Movies on DVD thread 2

Master and Commander was very interesting to me.  Loved the seemingly authentic aspects of the movie.

Watched The Shadow Riders tonight.  Acting wise...well...I'll skip that. Actually, a review at IMDB rather sums it up:

If I were to describe the Louis L'Amour novel-based television film "The Shadow Riders" in two words that might seem to contradict each other, they would be: dimwitted and fun. No, this is not a great Western or a great movie by any stretch of the imagination. Intellectually and screenplay-wise, it's mediocre at best. But in terms of the entertainment that one receives from viewing it, especially fans of the old-fashioned Westerns like myself, it both promises and delivers. There is not a single smart line or moment in "The Shadow Riders", but it's thoroughly entertaining and I was not bored with a single moment of it. I was not mightily impressed either, but I had the time of my life.

Exactamento! - I don't mind admitting that I pretty much enjoy some of the old boilerplate movies, especially the westerns.  Entertaining but not much else.  But that's what they are for IMO. 

Also mid watch of a multi DVD series of Ken Burns documentary about the Civil War.  Just great IMO and very educational to me.  I always had heard that Gen. McClellan was not one of the best but here I have learned that if he had been replaced early with Sherman or Sheridan the war might have been shortened dramatically.  He really was an incompetent leader so it seems (Lincoln said "We must use the tools we have").  Lee, on the other hand was a brilliant strategist most of the time and IMO.  Unfortunate that the war had to be fought at all but history and society here was changed forever and that's a good thing.  My Grandmother was born just 10 years after the end of the conflict in 1875 and in Georgia and I try to imagine her childhood.  Kids nowdays couldn't imagine and even for me it's tough.

I saw one part of his Documentary. It was great. 

Tried to watch Crazy Heart last night. Jeff Bridges did a great job in that I believed him in the character but wow, has that character been done a zillion times and wow, was I not the least bit interested in his "redemption".

Sorry to hear that about "The Road". The previews looked interesting. Which is more than I can say for "It's Complicated'. Just didn't interest us at all.

What about that one with Denzel Washington...The Book of Eli?  Is it out yet?

Well....neither have we...since we watched the Blind Side. 

The Prince of Persia is out. Might go to the cheap theater to watch it.  That might be our big Memorial Day weekend fling.  Maybe. Pretty tapped out right now between repairs bills for my old truck and my old body.

Ah. IMAX. That's the chain that went with the $20 prices for Shriek tickets.  Never been to one.

A "fun" exciting movie. Hm. (Without a political message or moral to the story.)  Maybe time for a BGSV&GS) movie? (Blood, Gore, senseless violence with gratuitous sex.)  Hmm. Never mind. I don't want to watch any movie with gore in it....LOL)

I don't know about "jumping up and down" but I think I have just finished the series The Civil War.  Personally I thought it was really interesting and I learned a lot I didn't learn in school or later.  I assume I'm finished now as Appomattox has happened altho some scattered battles still were taking place.  Too bad they couldn't teach history via DVD back in my day, I might have become hooked and actually learned something.