. Pedro on the mound tonight, let's make it 7 in a row.

Yeah! I hope The Tribe goes long-ball happy on Mussina! The only worry I have is Tek won't be catching Pedro tonight as he started his 4 day suspension for slapping A-rod upside the head that day:D Hope Mirabelli and Pedro click.

Last night, in an extremely rare event, I noted that I didn't have anything "productive" that I felt like doing, so I announced, "I'm going downstairs to watch a movie." After a moment's eyebrow raise from my wife and my 11 year old daughter claiming, "I want to watch a movie," I convinced them that this time, it was just me.

So I pulled out "The Name of The Rose" and really enjoyed myself!

Randy

I was going to post last night after the game, but I was too traumatized. The only thing that kept me sane was Yohan Santana seremoniously spanking The Rangers in full HD splendor on ESPN-HD. Somebody needs to do something about Gary Sheffield. He should never be pitched to after the 8th inning.

Gus

Sunday night I watched "The Scout", starring Albert Brooks and Brendan Fraser. This was another baseball movie. This movie was no blockbuster, but was not bad for a $5.50 discount bid movie from Walmart.
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Last night my wife and I watched "The Butterfly Effect". I did not enjoy this as much as what some here did, but it was still an interesting movie. We watched the director's cut first and then flipped the dvd and watched the ending for the theatrical cut. We both like the theatrical ending more due to it having more of a happy ending. It was odd that the Director's side had both a selection for DD:EX and DTS:ES, but the theatrical side only had a selection for DD:EX.

Don

Originally posted by starscomeout
.."The Scout", starring Albert Brooks and Brendan Fraser. This was another baseball movie.

Was this the one with the guy that had a 120 mile/hour fastball and could hit a homerun everytime left or right handed from any pitcher? I loooove that movie. I often daydream that I'm the guy and that I play for the Sox and we are playing the Yankees in game 7 of the ALCS and I strike out 27 Yanks in a row:D :D

Gus

Originally posted by Gus
Was this the one with the guy that had a 120 mile/hour fastball and could hit a homerun everytime left or right handed from any pitcher? I loooove that movie. I often daydream that I'm the guy and that I play for the Sox and we are playing the Yankees in game 7 of the ALCS and I strike out 27 Yanks in a row:D :D

Gus

Hi Gus,
I don't recall if it was a 120 mph, I think it was something like 115 mph, and yes he could hit a homerun with every ball pitched to him. BTW, this movie was more of a comedy. Brendan Fraser played a young guy who's memory was suppressed by being abused when he was little by his father, which gave him the ability to focus directly on one thing, Baseball. The movie is from 1994. Here is the overview from DVDprofiler:


In this hilarious fantasy for baseball lovers, Albert Brooks stars as a desperate Yankee scout who'll do anything to sign a new prospect. Banished to Mexico to search for talent, he discovers the greatest young ball player (Brendan Fraser) he's ever seen. But once he gets him back home, he finds this new recruit has a few unexpected problems that just may jeopardize both their jobs. Dianne Wiest, Lane Smith, and Tony Bennett co-star, along with some of baseball's most popular players.

Based upon an article written by Roger Angell for The New Yorker.

2 Featurettes each 8 minutes in length: first includes interviews with Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Michael Ritchie, Dianne Wiest, etc. and the second is a baseball strike newscap with interviews with Ozzie Smith and Bob Tewksbury.



Don

Thanks, Don. Didn't know that was out on DVD. I should drop by and see if I can pick it up. How was the PQ, is it anamorphic?

I won't bore you with the last W mr Wakefiend got for us. Before I watched the game, My son and I watched Attack Of The Clones. I had the sudden urge to see it after reading Art Sonneborn's thread about watching movies just because they look good. This one didn't disapoint. If it looks this good at my house, I can't imagine what this would look like on DVHS on Art's system.

Gus

Originally posted by Gus
Thanks, Don. Didn't know that was out on DVD. I should drop by and see if I can pick it up. How was the PQ, is it anamorphic?
system.
Gus

Yes it is anamorphic (AR: 1:85) (4 channel DD), pq is nothing outstanding, but very watchable. My system is a NEC 9pg+ crt, screen 45"X80", using a htpc at 720p.

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Don

I refuse to spend my hard earned $$ on anything with a Yankees symbol on it (unless there is a urine stream involved).

I must say I was proud of the Sox for pulling the game out last night. I tell you, we have THE best back-up catcher in the major leagues. Mirabelli could start for 50% of the teams out there. The guy is clutch.

Have been out of town the past couple days, but heading home today and will stop by BestBuy and pick up some new movies. Probably watch "The girl Next Door" tonight. one word, Cuthbert.

Originally posted by trnst7
I refuse to spend my hard earned $$ on anything with a Yankees symbol on it

Try For Love Of The Game You might like it. It's about an aging pitcher who throws a perfect game against The Yankees on his last game. I've watched this about 20 times already. For some reason, it's one of my favorite movies.


Today, the last day of my mini-vacation, Gabriel and I watched Jurassic Park III. Gotta love those monsters in DTS!

Gus

Originally posted by starscomeout
Yes it is anamorphic (AR: 1:85) (4 channel DD), pq is nothing outstanding, but very watchable. My system is a NEC 9pg+ crt, screen 45"X80", using a htpc at 720p.

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Don

FYI: Bargain Alert: I just saw that "Scout" DVD at Target today on an endcap by the checkout lines in a "2 For $11" display.

Originally posted by Markito
FYI: Bargain Alert: I just saw that "Scout" DVD at Target today on an endcap by the checkout lines in a "2 For $11" display.

That seems to be the going price. I got it at Walmart $5.50 discount bin.

Don

Last night, after the Sox went up 10-1!!!!! we decided that the game was over and watched 50 First Dates. It was a win win. My girlfriend loves the romance in the movie and Adam Sandler just cracks me up (both New Hampshire Boys).

ALTHOUGH, the part of the movie when he shows her the video and it has the Red Sox winning the world series and then says "just kidding", that was just rude. I really lost a little respect for Adam Sandler at that point. He's a New Hampshire guy and he has a hatred for the Red Sox. No Idea how that happened, but my heart sunk again when he sampled the Aaron Boone Homerun.

Late last night the wife and I watched "Taking Lives".
At the very beginning I thought it was not going to be good because the cops seemed to have a lot of cliche characteristics, but then it got good, then really good and then great as all the twists and turns happened.
We thoroughly enjoyed it.

And at one point, my wife screamed out at the top of her lungs when a scene in the movie surprised her.

Not for kids, but fun for grownups that like a good psychological, who-dunnit thriller. Great cast too.

We watched "Taking Lives" tonight. I agree that the beginning was full of cliches and I thought it was going to be a long boring movie. But it turned out to be a pretty good movie. Maybe I've watched too many movies, but I saw the twists coming. They were still good and made the movie much more enjoyable. And I kinda jumped at one part, probably the same part that Markito's wife screamed.

I went on a business trip to Korea this week. The flight had the up-dated seats with the personal video screens. Watched every movie that was available on the 13 hour flight which included; Shriek 2, 13 Going on 30, Lady Killers, The Punisher, Mean Girls, The Whole 10 Yards, The Alamo, and Perfect Strangers. Was hopeing the return flight would have different movies....but it diddn't so I re-watched my favorites, Shriek 2, 13 Going on 30, and the Whole Ten Yards. This was the most movies I have ever watched back to back in one sitting.

Steve

Has anyone here ever seen 'Step in to Liquid'? It's a surfing documentary and not really that great, but this was the first non-animated film that I saw that really made me appreciate my system - the combination of the colors & sound during the wave-crashing scenes especially (And I don't have the system that a lot of folks on this forum have). Plus, the idea of someone surfing a 60+ foot wave is just mind-blowing to me. BONUS: It is a two-disc set, and the second disc is done in Microsoft's HD format, which really adds to the experience if you have a HD system hooked to a Windows PC. I think worth renting if you can find it, if just for something different.

Yep, visually stunning. Also, it is airing on Showtime HD, so record it if you have an HD recorder.

