Juno

The difficult issue of teenage pregnancy has never been funnier, more delightful and more absorbing than it is here. Needless to say, I really enjoyed this film, and feel that it was definitely worthy of all the praise that it garnered. Admittedly, there were moments when I did feel a bit worried about the direction in which the story might be headed (since there was one particularly obvious route which, had it happened, would have been more than just a little too hackneyed), but they managed to side-step predictability very well, the outcome of which was touching as well as surprising, and Juno herself was a strong and likeable character. Oh yes, and I really liked that song about vampires which they played during the end-credits.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the crystal skull

Despite people's complaints about the "plausibility" of this particular Jones movie, I have to say this movie was wonderful and everything I was hoping it would be. It brilliantly captured the charm and the gags that the first movies did so well, it really did feel like a real Jones movie.

The fact it was made so many years later didn't even phase me. Labeouf was excellent in his role and I loved the "wink, wink" notions to the old movies like Jones father, the ark, and of course, Marion. All in all, wonderful Jones movie. Much better then what i expected and had everything in it I had hoped for.

People were complaining about the plausibiliy of an Indiana Jones movie? Are you kidding me? It's always been an action/adventure series steeped in the supernatural. That's like complaining that chocolate tastes like chocolate.

Anyway, last movie I saw was Riki-Oh!: The Story of Riki.

The Magnificent Seven

John Sturges awesome westernfication of Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai" which is one of the best Western movies of all time. Filled with great perfomances from Yul Brynner, Steve Mcqueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and Eli Wallach. Spectacular battle sceens and of course Elmer Bernstein's superb score make for a great trip to the old west.

followed by

Rocky 4

Yeah it's the one where Rocky is able to stop the entire cold war by simply winning one boxing match. :up:

And Now For Something Completely Different

I must've been about nine or ten when I first saw this flick and, at the time, it served as my introduction to the fabulous Python boys. Despite completely blowing me away back in the day, I hadn't really seen a huge deal of it within the decade and three or four years that then followed, as Holy Grail and Life of Brian-saturated as my film-viewing experiences therein have been (nope, Meaning of Life hasn't been much of a shower either). But I was in desperate need of cheering up the other night and happened to find this lying around and so decided to stick it on and relive the memories...needless to say, it did the trick perfectly. This was Monty Python's first feature film, and though it doesn't consist of very much more than remakes of some of their most popular TV sketches (hence why it doesn't get nearly as much attention as Grail and Brian), with such a magnificent selection of sketches on offer, I'm certainly not complaining. It's hard to pick a favourite, when there are so many greats - nudge nudge, wink wink, the dead parrot sketch, Hell's Grannies, etc, etc - but if pressed, I think I would have to go with the camp military march...silly, and a bit suspect. Graham Chapman ruled, rest his soul.


Whoooo! Go, Rocky! ;D

Mine would be the "Twit of the year" 8D that was just brilliant.

The last movie I saw was the hysterical and VERY underrated Dead man on campus.

Hungarian Phrasebook skit

"I will not buy this record, it is scratched"

The Strangers

One word: CREEPY! This is a very realistic, spooky, and direct kind of movie. Once the creepy stuff starts, it doesn't stop until the end of the movie. Its very authentic and realistic, not your typical horror movie. The masks these guys have on are VERY eerie.

Not sure how I feel about the ending yet, its hard to put into words. However I recommend this to anyone who feels horror movies have lost their edge, this one certainly has not.

Hokuto no Ken: Toki Gaiden

A recently-released "side story" for Fist of the North Star, focusing on the character Toki. Yes, it's super-obscure, but it is indeed cool. Raoh Gaiden was the best, though.

So, there was no James Avery (Uncle Phil/Shredder) moments on there, were there? I'm sorry, but when you mentioned Fist of the North Star, I keep thinking about the moments with that character Avery did on the old movie. :bloocross: