"dyin' ain't much of a livin'"

super! I am going to watch Josey Wales tonight.

The Man Who Would Be King

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/3076/king.jpg

http://www.mastersjewel.com/catalog/images/mwwbks.jpg

"Brother to a Prince and fellow to a beggar if he be found worthy."

Clint again: High Plains Drifter * 1973

Speed Racer

I watched this one on Blu Ray.

The story was pretty mediocre but the visuals on this film are flat out amazing, I think there will be some kind of technical Oscar given for this one.

Whenever there was racing going on it was a blast, when there wasn't it was a bit tedious, fortunately there was a lot of racing. :thmbsp:

A bit too long at two hours and fifteen minutes also.

Speed Racer

I watched this one on Blu Ray.

The story was pretty mediocre but the visuals on this film are flat out amazing, I think there will be some kind of technical Oscar given for this one.

Whenever there was racing going on it was a blast, when there wasn't it was a bit tedious, fortunately there was a lot of racing. :thmbsp:

A bit too long at two hours and fifteen minutes also.


one of the best villain monologs, the striving to win, it captured to what I feel is the thrill of the race.

Pops Racer: I couldn't have been more proud of you, son. Not because you won, but because you stood up, you weren't afraid, and you did what you thought was right ;

Speed, I know every child has to leave home. I just want you to know that that door is always open. You can always come back. 'Cause I love you, son.

keeping with the Thread... Ghost Town.

Mark

I just saw this weekend: Spike Lee's Miracle at St Ana..excellent film all around...good reminder that Nazi shit only happened 63 years ago...

Righteous Kill....dissapointed really....DeNiro just does nothing for me as well as Pacino...they have been phoning it in since who knows when...

Miracle At St. Anna is definately on my "to do" list as far as new movies go.

Yesterday I watched Neil Simon's "Murder By Death" (1976) and laughed till I had tears in my eyes. It's a send-up of characters from great detective novels (and movies) from the 30's/40's. Stars: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Truman Capote, Eileen Brennan, Peter Falk, Sir Alec Guiness, Maggie Smith and more. If you love to laugh and enjoy film noir, you'll get a kick out of seeing it.

Michael Clayton

Intriguing story of a law firm "fixer" who becomes the target of execution in a case that's gone bad. Intelligent and well acted. Excellent cast and one of George Clooney's better films.

Frequency with Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel.The granddaughters chose this one and they both really liked it because of the twists and suspense.

Last night, Angel and the Badman, starring John Wayne.

some movies i've watched over last weekend:

crash:scratch2:
the kite runner:scratch2:
les formidables:scratch2:
derailed:thumbsdn:
the fall:scratch2:
harold and kumar - white castle:thmbsp:
juno:thmbsp:
sarah silverman - Jesus is magic:thmbsp:

one of the funniest scenes i've ever seen recently was when harold and kumar drive up to the drive-through window of some burger place, and the guy taking order flips out when he feels the urge for white castle burger. real funny. i laughed soooo hard

man, sarah silverman has a filthy mouth! i loved it!

Absolutely stunning restoration in full Technorama Widescreen (i.e. it's really wide!) This film is truly a work of animation art and amazing to see in it's original format.

There's also a short film about the Grand Canyon on this disc that's just fantastic, it originally played along with Sleeping Beauty in the theaters back in 58, no dialog at all in that one, just "Scenes from the Grand Canyon set to Ferde Grofé's "Grand Canyon Suite." It won an Oscar for best short.

Speed Racer

I watched this one on Blu Ray.

The story was pretty mediocre but the visuals on this film are flat out amazing, I think there will be some kind of technical Oscar given for this one.

Whenever there was racing going on it was a blast, when there wasn't it was a bit tedious, fortunately there was a lot of racing. :thmbsp:

A bit too long at two hours and fifteen minutes also.

I expected nothing from this film except visuals and was suprised to find a story and that I actually enjoyed it.

:thmbsp: - Bedazzled (Dudley Moore & Peter Cook, fabulous.)
:thmbsp: - Speed Racer (No one is more suprised at the :thmbsp: than me!)
:thmbsp: - The Island (A rather stunning examination of the morality of cloning.)
:thumbsdn: - The Happening (Not much happening.)

schindlers list:thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:
zodiac:thmbsp:
iron man:thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:
some came running:thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:
the misfits:thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:

One of my favorite.

Same here...have it on laserdisc..

The last movie I watched in full was running with scissors. I caught the tail end of the big lebowski this morning, and watched fight club followed by sweeney todd a few nights ago.

Doesn't do me any good to watch a movie i always fall asleep.

last night, i watched "fracture".
pretty good movie with anthony hopkins' usual good acting.

"Dirty Pictures"

Just watched The Bucket List over the weekend... pretty good movie.

Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman make a pretty good team together.

Scott

The Strangers - sucked.

i watched "love guru" last night.

is it just me, or are all mike meyer movies about penis, balls, and kicking them?

anyone post here anymore?

anyways, last night, i watched a few...

doomsday
get smart
the visitor
the simpsons movie

fell asleep during the simpsons....:no:

Family night at the movies so it was Kung Fu Panda the first night & then WALL-E the next night. I'm an action movie guy, but I watched most of each....hehe

Watched In Bruges on DVD again last night.

