i just finished watching the first two indiana jones movies (raiders of the lost ark and the temple of doom) for the first time. uh, wow. awsome movies, im not sure witch one was better. ill probably watch the third one tommorrow.

YAY! Another Indiana Jones fan is born... *Laughs evily*

I just watched Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem .
It was okay, way better than the pieces of crap known as AVP, Alien 3 & Alien Resurrection. Though I wish they'd use the Predator theme & the main Predator shouldn't of died, he was awesome. Since I'm a Predator fan more than Alien, I'm glad the Predator was the pwner this time around. If I had to rank the Alien/Predator films it'd be like this:

1. Predator
2. Aliens
3. Alien
4. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
5. Predator 2
(Here's where the crap starts)
6. Alien vs. Predator
7. Alien: Resurrection
8. Alien 3

The other night I was feeling ill, and for some odd reason when I am in that state my TV remote always tends to land on some pretty cruddy programming. (I dunno misery loves company, I suppose.)

Anyways in this case it was the third Austin Powers movie "Goldmember" which I can say in it's defense is one of the most environmentally conscious movies I have ever seen, as it contains 98 percent recycled material from the previous two films in the series. 8D

8D 8D That was solid gold. 8D 8D

I never saw any of the Austin Powers movies from start to finish. I tried the first one but really wasn't enjoying it and wandered off to another channel. The second I've seen bits and pieces but that's it; all I saw of the third were the commercials when it first came out. Just not something that interests me.

Like the Wayne's World flicks, they're hardly the greatest movies in the world, but they can be a whole lot of fun if you're in the right frame of mind. Every so often, I do hear rumours of a fourth one being in the works, which I do think would be stretching it a bit, particularly since, as t pointed out, by the third outing they were clearly straining themselves for fresh material - that said, the opening sequence to Goldmember is quite easily the funniest of the trio. And who doesn't love Michael Caine?

Devin's Ghost

I have just returned from ACEN (Anime Central 2008) and it was $#@%ing AWESOME!!! I happened across this movie at one of the movie rooms in the con, its a horror movie starring former POWER RANGER ACTORS :D (one of which happened to be an actual guest at the con). Karen Ashley (Aisha) and Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam aka Vash the stampede's VA).

The movie was so bad it was hysterical! It was a cheesy horror movie supposedly meant to be cheesy and bad, as one guy next to me it was "wonderfully craptacular". It was about a Jason Voorhees style killer who killed people with a buzz saw attached baseball bat in a baseball uniform. The movie was full of cheese and joy, plus, I got Karen Ashley's photo with me AND n autographed power ranger photo ;D needless to say I had fun!

Shoot 'Em Up

I just purchased the DVD today, and I seriously don't see anything bad about this film. Clive Owen really kicked ass and provided most of the fun (eg; after shoving a carrot through a guy's mouth and back out the other side: 'Eat your vegetables'). I really enjoyed the sequences, in particular the rooftop shootout. That was fun!

The Birthday Party

The 1968 cinematic version of Harold Pinter's classic drama about a seemingly innocent "birthday party" which escalates into a full-blown nightmare for its subject, a mysterious man named Stanley who, having sought refuge in a seedy seaside boarding house for several years, is suddenly shaken by the arrival of two equally mysterious (and totally malevolent) strangers. I'm presently preparing to write a dissertation upon some of Pinter's theatre and, having known about this movie version for years, decided finally to check it out. The 1986 TV film is the version I'd always been more familiar with up until now, and do still prefer to some extent, though this one certainly offers a greater and more interesting array of camera angles and techniques. While I do still have to favour the portrayal of Meg in the 1986 version, I did like this one's depiction of Stanley just that little bit better - he came across as being more vulnerable here, and thus more sympathetic - and Goldberg and McCann were properly terrifying. All in all, I'd say it was a fine adaptation of this fascinating play, its greatest strength perhaps being its depiction of Stanley's forlorn surroundings, which were fabulously drab.

Darn right, which is why one of the last movies I saw was the original "Italian Job" from 1969, an awesome little caper flick with some funny bits, some excellent stunt work (The Mini chase is one of all time best movie car chases ever.) a superb score by Quincy Jones and of course one of the best cliffhanger (and I use the term cliffhanger in the most literal sense) endings in all of moviedom.

That was followed by Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, which got a recent re-release on DVD a couple weeks ago (which is a good thing, as first run copies of the movie on DVD/VHS are very rare.) I always hold a special place in my heart for this film as it was my first exposure to MST3K. (The show itself never officially aired on any Canadian channel.) So it served as a nice introduction to movie riffdom 101. And I have been hooked ever since.

Hurrah! That movie's one of my favourites, and I agree completely with everything you said. Thus far, I've been very successful in steering clear of the 2003 remake, though if I do ever opt to sit down and watch it, it'll be primarily to play a game of "Spot the Spider-Man"...since rumour has it that Spidey actually lands himself a couple of extremely fleeting cameo appearences therein, though naturally I couldn't verify that.

