Yay for Netflix

[dazie]

Just finished watching "Chariots of Fire" for the first time.  Pretty good stuff, but since I've seen "Four Weddings and a Funeral" so many times, I kept leaning over to Ursus and saying "I thought poncey, what did you think?" and then singing off key with the England song in the church.  (I can't remember what it's called)

[dazie]

This weekend it was "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"

Dayum.  Angelina Jolie is all kinds of hot.  Hell- I'd leave Jennifer Aniston for her!

The movie was pretty good too.

[Jessie]

Oh, I watched Mr. and Mrs. Smith Thursday night with Anthony!  It was pure entertainment and nothing more, and I liked it for that.  Plus, yeah, she's freakin' hot.  She does way more for me than Brad Pitt does and I'm straight.  How is that possible?

[dazie]

Oh, I watched Mr. and Mrs. Smith Thursday night with Anthony!  It was pure entertainment and nothing more, and I liked it for that.  Plus, yeah, she's freakin' hot.  She does way more for me than Brad Pitt does and I'm straight.  How is that possible?

Because not only is she gorgeous and curvy and feminine, but she can kick ass.  I have no problems imagining her doing that sort of stuff in real life.  As opposed to say, Elisabeth Shue being a cold fusion specialist or a hooker.

[Beefy]

WE WANT YOUR WOMEN

[ReBurn]

Angelina Jolie is weird.  But that doesn't really bother me, since she's hot and all.

[swolt]

am I the only person who doesn't want to jump Angelina Jolie's bones? I mean I would, but I would take Jennifer over her any day.

[Beefy]

am I the only person who doesn't want to jump Angelina Jolie's bones? I mean I would, but I would take Jennifer over her any day.

Ditto.

[dazie]

am I the only person who doesn't want to jump Angelina Jolie's bones? I mean I would, but I would take Jennifer over her any day.

You're both crackheads. 

[Alice]

JENNIFER ANISTON LOOKS LIKE A GNU!

[dazie]

JENNIFER ANISTON LOOKS LIKE A GNU!

A scrawny one at that.

[Beefy]

JENNIFER ANISTON LOOKS LIKE A GNU!

A sexy, plowable gnu...

[BigDun]

[Bishamonten]

I don't care which one is hotter.  I care which one would be better in the sack.  As far as I've seen, Jolie doesn't just play crazy, she is fucking crazy and that always translates in the sack.  You'd get bored putting to aniston after, say, a week.

[Jessie]

JENNIFER ANISTON LOOKS LIKE A GNU!

A sexy, plowable gnu...

[Listener]

Oh, I watched Mr. and Mrs. Smith Thursday night with Anthony!  It was pure entertainment and nothing more, and I liked it for that.  Plus, yeah, she's freakin' hot.  She does way more for me than Brad Pitt does and I'm straight.  How is that possible?

Because Brad Pitt is grody.

[dazie]

Last night was "Walk the Line" which I've had since like March.  It got misplaced.

Not a bad flick.  I was pleasantly surprised at the sound of it.  Nobody can sound exactly like Johnny Cash, but JPhoenix came pretty close.  He's quite a talented actor- I think he'll be remembered as being the better of the two Phoenix brother actors.

I noticed several times during the movie I was tensed up, clenching the pillow or the blanket.  That kind of startled me, cuz I know how the story ends- why would I be getting all stressed??

[Gamplayerx]

We cancelled Netflix months and months ago.  Over the weekend, I found a Netflix movie mixed in with a bunch of CDs.  Oops.

[dazie]

"Bend it Like Beckham"

Not bad- the Pirates of the Caribbean chick at age like 16.  She needs a sammich.

The other girl was very good too- I'm going to imdb her and see what else I can rent with her in it.

Plus- a hottie Irish boy.  Yum.

[Jessie]

I really like that movie. 

That other girl is now on ER.

[Listener]

I really like that movie. 

That other girl is now on ER.

Yeah. 



No, seriously, she's pretty.

[dazie]

The Sheik and The Son of the Sheik

WOOO!  Rudolph Valentino baybee.  I love him.  I've always loved him and I finally got to see him in action. 

The Sheik- not such good acting.  Lots of wide eyes and flared nostrils. 
The Son of the Sheik- much better, much more subtle.  And dang- who knew Rudy was buff??

[Bennyhana]

I don't care which one is hotter.  I care which one would be better in the sack.  As far as I've seen, Jolie doesn't just play crazy, she is fucking crazy and that always translates in the sack.  You'd get bored putting to aniston after, say, a week.

The flipside of this is that you'd get tired of Jolie's psychosis OUT of bed after, say, two weeks.

[dazie]

Extreme Home Makeover.

SOB FEST.  Dang.  Between the dad coming back from Iraq and Sweet Alice- I'm verklempt.  Both Ursus and I sat on the couch with tears running down our faces while the choir sang "This Little Light of Mine" and everybody ate ribs and chicken. 

I must admit- I feel a little subpar when I look at what those people are doing and then at what I do. 

[Mr. Ubiquity]

Extreme Home Makeover.

SOB FEST.  Dang.  Between the dad coming back from Iraq and Sweet Alice- I'm verklempt.  Both Ursus and I sat on the couch with tears running down our faces while the choir sang "This Little Light of Mine" and everybody ate ribs and chicken. 

I must admit- I feel a little subpar when I look at what those people are doing and then at what I do. 

awww... dazie, dont feel bad..   you can have ribs and chicken too..

[Beefy]

I got Marebito in, but I'm watching Van Damme tonight instead!

[dazie]

 I used to love Van Damme.  Soooo sexay.  Now- not so much.   