This convoluted dark comedy starts slow, but get's real deep and interesting. Pretty good movie.

Watched, Charlie Wilson's war last nite. Liked it alot. A little off beat for Tom Hanks.

I watched Back to the Future number 1 last night.

Tropic Thunder :thmbsp::thmbsp:
I liked this one a lot!

Tropic Thunder :thmbsp::thmbsp:
I liked this one a lot!

I watched this one last night. Funniest movie I've seen in a while.

"Iron Man"
It was good, but Gwyneth Paltrow was stunning :thmbsp:

"Iron Man"
It was good, but Gwyneth Paltrow was stunning :thmbsp:

Yes she was!

"The Man in the White Suit" :thumbsdn:

"Black Robe" :thmbsp:

Tropic Thunder :thmbsp::thmbsp:
I liked this one a lot!

i was really wondering what kinda comedy it was... i guess i must check it out.

"Any given Sunday"; very enjoyable football movie.

We watched our first Bela Tarr film, "Werckmeister Harmonies" (I picked it as an 'entry film' of his, not wanting to go straight into the extremely long "Satantango") and while it is not what you'd ever call mainstream, it is a very beautiful, moody film, done by someone who really has a complete vision of what he wants on-screen. The imagery and moods truly stay with you.

C.

I saw Disney's 'Bolt' last night in 3-D. The movie wasn't as bad as I was expecting, though it's no Pixar film. The 3-D is fun, although I found it was threatening to make me a little sick in more action-filled sequences.

Saw the new Bond movie Quantum Solace this evening. Not your dad's Bond movie for sure. Spectacular locations and nonstop action. Oh and the beautiful women, but no Q!

Saw the new Bond movie Quantum Solace this evening. Not your dad's Bond movie for sure. Spectacular locations and nonstop action. Oh and the beautiful women, but no Q!

I saw it the other day as well and thought it was pretty well done, I liked it. Daniel Craig makes a good Bond in my opinion, although different I think its a good different.

Yeah, no Q sucks for sure but I don't think I would want anyone replacing the original played by Desmond Llewelyn. I was sad when he died :tears:

Wall E..watched the DVD version on a Blu Ray player since the BD versions were all out and IMO,Pixar keeps upping the ante on computer animation.There are times when you forget it's animation. The movie was ok.Would not buy it.

Wild At Heart, on LaserDisc. Weird, sometimes tedious, but interesting.

je

Wall-e, unfortunately.

Pete

Fools Gold, Saturday evening..

After The Sunset, with Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek (WOW!), Woody Harrelson and Don Cheadle. If you get the chance, watch it.

The Dark Knight. Go see it. You will never see anyone play The Joker again. Never.

"Talk To Me" with Don Cheadle. Very good period piece, fine acting all around. Does he ever do a lousy job?

"Ray"
I don't have very high expectations of Hollywood movies, but this one really surprised me! I was blown away at how Jamie Foxx really channels Ray Charles. And to know that Ray was involved in the making of the film really adds weight. It's been about 5 days and the film is still with me. Just a really impressive piece of film making.

Friday night my wife and I watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall

FREAKIN hilarious at times.. a really great movie...

(guys, just cover your eyes at the beginning, we don't need to see the Monty, but my wife sure seemed to enjoy it saying they never give women a thrill)

it's been a week since i fired up the projector(11-23) and we watched the old (ca 1959) disney classic,

'darby o'gill and the little people'.

on dvd. it was fun; had a very young sean connery.

I watched Sling Blade on FMC last night. I always liked this flick. Dwight Yoakam plays a really good asswipe.

Charlie Wilson's War. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is great in that.

I saw Four Christmas's last night. Started out hilarious as usual Vince does then gets more serious as it went on...

Farenheit 9/11

a movie everyone in America ought to have to watch 5 times in a row

Recent movies... Cabaret last night, streamed from Netflix. Good, but my G/F was the one who wanted to see it because she's in a community theater production of it soon. She wouldn't STFU through the whole thing, which detracted somewhat.
Mission Impossible (0.99 iTMS rental a couple of weeks ago). Watched it myself, nice escapism, not too memorable.
Wizard of Oz, stumbled upon it on TV. A classic!

Hobie1dog: I agree with everything in your post above, including your sig.

Two-Lane Blacktop - A Monte Hellman Film (complete with screenplay)

Starring James Taylor and Dennis Wilson (of all people :naughty: )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Lane_Blacktop

I just love a sale at Criterion...up next, the original of "The Man Who Fell To Earth"

Wild Hogs
Tim Allen, John Travolta, William H. Macy and Martin Lawrence. Frankly, I wouldn't have thought that there could be any comedic chemistry amongst such a disparate group of actors, but those guys made it work. Academy award calibre this film definitely was not, but it was worth 90-odd minutes. (But then again, anything with Marisa Tomei is worth watching. Hell, I'd watch a 90 minute film of her shopping for groceries):naughty:

I just watched Disappearances with Chris Kristofferson... STRANGE..

Hobie1dog: I agree with everything in your post above, including your sig.


I knew I liked you.:D

My wife works at blockbuster so we can rent movies the week before they come out on video... "Wanted" with Angelina Jolee was sorta entertaining... certainly not as good as all the hype about a non-stop action movie and I'm not a fan of movies with special effects that are blatent and obvious FX. I like action movies where you dont notice the effect but are watching the movie.