Originally posted by jeeper
I went on a business trip to Korea this week. The flight had the up-dated seats with the personal video screens. Watched every movie that was available on the 13 hour flight which included; Shriek 2, 13 Going on 30, Lady Killers, The Punisher, Mean Girls, The Whole 10 Yards, The Alamo, and Perfect Strangers. Was hopeing the return flight would have different movies....but it diddn't so I re-watched my favorites, Shriek 2, 13 Going on 30, and the Whole Ten Yards. This was the most movies I have ever watched back to back in one sitting.

Steve

Wow, that's amazing! That's a lot of movies in a row.

Lazy day today...

Watched:

Enter the Dragon (SE)
The Girl Next Door
13 Going on 30
What Woman Want
Paycheck

All while waiting for the AC Repairman to show up...he never did.

Oh well, he called and said he would try tomorrow!

Let's see...X Men, X Men2, Spiderman, etc...

Daniel

Originally posted by Daniel Bishop
Lazy day today...

Watched:

The Girl Next Door
Paycheck
Daniel

Danie,

I'd be interested in these two if you recommend them. Are they worth the two hours?

Gus

Gus,

I found Paycheck to enjoyable and much more entertaining than I thought it would be. Just think...what is he going to do with those 20 everyday items?

The Girl Next Door had some funny moments but it is your typical "teenage" movie with a twist...think Risky Business for the new millenium.

Daniel

Friday night - girls' night at Cinema Murray. We watched "Ella Enchanted". Cute, Shrek-like movie.

And of course, Anne Hathaway is pleasant to look at - I think she's got a potentially bright future in movies.

Randy

We watched "Paycheck" the other night and we both enjoyed it. The night before that we watched "The Missing", which we also enjoyed.

Don

Last night the wife and I started out with "Underworld" on HBO in HD - turned it off less than 10 minutes in. Switched to "Runnaway Jury" which was pretty good.

I came back alone for a second feature and watched "State and Main" which was fun, light entertainment.

Randy

I do believe the wife and I are going to view City Of God tonight. Hope I like it:)

Gus

Seabiscuit (again - still chokes me up)
Sci-Fi Flashback - Back-To-Back - Blade Runner Director's Cut & The Fifth Element

Yesterday I watched The Girl Next Door and Godsend. The Girl Next Door was humorous and I liked it, but it wasn't anything great. Worth letting someone else rent it and bringing it over. Godsend was a strange movie and was entertaining. The kid did a pretty good job of acting his role. It's got several alternate endings that take about an hour to watch them all. Or maybe it just seemed that long. I had to FFWD through the parts that kept repeating.

Besides watching the Red Sox wipe their butts with the Detroit Tigers, We watched In the Cut(Meg Ryan) and Wonderland(Val Kilmer). In the Cut was an erotic thriller but wasn't that great. They focused more on the Erotic than the thriller part. the polt was pretty weak. Wonderland is a movie based on the true story of the Wonderland Quadruple homicide in 1981. I really enjoyed the movie and it was very interesting. The bonus features were great but could be very disturbing for others. It showed the original crime scene video including video of the corpses etc. Very well done though and includes a large # of celeb's including Christina Applegate, Jeanine Garafalo, Paris Hilton(random), Lisa Kudrow, Val Kilmer and more. I would recommend it for an adult audience.

Maybe I didn't read all of the most recent postings, but I didn't see anyone mention the Olympics!

USA! USA! USA!

[OLYMPICS HORN(?) MUSIC PLAYED LOUDLY]

"The triumph of victory, the agony of defeat..." (sorry, that's the ABC sports line...)

It'll be interesting to see who gets the BIG BUCKs now, huh?

(Michael Phelps already had some commercials prior to the Olympics!)



:D

Last night my wife and I watched "Duplex" starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore, directed by Danny DeVito. From reading the movie’s description I thought it sounded good, but no wonder I never even heard about this movie until seeing it in the rental store as a recent release. This is a comedy and a very poor one at that. I think the movie was only about 90 minutes long, but it seemed to drag on forever. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon13.gif http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon13.gif

The night before that we watched "Under the Tuscan Sun", which I also enjoyed, even more then I thought I would (with it being a chick flick)! I know my wife enjoyed it by the sound of the sniffling I heard coming from her. Whenever a movie makes my wife cry a little (or a lot), then I know she likes the movie.
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Don

checked out "twisted with ashley judd, samuel jackson, andy garcia, a little racy , good storyline definetly not G, or PG, if you like a whodunnit this is it..............

I watched Ice Age the other day on the HBO HD channel. Spectacular picture and sound, and I thought it was really funny - the ending bit with the squirrel had me crying with laughter. It's a childrens movie, but I still liked it, even more so than Monsters Inc or Finding Nemo - about on par with Toy Story 1 & 2.

checked out "the passion of the Christ" new release from BB, definitely not for the squeamish, however if people wondered what jesus went through for mankind this belongs in your DVD collection..............

I haven't watched any movies lately. I'm currently on sensory overload with The Magnificent Boston Red Sox to watch anything else. I'm starting to brace my self for the inevitable October Melt-down, but hoping it never comes.

Gus

Why do they call it the World Series- isn't it in New York every year?

Originally posted by vegashomes
Why do they call it the World Series- isn't it in New York every year?

A common misconception. Actually, NY pays for it every year, but they don't always GET it!:D :D

Last year, the team with the highest salary in history got spanked by The Marlins. The entire Marlins team could be paid for with just A-Rod's salary!

Gus

i,m not a baseball fan however i do admire the boston red sox fans who after about a hundred years(i think) are still waiting for a championship. talk about patience!

Originally posted by penticton102
i,m not a baseball fan however i do admire the boston red sox fans who after about a hundred years(i think) are still waiting for a championship. talk about patience!

we are a pretty neurotic bunch, aren't we?:)

However, for me, most of the thrill is in the hunt, not the kill (although I would kill to see them win!). So much drama, so much passion. Way too much "agony of defeat" and yet we strive to taste "the thrill of victory" if just one time. Every year for 86 years we have suffered crushing defeat. Yet every April there we are, still hoping this will be the year! It doesn't get any bette than this!

Gus

P.S. Last night Mr. Martinez wasn't too shabby, was he! Manny hit his 37th and we moved to within 2.5 games of The Bronx. But seeing The Yankees best pitcher (Kevin Brown) break his hand in frustration at this stage in the game: Priceless!

Friday night the whole family watched "True Lies" - still love that movie!

Last night the wife and I watched "Flawless" which was ok - not as good as I'd hoped.

Randy

Friday night (after Baseball) we watched Cruel Intentions III. It was exactly what I expected, no plot and lots libidinous young people cavorting around. The wife picked it, so I obliged. Yesterday we went over to visit my buddy's new house and we watched Next Friday again over there. This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

Tonight: Mystic River (again, her choice, but I have higher expectations this time:) )

Gus

Just watched the Orioles Blow it big time against the yankees. I also enjoyed watching Schilling strike out 10 and go 8+ innings for another Sox victory. This Morning watched 'Stealing Harvard'. Found this in the $5 bin at walmart so I picked it up. It was entertaining for the 80mins it lasted. I had some good laughs.

Oh, and am also continually watching my neighbors boats crash around the docks, Thanks to this charming Frances moving over us.

Last night was my daughter's birthday (16!) and it was her pick. We watched "The Cider House Rules". Beautifuly shot film.

Randy

Last night we watched Mystic River. Very good acting by Tim Robbins and Sean Penn. PQ was not very good, but acting made up for it.

Gus

P.S. You will be glad to hear I won't be boring you with the Red Sox this week as they are in The West Coast and all games will happen past my bedtime:) )

Just watched Rocky. I throw it in once or twice a year, and every time I'm blown away at how good a movie it is.

Saturday night we watched Cold Mountain. I really enjoyed this movie. The music was the highlight as Sting, Elvis Costello and Jack White (from The White Stripes) wrote much of it.

Saturday night the DTheater version of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.This really is one of the greats of all time. Yesterday afternoon me and my three small boys watched This Island Earth... just right length for short attention spans but they never moved.

