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 From:  Takin' Kare Snizzness (SNIZZEAN)    May-12 1:53 pm  
To:  JRSHABADOO    (1232 of 1234)  
Two Weeks Notice: Kinda boring and ever so predictable. 5.5/10

Jackass the Movie: I suprisingly found it quite amusing. I hadn't watched Jackass since our Steve O interview. 7/10

The Transporter: Jason Statham is cool. Dialogue and movie very stiff. 5.5/10

Anger Management: Not bad. Jack is pretty funny. 7.5/10

25th Hour - It was an ok movie.  I like Ed Norton, altough he seems to have trouble picking good films lately.  6.5/10


 Comedian -  A fascinating  behind the scenes documentary starring lil Jerry Seinfeld and other stand ups.  It focuses on Jerry trying to work a new act after retiring his old bits.  Pretty interesting.   7/10

Punch Drunk Love - I'd gotten rave reviews of this movie, but I thought that while it had some excellent dialogue and humorous scenes, they were fewer and more far between than I care for - 5/10

Just Married - Typical romantic comedy fluff - 3/10

*As a sidenote, I have to include A-Law's recorded tape of Six Feet Under Season 3 that I am about halfway through. I continue to love this show more than my own life - 10/10

The Hours - I think I may need more historical background on Virginia Woolfe to fully enjoy this movie. It was ok. 6/10

Die Another Day - Just like all the rest. A fun, none-thinking movie. Plus, Halle Berry wears leather. 7.5/10

Phone Booth - Horribly boring. I liked all the parts where he *wasn't* in the phone booth. 1.5/10

I thought Phone Booth was OK.   Worth a rent.   6.5/10


  Spirited Away -  I am not a huge fan of japanimation but this movie was good.  It won all sorts of award and stuff.  By the same guy that did Princess Mononoke (which is also good).    7/10


  Big Red One -  Lee Marvin kicked ass.  One of my favorite war movies.  Hadn't seen it in awhile and it is still good.  8/10


  Jungle Book 2 - Can't really remember any of it.  Must not have been that good.   4/10

Identity - Surprisingly good...psychological thriller that doesn't require a whole lot of thinking. Or, so you think. (7/10)

Poolhall Junkies - Rounders, but with pool. Plus, Christopher Walken is a badass. (8/10)

Dreamcatcher - Based on the book by Stephen King, obviously not nearly as well done. Still, somewhat interesting. (6/10)

Mighty Wind - I was somewhat disappointed with this one. Not nearly as funny as Best in Show or Waiting for Guffman (6/10)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - I borrowed this one from my dad (leftover video store owning collection) to refresh my memory before going to see the new one (opening in theatres October 17). I'd forgotten how horribly terrible it is, yet sooooo sooooo good as well. I think I watched a documentary before about the movie being made on about 500 dollars and in 200 degree heat. Ok, maybe an exaggeration, but still...

8/10....extra point for nostalgia factor.

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Punch Drunk Love - I'd gotten rave reviews of this movie, but I thought that while it had some excellent dialogue and humorous scenes, they were fewer and more far between than I care for - 5/10

I just noticed this, and am confused. You're supposed to like all of the stuff that is the best ever, and this movie is the best cinematic pop-culture litmus test we have since Bottle Rocket. Please watch it again. Its the subtle dialogue and the fact that its the most romantic movie EVER created that does it. You have to like it.  

That is all.

A Mighty Wind

My one problem with Mighty Wind was that its so similar in form to Guest's other movies that they are bordering on parody of themselves and/or growing stale. However, its FAR, far funnier than Best in Show, which despite being their first real crossover success is in my un-humble opinion, the worst of the lot. Guffman is a timeless classic and Spinal Tap, is well, fuckin' Spinal Tap. But you put A Mighty Wind out first and its as solid as any of those. Fred Willard is especially heelarious, his best role ever. "Wha' Happened!?" And that scene where the Folksmen are talking about needing to open strong so viewers don't reach for the remotes, then realizing its on PBS and Guest says "oh wait, they don't have remotes" is one of the funniest, subtle lines I've seen in a long time. And the outtakes are great. The other coolest part is when the foreign PR chick lady hums with her mouth open during that tost. Great shit. We're voraciously searching for a download of it on the super geek network. (8/10)

