Before Sunrise and it's sequel Before Sunset. I didn't really care for "Before Sunrise", but since I had both, I decided to watch "Before Sunset" anyway, and I liked it a lot better. They are both similar in the way they are made. Constant dialogue between the two main characters, so it is strange that I would like one but not the other. I just connected with the sequel better.

Chopper - Very violent. Eric Bana does a great job. If you don't mind the violence, and like "gangster" flicks, I recommend it.

The Incredibles was last night - hoped for one more too but we started late.

My Buttkickers got a BIG workout on that one. There's some very impressive LFE in that movie!

Tonight's "Ray" - looking forward to it!

Last night we watched "Shall We Dance" with Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Jennifer Lopez.

I went in with low expectations and was surprised I enjoyed the movie as much as I did. The dance scene with Jennifer in the dark was amazing.

I have been out of the country quite a bit the last six months and have a large backlog of movies to catch up on.

The grandkids are coming over today and I have to fire up the Bishop Cineplex:

Pioneer Big Screen: Shark Tale and The Incredibles

BG808: Chronicles of Riddick and I Robot

Sony 1251: Wimbledon, Forgotten

ECP4000: Mr. 3000 and Bourne Supremacy

Good to be home!

Daniel

You got a lot to look at:)

Dan,

3 Kids, 8 Grandkids, 5 dogs, 19 guinea pigs and they all want to watch different movies.

Wife and I buy 2-3 movies a week.

Nice to be home though...2 weeks ago I was stuck in the Amsterdam airport - 24 inches of snow in 24 hours.

Daniel

Well, while the wife is in California I spent some time in the theater this weekend. Had time to watch Predator 2, since I already had the first one. Also watched the rest of Gladiator which I had started last night. Broke open FotR EE as well. It still amazes me how even movies you've seen, sometimes many times, still are a treat on the big screen at home. :-)

Cy

PS - As soon as the wife gets home we will be watching the Incredibles! and going to see Robots!

MCAA tournament all weekend...

Texas Tech Saturday afternoon in HD!, Wake Forest Sat night, Chapel Hill (UNC) and Duke on Sunday afternoon, Space Cowboys last night (TNT HD).

Had a full house Saturday night for "The Incredibles." Lots of fun.


Randy

Watched the Incredibles with my daughter twice over the weekend.

I don't have those fancy-shmancy seat speaker thingies, but my daughter enjoyed an old school version of this sensarround feeling for the jet-evading-the missiles scene: I stood behind her and shook, shimmied and tilted the recliner that she was sitting in! She had a blast!:D

Finally got around to watchint the incredibles it was amazing I loved it 5 out of 5:):)

Over the weekend we watched Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut and Friday Night Lights. Also catching up on the new season of Alias.

Mojo

Between watching my WVU Mountaineers make their way through the NCAA, I watched "Exorcist The Beginning".... still don't know what to think about it... could have been worse I guess... and "Paparazi" which was short and kinda stupid.

Next up. "Flight of the Phoenix," "Incredibles"

Watched The Incredibles last night. Wow! This is the first time the bass notes have ever activated the sensor in my remote. A few times during the movie my remote would light up on its own. Very enjoyable flick.

Scott

I watched "I Robot" the other night. Really good picture and surround sound. Even a decent plot, which is nothing I expected from a Will Smith movie!

Watched two art house flicks too: "Bubba Ho-Tep" and "Bread & Tulips". While neither blew me away with their picture or sound, they were both refreshing movies in their own ways. If you want something different from your average Hollywood movie, try them out.

I loved the "old school" surround effect of moving the chair around during the Incredibles! I will have to pick that movie up for the weekend as I missed it in the theaters.

Finally! My wife and I got to watch the Incredibles! Great film, enjoyed it about as much as in the theater the first time (being at home in our own theater was better but of course you can't make that first impression again). :-)

Cy

We just got all three seasons of the original Star Trek series and watched "The Trouble with Tribbles" with our kids. It was the first time they had ever seen the show, While my 5-year old daughter complained that there was not enough fighting on the show (she is a fan of Kim Possible's martial art moves), I thought the picture was impressive for such an old TV show. In fact, the picture is almost too good because you can really see how cheesy the props and costumes are!

Originally posted by Mntneer
Between watching my WVU Mountaineers make their way through the NCAA, I watched "Exorcist The Beginning".... still don't know what to think about it... could have been worse I guess... and "Paparazi" which was short and kinda stupid.

Next up. "Flight of the Phoenix," "Incredibles"

Hello fellow mountaineer fan, I live here in Clarksburg. Hope they win tommorow night. LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!!!!!!!!!

I watched THE RETURNER it was a japan movie sorta real life anime, thought was good movie worth watching. Plot was like the terminator.

Just finished watching "Dawn of the Dead" for the 27th time with my son. Feel like I'm "Dead" after that. Put brain in neutral to watch this one.

WATCHED "INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS" LAST NIGHT. IT'S A NEAT LITTLE "MOCK" UMENTORY WITH QUITE A FEW CHUCKLES. IT TAKES THE FIRST FIFTEEN MINUTES OR SO TO GET IN THE SPIRIT OF A PARODY.
NOT AS GOOD AS "THIS IS SPINAL TAP". BUT THEN WHAT IS? A HIGHLIGHT IS THE BIKINI SCENE TO DIE FOR ARF! ARF!

We watched the Incredibles, very good movie for young & old. There are a few scenes that will test your subs...

Watched the Two Towers EE. Excellent of course. Will be watching Kentucky in the NCAA tomorrow and who knows what else for the weekend (hopefully Robots!).

Cy

Go illinois by the way

Watched Sky Captain and theWorld of Tomorrow last night.

Wife left half way through the movie, I enjoyed it.

Daniel

My Son came home from Spring Break and brought the "Borne Supremacy" DVD.
(My College Kid Son actually BUYS DVDs as opposed to BURNING them)
I put that in last night and watch it. Good story, however I guess I needed to have seen the first one. The car chase seen in the end was one of the best I have ever seen. Especially when he kept getting Broad-Sided.

Tonight it is the Michigan State University vs Duke. State isn't as strong as they have been in the past, but no matter they do have one of the best coaches in the NCAA. Hmm...so does Duke. Coach Izzo vs Coach K. I just wish they were meeting in the Final Four. We still remember the Riots in East Lansing a few years back when State lost to Duke. I just hope win or lose it is a good game with good officiating. That is all you can ask.

My wife left half-way through Sky Captain too. I stuck with it because of the concept and pretty picture but have to admit that the plot could have been a lot better. It had the potential to be a nostalgic classic like the first or third Indiana Jones movie.

I watched Blade Runner again in HD. This film has a feel unlike anything I've experienced. As slow as it is, I never lost interest.This is a great great film.

Art

"After the Sunset" I have an AWESOME video lady that lets me have the new DVD's when they come to her store. Great movie, cool effects. Cant wait to watch on new dedicated HT next year.

[B]I watched Blade Runner again in HD. This film has a feel unlike anything I've experienced. As slow as it is, I never lost interest.This is a great great film.

Art-
I love that film, even the obvious wire-work on the hover vehicles (I never noticed on my 32" before)! -j

Originally posted by skyman00
[B]I watched Blade Runner again in HD. This film has a feel unlike anything I've experienced. As slow as it is, I never lost interest.This is a great great film.

Art-
I love that film, even the obvious wire-work on the hover vehicles (I never noticed on my 32" before)! -j

Same here http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon14.gif! This movie was the first Criterion laser disc I ever purchased, which introduced me to my first letterbox movie.

Don

I am not a big sports fan. However, the NCAA Basketball tournament is one thing in this household we will watch.

We watched the Duke/MSU game last night. Finally MSU has beaten Duke.

I have a great admiration for both the Coaches of these two teams. There still are some Roll Models left in Sports!

Originally posted by skyman00
[B]I watched Blade Runner again in HD. This film has a feel unlike anything I've experienced. As slow as it is, I never lost interest.This is a great great film.

