Finally got a chance to watch Ju-On (a Christmas gift from my Brother-in-Law).

I found it very creepy, my wife left room early on.

"Lost in Translation"

102 minutes of my life that I'll never get back. And I'm a huge Murray fan.
The movie does have some interesting moments. At times it is very beautiful, and I really wanted to like it... I just couldn't. My feeling at the end was "so what". Disappointing.

Dave-
In complete agreement with you about "Translation"(is this going somewhere?). Was bored out of my skull!!!
Racer-
The japanese always come up with the creepiest/coolest movie concepts, don't they? -j

Manchurian Candidate--A conspiracy theorist type of movie, if you believe in conspiracy theories, this movie is for you. Much like that Mel Gibson/Julia Roberts movie, Conspiracy Theory.

Troy--I had low expectations of this movie, but it was actually quite enjoyable.

Just watched Henry and June; it came reccomended.
Didn't work though...

Bought without a paddle hilarious-recommended

Gus,
Sorry to hear about your situation, I have been there myself and it is always difficult to move on. Best of luck.
Jamie

Next week is Friday night lights probably getting that one anyone see it?

I saw Open Water nearly two weeks ago and I'm still thinking about it. Though relatively low budget, this movie really creeped me out. I could imagine myself in the same predicament as the two vacationers! So much for the great ocean view...

Thanks Jamie.

On a lighter note: You guys can watch me in HD this Sunday as I cheer Mr. Brady and his boys on as they get rid of Manning and his cronies at Gillette Stadium.

Gus

Originally posted by Gus
Thanks Jamie.

On a lighter note: You guys can watch me in HD this Sunday as I cheer Mr. Brady and his boys on as they get rid of Manning and his cronies at Gillette Stadium.

Gus


Patriots fan eh, Get ready for the eagles

One thing for you "New England" sports fans - no more bitching for at least 15 years! The self pity is gone, which, in some respects, will be hard for a few of you to handle. You can just leave that up to us "other" fans in KC, Philly, Seattle...

Jasman

Watched "The Station Agent" last night. I enjoyed it, it is a "quiet" movie, one that is driven simply by the dialog and storyline as opposed to any action or huge conflict among characters. I guess it is really just a story about friendship. Worth watching.

Well we watched "The Village" the other night and let our 13 year old daughter watch it last night. She would not admit that it scared her at times even though we told her that her parents (we believe we still are her parents even though at times she doesn't want to admit that either....ahhh...Meanagers) were scared at times. We were thinking of watching "The Sixth Sense" tonight. Haven't seen that one in a long time. Yes, I will admit that I didn't get the ending of that one until the very end. It surprised me and I felt stoopid for not "seeing" it.

We also watched "Anchorman" also the other day. It was allot better then I expected. Steve Carell is just too funny. He will make a great Maxwell Smart. We sure miss him on the "Daily Show".

EDIT: We are nixing "The Sixth Sense" tonight. Instead we are watching the Tsunami victims broadcast on Bravo. It is a fundraiser for the Red Cross International Fund. One of the few charities that we will donate too. They have integrity.

Tried to watch Anchorman, turned it off after 20 minutes.

Originally posted by Gus
Thanks Jamie.

On a lighter note: You guys can watch me in HD this Sunday as I cheer Mr. Brady and his boys on as they get rid of Manning and his cronies at Gillette Stadium.

Gus

Gus,
Will you be wearing those sun glasses ? I want to make sure I recognize you if I see you.:D

Art

Oh yea, tonight I watched 42nd street. I'm just in awe how good this looks. The last chapter is just incredible video. Nothing but a CRT can reproduce what this has to offer. This is a 1932 film !

Art

Originally posted by skyman00
Just watched Henry and June; it came reccomended.
Didn't work though...

Sorry- it is kinda slow.

***

Gus- don't know what to say except I hope things get better. :(

Oh yeah- I never posted what I watched!

Actually I haven't posted what I've watched for a while here...

Last night re-watched Near Dark, on Thursday, Code 46 and tonight- probably nothing (people coming over).

Originally posted by Gus
On a lighter note: You guys can watch me in HD this Sunday as I cheer Mr. Brady and his boys on as they get rid of Manning and his cronies at Gillette Stadium. In your dreams. Only one championship a year allowed to a city. ;)

Originally posted by rezzy
In your dreams. Only one championship a year allowed to a city. ;)

:D :D Its gonna be a close game.

Last night : Dr. Stangelove. Forgot what a bizarre movie that was. My son thought it was hillarious.

Last night Harry Potter 2, and a old black and white Charlie Chan movie..Great evening for all involved.

Gus, sorry to hear about your bad news.

brickie

Okay sunday night watched the final installment of Harry Potter.I though it was decent,not as good as the 2nd though.Which to me is the best of the 3.I do like the fact the stories are getting darker in nature as Harry grows older.

Also one thing I noticed is that the picture quality of the 3rd movie is MUCH better the the first 2.

brickie

Thanks for the well wishes guys. Sorry Art, I was wearing contacts (as part of my new life, I've spiked up my hair and got rid of my glasses)

I'm in Deptford, NJ on work and this place is boring as hades! So I'll probably not watch anything tonight. Saturday I watched (about 2 minutes of) Resident Evil II. Had a new friend over and we didn't really concentrate on the movie. ;)

Now about Peyton manning, did he ever make it to the game? I didn't see too much of him there!!:D :D :D

Bring on The Steelers!!!

Gus

I like him, but he's starting to remind me of Jim Kelly..Sigh..

brickie

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind....not you typical movie, liked it.

Manchurian Candidate....Overall I liked this movie, although it was slow in parts. I need to watch the original.

Napolean Dynamite--if there's nothing else to watch, then go for it, otherwise, it was just a movie about nothing, no point or climax for that matter

I've been on the road, but last Friday night my daughter had friend over for a double feature of "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable". Looks like my Friday nights in the theater are over!

Randy

Collateral last night for my birthday. What a view of LA at night!

Mojo

Last night we watched The Forgotten. Nicely done supernatural thriller. For the most part, kept you guessing right up til the end. Definitely worth a rent. -j

Skyman,good to see you still around.Had not seen you post in awhile.You still going tiles?

brickie

Brickie-
Yeah, still doing the HWOF tiles.
Regards, -j

Cool...What I was hoping to hear.You'll hear from me sometime soon,finally bought a house although it won't be ready until August..

brickie

Saw Friday Night Lights probably the best sports movie Ive ever seen really nice

Originally posted by Gus
Now about Peyton manning, did he ever make it to the game? I didn't see too much of him there!!:D :D :D
OK Gus, I concede. Best wishes to you..my own situation is very similiar, but am keepin my head up . :cool:

No time lately to watch movies....but we always make time to watch the "Daily Show" right after the 6:30pm news. It put things in perspective.

EDIT: How could I forget...we watched Richard Jeni on HBO last sat night.
Anyone else? He is my Hero...especially about driving with your wife. All I had to do was LOOK at my wife and watch her shrink into her seat. :D

Watched The Iron Giant last night... again. This time watched it with the 'Behind the Armor' bonus feature where you hit enter when you see the Giant's nuts. It was quite enlightening.

That doesn't sound right...

Does kind of have a funny ring to it..

brickie

That does sound very very weird

Caught a few over the last week:

Collateral - I liked it a lot. Really enjoyed the interaction between Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise.

The Village - I saw this in theater, so this was my second time. The more I think about this movie, the more I like it.

The Forgotten - I felt it was average. More along the lines of a TV movie. I watched the theatrical version. Has anyone here seen both the directors cut and theatrical version(s)?? I may check out the DC.

Originally posted by rdwalt
Watched The Iron Giant last night... again. This time watched it with the 'Behind the Armor' bonus feature where you hit enter when you see the Giant's nuts. It was quite enlightening.

It's that supposed to be an animated film that kids can watch?

...Now when you say you saw the giant's nuts, do you mean nuts as in nuts-and bolts?

Gus

Speaking of animated films, just finished Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke (my wife just asked to watch it again for the 1st time after seeing it in the public theater over 5 yrs ago...!). YESSSS! Mononoke is simply wonderful!
My second favorite all-time anime film (the first being "Kaze no Tane no Nausicaa").
Watch either if you get the opportunity(if anime is your thing, that is)-j

Just watched the Forgotten and greatly enjoyed it.

Originally posted by skyman00
Speaking of animated films, just finished Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke (my wife just asked to watch it again for the 1st time after seeing it in the public theater over 5 yrs ago...!). YESSSS! Mononoke is simply wonderful!
My second favorite all-time anime film (the first being "Kaze no Tane no Nausicaa").
Watch either if you get the opportunity(if anime is your thing, that is)-j

We love Miyazaki as well. Even "Kiki's Delivery Service" which has all the appearance of being for very young girls, has something magical and touching about it.