If any of you are fans of history, war movies or WWII in particular, you must immediately rent, purchase or download HBO's Band of Brothers mini-series. Its masterfully done in every aspect. The acting is top notch, to the point where I forget i'm watching a movie not a documentary. Hanks and Spielberg spent an assload assuring the cinematography and other production elements are phenomenal, and similar to other superior HBO studios stuff (Sopranos, 6 Ft Under), they use different writers and directors on the different episodes, giving it an element of staying fresh. I haven't made it through an episode w/o breaking down into tears during the opening comments from real-life veterans of the 101st airborne, and each episode has had a couple scenes concerning aspects of war that i'd never considered, prompting me and my roommates to oftentimes yell out "holy fuck, holy fuck, holy fuck, holy fuck." When we watched the episode where one of our soldiers sees his buddy from high school - there fighting with the Germans cause his family are Nazi bastards - required we turn it off and go have a cigarette on the porch. Its not easy viewing, but if you've ever been interested in the last real war our country's been involved in or been proud of your grandfather's involvement and happy to have been alive with him long enough to hear stories, you wanna watch this. It makes Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, and Saving Private Ryan look like conry child's play. - (10/10)

Because of Matt's rambling, and the fact that a chunk of his remarks are directed toward mine, I'm going for the 3-parter as well.

In regard to liking Punch Drunk Love...I will not resign myself to agreeing with you in regards to most romantic movies EVER. I've sat there while you and I and others were offering suggestions, and believe me...I don't think we're on the same page when it comes to what's romantic or not. Another thing is that I didn't like it...and I've passed all the OTHER litmus tests. Punch Drunk Love was overrated.

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I also completely disagree with you in regards to Mighty Wind. One of the reasons I disliked it as much as I did (and I never said it was terrible, just a disappointment) was that it *was* such a large departure from the same kind of movie that Guffman and Best in Show were.

I'm a creature of habit, and I like a formula that works...so I was disappointed when it wasn't as funny to me as the other two.

I would recommend that people that have seen it in the movie rent the DVD. The extras are worth the four bucks.

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I borrowed the Band of Brothers DVD's from Mr. Fisher, and boy, I barely left my couch until I was through all ten hours of fantastic greatness. The clips of the vets talking about their experiences were indeed heartbreaking and lent an indispensable aspect to the movie.

I don't know if you used this tool of reference, Matt, but I found the extra stuff, mostly the timeline, available on each episode incredibly educational and it gave me a much better idea of the history they were covering.

Incredible. If anyone else hasn't seen this series, you should do so immediately.

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The Matrix Reloaded -  Sure some of the story is goofy and overblown.  Not to mention hard to follow.  IS it just me or is Mr. Fishburne just getting way too into his role of Morpheus? But if you like sci fi at all you can't help but be drawn into this world.  

   7.5/10


  Bend it Like Beckham -  Not sure what all the fuss was about.  It was an OK movie I guess.  Mostly I learned that people from India have crazy weddings and don't like girls playing soccer.  I'll give it a passing grade.

  6.5/10

28 Days Later - This movie was rented by my sister and touted as "the scariest movie since the Exorcist." I hated it. 2/10

I went to my parents this weekend and dug through their collection of "we closed the video store and haven't yet sold these titles at the garage sale" movies to get some free "I haven't seen this in forever and would like to watch it again" movies. On the list:

Frances - Jessica Lange plays in this movie that follows a woman through her career as a movie star and subsequent breakdown and being sent to various insane asylums. I remembered it as being good, but it's actually great. True story...and set in Seattle. Also has one of the most stomach turning scenes of a lobotomy I've ever seen. Ugh. 9/10

River Runs Through It - Remembered as good, definitely still the same. 7/10

Rock n Roll High School - Always a favorite, it's how I learned to love the Ramones - 9/10

Reality Bites - Not as good as I remembered, but I still lust after Ethan Hawke like I was in high school again. 7/10

Last Supper - Still a brilliant movie about a household of liberal Democrats that invite various conservatives/Republicans to dinner and poison them. Funny as hell. 9/10

Still to Watch!
People v Larry Flynt (have seen before)
Kids (never seen. want to watch because everyone on earth has seen it)

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Dumb and Dumberer - I had really low expectations, but it was a little better than expected, although still pretty terrible. Couple of funny parts, especially because Eugene Levy and Cheri Oteri played large supporting roles. (2.5/10)

Rented Raising Arizona a couple weekends ago and, in case you forgot, its still the best movie ever. 10/10

The Station Agent is good.  Watch it.  Cuz if you don't...

I actually dont rent but here are some recent must buys-
Erasure Head(New Transfer Region 0 you can buy from Davidlynch.com or go to scarecrow)
21 Grams-Sean Penn should of been nominated for a Oscar for this masterpiece as oppossed to "Mystic River"
Bubba Ho Tep Bruce Campell is god "Give me some sugar Baby"

This is my first post that doesnt have to do with music so fuck you all in advance for not replying

deezam T, you got some serioius aggression there. you should start a rock band to get that shit out or something. Bruce Campbell's in Ho Tep? what's that all about? i love the man.

my latest viewings:

The Jerk - the greatest comedic movie ever made.

In America - great movie about these irish immigrants in NYC n' shit. liked this a lot.

21 Grams - still don't like this. its good n' all, but just too much terribleness with little reward in my eyes.

You Got Served - perhaps the worst movie ever made, YGS is essential viewing only in order to fully understand the genius of the South Park episode that parodied it.....

Geez, I can't believe you even dared RENT You Got Served. Don't you know your daughter won't wanna watch that crap until she's 12 at least? :)

Recent Rental for me: Badder Santa - Now, I would never have rented this on my own, and it was actually my roommate that brought it home. I laughed and laughed...WAY better than expected, and I love Billy Bob Thornton - 8.5/10

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I feel better now that people are actually talking to me with these strange devices.
Um Bubba Ho tep is......
Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by cult author Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death", then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds.

Saw Bad (badder) Santa very funny! Berating young fat kids is so funny!

City Of God is by far one of the best gangster flicks I have ever seen. Rent this one baby!

Viva Brazilia!

Bubba Ho-Tep is indeed the goods.  Bruce you magnificent bastard.  


  I also saw In America and it is good.  I am in love with the actress who plays the mom.  I think she was also the the future seeing lady in Minority Report.  

  Saw a movie called Equilibrium starring Chrisitan Bale.  Futuristic society where emotions are illegal.  I found it entertaining and the crazy gun fighting style in was pretty smooth.  Mr. Bale is going to make a fine Bruce Wayne.  


  You Got Served?  Really Ash.  And I felt bad for watching Kangaroo Jack.

Speaking of great gangster movies:
I watched Goodfellas for the time in a few years. The older I get, the more I appreciate this movie.
Watched The Bourne Identity for the first time last night. Great action flick... involves a little bit of my brain, my lust for pretty girls with fake foreign accents and the primal love for car chases. Fun stuff.

Did you know that Henry Hill lives here in Seattle?

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Another fascinating thing I learned today (and I might be the last person on earth to realize this, so please don't make fun) is that Mitch Hedberg is in Almost Famous. Weird.

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he is? what part does he play?

Mark Kozalek of American Music Club / Sun Kil Moon is in it too. he's the bass player who likes high school chicks.

baby's momma has net flix so daddy's been watching a lot of films with the fam. here's some recent viewings:  

Swingers
Still one of the coolest, funniest movies ever. And hands down the most quotable thing since Caddyshack. - (10/10)

Gothika
Halle Berry works with crazy people and then, get this, she goes nuts! Is it real, is it fake, is it a dream, or is it just some bad camera trickery that isn't so much scary as it is just annoying? All of this over top a weak story and plot. Snore. - (4/10)  

Cold Mountain  
Turns out the Civil War was totally fucked up and Renee Zellweger makes a great slave. I don't know how you stumble across a lonely and needy Natalie Portman on the open range, though. - (6/10)

The Godfather
This is a movie about the American mafia families of the Cosa Nostra, which is, of course, one of the most fascinating topics ever and one that should be consistently glorified and re-examined, although no one will ever beat Coppola's masterpiece. - (10/10)

You Got Served
Quite possibly the worst movie ever made. Was hoping it would be cool in that "so-bad-its-good" sort of way, but turns out its just horrible. When Steve Harvey is the most talented and experienced actor in your cast you know you're in trouble. Watching it did give me a better appreciation for the South Park episode that parodied it, which is the only reason it gets a (2/10).