An incredibly well-done movie. A "must see" if you like an excellent story in a beautifully, dare I say brilliantly, executed film.

And see it in the movie theatre -- it deserves a large screen!

The Cowboys with John Wayne. Darn good with moments of brilliance.

Hard Boiled: Stylistic John Woo's gore.

Bolt-The Disney flick.Very entertaining.I was really surprised by how exciting the action sequences,espescially the one at the beginning is.
Jimmy

Santa Clause II, hey I have a seven and a two year old.

Recount :thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:
About Gore v. Bush in Florida, 2000. Even though recent events have tamed the emotions about 2000 somewhat, this film is an excellent reminder that our electoral system -- the foundation of our democracy -- is still broken. Fixing it should be a high priority issue and handled in a NON-partisan manner.
As a movie, it was very well done. Excellent acting (especially the James Baker and Katherine Harris parts), and the film holds one's attention throughout despite knowing the outcome (not quite as gripping as Apollo 13, but you get the idea). Highly recommended!

"I consider it completely unimportant who will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this -- who will count the votes, and how." -- Josef Stalin

Outstanding :thmbsp:

Great kids movie, heck outstanding movie period.:yes:

Requeim For A Dream - Director's Cut

Hmmmm..........Strange AND Depressing

:scratch2:

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Good, considering it's a sequel. Seemed to have more clues than the original................

blade runner on hd dvd ,yeh i am a looser :scratch2:

Waterworld.

I picked this up at Goodwill a few months back on VHS and never watched it.

Surprisingly good.

Flawless.......Michael Caine and Demi Moore. Good jewelry heist. Demi can really act. This is a good flick.

getaway with steve mcquenn great cars in this movie btw

21 grams

Missing - Costa-Gavras's telling of the true story Charles Horman's disappearance during the 1973 coup in Chile (soundtrack by Vangelis).

Gripping story, and beautifully re-released by Criterion.

Wall-E
Kid's flick, but very satirical

"Four Christmases" yesterday. Don't bother, IMHO. Character motivations are not well defined, pretentious skits that have little or nothing to do with main plot line. I was actually upset that I spent that much money. The bad part about it is that I just saw it hit the top boxoffice ticket sales for the weekend. Go figure.....

That was the last movie at a pay-for-a-seat movie house. I did see "A Shot in the Dark", with Peter Sellers this afternoon while keeping my grandson. It was a hoot just as I remembered it, too. Ok, call me old, but I'm getting to like the older movies anyway.

Cheers,

David

"Worlds Gratest Sinner" - Tim Carey

epic vintage cult movie

nice soundtrack :thmbsp:

"High Noon" last night on TCM and "To Kill A Mockingbird" this afternoon on Encore. Not that I'd never seen either one before - not by a long shot! - but it had been a long time since I'd seen either one and they were just as good today as they were so many years ago. In fact, High Noon had subtleties which I missed before. Very well-made film and interesting to see an almost unrecognizably young Harry Morgan (Cnl Potter in MASH) and Lloyd Bridges.

The Day the Earth Stood Still. Caught the remake tonight.

I don't remember the original much. The new version wasn't what I was expecting, but it was entertaining enough. The story was more intriguing than the special effects. I did catch one major boo boo. See if you can catch it. :)

The Day the Earth Stood Still. Caught the remake tonight. I did catch one major boo boo. See if you can catch it. :)

Keanu Reeves in the lead role? :scratch2:

Keanu Reeves in the lead role? :scratch2:

Yeh... oddly his "acting" fit's the omnipotent, semi-clueless alien character.

The Punisher: War Zone. Save your money.

Man on Wire.

Loved it.

Slumdog Millionaire.Very good,clever film.

Milk.Standard biopic with political overtones.Good script,great performances all around.

Jimmy

not a movie but a concert-

the who, 'live at kilburn 1977'.

blu-ray disc thru panasonic 720p hd projector to 108" screen.

:thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp: out of 5

Yesterday at a local Hoyts, "The duchess" ( http://www.amazon.com/Duchess-Ralph-Fiennes/dp/B001L57ZZG )

West Side Story followed by an indie flick "Falling Angels" on channel 13, the local PBS station.
West Side Story :thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:
Falling Angels :thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:and a half

"Trans Siberian" With Woody Harrell and Ben Kingsley.

Thought it was an excellent flick.

Dave

The Bank Dick. Pretty funny.

Believe it or not, my wife and I just finished watching the hokiest, stupidest, corniest most over-the-top fantasy/sci fi film I think was ever made:
FLASH GORDON

And we loved it. I mean who can hate Max Von Sydow playing Ming The Merciless? Everyone hammed it up so much in this film there's enough to supply 10,000 people with a heck of a Christmas feast. Bright colors, preposterous costumes and incredible set design all come together to make a glittering, eye-searing adventure that you just can't not like. And Queen's soundtrack perfectly fit the atmosphere of the film. If you haven't seen FLASH GORDON, you're missing out big time.

Hancock - Will Smith - very entertaining and funny

Hancock - Will Smith - very entertaining and funny

Saw that last night too!