Last night my 16 year old daughter had her weekly movie night. Things are getting out of hand - I counted 16 pairs of shoes, not including her, and there was some coming and going so it was hard to get an accurate count.

They watched "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle", then "The Usual Suspects".

Randy

Last night I had my son Gabriel over for a movie night.

We watched Star Wars followed by Empire Strikes Back.

He is still going as I write this, he is now watching Return Of The Jedi.

His b-day is May 23 and all he's asking for is to go see the new Star Wars movie. At 8 years old, he's the biggest Star Wars fan I know!

And then there was the REAL bad news:

My one-month-old plasma already has terrible burn-in!!! It looks like I thought I turned it off the other day, but it was still on (with no signal coming in). The screen was black, so I thought it was off, and I went to work. Now when the screen goes black, I can clearly read "Comonent1" on the top right corner!!:( :( :(

Gus

Gus-
Man, when it rains , it pours! Sorry to hear. I hope things start lookin' up for you.
Randy-
I'm a little bummed as I can't find my copy of "Castle in the Sky"(another Miyazaki beauty). -j

Got that one at the local Media Play late last year - got luck and found it on sale (rarely under $25).

My younger daughter is nuts about these films.

Randy

Cool; just found my copy of CITS.
I gotta stop looking through my dvd collection when it's late at night and I've had a few.... -j

We are starting to watch the whole 5 year series of Babylon 5. We just finished "Midnight at the Firing Line" and now we are watching "Soul Hunter". I have forgotten much of the little arcs that JMS wrote. This is fine with me. I made sure we never over watched this series knowing it would be on DVD at some point. I had taped the whole thing once, but that was mainly for others to view.

This is the best Sci-Fi show ever put on television in my humble opinion. The fact that they developed most of their CGI from a network of PC based computers is just plain cool. In fact it made the Star Trek franchise take notice and beef up their CGI.

Actually went out to a movie - saw "Sideways".

Very funny - great movie and highly recommended (not for kids, nudity and adult situations, but damn funny).

Randy

Tonite watched Godzilla Tokyo SOS..Garbage!! This is one they could have kept.Even my son was not thrilled about it.Afterwards watched another Charlie Chan flick..Me and the wife love em..

brickie

Watched The Great Escape last night with my 3 sons, this was one of my favorite movies growing up. Pretty funny when my 10 year old said "they copied this from Chicken Run" After straightening him out they really enjoyed the movie. They like war movies with lots of action and bloodshed but I think they really got this movie. After it was over my 10 year old said he thought it was really good but also kind of sad. I guess a great movie is always a great movie, no matter how old...

nice... -j

Good Gravy! Nuts and Bolts - not THOSE nuts!

I had the WORST movie weekend ever:

The Village: I didn't care for this one @ all! The whole surprise ending is getting old, having said that, Why did I rent this one?

Anchorman: If there's anyone you ever hate coming over to watch a movie, pop this flick in the dvd player. It's guaranteed to make you DUMBER by watching it! The previews of this movie @ least looked funny, but it wasn't.

We are still watching more of "Babylon 5" 1st season. I am amazed how much I forgot of this season. Commander Sinclair doesn't seem as wooden to me this time around. This season really sets up the rest of the series quite well. I have noticed that wide-screen stretchiness in some of the CGI shots. But figuring this is a TV show and it is over 10 years old I am glad it is still in wide-screen. The surrounds are not that dynamic at this point. I am curious to hear the later seasons...To hear if they have better sound. But all in all...it is a decent transfer like I said it is over 10 years old and a TV show. How many other TV shows that old are in wide-screen of any kind? Or even attempted surround sound?

We had my wife's sister visiting on Sunday, and without time for a full movie, I put Winged Migration on for just a taste.

It's the sort of movie that a taste just makes you want more. They had to leave, but they took the disk with them. This one was even a replacement for the one that my wife's parents wanted to keep. :)

Meanwhile we've caught up on 24, and we're three episodes away from finishing season 2 of Alias. Season 4 will be waiting patiently on the TiVo.

And of course there was football ...

Mojo

Ysterday I was snowed in. My car was burried to the windows. I called my brother to come pick me up in his big Ford Expedition. About 15 of us got together at his place to watch The Patriots continue their march toward The Super Bowl. Oh and what a great time it was! We did a tequila shot with every interception Benny threw and every nifty pass Tommy threw. Needless to say we were all drunk as skunks by the time the game came to it's inevitable conclusion!

Right now I'm debating whether to have a Superbowl party my self. My place is deffinitely too small for large gatherings, but I'm so used to hosting!

Gus

Watched Friday Night Lights. Okay movie but doesn't come close to Remember the Titans.

Watched "Master and Commander" again, but this time after I had finally hooked up my optical audio connection. I was amazed at the difference: it sounded like canonballs were crashing through our HT. I am surprised the kids did not wake up at the other end of the house.

Before that we watched "A Knight's Tale" that a friend brought over. I thought it would be really stupid, but it was a rousing and very fun movie. Who would have guessed?

Last night, we watched Friday Night Lights. It's pretty much how Texas highschool football is, only more parties and the good coaches get a lot under the table. Our highschool football coach (when I was there) made over $60K per year, got a free car, free house, free insurance, and plenty more. And he hardly won very many games. After a couple of years, he was pretty much run out of town and went to a rival school.

Anyone noticed that they changed Boobie's football number? I noticed it while watching the DVD extras. I was wondering why. Maybe Permian retired the number and did not want them to use it or something. His number was #35 and in the movie it was #45. I think all the other players had their correct numbers. I think Remember the Titans was still better, but this is also a really good flick.

Tonight, we watched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Good retro comic book style movie with a fast pace after the beginning. Much better than I thought it would be from the previews. Lots of bass in this movie. The shakers and sub were moving quite a bit. Definitely an LFE workout for any theater.

Well I am off to watch more of Babylon 5. We are on to season 2. Anyone interested in the details of this fine TV production you can go to this site.

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/lurker.html

It is the Lurker's guide to Babylon 5. Quite interesting.

Welcome to the station, Workindood. It just keeps getting better. <*>

We had a guest over last night and watched 13 Going On 30 for a little light entertainment.

Mojo

We watched "The Village" and "The Forgotten". Both movies were nothing great, but enjoyable. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif

Don

Since I finally got around to installing MyHD card, we have been watching a lot of programs in HD. These are programs that I would have normally never considered, but now with HD I have found a lot of good TV programs to watch, such as:

"CSI: Miami"
"CSI: NY
"Medium"
"Without a Trace"
"Numbers"
"Medical Investigation"
"Lost"

However I still don't like the movies that have been broadcasted ota in HD. The sq of these broadcast seem so dead that the DVD versions I own always wins hands down!


Don

Thanks Mojo,
I have been a fan since 1994. I taped every episode...on the highest quality too. Was waiting for the day it came out on DVD. I can now freeze a frame an actually read the info on it were as before with tape it would jump around. And there is allot of funny stuff hidden in newspapers, computer consoles, etc. This is one of the best TV shows ever written. I have gotten more people hooked on this show that normally do not like Sci-Fi at all. Because it is more than a Sci-Fi show, it is not just a Sci-Fi show it is so much more. Also to have the Lurker's Guide to go to is a wonderful resource. To have the writer/creator put in his input in that guide is just plain cool.

I just say to people that haven't seen this show or have just seen parts of it....to rent it and watch the first season, you will be surprised how fast you get into it and will be looking for more.

Wife and I watched "Open Water" last night. We gave this http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif, however this is not a rewatch type of movie. I think for a low budget movie they made an excellent flix and its makes for a movie well worth seeing once.

Don

Last night, watched "Orange County" - cute, with a few laughts.

Tonight, the theater became the "losers' lounge". Had a poker game and the losers made a beeline for the theater after dropping out. They watched "Master and Commander". While we finished the first game and started a second.

Randy

Last Night, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, not bad. DVD looked real good.

Tonite, Alien director's cut, damn that dvd looks great for a 25 year old film!

My wife and I just finished watching "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow". We usually agree rather we like a movie or dislike it and both feel the same about this one. I did not care for the story line of this movie and did not care much for the sepia-tone like look they gave it. Sorry, but we are giving it http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon13.gif http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon13.gif.
I think at another time and in a different mood, and then I may have given it a marginal thumb’s up. I think this is one of those movies that may have been better at the theater (on a much bigger screen) then in the HT.
I am glad now I only rent movies through Netflix rather then buying them. I have ended up purchasing far to many disappointments in the past and this movie would have been one of them.

Don

Saturday night - Napoleon Dynamite (4/5 funny movie)
Friday Night Lights (2/5 too much camera movin around)
Without a paddle (3/5 worth rental kinda funny)

Thursday night we Watched Sky Captain. This is a well done film in the tradition of the serials of the 1930s and 1940s. This was a great experience if you are a fan of the period in anyway. The surround effects ,as well as the LFE, were at or near the top of anything I've experienced.

Art

Well we watched more of season 2 of Babylon 5. We watched one episode where Capt. Sheridan was being taught by the Vorlon Kosh. He showed Sheridan a "Moment of Perfect Beauty". It was a very touching scene.

I also have a question about Dolby 2.0. What is it exactly? Is it 4.1? Is it where the rears are the same channel? Babylon 5 is in Dolby 2.0. There is NO thump of any kind coming out of the sub. It is weak. Also what should I set my Amp to? Dolby I or Dolby II?

Last night : Open Water. A very disturbing movie, not your typical hollywood fare. Clearly low budget, but farily well put together. The core premise is interesting, and the shark stuff puts an edge on it, even if its a bit overblown. For anyone who has ever had a marital argument, its just a little uncomfortable (ok, so thats anyone thats married...). Not a flick I want to see again, but not a bad use of an evening.

jc

Watched the grudge weird movie pretty scary wasn't that good though:)

Sunday night

Aliens vs Predator I liked it thought was pretty good maybe not worth going to the movies to see ( especially at Carmike Cinemas ) the sound was awesome!!! really gave the sub and 6.1 surround a good workout. I would like to thank Carmike Cinemas for having such a poor theater to make me want to build my own, so I wouldnt have to go there too watch movies anymore!!! Oh I give it a 4/5 story was alright kinda goofy toward end, sound was the best part.

Originally posted by longshot21771
Sunday night

Aliens vs Predator I liked it thought was pretty good maybe not worth going to the movies to see ( especially at Carmike Cinemas ) the sound was awesome!!! really gave the sub and 6.1 surround a good workout. I would like to thank Carmike Cinemas for having such a poor theater to make me want to build my own, so I wouldnt have to go there too watch movies anymore!!! Oh I give it a 4/5 story was alright kinda goofy toward end, sound was the best part.

I liked the reference to Aliens with Lance's pen taps between the fingers on his office desk in this. -j

I had to watch Master and Commander again tonight after CptnRandy mentioned it. Good movie.

The Forgotten--was an okay movie, kinda weird. Wouldn't watch it again. What were those "people?"

Open Water--low budget movie. Not sure why I thought it would be good, I guess it made you think a little bit, but, if there's nothing else to rent, not a bad one to watch.

The Punisher--I watched this movie @ the advice of my friend, and boy, it was just AWESOME! I freakin' loved it! This one is worth the purchase.

Van Helsing....I'm not usually up for vampires, etc, but I actually liked this.

Harold and Kumar - Some funny parts. If your in the mood for a braindead movie, its good.

King Arthur - I thought this was ok.

Last night, while the wife slept, I watched "Dark Passage" starring Bogart and Bacall http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif. I have never been disappointed with a Bogart movie!

Don

Bogart Movies are great. "The African Queen" is still my favorite.

Well I finished Babylon 5's second season. I am borrowing them from a buddy of mine. I have to get over to his place and get another season.

Originally posted by sleeks
Van Helsing....I'm not usually up for vampires, etc, but I actually liked this.

Harold and Kumar - Some funny parts. If your in the mood for a braindead movie, its good.

King Arthur - I thought this was ok.

Oh man Van Helsing was horrible, just my opinion I couldnt finish watching it.

Originally posted by Simon2150
The Forgotten--was an okay movie, kinda weird. Wouldn't watch it again. What were those "people?"

Open Water--low budget movie. Not sure why I thought it would be good, I guess it made you think a little bit, but, if there's nothing else to rent, not a bad one to watch.

The Punisher--I watched this movie @ the advice of my friend, and boy, it was just AWESOME! I freakin' loved it! This one is worth the purchase.

I thought the forgotten was good as well, those people were aliens I guess, and they were weird. I had to watch it twice family hadnt seen it, those type of movies are hard too watch more than once. The punisher was alot better than I thought it would be, great action movie.

Tonight we watched "The Grudge" http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif. The older I get the less I find movies scary, and the last time I remember being scared was when seeing "The Exorcist" during it's original release. However there were a couple times in the Grudge that made me jump pretty good and kept my wife uneasy during the whole movie. I know my wife would give it thumbs up and I am also going to give it thumbs up simply for the reason it caught me off guard and gave me a couple good jolts from my seat!

I have to agree with longshot, "Van Helsing" was about as bad as they come. I watched the whole thing, but it was all I could do to hold out to the end before turning off the projector.

Don

Since we're hooked on Lost, I got my wife Season One of Alias. We watched the pilot episode tonight.

Great stuff!

Randy

The pilot of Alias is magical!

Saeson one is SOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOD!

I wish I could see it for the first time all over again.

Enjoy Randy!

We watch Lost and Alias every week. The first season of Alias was the best. They kinda dropped off later. I like how they are trying to get back to what they had the first season. This season seems more like the first season.

Watched The Village tonight. Good movie. I had already seen it in the theater. Can M. Night Shyamalan really surprise an audience anymore? He writes some good movies with interesting twists, but everyone expects it now when they watch his movies. He could write and direct a great movie without any twists, but people might think it's horrible cause they keep waiting for the twist and it never comes. Maybe he should direct his next twist movie under an alias.

I saw Alien vs. Predator in the theater and I bought it yesterday. I was going to watch it, but then I thought that I may return it before I open it. The movie wasn't as good as Alien or Predator. I remember not liking the movie that much, it did have some good action, but a bad ending. I think I may return it and buy it when it's cheaper just to go along with the other movies in the set.

Originally posted by Toxarch
I like how they (Alias) are trying to get back to what they had the first season. This season seems more like the first season.

I totally agree! I thought that too. I'm glad that they are doing that.

I think "24" is doing the same thing. Season one of 24 was fantastic and then each following season got worse. This year it seems much better and has the same good writing as the first year.

I love Bogart films also, I think The Big Sleep is my favorite.

Art

DUST...now that was a really good movie...very un'hollywood like...the story was also nice...althought the end....well i will just let you guys see it for yourselves..

the movie was called dust and it was playing on my cable company...a few nights ago...something you dont see wevry often...i mean the quality of the movie...another one i would have to say is ARARAT,,,,although there is alot of genocidal people in that one...but it was still a good movie...same type of storytelling which i love...now only if i could convice hollywood popel to make more movies in that fashion...instead of chase seans and explosions...i mean how many times can you watch something blow up....before you get bored.......
Thats my 3 censt...hehe

To Art Sonneborn...
"When Excellence is Available, Good Is Not Enough"

In that case.... I would have to say that the two movies (dust and ararat) I just talked about are very "Excellent" and not merly "good"...

Let me know if anyone watches them and likes them....I would love to talk about them some more...
And to the guy that started this tread...great idea!!!...ten points for excellet (and not merly good) thinking....
HEHE

"DUST and Ararat..."

DUST...now that was a really good movie...very un'hollywood like...the story was also nice...althought the end....well i will just let you guys see it for yourselves..

the movie was called dust and it was playing on my cable company...a few nights ago...something you dont see wevry often...i mean the quality of the movie...another one i would have to say is ARARAT,,,,although there is alot of genocidal people in that one...but it was still a good movie...same type of storytelling which i love...now only if i could convice hollywood popel to make more movies in that fashion...instead of chase seans and explosions...i mean how many times can you watch something blow up....before you get bored.......
Thats my 3 censt...hehe

Another Alias last night - I can see we're going to be hooked!

Randy

Yesterday - The Lion In Winter - Patrick Stewart and Glen Close. Wow!!!!!

I've been testing the new subwoofer by watching U-571.
All the Babylon 5 episodes we have been watching just don't use the sub like a newer movie.

And my Gawd....wow. The house is rockin'. Even the dog who never seems to care about the sound is even perking his head up wondering what or who is at the door. It is confusing him. Even though this movie is not historically accurate, it is entertaining.

I've been watching a lot of TV DVD sets lately too.

Ren & Stimpy
Sliders (at season 2)
X-Files (at season 3)

Well watched the Super Bowl in glorious HD !!Completely awesome and loved the outcome.

brickie

Originally posted by brickie
Well watched the Super Bowl in glorious HD !!Completely awesome and loved the outcome.

brickie

I am a football fan and never really watch it, but I did check out a little of the Super Bowl on my front projector system in HD. All I can say is, it sure looked pretty!