Art

Gus, I'm the first to applaud a good Yankee bashing. Especially in regards to their payroll. However, as a Red Sox fan you have little room to talk. At least in terms of payroll. ;)

Originally posted by Best Buy Guy
Gus, I'm the first to applaud a good Yankee bashing. Especially in regards to their payroll. However, as a Red Sox fan you have little room to talk. At least in terms of payroll. ;)

With the difference in payroll between The Yankees and The Red Sox, you could buy The Marlins and the Devil Rays and you would still have enough money to put in a good downpayment on The Expos. And that's before The Yanks go shopping for pitchers which is inevitable.

With the difference in payroll between The Yankees and The Red Sox, you could buy The Marlins and the Devil Rays and you would still have enough money to put in a good downpayment on The Expos. And that's before The Yanks go shopping for pitchers which is inevitable. You can bash the Yankees all you want but they are still winners and they are profitable! What more can you ask for. As for the Expos, I hope they die before coming here to Northern Virginia. Northern Virginia won't support baseball, plus there are enough losers with the Orioles around that we don't need another one. Talk about a loser organization. Angelos is a complete A-hole. Hey thats kinda funny, the Yanks have A-rod and the O's have A-hole (Angelos) and we can watch A-rod stick it to the A-hole.:D

Ok. All valid arguments. I would reply, but I feel I've deviated from Randy's thread enough. Let's not totally hijack the thread.:)

Back to movies:

I'll be watching Twisted this week-end. Anyone seen this yet?

Gus

Originally posted by David Guill
You can bash the Yankees all you want but they are still winners and they are profitable!

Didn't the Marlins beat the Yankees in the last World Series?

twisted exellent thriller, little racy not for the kids if you like a whodunnit this is it............

Watched Arlington Road tonight. Definately didnt see that ending coming. I was pleasantly surprised after finding this for $5 at BB. Now I am watching the Sox pummel the AL West LEading A's. We are man-handling every team in our way to the postseason. I cant wait to play the overrated, overpaid, crumbling, collapsing New York Yankees. We will finally have the last say this season!!

Still willing to give movies in HD too much of a chance just because, well, they're in HD, I watched "Cupid" on INHD. It's a Zach Galligan "thriller," and gosh but it was a bad movie.

Brief synopsis: Looney but functioning psychopath Zach and his also looney sister played by Mary Crosby (the big talent from "Dallas" that everyone's been clamoring to catch up with), had an incestuous relationship, but Zach (who believes in fate and the real mythological Cupid) is falling for someone else, played by none other than Hellraiser's Ashley Laurence. Lots of muderous meyhem of extremely stupid people ensues. And with the incest subplot it's all really trashy too. If V.C. Andrews were to write a T.V. movie for Lifetime Television for Women, this is what might result. Best avoided.

You gotta wonder if sometimes between takes in movies like this if actors kind of look at each other and smile and say "man, this is gonna be a really sh***y movie."

biggest waste of money on a dvd rental of the year "the punisher" really weak story, lots of gratuitous violence, a real stinker IMHO.............

Great Thread! I'm gonna go read the other 54 pages on Monday at work :D

I just rented Hidalgo. I LOVED it! 5/5 I am buying it tomorrow. Way Way Way WAY better than Seabiscut!!

My neighbor came over last Sunday and picked out Poltergiest from my collection. I hadn't seen it in a long time and its a classic so I said sure. 1/2 way through I find out she has never seen it!!! WHAT!!!

She jumped off the couch a few times (Thanks HSU) and the Bass Shakers are still in the mail. :D

She really liked it so we put in Poltergiest II :D

I think those are my fav horror flicks.

Also watched The Pats send Manning home in HD last night. Excellent as always. :cool: Go Pats!


P.S. Redsox will NEVER win EVER. I'm tired of never finding places to park at Boston Billards on game nights. Lose already :p

I saw the transporter last night and I didnt like it at all. I Stopped about an hour into it. I don't mine the mindless overblown action flick, but this one didn't do anything for me. The car chase at the beginning but me in a bad mood right off the bat. Nothing worse then a lame, unrealistic car chase. On that note, anyone have any recommendations for good car chase scenes? The bourne supremecy had a wonderful one.

Originally posted by TTA89
Great Thread! I'm gonna go read the other 54 pages on Monday at work :D

Welcome to the best thread in the forum, neighbor!


I just rented Hidalgo. I LOVED it! 5/5 I am buying it tomorrow. Way Way Way WAY better than Seabiscut!!

I liked it very much too, but I liked Seabiscuit just as well.



Also watched The Pats send Manning home in HD last night. Excellent as always. :cool: Go Pats!

Yes, this was a pretty awesome start for The Pats. Mr. Brady is the #1 QB on Planet earth. Period.


P.S. Redsox will NEVER win EVER. I'm tired of never finding places to park at Boston Billards on game nights. Lose already :p

Oh, come now! Where's your N.E. spirit? A man can't live on Pats alone!
By the way, I saw The Orioles pound The Yanks earlier tonight, and a few minutes ago I saw Mr. Ramirez belt out a two out grand slam. He hit it so hard it may never come down!

Sorry Captn, I promised I wouldn't ramble about My Red Sox on this thread, but it's hard to resist:D

Gus

Eight Legged Freaks tonite..I thought it was decent and funny,wife hated it..Go figure.

brickie

Last night, Die Hard. Great flick, and the breakout role for Willis, but Alan Rickman makes the movie!

Randy

Last night we watched:

Jersey Girl - I'm a sucker for a movie with a cute kid

The Scout - Okay Hokey movie but I liked it!

Twisted - Any movie with Ashley Judd is a hit with me!

Today we watched:

O Brother Where A'rt Thou - I'm a fan of the "Soggy Bottom Boys"

Laws of Attraction - Julianne Moore & Pierce Brosnan... good chemistry

Fiday Night the wife had a party to go to (candles or scrapbook or something along those lines), so kids and I watched The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Steve

football, football, and when the missus thought the games were over more football! ran screaming away from the house!gotta love it! CFL,NFL had some fantastic tilts on this weekend...................

Well,it was kids weekend..Last night we viewed Kangaroo Jack..Not as bad as the critics made it out to be..Had some funny moments,and kids liked it..

brickie

Last night I watched "Score"

Good movie...suspense, action, plot twists, what more can you ask on a Sunday night!

Daniel

Well, we didn't get to watch Twisted this week end. I wound up watching boxing on HBO on Saturday. Sunday I just went to bed early after doing lots of yard work.

Then today we were getting ready to watch it and the wife had to rush out to the hospital. Her sister-in-law was due to have a baby and something went wrong. All we know is she was to have an emergency c-section. No cellphones in the hospital and the switchboard wont tell about a patient's condition.

Gus

Gus,

I hope everything went well. My first child was born via emergency c-section, and my second child came 7 weeks early, so I fully understand the stress that such matters can create.

The good news is that the state of medical expertiese in such matters these days is excellent - neither one of my kids ended up with any problems as a result of their "non-standard" entry into the world...

Good luck,

Dwight

Some friends came over Sunday night, ended up watching Revenge of the Nerds.

What a great movie :)

Football, football , football.

Oh, and Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live

DE

Watched Lady Killers starring Tom Hanks yesterday. I got bored and fell asleep through the middle. Too much talk and not enough action. My brother had read the book and enjoyed the movie so I tried it out.

MNf in HD!!! awesome picture quality..Hey who won the game.LOL

brickie

For my daughter, watched "Ella Enchanted" and "Ice Age" over the weekend.

Forgot how decent the PQ was in Ice Age!

Ella Enchanted: My wife's brother bet us that we wouldn't be able to go through the whole movie without singing/humming one of the tunes from the 70s/80s that were throughout the movie - he won!

I was shocked when my daughter picked out the FS version of the Ella movie though, but I held it in - didn't want to give her a complex!

:D

The audacity of her..LOL

brickie

I think everything turned out ok with the baby. Tonight I have a couple of guys coming over to watch Pedro pitch in HD. Should be good.