:thmbsp:

Woman - "You smell like liquor!"

Hancock - "That's 'cause I been drinkin' bitch!"

---

Hancock - "No one remembers that."

Ray - "No, only Greenpeace....& Walter."

:lmao:

First half was definitely better for me than the second but I actually think it was one of Will Smith's better acting jobs.

Beer for my Horses.... (http://www.beerformyhorsesthemovie.com/) Really cool movie, with lots of cool cameo's.. and it was cool seeing Nugent in a movie..

Then as soon as I was done with that, started watching Jackass 2.5.. now there was some funny shit in that.. but I had to take off so didn't get to finish it.. I will probably in the next couple days...

I watched "A Beautiful Mind" on TV a few nights ago. It's still great the second time through. Fantastic performances by Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly. At the expense of my manliness I will admit I got a bit teary towards the end. Especially the scene when he receives the pens from his colleagues.

5 thumbs-ups

:thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:

"Slumdog Millionaire" - awesome film, great story. It's nice to see a well-acted film with people you've never seen before instead of the usual overused hollywood gang.

Mongol, very good.

No Country For Old Men

I never knew who Javier Bardem was until I saw this movie. Fantastic actor as was all actors and actresses. Directed by the Coen Brothers, this movie is about a drug deal gone wrong involving the local law man, the person who stumbles upon it and the life choices he makes all the while avoiding a sociopathic hitman.

2 nites ago watched 'beowolf', the 'leather and iron' version with christopher lambert. pretty good.
saw it on vhs several years ago so this time, a dvd thru the hd projector onto my 108" screen, it was pretty impressive.

the last movie i watched was the newest indiana jones.

Watched The Dark Night a few nights ago. What a great Joker!

Going to take the wife to dinner & then see this on base tonight.
Hey, movies (first run even) on base cost only a dollar and that's cheap for a date......:D

Saw The Spirit the other day. Just plain dumb.

Watched Glitter last night. Not especially good, but not as bad as the bad pub.

Went with my oldest son to see "Milk (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/)" yesterday. Great movie. Nice '70's era shots from the Castro District and San Francisco at large. Taught me me about a bit of history I knew very little about. Highly recommended. :thmbsp:

The Wrestler with Mickey Rourke. That guy deserves an Oscar.

Watched Peter Jackson's King Kong.

Looked and sounded great. Made me rather sad-face at the end though D:

The Cooler. Mediocre.

Made me rather sad-face at the end though D:

I got dirty looks in the theatre for snickering when Jack Black said "Love killed that ape."

I just finished watching 1408.

That was one weird film. In fact, as big a fan of Stephen King as I am, this is only the third film based on his written work that I've ever seen which I actually enjoyed.
I won't go into details, but I will say this: John Cusack absolutely carried this film. Over 70% of the screen time is him in the room alone and he made it work.

See it.
And you'll never hear the Carpenter's "We've Only Just Begun" the same again...

Kudos to King and director Mikael Håfström for this one.

I don't watch many movies (very little TV actually) but my wife is addicted. I bought her a BlueRay player for Christmas and bought our first BR disc a couple of days ago and watched it. The movie was CRASH. Very good movie. I had never heard of it, but for $10 (at WalMart) it was a good purchase. My wife had already seen it, but was glad to watch it again.

The Bucket List. It was funny, and touching. :thmbsp:

"The Dark Knight"

Very good all around. Ledger was excellent as The Joker and certainly deserves Oscar consideration.

Is it just me, or did others get some Andy Rooney stylings in some his monologues....

"Slum Dog Millionaire", I thought it was a really good movie...!

Tropic Thunder - very funny

Gran Torino-Good performance by Clint Eastwood.Good,if somewhat predictable script.I really enjoyed it.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Strong performances by Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt (and terrific make-up effects.) But too long. I think at the least, some scenes of Ben and Daisy's early married life together could have been cut.

The Danish film "The Inheritance"
Four thumbs and several bananas...

Very powerful drama of man who inherits his father's business, and all the family problems attached to it.

Stripped down and honest, with great acting.

C.

I watched a 1997 film entitled "Cube" About 5 people who suddenly find themselves in a gigantic Rubiks Cube type environment, and the different rooms are booby trapped in one way or another.

The rooms move to a different position, at certain intervals. The trick is trying to get out of the enormous cube. Not an easy task. But, the rooms are numbered, and these numbers hold the key to escape to the "outer shell."

This is an Indy film, but well worth your time. It plays on IFC from time to time. Very high production values, good acting, and a ponderable ending.

Yes Man, with Jim Carry...I enjoyed it quite a bit!!

Windtalkers, I didn't learn a lot but John Woo's direction was fun and over the top. I enjoyed Adam Beech's performance. The violence and gore was crazy and the subject matter is anything but light but I was entertained despite it all.

Valkyrie :thmbsp:

Its a different movie than I expected, very odd way of laying out a movie, but once you get to the end, you start to realize why they bothered with near an hour of back-story. Very good movie, and not overdone.

The Dark Knight: The best of the Bat Man movies, by far. Not for the kiddos.

The Great Debaters: Took some historical liberties, but all in all an excellent film.

i just saw "the wrestler" starring mickey rourke.. an awesome movie that shows what a good actor rourke still and can be!