Last movie I watched was Spirited Away, at the student cinema. People have been praising the hell out of this film since its release in 2001, and I see little reason to argue with that, nor is there much else I could really add to that voice which won't have been said a million times already. So I'll simply settle for saying that Chihiro/Sen's adventure is as beautiful, courageous and inspirational as they come, and that I love those dust-bunnies. Oh, and it was the Japanese original that we got to watch too, which was gratifying - as dubs go, I think the English dub for Spirited Away is decent enough, but I definitely prefer the original. No need to tack a corny throwaway voiceover gag on at the end - the Japanese original is perfectly happy to let the music and the visuals do all the talking in those final moments, and rightly so.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

I'm now officially an Indy fan, and this movie was the reason!

Harrison Ford really shines in this movie and the chemistry between Harrison and Shia was brilliant.

I will say that there are two (picture-frame) cameos in the movie, and the one that really surprised me was when Spoiler Below

I really enjoyed this movie, and the ending Spoiler Below really opens the door for a possible fifth one!

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

To sum it up in 3 words: it kicked ASS!!! I was totally impressed with how easily and effectively this sequel surpassed the first one. This movie seems to have perfectly mastered and upgraded every element that made the movie good and then some. Story, characters, music, dialog, the battles are even more violent and dark natured.

The movie series has certainly gone adult quickly and I feel it really makes this book series even more impressive then Harry Potter (or at least I feel that way so far). They touch on old bits from the first movie and don't just act like it never happened without mentioning something (like most sequels do). There was so much improved from the first movie, its hard to even cover it all.

Disney has really landed a winning franchise here, I look eagerly and enthusiastically to the next Narnia movie/book adaptation. I originally doubted how good this movie might be, worrying it'd be too lost or detracted from what made the first movie great, but I was wrong and I loved the movie.

Yay, that's great to hear. I never actually read the books but I'm familiar with the stories, and I loved the first movie. I heard the visual effects in the second are outstanding! :up: Awesomeness, pure awesomeness.

As for the last movie I watched, it was last Sunday night and it was another of Disney's- The Incredibles. I saw it when it first came out on DVD a number of years ago, but hadn't seen it since. Although not Pixar/Disney's best work, it was certainly entertaining and I highly enjoyed it. Again. :)

The Bucket List

A pretty nice movie starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as a pair of terminally ill cancer patients who embark upon a globe-trotting adventure in order to accomplish everything they'd ever wanted out of life before they die. The basic storyline, though it leaves you with a warm enough glow, was a bit simplistic and predictable (not really helped by the fact that the trailer had already given about 80% of it away), but with Jack and Morgan both aboard you know you're in for something worth watching, and I did feel that they were able to transcend the limitations of the script and give off two very entertaining performances. It's actually quite an effective combination, Morgan's trademark warmth and Jack's trademark cynicism - I'm surprised it's taken this long for somebody, in this case Rob Reiner, to hit upon that potential and try utilising it.

I haven't seen it yet (I'm seeing it next weekend) but I think a final fifth one would work if they started work like next month.

I've just returned from theatre. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a pretty good film.

Well, I liked the action and that the storyline is quite interesting. I mean, usually films have scenes only for show, which are usually boring (i.e. Star Wars I). Here I found only one scene a bit boring - in the jungle, when Mutt fought with that soviet lady.
However, to be honest, I didn't like the story after they had gotten to the temple. Ok, aliens, I understand, but a giant space saucer burried under the jungle - that was weak. The same with surviving Abomb in a fridge.
I really like the way the soviets were portrayed in the movie (it takes place in '55-'57, doesn't it?). Just as I expected they would be in that part of the Cold War. Eh, I would so like to live in the '50ties...

That Thing You Do (1996)

Tom Hanks stars in a Tom Hanks film, written by Tom Hanks.

A pretty well done send up of the music industry circa 1964 that focuses on the trials and tribulations of a group of friends who form a band (The Oneders...get it, get it!?) and ride a wave of success on the back of their number one (and only) "That Thing You Do"

Tom is successful in capturing the look and feel of the era in which the story takes place, the actors (who at the time were pretty unknown) do a good job with the material and have good chemistry with each other (Look for a young Steve Zahn and pre Lord of The Rings, Liv Tyler) and the titular song is one of the most catchiest pieces of music I have ever heard. As music spoofs go it doesn't measure up to the champion of that genre "This is Spinal Tap" but this film still have a lot of goodness to make it worth the viewers while.

The Kite Runner

This is, without a doubt, the best movie I've seen in years, probably ever. Based on the book of the same name by Khaled Hossieni, it's about a young boy named Amir growing up in Afghanistan shortly before the Russian invasion in the 70's. A major aspect of the first third of the film is his relationship with his friend and servant, Hassan. The acting between the boys who played Amir and Hassan was amazing, and they were adorable.