Art-
I love that film, even the obvious wire-work on the hover vehicles (I never noticed on my 32" before)! -j

True, regarding the effects but I was impressed with some of the matte work for example. There were people walking on the streets below when Deckerd is hanging from the building that couldn't have been more than a few pixels in size. That probably didn't have to do this at the time but chose to.

The constant rain almost the entire film in the streets at night,the vastness of the city,so many things ,just enjoyable all around.

Art

Watchin the incredibles again cant get enough of it

Will be watching Kentucky again tonight and also Flight of the Pheonix.

Cy

Last night I watched Ray for the first time. I enjoyed it very much and I'm glad Foxx got the prize. I also rented Sky Captain. I got the popcorn, dimmed the lights, got my coffee and opened the DVD case, oly to find that some nit-wit at blockbuster had inserted a copy of The Rock where my Sky Captain should have been. Of course I live in another town now, so I couldn't just go back and return it. I wound up watching boxing on HBO.

After the boxing, I still wanted to watch something, so I threw in "Y Tu Mama Tambien". It's amazing how the same language can sound so different in different cultures. I speak fluent spanish, and I still had to use the english subtitles to understand the dialogue because of the heavy Mexican dialect.

Gus

That sucks thats why I go to my local video rental store WOW there cheap and have 1 credits for retutning early and dont misplace dvd's:)

watched "the long kiss goodnight" on my new onkyo 570 HTiB. picked it up for $7.50 at wal-mart. i highly recommend it!!

Last night I watched The Day The Earth Stood Still with my seven year old.Very good film. Gort was a hit with my son.

Art

Watched Intermission last night, didn't like it at all, quite boring

Cheers

Originally posted by Art Sonneborn
I watched Blade Runner again in HD. This film has a feel unlike anything I've experienced. As slow as it is, I never lost interest.This is a great great film.

Art

That's a movie that just gets better with age for me. I remember seeing it many years back when they re-released new Ridley cut of it to theaters. Great flic that holds up well over time.

Watched FLight of the Phoenix last night, after accepting my depression over the WVU/UL game. Not a bad movie. Watched the documentary on the disc... man that Director has a temper.

Yesterday, watched Napoleon Dynamite again. My brother and cousin hadn't seen it. That movie just crackes me up so much. My brother didn't like it, my cousin loved it. After that, all the family came in and we watched The Incredibles. Good action, but maybe it wasn't funny after watching Napoleon Dynamite right before it. My uncle asked why we weren't laughing.

On the second disk, we watched the baby sitter short film. That was much funnier than the movie. Also watched the cartoon anime extra. It was kinda amusing if you expect it to be stupid. But then we rewatched it with the commentary. THEN it was funny. They had Mr Incredible and Frozone doing commentary on the bad anime of them.

We finally watched "the Incredibles" over the weekend. The animation was, well, incredible. And the plot was good too. But, with the exception of the "Jack Jack" short, it was just not as funny as we expected (and what was the point of that Sheep short?). Maybe we just waited too long to see the movie and got our expectations too high based on all the utterly rave reviews we had heard. Ah well, that's the risk of waiting to see something until it is out on DVD.

We also watched "Finding Neverland." Good movie with very good acting (though it won't put your HT system through its paces like "The Incredibles" will).

I just came back from returning Ray and the Sky Captain that actually contained The rock inside the DVD case. The boys that were there found the Rock case with the Sky Captain disk in it. They gave me two free rentals for my inconvenience. I gladly took a verified copy of Sky Captain and I also took Troy.

I have my brand new girlfriend Sheila coming over this rainy night to "watch" movies, so will you guys volunteer to tell me how any of these actually end?:D ;) (just kidding, of course!)

Gus

Well at least they made up for your trouble:)

I saw "Finding Neverland" a couple of weeks ago on a return flight from a business trip. I also thought that it was a good film with very good acting. Not a very uplifting film, but they can't all be...

Dwight

Watched Deadwood last night. Good, but the audio dropouts were a nightmare. Hope it's not like that next week.

Scott

Well last night watched Passion of The Christ for the very first time to a full house.Very moving..That's all i'll say.

brickie

Watched the live action Peter Pan last night to see if it would be okay for our kids to watch--it was supposedly darker and more violent than prior versions. While it was darker and more violent, it had great effects and is the best interpretatin of the Peter Pan story we have seen. It should be fine for kids aged 6 and above (or for younger kids if they are already used to darker movies).

On vacation in Panama City beech and found the condo has a dvd player - watched "Mr. Holland's Opus" - the girls really enjoyed it.

Randy

MHO is a good film. Kind of like Driving Miss Daisy or Kiss of the Spider Woman. Good films but I don't have to watch them over and over.

Cy

watched "after the sunset" with salma hayek and pierce brosnan, story line is a little weak but salma is just stunning as usual...yum,yum..

Originally posted by penticton102
watched "after the sunset" with salma hayek and pierce brosnan, story line is a little weak but salma is just stunning as usual...yum,yum..

No doubt... the shot of her in her skimpy clothing working with her power tools! That was hot!
Just found the replacement for my french maid...-j

Off to pick up the new Apollo 13. I had it on VHS several years ago but never bought on DVD. Look forward to new mastering and will let everyone know how it quality is.

Eye candy, cheese cake...I hope we all have good dental plans! ;-)

Cy

Ladder 49 was last night. We really liked it.

Tonight I'm going to try to rent After The Sunset and either Flight Of The Phoenix or Pauly Shore Is Dead. (they were talking up the Pauly Shore movie on the radio - there's TONS of big-name cameos, so it should be entertaining)

What si that pauly short is dead movie about??

Just watched The Incredibles with the family tonight. Everyone was right, great looking disc, and great movie. :)

I Heart Huckabees tonight. Really don't know what to say...Should I have done drugs before watching it? What a trip.

Scott

Just finished "Mystic River". Wow...what a good movie. It was a nice test of my dual tuner DVR. I can not tell any difference in PQ from this recording in HD to watching it "live". The 5.1 surround is awesome as well. I am glad I waited until now to get a recording device for my TV. Having a dual tuner and it can record in HD is worth the wait. This changes everything for me now that I can record shows,movies,etc. The HD part is the Icing on the Cake.

I know this is OLD news for most of you good people here but I have been waiting patiently for years until the right moment to get something like this. Mrs Dood even is impressed. She loves fast forwarding through commercials. Now I can get some sleep during the week and watch at my leisure.

Last night we watched Apollo 13.

Saw the original VHS tape and enjoyed the move. Watched the new DVD and was blown away!

Thoroughly enjoyed this movie and it is definitely a keeper. Have to watch the IMAX version next as others have mentioned the PQ as better.

Daniel

Without a Paddle-- funnier than I expected it to be.

First 30 minutes of "The Who, Live at the Royal Albert Hall"-- not a big Who fan but a pretty good show.

Originally posted by Dan Forsyth
What si that pauly short is dead movie about??
No clue - they were only talking about all the celebrity cameos. The list is HUGE!

Last week we watched all of the episodes of the new Battlestar Galactica with Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell.
This series is excellent. It's gritty and the Cylons are ruthless.

Ian, did you record Battlestar Galactica off of SciFi channel? I'd like to see the show, but I was holding out for DVD or an HD rebroadcast.

Mojo

Vanity Fair....Dumb. Bad acting and terrible story line. Too long as well.
Sense and Sensibility...much better period film. Great acting and excellent actors. Rented it just to get the bad taste of Vanity Fair out of my mouth.
Raise your Voice....not quite as dumb as Vanity Fair but tolerable (It is my daughters that are Hilary Duff fans ;))

Originally posted by thebland
Vanity Fair....Dumb. Bad acting and terrible story line. Too long as well.


Jeff - I've been avoiding this one as well, but I love the book - it is wicked funny. When you say "terrible story line" are you familiar with the book and is the movie substantially different?

Randy

Finally - "Get Shorty" - Very funny!!!!