Don

Originally posted by brickie
Well watched the Super Bowl in glorious HD !!Completely awesome and loved the outcome.

brickie

I am not a football fan and never really watch it, but I did check out a little of the Super Bowl on my front projector system in HD. All I can say is, it sure looked pretty!

Don

Watched Sunday.

Celluar - Good movie highly recommend it.

Mr 3000 - Was not funny at all, fell asleep ( was pretty tired )

Just thought would mention one of the worst movies I have ever seen, TORQUE seen it awhile back. I recommend someone watching this to see how bad a movie can really be!!!!!

Watched 2fast 2furious Sat. again, just to see how sounds in new HT room. It sounded great even though the movie isnt too great.

Unfortunately, the evil *#%!@ at Sinclair Broadcasting (who own the local Fox AND ABC stations) won't allow the HD signal to be carried on local cable or satellite. So while we really enjoyed watching the Superbowl last year in HD (on CBS), this year was a major disappointment for the entire Columbus market - and everywhere else Sinclair rules.

Randy

Last night, after the Superbowl I watched The Matrix Revolutions in HD recorded from HBO HD by myself. It looked spectacular until ton of motion started after the diggers got into the dock and the Direct TV bit starvation reared its very very ugly head.:(

Art

We watched it in HD here and if there were any audio drops, they were muted by the vast quantities of alcohol being consumed.

My Pats are now a Dynasty!!!!!!!

T.O. put on a good show, but so did Mr. Branch and Mr. Harrison ans Mr. Bruschi.

Gus

Originally posted by Art Sonneborn
Last night, after the Superbowl I watched The Matrix Revolutions in HD recorded from HBO HD by myself. It looked spectacular until ton of motion started after the diggers got into the dock and the Direct TV bit starvation reared its very very ugly head.:(

Art

Art?
Are you telling us you had today OFF? That is kinda late to be up on a Sunday night. I am not so lucky. I have to be up at 4am and then at my desk at 6am in Novi. (An hour drive) I would have loved to close our business for the day, however, Monday is the day we make our money so to speak. It keeps our lights and heat on and keeps our pay checks from bouncing. ;) Wait a second. We do not heat the warehouse....it is not good for our stock (Chocolate). That is why I am so damn cold all the time.

Well anyways, I did not even watch one play of the game. Figured the Pats would win anyways and they will play those new commercials to death...I will see them soon enough. I wish they would have the game earlier in the day...or even on Saturday. Seems not all that long ago it was on not long after the Rose Bowl, now it is in February.

I will watch the Superbowl next year when it is played at Ford Field in Detroit. Never know the Lions could be in it....And then again "Monkeys could fly out my Butt".

Picked up mr 3000 pretty good I liked it also went to my dad's friends house and watched the game on a 52' sony in hd it was amazing:)

Originally posted by Workindood

We do not heat the warehouse....it is not good for our stock (Chocolate). That is why I am so damn cold all the time.




Chocolate?:eek:....did you say - chocolate??????:cool:

We saw the Super Bowl in all it's HD glory. Loved the Paul McCartney halftime - I was getting sick of those cheesy choreographically laden productions they have had in the past (and this is coming from the mouth of a choreographer!). Randy, I feel for you and Sinclair - They own our ABC affiliate, and it stinks.

Randy,
So you are unable to recieve FOX OTA? I was just wondering since I read an article about this very thing saying that a very large portion (30%) would not be able to view. They (Sinclair) do transmit HD OTA but they just do not let it on calbe, is this correct?
Jamie

Yes - that is correct. I refuse to purchase an HD tuner and an antenna just to watch those stations - all of the other local broadcasters, NBC, CBS, PBS, and UPN all provide their HD signals via cable. I did discuss it with my AV guy and he said the signal would be dicey - no guarantees even with the equipment.

In my opinion, Sinclair is unreasonable in their demand to be paid for something that they provide free over the air - they certainly don't have any support from the rest of the broadcast community - or other Fox or ABC affiliates around the country.

Randy

Originally posted by PamW
[B]Chocolate?:eek:....did you say - chocolate??????:cool:



Oh Yes. 11# Blocks of Chocolate. 5 Blocks to a case. Did I mention that our chocolate is imported? French,German,Swiss, Belgium,etc. Pallets of it.

Oh and Randy, be thankful that you get those channels. We only get NBC up in our neck of the woods. And we can not get a straight answer from Comcast as to WHEN we will get CBS,FOX, or ABC on cable. I with you though. I will not purchase a tuner or an antenna. I spent enough cash on this HDTV stuff.

Originally posted by Workindood
Art?
Are you telling us you had today OFF? That is kinda late to be up on a Sunday night. I am not so lucky. I have to be up at 4am and then at my desk at 6am in Novi. (An hour drive) I would have loved to close our business for the day, however, Monday is the day we make our money so to speak. It keeps our lights and heat on and keeps our pay checks from bouncing. ;)

I have a few selected Mondays off, it just by coincidence was the Monday after the Superbowl.

Art

Originally posted by Workindood
Oh Yes. 11# Blocks of Chocolate. 5 Blocks to a case. Did I mention that our chocolate is imported? French,German,Swiss, Belgium,etc. Pallets of it.

Wow, sounds like a sweet business! :D

Don

Watched on

Monday - Shall We Dance - Good movie recommend renting

Originally posted by Workindood
Oh Yes. 11# Blocks of Chocolate. 5 Blocks to a case. Did I mention that our chocolate is imported? French,German,Swiss, Belgium,etc. Pallets of it.



Mmmmmmm....(Lansing is how far from NC?);)

Queued up for later this week -
Troy (I have my pause button handy)
I may need some chocolate for that one! Workindood, do you ship this way???

Last weekend:

Finally got around to seeing Spidey 2 - good character development for Webhead and the other characters!

The Big Game was awesome in HD on my now almost obsolete X1 - had my wife's brothers over, and they all sat in the front row - 10' from the 106.5" screen - they were loving it...

Will see DD (Director's Cut) next weekend.

Yes, I haven't seen this one yet either: I'm tired of the chair kickers and talkers and high-priced not-too-healthy food (and my wife's pride prevents me from smuggling in my own goodies like I want to :D)

So, I wait until they come out on DVD so that I can really enjoy them, with limited exceptions for kiddie movies that my daughter just can't wait for the DVDs...

Originally posted by PamW
Mmmmmmm....(Lansing is how far from NC?);)

Queued up for later this week -
Troy (I have my pause button handy)
I may need some chocolate for that one! Workindood, do you ship this way???

A matter of fact we do ship that way. UPS is a good thing. However, read the PM I sent you. I am not here to sell you or anyone else anything.
But I can point you in the right direction. Nothing like GOOD chocolate. I am not talking Hershey bars here.... :D

Sounds like time for a power buy!

:D

Randy

Originally posted by CptnRandy
Sounds like time for a power buy!

:D

Randy

Especially if we are talking about dark chocolate.

The Grudge-- Meh, was an okay movie. Had it scary moments though.

Ray--absolutely loved this movie. jamie foxx did an excellent job in this one.

Shark Tale last night- lots of fun! -j

Thinkin about pickin up shark tale next week:)

U2 go home live from slane castle ireland, exellent disc,really good sound almost as good as being there highly recommended for U2 fans!............

Mrs Dood and I watched "Ray" tonight. It was a good movie. A little long, but good. I tried to watch the extended cut on the disk, however, it seemed to jump to the next track ever so often. I don't know if it was my player or the disk, so we just started over with the regular version. Great sound track.

"[Mrs.] Dood looks like a lady" :D

Watched The Notebook and found it very enjoyable. Highly recommended

We watched 2 more episodes from the first season of Alias. Great stuff!

Randy

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed The Notebook. Cupholders momentarily became tissueholders. -j

The Mrs and I were just getting settled into the movie "Chocolat" and guess what?

My sister in law (Mrs Dood's sister) thought of *Popping By*. Nice lady. Kinda loud in her speech. NEVER PHONES AHEAD! Even though through out the last 22 years I have tried all sorts of ways to bring to her attention that I HATE IT!. We never *Pop by* to someone else home.

*Sigh*

Well I am down here on the computer while they are all watching "Chocolat". Kinda ruined the mood for me. I wasn't really in the mood in the first place for a movie like that, however, my wife was and part of marriage is compromise. But it is a well acted movie. I just can't stand to hear my sister in law cackling while I try to listen to the dialog.

EDIT: Also one reason I am not watching anymore....Sister-in-Law took my seat.