The music was amazing, as was the scenery and the scenes of the kite competiton, an Afghan tradation banned by the Taliban when they came to power. But what I loved about the film the most was that most of it was spoken in Arabic, with English subtitles. While it threw my dad off (even though he only watched ten minutes of the film at the beginning and ending), and the subtitles bugged my stepmom, I enjoyed it-- hearing the Arabic added the realism found in Hossieni's novel. (What I mean by that is that Hossieni wrote The Kite Runner in first person, and so convincingly that one has to forcibly remind themselves that this is a work of FICTION, not a memoir or an autobigraphy.) I also like that the film was able to do well without ANY big-name, A-list celebrities-- the actors carried their own weight, and did AMAZINGLY as his/her character.

However, the film is not without its sadness. It's rated PG-13, in part for the sexual assault of a child-- a major event/turning point in the book and the film. Not graphically depicted, but enough to garner tears. Later, in the film's final act, an older Amir witnesses a stoning in Modern Day Afghanistan. Although you see it coming and know it's not going to be pretty, you still can't help but gasp and cover your mouth with both hands and cry-- I did so.

Overall, The Kite Runner was an amazing film-- not TOTALLY faithful to Hossieni's novel, but what film adaptation is? VERY HIGHLY recommened-- four stars.

stay alive

movie about a bunch of guys playing a video game in which they die in real life if they die in the game. pretty awsome. and the ending was also pretty cool.

The Last Temptation of Christ

I finally got around to seeing this controversial and LONG movie from Martin Scoresese and boy was it a piece of work. VERY interesting and very disturbing stuff to see about Jesus, Willem Dafoe played Jesus and Harvey Kietel played Judas, it was a very interesting movie and very enlightening about the Bible and all that stuff.

I really felt this was a powerful and effective movie for those curious about anything related to Jesus, God, or the Bible. I learned a lot and didn't see it as the blasphemous "abomination" most critics and religious viewers saw it as. Very glad I saw this movie. By the way, Prutnick, next you might want to be a little bit more careful about revealing SPOILING information about a movie.

I haven't seen "Kingdom of the Crystal skull" yet and frankly, I'd rather not like to read all the spoiler stuff about the movie before I actually see it so please, keep that in mind next time, okay?

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:

No, no Uncle Phil moments. It was actually a big tearjerker, as this one focused on Toki's kindness, illness, physical degeneration, imprisonment, freeing, failing battle against Raoh, and some of his final days.

When you remove all the exploding heads and Mad Max imagery, Fist of the North Star is just one gigantic tragedy.


The artwork in the new movies is incredibly good, too.

Awesome and depressing sunset!

Yeah, that is beautiful (even if it's depressing, too). I'd like to see this movie at some point.

hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.

finally sat myself down to watch this, and it was pretty good. never actually read the book, but ill probably have to do that now. also i thought marvin was funny with his depression.

Indeed, you have to read the book. I've read the whole series (it has 5 parts) a couple of years ago and it's simply amazing. I'm a Hitchhikers' fan ever since.

Movie, from a book-fan point of view, was much worse. In about half of the movie, the plot changes drasticly, compared to the one in the book. And the movie is much easier to understand - I find the series very abstract.

I've been a huge Hitch-Hiker's fan since my early teens. I wasn't wild about the movie though, in part because of how they portrayed my favourite character, Zaphod Beeblebrox. Yes, he's always been an obnoxious egomaniac of truly epic proportions, but he wasn't nearly as stupid in the books as they made him out to be in the film...presumably just to play more aptly into the hands of the added Arthur/Trillian subplot, which was pure Hollywood-ism. Unlike a lot of the critics, I don't believe that Sam Rockwell was miscast in the role. He made an awesome Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, thus I got all excited when I heard that he was going to be playing Zaphod, and I do still believe that he had the capacity to provide an enjoyable and far more accurate portrayal of the character - it's just that if the script and direction call for him to do nothing more than whoop and wave his arms about for the entire duration of his screentime, there's not a huge deal that the actor can do about it.

The Strangers

I do not scare easily. Whenever I see horror movies with my friends, I laugh at them whenever they jump. But this movie...man, it seemed so real. I actually jumped during many parts, and even screamed during one. Those people and their stupid masks, grr...:P

yeah i saw Hitchhiker's again and i'll have to go read the books. Marvin was awesome 8D

The last movie I watched was....also "hitchhikers guide to the galaxy"
it was my first time actually watching it....now...I must read the books :U

A Shot in The Dark: Classic Peter Sellers all the way through,

One of the many high points of the original Pink Panther series, and the only movie in the Peter Sellers/Blake Edwards series not to use Pink Panther in the title.

Babel. Simply amazing movie (disturbing in many parts though)