Jonah Hex: Awesome
Tracker: Great move with lots of twists and a very surprising ending

I got 5 movies for 18 bucks at Odd Lots, plus some at other various places.

Rewatched:
The Outsiders (what a cast!)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (stellar, breathtaking, consummate acting!)

Watched for first time:

Friday the 13th (the original...so cheesy...but it came with an 80s CD! And tell me the chick who survived wasn't, like, Justin Bieber's mom. She looked just like him.)

Watching The League of Gentlemen are Behind You for the millionth time.
Today has been good, but full of devastating little disappointments, where things I've tried to do right have been nulled.

So I need some comfort.

Sherlock is coming back early next year of course; I'm sure you all know that by now.
And this Saturday (3rd September) is Mark Gatiss's Doctor Who episode. Which features Daniel Mays, as well as creepy dolls and scary things living in cupboards.

So I can wait for a while until I see the man himself back on screen as Mycroft.

Ohhh. I am so excited. Love Daniel Mays. I actually sat through every terrible episode of Outcasts just to see him :p

I still haven't watched the LoG dvds. I've started the concert like 4 times now. It's like there's a secret switch in my DvD player that detects the LoG disc and automatically notifies the rest of the world that this would be a good time to phone or turn up at my house.

For a second I confused Outcasts with Misfits and thought, "Oh Noes, why did she think it was terrible?" Then my brain caught up with my eyes.

I still haven't sent you Blood On Satan's Claw!
Have to get onto that.
It might not have the same secret switch.

Oh I hope it doesn't.

My TV used to put out a signal every time Being Human started ;p



Yeah, no, Misfits was fucking awesome.

Outcasts was such a disaster. Fucking ridiculous. The BBC wanted a 'crossover' serious sci-fi drama that could bring in a mainstream audience. So, they chose writers who'd never written fucking sci-fi.

Wrecked with Adrian Brody

He makes this movie happen. Ive become quite a fan of his.

Searching for Bobby Fischer
rewatch for me, first time for my friend.

Tales that Witness Madness
I love those old anthology movies that have four vaguely tied together stories.

The Last Airbender
Why did no one warn me that it was so awful ... I really like M. Night Shamaylan when he's doing his own stuff.

Archangel
British miniseries starring Daniel Craig set in Russia. Communist intrigue.

A Film Unfinished
Documentary about some propaganda footage of the Warsaw Ghetto, found in archives, was a rough cut, no narration, but the shooting was mentioned in a number of documents and diaries, which are read over the footage.

Countdown to Zero
Documentary about the nuclear arms race, especially other countries joining the nuclear club and potential for terrorism.

Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade
The original short

Alice in Wonderland
the new one, with Johnny Depp. Cool, but not that cool.

And I actually got out to a theater ... saw The Debt. Very good.

"Wrecked". I really liked this movie.

***Possible Spoiler Alert***
If you watch this flick, please tell me if the dog was real.

Hard to say, Grav. I went away thinking it was the dog from his childhood.

Frost/Nixon--wonderful!

Winter's Bone--not the riveting thriller it promised to be.

Winter's Bone is not a classic Hollywood thriller- its an indi-film's telling of a tense, naturalistic thriller-type story.

I really like it, I was totally immersed in its story - a realistic slice of life in the Ozarks. A bleak look at hillbilly/redneck/gangster/family philosophy. Not only are outsiders considered suspicious, but so are the people inside their own clan - and they are treated just as harshly when they step out of line.

Also, it helped to see two of Deadwood's actors in the movie. I really like Deadwood. I also really like Justified, as well, which uses deadwood actors too, and is a bit like this movie - just more thriller-like. :D

I'm all about Indie films, and am pretty verbal in my distaste for mainstream.

I just didn't find it riveting.

Last night I watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Then I watched The Darjeeling Limited.

I was so happy to see Patricia Clarkson in VCB. She is another of our underrated actors. I've loved her in every single thing she's been in. (Pieces of April comes to mind...but she's been in numerous independent film, and played Ruth's sister in Six Feet Under.) And how fucking beautiful are Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johannsen? I hate them. ;)

I got 3 movies at Odd Lots today, 3 bucks apiece. I'm going to watch Lars and the Real Girl, Saw II, and Fast Food Nation.

Odd Lots rulez.

Oh, and my dad is the coolest. I asked if he could make me a DVD shelf thingy. I gave him no dimensions or even ideas and mom said he fretted about it. I didn't want to make him fret, I just know he loves to make things for us and I love having stuff he's made...and I've long wanted a nice DVD shelf.

I saw it today. It's beautiful. He still wants to stain it and asked me if I liked the shiny gloss and I do.

