What DVD's are we Watching?
 

I just bought "Man of the House", "Kung Fu Hustle", and "XXX-State of the Union" used at BlockBuster.

Trying to decide what to watch first.

who was man of the house with? Think I saw that one....

Just got Sahara in from blockbuster.com....Mathew is nice, very nice. :p

Me:
Lost Season 1
The Wire Season 1
Six Feet Under Season 1
MI-5 Season 2

You:
Should definitely watch Kung Fu Hustle first.

Saw an Episode of Band of Brothers on the History channel last night.. inspired me to rewatch the whole series again.. yes I did pay $70 for the whole set.. worth every penny

I bought the 10th anniversary edition of Mallrats last week...the most underrated and underappreciated Kevin Smith movie.

I have to get both MI-5 sets.

On the pile right now

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Trouble with Angels and Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Constantine
Sin City
The Wall (25th Anniversary Edition)
Koyannisqatsi and Powaqaatsi
Wiseguy: Between the Mob and a Hard Place
Rescue Me
Kung Fu: Second Season
Billy Jack

Every once in a while I force myself to watch Billy Jack on some late show, to "remember the times". I was living in New Mexico when this film was made, and even by the standards of the 1969-1971 timeframe this was one cheesy movie. I met the writer-director-producer-promoter-activist-ego of the film on several occasions at Diamond Jim's in Albuquerque while he was trying to get it finished. I can truly say that I never met anybody so full of himself in my life, he wore that self-righteous Native American/environmentalist/crusader theme out so completely that your eyes would glaze over while listening. He really wanted everybody to believe that the title character in the move WAS him. It never did fly far in Hollywood, Steven Segal did the act so much better and so did Chuck Norris. Don't know what ever happened to that guy, he never got any appreciation from Hollywood so he probably came back to New Mexico and made Billy Jack II through IV.

I'd agree with that. (Though I haven't seen the 10th, or Clerks X either.)

Currently from Netflix, I have Apollo 7: Shakedown Cruise, The Nightmare Before Christmas (which I never saw before, but we went to see Corpse Bride with some friends and I really liked it), and Three Smart Girls.

Speaking of DVDs, has anybody else checked out peerflix? In a nutshell, it's an organized DVD bartering system, so that you can send a movie to one person and get a credit which you can use to receive a movie from someone else. It sounded like a great idea, but I've got to say I'm not impressed so far. Maybe they just need more time to get organized? But I sent out my first two movies on Saturday. First, they have not sent me any more mailing envelopes, even though they should. Second, nobody has mailed me anything yet. Some stuff is harder to get, of course, but with 4 items on my list that I have enough credit for, all listed as "available" I'd expect some bites in 5 days.

I'm on Peerflix. They're prety good about sending new envelopes, but actually getting films can be slow. Plus, when I got the Wire, I'm pretty sure it's a Chinese bootleg.

But it's a lot cheaper than buying new ones, a monthly Netflix fee, or even renting - assuming you've already got some DVDs you're not planning to watch again.

Currently:
Star Trek TNG Season 1
Simpsons Season 6
Dr. Strangelove
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

On the Netflix list:
Taxi Driver
Donnie Darko
The Wicker Man

I am currently discovering the joys of Stargate SG-1, Season 1.

Curb Your Enthusiasm- hard to find on the shelf, but when we do.!....looking for end of season 3 and the recently released season 4

Tommy Lee Jones playing a Fed protecting a group of cheerleaders. Probably not as good as "The Pacifier".

Kung Fu Hustle was good.

the long kiss goodnight

Conan O'Brien's Ten Anny Special
All You Need is Cash--the Rutles

wolf--where'd you find the Trouble with Angels? I'd kill to see that again!

Sopranos season 5
Little House on the Prairie season 2

I just put Baa Baa Black Sheep on my cue.

Watched that eternal clear mind thinga ma jig flick with Carrey last night. very good stuff but the camera work made Pete want to hurl.

cast away & I robot

"Riding in Cars with Boys" - Drew Barrimore

It was a lot better than I thought it was going to be; about a girl/woman 's relationships with her father, her husband, and her son. I liked "Thema & Louise" and "A League of Their Own", so your mileage may vary. :ivy:

Either amazon.com or Columbia House DVD Club. Both are major suppliers of my addiction.

In addition to being a very cute movie, I live very close to where the "Angels" films were made and have been to a lot of the locations.

The Incredibles - tons of interesting special features

Two John Cleese short films:
Romance with a Double Bass - OK
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It - Pretty awful.

End of Civilization was quite hilarious when originally broadcast. Perhaps it just hasn't stood the test of time well.

Or I was high.

One of those two, anyway.

Totally what happened with the Rutles--a movie I recall pee'ing my pants in laughter at but now, Meh. Whatever. Though Eric Idle "standing by the banks of the Mississippi.." is still kinda funny.

As is Blind Lemon Pie.

The Lower Depths, double dvd, one by Jean Renior and one by Kurosawa. Heavy. It took me a couple of tries to get through them.

Also Diabolique Whoa. Very cool. Recommended.

I get in 4-5 movies a week, rentals, library, home collection, borrow from friends, etc. I'll have to make a greater effort to post here.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

I guess I'll give them some more time, but I still haven't gotten a DVD yet. I've had enough Peerbux since Oct. 2 (I currently have 14) and there are 11 DVDs in my queue that are allegedly available but none has been sent. It also bothers me that three emails I've sent to their customer support have vanished into the ether.