Gus

Did the Redsox Lose? :)

I look forward to parking on Beacon street and walk 6-7 blocks next Monday because of the game. :mad:

I saw the first inning on INHD and them remembered I hate baseball. :)

Watched the The Butterfly effect at a neighbors house tonight. Sony Wega 32inch TV. Needs some serious calibration... People think LCD has black crush? I almost paused it and asked for the TV remote. lol

For those who missed out on watching "twisted", don't bother.
So stupid and pointless! We made fun of it throughout the whole movie (luckily we were in our own HT, so we can do such things).

And "Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live", what an amzing show! It is shot with something like 30 HD cameras, shows what's going on below the stage as well as above, Mr. Gabriel has many very cool props, including a huge inflatable ball that he rolls around the round stage in while singing (think hamster wheel) and the sound is fantastic! It looks and sounds so good, I keep it stord on my HD DVR to show people when they are in my theater.
I highly recommend it to everybody. Good call dedwards.

the beer was flowing pretty good watching canada win the world cup of hockey with some buds, was to blasted to take in the new denzil washinton flick after the game so we,ll check that out tonight.............

We watched Man on Fire last night. Pretty cool flick. I enjoyed the movie and thought Denzel did a good job. I also thought it was interesting that they made a movie about kidnapping in Latin America and then at the end they thank Mexico City. Like that movie will promote tourism there.

LOL!

Watched 'Fight Club' again last night... man, what a twisted and wonderful movie.

another vote for man on fire(denzel washinton) exellent show............

I've been picking away at ALF: Season 1. It's such a classic series. I still laugh outloud at it. The acting is pretty bad but Alf's character cracks me up.

Also continuing to watch the Red Sox March towards the post season. BIG weekend series this week. SWEEPING YANKEES!!!!!

Watched The Punisher last night. I had heard the movie was good from some people and sucked from other people so I was expecting a bad movie. It actually turned out to be a pretty good flick. From my little knowledge of the comic book story, it was a good likeness, except of course for how his family dies. I thought it was nice to see a modern action movie without all the CGI.

Originally posted by Markito
For those who missed out on watching "twisted", don't bother.
So stupid and pointless! We made fun of it throughout the whole movie (luckily we were in our own HT, so we can do such things).

And "Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live", what an amzing show! It is shot with something like 30 HD cameras, shows what's going on below the stage as well as above, Mr. Gabriel has many very cool props, including a huge inflatable ball that he rolls around the round stage in while singing (think hamster wheel) and the sound is fantastic! It looks and sounds so good, I keep it stord on my HD DVR to show people when they are in my theater.
I highly recommend it to everybody. Good call dedwards.

GROWING UP Live is a great show. I actually caught the show live in Dallas last summer, the several hundred mile drive was well worth it! Just as he wrapped up the show with his encore hit, Red Rain, the Dallas sky opened up and dumped about 2" of rain. Was totally surreal!

As for what I watched. I watched THX-1138 this morning. I was amazed at how well the revised film material looked!!! Prestine images! Makes me wonder how well THX survived with out deterioration, yet Lucas say the original StarWars film is all but completed destroyed from years of atmospheric exposure.

The movie, THX-1138, plays out long and dry... but does spark some interest in its ideals and representation of cultivated society. The movie, of course, landmarks the beginning of the Lucas empire... and justibly so. Worth having in your Sci Fi collection, if not just for cinematic history.

We watched Narc, a gritty violent crime drama. Very well done if you like gritty violent crime dramas. Sort of predictable with the plot twists and cliches.

And sadly lacking in gratuitous sex to go with the violence. :)

Mojo

I love Narc!
Very gritty and not for everyone. Like a graphicly violent French Connection.
Boy that opening scene just knocks the wind out of you. And Ray Liotta put on so much weight for the role, that I only recognized his eyes.

Watched Scobby Doo 2. Cute but it got old real fast!
Just doesn't do it for me like it use too!
Jamie

Haven't been watching too many movies, been glued to the TV, phone, and computer most of this week because of Ivan (our beach home in Perdido Key was swept away with pretty much everything else there, but of course it's of little consequence compared to the loss of life and property of some of the full-time area residents). But last night we all decided to watch a movie, and we decided to put in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

I've had the DVDs for a while, but it's the first time I watched it. Pure bliss. The sound re-mix was just outstanding for a film of its time. I've seen it on countless occasions, but seeing it like this was like seeing it for the first time.

My youngest daughter and I watched "Galaxy Quest" last night. It remains a very funny movie and the most loving tribute and satire of Star Trek fans to date.

Randy

Originally posted by kevinp8192
Haven't been watching too many movies, been glued to the TV, phone, and computer most of this week because of Ivan (our beach home in Perdido Key was swept away with pretty much everything else there, but of course it's of little consequence compared to the loss of life and property of some of the full-time area residents). But last night we all decided to watch a movie, and we decided to put in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

I've had the DVDs for a while, but it's the first time I watched it. Pure bliss. The sound re-mix was just outstanding for a film of its time. I've seen it on countless occasions, but seeing it like this was like seeing it for the first time.


Sorry about your house, thats terrible. :(

I agree that Indiana Jones was redone pretty well. Although everyone knows Temple of Doom is the best one. :D

A girl at work gave me Season 1 of Freaks and Geeks to watch. It was pretty funny. Been watching that the past few days.

Haven't got a chance to watch any movies. Still caought in in my sports binge. Last night and this afternoon was the roller-coaster matches with The Yanks. Tonight a few guys are going to get together and watch Hopkins vs DelaHoya. My prediction is that if DeleHoya is in the best shape of the last 5 years, he will out-point Hopkins. If DeleHoya comes in at anything less than his very best, he will suffer the same fate Trinidad did.

Gus

Originally posted by CptnRandy
My youngest daughter and I watched "Galaxy Quest" last night. It remains a very funny movie and the most loving tribute and satire of Star Trek fans to date.

Randy
It's one of my favorite all-time movies!

And tonight the wife and I watched "The Hollow Man" while we sent they young one up stairs to watch "Bend It Like Beckam." Hollow Man is an ok thriller/horror movie, but not particularly creepy or scarry.

Randy

Randy,
I'll bet I've see Hollow Man a hundred times..... but only the Gorilla reversion scene which I use to show how good DVD can look. :D It's not a bad film , there are some interesting parts.... scenes I mean.;) :D

Really though, the invisible man joke is still funny every time I hear it.:D

Art

Originally posted by Art Sonneborn
It's not a bad film , there are some interesting parts.... scenes I mean.;) :D
Art

Well, I am a big Rhona Mitra fan. I try and see all her movies!

;)

Randy

The wife and I just finished watching Twisted. Kind of predictable, I guessed who the killer was in the first 5 minutes. I guess I was in the mood for a cliche ridden cop movie because I found it entertaining. It was a good departure from sports for a change (and we all know that after this weekend, I need it!)

Gus

i know gus!! Horrible, just horrible. Thank god for the Patriots

Watched "Flesh+Blood". I saw it was on INHD, but I watched the DVD version to make sure I got the unedited international cut. I know the movie has a lot of fans on this board, but after seeing it, I'm not one of them. It's just more goofy Paul Verhoeven trash on the same level as "Showgirls". Kind of interesting for a while, then it just becomes so stupid and unintentionally hilarious.

BTW TTA89, thanks for the thoughts. Again, losing a vacation home is nothing compared to what the area residents are facing, so we're all taking it in stride.

Watched the DTS version of Die Hard last night, I actually just picked it up at walmart for the first time. I really enjoyed it and the soundtrack was more than I expected for a film from the late 80's. I was suprised the roof explosion was somewhat lacking though since the fights and gun battles seemed to pack a whallop (the HSU got a nice workout) and the surrounds got plenty of time to strut there stuff.
jamie

The kids and I enjoyed watched Kaena: The Prophecy. The animation and sound track were top notch. Lots of LFE for the twin SVS PB2+s. The storyline was intriguing dealing with issues of belief and blind faith. The wife and I followed up with Man on Fire. Simple storyline, good acting, good action, great soundtrack.