Randy,

I am sure the book was better but the story and the many subplots were all over the map - completely disjointed. Neither my wife nor I could keep up. On top of that, we just didn't feel or care for any of the characters. There was little humor in this version as well but I imagine there were plenty of opportunities for such. I imagine the humor would have been sharp yet delivered with a velvet hammer. Too bad....it was more of sad tale than anything else. Reese Witherspoon had glimmers of greatness but it never came through. The transcription from the book to the big screen was obviously lacking. It was also about an hour too long.
The soundtrack was also flat and dialog was recorded on the low side. Add that to the European dialects and dialog wasn't the easiest to follow.

Sense and Sensibility, on the other hand, was a breath of fresh air. A similar film but funny, touching and well acted. The characters are well fleshed out and though a tad long, it wraps up as neatly as a john Hughes film. I would recommend this film (technically the dialog, though always intelligible seemed all over the place in terms of levels (varying from normal to high - speaking to closely to the microphone).

Thanks - I feared as much. I'll stay clear!

Last night we had friends over - their first time to the theater. They picked "Pirates of the Caribbean" and enjoyed it so much I suggested a second feature. They picked "The Incredibles." I enjoyed seeing both again - even after seeing "The Incredibles" just recently. On of them got too comfortable and was snoring loudly, even during Dash's run!

Randy

Yesterday afternoon the boys, Angela and I watched Sky Captain again but this time in HD on PPV. When I see such a visual experience this clear I sit there and say how lucky I am to live in this day !:)

Last night I watched the Bogart film Dead Reckoning for the first time. He played his usual street smart ,deeply honorable character. I wish he had gotten his break earlier since he was getting a little too old( or old looking) to play these parts by then. An entertaining film, I never lost interest. Most of you are too young to remember the TV show The Millionaire but as a child I remember how each week this guy would go to someones door and give away one million dollars in the name of a benefactor. The guy at the door was the psychopathic thug in this film and I'd never seen him any other place.

Saw fat albert it was pretty good

also mooseport for the second time still prettty funny

Saw fat albert it was pretty good

also mooseport for the second time still prettty funny

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Art Sonneborn
[B]Yesterday afternoon the boys, Angela and I watched Sky Captain again but this time in HD on PPV. When I see such a visual experience this clear I sit there and say how lucky I am to live in this day !:)

Watched Sky Captain on Saturday-- my wife loved the way it was presented and there were scenes we stopped and rewound just to watch again because they were so clear-- loved the cityscape views.

Finding Neverland

A beautiful, imaginative film. Well acted and moving. The film really touched my wife and I. The boy, Peter, was just such a natural. I found it a very good effort. The last few movies I have rented have been terrible. I can't say enough about this one...a rewarding experience..

As for the sound. As mainly a dialog driven film, the dialog was almost perfect. Every syllable intelligible. I watched at -2 from reference. There were a few scenes with prominent surround and bass, but they were the exception. The score is beautiful, but its recording a flat.
The picture was grainy....even to the point of some dirt. Close ups were very sharp but the colors lacked some vibrance and a bit muted. EE was prominent in many scenes. The overall video was certainly passable but the sad story and the period of the film made the slight grain somewhat fitting for this melancholy tale - sort of like a stylized look......(but serendipitously added ).


** Oddly, the transfer showed a barely noticeable horizontal, faint black line through the entire DVD (it was the entire length of the screen). It was about 1" up from the bottom on my 10 ft wide screen. It was there start to finish. The film is 2.35 aspect. I can't imagine it was a faulty DVD. Odd......


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We watched "In July" on a recommendation though we had never heard of it. It is a wonderful German romantic comedy about a summer road trip. Great acting all around and highly recommended.

Had some friends visiting yesterday, and they love nature shows. We watched Winged Migration, which was just as jaw-dropping as ever. :)

Mojo

We just watched Saw this week. Very good surround sound action with this movie and the WAF factor was great. Subs got some work out also. At first she(we) thought it would have too much blood and gore, but was really not bad. Done tastefully if you pardon the pun. I would recomend this one, even for the faint of heart. Wife actually said it was pretty good movie when over.

We followed this one a day later with "Garage Days". Very entertaining but deserved its R rating. Had good music to test out the speakers for their music quality.

Cubs Baseball. Playoff Bound Bulls basketball???

I bought a copy of Metropolis a couple years ago and only watched a little bit of it. I just hooked up my new 770 last night and can't wait to watch it. Bought The Incredibles to truely test my new system. Won't get around to watching either until Sunday as I am out of town this weekend.

I tested my new HT with U 571 and couldn't wipe the grin off my face.

Just watched "Sideways". Very good movie that lived up to all the acclaim.

We also watched just a couple of minutes of two IMAX movies that we recently got: "Blue Planet" and "Africa: The Serengeti". On our 100" 4x3 screen, they looked amazingly close to what I recall seeing in an actual IMAX theater. If you have a 4x3 screen and PJ, the IMAX titles seem well worth trying out as they are serious eye-candy.

Watched Electra last night. The wife and I were pleasently surprised!
Great visual effects, good audio and great martial arts. Story was pretty predictable though. -j

Watched Ladder 49 tonight. Good movie but I was hoping for more action. Story was a bit slow at times.

Yesterday watched "final destination" together with some ladies.....:D ...hart stopping...for them...:p

Screened "Sideways" last night. We loved it!

Los Lonely Boys in concert. First time hearing them. Loved it. What a great band. I could hear many musical influences in their style. SRV, Santana to name a couple. Great vocal harmonies. Time to go get some more of their music.

Scott

The wife and I watched "Deliverance" which we had never seen. I remember as a kid my parents going to see it when it was released and remembered the buzz about how shocking it was.

I also think I ran into a couple of those guys in a recent trip to Gatlinburg!

Randy

Watched "Ultimate Fighter" last night. WOW, what a fight between Forrest and Stephan! Went the full distance and they both got UFC contracts as a result! BTW, 41 y/o Ken Shamrock had his ass handed to him in the first round. -j

Just got my replacement copy of Jurassic Park in DTS and watched it again yesterday to hear the fixed LFE. What a great film!

Stunning PQ on the widescreen TV (1.85:1 AR, yes!) and the sound was house-shaking!

For those who don't already know, if you have an early edition of the DTS version of Jurassic Park (D1R1), Universal will replace it for free with the fixed version (D1R2) which improves the LFE portions of the film.

Wap

This weekend we watched Saw and Ladder 49. Saw was OK but the ending seemed week to us.

Ladder 49 was good also but its hard not to compare it to BD. Surprising ending not in the usual Hollywood style.

Cy

Originally posted by WapCaplet
Just got my replacement copy of Jurassic Park in DTS and watched it again yesterday to hear the fixed LFE. What a great film!

Stunning PQ on the widescreen TV (1.85:1 AR, yes!) and the sound was house-shaking!

For those who don't already know, if you have an early edition of the DTS version of Jurassic Park (D1R1), Universal will replace it for free with the fixed version (D1R2) which improves the LFE portions of the film.

Wap


How do you go about getting the replacement? Is it as simple as mailing it back in to Universal? Whats the procedure?

We watched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow from HD PPV on Saturday. Really enjoyed the visuals, but was constantly distracted by the odd "lighting."

I watched Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy on Sunday, which had a few moments but was basically a waste.

The last round of the Masters was certainly fun to watch, even if it was only marginally HDTV. Lots of bad upconversion.

Mojo

How do you go about getting the replacement? Is it as simple as mailing it back in to Universal? Whats the procedure? Originally, about a year ago, I sent my request to Universal via email and they asked for my home address and said they would send a pre-paid envelope to me. I was to place my old version of Jurassic Park in the envelope (JUST the DVD, not the case) and return it to them. Once they got it, they said they would send me a replacement. I waited about 8 months for the envelope to show up, but it never did. So I sent another request to Universal and this time they just asked for my address and said a replacement disk would be sent ASAP. They didn't ask for the original disk this time. I waited another 3 months before emailing them AGAIN and told them I still hadn't received anything. About 20 minutes after I sent that email I got a reply from somone at Universal who appologized and told me my replacement disk had been mailed that day. About a week later I received it.