It made me so happy. :)

I still have my bookshelves he made me when I was a little girl. This was back before he had his really nice shop, so I think about him working all the time but still finding time to make something for his book-loving daughter. :)

This is awesome.

Monkey, you have to post pics before and after you load it.

I just finished Death Note (the live action movie, watched the Anime series earlier this year. Should get Death Note 2 next from netflix)

Also watching Dracula AD 1972. Love Hammer Horror.

Trollhunter streaming on Netflix.

Norwegian, with subtitles, student film crew make a documentray about Norways secret government troll hunter.

So it's a lot of shaky handheld camera work, and running around in the woods being scared. Well done though good fun.

Never explained why the Trolls were secret, if they've been around for thousands of years?

So it's like a Norwegian Blair Witch Project?

I saw a trailer for that somewhere recently, looked interesting.

Never seen BWP, but probably.

It's not all paranoid teens running around in the woods (there is a fair bit of this near the beginning) and never clearly seeing the thing. You do get to see stuff and it's well done.

I caught a first season episode of Law and Order on one of my local UHF channels (or what used to be UHF, B.C. (before cable)).

Netflix has the early seasons on Watch Instantly.

Chris Noth was SO YOUNG.

Baby's Day Out was on one of the free cable movie channels today.

It's so cute that I watched it one and a half times today.

Well, that and it was a movie that made momwolf laugh. Today was the anniversary of her passing.

I did not put the box of her on the couch to watch it with me. I'm not that far gone, yet.

:comfort:

hang in there wolf.

Thank you.

Hey wolf... (gosh.. tongue tied here)..

I support you too. Please accept my empathy in place of any accidental eloquence I might have typed into this box. And it was gonna be a beauty, too.

I'm sure there's a Netflix thread somewhere... who cares. My streaming viewing and my local dvd or vhs viewing blur together. We watch what we want to watch. And we watch stuff every day. Anyhow, I recently saw a film that started out (eyeroll) kinda dumb, and then picked up dramatically (not that it was a drama, just the quality of the movie improved). I'm reminded of it because of a couple recent posts in the Cool Weapons thread.

I would recommend "Final Countdown". It stars Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen. The premise is this: What would happen if a US Navy aircraft carrier (USS Nimitz, played by herself) was off the coast of Hawaii on December 6th, 1941?

There's LOTS of on board and in air footage of some real warfare hardware. If you like that kind of stuff, you should watch this film.

Michelle and I watched Hobo with a Shotgun the other night...it was fantastic, but Michelle told me I was not allowed to pick movies anymore.

Then we watched this indie film called Zenith, which was interesting, but a total mindfuck...and Michelle banned herself from picking movies.

So I guess I'll be picking your films from here on out... anything by Ewe Boll should do.

We've been DVR-ing the US version of Prime Suspect with Maria Bello. I've seen about half of the episodes, and have decided it's good. A typical cop show that's well done. On par with NYPD Blue, but not as good as The Wire. Better than Law and Order and all its spin offs.

Bronson

It's a British flick about the most violent inmate in the British Prison system. Inventively filmed. It is extremely violent and there is nekkedness. I do appreciate the netflix recommender ... I never would have known about this film otherwise.

I also watched Guns, Germs, and Steel which was pretty neat.

Ever see the original? I was curious how they'd translate it to the US, and I've been pleased so far.

I watched the second half of one episode of the original, and was lost. But I like Helen Mirren. I'm sure it was a good series.

I have been happily recording Prime Suspect too. I decided to do it because of Maria Bello. I've always liked her - and she doesn't disappoint here either.

She's a really good actress!

My latest dive into the 3-5 dollar movies at Odd Lots produced Clerks. I'd never seen it. Damn it's funny!

And Gran Torino. Good flick.

And The Hangover. Funny, too, mostly due to Zach Galifianakis.

I was pleasantly surprised by The Hangover - I took forever to rent it. And you are right, it was because Zach was so charming in it. I haven't seen Clerks yet, but keep meaning to.

This amused me--the idea that the British Prison System would be so small and well-organized, that even their prisoners would have stiff upper lips and be well-dressed for the tea queue, and thus they could actually rank and recognize which single one of them is clearly the most violent.

fixen to be a Lot of vids in my future

The Big Bird Cage and the Big Doll House. Classics.

Did you guys see this week's episode? I just got around to watching it last night. It was so good! I was on the edge of my seat. This show is going to win some awards.

Oh good! I'm a little backlogged right now, I have 2 to watch, but I like that.

I'm a big fan, so it's probably doomed.

More of the 3 dollar movies:

Friday. I'm sorry, but parts of that really made me laugh!

Scoop. Woody Allen and Scarlett Johanssen and some other dudes..oh, Hugh Jackman and Ian McShane.

It was kind of cute. Definitely a Woody Allen so I don't recommend to Allen-haters.