We watched The Passion of the Christ last night. Not something you want to watch with your kids if you have any. I cringed in the middle when they used the cat of nine tails(?). I don't see how all those actors memorized those lines. Visually, the movie was awsome. How did Monica Bellucci get second billing in the credits?

As many are doing or will soon be doing ...
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
I will have to wait on jedi until tomorrow or later tonight, but I am really happy with the PQ and audio quality.
Jamie

I'm glad to hear Star Wars has good PQ. I went out during lunch today and picked it up at Walmart. My son is waiting for me at the front steps! Can't wait so see it.
I still don't know how we are going to do this. That's alot of hours to fit in during the week. Should be lots of fun though.

Gus

"Now showing: Star Wars, 46,875 screens nationwide." :)

That would explain the minimal activity here at the forum for most of today. :)

The Star Wars set came with a playable demo of the new Star Wars X-Box game. My son is now permanently glued to his TV, so that get's me a by for today to watch The Sox. It's shaping up to be a Star Wars Wednesday.:)

Gus

Just watched Me Myself & Irene for the 27th time and still laugh my a#@ off....Jim Carrey....how can you not laugh!

Wow, someone else has seen Freaks and Geeks I'm amazed. Too bad there was only one season. That tall kid with glasses cracks me up.

I watched True Romance the other day, and I thought it was great. It has a very unique humor to it. Very quotable as well.

Went to the theatre to see Napoleon Dynamite. It was filmed near my home town so I had to check it out. It was pretty funny also and I see it as a cult classic someday.

Originally posted by Best Buy Guy
Wow, someone else has seen Freaks and Geeks I'm amazed. Too bad there was only one season. That tall kid with glasses cracks me up.



Yeah after watching the first season I was disapointed that they didn't do another one. Denise whatever her name is has that Girl next door look that I love. She was hot :)

Waiting on Star Wars from Deep Discount DVD. :(

Just finished watching Return Of The Jedi. This is one of the finest transfers I've ever seen. This was so worth the wait. My son is loving it!

Gus

Double feature last night.

The youngest daughter had a friend over, so we set them up to watch "Ferris Bueler's Day Off".

The wife and I then watched "One-Hour Photo" - very creepy and different that your typical thriller.

Randy

I watched SW ANH earlier in the week. Wow, what a stellar job. I've previewed ESB, and it looks great.
But last night, we watched 13 Going On 30. I probably wouldn't have watched a movie like if this if I didn't have a crush on Jennifer Garner. It was much, much better than I expected. Sure, it's bubblegum, but it never loses its flavor.

Really enjoyed the Missing

Star Wars A New Hope, The Omen 3, Rock Star, Ransom

Was it me or did they add a ton of Subwoofer tracks to the Star Wars Discs? I have never heard so much from a DVD before. The baseboard heaters were getting a rattling workout!

Didn't feel like doin much today but watch tv and play video games on the laptop. :)

Jim, i agree with you..We kicked off halloween season a little early with The original halloween of course..Just love it!!!A true classic.

brickie

Last night we had a SW Ep IV party. Fifteen on hand ( six children nine adults). Lots of fun ,trashed room , what it's all about:)

Art

After dinner tonight, we will be watching Man On Fire. I've only heard good things about this one. I'm looking forward to a treat.

Gus

Watched Man On Fire. I believe Danzel is even better here than he was in Training Day. This was excellent!! I kept waiting for the cliches to start pouring out, but they never came. They almost lost my interest at the beginning with the camera movement and the flashes, but quickly settled into the rivetting story that it is. Twelve thumbs up!

Gus

Gus, you have 12 thumbs?!? :D

I'm guessing he has 5 friends + his two thumbs.

I've told you guys a gajillion times, I never exagerate!:D

Gus

I screened some classics,
VANISHING POINT
LITTLE MONSTERS
TREMORS
THE "BURB's"
GOD, I love NETFLIX!!!

Vanishing Point is in my collection with the wrapper still on it. I need to watch that. Good Flick if your a car fan :)

Love the fact they blow up a Camaro instead of the Challenger :D :D

A Camero? Really? I sat through the director's commentary. He said they destroyed five or six Challengers (mainly from the off roading). Never mentioning a Camero. I wonder which comparably trick-out rod would be worth more now?

The Challenger is worth more as I beleive it was just a plan jane Camaro. Its been awhile since I have seen the movie but I believe it was a 70 Challenger RT 440-6 car. Thats a pretty big money car these days. If you slow the video down you can see it. Its been sort of a joke among Classic Chrysler Musclecar guys for years. :D

I'll have to watch it this week. :D

My dad has a 71 challenger convertable so I am always looking for another so I can be like dad, that being said, the 440 6 pack cars in good shape go for 40-50 grand last time I checked. A 69 camero(non Z28/SS) in great shape can be had for 12-15 grand. Did read an article though about the Hemi cuda/challenger and talk about money. There are so few left that the owners of these cars are being offered mad money (one was offered a cool mil) but they are not selling. Simply amazing. Should have kept my 1970 Mach 1 Mustang and the 68 ragtop camero, maybe dad's do know more than 18 year olds... :)
Jamie

The car they wrecked was a plain jane 67 Camaro which you can buy in the rust free states for 3-5K if you look around.

The Million dollar cars are for the very rare Hemi Convert cars. You can buy a Hemi Challenger Hardtop for 100K or so.

my brother had a 67 camaro SS 350 4 spd in absolutey mint condition with the hideaway headlights etc, which he sold for 18.000 US, in retrospect he is still kicking his butt for letting it go for that...............

Yes the hemi ragtops are the ones I was talking about, sorry if I was unclear. My dad got his 71 in 80 or so for 900 bucks, had a 318 auto. Wanted a 340 6 pack car but even back then they were hard to find and not cheap! He just did a restore on her to get rid of the rust and some body damage from a baseball and that is when he put in a new 360 crate motor from chrysler, nice car, sounds great and looks even better...
Sorry for the digression.
Jamie

p.s. watched "walking tall" last night with the "rock"liked the original one better but for a remake its still great entertainment...........

Tonight - watched "THX 1138" on my own.

Might have been the 20 minutes in the hot tub or the double martini on the rocks, but I couldn't keep my eyes open. Couldn't have been the movie, right?

:D

Randy

Tonight...Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back

Wow - we laughed at how much we had actually forgotten in that one!
A lot of fun.

a VERY overrated flick that no one "cool" will admit not seeing.

Dreary Ohio afternoon - time for the perfect matinée: Star Wars!

(I refuse to call it Episode IV or "A New Hope". It's Star Wars, dammit!) :D

Had the whole family there - a rare treat.

Randy

Last night watched The Prince And Me.Yes another family movie night..Kids enjoyed it so what more can you say.

Tonite it's time to get Halloween started!

brickie

Last night my wife and I watched "The Ladykillers" starring Tom Hanks, which he is great in! We both enjoyed this movie and would recommend it. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif

Randy, I agree with you about "Star Wars", I too can only think of this movie as just "Star Wars".

Brickie, I guess it's time for us to start listing our favorite Halloween movies. I always enjoy watching "Something Wicked This Way Comes". I am always a sucker for movies that are geared more towards a family type viewing. I am always setting aside movies that are best suited for the Halloween time just so I can have something to look forward too. I guess we will be pulling out "The Addams Family" and "Casper" before long. I just recently watched "Haunted Mansion" starring Eddie Murphy, while it was just as bad of a movie as what everyone has said it is, I still get some enjoyment out of this type of movie.


Addams Family, The (1991)

Girl Scout: Is this made from real lemons?
Wednesday: Yes.
Girl Scout: I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they're real lemons?
Pugsley: Yes.
Girl Scout: I'll tell you what. I'll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?
Wednesday: Are they made from real Girl Scouts?

Don

Watch the new Jim carry movie Eterenal light on the spotless mind, or something like that. It was really enjoyable. I could identify with the character in a lot of ways.
Jamie

don, I agree with you..Love Halloween movies.And I do the same thing as far as letting family movies rule..I enjoy watching movies more that way.

Last night we checked Komodo to get things started..Kinda cheesy, but was okay to me..

brickie

A great family halloween movie is Hocus Pocus.