In Bruges - Great dark comedy!!

Manchurian Candidate, 1962

Topper 1937, rented the dvd. It was actually pretty funny, and the few special effects were pretty good for the time. Think the movie "Ghost" only as a comedy.

"The Lives of Others"

Absolutely first rate story-telling, and what a story it is (the Stasi, and the last years of the GDR).

Field of dreams, gosh i love that movie!

In about two or three hours it's going to be The Dark Night.

Prior to that it was Badder Santa.

In Bruges - Great dark comedy!!

Yes, it was.

Field of dreams, gosh i love that movie!

So do I, and I dont even like Baseball :D

"Bug". Very strange film. Definitely not a "horror" film; more of a psychological drama. Very well acted on the parts of both Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon. Worth a watch. If you have Showtime, check your Jan 26 and Jan 31 listings for airtimes.

Journey to the Center of the Earth. The new remake with Brenden Frasier. Pretty good.

"The Lives of Others"

Absolutely first rate story-telling, and what a story it is (the Stasi, and the last years of the GDR).

Thanks for the heads up. For some reason GDR stories often fascinate me. eg "Spy who came in from the cold".

Saw V

Natural Born Killers...Woody is pretty awesome as well as Juliette Lewis

Witness for the Prosecution - last night on TCM.

Last movie I saw in a theater was No Country for Old Men. Wonderful.

Field of dreams, gosh i love that movie!

Field of Dreams marked the beginning of the end of my marriage... We were watching it in the theater when it first came out. I was just beginning to be swept away by the fantasy of it, I had just totally abandoned my sense of reality to be absorbed in the movie when my wife turns to me and whispers... "Is this the stupidest movie you've ever seen?" :sigh: We started seeing fewer and fewer things eye-to-eye over the years after.

Kiss of the Spider Woman. Great film.
Sideways. Good light entertainment.
Charlie Wilson's War is on deck for tonight.

Witness for the Prosecution - last night on TCM.



:thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:

Saw V

That's next...

Last movie in theater was "Gran Torino" and on TV "My Cousin Vinnie".

The Reader. Highly recommended!

Slumdog Millionaire - great but sad movie. Definitely tugs at the heart strings. Well worth the money to go see.

Danish film: "Kinamand" (Chinaman.) That kind of both very concrete and very moving film that Dogme helped introduce.

Danish man marries the daughter of his Chinese take-out owner so she can get a green card. Complications follow. Very well worth it, both funny and sad.

C.

Rented "Get Smart" on DVD and watched it in bed last night. Fell in and out of sleep, but it was funny enough to watch it again this weekend. Much better than I expected :thmbsp:

Watched "Taken", and "Repo the Genetic Opera" today

I just saw Frost/Nixon. Excellent job by Frank Langella.... Hope he get's the Oscar...

Very riveting movie..... Didn't realize Ron Howard directed it till seeing the opening credits...

We saw 'Taken' yesterday. Violent and fast paced. Just what my wife likes in a big screen experience (am I a lucky guy or what?).

Went to put on Charlie Wilson's War last night, a Netflix rental... Opened the envelope and out popped "Alvin and the Chipmunks!" (I did NOT watch that...)

Defiance... Superb.

Hell Boy II: The Golden Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy_II:_The_Golden_Army)

A classic example of what happens when you give a young, hot director an unlimited budget and expense account.

Watched Taken last weekend. Pretty good movie, Liam Neeson did a great job.

My wife and I watched "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story."

Incredibly silly in an over-the-top way. We laughed a bunch.

Into the Wild

A good movie where young idealism meets naivety. I also enjoyed the songs Eddie Vedder wrote for the movie.

I think Sean Penn is a great talent, I like almost everything he does.

Taken. Good show.

Paul Blart Mall Cop ...better than I thought it would be..

Mike

Waltz With Bashir-- animated in a graphic novel style, tells the story of a former israeli soldier trying to break through his blocked memory of a massacre of palestinian and lebanese civilians in the conflict with lebanon in 1983. it addresses the tacit complicity of the israeli army in the horror inflicted by the 'christian' phalangists run amok in beirut. when the guy's memory finally breaks through, the switch from animation to archival footage is like a fist coming through the screen. highly recommended, but my thought was 'you'd have to be a really brave, open minded jew to see this film'....

Liam Neeson did a great job.

Has he ever been mediocre?

I can't think of any film I've seen him in where he wasn't good.

I am going to see 'Taken' as I've heard repeatedly he is great in the role.

(But check your incredulity at the door.)

:D

Good Lord Almighty- HOW DO THESE KINDS OF MOVIES EVEN GET MADE? :smoke:

The Wrestler. Great film.

Paul Blart Mall Cop ...better than I thought it would be..

Mike

i just saw that too....laughed a bunch...

Good Will Hunting

I've seen it in bits and pieces, but finally got the rental.
Glad I did, very good film.

I loved his speech about the decoding job and the kid from Southie with the shrapnel in his ass. Still topical 12 years later, which says a lot in it's own right

"He's just not into you" - probably the best "chick flick" I've seen in a long time.

Go see it, but with a date...:banana::banana::banana:

84 Charing Cross Road

Hadn't seen it in years. Still as enjoyable as ever (if shocking to realize how much people age in twenty years).

