What Movie(s) Did You Watch Today?
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Okay, tonight's the first time I've seen this flick, part of my <$10 bluray grab-bag this last xmas season.
It started out as an okay science-fiction flick, but kind've ended as a gothic horror flick. :shock: The Vangelis soundtrack was good (given the period) but I gotta admit I didn't know what the hell was going on towards the end (merlot's fault). Impressive, visually. Some fun "period" slips (don't know when this movie was originally made):
a. so many LA'ers smoking, in 2018???
b. covering yourself from the rain, with a paper newspaper, instead of an iPad? In 2018??
c. a skyscraper-high Coca-cola ad, I get. But on only one skyscraper??? Heh!
d. oh wait, there's a "Pan Am" ad in the background! Who?
e. Continuous rain throughout the movie? in LA? Oh yeah, global warming by 2018.
f. There is no (f)
Its fun to see the obsolete portions of my dad's sci-fi books that I devoured in my late teens/early 20's ("Set course for Sector 9-3!" and the ensigns whip out their slide rules…) but seeing some things so out of date, in a movie made in my own lifetime…. ouch. :|
Tonight I watched "The Gift" written by Billy Bob Thornton and directed by Sam Raimi. I rather liked this suspense thriller with an all star cast. (Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Giovani Ribisi, Katie Holmes, Hillary Swank and Greg Kinear). Story is about a psychic Cate Blanchett who has visions of a murdered and drowned girl (Katie Holmes) and her trying to solve the crime. This one has you guessing till the end on who did the killing and very suspenseful. Very good portrayal of what life is like living in the Deep South. Bonus is you get to see a very naked and smoking hot Katie Holmes ( never realized just how hot her body is). Netflix has this movie only till Jan 1st then they are taking it off. It was very very good so hurry and watch it befor it's gone. Highly recommend this one.
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We watched Monsters U on bluray the other night, and that has to be one of the most realistic Pixar pictures for sight and sound. Everything looked and sounded outstanding. The story was good, just didn't tug on your heartstrings like the first one did. This one is worthy of a purchase, just for the eye and ear candy!
Then we watched Despicable Me 2 in 3D. Again, thought the first one was better, but worthy of at least a rental.
Then we watched Despicable Me 2 in 3D. Again, thought the first one was better, but worthy of at least a rental.
Just watched this one with the kids. LOVED it - and so did they. Good story, good music, very cool animation style, a lot of fun. Was just scanning through netflix to see what I could stream and came across it, decided to give it a try. Glad I did!
PaulyT said:
Just watched this one with the kids. LOVED it - and so did they. Good story, good music, very cool animation style, a lot of fun. Was just scanning through netflix to see what I could stream and came across it, decided to give it a try. Glad I did!
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Botch said:
Close... I took the liberty of going directly to the site he was hot linking and grabbing the pic...
Sorry, yes, A Cat in Paris. Sometimes hard to know what pictures will show up on the forum when grabbed from google images...
Another one I really liked and just finished watching, in tonight's line-up of artistic animated kids' (sort of) movies: The Secret of Kells.
I've ordered both of these on BD. It seems the colors on the netflix streaming were kinda muted; I want to see both of these in full HD. They're both worth re-watching, too.
In any case, both are worth checking out on Netflix if you like somewhat more "artsy" animated movies.
Another one I really liked and just finished watching, in tonight's line-up of artistic animated kids' (sort of) movies: The Secret of Kells.
I've ordered both of these on BD. It seems the colors on the netflix streaming were kinda muted; I want to see both of these in full HD. They're both worth re-watching, too.
In any case, both are worth checking out on Netflix if you like somewhat more "artsy" animated movies.
Babs
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DIYer said:
I certainly appreciate the 'Rambo' character, especially what he stands for. Extremely violent & disturbing! I didn't get that feeling from the first three. I thought of 'The Deer Hunter' many times! I liked the ending, when John chose to find a way back to his father.