I had hoped for an entry into quirky and underappreciated, but it wasn't that good.

But, typical Allen line:

Sid Waterman: I was born into the Hebrew persuasion, but when I got older I converted to narcissism

I also have a movie called Towelhead which is about an Arab-American girl's coming of age. I got it because check out the cast: Maria Bello, Aaron Eckhart, and Toni Collette. (Oh, and Chris Messina, who I noticed in Devil...a movie by M Night Shama lama ding dong...)

I'll let you know how it is when I watch it.

Dances with Wolves
Spaceballs

More 3 dollar movie finds:

Rachel Getting Married--not at all what I was afraid it might be. The cover blurb made me want to try it, and it was pretty good. Kind of intense in spots. I didn't know Anne Hathaway could do anything other than 'doe-eyed innocent' and she was pretty good.

The Queen--haven't watched this one yet.

Without sounding like I'm whining, I just found out what DVD's Selene's departure has left me with. Let me preface this by saying that we had over 2,000 movies on DVD, and I think I ended up with about 200, maybe 250. She kept all of the BluRays except for the most recent Star Trek. She did leave me the entire Star Trek canon, and all of the classic SciFi, as well as a great deal of the classic drama. However, I am now without any superhero films, including the entire recent Marvel canon, as well as a couple of heartbreaking losses..."Inherit the Wind", my single favorite film ever, "Lilies of the Field" starring Sidney Poitier, and several other movies that are integral to my film education. And all of the fucking musicals. Fuck.

Well that's shit.

Can't get my head around that mentality. Separation is bad enough for all concerned without adding selfishness and grabbiness to the mix.

Clouds and silver linings Els, this is a chance to restock and re-experience a movie collection. Maybe in digital formats? Maybe on blu-ray but the most up to date super duper remastered versions?

I would fight this. That's just not right.

The latest from the Odd Lots Archives: Slumdog Millionaire.

I loved it. It's a great story.

In queue from the archives: Atonement (not a fan of Keira Knightly, we'll see) and A Mighty Heart (based on Mariane Pearl's memoirs and starring Angelina Jolie, who I do like) and The Good Night (Penelope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Simon Pegg, Danny DeVito...an Indie I hadn't heard of before.)

I really liked Atonement. But, I like Keira.

I LOOOOOVE that Art Deco period.

And I loved that the little girl was named Bryony.

I found I was wrong about Anne Hathaway when I watched Rachel's Wedding, so it's possible I'll see a different side of Keira too. I only have the first Pirate movie to rely on, and I didn't really like that movie.

Good actors can get lost for me, in blockbustery movies. Atonement was up for 7 Oscars, so I have high hopes, on the basis that sometimes the Oscars get it right, at least in nominations.

I like the movie (Atonement) BETTER than the book!

LOL!

That's saying something!

(btw I just finished another Jackson Brodie Book...will post in books thread.)

oh, I hope you liked!!

I know Sundae hopes so, too!!!!!

Correction:
I was merging two different movies. :p:

I didn't read the book, but I just watched this movie and it was wonderful! Romantic, but in a way that even this old sack of flesh thought "oh...sigh."

I liked the details, when you watch Briney's version of the situation as a young girl, then the flashback to what actually happened. At one point, I said...Ohhhhh, that's what she saw...I wondered.

You were right, Keira is a good actress. She's so interestingly beautiful, too.

Yay for the Odd Lots Archives.

edit: oops, Briony.

I didn't really like Atonement all that much, but I did enjoy the same story being told from different perspectives.

Death Note II
Final Destination 5
Saw II
(yes, the skip of III is intentional ... fearnet only has the ones I'm listing OnDemand, I saw Saw years ago)
Saw IV
Saw V
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Overboard (stupid, but I really like it)
Role Models (dumb, but fun)
about half of Tropic Thunder, have to decide if I want to finish it.

Saw VI
Saw: The Final Chapter (VII)

Both were available on netflix instant, and since my living room was spattered in blood already, I decided to keep going.

So far my favorites are I and VII, but gamingboy indicates that III is the finest of the series. If I can squeeze past my laziness, I may go over there today to watch it with him and thelittlemonster.

Yeah. They are showing the final two episodes opposite some playoff game.

All the good shows get cancelled, and crap stays on the air. :(

Don McKay (starring Thomas Haden Church and Elisabeth Shue)--ok for a diversion. It fell a little short of being the film noir it attempted to be. It did give me a moment of "WTF just happened" which makes me happy.

Paper Heart (starring Charlyne Yi and Michael Cena as themselves)--I was watching it and thinking "this movie is adorable, charming even." I looked at the package and it was described as 'charming.' So I guess it's charming. Really, it is good, documentary but not documentary...it's hard to describe.