My advice to you is to email them, tell them you have the defective version and just ask if a replacement disk can be sent to you. The email address I used was exclusively for Canadian residents (UniversalCanadaHomeVideo@nbcuni.com) so you might need to check the Universal homepage to see which address to write to.

Go to the Universal Studios homepage, click on Universal Studios DVD at the top of the page, then click Contact Us at the top of that page, click I Accept, click DVD & VHS under Entertainment section, click on the resulting Contact Us link to send them a message regarding your DVD.

Hope that helps. Hopefully it won't take a year for you to get your replacement.

Wap

Thanks for the info Wap. Will certainly give it a try.

We watched "Sideways" last night.

I liked that movie. I guess being Middle-Aged-Man kind of helps. :D (An SNL skit)

I really liked Virginia Madsen in this one as well. Nice to see her get a good role for a change. She kind of reminds me of Barbara Stanwyck.

I've been watching the first season of "Futurama." I had heard so many good things about it, the first few episodes were a bit of a letdown. Then at the halfway point (about the 6th episode), it's like somebody flipped a light switch and they just became HILARIOUS. Every episode after that was just so funny. I can't wait to pick up season 2 now. Very good show.

Watched Full Metal Jacket on HDNET. Very enjoyable flick. Really liked the cinematography and directing. One of my favorite Kubrick films.

Scott

Watched both Alien and Aliens last night for about the billionth time. The fun part was that I watched them with a friend who had NEVER seen either of them before. He's 25 years old and had never seen them. I just couldn't believe it.

It was like reliving the original terror, watching him. He was totally spooked. It was so much fun to just watch his face out of the corner of my eye during the really terrifying moments. Such fun...

We finished around 1:00am and he said he was going to go home and watch a Disney movie before going to bed, just to calm his nerves. I laughed so hard...

Wap

" It was so much fun to just watch his face out of the corner of my eye during the really terrifying moments."

LOL

I had a similar experience when I watched Wizard of Oz & The Ten Commandments with my daughter not too long ago - she's only 10 yrs, so this was the first viewing of either movie for her.

For Wiz there were certain parts where my daughter had been lying down, but all of a sudden sat upright - you could see how engrossed she was in the movie!

For Moses & Co., she would exclaim "Cool!" for the special effects, despite how outdated the technology of said effects were...she had the "heebee-jeebees" and moved next to me for the Death Angel fog creeping through the town scene - heehee heee!

No way she'd be that engrossed in a movie if it was on our old 27" TV!
:D

Spanglish. Surprisingly I REALLY enjoyed it. Sad but feel good story all in one.

The other day I heard an astronaut talk about watching Alien for the first time - while he was on the space station!

"Wait, did you hear that?"

I think that must be the ultimate movie experience. Of course if would have been me my next call would have been, "Houston, I want to come home, now."

:D

Randy

Sideways. Very enjoyable film. Loved the wallet scene. Also enjoyed all the views of the CA wine country. Good to see Virginia Madsen get a good role in a great film for once.

Scott

We watched the Death of Cartman on South Park.

What a funny episode. Now that we have a DVR I can actually see this show. I have many years to catch up on.

Elektra.....dumb.

Finally had a chance to watch AvsP tonight...
For those that like alien and Predator U will like this one..

Good sound effects.

We watched Electra and Shuan of the Dead. Electra was so-so but my wife ended up really like SotD as did I.

Cy

Almost Famous..

great little flick....

the wife and i both enjoyed it.

Last night another poker game (I was out of the money this time, but all had a good time).

The "Loser's Lounge" played "Finding Neverland" My wife and another spouse that wasn't playing watched, including the first two out. They reported they greatly enjoyed it.

Randy

On Friday we watched Sponge Bob the movie for my daughter's movie night then Ocean Twelve and Hotel Rwanda.

Friday night we watched "After the Sunset"

Read some of the reviews and didn't know what to expect.
Enjoyed the movie and Salma in a bikini.

The interaction between Woody and Pierce made the move!

Saturday night we watched "Spanglish".
Quite a few posters in another thread did not like the movie but we did.

Daniel

We tried watching Flight Of The Phoenix last night, but 8 seconds into it (literally!) it froze up. From that point on, no matter what I did the DVD player said it was 8 seconds into scene 2 - even after I pulled the disc out and shut it off for a while. Oh well...

Saturday night was A Knight's Tale - love the integration of modern music in that movie. It was the first time I'd seen it in the HT (have watched it on my RPTV) and was blown away by the colors and image quality.

Thursday night we watched Spanglish. It was OK, but it got to be too long. Definitely one I would NOT be able to sit through again.

Looking forward to meeting the Fockers this weekend. :D

Watched Ocean's Twelve this weekend. Not bad, though I would have liked a big scene at the end where they actually stole something like in Eleven.

i watched half baked and shaun of the dead. i thought both were great movies. dave chappelle cracks me up.

Had to wait for the HVAC man yesterday...so I checked out Electra.

From some of the reviews, I didn't think it would a good choice, however it was fun to watch.

Daniel

I had an ultra-high-definition viewing of Jennifer Garner yesterday.

She crossed on the street in front of me on her way into a coffee shop. :)

It was brief, but it was almost like being there!

(Oh wait a minute -- I was there. Working in Westwood does have its perqs.)

Mojo

Watched Into Thin Air: Death on Everest this weekend. Not great as far as most movies go, but a good re-enactment of the actual events that took place on Everest in 1996. Followed that with the IMAX film: Everest, which incidentally was filmed during the disasters of 1996. If you're interested in high-altitude climbing at all, you'll probably enjoy both films.

Also managed to fit in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Classic. "It's not the years honey, it's the mileage."

Wap

Last night Diane and I watched "Paycheck." We both enjoyed this popcorn scifi thriller.

Randy

Saturday Night we watched Reign of Fire.

It's been a while and I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the special effects with the dragon.

Daniel

We watched "Home on the Range" with the kids (skipped a bunch... we get our movies via Netflix). Something about Rosanne's voice in surround sound... hmmm... We also watched "Antz", which I wasn't thrilled with and "The Adventures of HuckleBerry Finn" and my son (5) kept calling Huck "Frodo".

My wife and I watched "The Terminal" which wasn't bad.

friday night we watched sideways. my wife liked it more than i did. i had trouble getting into it.

We watched Ray over the weekend, and it's a great movie.

One warning though, the "Extended Edition" option has a flaw. If you select this option, the disk automatically switches the deleted scenes into the flow of the movie. That's fine, EXCEPT ...

The deleted scenes are letterboxed 4:3, and the rest of the movie is anamorphic widescreen. So every time the "musical notes" cue appeared on the screen, I had to change my projection format. Really annoying and distracting!

Mojo

Originally posted by Morris Jones
We watched Ray over the weekend, and it's a great movie.

One warning though, the "Extended Edition" option has a flaw. If you select this option, the disk automatically switches the deleted scenes into the flow of the movie. That's fine, EXCEPT ...

The deleted scenes are letterboxed 4:3, and the rest of the movie is anamorphic widescreen. So every time the "musical notes" cue appeared on the screen, I had to change my projection format. Really annoying and distracting!

Mojo

That's sound less like a flaw and more like lazyness. They just must not have bothered to attempt to convert the deleted footage to 16:9.

I still need to watch that movie though.

I had an evening to myself and watched "Once Upon A Time In The West" which my wife had no interest in seeing. I had never seen it and was really impressed by the plot and by the acting (especially Henry Fonda, who was amazing). I was also really impressed by the picture quality, it reminded me of a Superbit movie.

Originally posted by Morris Jones
We watched Ray over the weekend, and it's a great movie.

One warning though, the "Extended Edition" option has a flaw. If you select this option, the disk automatically switches the deleted scenes into the flow of the movie. That's fine, EXCEPT ...

The deleted scenes are letterboxed 4:3, and the rest of the movie is anamorphic widescreen. So every time the "musical notes" cue appeared on the screen, I had to change my projection format. Really annoying and distracting!

