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Bob 
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 Topic: Movies on DVD thread 2Posted: 07 Aug 2010 at 8:39pm |
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I continue to be surprised with our "progress" in the use of language such as the title of that movie Kick Ass. I guess I'm getting old when that kind of stuff still mildly shocks me. Oh, it's used all the time and every where but in a movie title? Like boiling a frog I guess, push it gently just a little at a time and Bang - here we are. Just a mood I'm in I guess but ever since I saw the first ads for it I've been in that mood.
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Karl_db
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Posted: 07 Aug 2010 at 9:29pm |
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You're not alone Bob. Same feelings for that new Shatner(sp?) TV show. Sigh.
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Bob
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010 at 10:55pm |
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Open Range - A good old standard shoot 'em up western with Robert Duval, Kevin Costner, and Annette Bening. Loved it! Actually I watched this on TV and not on a DVD. You've seen the plot many times probably but no matter, good anyway. (2003 movie)
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Karl_db
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Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 3:24am |
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Two thumbs up. I'd give it more...but two thumbs is all I have. I watch it every time it's on and I see it.
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Randy
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Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 3:18pm |
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That looks like a great one. Just saw the trailer.
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 9:52am |
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Might not be to others tastes but we watched both the original (2007) and remake (just out) of Death At A Funeral and I think we liked the original more. I can't believe that they did a remake after only 3 years. Weird. OTOH I thought that [uyrl=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910554/]Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel[/url] was funny and pretty original. Apparently not available on DVD but we have 3 months HBO free and I caught it there. On the recorder for tonight is pretty much everything on TCM last night; apparently a Walter Mattau festival including the (original) Odd Couple along with others. |
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 9:58am |
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Oh, also on the DVR is Blow Out as shown on IFC. I like De Palma movies and this is one of my favorites. Sadly the DVD release of this is pure junk; so bad that Netflix doesn't even carry it. I'm hopeful that some day there will be a good transfer but until then the SD version from IFC is about as good as it gets.
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Randy
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Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 8:12pm |
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I know none of us have seen very many movies at a theater in a while, heck we don't even have a thread on them that I noticed, but since I've taken a little time off this week I got the family too go see The Sorcerer's Apprentice with me. The trailer got me. Loved it! Just a good old entertaining movie, kinda like "Back to the Future". I'm pretty fond of Nicholus Cage's acting anyway. It was a bit corny, of course, but I sure enjoyed it.
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Karl_db
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Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 8:58pm |
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So my daughter was right and it was a good "kids" movie (or kid at heart)....Sounds like I'd enjoy it.
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Randy
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Posted: 13 Aug 2010 at 7:54am |
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Almost forgot, we rented a movie from a Redbox machine at Walmart, Planet 51. It was a nice easy process, including the return.
It was a fun kids movie, but nothing to write home about. Not one I'd buy. |
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Karl_db
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Posted: 13 Aug 2010 at 2:25pm |
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So far we haven't tried it. But tempted. Seems like a fast easy way to grab a flick...
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 13 Aug 2010 at 2:40pm |
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My local Redbox never has the movies I want.... It's one of my "go to" movies, something I will often watch when I don't know what I want to watch and it's leaving Netflix instant for some period of time. Somehow I missed that it was written/directed by Christopher Guest who's other stuff I love. A fun movie about making a movie. |
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 14 Aug 2010 at 5:51am |
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Just good fun. |
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Karl_db
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Posted: 14 Aug 2010 at 6:00am |
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Cool. James Garner flick.
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Randy
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Posted: 14 Aug 2010 at 10:48am |
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"The Big Picture" sounds like a fun one, with a bit of a fun twist, a movie about making a movie.
That reminds me, I thoroughly enjoyed a film I saw on the making of "The Lord of the Rings". It was amazing what they accomplished, three movies at one time, and a small industry that centered around just providing the props, scenery and costumes for the movies. |
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 14 Aug 2010 at 11:10am |
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Movies about making movies are always fun, a couple that I remember right off the top are State and Main, Sweet Liberty and The Last Shot. All of which I'd gladly watch again. |
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Bob
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Posted: 16 Aug 2010 at 8:28am |
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I finally got around to watching Crazy Heart last night. I like 'ole Jeff Bridges a lot. The overall movie came across as kind of "seedy" and I suppose that's good since that's what it was depicting.
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Bob
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Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 11:11pm |
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And tonight I watched an impulse pick titled The Dish. An offbeat comedy about one of those huge satellite tracking dishes located in a small rural community in Australia during the Apollo 11 moon landing. Light and entertaining during most but kind of moving toward the end where daring and courage was required from a few on earth to bring Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon to the world on Tv. And courage and risk taking was not their usual bag. I enjoyed. Based on true events. Scary to think how iffy that mission was.
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 3:40am |
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Yup, that whole Apollo program was pretty scary. A better story than it was a movie but saw the 2002 (or thereabouts) version of Where The Red Fern Grows. Still enjoyable. |
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Randy
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Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 8:11pm |
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The Dish sounds like a good off beat one.
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