The most recent Netflix- one for Number 6.  "Roman Holiday" with Audrey Hepburn et al.  What a great movie.  Sweet and simple, nicely filmed and set in such a stunning city.  Audrey is, of course, gorgeous in every scene, even when she crawls soaking wet out of the Tiber River.  Realistic too- her mascara is running, unlike today when the heroine would crawl soaking wet out of the water and be perfectly coiffed and made up. 

Eddie Albert as a beatnik was a bit of a shocker, but he looks so different from the Eddie Albert of later years, that it was easy to "suspend disbelief"

[dazie]

Whale Rider:  I didn't watch the whole thing, so I was a little confused at times.  But I liked it- I think the girl did a super job and was appropriately nominated for an Oscar.  Once again, New Zealand shines as a backdrop for a movie.

The Red Violin:  Good, although a bit predictable at the end.  But I just don't buy Samuel L. Jackson as this great instrument guy.

[Beefy]

I watched Jackie Chan's New Police Story and finished watching Scum last night.  Both were worthwhile, though Scum's ending was so shockingly abrupt that it took me a minute to actually realize the film was over.

[dazie]

Second Hand Lions.

EXCELLENT.  I was pleasantly pleasantly suprised.  I put it on to keep Kate out of my hair while I did stuff today and ended up with all 4 of us watching the whole thing.  I had a tear.  Kate had a tear.  Ursus had a tear.  Quite good stuff- Duvall and Caine work so well together, and Haley Joel Osment is quite a young actor.  I expect good things from him.

[Jessie]

Second Hand Lions.

EXCELLENT.  I was pleasantly pleasantly suprised.  I put it on to keep Kate out of my hair while I did stuff today and ended up with all 4 of us watching the whole thing.  I had a tear.  Kate had a tear.  Ursus had a tear.  Quite good stuff- Duvall and Caine work so well together, and Haley Joel Osment is quite a young actor.  I expect good things from him.

We have that!  Timothy loves it.  I love Robert Duvall.  It's a very entertaining movie.

[dazie]

Second Hand Lions.

EXCELLENT.  I was pleasantly pleasantly suprised.  I put it on to keep Kate out of my hair while I did stuff today and ended up with all 4 of us watching the whole thing.  I had a tear.  Kate had a tear.  Ursus had a tear.  Quite good stuff- Duvall and Caine work so well together, and Haley Joel Osment is quite a young actor.  I expect good things from him.

We have that!  Timothy loves it.  I love Robert Duvall.  It's a very entertaining movie.

I was going to recommend you watch it if you hadn't already.    I love the line "Did you order a hooker?" when they see Walter's mom.

[Jessie]

Second Hand Lions.

EXCELLENT.  I was pleasantly pleasantly suprised.  I put it on to keep Kate out of my hair while I did stuff today and ended up with all 4 of us watching the whole thing.  I had a tear.  Kate had a tear.  Ursus had a tear.  Quite good stuff- Duvall and Caine work so well together, and Haley Joel Osment is quite a young actor.  I expect good things from him.

We have that!  Timothy loves it.  I love Robert Duvall.  It's a very entertaining movie.

I was going to recommend you watch it if you hadn't already.    I love the line "Did you order a hooker?" when they see Walter's mom.

We got it because my grandma bought it for my brother's kids and I forgot to ever give it to them.  I'd never even heard of it before.

[dazie]

Second Hand Lions.

EXCELLENT.  I was pleasantly pleasantly suprised.  I put it on to keep Kate out of my hair while I did stuff today and ended up with all 4 of us watching the whole thing.  I had a tear.  Kate had a tear.  Ursus had a tear.  Quite good stuff- Duvall and Caine work so well together, and Haley Joel Osment is quite a young actor.  I expect good things from him.

We have that!  Timothy loves it.  I love Robert Duvall.  It's a very entertaining movie.

I was going to recommend you watch it if you hadn't already.    I love the line "Did you order a hooker?" when they see Walter's mom.

We got it because my grandma bought it for my brother's kids and I forgot to ever give it to them.  I'd never even heard of it before.

I don't think it did all that well in the theatres.  Not sure why though.

[dazie]

huh- from imdb:  Haley Joel Osment was attacked by the pig during filming. The lion had numerous trainers and handlers, but no one thought the pig might be a menace.

[Jessie]

huh- from imdb:  Haley Joel Osment was attacked by the pig during filming. The lion had numerous trainers and handlers, but no one thought the pig might be a menace.

Maybe the pig was just being loveable.  Mom's pig's affection was painful.

[dazie]

Dunno.  It was a good sized pig- that could have been it.

[cnamon]

Second Hand Lions.

EXCELLENT.  I was pleasantly pleasantly suprised.  I put it on to keep Kate out of my hair while I did stuff today and ended up with all 4 of us watching the whole thing.  I had a tear.  Kate had a tear.  Ursus had a tear.  Quite good stuff- Duvall and Caine work so well together, and Haley Joel Osment is quite a young actor.  I expect good things from him.

We have that!  Timothy loves it.  I love Robert Duvall.  It's a very entertaining movie.

I was going to recommend you watch it if you hadn't already.    I love the line "Did you order a hooker?" when they see Walter's mom.

We got it because my grandma bought it for my brother's kids and I forgot to ever give it to them.  I'd never even heard of it before.

I don't think it did all that well in the theatres.  Not sure why though.

I also love that movie.  It was a good story...well told.

I need to watch that again.

[ReBurn]

huh- from imdb:  Haley Joel Osment was attacked by the pig during filming. The lion had numerous trainers and handlers, but no one thought the pig might be a menace.

Maybe the pig was just being loveable.  Mom's pig's affection was painful.

You got a pretty mouth, boy!

[DownSouth]

Second Hand Lions.

EXCELLENT.  I was pleasantly pleasantly suprised.  I put it on to keep Kate out of my hair while I did stuff today and ended up with all 4 of us watching the whole thing.  I had a tear.  Kate had a tear.  Ursus had a tear.  Quite good stuff- Duvall and Caine work so well together, and Haley Joel Osment is quite a young actor.  I expect good things from him.