Sunday evening I watched an old favorite, Groundhog Day for the first time in several years.

Then I started on Topsy Turvy again, perfectly delightful for all the period detail and the excellent performances. No need to be a Gilbert & Sullivan fan to enjoy this movie.

I only watched the first half this time, but slept happy. :)

Mojo

been watching some sports as of late, my redbirds are 2 up on LA.
Tonight I am watching Biker Boyz on Voom cinemaxHD, it looks like an upconvert though. But the GF is sick and I can't be blasting it too loud tonight!
jamie

Originally posted by jamiecrane
been watching some sports as of late, my redbirds are 2 up on LA.


Jamie,

I just watched My Red Sox sweep The Angels in what turned out to be a real nail-biter.

Hopefully, we will both get to watch The Birds and The Sox go at it for The Series.

Gus

Last night I watched John Q, I thought it was a good suspense drama, and I am a big fan of denzel. Today I watched The Haunting, the movie was decent but the sound was incredible! The sound gave me goose bumps and my sub (STF-2) handled the movie awesome, some of the LFE was really amazing.

Just saw the Rocky Horror Picture show for the first time. Ummm Strange? :eek:

Going into Boston with a group tomorrow to see it Live. Should be interested... The majority of us are going to have V's drawn on us from what I have been told.

Heh I have a feeling I should drink a few beers before going. :D

P.S. Redsox won, should be funny to see them get swept by New York as usual. :p Although I was in Albany, New York today, lady at the store asked me if I was a yankees fan. Heh true Boston Spirit. "I'm from Boston, Yankees Suck" :D

TTA89,

Throw back more than a few, my friend... the RHPS can be a bizarre experience...

Have fun,

Dwight

GUS
that would be great, my best friend is from VT and LOVES the sox, but my girlfriend is fron Long Island and as you might guess is a real Yankees fan from way back. Makes for a rough couple weeks during the season and the playoffs! At least she isn't a mets fan:)
I do believe it will be STL and either the Sox or Yanks. I would rather play the Yanks (better chance of a win) but for the pure joy, I'd like to see the SOX!
Jamie

We watched Black Sky: The Race for Space on Discovery channel (SD) -- highly recommended, running Tuesday night on Science followed by Black Sky: Winning the X Prize.

Then Mean Girls -- fun Friday movie.

Mojo

Last night was "girls night".They watched Love Don't Cost A Thing, and Cofessions Of A Teenage Drama queen.My wife say she braved thru all of it for my daughter..

brickie

Highy recommend Joshua

Had a house full of company Saturday night, so I queued up "School of Rock" while I watched the first half of the Cardinals & Dodgers game.

Randy

Last hingt Scooby Doo 2..Needless to say I went to sleep on it.

brickie

Saturday watched Disney's Aladdin. Picture and sound was astounding! Listened to the Enhanced Home Theater Mix and was really impressed. I really enjoyed listening to the deleted song Proud of your boy, not the Clay Aiken version but the version where Alan Menken sings. Gilbert Gottfried is also a riot. Of course Robin Williams is at the top of his game in this performance and it was moving when he did his impersonation of Rodney Dangerfield who recently passed away. Watching the bonus materials was also sobering to realize that at least two other people have passed away since this movie was realeased back in 92 - Douglas Seale (The Sultan) and famed caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, whose artwork essentially influenced the entire look of Aladdin.

Watched "Blade 2" on Sunday night. Mentioned it in another thread, but the sound on that disc is absolutely astounding. I'll have to listen to it again, but from what I can tell, it ranks up with the very best DVDs I've listened to. The DTS-ES discrete track is used to incredible effect.

Movie itself was fun, and I liked it about as much as the first. I think so far, the "Blade" series has been pretty good.

I saw a Preview for Blade 3 not too long ago. I think its Summer 05. I am also a big fan.

Watched the Yankees trounce the RedSox. Shut it off after the 3rd Inning, was getting embarassing. Went to Bed.

Originally posted by TTA89

Watched the Yankees trounce the RedSox. Shut it off after the 3rd Inning, was getting embarassing. Went to Bed.

I was watching the same thing in my hotel room in Cincinnati. Turned out the sox almost tied it, but crashed in the end.

It's been a tough two nights to say the least. The Empire is 2-0 over The Idiots. It's a day of mourning all over the easter seaboard.

Gus

It is the Curse of the BAMBINO :D

It's real, it breathes, it's alive

I heard they bulldozed down his mothers house the other day. I was driving down Storrow drive in Boston on Monday and the "Reverse Curve" Sign was redone to read "Reverse The Curse" again. hehe :D \


4 and out, I even bet on it. :(

It doesn't look good, does it? But I have faith in the kid. Arroyo will make it 2-1 on Friday.

Gus


P.S. David, I agree. The curse IS real. The question is will Boston break it?

GUS
sorry about the sox, but at least the REDBIRDS made it fun against the Astros, Looking forward to game 2 tonight,
My brother flys in tomorrow, so I plan on screening the star wars trilogy for him so we can relive our childhood, also picked up 25 anv of Halloween, looks to be good

No school tomorrow, so my oldest daughter is having a late night movie fest with a friend. I believe they're watching the original "The Bad Seed" now.

Randy

Pretty crappy weather right now, doubt there will be a game. Hmm maybe I'll stay in and watch IT from Steven King. :D

Wow, cool thread.... can't believe I've missed this one. Maybe 'cause I only just now have my basement theater (almost) done.

Anyway... I'm installing a faucet in the sink at the back of the room last night. Put on "Singin' in the Rain", just for some background noise. My 6 yr old daughter sneaks down and plops in one of the seats. I'm busy. She's occupied, and quiet. After a while she absolutely startles me with SQUEALS of pure delight during the "make 'em laugh" routine by Donald O'Connor. Man, talk about a warm feeling in your heart... all the effort on the HT was paid off, right there. I finished up quick, and we watched the rest together. What a great feeling.

Others we've been watching in the last couple weeks:
Star Wars trilogy... Aladdin... Jurassic Park... music DVDs (U2). All have been great in the new theater. No complaints about the changes (SW and Aladdin). Liked the bonus material too (usually don't).

Tonight or tomorrow: Love Actually.

Yeah, chick flick, but one I haven't seen yet, and seems to have good ratings. Plus, I figure I owe the wife one, for putting up with all the action adventure movies!

Sunday: E_A_G_L_E_S EAGLES!!!!! Hi-def, 106". Yes, life is good.

Watched "Unbreakable" tonight. I still say they left the last 15 minutes off the story - the difference between potential, but disappointing and something really interesting.

Randy

Haven't turned the TV on in a week. Last night I couldnt sleep so I chcked Tivo and noticed it picked up Major League. I forgot how funny this movie is, Although it was on TBS or USA or something so it was edited but its still funny.

Watched Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark this morning. Can't go wrong there.

Jumanji is on TBS right now, haven't seen that in awhile. Man Kirstin Dunst looks young.

Tonight We'll be watching the game, of course. Tomorrow we will try to catch The Day After Tomorrow.

I haven't watched anything else. Spent the last week in Cincinnati on work, so I'm glad to be back. The pain of watching the sox lose in that hotel room was terrible

Gus

Watched Love Actually last night.
Was actually VERY good.

Is it wrong that I find I've become a HUGE fan of Hugh Grant?

A heartwarming movie, but not in the usual smarmy predictable fashion. Well worth viewing.

If you like this one, I'd suggest you also see "About a Boy".

The kids were out, so the wife and I watched "The Ring". Not bad, but not as scary as I was lead to believe.

Of course, I did have a nightmare about my theater becoming haunted last night . . .


Randy

Well , I sat through the Japanese film Versus last night. My stepson and eight of his friends came over. Interestingly , before the film I asked if any of the people present had or were taking martial arts and there were none ! This film may have had some deeper meaning than I could get but basically "The Matrix" plus "Night of the Living Dead". The fight scenes went on and on and on . If you thought the agent Smith /Neo battles were too much stay away from this one.

Art

Originally posted by Gus
Tonight We'll be watching the game, of course. Tomorrow we will try to catch The Day After Tomorrow.