Kelly's Hero's:banana:

Kelly's Hero's:banana:

Love that film. Plus, it's the only WWII flic I know of that has REAL Tiger Vs and Sherman M3s together.

"Delicatessen" a very well done dark comedy, kinda like Sweeney Todd

Taken-Like others said,I dont think Liam Neeson is capable of a bad performance.The story is like a live video game,but a lot of fun.

Hes just not that into you-Much better than I expected.Kind of the whole "Venus and Mars" thing goin on,but its script is better than I expected.Luiz Guzman has a priceless little role as a foreman on a job.He gets the best line in the movie.

Revolutionary Road-Can I slit my wrists now?

Push-If you liked Next and Jumper,then you might like this fantasy thriller.It kinda made my head hurt,though.

Curious Case Of Benjamin Button-Much better than I expected.Great performances,and a wonderful story.My wife thought that it reminded her a lot of Forest Gump.In many ways Id have to agree with her.

Jimmy

Frost-Nixon

OK movie--terrible sound editing! Interesting back-story about David Frost. Despite the critics, Langella is remarkably Nixon-like. Michael Sheen does a great job with David Frost.

Last night I watched Balls of fury.

Its a funny comedy movie.

"Roberta":thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:a rather creaky so-called biography of Jerome Kern. The plot's a big nothing but the movie has some big plusses:

1. The female lead is the splendid Irene Dunne.
2. The music of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields.
3. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. When they're onscreen the film becomes :thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:+. Seeing (and hearing) them dance to the music of Kern/Fields is pure movie magic. It just couldn't get any better. Ginger was gorgeous, Fred was dapper as ever, and, well......there's a reason they were/are dance and movie legends.

When Fred and Ginger were struttin their stuff "Roberta" was the top, otherwise it was just another enjoyable 30s movie.

Meet the Spartans. So not funny.

A French filme. Intimate Strangers Very interesting movie, all dialogue...

Thunderball, one of the movie channels was doing marathon Jame Bond. Good to keep you awake.

Frost / Nixon. Recommended!

Defiance;good action but mediocre acting.

'Sordid Lives' and laughed my ass off.

Juno.

Did anyone catch the bands she liked? Mott the Hoople, Iggy. What did I miss?

Turntables, systems galore.

Great movie, and I'm an old fart. I can relate to that character too. I work with a lot of young kids.

Bangkok Dangerous with Nicolas Cage.

Decent enough, good action, story. Directed by the Tang brothers out of Hong Kong, their Asian sensibilities gave it a different kinda twist. Location shots in Thailand were beautiful and exotic.

last pm, watched 'repo, the genetic opera'; blu ray.

i was expecting a sci fi story, got a rock opera. shoulda done some research other than the n'flix synopsis.
but the music and singing was good. no dialog.

glad it was a netflix rental and not a purchase.

Juno.

Did anyone catch the bands she liked? Mott the Hoople, Iggy. What did I miss?

Turntables, systems galore.

Great movie, and I'm an old fart. I can relate to that character too. I work with a lot of young kids.
The Runaways. Yeah, it was a great movie.

in the theater-"Gran Torino" Clint's the shit.
TV-"Grand Hotel", on TCM. Thank God for TCM. Or Ted Turner, which is it?

Gangs of New York. I had never seen it. Good movie, kind of like A Clock Work Orange with grownups doing the fighting.

"The Children of Men"

Whoa damn.

Just watched a couple of great flicks:

"Renaissance" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FqW6h2VDTI)

"In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Casting a shadow over everything is the city's largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export -- youth and beauty. In this world of stark contrasts and rigid laws the populace is kept in line and accounted for."

"Sukiyaki Western Django" (http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3032613145/)

"A revolver-wielding stranger crosses paths with two warring clans who are both on the hunt for a hidden treasure in a remote western town. Knowing his services are valuable to either side, he offers himself to the clan who will offer up the largest share of the wealth."

Coraline:thmbsp:

I liked it a lot, but it is a PG movie so don’t take younger kids that scare easy:nono:.

OK, but I'd never say it was great. My wife was pretty disappointed. Nothing really grabbed either of us while watching it, despite this being a Clive Owen film.
"Children of Men" was 10 times better.

My wife and I saw The International yesterday. Action / thriller. Not great but we both enjoyed it enough to give it a mild recommendation.

Coraline with the kids last weekend. Was really surprised what Tim Burton did with this one cause I did not like Nightmare before Christmas that much. I give it

:thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:

Hotel for Dogs. This was one of the funniest movies that I have seen lately. It did not hurt that there was one of those women, who had the kind of laugh that made you laugh, in the front of the theater. Kids absolutely loved it !!!

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"The Children of Men"

Whoa damn.

That director has skills,doesnt he?Great flick.
Jimmy

The International:boring::boring::boring:

OK, but I'd never say it was great. My wife was pretty disappointed. Nothing really grabbed either of us while watching it, despite this being a Clive Owen film.
"Children of Men" was 10 times better.

If you like Clive Owen,try renting Croupier.A very good little film.
Jimmy

The Aura. Really interesting movie.