We have that!  Timothy loves it.  I love Robert Duvall.  It's a very entertaining movie.

I was going to recommend you watch it if you hadn't already.    I love the line "Did you order a hooker?" when they see Walter's mom.

We got it because my grandma bought it for my brother's kids and I forgot to ever give it to them.  I'd never even heard of it before.

I don't think it did all that well in the theatres.  Not sure why though.

I also love that movie.  It was a good story...well told.

I need to watch that again.

I love that movie.  Great ending.

[Beefy]

Okay, fine.  I can't resist.

I thought Secondhand Lions was mediocre at best, with an emotional pay-off that didn't work because it didn't earn it through establishing real relationships between the characters.  I thought the exact same idea was handled much better in a far more emotionally honest way in Big Fish.

That said, I'm glad you all enjoyed it.  Any movie done by the guy that wrote The Iron Giant can't be all bad.

[dazie]

BIG FISH.  That's the one I was thinking about when I was reading some of these posts.

I didn't like that one so much.  I'm not fond of Helena Bonham Carter for one, so I didn't like her scenes.  Plus I thought it was creepy. 

Now- since I rented this one for the kids to watch, I'm glad it wasn't.  It fulfilled my wishes as a good movie for Kate to watch and to understand.

Which one was released first?

[Beefy]

BIG FISH.  That's the one I was thinking about when I was reading some of these posts.

I didn't like that one so much.  I'm not fond of Helena Bonham Carter for one, so I didn't like her scenes.  Plus I thought it was creepy. 

Now- since I rented this one for the kids to watch, I'm glad it wasn't.  It fulfilled my wishes as a good movie for Kate to watch and to understand.

Which one was released first?

No idea.  Doesn't really matter.  Which one was written or conceptualized first?  That could happen years and years before release.

[dazie]

BIG FISH.  That's the one I was thinking about when I was reading some of these posts.

I didn't like that one so much.  I'm not fond of Helena Bonham Carter for one, so I didn't like her scenes.  Plus I thought it was creepy. 

Now- since I rented this one for the kids to watch, I'm glad it wasn't.  It fulfilled my wishes as a good movie for Kate to watch and to understand.

Which one was released first?

No idea.  Doesn't really matter.  Which one was written or conceptualized first?  That could happen years and years before release.

Oh I was just curious.  I wasn't accusing one of copying the other.

[Alice]

Loved Big Fish.  Hated Second Hand Lions.

[dazie]

What made you hate it?

[Alice]

What made you hate it?

Okay, hate is too strong a word.  I didn't like it though.

Most of it I'm sure has to do with Haley Joel Osment. 

[Beefy]

What made you hate it?

Okay, hate is too strong a word.  I didn't like it though.

Most of it I'm sure has to do with Haley Joel Osment. 

I think a lot of it has to do with the movie trying to sail on the good will of its cast, as well as the cute factor.  It didn't earn its chops with actual writing or character development.  Kid and granddad had simply not reached a point as people where their big scene at the end was honest.

[DownSouth]

What made you hate it?

Okay, hate is too strong a word.  I didn't like it though.

Most of it I'm sure has to do with Haley Joel Osment. 

I think a lot of it has to do with the movie trying to sail on the good will of its cast, as well as the cute factor.  It didn't earn its chops with actual writing or character development.  Kid and granddad had simply not reached a point as people where their big scene at the end was honest.

They were his uncles.  I think Osments and Caines characters had a deep relationship.

[ReBurn]

I thought Secondhand Lions was boring.  That Osment kid grates on every nerve I have.

[Beefy]

What made you hate it?

Okay, hate is too strong a word.  I didn't like it though.

Most of it I'm sure has to do with Haley Joel Osment. 

I think a lot of it has to do with the movie trying to sail on the good will of its cast, as well as the cute factor.  It didn't earn its chops with actual writing or character development.  Kid and granddad had simply not reached a point as people where their big scene at the end was honest.

They were his uncles.  I think Osments and Caines characters had a deep relationship.

Shows you how much of an impression it left on me.

[dazie]

FERRIS BUELLER!

WOOO!

The kids had never seen it.  I'd forgotten what a good movie it is!  One of the defining elements of my teens.

[dazie]

Don Juan de Marco

How did I miss this movie?  I think I smiled through the whole thing.  Plot-device-wise it was similar to Secondhand Lions- what is reality?  When does the myth become real?  But that's cool.  I like that sort of romantic escapism.

[Beefy]

I've had a copy of Entrails of a Virgin sitting here for a few weeks.  I really need to get around to watching it.

[swolt]

son of a monkey nut!

I have been trying for THREE FREAKIN' YEARS to see Dune. Not the David Lynch Dune, which I own, but the William Hurt Dune.
Three years ago I bought it on DVD from a sale when a local video store went out of business. Only when I got it home and opened it up, it was the wrong movie.
About two years ago I rented it on Netflix. When it came in the disk was snapped in half. I sent it back and left it my queue but I never got it because it always said "short wait".
So now I'm with Blockbuster online and I rented it again. It came in on Friday and I've been waiting til today to watch it. So I made some popcorn, got a glass of chocolate milk ('cause I'm hardcore) and popped the DVD in.
ONLY IT'S THE WRONG DUNE! IT'S THE DAVID LYNCH DUNE!
The package says "Directed by John Harrison. Starring William Hurt." But the disk says "Directed by David Lynch. Starring Sting, in his gayest role evar."
(I take that back, "The Bride" is Sting's gayest movie evar. I know because I own it and watch it from time to time. GAYYYYY.)

[Listener]

son of a monkey nut!