I haven't watched anything else. Spent the last week in Cincinnati on work, so I'm glad to be back. The pain of watching the sox lose in that hotel room was terrible

Gus


Did you watch the whole thing or did you shut it off? After the 7th I started rooting for the Yankees, I never actually watched a game that went 20 runs. :)

Patriots are up 10-0 at the moment. :)

Since my eyes have been turning into footballs and baseballs lately (Saturdays are marathon college football days for me), this weekend I started watching Season One of "Roswell" from 1999, and it's much better than I thought it would be. I've watched 5 episodes so far, and it's all pretty fascinating. And even though it's about teenagers, it's not the "Dawson's Creek"-type stuff I was expecting. At least not yet. Easy to recommend, especially to those who liked the movie "Starman."

Decent anamorphic widescreen presentation, but maybe a little soft. There are four 45 minute episodes per disc. The audio is 5.1 DD but not very agressive. Still, pretty high quality for TV shows on DVD.

Originally posted by TTA89
Did you watch the whole thing or did you shut it off? After the 7th I started rooting for the Yankees, I never actually watched a game that went 20 runs. :)

Patriots are up 10-0 at the moment. :)

I was forced to watch the whole thing. It was like watching a train wreck in slow motion. At the end, I was reduced to complaining about the unpiring. I truely and honestly believe the third base, and home plate umps work for Steinbrenner. Still, it was such a beating that the yanks would have won any way.

Thank heavens for The Pats, there would probably be mass-suicides in New England if it weren't for them. I would probably volunteer to go first!

Gus

P.S.

Just to stay on topic, We're about to watch The Day After Tomorrow.

I watched Freddy vs Jason for the first time . I know I'm getting older since teen culture has apparently deteriorated even further than I thought.:(

Marc

Originally posted by CptnRandy
The kids were out, so the wife and I watched "The Ring". Not bad, but not as scary as I was lead to believe.

I didn't think it was that scary either. Anyone ever watch Ringu? The Ring is a remake of the japanese film Ringu. It's supposed to have less "blood and guts" and leaves more to the imagination, which some say is scarier. It also has a different ending. They also made a prequel and a sequel to Ringu, but the sequel to the american The Ring has nothing to do with the other japanese films. But everyone says to see Ringu without seeing The Ring and you will appreciate Ringu more.

Can anyone recommend a good scary flick for kids aged about 12 years old?

How about Poltergiest? That movie rocked when I was a kid, well it still does. :D Its a Classic :)

Or "The Mummy" with Brendan Frasier - more adventure than scary.

Randy

Ahh yes the Mummy is a good one. I'm still waiting for the DVD of Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. Does anyone know if that has come out yet? Also the Night of the Living Dead (in Black and White) is very suspenseful with some gore. It would probably be a bit much for 12 year olds though.

Also Jurassic Park I and III have some great suspense and adventure. Not ghosts and goblins for halloween but great adventure. JP II is good right up until the whole San Diego tryst then it falls apart for me, although the scene with the 12 year old kid in his bedroom is classic.

The Sequel to the Mummy was also kinda fun. Watching them back to back with my kids was fun.

How about "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" as an introduction to horror for youngsters? It's not overly graphic, and the special effects are lame enough by today's standards that a 12-year-old shouldn't suffer nightmares from it...

The original release of "The Blob" might be ok as well.

Dwight

Or how about the ALCS Game 5. It's a real thriller. It has a large Green Monster. It also has scenes of "Godzilla" tearing down a famous Boston landmark and tortuning all the natives.:D :D ;)

Gus

I have to go into boston right next to fenway tonight. They better not start destroying things when the deadsox lose tonight. :mad:

The signs people had last night were hilarious! We were fooled to believe! AGAIN!

And the guy with the Brown Bag on his head? LMAO!! "Yankees are my Daddy" HAHAHAHAHA

Say Gus,
how about a story about a curse which can not be broken. A true tale of a city in the grips of despair, possessed by a mistake made decades ago. Yes an age old curse of which no cure has been found. I'm talking about the ALCS tonight on Fox of course. See the CURSE of the BAMBINO come to frutition once again. Something different will occur during this rendition. I am hearing whispers that this is also a tale of metamorphisis. That is, this may be the last game for Pedro in a Bosox uniform. So we can watch as Pedro succumbs "to his Daddy" and becomes a Yankee.

I hear the Pedro is a free agent and is interested in following the footsteps of Roger Clemence and becoming a Yankee so that he can win a World Series before age creeps up on him.

Gus, This isn't a tale for the feeble or faint of heart, is it?

:D :D :D

Watched The Day After Tomorrow with my son and a few of his friends. They boys got bored during the 'character development' stages but were very attentive when stuff started blowing up:). Also watched The Alamo. I don't know if it was historically accurate but it introduced (to me at least) another view of the historical 'heroes' of the conflict and provided images that allowed me to relate to the period and the conflict. On the lighter side, we watched Breakin' All the Rules and Connie and Carla both were fun and entertaining.

Friday night we watched a movie that I bet that at least half of you never heard of, Madman. :D It's a cheesy horror flick from the early 80's that me and my brother used to love watching.

We finally found it on DVD at amazon.com and bought it. It was in widescreen but only stereo, no Dolby digital or anything.

Anyone heard of it or ever saw it? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082696/

Originally posted by David Guill
Say Gus,
how about a story about a curse which can not be broken. A true tale of a city in the grips of despair, possessed by a mistake made decades ago. Yes an age old curse of which no cure has been found. I'm talking about the ALCS tonight on Fox of course. See the CURSE of the BAMBINO come to frutition once again. Something different will occur during this rendition. I am hearing whispers that this is also a tale of metamorphisis. That is, this may be the last game for Pedro in a Bosox uniform. So we can watch as Pedro succumbs "to his Daddy" and becomes a Yankee.

I hear the Pedro is a free agent and is interested in following the footsteps of Roger Clemence and becoming a Yankee so that he can win a World Series before age creeps up on him.

Gus, This isn't a tale for the feeble or faint of heart, is it?

:D :D :D

Yes, that's the one. And to keep it in the vein of disaster movies, Yakee slugger Gary Sheffield has declared Boston a "walking disaster". This is far scarier than anything Hollywood can muster!

Gus

Go Sox!!

The Bosox have stayed the curse but for a while longer. Will they be able to win two more? Stay Tuned :D

Tonight, on a stormy night in Gotham, our tired hero walks directly into the monster's den with a wounded heel. Will he have the strength to plunge the sword into the heart of the beast? Or will he allow the curse to continue for one more year of agony?

Stay tuned!

P.S.

Curse Fox for the 8PM starts! What ever happened to 7:05 for East Coast games?

Gus

Watched 'Passion of the Christ' over the weekend. Very powerful movie. Not for the squeamish.

GUS
It is called the west coast market, same reason monday night footbal now starts at 9pm, so we on the east coast can suffer from lack of sleep or miss the last part of the game!!!!
Jamie

Jaime is right. It's playoff season. Later start means more viewers and more advertising. More income for them, less sleep for you.

caught up on some watching yesterday, nothing new but did watch Halloween anv edition and I know what you did last summer then finished it off with Armagedon. Nice way to spend the afternoon, first time I watched these movies on the PJ in the theater, so had a good time.
Watching the cardinals try to save today and force a game 7. Tonight will be Van Hesling along with several flashes over to check the status of the Yanks/sox game

Jamie

Cards WIN!
Force game 7!
Van Hesling shut my Denon 4800 rcvr down, guess I will watch it later

Holy Crap the Redsox win! :D

Can I jump on the bandwagon now ;)

OMFG!!!!!!!

It took a quart of Johnny Walker Black, but I survived it!

The "Walking disaster has hit New York with full force!!

THE CURSE IS BROKEN !!!!!! Finally, R.I.P Babe Ruth!!


Gary Sheffield (and all who care to) can eat crow till they have their fill!!