Regarding Mitch: He was the Eagles' road manager...apparently with a non-speaking part. Would be interesting to re-watch movie to look for him.

In other news, I watched Butterfly Effect. Now this happened mostly because it was rented by someone else and it was a Monday night, so I figured what the hell? Turns out I loved it, and it was WAY better than expected.

Has anyone else watched it, and what do you think?

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I have seen The Butterfly Effect.   I do like movies with alternate realities and such.  

  Was at the least interesting.  A little overly melodramatic at times.  Would have liked to see it be a bit more playful.  You know, like SLiders.

speaking of sci-fi movies...
has anyone seen Donny Darko? I saw it the other night. It's a great mind-bender. I love weird plot constructions that double back on themselves.

Sliders? That really really terrible movie with Gwyneth Paltrow?

Yeah, Donnie Darko is excellent. I've been meaning to watch it again while it's still on the big screen. Fun stuff.

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Sliders was a tv series starring the mighty Jerry O'Connell.  They slid from alternate universe to alternate universe trying to get back home.  

  Sci Fi channel plays it sometime.  Not that good really, but I kinda liked it for some reason.

I didn't know about the tv series. Sounds very very similar to the new-er movie Gwyneth was in. Going back and forth in time, which creates parallel lives, blah blah. It was terrible.

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i couldn't get in to Donnie Darko until the third or fourth time i tried watching it, but that time i loved it. very haunting and unique. and, as Fisher says, excellent use of Echo & The Bunnymen in the score. perfect for that scene.

just found out some of my web dork buddies have Dodgeball and Anchorman already. they say both are a lot funnier than the reviews let on.

Dodgeball is very funny.

I watched Secret Window last night. It's a huge steaming pile of disappointment. (1.5/10)

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Last night I watched Monster. Very disturbing, but in a transfixing sort of way. I couldn't believe the performance by Charlize Theron. (8/10)

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- what is secret window? i never know anything about movies anymore.

- i really want to see monster.

- does anyone know what that movie about Dahmer is called? anyone seen it yet?

- if you've been anxious to rent the Stiller/Barrymore physical comedy Duplex, you can probably hold off. (3/10)

Secret  Window is a Johnny Depp movie adaptation of a Stephen King story. Unfortunately Johnny Depp's dirty hotness is the only good part of this otherwise completely boring flick. It was slow, boring and totally predictable. I was pissed I wasted two hours on it.

Monster on the other hand, was disturbing and depressing and featured Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci in award winning performances. There's even a lesbian scene scored by Journey's Don't Stop Believin'. Weird.

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Funny, that's what runs through my head 90% of the time I'm alive.

acl

I watched a borrowed copy of True Romance last night. I'd forgotten how how that first sex scene is. Yummy.

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what runs through your head 90% of the time you're alive?

Lesbian scenes soundtracked by Journey songs. Seriously.

acl

Watched The Station Agent last night. Super great, very funny and definitely catered to my love of lonesome midgets. Everyone needs to see this. (10/10)

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Glad to hear you liked it. Peter Dinklage rules!

acl

i liked The Station Agent a lot too. "The Midget Who Loved Trains" would have been a much better title though. (9/10)

I watched Last Samarai last night. It was ok for a Wednesday. (4/10)

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Ok, here are my lazy Sunday rentals:

Cold Mountain - Civil War/romance film. The North still wins and lots of people die. It was ok. (6/10)

Wonderland - I can never get enough history of porn stars. This movie examines the murder scandal surrounding John Holmes circa 1981. It was pretty darned good. (8/10)

Garage Days - Horrible, horrible and a little bit of terrible. I turned it off after approximately 20 minutes. Yuck (0/10)

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i thought Cold Mountain was OK too. that renee zellweger sure was a bundle!!!!

we recently watched 50 First Dates. it was awful. 3/10.

Saw

  Saved! and Super Size Me


  Saved was Ok I guess.  Thought it would be a little better.  7/10


  Super Size Me is pretty fascinating.  Apparently eating nothing but McDonald's for 30 straight days is bad.  How bad is the interesting part though.  8.5/10

I just watched Orgazmo.

it was pretty funny.