I have been trying for THREE FREAKIN' YEARS to see Dune. Not the David Lynch Dune, which I own, but the William Hurt Dune.
Three years ago I bought it on DVD from a sale when a local video store went out of business. Only when I got it home and opened it up, it was the wrong movie.
About two years ago I rented it on Netflix. When it came in the disk was snapped in half. I sent it back and left it my queue but I never got it because it always said "short wait".
So now I'm with Blockbuster online and I rented it again. It came in on Friday and I've been waiting til today to watch it. So I made some popcorn, got a glass of chocolate milk ('cause I'm hardcore) and popped the DVD in.
ONLY IT'S THE WRONG DUNE! IT'S THE DAVID LYNCH DUNE!
The package says "Directed by John Harrison. Starring William Hurt." But the disk says "Directed by David Lynch. Starring Sting, in his gayest role evar."
(I take that back, "The Bride" is Sting's gayest movie evar. I know because I own it and watch it from time to time. GAYYYYY.)

spend the ten bucks and get it from amazon

[swolt]

son of a monkey nut!

I have been trying for THREE FREAKIN' YEARS to see Dune. Not the David Lynch Dune, which I own, but the William Hurt Dune.
Three years ago I bought it on DVD from a sale when a local video store went out of business. Only when I got it home and opened it up, it was the wrong movie.
About two years ago I rented it on Netflix. When it came in the disk was snapped in half. I sent it back and left it my queue but I never got it because it always said "short wait".
So now I'm with Blockbuster online and I rented it again. It came in on Friday and I've been waiting til today to watch it. So I made some popcorn, got a glass of chocolate milk ('cause I'm hardcore) and popped the DVD in.
ONLY IT'S THE WRONG DUNE! IT'S THE DAVID LYNCH DUNE!
The package says "Directed by John Harrison. Starring William Hurt." But the disk says "Directed by David Lynch. Starring Sting, in his gayest role evar."
(I take that back, "The Bride" is Sting's gayest movie evar. I know because I own it and watch it from time to time. GAYYYYY.)

spend the ten bucks and get it from amazon

no, damnit. I will rent and watch this movie if it kills me

[dazie]

ooo I love that one.  Much better than the David Lynch version. 

I bought mine at Target for $10...

[Gamplayerx]

Over the weekend I found a Netflix DVD that we never returned (we cancelled Netflix around 18 months ago).  I just put it in the mail.  I wonder what will happen.

In case you were wondering, it was Requiem for a Dream.  We never watched it.

[dazie]

They'll send you a note and say thanks.  They're quite polite about the whole thing.  (we did that once)

[dazie]

Strictly Ballroom

Good stuff, I'd seen it before but forgot.  The only downside is that now Kate is trying to tango with the Great Dane, who is much more of a mosh pit type.

[dazie]

I had time today to watch two movies all by myself!

1.  Benny & Joon.  Good stuff.  I'd forgotten what a baby face Johnny Depp used to have and how talented he really is.  Plus, Aidan Quinn- he doesn't work enough any more IMO.

2.  Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.  I love this movie.  It just cracks me right the hell up to see Terrence Stamp in drag.  Right down to his boobs in the lake scene.  What really irked me though, is the fact that the "special features" on the DVD consisted of two trailers.  YAWN.  I'd expect that THIS is a movie that has tons of stories behind it.  Whatta waste.

[Jessie]

We have Nosferatu (silent film - Timothy actually sat through and enjoyed it), Donnie Darko (I fell asleep, Timothy watched the entire thing [Carroll did not give an appropriate heads up on the language issue]), and Snakes on a Plane (haven't even opened it).

[Infobahn]

HB Bought me Snakes on a Plane when I was sick (okay, I still am)

For my Bday, I got Little Miss Sunshine, Stripes, The Last Kiss, and Click

I have no idea why she bought the last two.

Oh, and I got Love Actually for Christmas

I will get Netflix again in the future.

[dc]

We have Nosferatu (silent film - Timothy actually sat through and enjoyed it), Donnie Darko (I fell asleep, Timothy watched the entire thing [Carroll did not give an appropriate heads up on the language issue]), and Snakes on a Plane (haven't even opened it).

Nosferatu is one of my favorite movies....  I've got a couple of different versions of it -- they vary mainly in quality and the musical score.  I even have one with the musical score consisting of Type O Negative songs.

[ReBurn]

I've never had Netflix.  I'm too busy to really watch DVD's with any consistency right now.  The last two I bought were Superman Returns and Pirates of the Caribbean 2.

[Jessie]

I never watched movies until I got Netflix.  Now I watch them all the time.  I love it.

[Beefy]

I just watched Just Before Dawn and watched half of The Great Yokai War before giving up (it made no sense to this Western brain).

I got my copy of The Host from overseas and watched it last night.  It comes out in U.S. theaters some time soon.  It was very... sprawling.  A really great entrance for the beastie.

[ReBurn]

If I'm ever out that way I want to watch movies at Beefy's house.  I'll bring the popcorn.

[Alice]

If I'm ever out that way I want to watch movies at Beefy's house.  I'll bring the popcorn.

Seriously.  I'd love to have a junto gathering in Houston for bad movies.

[BigDun]

If I'm ever out that way I want to watch movies at Beefy's house.  I'll bring the popcorn.

Seriously.  I'd love to have a junto gathering in Houston for bad movies.

I think we should take over the Grumpus family beach house and leave it trashed. That will teach them to steal his reserved days!

[swolt]

If I'm ever out that way I want to watch movies at Beefy's house.  I'll bring the popcorn.

Seriously.  I'd love to have a junto gathering in Houston for bad movies.

I am SOOO down for that. I will drag Daniel with me.

[Gamplayerx]

If I'm ever out that way I want to watch movies at Beefy's house.  I'll bring the popcorn.

Seriously.  I'd love to have a junto gathering in Houston for bad movies.