Mojo

"Meet The Fockers" extended version is the same way - with about a second of black going in and out of the deleted scene.

Last night we watched "Blade Trinity". I'm a fan of the Blade series (yes... I'm easily entertained), and after watching "Blade 2" in the HT on Sunday (and loving the audio from it), I was excited to see/hear the 3rd one in the HT.

I was disappointed in the fact that the 6.1 soundtrack gave me nothing at all (maybe a setting is off on my 7.1 receiver - an NAD T773), and the 5.1 soundtrack just sounded plain lousy. It was almost like the center channel did nothing and all the dialog was split to the fronts. It was odd - it just sounded... flat.

I liked the movie, but it was odd seeing "Van Wilder" trying to be a badass vampire hunter. The humor cracked me up, but seemed out of place for a Blade movie. I also thought it was pretty interesting that the first and second Blades were more or less profanity-free - while this one was a constant flow of F-bombs. (not that that bothers me, but it was an observation that our guests and I had)

Yesterday I sat down to see what was on TiVo, and instead found That Thing You Do playing on HBO HD. This is an old favorite of mine that I can almost recite from many viewings, and I enjoyed it again. I had to back up over "Dance With Me Tonight" to watch it again.

Later we finally broke the shrink wrap on Shrek 2 and 'bout died laughing. My wife says we need to watch it again to pick up some more of the richly layered detail.

Mojo

Saturday night the wife and I watched the new HBO movie "Warm Springs." Simply excellent.

Randy

House of Flying Daggers - I like the visuals and sound effects, and I'm not too critical of these movies otherwise. Great eye (and ear) candy.

If you want something more intellectual, there's -

City of God - Wow, this movie is so good I don't know where to begin... Just watch it - OK?

Peace,
DE

Watched Blade Trinity friday night. It was pretty good but it didn't really go with the other two. It was a little better than the last movie and the comedy thrown in kept it kinda interesting but there wasn't as much action. Seems like they picked up a bunch of supporting actors from lower quality movies and threw them in. The movie went by fairly quick. The end was a bit confusing. I had to listen to the director's commentary to understand the very end. I wouldn't say it was a great movie. It's worth watching once if you liked Blade.

Sat down Saturday night with the family to watch "Without a Paddle." We all thought it was a fun light hearted movie. Not stellar, but definitely made for a fun evening.

Birth-Don't bother. Terrible movie IMHO. I usually like strange weird movies like this but couldn't stomach this one.

Taxi-Ok. It's fun. Queen Latifah is enjoyable in every movie I've seen her in. Didn't enjoy Fallon's performance as much. Still was decent entertainment.

Ocean's Twelve-Hard to follow for my wife. Everyone watching except me went to sleep. I enjoyed it but the script is pretty loose. Enjoyed Ocean's Eleven much more.

Saw Ocean's Twelve...dumb. The whole Julia Roberts thing was idiotic.]
House of Flying Daggers - - Very good. A very excellent surround mix.
The Ring....Creepy as hell. Really enjoyed it!

We were in Best Buy Saturday and I saw "Forrest Gump" for $10.00.
My daughter wanted to see this movie so we bought it and watched it Sunday night. What a great movie, no matter how many times I have seen it.

"And that is all I have to say about that..."

Yes, FG is truly a wonderful flick. Monica and I need a pack of tissues for that one every time. -j

Originally posted by Tnilsson
I had an evening to myself and watched "Once Upon A Time In The West" which my wife had no interest in seeing. I had never seen it and was really impressed by the plot and by the acting (especially Henry Fonda, who was amazing). I was also really impressed by the picture quality, it reminded me of a Superbit movie.



agreed, for an older flick it sure was shot well, i really enjoyed it. how about a really young looking charles bronson, i thought he was terrific......:)




p.s. watched "national treasure last night and everyone(at my house) liked it..... :D

We watched National Treasure last night and really enjoyed it - though I usually enjoy most of Nicholas Cage's movies. It was a fun ride - we'll definitely be picking that one up in the future.

Tomorrow night we're going out for dinner with friends, and then everyone's coming back to our house for Lemony Sicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

I finally rehung my projector after 6 months of HT Construction, so we've been catching up on a backlog of DVDs. I also joined blockbuster.com, so we'll be seeing several that we otherwise wouldn't rent.

"The Incredibles" was officially the first movie (the original HT completion target date was for the DVD release... I missed that one by a bit :eek: )... it looked and sounded incredible. We'd seen it in the theaters and I enjoyed it even more at home.

I haven't seen "Kill Bill" in a while and for some reason it caught my eye on my DVD shelf... I like KB1&2, but I'd never noticed how good the sound was. It was midnight and I had it cranked up pretty loud, enjoying the extensive effort I put into my HT's sound containment and sound treatments. The final scenes with the Bride and O-Ren Ishii... great stuff. Anyways, I really enjoyed it but it seemed odd to be grinning (about sound and PQ) all the way through some grusome scenes.

My kids had friends over and watched "National Treasure" (good) and "Lemony Snickets" (not so good but my kids like it because the read all the books).

"Ray"... really good.

Last night, my wife and I watched "Stepford Wives". I'll watch anything with Nicole Kidman. But UGH. Worst movie we've seen in years. I tried to get into the bizarre groove (Twilight Zone, Beetlejuice), but couldn't do it.

Tonight's rental from the mailbox is "Friday Night Lights".

We've been rewatching a Canadian show, Corner Gas. It's simply hilarious. If anyone has the chance, rent it. You'll enjoy it.

While I was out at a poker game (not in the money, this time), my wife and the girls watched "Thirteen Going On Thirty". The reported that they enjoyed it.

Randy

Watched "Phantom Of The Opera" last night. If you enjoy musicals (which I usually do) you'll probably enjoy this as much my wife and I did.

It was very true to the Broadway play, with beautiful music. In the opening scene the pipe organ has some of the lowest notes I've ever heard from my sub (demo material).

Watched that last night in HD. (Can't remember the Premium channel They all seem the same to me anymore) What a nice picture. I know allot of people did not like this as a movie, however it was really sharp with special effects.

Also was jumping in and out on TNT-HD Basketball. Seems the picture was pixelating at times. I have seen better (Basketball) on TNT-HD and I haven't had it very long.

Originally posted by Workindood
Watched that last night in HD. (Can't remember the Premium channel They all seem the same to me anymore) What a nice picture. I know allot of people did not like this as a movie, however it was really sharp with special effects.



I watched this on HBOHD over Direct TV last night. It had so many incidents of macroblocking I wanted t throw up. :(

Art

We watched "National Treasure" last night. A great popcorn flick.

One of the things I like about this movie is that the heros are very smart people and use their brains throughout - they don't automatically become action heros or develop sudden talents where none were before.

Randy

Originally posted by Art Sonneborn
I watched this on HBOHD over Direct TV last night. It had so many incidents of macroblocking I wanted t throw up. :(

Art

Art,
What is macroblocking? Remember I watch on a 34" Sony so I don't "see" as much "crap" as you guys with really big screens. I do see blur and pixelation and also edge enhancement, however, I do not understand the term "macroblocking".

Without going too far off topic, here's a quick link to a description and example...
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/avspostqual.html

Interesting. I'd pretty much discounted National Treasure, but it sounds like it might be worth a rental.

Being in a silly mood, I watched Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle on HD pay-per-view. It was indeed silly, and fun in its extreme non-PC way.

Last night we watched City of God, which requires a little effort, being a subtitled movie (in portugese). The effort is worthwhile -- it's a very well-made movie and a fascinating story.

I had TiVo grab Chronicles of Riddick off of HBO yesterday, and I haven't decided to watch it yet.

Mojo

The text description was great in that link but the magnitude of the blocking in Chronicles was several orders of magnitude more severe and ,due to all of the motion I'm sure, extremely frequent.

Here is an example or two of the type seen in COR from the Terminator on HBO HD over Direct TV.

We watched Second Hand Lion Saturday morning, which I really enjoyed.

