What DVD's are we Watching? - Page 18

Flint · 06-08-2006, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

it's far cheesier today than I thought it was when I was 12.

Recently watching a DVD of G-Force was downright traumatic - it was horrible!

06-28-2006, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Recently watching a DVD of G-Force was downright traumatic - it was horrible!

Greatest show of all time.

wolf · 06-21-2006, 12:49 AM

Oldboy - Korean film that serves as proof that the US and Europe have not cornered the market in surreal movies. This one is awesome. Early scenes of the movie in which our progtagonist, Oh Dae Su, is spending some time on the drunken asshole bench at the police station, do not in any way prepare you for the oddness to come.

Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (2003) - This is the most recent version of what apparently is a venerable character in Japanese Samurai Movies. I suspect the concept was "borrowed" for Rutger Hauer's Blind Fury. There are some amazingly well choreographed fight scenes (of the rewind and rewatch variety ... everything moves so fast you have to go back and see what actually happened). It has just the right blend of typical badguys in the village, humor, and intrigue. Oh, and watch out for the Geishas!

bluecuracao · 06-21-2006, 03:47 AM

Eight Below--I had fairly low expectations going in, just figured it would be a cute, cheezy dog movie, but it was pretty amazing! Not to mention a huge tear jerker. Supposed to take place in Antartica, but it was mostly filmed in Canada, with some filming in Greenland and a set. The dogs were beautiful, and great actors.

I had a Malamute as a child, so the movie brought back a lot of happy and sad memories for me.

lookout123 · 06-21-2006, 03:52 AM

recently purchased all ten seasons of FRIENDS on dvd. pretty fun really.

bluecuracao · 06-21-2006, 04:07 AM

OK, my dear fiance is in his office watching "Camp Cuddly Pines Power Tool Massacre." Yes, it's a real movie, and he even made up his own song about it. I haven't seen it, so I can't post a review, but it sounds hilarious and uh, breathy.

wolf · 07-09-2006, 12:54 PM

Shaun of the Dead (bloody funny. and touching.)

Spirited Away (liked better than the other two Miyuzaki Anime's I've seen, Princess Mononoke and Steamboy, but won't be on any of my top 10 lists. It's cute, but not spectacular, IMHO. I can understand why Studio Ghibli became associated with Disney, because they have a DisneyEast feel to them already.)

wolf · 06-21-2006, 10:05 AM

Is that a real movie, or is it kept in that little room in the back of the video store? The Power Tool thing tipped me off.

bluecuracao · 06-22-2006, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Is that a real movie, or is it kept in that little room in the back of the video store? The Power Tool thing tipped me off.

Real, as in mainstream, as in does Netflix carry it? No. You guessed right.

06-22-2006, 04:43 PM

Just watched Muppet Treasure Island.... having a two year old is so mentally stimulating.

KinkyVixen · 06-22-2006, 05:42 PM

I just watched The Boondock Saints...and have since watched it three more times. Great movie!!! The sad part is...it took me two viewings just to put it all together.

I guess that's what I get for taking too many hits from the

Black Adder · 07-09-2006, 04:47 PM

Steamboy isn't Miyazaki. It's Otomo.

wolf · 07-09-2006, 09:16 PM

Really? Oops. They were so stylistically similar. Thanks for the correction. See, I'm not really into this anime stuff, but I know what I like ...

Happy Monkey · 07-09-2006, 10:30 PM

MI-5 Season 3. Ack! I'd forgotten the biggest events of the season! Good show.

Blade 1 and 2. Eh. Pretty good, I guess, for what it is.

bluecuracao · 08-20-2006, 01:44 AM

Mrs. Harris. Ben Kingsley plays the perfect bastard as Hy Tarnower, the author of The Scarsdale Diet, and Annette Benning is great as the classy Philadelphia teacher turned suicidal/murderous lover. I was intrigued to see Cloris Leachman as Tarnower's beyond bitter sister--not one bit of the pleasant, funny lady we usually see!

Also, The Shaggy Dog. I haven't seen the original...probably doesn't matter. It was entertaining, if for the irony--Tim Allen and Robert Downey, Jr. in a Disney movie? Hee hee.

06-21-2006, 12:49 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Oldboy - Korean film that serves as proof that the US and Europe have not cornered the market in surreal movies. This one is awesome. Early scenes of the movie in which our progtagonist, Oh Dae Su, is spending some time on the drunken asshole bench at the police station, do not in any way prepare you for the oddness to come. Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (2003) - This is the most recent version of what apparently is a venerable character in Japanese Samurai Movies. I suspect the concept was "borrowed" for Rutger Hauer's Blind Fury. There are some amazingly well choreographed fight scenes (of the rewind and rewatch variety ... everything moves so fast you have to go back and see what actually happened). It has just the right blend of typical badguys in the village, humor, and intrigue. Oh, and watch out for the Geishas! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-21-2006, 03:52 AM	#5
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	recently purchased all ten seasons of FRIENDS on dvd. pretty fun really. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-09-2006, 12:54 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Shaun of the Dead (bloody funny. and touching.) Spirited Away (liked better than the other two Miyuzaki Anime's I've seen, Princess Mononoke and Steamboy, but won't be on any of my top 10 lists. It's cute, but not spectacular, IMHO. I can understand why Studio Ghibli became associated with Disney, because they have a DisneyEast feel to them already.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-21-2006, 10:05 AM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Is that a real movie, or is it kept in that little room in the back of the video store? The Power Tool thing tipped me off. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-22-2006, 05:42 PM	#11
KinkyVixen Marching In! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 580	I just watched The Boondock Saints...and have since watched it three more times. Great movie!!! The sad part is...it took me two viewings just to put it all together. I guess that's what I get for taking too many hits from the __________________ "Smile before bed.You'll sleep better."

06-21-2006, 03:47 AM	#4
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Eight Below--I had fairly low expectations going in, just figured it would be a cute, cheezy dog movie, but it was pretty amazing! Not to mention a huge tear jerker. Supposed to take place in Antartica, but it was mostly filmed in Canada, with some filming in Greenland and a set. The dogs were beautiful, and great actors. I had a Malamute as a child, so the movie brought back a lot of happy and sad memories for me.

06-21-2006, 04:07 AM	#6
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	OK, my dear fiance is in his office watching "Camp Cuddly Pines Power Tool Massacre." Yes, it's a real movie, and he even made up his own song about it. I haven't seen it, so I can't post a review, but it sounds hilarious and uh, breathy.

06-22-2006, 04:43 PM	#10
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Just watched Muppet Treasure Island.... having a two year old is so mentally stimulating.

07-09-2006, 04:47 PM	#12
Black Adder Recruit or Something Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4	Steamboy isn't Miyazaki. It's Otomo.

07-09-2006, 09:16 PM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Really? Oops. They were so stylistically similar. Thanks for the correction. See, I'm not really into this anime stuff, but I know what I like ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-09-2006, 10:30 PM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	MI-5 Season 3. Ack! I'd forgotten the biggest events of the season! Good show. Blade 1 and 2. Eh. Pretty good, I guess, for what it is. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-20-2006, 01:44 AM	#15
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Mrs. Harris. Ben Kingsley plays the perfect bastard as Hy Tarnower, the author of The Scarsdale Diet, and Annette Benning is great as the classy Philadelphia teacher turned suicidal/murderous lover. I was intrigued to see Cloris Leachman as Tarnower's beyond bitter sister--not one bit of the pleasant, funny lady we usually see! Also, The Shaggy Dog. I haven't seen the original...probably doesn't matter. It was entertaining, if for the irony--Tim Allen and Robert Downey, Jr. in a Disney movie? Hee hee.

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