I am SOOO down for that. I will drag Daniel with me.

Me, too!  Except the dragging Daniel with me.  I'll leave that to you.  And I'd have to get my hands on some stilts.  We have some crazy tall Juntotypes.

[Jessie]

We might want to get Beefaroni's thoughts on this before ordering tickets and stuff...

[Gamplayerx]

We might want to get Beefaroni's thoughts on this before ordering tickets and stuff...

Why?  INVASION!!

[Beefy]

We might want to get Beefaroni's thoughts on this before ordering tickets and stuff...

Finally, a chance to watch the whole thing start-to-finish!

[dazie]

Bride & Prejudice

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361411/

What a goofy ass movie.  I think I may have to buy it.  I didn't realise it was a musical when I put it in the queue, so the first big "production" was a little odd to watch, but I liked it.  Very colorful, wonderful costumes and settings. 

It stars the former Miss World- Aishwarya Rai.  Possibly the most beautiful woman in the world.  She makes me happy just to look at her.

Another star is Naveen Andrews, who was/is on Lost and starred in "The English Patient" if you ever saw that.

[Jessie]

Naveen Andrews is painfully sexy.

[dazie]

Naveen Andrews is painfully sexy.

2nd.  Barbara Hershey is a lucky woman.

[Beefy]

I just got in

[Bennyhana]

Bride & Prejudice

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361411/

What a goofy ass movie.  I think I may have to buy it.  I didn't realise it was a musical when I put it in the queue, so the first big "production" was a little odd to watch, but I liked it.  Very colorful, wonderful costumes and settings. 

It stars the former Miss World- Aishwarya Rai.  Possibly the most beautiful woman in the world.  She makes me happy just to look at her.

Another star is Naveen Andrews, who was/is on Lost and starred in "The English Patient" if you ever saw that.

No one ever saw "The English Patient."

[dazie]

Bride & Prejudice

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361411/

What a goofy ass movie.  I think I may have to buy it.  I didn't realise it was a musical when I put it in the queue, so the first big "production" was a little odd to watch, but I liked it.  Very colorful, wonderful costumes and settings. 

It stars the former Miss World- Aishwarya Rai.  Possibly the most beautiful woman in the world.  She makes me happy just to look at her.

Another star is Naveen Andrews, who was/is on Lost and starred in "The English Patient" if you ever saw that.

No one ever saw "The English Patient."

I did!  And I read the book.  I liked the book quite a bit more than I liked the movie.

[dazie]

The Graduate.

I'd never seen the whole thing before.  What a fucked up movie.  *lol*  Wow.  I kept turning to Tim and saying "See- these people- the grownups?  That's your great-grandparents.  Southern California gentry."  Ursus came out and laughed and agreed.

Katharine Ross is so pretty. 

[dazie]

Mythbusters.

God Jamie is a HOTTIE.

[Alice]

Mythbusters.

God Jamie is a HOTTIE.

[dazie]

Mythbusters.

God Jamie is a HOTTIE.

You gotta watch the tree cannon episode...

[Gamplayerx]

Mythbusters.

God Jamie is a HOTTIE.

You gotta watch the tree cannon episode...

I can't conceive of any situation where Jamie would be considered hot unless he was on fire.

[Jessie]

Yeah.  Not so much.

[Alice]

Mythbusters.

God Jamie is a HOTTIE.

You gotta watch the tree cannon episode...

I can't conceive of any situation where Jamie would be considered hot unless he was on fire.

Maybe Folgers Crystals secretly replaced Jamie with Colin Farrell.

[Jessie]

How can you in one breath say that I like creepy dirty looking guys, and in the next say that Colin Farrell is hot?

Gross with a capital G.

[Alice]

How can you in one breath say that I like creepy dirty looking guys, and in the next say that Colin Farrell is hot?

Gross with a capital G.

Gross?  Are you kidding me?



How is *that* gross?  He's flippin gorgeous.  And Irish.

[Bennyhana]

Jamie Hyneman eats Colin Farrells for breakfast.

Then he pisses guiness.

[Alice]

Jamie Hyneman eats Colin Farrells for breakfast.

Then he pisses guiness.

I'm not saying Jamie isn't cooler than Colin.  But hotter?  No way.  Jamie doesn't even show up on the hotness scale.

[dazie]

Jamie Hyneman eats Colin Farrells for breakfast.

Then he pisses guiness.

I'm not saying Jamie isn't cooler than Colin.  But hotter?  No way.  Jamie doesn't even show up on the hotness scale.

I'm tellin ya- watch "buried alive" and "tree cannon"

[Alice]

Jamie Hyneman eats Colin Farrells for breakfast.

Then he pisses guiness.

I'm not saying Jamie isn't cooler than Colin.  But hotter?  No way.  Jamie doesn't even show up on the hotness scale.

I'm tellin ya- watch "buried alive" and "tree cannon"

I've seen the one where they make a cannon out of a tree.  But I don't recall him wearing a mask. 

[Alice]

I could see how Jaime could be sexy, btw.  Just not hot.

[Jessie]

Colin Farrell just seems like a skeevy gross guy who'd probably cause you to need antibiotics.

[Alice]

Colin Farrell just seems like a skeevy gross guy who'd probably cause you to need antibiotics.

Just the way I like them.

[Gamplayerx]

Colin Farrell just seems like a skeevy gross guy who'd probably cause you to need antibiotics.

He does.  But he's still pretty darn easy on the eyes.

[Bennyhana]

Colin Farrell just seems like a skeevy gross guy who'd probably cause you to need antibiotics.

He does.  But he's still pretty darn easy on the eyes.

Easy on the eyes.  Hard on the vag.


I want a shirt that says that.

[Beefy]

Colin Farrell just seems like a skeevy gross guy who'd probably cause you to need antibiotics.