AC/DC - Live at Donington

I expected better really. It's AC/DC so it isn't bad, but the film has a lot of artifacts in it, all the camera locations didn't impress me much and the songs are ok. Standout is Money Talks. The extras are decent but only for die-hard fans really.

Love that movie! When I first rented it, it was one of those random rents - I like John Cusack and thought what the hell - it was great!

I bought Cinderella last week.

The Disney, the Rock Band, or the Porn?

Disney version - first time release on DVD. Lady and the Tramp comes out in February and I am excited about that. It's so sad that I know most of these disney movies word for word.

I have small number of disney movies that mean a lot to me. Jungle Book heads the list, with Robin Hood also in the top 5. I kind of enjoyed 101 Dalmations, but am not as dedicated to it as I am to the others. Of the modern batch, the only ones that I had any desire to see more than once were Beauty and the Beast and Mulan.

Ooh. Not Lion King?

It's Mrs. Dar's favorite. I won't go that far, but there is a scene that cracks me up every time. There's a spot where Zazu is giving the morning report while Mufasa is teaching Simba how to pounce. You have to pay attention because the voices of Mufasa and Simba are in the foreground.

I think Lion King is about the creepiest movie ever. I bought the DVD, but I refused to watch it alone. I don't think I've even made it all the way through. Some of my favorite Disney DVDs are - in no particular order -

1. Pollyanna
2. The parent trap - original hailey mills version
3. Sleeping Beauty
4. Cinderella
5. Dumbo
6. Beauty and the Beast
7. Mary Poppins
8. MoonSpinners - another Hailey Mills flick
9. Summer Magic - again, Hailey Mills
10. Bambi
11. Lady and the Tramp
12. Bedknobs and Broomsticks


I'm sure there are more I like, I just can't remember them right now - I'm at work.

Nope, didn't like the Lion King and just tolerated Aladdin (which owed much of it's plot and cartoon characterizations to the classic film, The Thief of Baghdad (1940).

Sunday night I watched "The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood" on ReplayTV. What a disappointment. I thought there would be some great insights into the female mind, but it was more about a drunk and her daughter.

I recorded "Steel Magnolias" which I heard was good.

What other chick flicks can you gals recommend?

Guarding Tess

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
A Martin Scorsese picture

That's the one they recently showed on PBS, right? That was great. Joan Baez was awesome in that.

We have a pile of Disney stuff. Can't rank faves without splitting them into animation and live action categories, and even then I'd have to review some of the great new stuff to be sure it *is* Disney. Pixar is Disney, idnit?

Yeah. Her Dylan impersonation is priceless :lol:

Used to be. After Toy Story, Disney picked them up, but their contract just ended a year or two ago and I think the guy at Disney who let that happen was fired over it.

Mary Poppins is our all time Disney fave. The animated stuff has never lived up to its billing for me.

Feature Cartoonies
1) Jungle Book -hands down best soundtrack ever
2) Shrek :lol:
3) Dumbo "I've seen a house fly."
4) Toy Story

K. Just finished watching La Taylor in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF and Tippi Hedron freak out in MARNIE (love me some Sean Connery-whoooo!) Now--trying to find Bette Davis flick BEYOND THE FOREST and Gary Oldham/Tim Roth in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD. Also wish to watch all movies Crimson Ghost mentioned in the Guilty Pleasure thread. So many movies to rent...

If I might suggest ... one of my shrinks gave me a movie that he loved, and now I love ...

Witness for the Prosecution

Major, major coolness.

Will do! It's one of those lazy all-movies, all-day kind of days. Yipee!

This week I watched "As Good as it Gets" again on cable. It was a great comedy/drama/relationship movie. Watching Greg Kinnear do a flawless Jack Nicholson impression was part of the fun.

counting the seconds until November 1st. at which time i will be watching Revenge of the Sith.

As i type, my son is watching the end of Return of the Jedi.

Sopranos Season 4
Unleashed
Mind Hunters
Against the Ropes
Lords of Dogtown
Donnie Darko
The Virgin Suicides

Fail Safe, with Henry Fonda and Larry Hagman and Walter Matthau (who reminded me in a very creepy way of Urbane Guerrilla). This is one of the tensest movies I've ever seen. I give it my highest recommendation. See this movie.

I bought "Half-Baked" last week on an impulse...April and I might watch it tonight.

Just got Arrested Development Season 2.

Are you all watching those dvds one physical disc at a time? Why?

We just watched "Beauty Shop" with Queen Latifah. It was great.

I just watched that on OnDemand through Comcast Digital Cable. I love that movie.

Constantine, with Keanu Reeves. Never read the (comic?) book, the story raised some interesting points, the gadgets were cool and underrepresented. It was worth the rental.

John Denver with the Muppets, Rocky Mountain Holiday -- Nice. I like JD and his music. The Muppets, of course, are HoF material in practically any format. One of the nice surprises is that the musical direction was by Ray Charles. Whoa, cool. (I saw him perform "It isn't easy being green" once, which was a little ironic, but an excellent perfomance.)

Charlie, an historical gangland thriller about the British Mob.

I am working an odd shift tonight (8pm to 4am) and hopefully will get to watch a movie ... I am experienced enough not to count on it, though. I may take Airplane, because the doc hasn't seen it.

My current netflix queue:
1. Schizopolis
2. Da Ali G Show: Season 2: Disc 1
3. Da Ali G Show: Season 2: Disc 2
4. River's Edge
5. Bartleby
6. High Tension
7. Dirty Pretty Things

I have only heard of #2/3 and #4 on that list.

The Muppet Show, disc three with Liza Minelli, Madeline Kahn and Mummenshanz. Awesome.