We got the special edition of Boondock Saints DVD. I didn't realize they had a remastered version out.
Watching Sweeney Todd tonight. Better late than never, says I.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Cashmere - May 17, 2008 7:45:23 pm PDT #5762 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
beekaytee - May 17, 2008 8:09:36 pm PDT #5763 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
God help me, I'm actually watching Highlander: The Source...with my hand firmly smashed against my mouth, stifling horrified laughter. Mercy, mercy me.
Plus? I was actually almost swayed by a promo for a new!remastered, fully digimproved version of Highlander 2 even though I've actually seen the 'renegade cut' t titter and know what rank rubbish it is.
I think I might need a 12 step program.
I am powerless in the face of the Quickening.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 17, 2008 9:21:31 pm PDT #5764 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
"Uwe Boll isn't the worst director in the world, but In the Name of the King might be more enjoyable if he were."
Is the person who wrote this counting dead directors like Ed Wood?
Polter-Cow - May 17, 2008 9:38:19 pm PDT #5765 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just watched Tremors for the first time in years. It's still great.
sumi - May 18, 2008 6:52:36 am PDT #5766 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Harry Potter fans: Tom Felton has some home video up on youtube.
sumi - May 18, 2008 7:50:23 am PDT #5767 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Jessica - May 18, 2008 11:21:28 am PDT #5768 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Posting from my phone so this will be brief - Indiana Jones was really fun! VERY derivative of Lucas/Spielberg's other work, but in a nostalgic way.
I think the elevator pitch must have been something along the lines of Stargate Atlantis meets Alias, with Harrison Ford.
Sean K - May 18, 2008 11:48:40 am PDT #5769 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yay! So glad to hear it gets a passing grade, Jess. That's all I needed to hear.
Laga - May 18, 2008 12:04:58 pm PDT #5770 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
as a "Jason Statham, action hero!" fan, I'm actually enjoying this Dungeon Siege movie.
Jessica - May 18, 2008 3:11:13 pm PDT #5771 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Quibbles:
The action scenes are gloriously entertaining set pieces, but they don't move the plot forward. In the sense that the film is an adventure quest, the chase sequences do, for the most part, move the characters closer to their goals, but they do so in a a fairly gratuitious manner. Shia LaBouf's entrance chase scene is particularly pointless and nonsensical. (But forgivably so because it's quite entertaining.)
There are also WAY more bits in this film where Indy should be dead than I remember from the previous ones. Or rather, the certain-death situations he finds himself in are way more emphatically CERTAIN DEATH. I can't go into specifics without being spoilery, but the thing he survives at the very beginning of this movie makes outrunning the giant rock in the beginning of Raiders look like a stroll in the park on a nice sunny day. (On the up side, once you believe he survived that, what's a few deadly-looking waterfalls or barrages of machine-gun fire?)
There's also a whole thing in the beginning that seems like it's going to be a big deal and then isn't. It's just kind of dropped. (And yes, "whole thing" is about as much detail as I can go into without spoiling. Official reviews will probably be less coy.)
However, Cate Blanchett + Russian accent = TEH HAWT.
The Indy/Marion/Mutt stuff is adorably reminiscent of Alias S2 (except Marion isn't a secret KGB agent). But the same awkward "Bristow family vacation" vibe is there, and it's very well played. (Also, Mutt. HAR.)
I'd rank it above Temple of Doom, and more or less comparable to Last Crusade. (Raiders being the best of the 4 without question.)