He does.  But he's still pretty darn easy on the eyes.

Easy on the eyes.  Hard on the vag.


I want a shirt that says that.

Catchr has one.

[Bennyhana]

Colin Farrell just seems like a skeevy gross guy who'd probably cause you to need antibiotics.

Just the way I like them.

By the way, next time you're complaining about guy troubles, I'm going to quote this back to you.

[Alice]

Colin Farrell just seems like a skeevy gross guy who'd probably cause you to need antibiotics.

Just the way I like them.

By the way, next time you're complaining about guy troubles, I'm going to quote this back to you.

Hey, it's hard to find guys that need antibiotics now that I don't have a roommate to give them herpes anymore. 

(As a surprising note... no real guy trouble to speak of since moving out on my own.  Go figure.)

[dazie]

Bride & Prejudice

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361411/

What a goofy ass movie.  I think I may have to buy it.  I didn't realise it was a musical when I put it in the queue, so the first big "production" was a little odd to watch, but I liked it.  Very colorful, wonderful costumes and settings. 

It stars the former Miss World- Aishwarya Rai.  Possibly the most beautiful woman in the world.  She makes me happy just to look at her.

Another star is Naveen Andrews, who was/is on Lost and starred in "The English Patient" if you ever saw that.

No one ever saw "The English Patient."

I did!  And I read the book.  I liked the book quite a bit more than I liked the movie.

Received "The English Patient" in the mail on Saturday and put it on while I was cleaning house. 

I do like it, but I like the flashback parts better than the "now" parts.

[Beefy]

I watched Night of the Living Dorks.  Yay for Netflix.

[dazie]

I just put Freakazoid and Jonny Quest and the Tick on my Netflix queue.

Yay!

[Gamplayerx]

Johnny Quest?  The ancient cartoon with Hadji?

[dazie]

Yup!

[dazie]

Little Miss Sunshine

Funnier than I thought it would be, I'm sad I waited this long to see it.

[Jessie]

I loved that movie.

[VikingJuice]

I didn't really care for it.  Parts were funny but wildly inappropriate for a kid.  The rest just seemed like a seriously messed up family trying to eek out an existence in a marginally funny way.

[VikingJuice]

Movie update: not all of these are netflix yet

Up in the Air-Clooney was good, many funny moments, kind of sad and not consistent in much of anything.  4/5

Julie and Julia-cute, fluffy, kind of odd at the end, 3/5

State of Play-mediocre suspense thriller, worth a rental if on sale, cable might be a more reasonable price, 2/5

2012-retarded movie physics and badly contrived plot based on fragments of real science spliced into multiple unrealistic end of the world scenarios.  Still, Amanda Peet was nice to look at as usual.  2/5

Next on the holiday list: Avatar and Holmes

[Beefy]

I watched District 9 last night.  Not sure why everyone loved it so much.  It was merely okay.

[dazie]

I didn't really care for it.  Parts were funny but wildly inappropriate for a kid.  The rest just seemed like a seriously messed up family trying to eek out an existence in a marginally funny way.

Overall I agree.  Which is what I expected anyway, and was pleasantly surprised that it was funnier than I expected.  Not one of Toni Colette's best offerings, but I loved Steve Carrell and Paul Dano.  This is pretty much the first of Dano's roles I've seen that hasn't creeped me out, so that's a bonus.

What really got me was the other pageant contestants.  According to imdb, they're actual contestants who supplied their own costumes, makeup artists, hair and routines.  What.  The.  Fuck.  That's some seriously messed up stuff right there.

[VikingJuice]

I watched District 9 last night.  Not sure why everyone loved it so much.  It was merely okay.

Yeah, that strongly underwhelmed.  The creatures looked really good but the plot and subplots were lacking.

[eo000]

I really enjoyed sherlock holmes.

[Jessie]

We're going to see that Friday.

[swolt]

I was very disappointed in Avatar. I thought it looked way too much like a cartoon and the plot was just stupid. Plus:

[spoiler]Last year Sam Worthington played a half-terminator half-human sent to infiltrate a group of rag-tag rebels. In Avatar Sam Worthington plays a half-alien half-human sent to infiltrate a group of primitive natives. They could have at least used a different actor.
The plot was basically Fern Gully and Dances with Wolves rolled into one, with a little bit of Aliens in there for good measure.
The only thing original about this movie was the 10 foot tall cats having sex with six-legged horses. I walked out feeling like I had sat through a 3 hour furry porn.
The image of Sigourney Weaver as a giant cat will give me nightmares.
The "awesome battle scene at the end that will make you OMG! all over yourself" was very blah to me. Sure it was nice, but not as grand as I had heard.
The real life 3D was very nice and made it seem like you were there. That was the best part. But the CGI 3D looked something you see in a ride at Disneyworld. It was pretty, but you knew you were looking at something that isn't real.
Not a horrible movie, but I don't see it again.[/spoiler]

[ReBurn]

I watched District 9 last night.  Not sure why everyone loved it so much.  It was merely okay.

Yeah, that strongly underwhelmed.  The creatures looked really good but the plot and subplots were lacking.

I mostly like that it was documentary-style for a good chunk of the movie. It wasn't super-awesome. But I liked it. And the Blu-ray has much higher picture quality than I thought it would have.

Looking forward to the Zombieland DVD release.

[Infobahn]

I joined Netflix again.  I bought a Roku, and wanted to start up again.

[Beefy]

I just added Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! to my queue.

Being able to receive moves like this is still my favorite thing about Netflix.

[VikingJuice]

Watched Avatar last night.  It was exceptional in so many ways.

Much of what Swolt described about it is a pretty accurate depiction but my reaction to it was very different.

The infiltration narrative with the same actor doing basically the same role from T-3 didn't bother me a bit.  I've never seen Fern Gully or Dances With Costner but I can estimate what their plots were roughly about having seen Avatar now. 

