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Ron-P
Ron-P Posts: 8,520
edited June 2007 in Music & Movies
The Island. Good, fun popcorn movie and great eye candy.

What did you just watch?
If...
Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited June 2007
    got halfway through a rental of Equilibrium before a giant scratch revealed itself and destroyed the next three chapters... a replacement will be necessary to see the rest!
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited June 2007
    I watched Casino Royale Earlier....The first movie on the new DLP...Man, I really missed having a nice TV....
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited June 2007
    Plowing through 24 season 2. (up to 2pm-3pm)
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited June 2007
    I got a chance to watch "The Neverending Story" last night. Afterwards I road my dog around the house trying to escape "The Nothing".

    Note to self: lay off the mushrooms.....
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  • apc
    apc Posts: 779
    edited June 2007
    Casino Royale Monday night and Underworld Evolution Tuesday night.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited June 2007
    strider wrote: »
    I got a chance to watch "The Neverending Story" last night. Afterwards I road my dog around the house trying to escape "The Nothing".

    Note to self: lay off the mushrooms.....

    In reality, as an adult with responcibilities of work/career, house maintenance, marriage, dog, obligation, etc.... I would embrace "The Nothing"

    I yearn for nothingness!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited June 2007
    Agatha Christie's Poirot mysteries vol #8 "The Case of the Missing Will", "The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman" and "The Chocolate Box" .

    I really like the Island as well....Scarlett Johansson IS DEFINITELY eye candy!
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited June 2007
    Breach monday night, Not a bad spy movie, better than The Good Shepherd or The Good German in my opinion, and alot easier to follow. Primevil tuesday night, big Croc movie, don't waste your time folks. Ghost Rider tonight.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2007
    Last night I watched a movie called The Dead Girl. Dark, raw, depressing as hell.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited June 2007
    Watched Ghost Rider on Blu-Ray last night. I love my hobbie. Had the volume at "pay admission" level. What a great HT movie, with some of the best picture and sound quality to date. I had a smile from ear to ear. My Monster amps and Polks never broke a sweat. Hit some 280 watt peaks on a couple channels. During the "ride the building" scene and towards the end. It was fun.............:D I still have a grin!:cool:
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited June 2007
    We watched an older film, "Enemy of the State."
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  • auto_pilot
    auto_pilot Posts: 256
    edited June 2007
    Ocean's 12...The critics hated it...but I didn't think it was all bad...though the camera work is a bit choppy.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2007
    Yeah, the fact that the plot was a meandering piece of nonsense was OK, but the choppy camerawork, that was the real problem :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited June 2007
    Saw Ocean's 13. Better than the second, not as good as the first. Dragged a little at times, but well worth the cost of admission in my book.

    Caan and Casey Affleck were hilarious, in my opinion.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2007
    Babel

    Not a great movie, but certainly the kind I like that involves a good plot that goes in a couple different directions. Overall I thought the movie could have been tighter, it has a few flaws in it.. but it wasn't half bad.. just not great.


    4 interlocking stories all connected by a single gun all converge at the end and reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. In Morocco, a troubled married couple are on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Moroccan herder buys a rifle for his sons so they can keep the jackals away from his herd. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance of her father, her own self-consciousness, and a disability among many other issues, deals with modern life in the enormous metropolis of Tokyo, Japan that is literally the size of the state of California.
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited June 2007
    Battle Royale

    What a crazy fun movie :) I think there's something similar coming out in the US soon, but of course they have to make the story more digestable with the "victims" being death row convicts...
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited June 2007
    ^^^^
    That's actually number 2 on my Netflix list. Maybe I'll move it to #1.
    Also looking forward to Shaolin Soccer and Wild Zero.

    edit: NM... I thought you posted Battlefield Baseball. I'll check the above out as well. There's some quirky **** out there that just has to be seen to be believed.
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  • Pablo
    Pablo Posts: 723
    edited June 2007
    I watch Invincible last night. About the regular guy that made the Eagles team after they had open tryouts in the late 70s. It wasn't great, but it was ok. Since it was a true story, it's worth a watch.
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited June 2007
    Oh yes Zombie, that **** was craaazy. A very entertaining film though.

    If you want to be borderline disturbed, check out Ichi the Killer

    Insane amounts of violence, with an interesting "good guy v/s bad guy from the bad guy's point of view."

    I've got a few others at home you would probably enjoy.

    If you want good old action, check out John Woo's:

    Hardboiled

    The Killer

    or A Better Tomorrow
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited June 2007
    The movie posters for Hardboiled and The Killer are hanging up in one of my rooms.
    Just added Ichi to the list...

    We have a video rental store a couple of blocks from my house called Wild n' Wooly Video. It specializes in cult films and off the beaten path genres. They have a whole section just for zombie flicks. And a whole section for J-horror. And a whole section for apocalyptic biker movies. Grindhouse features... 50's Anti-Communist Sci-fi. You get the idea.

    I love that place.
    http://www.wandwvideo.com/
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited June 2007
    apc wrote: »
    Casino Royale Monday night and Underworld Evolution Tuesday night.

    Small world man, I watched Casino Royale last night and am watching Underworld Evolution now...:D
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited June 2007
    I'll peruse my titles when I get home Zombie. There are definitely more that you would enjoy, I just can't think of them right now.

    And man, I'd kill to have a rental store that had something besides whatever the new releases are.........Most of my recent additions are from friends that are into the same genres as I am.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited June 2007
    check the link I just put in my previous post...
    click on the 3-D tour and then click on the "online catalog"
    on the left you'll see all of the video categories
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited June 2007
    Wow, what an awesome store. Any place that offers a "nunsploitation" category has got to be pretty damn cool. I'll check the 3-d tour at home; can't pull it up here for some reason. Recommendations to follow.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited June 2007
    I look forward to your recommendations.
    So many movies. So little time:D
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • auto_pilot
    auto_pilot Posts: 256
    edited June 2007
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Yeah, the fact that the plot was a meandering piece of nonsense was OK, but the choppy camerawork, that was the real problem :)

    Hey that acrobatic euro trash dude with the funny accent made the whole movie :D

    Andy: I read an interview that the Ocean's 13 was to be titled: Ocean's 13: The one really should have made as the sequel...Or something along those lines.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited June 2007
    yeah, I think often the second of a trilogy will go off the beaten path a bit, then, if/when it flops, they come right back to what was successful in the first film.

    I think Indiana Jones would qualify. Number one, Raiders of Lost Arc. Number two, Temple of Doom. Number three, Raiders of the Lost Grail. . . I mean, and the Last Crusades.
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited June 2007
    Other recs zombie:

    Dead or Alive

    The beginning to this one is INTENSE. After that, it reminded me of The Killer (John Woo.)

    Versus

    Makes you wonder what would happen in NJ under the same circumstances :)


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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited June 2007
    I just watched...The Mummy Returns. After seeing that thread back from the dead I had to spin this POS once again, and yes, it is a POS. One of the worst sequels ever made. But, the eye candy is good.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited June 2007
    Spiderman 3. I think everyone gave it too much build up. It was goo, but not what I expected.
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