Coraline with the kids last weekend. Was really surprised what Tim Burton did with this one cause I did not like Nightmare before Christmas that much. I give it

:thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:

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Totally agree with you on this movie. Watched it twice and bought the book. The book is only 160 pages. Just wanted to let you know, Tim Burton isn't credited with anything that I have seen so far on this.

Mark
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Zach and Miri Make a Porno. Pretty funny overall as I had no idea what it was about. A friend had lent it to me and certainly had a few laughs.

Lakeview Terrace... :thmbsp: :thmbsp: :thmbsp: :thmbsp:

At times it seemed like it was a little slow, but it wasn't.. like it passed by fast when you thought it was slow.. Just not as much happening in the move as the trailers lead you to believe, but it was still a really great movie.. I highly suggest it..

The big lebowski! Its still the best movie ive seen lol

At my wife's request, we went and saw "The Reader" last Saturday night. The movie is kind of deep and a little thought provoking. A lot of "flash backs". Kate Winslet is very good, and her nudity was okay too. Rated "R". Definitely not something to take the kids to.

Nick and Nora's Infinate Playlist - kinda funny, kinda gross.

Before that, the Matrix and Narnia, Prince Caspian. Not bad.

We saw Coraline over the weekend. I have no depth perception, so it was REALLY cool to watch something in 3D and actually have it work. Creepy enough story that the kid behind us was ooooohing and aaaahing in the beginning and whimpering at the end.

Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes on a 1930's 16mm print thru an RCA MI1337 (I think) projector.

Not my cup of tea, altho the 16mm was good.

Slumdog millionaire.

:jawdrop:

The Rose, with Bette Middler, first time, after all these years.

First and last, that is... (Couldn't even sit through the whole thing.)

"Eaten Alive" with Neville Brand, Stuart Whitman and Carolyn Jones. I like gore, so I figured this would be good. Not. Poor Brand. He was in some fine Westerns and even some films from the 40's. Guess he needed the $$$. (If there was any.)

Stratosphere Girl. It rocketed towards the top of my favorite movies list.

To Sir, With Love

A good one, if you can get past the scenes of London "teens" dancing.

Our local ma and pa video store has around 17,000 different titles and probably 5,000 that they don't have room for. Needless to say we have a big selection to choose from.

Last 2 watched were Full Metal Jacket on Blu-ray and Saving Private Ryan up converted. Both were great and my wife and daughter kept telling me to turn it down. Of course, I couldn't hear them. :D

Mirrors,It was ok but SDM is most likely the best movie Ill see for awhile.
Bollywood and Hollywood have been in a slump,I will most likely see the new Shaw Ruk Khan movie in english (God made couples) a movie touching on true matches being Gods plan.I like most of his movies and he is my favorite actor.
there are alot of good actors but great ones are rare,Don't get me wrong I like actors like Robert Denero and Jack Nicoleson but they always just play themselves.Never acting any different.They just repeat over and over the same person in a differant movie.

it was either wall-e or kung fu panda.

next up, high school musical 3.

I've no idea what I'll watch when the kids are grown.

Watched "The Visitor" earlier, and getting set to watch "Revolutionary Road". Trying to get as many Oscar nominated movies and performances watched before this Sunday. My favorite performance so far for best actor has been Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler".

Le Samourai. Freaking excellent till the end. I'll have to watch it again, I did not understand the protaginists motivation for his actions in act III.

Went to The Reader tonight. Pretty dang good.

Ghost Town---had some pretty funny ideas in it.

Slumdog Millionaire

Gohan

Fast Times At Ridgemont High. its on HBO as we speak just about to be the infamous Pheobe Cates pool scene. haha

but for a new movie, Step Brothers was my last movie. which was hilarious beyond belief.

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Would have been better if they didn't film all the fight scenes in such a dark studio that you couldn't tell who was who.

The Class-French film with subtitles about a teacher interacting with his middle school class.The most relevant film Ive seen in a long time.
Jimmy

Pale Rider: Clint Eastwood's remake of Shane.

Clint was clearly still learning his craft.

Wife and I spent until 4:00 am last night doing a Leonardo DiCaprio triple header.

Body of Lies
Blood Diamond
The Departed

The Shining

Taking Chance (http://www.hbo.com/films/takingchance/)

:thmbsp: :thmbsp: :thmbsp: :thmbsp: :thmbsp:

Available on HBO and I highly recommend watching it.

Regards,
TB

Hunt for Red October.....again

Wall-E and Milk. Both good movies for completely different reasons.

Coraline in 3D. This is the first full length feature that I have ever seen in 3D. The movie was pretty good and the 3D was amazing. :thmbsp:

Spent the weekend watching movies.

Longest Day on Blu-ray, superb, get it.
The Fall, very surrealistic, if you like a good story this will knock your socks off.
Then A Clockwork Orange, lots of naughty fun. :D

Then I watched The Messanger on VHS, :scratch2:, not great on a plasma. :no: However, I remembered why I have this as one of my favorite movies. Just a good movie, I'll do the Blu-ray this weekend. :yes:

Getting ready to end the wekend with Mama, Mia should be family fun for all. :banana: :D

Getting ready to end the wekend with Mama, Mia should be family fun for all. :banana: :D

The wife and daughter saw it. You beter like singing because they apparently bust out in song every 4th word.....

They didn't watch it a second time.

