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i agree with you..i thought daredevil was awesome!!!especially the scene where a young murdoch wakes up in the hospital to the sounds around him!!!

brickie

I liked Daredevil too. Maybe it's time for a rerun! - Tomorrow if I have time.

In about 3 minutes, I'm about to pop in The Runaway Jury. I just finished reading Grisham's The King Of Torts a few minutes ago. I'm still in the mood for a good courtroom drama.

Gus

jusat popped some pocorn in the popcorn machine,and now waiting for the wife and kids to choose a movie!!

brickie

Starscomeout, I really got into Gosford Park on the 2nd viewing. I've watched it a couple of times since, and it's now one of my favorites. Emily Watson made it a pleasant experience as well.

Watched Masked and Anonymous Wednesday and again Thursday. This is a love-it-or-hate-it movie, and I loved it, but then I'm a big Dylan fan. The movie, like his best songs, is better appreciated with repeated viewing/listening. For anyone who can appreciate movies that are out of the mainstream and a bit unusual, this indie's a gem. Watch it for Dylan, watch it for the songs, watch it for the ton of big-name stars, etc., but watch it. It bears a Carnivale-esque touch, though this was made well before Carnivale. Watching John Goodman, Big Dan Teague in O Brother, Where Art Thou? came to mind, as if he'd stepped out of O Brother into this film, picking up some new wiles on the way. Penelope Cruz made me think of Bruce Willis' girlfriend in Pulp Fiction. Val Kilmer was excellent as always, and I've never been a Mickey Rourke fan until now. There's quite a bit of philosophy and words of wisdom if you let yourself pick up on it/them, and a few comic moments as well (watch Goodman's few seconds in the trailer with the hand-held fan). There's some excellent acting and directing that shouldn't be missed, and the director's commentary is a must for fans of the movie. Not as avant-garde or disjointed as I was led to believe, this somewhat ensemble film is a must for Dylan fans. A small portion of the rest of you will also discover a new-found favorite.

maxman,
This does seem like the type of movie that would require more then one viewing to pickup on things that that was missed on the first viewing. There seems to be to many things going on and to many different people to have taken it in the first time. It seemed as if the movie was going nowhere for about the first hour, and then you find yourself more drawn into it.


We just finished watching Blake Edwards (1965) "The Great Race". I have always enjoyed this movie, but enjoyed it more this time then ever before since we was viewing it on a much bigger screen and the DVD transfer was excellent with beautiful saturated colors.

Don

watched rocky and bullwinkle..the combo live action with animation. it was boring and put me too sleep..oh well, wife and kid enjoyed it.

brickie

I finally purchased "Star Wars Phantom Menace," really awesome on the HT. I didn't buy it when it first came out on DVD because I was getting even for them originally only releasing it on VHS. That really P....ed me off, but I showed 'em. hehe.

Last night: The Runaway Jury. Nothing to write home about. I was hoping for more substance. Something in the vein of The Insider.

Just now I finished watching X-2. Believe it or not, I hadn't seen this yet. I was pleasantly surprised (but then my expectations weren't exactly high)

Gus

Gus: The X-Men is my favorite comic franchise on film. I think these films are the best comic book to movie translations ever. Even better than Superman and Batman.

We watched "Out of Time" last night. We were a bit bored...not because it wasn't a good movie, but just because I don't think it was the movie we were expecting, if that makes sense. We both liked it, but I think we were both in the mood something a little more action-oriented.

Coming This Week to a DVD Near You!

Spy Kids 3D

The Missing (Tommy Lee Jones)

Matchstick Men (Nicolas Cage)

Daniel

Disappointing Weekend at the Bishop Cineplex:

In the Cut (Meg Ryan)
Unlike Gus, I just couldn't get into this movie. I guess because Meg Ryan's role was so different than what I am used to. I would have cast Nicole Kidman in this role...

Intolerable Cruelty (George Clooney, Catherine Zeta Jones)
I generally like George Clooney movies, the best I could say "it's ok".

Any Way I Want (Elijah Wood)
I fell asleep...

We just picked up Runaway Jury, maybe we might have a winner.
The wife likes Jeff FoxWorthy so she bought "The Blue Collar Comedy Tour".

