I don't remember the bad language, but I liked that movie.

You presumable had no problem with the multiple murders, the lying, deceit, and theft in that film, but the bad language bothered you. Must be because you felt the impact of the bad language yourself, but the murders, etc. were happening to other (fictional) people. Still, it's interesting what different people find offensive.

*cough* Akeelah and the Bee.

You must be deaf. :D

The murders did not bother me because it is a black comedy. I guess that watching years of CSI and Law & Order have anaesthetised my senses somewhat.

Just finished John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus.

Fucking amazing. No, really.

Equal parts porn, intertwining-stories, drama, spirituality, and reflection. Completely perfect, everything I would expect from John Cameron Mitchell.

Eraserhead.

Not sure why I didn't see it before now. Won't ever be my favorite Lynch film, but it was fascinatingly creepy. The stark, claustrophobic black & white cinematography and the minimalist storyline seemed to exist solely to carry the multilayered soundscape.

Wicker Man (remake)

(thought the original was better, society of the island made more sense, was more balanced, and hey, Christopher Lee was in the Original. I also liked Edward Woodward's Officer Howie better than Nicholas Cage's attempt to be intense, especially when it came to the religious aspects of the story.)

The Covenant -- predictable, thought it was going to be worse than it was; serious eye candy

The Guardian -- lovely men, decent story, sad ending

Hell Boy: Sword of Storms -- excellent animated version of Hellboy with Japanese theme

Narnia -- I'm sure you've all seen this one, but that battle scene at the end is just awesome!

Step Up --waste o'time. Dance movies can be fun, but this was was a much lamer remake of Save the Last Dance, which had more interest, and more engaging, more attractive stars

Poseidon

Another in a long line of unnecessary remakes. The nicest thing I can say about it is that it was at least better than the Made-for-TV remake. Or maybe not. At least the Made-for-TV remake kept skylight guy.

Bottle Rocket

meh..

Borat, Babel, the Departed.

I was disappointed in Borat--the social commentary/potty humor ratio was not what I expected.

Casino Royale was fantastic. I just about keeled over when Daniel Craig appeared in his perfectly-tailored tux.

Borat- I liked it. Definitely could've done without the naked wrestling scene though.

I have finally made it through disc 4 of The Rat Patrol, Season One, so I'll be able to watch something else soon.

Borat! High-five!

Those who have it should look in the deleted scenes for the one in the supermarket. My dad nearly died laughing at that earlier.

I just finished Kung Fu Hustle.

Incredible.

Cannibal the Musical. Wonderfully funny, especially if you were an RTF major in college. It's like Salieri and Mozart--only once you've experienced enough mediocre junior-year college films can you appreciate the genuine talent and potential hiding behind this one.

Read or Die (an anime series)

Sympathy for Lady Vengence - Third film in the revenge trilogy. Not my favorite of the three. Oldboy is the best of them.

(I also enjoyed Cannibal. You could see the signs of later greatness in those boys ...)

I saw Ridley Scott's new film (new here anyway) "A Good Year" - featuring Russell Crowe.

Do your self a favour and sont see this movie. Time could better be spent eating or sleeping.

Ridley scott is a great action director (black hawk down/ gladiator etc) but this movie doesnt know weather its a comedy (no laugs though), a drama, a romace or a mystery. It the end, it ends up being none of the above.

Looking forward to Bra Boys though..

The Departed

Wow. Just wow. There are so many intriciate twists that it's not possible (or allowable, because of spoilers) to describe.

Wow.

Please do not think any less of me because I watched The Ringer and actually enjoyed it.

Tutankhamun Official exhibition dvd.
I wish I had watched this before going to the exhibition... LJ didn't go with us though, so maybe we'll go again, now that we know what all the stuff is.

Spider is one of those strange sorts of movies that you don't know immediately if you like it. It both compels and repels, and gives you a lot to think about. The story unfolds like a spring flower opening it's petals, or it unpeels itself like an onion, I'm not sure which. Ralph Fiennes can sit on a bare stage and fidget for two hours and I'd find it fascinating. He does more than fidget in this movie, but has very little actual dialog, but still manages to give full expression to the character he plays.

Spider is a David Cronenberg film. So you're ready to be interested and grossed out at the same time. There's very little actual gore, no monkeys turned inside out or televisions spewing animal intestines at inopportune moments. The horror is all inside Spider's head, and ultimately, in yours as well.

Yeppers. Good 'un.

Just saw Saints and Soldiers. Very good stuff. I was afraid we were gonna drft into one of those WWII platoon across America fliks but no this was solid. All thumbs up.

Today, I saw bits and pieces of Empire Records. Seemed more of an '80s style flick than 1995, with a fun soundtrack--I'll have to watch the whole thing one of these days.

Oh oh....a cronenburg I haven't seen! That's a must.

Has anybody seen 'Stranger than Fiction' yet? I am thinking i might give that a go.

I've been wanting to, but it's too popular at the store, so I can't take it home yet. I hear it's really funny.

Over the past year, Depeche Mode has remastered their catalog. The remasters come with DVDs that include mini-movies in which the band and their peeps (producers, record company folks, etc.) reflect on the album. The latest ones (Black Celebration and Construction Time Again) came out 2 weeks ago. I think these two particular mini-movies are the best ones yet, though there are still 2 more releases to come out (Ultra and Exciter).