Yesterday we watched My Dog Skip, which is a cute movie about boy whose life changes when he gets a dog. The kids really liked it. We lost a black and silver GSD back in January (hence the nick Chinadog), so they could relate.

We also watched Hoosiers yesterday, first time I've seen it. Not bad.

Bud

Sunday afternoon was dedicated to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King the extended edition. The box has been on the shelf for a while, just waiting for the right block of dedicated time.

Mojo

Last night, by myself ,I watched Captain Blood. This is a good Errol Flynn film and very enjoyable. The transfer was good but some restoration really should have been done first if I had had my way.:D

Art

Natoinal Treasure...if you can get past the absurdity of the premise, it is an enjoyable 2 hours. I liked it as it was fast paced and entertaining.

Sound was very good but Edge Enhancement (EE) killed a portion of the video.

Originally posted by Morris Jones
Sunday afternoon was dedicated to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King the extended edition. The box has been on the shelf for a while, just waiting for the right block of dedicated time.

Mojo

I've been waiting to do this as well. Forcing myself not to watch it until I can block off 4 hours of time alone in the house for total freedom. Actually I'd love to have all day to watch all 3 EE's back to back to back.

It must have been a National Treasure weekend though for a lot of people here, as my family sat down Friday night and watched it too. Fun little flick.

Saturday night I watch Blade Trinity by myself. Not a bad flic either, fun action, but felt short on story for some reason.

Last night was National Treasure. Good movie. Plenty of action. I'd recommend it as a fun movie for the whole family. Just don't think too much during the movie and accept everything they say and do.

Hotel Rwanda - how this movie DIDN'T win any Oscars is a mystery to me. But it moves Don Cheadle up several notches in my pantheon of actors.

Well worth renting if you're in the mood for something other than the latest popcorn flick. The filmmakers did a good job of conveying the violence taking place, without painting the screen with gore.

This is one of those movies I never would carry out of the video store, but I'm really glad I saw it. Netflix rules!

DE

Watched Ice Station Zebra last night. Though I have all but forgotten about the cold war, it is still a very good movie.

Art & Clarence,

Thank you for the info. I have seen that now that I understand the term.
I have another term for macroblocking, however, I will keep it clean here :D.

After work yesterday I watched Sunday's episode of Deadwood and then afterward I watch a older movie "Thunderheart". (Hi-Def wise on cable) I never had seen that one. It was a pretty good couple of hours.

Saturday was "Guys Night At The Movies".

I had 3 friends over - only one of them had seen my HT. Demo'd any requested action scene from a wide variety of movies. Some that I can remember were LOTR (all three extended movies), Gladiator, SW Episode 2.

Things got kinda hazy after my 4th brew, I started misplacing the remote every 1/2 hour, along with my bottle! :D

I knew things were going good when all 3 of them started voicing their concerns that the neighbors were going to complain about the volume being up too high! :)

Originally posted by Workindood
Art & Clarence,
Thank you for the info. I have seen that now that I understand the term.
I have another term for macroblocking, however, I will keep it clean here :DAfter a while, you'll cuss these forums for refining your skills at identifying flaws in video sources and setups.

Tonight...

Dave Matthews Band - Central Park - very good, and I'm not a huge DMB fan.

Sting - All This Time - 5 or 6 excellent tunes, the rest were very good.

"House of Flying Daggers" - more twists than a fortune cookie... my ending was better. Not quite Kill Bill or Crouching Tiger, but very good.

All three were worth seeing. Gotta love blockbuster by mail. And man oh man, I LOVE the sound in my new HT.

Originally posted by Clarence
After a while, you'll cuss these forums for refining your skills at identifying flaws in video sources and setups.

Trust me...I already have.

No wonder Ignorance is Bliss. :)

Jst found this thread. I'm always looking for new stuff to watch. Now I have a list of things to look for.


This past week I watched.

Cabin boy. most people think its one of the worst movies they have ever seen. I love it. I saw it when it first came out and have alway gotten the humor. The quality is great the colors are very bright and vivid. Worth watching just for that.

Lemony Snicket with the kids. Its a very much like a tim burton film. It was just begging for a danny elfman soundtrack. I kind of liked it. There is a part with great sound when a house gets blown down by a storm.

Underworld. I love vampire movies. Its not quite the lost boys or interview but its pretty good. Has anyone seen the extended version? Is it worth buying?

If your looking for a good Bill Murry comedy movie, The Life Aquatic" is not it.

When's the last time Bill Murray made a good comedy movie?

Sunday I enjoyed watching National Treasure.

The wife and I enjoyed Assault on Precinct 13 very much.
Alone in the Dark was terrible. -j

Originally posted by Toxarch
When's the last time Bill Murray made a good comedy movie?

Caddyshack? Stripes? Meatballs?

Groundhog Day

Ghost Busters?

Originally posted by CptnRandy
Groundhog Day

I haven't seen that one yet.

Originally posted by chinadog
Ghost Busters?

He was funny in Ghost Busters?

Originally posted by rdwalt
He was funny in Ghost Busters?

Hence, the question mark.... :)

Bud

I watched "Soldier" w/ Kurt Russell on Show-HD yesterday afternoon. From what I read at IMDB.com about 50% liked it and 50% hated it.

I thought it was a decent flick. I admire Kurt Russell for the risks he takes on movie roles. Also Connie Nielsen looked just down right beautiful.

Originally posted by DigitalDan
If your looking for a good Bill Murry comedy movie, The Life Aquatic" is not it.

I thought Rushmore was good and funny.

And I thought he was hilarious in Charlies' Angels.

Originally posted by rdwalt
Caddyshack? Stripes? Meatballs?

I was trying to imply that Bill Murray has not made a good comedy in a long time.

The Notebook was a very good movie. Both my wife and I enjoyed it.

I liked Bill Murray in What About Bob?

Scott

Thought the acting in Assault on Precint 13 was rather poor.

Originally posted by Scott Tucker
The Notebook was a very good movie. Both my wife and I enjoyed it.

I liked Bill Murray in What About Bob?

Scott

"What About Bob" is a classic. Down right Funny!

Last night was my wife's pick. She chose "The Four Feathers" - the recent remake.

Eh.

Randy

Last night was Cellular. It's worth seeing once. Pretty good story.

Today was the remake of Flight of the Phoenix. I vaguely remember seeing the old version when I was young. The remake was an OK flick. Kinda boring through the middle. Cellular was the more entertaining of the two.

Meet the Fockers this weekend. We had seen it in theaters, but my wife insisted on watching it again. Funny a second time around even.

Friday Night Lights....

I thought High School Football was huge in GA!

Bud

Deep Blue Sea. I had heard good things about it and those things turned out to be true. It was a fun and unpredictable thriller in that you never knew who would be next to end up as shark food. If you liked the Jurassic Park thrillers, you might like this one.

Friday night was the HD version of Sharks Tale on Direct TV PPV................Oh my God !!!!! Some of the best video I've ever seen.:eek:


Last Night a two hour Three Stooges marathon with my boys( the restored colorized versions). It must be a guy thing.:D

I watched Hotel Rwanda- amazing and upsetting movie, its hard to believe things like that still happen in the world today.

Also Oceans Twelve- it was okay, not as good as the first, but it had its moments

"The Italian Job" on Friday. Funny - I drove my family to the local mall for dinner later on, I thought I was driving normally, but after dinner my wife rushed to the driver's door, and soon thereafter stated that she doesn't like my driving, I was going too fast! I guess minivans don't corner as well as those mini coopers, huh? :D (Incidentally, we went to Wendy's, now that the unofficial mass hysteria ban has been lifted - got free Frostees for everyone!)

"House of Flying Daggers" on Saturday. Good fight scenes and some interesting plot twists, but I think some of the interaction scenes were a mite slow - for me they didn't "click", and later on in the movie I had to FF through some of those scenes. Another "EHH" rating...

Saturday I watched Chronicles of Riddick from HD PPV. Thumbs up from me -- good popcorn movie.