Daniel

Watched "Rush Hour 2" last night. It's been a while since I saw the first one, but this one seemed just as fun to watch as the first one was. Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan work very well together as a comedy team. Tucker seems to be a much better pairing with Chan then Owen Wilson was in the Shanghai movies.

Don

Disappointing Saturday night.

28 days later. Not what I was expecting. It wasn't a bad movie, I was just not in the mood for it I guess. then I watched The Medallion. I am usually a fan of Jackie Chan movies, but this one was bad. The humor was really forced and not funny at all.

Sunday was family movie night. We watched Lion King 1 1/2. We all enjoyed this movie very much.

After that I finally gave in and watched the Season 2 finale of Alias. I have been putting this off until I Season 3 comes out on DVD, but I just found out one of my friends TIVO'd every show this season and backed them up to DVD so I will be getting caught up very quick. My wife tried to watch this with me, but got bored. We both have very different tastes when it comes to TV shows.
All I can say about the season finale is "What the....?" and "Poor Sydney."

later,
Don

I love that Sydney and Season II finale!

Just got done watching The Missing with Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. All I can say is don't miss this one, it is outstanding.

The night before last we watched "Bean: The Movie". Rowan Atkinson is a very funny guy!
We just finished watching Disney's "Tarzan". We had it in our collection a couple years, but just now got around to watching it for the first time. It was a very enjoyable movie with a beautiful image.

Don

We watched Beetlejuice last night. Hadn't seen it since we rented the VHS tape many years ago. We'd forgotten that Beetlejuice was a Tim Burton movie. Also, we were surprised at how little screen time the Beetlejuice character (Michael Keaton) had in the movie. For some reason, we remembered him being in the movie a lot more.

We watched "Moulin Rouge" tonight. I have been putting off watching this movie thinking that it might be a slow one to get through. However after watching it I felt a big sense of Wow! This movie left me awe struck knowing that someone is that talented to have been able to conceived and write a script such as this one.

Don

"Moulin Rouge!" was actually written by two people - the Director Baz Luhrmann and his childhood buddy Craig Pearce. Also this is the third part of Luhrmann's "Red Curtain" trilogy which includes Strictly Ballroom (1992) and Romeo + Juliet (1996). This is one of my most favorite movies.

Watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail last night for the first time in about 15 years. My sons watched it with me and were rolling with laughter, especially the battle with the Black Knight.

A short battle ensues, where Arthur, relatively unencumbered by armor, easily dodges the slow and heavy strikes by the black knight. Finally, Arthur dodges a strike, steps aside, and cuts the black knight's left arm off with his sword. Blood spurts from the knight's open shoulder.


Arthur: Now stand aside, worthy adversary.

Black Knight: 'Tis but a scratch.

Arthur: A SCRATCH? Your arm's off!

Black Knight: No it isn't!

Arthur: Well what's that then? (pointing to the arm lying on the ground)

Black Knight: I've had worse.

Arthur: You LIAR!

Black Knight: Come on, you pansy!

Just finished watching Matchstick Men. Rented it along with The Missing the other day and both are winners. If you havent seen these yet put them at the top of your lists.

all the hype about the Passion this week finally stimulated me to pull out Elmer Gantry.
great film.
after that it was Airport '75.
what a howler.
i can't believe The Concorde is supposed to be cheesier than this.

Randy,
We watched "Bend It Like Beckham" for the first time that same night.
I have wanted to see it for a long time, and finally got around to it.
All I can say is, what a great movie!
My wife doesn't even like soccer and we both loved it.
What a great example of being pulled between two cultures.

We watched Secondhand Lions last night. An excellent family movie with some quirky edges. I highly recommend it!

Once Upon a Time in America.

PQ 4/5 Very good, excellent colors, very nice!

Sound: 3.5/5 Very good effects. Bass hit or miss. Sometimes powerful and sometimes weak. Dialog a bit forward and spitty. Some parts unintelligible. Good surround effects.

Movie. Same old shoot 'em up. Lots of gun fire....

Triple feature last night with my two youngest sons, first we watched our newly aquired copies of Jurassic park and Bugs Life, picked them up at BB earlier in the day. Then we watched one of our all time favorites, Sandlot. This is an all time classic family movie that can be watched over and over again.