Saw Lawrence of Arabia over the weekend. Took two nights to watch. Decent movie. Really gives you a sense of the place. I wish I had a larger TV screen though. Lots of sweeping desert scenes. It starts off with a lot of promise and is really good, but then kind of dies off in a whimper. We got a Netflicks membership for Christmas, and I'm trying to catch up on the classics I've never seen.

I got my lad Borat for easter so just watched that with him, not as funny as I was hoping

These things are so personal.
 

Watching an old TV series [u]The Prisoner[u]

Movies I can watch over and over: One Flew Over the CucKoo's Nest Much Ado About Nothing Ethan Frome and if you can stand the music (Oscar notwithstanding) The Third Man

I watched Ray last weekend. I love biographical movies and in this one I think I found a new music I like. :)

I liked Borat....some very very funny moments. But overall I preferred his tv stuff.

The Prisoner ! What a series!. The opening sequence with that wonderful music still gives me goosepimples.

Yeah it totally didnt live up to the hype for me either.

I prefered Borat to his tv stuff, that just doesn't do it for me. I've not watched The Prisoner for such a long time. I must dig it out.
Watched The Crow last night. One of my faves

The Blind Swordsman: ZaToichi.

Which of the multiple versions? If it's the 2003 (directed by Takeshi Kitano) I thought that one was fantastic.

I've been sick this weekend. I decided the best way to deal with not feeling well involved plenty of fluids (including some port) and bed rest. In addition to the cold, though, I may come down with a bad case of "remote thumb!"

The Believer - Really intense independent film. Depending on who you talk to, this is either a horrible (Simon Wiesenthal Center) or great (Anti-Defamation League) film. The story is about self, identity, our relationship to God and each other ... viewed through the experience of a Skinhead whose past is about to be revealed.

Casino Royale - After much trepidation, I decided to watch this. I am happy to report that the script stays far more in line with the book than many of the 1970s (Moore) Bond films that lifted the titles and little else. Daniel Craig is more than merely acceptable as Bond. Okay, he's great. He's hot, he's Bond as Ian Fleming described him.

The United States of Leland - Slowly paced psychological study of a young man in Juvenile Detention. They hint at what happened, never fully reveal anything.

16 Blocks - Bruce Willis can't make a bad action-adventure movie.

Two Re-Watched:
Borat - So funny you have to watch it over and over, because so much of it is completely unbelievable and you have to be sure you really saw what you just saw.

Kung Fu Hustle - I hear laughter is the best medicine. If so, I should be better in time for work tomorrow.

Just finished the two Riddick movies.

Fairly good action-scifi, little enough NEED for acting - so Vin Diesel isn't given a chance to ruin it. I'd watch them again. Not the best scifi ever, but good enough.

I loved both of those, and thought that the "bridge" cartoon, Dark Fury, was also okay.

Thing is, though, Vin Diesel can actually ACT. You don't notice it in the Riddick movies, though, because he does it so very well.

The Great Raid

I thought the first one was the better one. I generally like Vin Diesel's movies and I particularly liked Find Me Guilty.

Just spend most of my free cash on Twin Peaks second season.

You must watch Night Of The Hunter!:eek:

I have both seasons one and two. I have to get the requisite number of contiguous hours available.

Right now I am working my way through The Lone Gunmen. It didn't really work very well as a series, despite how entertaining Byers, Frohicke, and Langly were on The X-Files. Bad Spin-Off Disease abounds. But in an interesting twist, the Pilot Episode, which aired in early 2001 (March, according to IMDB) features a plot to put a jet into the WTC. They got it half-right.

Firefly series.

I got the dvds for my birthday and am working my way through them. I'd seen a couple when it aired, but not all. I suppose you can blame me for it being canceled, but in my defense, I never knew when it was on. I only watched it when I stumbled across it.

Great show! After you watch the series be sure to watch the movie called Serenity. :)

Excellent movie, even better series. The only Whedon show I like.

I watched Larry the Cable Guy Health Inspector. He somewhat reminds me of my neighbor. haha

...on a double bill with the original Cape Fear. Robert Mitchum will inhabit your nightmares for some time to follow.

The Prestige - awesome movie ... I highly recommend watching it. The movie is a magic trick.

Infamous - Capote covers the same events, and was a much better movie. You don't have to bother with this one.

Donnie Darko, last night.

Oh, maaaan. Triiiii-ppy!

Sin City, the super-dooper deluxe-o-rama edition...whatever it's called. I watched the original version last night. Tonight, I'll watch the recut extended version.

I've been watching episodes 1-16 of Samurai Champloo!:)

Alpha Dog--was a lot better than I expected. I didn't realize it was based on a true story.

The Time Tunnel Vol 1

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes

Rebus

The recut extended version of Sin City, broken down by chapter. Watching it in this manner made the original movie much more understandable.

Spiderman 2 was the last DVD I watched. :)

I thought i'd see what all the fuss is about and finally watched Scarface last night.

My coworker lent me her copy of Run, Lola, Run (Lola Rennt).

This is a majorly bizarre movie, but well constructed. From the back of the box description I thought it was going to be a Euro-trash version of For Pete's Sake. It wasn't.

Lola is a good movie. I recommend it. It's so short, you can even watch it in the same evening with the commentary on.