I just saw this a few days ago. Now that my nephew started school, I finally have time to sit back and watch something. I agree, it was a great movie. :)

Taken
Good acting, well directed action movie, but it left me wanting, I never felt he wouldn't succeed he just keeps plodding through the bad guys following a trail. Even though he's ripping through France leaving a trial of destruction and death theres no consequence, it was too fluffy and Hollywood, especially the ending.

netflix recommended Harry Brown, sounds great, Michael Caine as old soldier going for revenge against the drug gang that killed his mate.
But one of the reviewers says there's no real twist or moral dilemma, he just goes along taking them out.

I need more, mystery or moral conflict so that ultimately theres is an outcome, not just an ending.

I got all of Farscape in one package. I only started watching this show pretty late in its life, so I'm getting the early parts filled in. Fun show.

Jennifer's Body.

It was funny in a Buffy way, and had an incredible lesbian kiss.

One of the stupidest movies ever. Not funny, not scary. just plain old dumb.

Well, right now all 10 seasons of Stargate SG-1 are free on Netflix, so I'll be busy with that for a while...it's kind of cheesy, but like, original star trek cheesy, with crazy plots on other worlds involving alien civilizations and whatnot. I like it.

Also watching Breaking Bad, which is an INCREDIBLE show. The acting is crazy good. The story is original. I highly recommend.

We just started watching Braking Bad on dvd too. Great show.

Cribb.

British (but I don't think BBC, probably Granada) TV series, adaptations of the Sergeant Cribb mysteries by Peter Lovesey. Have only watched the first disk so far, but they have the expected lovably poor production quality one expects of British television from the late 70s/early 80s.

Bottle Shock--saw this on IFC, but it's also available on DVD.

Back in the mid-70s, a guy (played by Alan Rickman) decides to set up a big official blind tasting event featuring California wines v. French wines.

He is encouraged by a character played by Dennis Farina. So naturally, you might wonder if he's in danger of being whacked at some point. But you suddenly remember that he was Hans Gruber, and realize perhaps he can handle himself OK. Only time will tell!

The whole drama that takes place is everything leading up to the actual historical event. But even if you already know what the outcome is, it's still wonderful to watch.

Thats cuz it had Alan Rickman in it!

Monsters vs Aliens

Charlies Angel's: Full Throttle. Makes me happy everytime I see it! :)

I've probably testified for this series before, but...
Slings and Arrows- Its a 3 season Canadian series. Clever, funny, touching, brilliant. I think you can instant watch it on Netfix.

We are chomping at the bit to get at the US release of Spooks (MI5) season 8. Gah!

The Witchfinder General

Been watching "Goodnight Sweetheart" and going through the usual who makes a better Yvonne and who makes a better Phoebe. I think the two Yvonnes have their own charms, but Kirwan Dervla was better. I need to find out from the Brits what kind of accent the Yvonnes have, it is different from Gary's.

Private Practice Season 1.

F3 I don't remember the accents, I'll check it out and get back to you

ok the blonde yvonne accent here



is wandering working class as perceived by southern kids who go to stage school, based on a northern manchester and further type area thing (Dana), but I head a little scouse in there occasionally too.

'course I haven't been there for a while. Could be Aussie ;)

Saw "Robin Hood" w/Russell Crowe. It wasn't nearly as bad as I'd heard, it just wasn't what I expected Robin Hood to be (sorta prequel-ish).

7 out of 10.

Been on a bit of a netflix binge, watching stuff off my instant queue on the Roku.

Waiting for Armageddon
documentary on Fundamentalists doing just that.

Minnesota Cuke: Sampson's Hairbrush
Veggie Tales. Any curiosity I had is more than satisfied. Acutually, I think I may have burned out my curiosity completely.

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers
Crappy, crappy CGI cartoon based on the movie based on the novel. Managed one episode before I deleted all of them from the queue.

CyberWars
what we used to call a cable-ready movie, I think. Rip off of the matrix without the wire-harness fight scenes. Some interesting concepts, I guess, but it dragged. It did have David Warner in it, which helped me make it through to the less than dramatic conclusion.

Illuminating Angels and Demons
I love a good conspiracy documentary, even if the basis was a less than spectacular book.

We Are Wizards
Harry Potter fans are infinitely lamer than Star Trek fans.

Sin City....I'll have to watch it again coz Im undecided.

Heroes Season 3

what about this Yvonne? start 1:27

The Tudors, Season 2 (trying to finish it out)

North Manchester softened for the BBC. Better, less wandering than the other Yvonne, but still a little cringeworthy in places. A little like "university accent". At British unis, students' accents seem to cross-breed and settle on a generally southern accent with the flatter vowels of the North.

Here is what pretty blonde northerners sound like when not softened at all. I love this accent, and the different forms of speech... I pretty much spoke it when I was there.

"He [Fenton] were in Daddy's tummy."

She is adorable.

Mary and Max

I'm having a hilarious evening watching "Toxic Avenger" 1 and 2

The new "Karate Kid". It was fun watching Will Smith appear and disappear in his kid's face. One minute, it's the kid, then he pulls a face, and BAM!! there's Will. And then he's gone again.