And while yes, it definitely borrows from existing stories, the fact is, parts of those stories borrow from actual history and actual human behavior in regards to acquisition of desired resources and the arrogant and emotionally detached disregard for indigenous life.  It is perfectly parallel to how we treat the planet we live on and the various non-white people who live there.  Regardless of how many other movies have handled the subject matter, the ugly history is what it always was and that still comes through loud and clear in the film and likely will in future films that handle the same subject matter.

Sure, it was heavy handed at times but it doesn't significantly diminish the merit of the message about Eurocentric behaviors during colonial efforts (check your history books if you're not sure what I mean there).  It's even analogous now to how we currently are trying to carve inroads and establish footholds to places in the middle east today.

The battle scene at the end and much of the movie raises the bar for digital effects but not necessarily in the ways most movie fans would think.  As a viewer, many things in SW were busier looking and was more awe inspiring.  The final scene itself was very strong in terms of action but that's not quite what film buffs are talking about when they say it was super. 

Instead, just like in most of the rest of the movie, it's the little things in the CG world that separate good from great.  In terms of CG, this whole movie was a giant leap forward in imagery.

When CG (computer graphics) first came onto the scene it was often with the use of blue screen (and later green screen) and then the images were shot over the blue screen allowing the film maker to render another image in the border around the actor or figure.  Then that image was superimposed on the actual film background.  In the early years, the borders were awful and if you ever saw the original Star Wars, this problem was in full effect in the original printings during the Tie Fighter Death Star battle of Yavin IV where the Tie shots were a composition of moving shaded rectangles framing the Tie fighters themselves across your screen.

Years later, CG made big leaps, in some cases with James Cameron in The Abyss and the moving water.  Parts of it looked really good.  But in those fully CG shots, thee major problems emerged:  Texture, borders between the CG shot and the actual background, and then realistic physics of CG images.  These three issues have bothered me in CG film for the better part of 2 decades.

Borders have long been an issue between a CG shot and the actual filmed background and how the fake image was layered over the top of the film image.  Too many times, the un-natural blending of the borders gave it away and diminished the effect of the CG shot.  When Lucas started making the newer SW movies, he struggled a lot with these issues as well and his only solution, was to shoot farther back so the images were fuzzy on the borders and you wouldn't notice because they weren't main characters or the main action in the shot.  His other solution was to shoot in extreme close up on some shots so that you still didn't notice the borders but would focus on the central screen image.  In EPI, the shots with Watto (the junk dealer on Tatooine) with his beard moving and extreme detail were very well done and this again represented a leap in the technology.  But that same technology didn't compensate well with the shortcomings on border imaging.

James Cameron also contributed again to CG with Titanic.  He managed to get a lot of the movie physics right with the ice, with the water on most of the long shots of the boat cutting through the Atlantic Ocean.  Where he failed was in the the CG people on the boat.  On MANY of his sweeping panoramic shots, the people walking on the decks of the boat were moving but their gate wasn't natural and their overall motion was very jerky, short cycled and repeated over and over.  So the figure walked like a puppet with limited range of motion and stunted flow. Then, they'd shoot about 6 to 10 of those figures with those stunted movements and then layer the image across the screen with one pocket completely duplicating in full the original there by appearing to double the amount of people on screen moving.  If you look at a glance and then focus on the full shot including the boat and the horizon, you don't notice. If you focus on the deck and the people, you notice quickly. 

Later, other military epics struggled with these same issues.  Any wide sweeping shots with thousands of people basically had one, two or maybe three layers of human movement images, then re-layered all across the screen making it appear to be an epic battle scene.  SW, Gladiator, The Mummy, 300 and many others did this technique.  The epic boat scene where the Greeks show up in Troy with Brad Pitt suffered the exact same downfall.

Many movies tried to do the up close shots that Lucas with did Watto to overcome some of these CG technological deficits but couldn't pull it off because of the issue of skin texture.  So many movies would shoot CG images really close and then suffer from the fact that the skin looked like plastic or rubber or both.  Then they got the idea to layer it so that you use some real skin from film and then liberally use the CG to extend the image or enhance it.  This then created faces that looked real on the eyes and mouth and then plastic on the nose, cheek and other parts.

Yes, I realize this is long winded and sounds more like a treatise on CG rather than the movie Avatar, but bare with me and I'll be done soon.  To wrap this up, this new movie manages to overcome many of the CG problems I've cited above.

The movie image borders are hidden so well, you can't tell the difference (much) between real images and CG images.  The blending was very strong.  Not perfect, but very strong.

The texture of images looked very real at times too.  I didn't see many shots where there were glaring discrepancies.  The up close shots looked as good as the far back shots in most cases.  Some of the jungle creatures looked a little too shiny, a little too sleek on their skin, and this is still a shortcoming.  But the Navi people looked really really good.  From the toes to the faces, to the pores on their faces and noses, to the beads of sweat on their faces, to the finger dexterity and manipulations around weaponry and the flexing during movements, these shots looked nearly flawless (notice I didn't say perfect).

And the physics were vastly improved.  Movement shots weren't replicated multiple times and instead, each creature or craft in big shots moved independently as if run by a separate program.  And then their movements were so much more natural than just about anything ever done before.  The creature movements were very fluid in most cases.  A few of the "horse" shots were a little jerky as were a few of the "bird" shots.  But the Navi people looked astoundingly fluid and natural in their movements.  The battle scenes looked natural and realistic without many violations of movie physics.  One water scene does come to mind where the Navi female lead is drinking water that collects out of these gorgeous purple plants.  The water pouring down the leaf toward the edge didn't flow right but the water coming out did. 

This whole movie raises the bar considerably for quality CG imagery for all filmmakers everywhere.  It isn't visually perfect, but it's DAMN GOOD and it will astound you with the new world it creates.