1. The Curse is over!

2. We beat them in their house!

3. The Yanks have to deal with being the only team in sports history to blow a 3-0 lead in a 7 game series, EVER.

4. After opening up his big, fat trap, Gary Sheffield goes 0-10 and helps Boston kick his team's asss!!

5. I'm going to have such a headache in the morning!!!

Gus

Originally posted by TTA89
Holy Crap the Redsox win! :D

Can I jump on the bandwagon now ;)

Yes. The Red Sox Nation is now taking applications for citizenship!

We will even take heart-broken yankee fans under our wings! We now how much they like winning and we know they aren't going to get that from The Bronx.

The only requirement is that when things get tough, you don't boo your players like we all saw at Yankee Stadium in April when we were whipping their collective ass!

Just one question for all Yankee fANS: wHOS IS your DADDY NOW?

Gus

Of course I'm a Cubs fan, but many Cubs fans are taking solace in the Sox. There was even a story on the news about it!

Congratulations! Go BoSox!

Originally posted by Gus

THE CURSE IS BROKEN !!!!!! Finally, R.I.P Babe Ruth!!


Gary Sheffield (and all who care to) can eat crow till they have their fill!!

1. The Curse is over!


Isn't the curse of the Bambino that the Red Sox haven't won a World Series title since Ruth was sold to the Yanks? So the curse is not over.

I was hoping your Sox would make it to the world series since the playoffs began. But, I am also hoping the Astros will win it all.

Toxarch,

Technically, you may be correct. However, since the Red Sox rule right now, we are making some changes to the curse. The new curse (which was just broken last night) was that we couldn't get past the Yanks because the Yanks would always spend more and get better players. Well, last night the million dollar team choked!

I'm wondering how many heads rolled last night after we handed New York the biggest collapse in sports history.

As for The Wold Series: I'm hoping we win it all, of course. But it's an honor just to be a part of it.

Gus

Gus,

For some reason the smile on your avatar looks just a weeee bit bigger today.

Congrats to your sox.

Originally posted by Gus

Technically, you may be correct. However, since the Red Sox rule right now, we are making some changes to the curse. The new curse (which was just broken last night) was that we couldn't get past the Yanks because the Yanks would always spend more and get better players. Well, last night the million dollar team choked!


I think its more exciting that the Redsox finally beat the Yankees AND in the Bronx. Thats more exciting to me than beating the Astros or Cards.

Its been something that they have not be able to ever do. :o

Whoa, slow down there Gus.

Congratulations on doing the impossible and winning the ALCS after being behind 3 games. Breaking curses is never easy. Celebrate and enjoy, you deserve it, but don't forget the true prize is not just beating the Yankees but winning the World Series. For then and only then will the curse be broken. So don't lose sight of the goal through the drunken celebrations and remember that the remaining aftermath of the curse of the Bambino is that you must win the World Series. The curse is only in a Dormant state (like Freddy Kruger or Jason). You know the way Hollywood horror stories go, the villain ain't really dead he's just resting his eyelids and a sequel is in the making. But in this case the villain (the Curse of the Bambino) will really be dead if you win the World Series and it will be especially dead if you beat Roger Clemence to do it.

So, by order of the board of curses, Ye shall celebrate for three days and three days from hence ye shall attempt to close out the curse for all time. While you are going through this last tribulation never forget the words of that Immortal Yankee;

:D "It ain't over, til its over"
:D Yogi Berra

Congratulations Red Sox Fans!!!

I am pretty sure ESPN said that a couple hockey teams came back from being 3-0 to win, so I do not think it is "only team in sports history to blow a 3-0 lead in a 7 game series, EVER"
But I am happy for you GUS, now if my Cards can get past Clemons tonight things are going to be real interesting!!
Jamie

Now I can't wait to see the movie come out on this year's BoSox! All the makings of a great sports flick...

Curt Schilling = Kevin Costner? Or maybe Jim Belushi?

Tony Danza has to be in it too somewhere...

:D

Kevin Costner already did a Baseball movie ;)

This whole thing makes me want to watch Major League :D

Originally posted by Gus
Well, last night the million dollar team choked!

Gus

Which has been a nice trend since 2001.

2001 D-Backs 4-3 loss

2002 Angels 3-1 loss

2003 Marlins 4-2 loss

2004 Red Sox 4-3 loss

Wonder were the money will be spent this off season??

Originally posted by racer21
Which has been a nice trend since 2001.

2001 D-Backs 4-3 loss

2002 Angels 3-1 loss

2003 Marlins 4-2 loss

2004 Red Sox 4-3 loss

Wonder were the money will be spent this off season??

Thats easy, where it always goes... To the Redsox lineup. A few of them will be in pinstripes next season for sure.

Baseball so needs a salary cap but with both series going 7 games I don't think that will happen anytime soon. :(

What's a salary cap? :rolleyes:

Day After Tomorrow, which I really liked even with a plot full of holes.

The Birds, I hadn't seen it in a long time, and forgot how good it was.

Red Dragon, which I liked better then Hannibal, but not as much as Manhunter.

Looks like we will focusing on horror flicks for the next few weeks.

halloween is a wonderful time of year!
Best holiday after my birthday!
jamie

Originally posted by racer21
The Birds, I hadn't seen it in a long time, and forgot how good it was.



Yes! The Birds! We are having a 7 night mini-series with The Birds here in a couple of days!:D :D

P.S. With all due respect to Jamiecrane, I really hope these Birds aren't as good as we all remember!

Gus

Tigerland. Vietnam era film with good performances.

Had a house full of 11 year old girls over last night. In-between bobbing for apples and costume fun, they watched "The Mummy".

I watched the first game of the World Series. Come on Cards - you can do better!

Randy

Clearing some space off the TiVo yesterday,

I watched a strange little movie called CQ by one of the Copolla kids. Kind of a self-indulgent period piece, can't believe I actually watched the whole thing, but it was fun copying the CW.

Also watched Matchstick Men. Thumbs up.

Mojo

Watched the director's cut of Hellboy. Like the movie, but frankly, didn't see enough difference for the wait and the extra money.

Randy

Originally posted by Morris Jones
Also watched Matchstick Men. Thumbs up.

I agree. I watched it last March and though I assumed that I wouldn't like it, my wife and I really liked it a lot. Great twist (that's all I'm gonna say).

Watched Van Helsing (twice):). Good action and special effects. The PQ was very good. The audio track was excellent. Good use of surrounds with a lot of low-end information.

Last night I watched My Red Sox go 3 up on The Birds. Looks promising, but history has taught Red Sox Nation to keep quiet until The Fat Lady sings. I hope her vocals are in good working order for tonight though. I have a bottle of Korbel chilled just in case!

Gus

I flipped back and forth between the game and live commentary from JPL during acquisition of the Titan fly-by. :)

Mojo

Originally posted by Gus
Last night I watched My Red Sox go 3 up on The Birds. Looks promising, but history has taught Red Sox Nation to keep quiet until The Fat Lady sings. I hope her vocals are in good working order for tonight though. I have a bottle of Korbel chilled just in case!

Gus


Hopefully the Redsox don't pull a "Yankees" as that would just be CLASSIC Redsox fashion.

:p

Love to see my cards comeback, but I said all along our pitching was not good enough, now it seems we do not know how to run bases either.
The KISS OF DEATH was actually last saturday when ESPN's own LEE CORSO picked the Cards to win it all. Lee is always the kiss of death with any team I root for!
Let me be the first to say Congrats to the SOX, they really do deserve to win!
Jamie
But man I was sure we would at least send it back to Boston :-)

Originally posted by jamiecrane
But man I was sure we would at least send it back to Boston :-)

Nary a whisper has yet escaped The Fat Lady's voluminous lips. Until then, No team shall celebrate the thrill of victory nor suffer the agony defeat.

Just ask The Yankees! :D:D:D

We, in The Red Sox Nation are cautiously optimistic, but we are far too used to being let down. In simple terms: We are terrified of what may yet happen.

Gus

I just pray that the fans in Boston show some class and don't overdo the celebration.

Originally posted by vegashomes
I just pray that the fans in Boston show some class and don't overdo the celebration.

Yeah right, this is like the holy grail for Boston. Its gonna be a weeks party in the streets starting at fenway tonight.