The Lovely Bones was terrible.

Even being set and made locally didn't help at all.

Kick Ass Really Does Kick ass !!

Prince of Persia. Better than I thought, but I still think Jake Gyllenhall was horribly miscast.

I was totally unprepared for that movie...and that's surprising after seeing I-don't-how-many previews. I liked that.

"Miss March - Unrated" SUCKED!!!

"Harry Brown" was okay. 6.5 outta ten, but, then, I kinda like Michael Caine, and revenge/vigilante justice type stories.

I will often watch and enjoy a bad to mediocre movie just because of the actors. The big exception to that was Bad Lieutenant. That one was horrible because Cage was so horrible.

Just watched How to Train Your Dragon. Very cute movie, had me giggling all the way through it. Then we watched the A-Team. Hubby and oldest son (20) laughed all the way through it, while the younger son (15) and I chuckled a few times. A-Team had a lot of talking while not looking at the screen... that means this chicky can not hear it some of the time. My hearing sucks, and I need to lip read sometimes. Several times Hubby re-wound ( hey... its not VHS and its still called rewind!) so I could catch the funny.

Why don't you turn on the subtitles? Mrs. Z has a hearing defect and we turn them on all the time. 99% of dvds have them.

Sub-titles bug everyone else, and I find many times I am too busy reading, and still miss the funny... lol. We have tried them a few times.
Usually we are pretty good with getting movies that have the actors facing the screen.
Good suggestion though :)

Bones, Seasons 1 - 4.

The Girl who Played with Fire

Emergency Hospital (1950s hospital drama. Surprisingly similar to the current variety)

Rocky Horror Picture Show (gotta for Halloween)

Sherlock Holmes

Monsters vs Aliens

Special

Watched Shutter Island last night. It was good, but the "twist" was predictable. It was odd though--on the one hand, they had several scenes with some very nice special effects, obviously quality CG. On the other, there were just as many really painfully green-screened backgrounds, basically any time they drove in a car or rode on a boat. I don't know why they could afford one but not the other. Anyway, it was enjoyable, but I have no need to see it again, which is what you're supposed to feel with a good psychological thriller.

Shutter was blown way out of proportion. A waste of talent.

He has been miscast since always. I can't understand how he is still taken seriously as an actor.

Eyebrows & monotone! WOW

I watched Micheal Clayton late last night.

The ending was the best part.

Just watched Johnny Dangerously again last night. It wasn't as funny as I remembered. I think it's one of those movies that is quoted a lot because the quotes are funny.

I was surprised that the move was only 93 minutes, it seemed to go on for hours. Very slow pacing.

I know a guy who quoted that movie once. Once.

It shoots through schools.

Just saw "2010: Moby Dick". If you like hilariously bad flix, ya gotta see this moobie.

"Exam", now I really liked this flick.

I watched, Wall street:Money Never Sleeps.

It was original enough. There were a couple of parts where the acting was glaringly bad but I still liked it.

My favorite part was the soundtrack. Maybe that raised the whole film up a few notches.
What is annoying is the soundtrack being sold doesn't include all of the songs from the movie.

Johnny Dangerously is one of my favorite watch again movies.

I've seen The Polar Express and Despicable Me recently.

Love the minions.

We tried to watch The Big Chill. What a pile of pants! Sooooo Slow. Was it really the classic they reckon? Or is that just round here because it features U of M grads?

The recent outdoor hockey game in the Big house ws named after this movie. Why? we wonder....

Maybe it was the soundtrack that won people over...?

How to Kill Your Neighbors Dog- most excellent

The Big Chill was very much a product of the self-absorbed 80s, targeting people who had focused on themselves so much that life had passed them by. It always surprised me that they never bothered to reflect on the possibility that the dude killed himself because he realized he had such a lame-ass bunch of friends.

Baby boomers working hard at their baby boomer selves for their baby boomer audience with their baby boomer soundtrack.

I think you nailed that! :lol:

OMG, I just saw these posts on The Big Chill.

SRSLY! I remember my ex (10 years my senior) thought it was wonderful. I'm like "omg what a bunch of nimrods...and yeah RIGHT we're such good friends I'm going to let you fuck my husband." (cue to bemused loving soooo sacrificing face of Glenn Close.) UGH.

And typically, I like ensemble acting and movies like that. I suppose someone younger than me would probably laugh their ass off at St Elmo's Fire (of course, I rewatched that a few months ago and it was pretty silly in retrospect.)

I liked the SNL spoof where Glenn Close is downstairs and her husband and whoever he was trying to impregnate bounced the bedsprings for, like, HOURS. Wish I could find a clip.

beest thought it was a poor rip off of Peter's Friends.

I blame the snow.

The snow and that I was in a happy french toast afterglow. I bought bread, milk, and eggs, what else was I to do?

And it's a free Showtime weekend from Comcast.

I watched Eclipse.

I am now watching Inglorious Basterds in hopes of regaining my sense of self.

I watched the end of Inglourious Basterds. I do like Q.T. but didn't know if I would like this particular movie. I wish I had seen all of it now.

I thought Brad Pitt, by his very character was somewhat of a comic relief. I don't know if this was intentional or not. Probably was.