Just don't answer the door. If the SIL later complains just say you had the volume too high and didn't hear her. Doesn't work that well for something like "Chocolat" though.

Tonight , Public Enemy. This is interesting and looks incredible ( 1931). Harlow was slinky man ! :D

Art

today i'll watch Havana

little old, but i'll see.

Mr. 3000 last night. For Bernie Mac's effort, I'd say he batted .000.

Both kids and one adult fell asleep.

Originally posted by thebland
Mr. 3000 last night. For Bernie Mac's effort, I'd say he batted .000.

Both kids and one adult fell asleep.


:) my sentiments exactly!:)

Picked up The Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day Lewis) yesterday and watched it last night. Absolutlely beautiful. Enhanced Widescreen version (anamorphic wide screen -- 2.35:1). Every shot was a photograph. The director of photography really knew what he was doing and used the widescreen format well. The sound was also amazing. The waterfall scene will have your theater shaking.

It also includes THX OptiMode audio and video tests. Pretty cool!

Watched Ray and the family gave it two thumbs up. Great movie

Last evening Shark Tale. A reasonably entertaining film but the pace was so frenetic at times, almost too much going on. I like the Shreks, Nemo and The Incredibles much better.

Art

Did some catching up this weekend
Started with AVP, Grudge, Fight Club. The Howling, Field of Dreams, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the Forgotten, Godzilla, Friday Night Lights, Bad Boys and Boondock Saints.
Really like AVP, the Grudge and Boondock Saints. Thought the Forgotten was ok, but nothing to write home about. Friday Night Lights was a complete disappointment. The rest I had already watched but either just picked up the DVD or wanted to see again.
Enjoy
Jamie

Finally hooked up speakers, and finalized cables - so can now add to this thread :)

Since Thursday:

AvP - Better than I thought it would be, and just a fun no thought flick (I still prefer the original movies though)
Pulp Fiction - Oh yes!
Star Wars, ESB - Awesome to finally be able to watch this
Incredibles *cough* - Excellent movie with excellent sound and video, and will be buying this in March
SAW - REALLY good surround sound, not a bad movie (IMHO) maybe a better ending, but I guess it leaves it open for SAW II (
Harry Potter 3 - Fun film that my wife got me into.
Spaceballs - LOL, had not seen this forever. Great movie
Notebook - Our valentine movie, looked good and a sad film but my wife loved it.

While I still have some work to do in the rest of the basement, the HT is now up and running with a serious backlog of DVDs to catch up on! At least the weather is still conducive to this :)

Friday: Monty Python and the Holy Grail - great transfer onto DVD, and I've never seen this in widescreen, so this was a treat! Sound was good too in 5.1 DD!

Saturday: Shark Tales - great graphics, especially the shark textures and lighting on the sharks! Even learned some "new" dance steps...er, sort of...actually, just watched my wife and daughter do some of the steps, does that count?

Yesterday: Grease - an "OK" DVD - had too much of an echo in 5.1 mode - this was the first time my 10 year old daughter saw it though, so I sat through it again (boy, did ONJ look good back then!)...

Just finished season 4 of Babylon 5. Wow was that ever good. Now we have season 5 to watch. Not my favorite of the series. BUT it does have the lovely Tracy Scoggins in the cast. She is Drop Dead Gorgeous in my opinion. But not who I would have cast for that role. Season 5 was under the gun in my opinion as well. Since the series was waiting to be picked up for season 5. Claudia Christian (Commander Susan Ivanova) quit the series unexpectedly at the last minute. I feel if JMS had been told earlier that the series would continue then he could have done a better job on the last season. Once we are done watching this series we can move on the Battlestar Galatica.

Saw Saw, enjoyed it very much! Loved the ending too! -j

Just finished watching "Real Time with Bill Maher" It was a funny one.

Glad to see him back on HBO for another season.

Just finished the Back to the Future Trilogy with my sons...it was great all over again but I've got far too many question on time travel.

Thanks

Taxi was pretty funny.

The Rock in the Rundown...Gratuitous violence at its best. Fantastic video and audio as well.

Have been away for a while, good to see what people are enjoying lately.

Recently :

Memphis Belle : Still like this movie - havnt seen it in a long time, and the first time I saw it BIG.

The Village : Interesting flick, not nearly as good as Sixth Sense, but in the same Genre. The "Aha!" at the end was not nearly as cool as in Sixth Sense.

Ray : I thought this was an awesome movie... I watched it with high expectations, and it delivered (rare). Foxx really brought home the goods with this perforamance, and Im betting he will bring home hardware soon. Watched the theatrical version, will watch again soon with the extended version.

With the kids : Shark Tale - funny movie, fairly clever linkages to pop culture. Not as good as some of the recent computer animation flicks such as....

Monsters Inc. : I forgot how much I enjoyed this the first time. Kids of course still love it too.


Tomorrow : My HT will be hijacked by friends who want to watch Daytona in HD. Im not that big of a NASCAR fan, but should be fun anyway.


jc

JC,
I do not care for Nascar either (Drive Fast, Turn Left) but it is fun to watch in Hi-Def. But then again, I am looking forward to watching The Masters in Hi-Def, and I am sure there are those that think of that as being the most boring thing on the planet to do. Different Strokes....

Went to block buster they didnt have anything so i got garfield it was actually pretty good:)

The wife and I had a rare night alone. We talked about going out for a minute, but then realized we'd much rather stay in. After a nice dinner and a bottle of wine we watched "The Shawshank Redemption". Excellent movie!

Randy

Does anyone else watch Justice League Unlimited on Cartoon Network? Watched it on the HT last night for the first time it was great. That has to be the best cartoon on tv as of right now no cutie stuff at all in it, check it out sometime. It is cool to see Batman and Superman get into arguments, so it is kinda more adult oriented and even dark once in awhile.

Watched Taxi last night as well not too bad movie, the cars racing sounded great on the system.

Just finished watching "Cold Mountain". Not bad...a little long. Now I know why Mrs Dood was crying the other night. hmm...I hope that is why. Never know, I probably did something wrong again.

Watched hot chick on the D* starz because its free for a couple of days it was pretty funny:)

Last night Sky Captain again ! This afternoon I Robot in Dtheater. This was just as gorgeous as a thought it would be. There were a few instances where the live characters were not as sharp as the CGI ones mated to but other than that it was awesome. This evening the Great Ziegfeld. I'm getting close to 100 years between these films this is scary.



Art

JUst picked up shark tale will watch it tonight or tommorow and post how it was:)

Here's a question for those that regularly post on this thread: how many of you are watching a significant number of hours of HDTV programming in your theaters?

Late last year I put in an HD DVR (Time Warner - had to got through 2 and the interface sucks compared to TiVO, but it is HD!). I noted the other day that since Christmas break, largely due to travel and other activities, I hadn't watched a movie up to this last weekend. But my wife and I typically watch 1 hour (closer to 40 minutes without commercials) of recorded HD programming almost every night - sometimes we can squeeze in two. So right now, even best case, I watch 1 or 2 movies per week (rarely 2 - so 2-4 hours per week), but we watch 5-7 hours or TV. Is that typical for your viewing?

In the spirit of this thread, here's what we watch. We usually run a backlog of 1-2 weeks on most shows. The backlog carries us through reruns. And I typically can't hang 2 hours together on a weeknight for a movie.

Medium (my wife's new favorite)
Law and Order
Law and Order SVU
Law and Order Criminal Intent
CSI
Without A Trace
Lost (the only thing we can't watch in HD because of the evil idiots at Sinclar Broadcasting)
Monk - not available in HD

My daughter and I watch Star Trek Enterprise

And we're watching the first season of Alias.

Randy

Originally posted by Art Sonneborn
Last night Sky Captain again ! This afternoon I Robot in Dtheater. This was just as gorgeous as a thought it would be. There were a few instances where the live characters were not as sharp as the CGI ones mated to but other than that it was awesome. This evening the Great Ziegfeld. I'm getting close to 100 years between these films this is scary.



Art

After I pulled out the disc and it was almost 11:00 PM ,and having never seen it, I decided against watching the Great Ziegfeld which was over three hours. I'd not seen Petrified Forest either ( 82 minutes) so that went in instead last night.:D

Art

Originally posted by CptnRandy
Here's a question for those that regularly post on this thread: how many of you are watching a significant number of hours of HDTV programming in your theaters?