The Navigator-My wife and I went to the Orpheum Theatre downtown yesterday.Its a restored movie palace from the 20s.We saw the 1924 Buster Keaton movie there with live organ accompaniment.The theatre and the restored organ were amazing.The movie was funny and it moved very quickly.They had a Keaton short film before the feature,and he did quite a few stunt gags.My wife says,"Jackie Chan has nothing on him."I tell her Jackie was a big fan of Buster's,and uses a lot of his old gags in his movies.
Jimmy

Taking Chance (http://www.hbo.com/films/takingchance/)

:thmbsp: :thmbsp: :thmbsp: :thmbsp: :thmbsp:

Available on HBO and I highly recommend watching it.

Regards,
TBVery respectful and moving.

Saw Music and Lyrics last night, 16 yo daughters pick. It could have been worse, it decent enough.

Have Wall-E ready to run tonight. Love my HT set up!

I watched the new Indiana Jones movie. It was very good and funny. Had the dvd player hooked up to my Kenwood KR-770 and it sounded great.

Last few from Netflix: Wall-E, a little disappointing after all the hype
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, should have left sleeping dogs lie. The first three were far superior.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: The original with Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. Been catching up on the old time movie classics. My favorites so far have been Harvey and Arsenic and Old Lace.

I'm a movie freak so that answer changes on an almost daily basis!

Watched Changeling over the weekend.

Catch Me If You Can

Taken

Body of Lies. A cynical look at the Muslim/Christian issue.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews37/dirty%20harry%20collectors%20edition%20blu-ray/the%20enforcer%20IMG_6210.jpg
eastwoods 'the enforcer'. blu ray.
an old favorite, great pq.

yesterday i watched Eastwood's "Gran Torino", great movie!

in 2060 i'll be like Mr. Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), without guns but with tons of LP's

PS: hope i won't hate foreigners

Werner Herzog's "Little Dieter Needs to Fly."
Brilliant documentary the way only Herzog does them.

Next is "Rescue Dawn", his dramatic version of the story, starring Christian "Don't Try to Shut Me Up" Bale :D


C.

High School Musical 3

Yeah, I know... Filmed local (all of 2 blocks away!) my daughters boyfriend has a couple of shots of him putzing around, so the wife wanted to watch it. I pretty much was there playing PSP.

Unless your duaghter (or sons) S.O. is in it, stay away.

Australia, tonight.

Transporter 3. Fun stuff!!

Australia

With Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and directed by Baz Luhrmann. This movie seemed like it crapped out on the big screen. I was helping a friend and after dinner she put it on.

Set in Australia, although it could've taken place anywhere in the American West. It had the typical greedy, power hunger, big cattle baron, western story. Instead of indians there were aborigines. Since it took place in 1939 during WWII it got kinda interesting when the Japanese came to visit.

I liked it, I like westerns, even though the plot is kinda weak, it was entertaining. The Aussie lingo is fun too, but it's a long ass movie.

A Bronx Tale............. :thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp::thmbsp:

"Mostly Martha"

The 2001 German film (that the Catherine Zeta-Jones feature "No Reservations" was based upon... scene by scene in some cases). It's a light romantic-comedy (in German :scratch2: ) about two chefs and a pre-teen.

Martha is much superior. :thmbsp:

Duplicity: Clive Owen and Julia Roberts. Sort of a cloak and dagger thriller but with Cooperate Spies. Very snappy dialog between the actors. Extremely well done with an ending that is quite a surprise. I enjoyed it immensely and Julia Roberts looks better than ever.

I saw Duplicity,also.Julia does look great,and those two have wonderful chemistry.
Jimmy

Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd". Great acting all around, beautiful cinematography and production design, but somehow I found the film somewhat depressing. I like black humor and weird films, but this just didn't do it for me. Maybe just my mood that day....:scratch2: Ok, so one thumb up and one down, for the moment.

"The Tall Blonde Man with One Brown Shoe"; French 70es spy comedy. It had been a while since I saw that last. Very funny stuff about a musician mistaken for a spy, and he's utterly unaware of it. Some great moments and some very dry humor. Well worth checking out, also for its 70es fashions and surroundings (and for the sexy Mireille Darc.) :thmbsp:

C.

Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd". Great acting all around, beautiful cinematography and production design, but somehow I found the film somewhat depressing. I like black humor and weird films, but this just didn't do it for me. Maybe just my mood that day....:scratch2: Ok, so one thumb up and one down, for the moment.



C.

I also found it depressing; I did not finish watching it.

Along Came A Spider
Kiss The Girls
Seven

It was a Morgan Freeman night here at the Selsor house!

The Watchmen. I was surprised at how much I liked it.

We were both disappointed in "Duplicity". When is Clive Owen going to start doing good movies again? "The International" was a disappointment too.

Bolt.

It was ok.

Elizabeth, the Golden Age-- I avoided this for a long time because I liked the first one a lot and suspected this one would be a disappointment. I was right, though it was not bad.

Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber-- This one surprised me, I didn't even realize that it was a musical until I got it home. There were many moments where I had to pause the film and just laugh at how outrageous a line or action was. Tim Burton does not bore. I liked it a lot.

The Cry of the Owl (remake with Julia Stiles)
and before that was
Let the Right One In (swedish vampire film)