I also had Warm Springs, the FDR movie from HBO on the TiVo. Kenneth Branagh was good as always, though Cynthia Nixon was really hard to watch as Eleanor. I turned it off half way through and freed the hard disk space.

Mojo

Watched "A Letter to Three Wives" with my wife.
On deck is "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang".

Finally opened and watched SpiderMan 2: Superbit.

Man, it was FANTASTIC Even my wife thought the picture looked excellent, and she rarely pays that much attention.

And the movie itself---great stuff, just great!

Assault on Precinct 13.

Bullets, Blood and Bass........barely a plot....all testosterone.

Click on my link to read my DVD review.

Yeah I saw assault on precinct 13 in theaters was not that great. Very un relilistic. I mean all the pepole outside could have easly killed them. But I supose that's the point. I'm really not into the lets fight off every one from the saame few rooms. Also I don't see that many corupt cops going to such great leanths to free a person. But not worth my 8.50 at all

Star Wars : Episodes 4 and 5. Just a primer for the release of ROTS.

Still love them!

Originally posted by gerrell
Finally opened and watched SpiderMan 2: Superbit.

Man, it was FANTASTIC Even my wife thought the picture looked excellent, and she rarely pays that much attention.

And the movie itself---great stuff, just great!

Yes, it's a real treat!

We watched Lost in Translation two nights ago. Had heard plenty about it, and finally got to see it. It was enjoyable. Last night was watching the NBA playoffs. :)

Took the girls to see "Revenge of the Sith" today. All I can say is "Thank god that's over."

:D

I'm getting less and less able to go to a commercial theater.

Randy

Phantom of the Opera.....not as bad as I thought it would be.

Hello all. I'll be watching Star Wars III with my son tomorrow.

Gus

It was Assault on Precinct 13 this Saturday night. Not bad for an action flic, though the characters went no where.

Sat down to watch In Good Company Friday night but wife fell asleep and we never started it. (Typical isn't it?)

Started watching Alone In The Dark as well, but had to stop part way through for screeming baby. (Typical isn't it?)

Thursday night.... Return of the Sith. Loved it. Hated sitting next to a bunch of strangers watching it though. Would have loved to have had it at home.

My father-in-law and I watched Troy last night. I thought it was well done, great visuals. A little long, but pretty good.

"Shaun of the Dead" (link (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/))... my wife saw this in the theater with her cousin and thought I'd like it... definitely unique and quirky. It's not a gory horror flick... more like a British "Fargo". Keep those kids out of listening range though... constant profanity.

"David Gilmour" Live... this shines like a crazy diamond in several spots, but overall, I'd have to give my preference to Roger Water's DVD.

"Rush Live in Rio"... good stuff... lots of songs.

Big day in the theater yesterday - started off with "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" with my daughter. We always have fun with that one...

Followed up with a solo viewing of a couple of installments of "From the Earth to the Moon", and ended the evening with my wife and I watching "Ladder 49". Not a bad movie, good acting, but certainly not something to watch if you're looking for an uplifting experience.

Dwight

Watched "Vera Drake" last night. Definitely not uplifting either, but I like that all the loose ends weren't tied up when the movie was over.

Just finished watching the last season episode of Deadwood recorded on my HD-DVR. It was the first show I watched since Gregg Loewen calibrated my Sony 34HS510 TV this afternoon. I was stunned. I really thought my set was "good enough". Gregg proved me wrong. He is a true Professional and a Gentleman.

I am very well pleased.

Last night was "In Good Company". I enjoyed it - great music in the movie too.

Sunday night I watched "Team America: World Police" with a buddy of mine. We laughed like fools the entire time.

We just watched the 2003 live action version of Peter Pan. It's a great followup flick for after you've seen Finding Neverland!

Today we watched Store Wars (http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html). :p

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Watched "Sideways" last night.

It was good. My wife liked it, too. It was funny without being comical. Emotional without being overtly dramatic. I'm glad we saw it. But I couldn't imagine watching it again.

The last things we watched were Lemony Snicket, Meet the Fockers, The Grudge. I'm missing something but I have not posted lately so I am trying to catch up.

Cy

"Closer"

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/74/45/58m.jpg (http://imdb.com/title/tt0376541/)

My wife and I personally didn't care who ended up with who. I was disappointed. But I usually am.

Also saw Madagascar in the theater with our boys. It was better than Shark Tale, better than Robots. But not as good as Shrek, and certainly not as good as The Incredibles.

Finally remember the other film, Spanglish. :-)

Wife actually wanted to watch a film last night but after working on our fence for 9hrs we were pooped. Maybe tonight but we have a lot of fence work left for today as well.

Cy

Just watched Gentleman's Agreement, really good flick all around.

Oceans 12, what was the point?

Long Kiss Goodnight. Forgot how much I liked this one. First time seeing it with full HT audio, gave the system a nice workout.

Friday night watched "Alone in the Dark"... wow... amazing how some casts can get thrown together in such train wrecks. I thought I was watching a Cinemax B movie or something.

Last night watched "In Good Company" Not a bad flic, but not as great as I expected, and I certainly didn't expect the ending.

Tonight. "Old School: Unrated" Even after a hundred viewings this movie still makes me laugh.

Saturday night my wife and I watched "The Clearing."

Not bad, but depressing.

Randy

Team America - World Police. Very rude, very funny. Even the commentary was entertaining which I almost never watch.

"The Notebook" http://imdb.com/title/tt0332280/

A predictable chick flick... reminded me of Titanic... pretty girl torn between poor true love vs rich boy.
My wife liked it. Reminded her of Fried Green Tomatoes.

Yesterday we opened a fine Alexander Valley zinfandel and watched Sideways.

A naive domestic, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption. :)

Mojo

Band of Brothers, episodes 1 & 2 - downloaded via HBO/Comcast - SD quality, but full 5.1 audio! I had to keep turning down the volume for the firefights, and noticed that my dog was jumpy during those scenes! I had previously watched some of the other episodes - and was waiting for the DVD set to go down a little (< $40 - wishful thinking?) - but am happy that for a limited time I can download and view all of the episodes!

SW episode 4 - viewed for the first time with my 10 yr old daughter - she loved it. Funny how much more light-hearted this one was from episodes 1-3...

This past weekend we watched Elektra, The Forgotten, Assault on Precinct 13 and Flight of the Phoenix.

Yes, get a couple of longnecks, some munchies, suspend disbelief, sit back and enjoy!

Daniel

Me Lady and I watched I <3 Huckabees last night. Very refreshing. All about people seeking and hiding from philosophical truths. Different, in a very good way.

-Dzejms

National Treasure. Good flick with the in-laws after a day at the beach. I liked the different locations it was shot at.

Last night was Assault on Precinct 13. Not bad, had a few well worn action cliche's.

Cy

The Final Cut (Robin Williams).

Absolutely the worst, more idiotic film I have seen in years. What a friggin embarrassment!

Boogey man is the film for this Friday...and I am sure that it is going to look like an Academy Award winner next to the Final Cut!

Last night was I <3 Huckabees. It was everything I had read it was. :/ Wife liked it OK.

Cy

Last night we watched Aviator.

The didn't feel 3 hours long. The flying scenes were mesmerizing!

Daniel

Haven't had much time for movies lately with all of the kids' end of the school year activities, but we have been working our way through the backlog of recorded HDTV. Still must have a dozen Law and Order variants recorded!

Randy

Last night - Oceans Eleven
Tonight - Oceans Twelve
Tomorrow night - The Tony Awards!:)

Watched The Boogeyman last Tue night. Enjoyed it very much.
It had my brother screamin like a litle girl!

UFC 53 tonight! -j

E is in D.C. as of this morning so while the dogs and I are batching it I picked up Eraser and Demolition Man in the Walmart $5 bin. Watched them again this afternoon. Not bad action flicks. Not sure about tonight and tomorrow!

Cy

PS - Wally also had Leathal Weapon 2/3 widescreen director's cut in the $5 bin as well. Might have to go back for them.

Started re-watching the Dune mini-series from Sci-Fi Channel on the projector for the first time. Very nice.