Late last year I put in an HD DVR (Time Warner - had to got through 2 and the interface sucks compared to TiVO, but it is HD!). I noted the other day that since Christmas break, largely due to travel and other activities, I hadn't watched a movie up to this last weekend. But my wife and I typically watch 1 hour (closer to 40 minutes without commercials) of recorded HD programming almost every night - sometimes we can squeeze in two. So right now, even best case, I watch 1 or 2 movies per week (rarely 2 - so 2-4 hours per week), but we watch 5-7 hours or TV. Is that typical for your viewing?

In the spirit of this thread, here's what we watch. We usually run a backlog of 1-2 weeks on most shows. The backlog carries us through reruns. And I typically can't hang 2 hours together on a weeknight for a movie.

Medium (my wife's new favorite)
Law and Order
Law and Order SVU
Law and Order Criminal Intent
CSI
Without A Trace
Lost (the only thing we can't watch in HD because of the evil idiots at Sinclar Broadcasting)
Monk - not available in HD

My daughter and I watch Star Trek Enterprise

And we're watching the first season of Alias.

Randy




for t.v. around here its (in order)
CSI miami
CSI vegas
CSI new yawk
discovery channel
tsn(espn)


:) :)

Originally posted by CptnRandy

Medium (my wife's new favorite)
Law and Order
Law and Order SVU
Law and Order Criminal Intent
CSI
Without A Trace
Lost (the only thing we can't watch in HD because of the evil idiots at Sinclar Broadcasting)
Monk - not available in HD

Randy

Since installing a MyHD card I have watched a lot of TV shows that I might not have considered before.

"Medium" Great show
"CSI Miami and NY" Both excellent shows
"Monk" Got to love that Monk! Wish it was HD.
"Numbers" Check this one out, it is worth iseeing.
"Lost" I like is show, but it comes on 7:PM here, so I am always missing it.

Last night we watched in HD (made for TV movie) "Stone Cold" starring Tom Selleck.

Right now I have a 160gb hard drive I use for my HD recordings, but it gets felled to fast. I guess I am going to have to add another hard drive for my HD recordings.

Don

An oldie (at least to me) but very good movie:

Cloak & Dagger--man the memories this movie brought back for me of my childhood, Good Stuff!

"Jack Flack to Lady Ace, come in Lady Ace, this is Jack Flack" :lol:

Over the weekend...

Reservoir Dogs - saw this a long time ago, its a bit more startling on the big screen, this is gratuitous violence at its extreme. The "ear" bit was a bit much even for me...

Daytona 500 - As I commented before, my theater was hijacked for this by friends. While Im not much of a NASCAR fan, have to admit that I enjoyed it, especially the last 30 mins. To CptnRandy's question, Ive been very surprised how much I wind up using the theater for HD material. With NCAA basketball revving up, the Super Bowl, Daytona, etc etc, its got a lot of use for that. I also watch a fair amount of Discovery, but not much primetime TV.

Mr. 3000 - kinda disappointing, had read some good things on this one. In the end, this movie had a LOT of potential, but didnt bring it all home. Still entertaining, just wasnt all that it could be. Bonus feature talked about how they originally were going to cast Denzel Washington. Interesting.

jc

Just watched shark tale great movie and excellent animation:)

Come Sunday ABC will be broadcasting the Academy Awards in HD. It appears that ABC will have a little competition; CBS is showing "Collateral Damage" in HD and Fox will be showing "Independence Day" in HD.

I don't know about everyone else, but I will be watching the Academy Awards. What about you?

Don

As for me, possibly something else entirely - I own both movies, and am content to read about the Academy Awards. Not sure just what WILL be on tap tho, maybe it will be the Oscars...

jc

I'll be watching the awards.

Oscar (http://www.oscar.com/) will be in the house!

Finally!
Nausicaa was released today, R1 DVD with the voice talents of Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Edward James Olmos and... Mark Hamill.
Needless to say, that's what's on tonight. -j

Yep, ran out at lunch and picked up Nausicaa, Porco Rosso, and The Cat Returns. My youngest daughter and I are big Hayao Miyazaki fans.

On the down side, I'll just put them away and bring them out as presents on special occasions.

Randy

Watched SAW. Thought it was a great movie, if you have 6.1 surround or more this is awesome to listen too!

Watched Lost in Translation the other night. Interesting movie. Kinda slow at some parts. I guess it's worth seeing once.

Motorcycle Diaries.

Wife AND myself fell asleep and didn't finish it.

Duller than watching paint dry. We have no intention of finishing it.

Been watching the New BattleStar Galactica. The UK versions. I am drawing my wife into this series as well. I never cared much for the original. This one is well written and the effects are pretty good along with the sound track.

Originally posted by Workindood
Been watching the New BattleStar Galactica. The UK versions. I am drawing my wife into this series as well. I never cared much for the original. This one is well written and the effects are pretty good along with the sound track.
How you get to watch the UK version? and is it any diffrent? Also I am little confused missed some of the beggining and don't remember the old ones too well now ( I am 34 so I was young when it aired ) Why is there 2 of the same people and do they fell each other's emotions and such? I take it one is a cylon and one somehow takes over their being.

As far as I can tell. They are Cylons...period. Either they are cloned humans...or machines....I do not know as of yet. The UK versions have been out way ahead of the US ones. Figure it out.

I downloaded the torrent files for the UK version. It's the same thing as the US version, only they ran the first season last year. Some Cylons look like humans. They bleed, sweat, eat, feel pain and all that stuff, but they are Cylons. There are currently 4 human models that they have shown. The one that is the hot Korean chick thinks she is human and fears she might be a cylon on the Galactica ship. And the blond that keeps appearing and disappearing around Baltar is also a cylon, but she planted some chip in Baltar's head so only he can see her in a kind-of daydream.

Some of the characters have changed. Boomer was a black guy and is now a Korean girl. Colonel Ty was a black guy and now is a bald white guy. And Starbuck is now a blond girl.

This new version is pretty cool and is a lot darker than the original version. But I think they use the shakey camera effect a little too much.

Wednesday night - Mulan. Forgot what a cool movie that was. Plus we watched it for the first time in surround sound. A dedicated theater beats the heck out of stereo speakers and a 32" TV any day!

Last night I watched a few of the Fleischer Superman shorts. I was interested in revisiting these for their influence on Sky Captain.

Art

Chick Flick alert! We watched "The English Patient." I remember seeing it when it came out, and being quite bored--and the movie seems to take a beating every time something is posted about it.

But seeing it again tonight was completely different--we both thought it was spectacular. Moving story and script, beautifully shot and scored, and well-acted. Didn't seem too long at all, and I'm glad I gave it another chance. The DTS audio on the newest 2-disc edition was outstanding, but there are some problems in video, noticeable even on my small 42" plasma. Edge halos and compression artifacts could be seen. Another Miramax letdown. Otherwise, if you like this type of movie but didn't like THIS particular one, you should give it another chance.

When that first came out in Theaters we went to see it. IT was being shown at The Odian . It was a little theater in Lansing,Mi. that was struggling to survive. It only showed obscure,art,indie type movies. AND you could NOT take your drink to your seat. Something I found out AFTER I bought one. The seats in the theater were the most uncomfortable seats I have ever sat in. My buttocks was numb after sitting though "The English Patient". So I never appreciated this film until we got it on DVD and could sit in our own seating at home.

Last night had another poker game with a total of 8 adults. The theater became the "losers lounge" again and they watched "Master & Commander."

I cleaned up both rounds of no-limit Texas Hold'm. First time the theater has paid off!

Randy

Randy,
That sounds like fun. Except I would be in the "losers lounge" all to often.

You're not that far away, dood. Come join us some evening! Perhaps we should have a "Home Theater get-together and poker tournament" sometime soon.

Randy

Well thank you Randy. You never know, I might take you up on that someday. Give me a reason to *pop* over to Canada and pick up some good Cuban Cigars. Can't have a card game without those. I personally am not a "good" gambler. But I like to now and again play as long as I don't have to bring my "Deed" to my house. :D My Father was a great poker player and he used to laugh at my card playing. He use to tell me to save my money go to Vegas and just "buy" a woman. I would get more for my money. I replied: "Thanks Dad...I love you too..." :D

Any time, Dood!

Last night the wife and I actually went out to a movie - been a long time. We saw "Million Dollar Baby". Excellent film. Eastwood is one of the great American directors and much underrated.

Randy

Watching Oscars in HD...Simply stunning!!Picture looks as good as nay HD iv'e seen.They're doing something right for sure tonite!!

brickie

Saw--Actually 1 of the better suspense flicks I've seen in a while. much better than the Grudge, IMO.