Aside from being heavy handed and from portraying the Eurocentric, Corporate Military types (think old school military industrial complex from the 60s literature) as this monolithic/completely inhuman consumption/destruction machines, the film is very strong. 

Good science fiction, in it's best cases, takes you to a new world that you've never seen, takes you on an adventure that you've never had quite the same way, and teaches you (or reminds you) of a subtle lesson on something essential to the human condition or exposes something for you to think about in terms of assessing human values of right and wrong, good and evil, your actions and your consequences, and asks you to re-examine your previous position to see if you still agree.  Gene Roddenberry, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and others like Robert Heinlein all understood this and to a pretty strong degree, so too does James Cameron.  For all his personal douchey qualities as a man, he's becoming a pretty good storyteller.

[Jessie]

tl;dr.

[Gamplayerx]

What's a roku?

[Infobahn]

http://www.roku.com/

It is a streaming media player ($99) that uses your internet connection to connect to Netflix, Amazon on Demand and other media sources.  Boxee is another one that is good, and connects to Netflix and Amazon.

I love mine.  It is great if your cable/satellite doesn't have on-demand. 

I know some people that have canceled cable/satellite to watch over air and online.

[dazie]

tl;dr.

This.  Plus quit mucking up my Netflix thread with stuff about movies that aren't on Netflix yet.  sheesh.

[VikingJuice]

tl;dr.

This.  Plus quit mucking up my Netflix thread with stuff about movies that aren't on Netflix yet.  sheesh.

[BigDun]

Tivo can do the Netflix/Amazon/Blockbuster streaming thing too.

[Infobahn]

Don't you still pay a subscription for Tivo?

[dazie]

Man On Wire

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/

Good stuff.  "A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century." "

We know how it turns out- Philippe Petit is the main guy they talk to in this film, made in 2008.  We know he didn't die horribly during his attempt.  But the tension is still there, and still made me hold my breath.

[BigDun]

Don't you still pay a subscription for Tivo?

We bought the lifetime subscription that was grandfathered in as a transferable to new devices. I don't think they transfer lifetime subscriptions anymore.

https://www3.tivo.com/store/plans.do

[Gamplayerx]

Nope. They don't transfer.  Stupid tivo.*

*I still love tivo anyway.  Bloop bloop bloop!

[VikingJuice]

Paranormal Activity just scared the crap out of me!  Much creepier than Blair Witch but many of the same signature type effects.  Minus the snot dripping of course.

[Beefy]

I watched Vernon, Florida on Netflix On Demand last night.  Between that and Comcast On Demand, life is good.  And sedentary. 

[Infobahn]

I just found all the DirecTV on demand channels.  Now I have Netflix OD, Amazon OD and this, I will never leave.

[VikingJuice]

I watched Vernon, Florida on Netflix On Demand last night.  Between that and Comcast On Demand, life is good.  And sedentary. 

I kind of get the rationale for watching a film like that from a sociological point of view.  But not enough to put it into my overloaded movie queue.  However, in reading the synopsis from your link, I found a doc on the Salton Sea (link at bottom) that I did put on my queue and I put it #1.  So thanks.

[Gamplayerx]

For the first time since Titanic, my husband and I went to the movies today.  We saw Avatar in IMAX 3D.  Wow.  Wow wow wow wow wow.  Sure, the plot's nothing to write home about, but visually it was amazing.  And it was entertaining enough (sorry, VJ -- I didn't ready your entire thesis on the subject, sorry if I repeat or contradict you) but I laughed and I cried.  And whoever the heck played Jack Sully is just cute as a button!

[VikingJuice]

For the first time since Titanic, my husband and I went to the movies today.  We saw Avatar in IMAX 3D.  Wow.  Wow wow wow wow wow.  Sure, the plot's nothing to write home about, but visually it was amazing.  And it was entertaining enough (sorry, VJ -- I didn't ready your entire thesis on the subject, sorry if I repeat or contradict you) but I laughed and I cried.  And whoever the heck played Jack Sully is just cute as a button!

My great grandma just called and said she wanted her phrasing back.   

[Gamplayerx]

For the first time since Titanic, my husband and I went to the movies today.  We saw Avatar in IMAX 3D.  Wow.  Wow wow wow wow wow.  Sure, the plot's nothing to write home about, but visually it was amazing.  And it was entertaining enough (sorry, VJ -- I didn't ready your entire thesis on the subject, sorry if I repeat or contradict you) but I laughed and I cried.  And whoever the heck played Jack Sully is just cute as a button!

My great grandma just called and said she wanted her phrasing back.   

Wow.  Your great grandma is way more fiesty than my great grandma.

[VikingJuice]

For the first time since Titanic, my husband and I went to the movies today.  We saw Avatar in IMAX 3D.  Wow.  Wow wow wow wow wow.  Sure, the plot's nothing to write home about, but visually it was amazing.  And it was entertaining enough (sorry, VJ -- I didn't ready your entire thesis on the subject, sorry if I repeat or contradict you) but I laughed and I cried.  And whoever the heck played Jack Sully is just cute as a button!

My great grandma just called and said she wanted her phrasing back.   

Wow.  Your great grandma is way more fiesty than my great grandma.

Actually, the feisty one in my family, aside from my mother and aunt, was my grandmother on my Mom's side.  If you worked in a restaurant, you did not want to mess anything up.  She would be so embarrassing-polite, but very embarrassing sometimes for even the most minor issue.  And my grandfather usually sent everything back once as a minimum.  If he ordered soup, 400 degrees Kelvin wasn't even hot enough.  It was only hot enough if it was approaching a thermonuclear reaction.  There's no telling how many people spit in our food or dropped it on the ground or worse.  Thank God I didn't discover ranch dressing till many years later.