Cy

White Noise last night.

Freaky flic.... not great persay, but a fun blast, especially in a dark room with a great sound system.

Sunday afternoon, muscles and back sore from yard work and 90 degree weather.

So I sat in my cool, dark theater and watched the first episode of "Band of Brothers".

If you have not yet see the masterpiece, drop everything and go get your copy now!

Randy

This weekend we watched Manchurian Candidate and Friday Night Lights.

My CRT was tweaked on Saturday by MP and it has never looked better. During Manchurian Candidate, I kept saying to my wife, "wow, look at the detail in that picture"... she agreed, but at the end she said, "great picture, but what did you think about the movie?" Oh yeah, the movie, I guess it was pretty good.

And I'm still in love with the sound treatments in my HT. The sound in FNL was great... the crowd noise, the clashing tackle impacts, the rocking soundtrack. Good stuff. Plus, I grew up in the South where high school football on Friday nights was King. Billy Bob Thornton did a good job... I wonder if they'll keep his character's language under control in Bad News Bears, too.

We watched "The Life Aquatic" and "No Man's Land" over the weekend. I had high hopes for "The Life Aquatic" but was disappointed. It had its moments but overall was nothing worth seeing. "No Man's Land" was a lot better, but went so overboard in its disdain for the UN that it became unbelievable.

"No Man's Land" was a lot better, but went so overboard in its disdain for the UN that it became unbelievable.

Not trying to get political, long story short. My Fiance is Bosnian, went throught the war, blah blah blah. She says the portrayal of the UN or "Smurfs" as they called them was pretty dead on in this film. I suppose it's a matter of perspective.

-Dzejms

Dzejms, I did not have any problem with the depiction of the UN in "No Man's Land" as ineffectual and bogged down by red tape and politics. But the movie went over the top and depicted them as one-sided cartoon characters, even giving the UN commander a slutty secretary in a pin-striped suit with a mini skirt who wanted to have sex with him on his desk when he was supposed to be working! I just think the movie would have been much stronger if it had portrayed the UN characters with the same respect it portrayed the other characters.

Dzejms, I did not have any problem with the depiction of the UN in "No Man's Land" as ineffectual and bogged down by red tape and politics. But the movie went over the top and depicted them as one-sided cartoon characters, even giving the UN commander a slutty secretary in a pin-striped suit with a mini skirt who wanted to have sex with him on his desk when he was supposed to be working! I just think the movie would have been much stronger if it had portrayed the UN characters with the same respect it portrayed the other characters.

Ah, that I agree with. From what I hear it was the UN soldiers, not the commanders, who were galavanting with the local village and city women. Tanovic's portrayal is likely based on his personal experiences with a few bad apples. Great movie otherwise. :)

-Dzejms

Last night we were all tired so I picked a comedy. We watched "Groundhog's Day".

Love that movie!

Randy

The Royal Tenenbaums - weird fun!

We saw Life Aquatic and Team America World Police (unrated). LA was an OK film but it really reminded me of his role in Lost in Transalation. TAWPu was...interesting. I am a fan of all types of animation and the way they were able to do the puppets was pretty amazing. The humor of the film was not bad.

Cy

For me and the wife, this weekend we watched

Friday: House of Daggers non-Region 1 DVD very good.
Saturday: Sideways. That is a very interesting comedy. Much like the big Labowski. I do love watching Sandra Oh in movies.
Sunday: we went to a local theater and saw Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I can't wait for the DVD.

Last night we watched Mean Creek. We were impressed by the depth pf the characters and the acting abilties of the kids.

Not a feel good movie at all, but we enjoyed it a lot.

Watched Disney's Tarzan in HD on ABC. I wasn't expecting much from an HD animation but the "Deep Canvas" background really stood out in HD.

Watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Quirky and entertaining but really fairly forgettable (in my opinion).

Also watched Tokyo Story because of all the press it has lately received as being the best, or at the very least one of the 10 best, movies ever made. The story is simple and the film is quiet, but very good. Even though it gives the story away, I wish I had read the essay about the movie on Criterion's website before I watched it as it says a lot about the unique nature of the movie that would have been nice to have known before watching it, things like the fact that the director set his camera 3' above the ground and just left it there (so you'd have a view like the people who sit on the mats in a Japanese theater), etc. Roger Ebert also has a good review of the movie in his "great movies" section on his website. All in all, a very worthwhile rental and I can see why it is so acclaimed.

Haven't been here in awhile.... I miss this thread.

Anyhow just watched After the Sunset this weekend and it was overall a good movie. Salma Hayek is by far the sexiest woman on the planet! Great rental!

Tonight we watched Alien Vs Predator and Gattaca (Superbit).

AVP was what I expected. My 9yo wanted to see it in the theater, I told him maybe when it came out on DVD. 15 minutes into it he had to turn on some lights in the HT. :)

It wasn't that bad, but they dropped the F-bomb once and he said it should be rated R. I guess I'm getting old, but I don't know why they have to toss that in.

Gattaca was different. Not bad. But in the end, too simple.

My wife received the first and only season of Firefly on DVD so we have been watching that. Not a bad little sci-fi series but not much new or original about it.

Cy

Wow - just noted - almost 2,000 posts in this thread! Keep em coming!

We've started watching the TNT miniseries "Into The West" (in HD, of course). Not bad - I do like big westerns and it seems to be starting off pretty well.

Randy

Watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Quirky and entertaining but really fairly forgettable (in my opinion).


Don't know if you intended it, but that statement is pretty funny (given the plot of the movie).

Or perhaps I am just easily entertained...

I recently picked up Black Hawk Down - Deluxe Edition at Wallyworld (for an amazing $19.95) so I've been watching the bonus stuff - about 6 hours worth. The True Story of Black Hawk Down History Channel documentary (100 mins) Frontline: Ambush in Mogadishu PBS documentary (60 mins) and The Essence of Combat: Making Black Hawk Down documentary (150 mins). Amazing history.

Last night the wife and I watched "Hitch." Very funny - we both enjoyed it.

Randy

Friday night we watched "Hitch", the wife thought the scene with Will Smith's allergic reaction to food hilarious. Personally, I liked the "Speed Dating" scene.

Saturday night we watched "Too Close" with John Travolta. The visuals were good, the plot dragged in some areas...Get Shorty was so much more enjoyable.

Daniel

We continue to watch the Firefly episodes. They are getting better overall but, Joss Whedon is re-using the same style for all his works. He really needs to branch out if he is going to last. I should have the final comments by tonight or tomorrow night.

Cy

Last night we checked out "The 4400". Interesting new show...

Now have to get Season 1 DVD.

Daniel

We watched the original "The Longest Yard" and the new John Waters flick "A Dirty Shame".

"A Dirty Shame" was a bit tamer than most John Waters movies, and in that regard it was almost more enjoyable. There's some great one-liners that can be dissected from this movie.

We recently saw the remake of "The Longest Yard" in the theater and my wife was confused as to why she liked the new one, but was bored with the old one. Needless to say, we don't watch many "old" movies. :D

My parents were in town to visit the grandkids.

This was the first time they've seen the finished HT.

I turned on the projector, I had "Alison Krauss and Union Station" in HD on the DVR, I only meant to let it play while I found a DVD to watch. They were hooked.

The next night we watched "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (http://imdb.com/title/tt0346156/). My Dad like it. I wasn't as impressed...

Possible spoilers below...

So who was this Sky Captain... did he just fly around waiting for a customized distress signal like Batman? It seemed like a rip off from every movie in history... a touch of Wizard of Oz (which was showing in the theater at the beginning of the movie, but the dead island villian reminded me of the Great Oz), Raiders of the Lost Ark, Iron Giant. Jude Law never bothered me before, but now I'm tired of him. Frankie just happened to be in the area as gas ran out? And I still don't get the Adam and Eve test tubes. And if this villian was so smart, why did he need to build robots to steal generators, why not just build the generators?

The robots marching through the city streets at the beginning had some big LFE.

Different. Stylish. But weak.