Friday Night Lights--was a good movie as well. Reminded me of HS football in my hometown.....

i just started reading this thread . pretty intersting to see what people watch .im surprised at how many movies which are panned by the critics and which fail at the box office are being watched here.

iv been revisiting old favorites , last week i watched easy rider. i had never seen it on the big screen before. planning on a wizard of oz night preceded by some classic comic fair.

anyone know if west world has been done on dvd and if so what the quality is like.also anyone been viewing the crierion collection dvs?

one last comment. gus can probably relate to this. i used to live a minute walk from a large cinamaplex in lawrence ma. i moved a few month ago and started building a theater. wish i did this ages ago

Watched "Carnivale" last night. (The second HD showing of the week) This show is just moving way faster then last season. Also the bass sounds are fantastic in 5.1 HD. It is the best sounding TV show I have heard yet. I am curious to see and hear "Deadwood" this coming week. I watched it last year in HD/5.1 and I do not remember it sounding as full as "Carnivale". Maybe it is my new sub. Everytime management got his dander up my sub woofer went nuts.

On a side note: Has anyone here tried to follow the HBO forums on their TV shows? They are so confusing. Too many "quotes upon quotes" in the posts over there that I get lost on the subject matter.

Thursday ( tonight ) watched Flight of The Phoenix, Great movie, sound was awesome, really worked the system. Actually got it only one day after release, from Blockbuster online, so far so good. Have The Returner and Shark Tale left to watch will let you know if any good.

Rented Taxi it was ok:)

Watched the same as above post " Flight of the Phoenix" and "Ladder 49" .. good movies.airplane crash landing was good ..

Tonight, family movie night. Watched "Cool Runnings." Actually, not bad!

Randy

Watched The Butterfly Effect, excellent movie make sure youe watch the director's cut

And watched Envy not bad for a laugh

Cheers

Last night my five and seven year old boys and I watched Angels with Dirty Faces. I warned them before hand that it was an old movie but they wanted to use the theater. About twenty minutes in my five year old asked me " dad do you ever wish you could go back in time?" I said, "yes that is why we are here watching this movie, we watch and pretend we are going back to that time". This was interesting, since Turner is my most physical child but the least cerebral in that he rarely considers things like that. His older brother would ask questions like that when he was three.

This a pretty good film and starred James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. It was one of the films in the gangsters box set I bought. Bogart was also in it but it was prior to his taking off. It's interesting since really he didn't get big parts until he was nearly too old to play them anymore.The rest is history and obviously audiences didn't think that at the time.

Art

Shark Tale. Poor film. Best PQ I have seen!!! Soundtrack poor as well.

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla! Love those monster movies!! Looked real good, only in stereo though.

Originally posted by rday1960
im surprised at how many movies which are panned by the critics and which fail at the box office are being watched here.


Not surprising at all...

The high ticket and food prices at the theater (and having a decent HTS) has made it so we really have to ask our self if a movie is "theater worthy" before taking the whole family to see it. Movies have to be on the level of LOTR, Star Wars, and Harry Potter to be theater worthy for us.

Its far easier to pay a $3 rental than $50+ theater night for the family to see something like the Spongebob Movie.

Plus one only has to go to the theater to see who goes there. I think we have come to a point where many many adults just wait for the DVD.

Art

Hey guys! I haven't watched any movies lately (burgeoning single-man social life) But I did see something very interesting last Tuesday. I was staring at this little red light, and a few minutes later, I could see perfectly without glasses!! Hurray for Lasik surgery!

I've been staring at this computer screen for most of the day (work) and I can't believe my eyes aren't dry or sore! I keep reaching for my glasses only to find they aren't there!!

Sometime during the week I plan to bring my son in to see Shark Tale on my plasma.

Gus

iv been considering that lasex surgery myself Gus. a friend had cloudy vision for a few days after having it done

i used to live a minute walk from the lawrence cinema.moved a few months ago to a new home. with the cinema in the house i dont miss going to the theater .

last night was asome. i watched spiderman 2 superbit . the tranfer was excellent. then i watched most of the extra stuff from the star wars trilogy follwed by the extra material from the remastered planet of the apes. at 2 in the am i popped in the movie just wanting to watch 5 mins. ofcourse i got half way into the picture before i shut things down and got to bed. this is one of my all time favorites and it really has to be seen on a big screen to truly enjoy it. the dialogue made it feel not dated at all and i think the costumes stand up as well,much better than the remake in my opinion. highly rcommended

Tonight I watched The Roaring Twenties. This is another in the Warner's Gangsters box set. An entertaining film. Acting by Cagney much better than his Angels With Dirty Faces work. Again tough to see Bogart second fiddle( not even top billing ). The video on this was essentially flawless,just an awesome transfer for any film let alone one almost seven decades old.

Art

art, i have a box set with yankee doodle dandy, treasure of the siera madre, and robin hood along with a bonus dvd. i think you would like that one if your a fan of classics. the robin hood with errol flyn is wonderful. loved it as a kid but first time i have been able to view it on a big screen. what a whole new perspective

Howdy Folks,

I started reading this thread and compiled quite a list of DVDs to consider buying. Just starting to build up a HT in our new house. Nothing high end but the little pb6100 projector is doing a fine job so far. I bought it for my wife for Valentine's day. I borrowed our NEC from work and got her hooked. :-)

Anywho, I have not watched anything not listed here recently but I did re-watch Sky Captain and enjoyed it on our little big screen. I"ve been going back through our small DVD collection (about 60 or so) to see them through the projector. Really makes a difference even if you have seen a film many times.

Keep up this great thread, and hopefully I will be able to contribute now and then.

Cy

rday1960,
Thanks. I have Robin Hood and Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( which I've watched three times this last year since I put in my new theater ,great film) but I've never seen Yankee Doodle dandy so I'll see if I can get that separately.

Art

Art,
You will love Yankee Doodle Dandy. I first saw that years and years ago. I never knew that Cagney was a "Song & Dance Man". He was a damn good dancer. One great movie. One I need to add to my collection.

im glad to see there are so many fans of the classic movies. im interested in more of these great movies but want a good transfer. many are just too poor to bother purchasing. thats why i would love to hear from those who have viewed particulary good quality dvds.i picked up casablanca recently and look forward to more of the bogie pixs. are the AFRICAN QUEEN OR MALTESE FALCONE available in a good quality print?

Workingdood,
Thanks ,I'll be getting iyt it looks like.


rday1960,

Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep are fun and except for a few places in Falcon ,they are near reference quality transfers... just stunningly beautiful black and white. Pick up it Happened One Night ,early Gable but fun film and just beautiful transfer again.


Art

Speaking of classics. Watched Bambi with my 5 year old over the weekend. It's hard to believe this movie was mad over 60 years ago! The Making Of documentary was done really well. I haven't watched Inside Walt's Story Meetings but I hear it's amazing.

thnk you art . i will add those to the list

My wife and I watched Bourne Supremacy last night. We both liked it better than the first movie.

Cy

Watched Ladder 49... very nice movie. -j

Saw the spongbob movie it was pretty good:)

Hey Dan, compaired to the TV series, was the movie funnier?

I can't recommend "Yankee Doodle Dandy" enough. It blew me away when I saw it for the first time. Cagney is amazing in it and the DVD is very nice.

Speaking of great classics, my wife and I just watched the special edition of "Sunset Boulevard" which we have owned for some time but never got around to watching. What an amazingly fresh movie even after all these years. The last movie that surprised us so much with how fresh it was was the refurbished silent "Metropolis" which I also can't recommend highly enough. It is worth checking out even if you generally don't like silent movies.

Rdwalt:Yeah the spongebob movie was funnier then the show I liked it a lot.

Watched the new Bambi last night. Pretty darn good restore job. The background art is flat out staggering. I saw this as a re-release when I was a kid and still enjoy it today. Really quite a fun experience.

However I felt the documentary was awful. I really wish they would have spent more time with the people who actually worked on the film. They were there but only in short clips. Hearing more from the creators would have made a far more interesting affair.
They spent way too much time letting the people who currently work for Disney flap on. In my opinion at least 2 of them looked like complete boobs!
In fact the SF on this release is more fluff than content. Typical Disney though. I got a hunch I will never visit disk 2 again.

I think Snow White had the best features for a Disney Cartoon release. Although I haven't seen the Alice in wonderland release.

Yesterday my wife and I watched KY squeak out a victory in the SEC tournament and we saw Mr. 3000 and Apollo 13. Mr. 3000 was OK for a renter, the romance side story really did not get much time or attention. Apollo 13 was very good of course.

Today we have the final of the SEC tournament with KY facing Florida. They beat us last time so it should be good! Also up is Ray. Looking forward to seeing this one.

Cy

Last night my wife and I watched "The Pianist." Beautiful film and I highly recommend it.

Randy

We had planned to do some sidewalk astronomy last night, but were fogged out. So we came home and watched The Day After Tomorrow for the first time. Good popcorn flick. :)

Mojo

Astronomy eh? I loaned my little 60mm Orion scope to my brother and his daughter. She was showing interest in space and such. She is almost 11 now. I hope to some day get an 8" or so computerized SC. I still like to view but don't have time to keep up my star hopping. Plus, its just really nice be able to setup and show a bunch of stuff to friends/family without much fuss.

Cy

Originally posted by Cyklopz
Yesterday my wife and I watched KY squeak out a victory in the SEC tournament and we saw Mr. 3000 and Apollo 13. Mr. 3000 was OK for a renter, the romance side story really did not get much time or attention. Apollo 13 was very good of course.

Today we have the final of the SEC tournament with KY facing Florida. They beat us last time so it should be good! Also up is Ray. Looking forward to seeing this one.

Cy

Ive really enjoyed HD sports on the big screen, unfortunately, ABC is the ONE HD source I cant get in Colorado :-(

********Edit oops, just found that its CBS carrying... I DO have it, unfortunately not an HD feed. Hopefully the Illinois/Wisconsin game will be, I grew up in midwest and follow Big 10 fairly closely).

Apollo 13 is one of my all time favorites in the rack... Somehow, it still seems to get me no matter how many times Ive watched it - and I remember the actual event (I was YOUNG, but I remember).

Ray is outstanding... (IMHO). Foxx hit one out of the park.


I made an ATTEMPT to take in Little Black Book with the wife and daughters last night. (chick flick concession to "share the HT"), We all agreed to turn it off about halfway through, it was a waste of plastic. Son and his friends took over the HT after that.

I Have History of the World Part 1 queued up for tonight, heard it is a riot, but oddly enough Ive never seen it.

jc

Ray was indeed very good! Wife and I enjoyed it alot. HotWPt.1 is very good if you like Mel Brooks (which I do). Some of his movies are my favorites including young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, and History. Oddly, I don't think I've ever seent he Producers or not all of it anyway. I'll have to remedy that.

Cy

Last night ,I Robot in DTheater again. I liked it more with seven on hand .Just incredible visuals. This is so clear that if the object or person moved a little you could see the focus vary a lot. Really ,very entertaining due to the quality of the overall presentation.

Art

Hey, Breaking news!

I actually watched about half a movie on Friday night. My girlfriend wanted to spend some quality time at (her) home, so I rented Saw and got some popcorn. Unfortunately, I also stopped in at The NH State Liquor Store on the way home. I had about 5 shots of Remy Martin and may have had a sip of peppermint schnapps while I was at it. The movie was great. I don't normally like this type of movie, but had I not been totally impaired, I would highly recommend it! I got the odd feeling that there may have been some thought put into this one!

I'll have to watch it again while sober. Hope I'm not disapointed.

Gus

Gus,
You shouldn't be disappointed, I thought this was one of the most unique and clever "thriller" type movies I have seen in a long while.

Jamie

Just watched Ghost in the Shell 2 Innocence. What a wonderful blend of 3D CG and 2D cell work combined with an awesome sound track and audio effects... -j

Just watched Anchorman:The Legend of Ron Burgundy,

Very funny, if you love Will Ferrell you'll love this,

Cheers

"I'm riding a furry tractor" funny stuff.
Watched The Transporter and Blackhawk Down. Blackhawk Down was killer with the volume cranked up.

I had a dads' movie night yesterday and a bunch of us watched the old classic "The Man Who Would Be King". Most of us had grown up with this movie and it was neat to watch it on the big screen. While the movie is great, the need to flip the disk over in the middle is annoying (though it gives you an excuse for a beer break).

My wife and I watched "Princess Mononoke" the other night. It was our first venture into anime. While the character animation did not strike us as anything special, the backgrounds were amazing. And it was nice to watch an animated movie that did not have a dumbed-down plot aimed at the kids. In fact, given the bloodshed and monsters in the movie, our kids will have to wait a few years before they get to see it. I am definitely up for trying more anime, I just have to figure out which one to watch next.

We also recently watched "Ray." Though the acting was dead-on, the movie as a whole seemed more like a made for TV movie than a big-budget studio release. We later watched "De-Lovely" and I have to admit that I thought it was the more entertaining of the two films (though both took liberties with their subjects).

At the request of my two youngest, we watched Monsters Inc last night.. I had forgotten what a fun movie that is. Still looking for time for HOTWP1, hope to get that in soon.

jc

Just getting ready to go in and watch Disney's Aladdin with the wife and kids. Wife has made it a point to replace all of our Disney VHS w/ DVD as they become available. Interested to see if we still enjoy it as much now the the family has aged abit.

Saw robots i theaters it was amazing pq and good movie overall:)

Nobody's watched The Incredibles yet? Picture and sound were stellar as expected. Tons of bonus stuff and easter eggs. Story... everyone knows it don't they?

Yeah, watched it last night. What a hoot, top rate! -j

Originally posted by Gus
I actually watched about half a movie on Friday night. My girlfriend wanted to spend some quality time at (her) home, so I rented Saw and got some popcorn....
I'll have to watch it again while sober. Hope I'm not disapointed.

"Saw" was a messed up ride while sober - I can't imagine watching it while drunk. :D

For anyone who hasn't seen it but likes "Seven"-esque styled thrillers, check this one out. It's a surprisingly clever story-plot, even though it has more holes than a block of swiss cheese. Jamiecrane is right - you won't be disappointed. (unless you're a stickler for complete detail in the plot)

I found it to be a gory equal of a Napoleon Dynamite type movie - after I was done with Napoleon I was thoroughly entertained, yet thought "what the hell did I just watch?" I had the same feeling with "Saw". (but without walking away with all of the great one-liners)

I have incredibles just didnt watch it yet cant wait it supposed to be really good.

I was suprised that I got The Incredibles from Netflix today. Haven't watched it yet. My girls wanted to watch "Madeline" instead.

The Incredibles is awesome. Lots of action-adventure-spy-thriller-super-hero-comedy-family-feel-good type stuff.

Picked up The Incredibles last night. Tomorrow night we're going to have friends over for a cartoon night of Incredibles and the Spongebob movie. Saturday night is Ray.

Wow, major bummer. Not only do we not get to watch the Incredibles this week(end) but we also don't get to go see Robots. :-( My wife has to fly to California for a funeral.

Cy

Picked up the Incredibles yesterday after work. Go home with it and the kids could hardly wait till after dinner. Cute movie, funny at times but could have been better.

Jane and I finished the whole backlog of Alias on DVD over the past several months, so now it's time to dig into the backlog on the TiVo. We watched the season 4 premiere Tuesday.

But we're completely current on 24. Watched that last night. :)

Mojo

I have been very disappointed in this new series. I don't get the obvious use (misuse) of old style technology that just doesn't fit. Communicating between decks by use of corded telephones like an old war battleship? A war board where they push models around like WWII; what happened to computerized displays? You would also think they would have additional defenses besides just sending out fighter pilots to get killed off. Even the medicine seems out of place; the way the chemotherapy was administered to the President - very 20th century. Even if this isn't Star Trek, you would think they would make some more technological leaps from this century if they could accomplish interstellar flight.

The incredibles are getting a lot of praise.

Just getting ready to go in and watch Blade with my wife. Looking forward to a much better experience that the last time we watched it on our 61" DLP Sammy. Upgraded to dedicated 96" HT, Panny 700, 7.2 Triad Speaker system. Should be awesome.

Incredibles last night... very good, as much fun in the HT as it was in the Cinema. The new short "Jack Jack Attack" was cute too... my two youngest daughters were howling with laughter. Not suprising I guess since they thought Jack Jack was the best part of the movie itself.

jc

My daughter recently finished reading Kipling's "Rikki Tikki Tavi" for school (she liked it so much, she read it 3 times!), so I thought I'd surprise her and treat her to the Chuck Jones cartoon version that played a lot during the 70's.

So, the DVD came in the mail yesterday, and we watched it over dinner. For the most part the cartoon remained true to the short story, and my daughter enjoyed it. Not much up to snuff compared to animation nowadays, but it was interesting to watch my daughter's reaction to the cartoon and to see how the written word and one's imagination matches up to another's conception of the same material using animation as a medium. (I can't believe I just typed that - I gotta relax, it is Friday, after all!) :D

Tonight, Mulan II at the Radagast Family Theater (still under construction, but open for business).

Inredibles Tuesday & Thursday Night. Very much a recommended movie. I agree that Jack Jack Attack was great... my friends and I watched it 4 times in a row, and it still doesn't get old :D