I watched movies all weekend. Here's the scoop:

Super Size Me - Gross. You'll never want to eat fast food again. At least for 24 hours. (6/10)

Saved! - Very disappointing. Typical teen angst flick that just happens to be set at a christian high school. (2/10)

Slingblade - Wow. I saw this when it first came out, and it's still fantastic! (9/10)

Dummy - Gross. Apparently ventriloquist dummies creep me out as much as clowns. It was distracting in a movie that was just ok. (4/10)

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This weekend I watched:

Day After Tomorrow - Typical disaster movies. Strangely, I have a guilty affinity for typical disaster movies. (5/10)

Mean Girls - I succumbed to this movie after hearing rave reviews from the people I least expected to hear them from. Pretty funny. (6.5/10)

Recently watched the first season of Nip/Tuck.

It was just so-so. Don't see what all the fuss is about.

(4/10)

The Terminal -

This movie sucked a big huge steaming pile of fecus. Totally stupid plot and totally, totally boring. Not sure what Tom Hanks was thinking on this one. (3/10)

Butterfly Effect -

First half was interesting and seemed like it could shape up to be a cool, twisted thriller but it ended up being pretty cheesy, leaving tons of plot holes, and not being scary AT ALL.

(5/10)


ARE THERE ANY GOOD MOVIES TO RENT?

I thought both saved and Mean Girls were above-average teen comedies. Mean Girls had funnier parts, but the plot was uneven and the writing a little clunky at times. Saved seemed like it was better put together, like it was made by people who had made movies before. Both are worth renting.

Saved - 7/10
Mean Girls - 6/10

I had forgotten how incredibly funny Monty Python was...rented Meaning of Life this weekend. Almost peed my pants. Again.

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Monty Python pretty much rules. Which one did you watch?

Anybody see Mystic River? Really good.

I saw Meaning of Life...see above referenced note :)

I saw Mystic River in the theatre...impressed.

Buffalo '66.
I think I hated it. Just seem like the most self-indulgent crap I've seen in a long time. Weird for weird's sake.

acl

Finally!  Somebody with some taste.  Buffalo 66 was feaking awful.  Characters completely unlikable. Story boring and stupid.

Buffalo 66 is one of the greatest movies ever made. Every frame in it is fucking brilliant and perfect. Great story and FANTASTIC dialogue.

10/10

Whilst home in Yakima with my folks this weekend I was subjected to Lucky 7, a romantic comedy my mother and sister picked out. It was one of the most formulaic and cliched movies ever, which probably explains why it never made it to theatres. I think it would have been better had they introduced a midget character who would have run around randomly smashing people in the kneecaps with a tire iron. (2/10)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370904/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9bHVja3kgN3xodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=1;ft=21;fm=1

Also watched Bourne Identity last night which was about as good of a Hollywood CIA Thriller as possible. Cheesy at times but overall totally fun to watch - one great fight scene, one great car chase, lots of tricky maneuvering by CIA machine Matt Damon. Good rental. Only thing that didn't work for me was the bit role by Julia Stiles as the head of the Parisian branch of the CIA. She did NOT save the last dance for Matt Damon. (7/10)

I haven't rented anything recently, but watched a bunch of Invader Zim at Adam's this weekend. I get down on my knees and once again, thank the lord for sending me Jason Fisher to tell us about all the funny stuff.

If you haven't seen these yet, please do.

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Rented Garden State last night. My goodness, I do believe this may be my favorite film of 2004. Excellent! (9.5/10)

Napolean Dynamite - 9/10
Just purchased this off Amazon. Fucking brilliant.

The Secretary - 7/10
James Spader flick about masochism and shit. Very odd and very entertaining despite the incredibly cheesy ending.

Can't wait for Garden State, it's next up on my Netflix queue.

It also should be noted that Invader Zim does, in fact, rule. Does A-Law have them on DVD or recorded to VHS?

Napoleon Dynamite - 8/10  

  Garden State - 7/10  -  

  Collateral - 7.5/10

  Shaun of the Dead - 8/10

Snizz, how could you rate Shaun of the Dead higher than Garden State? Tsk, tsk.

Matthew...the Zim is on DVD. You should come down and watch some of them sometime. You will pee your pants.

Because Shaun of the Dead was better.

Last night I finally watched Anchorman. It was great, of course. (9/10)

Also, watched Employee of the Month with Matt Dillon, Christina Applegate and Steve Zahn. It was surprisingly better than I expected, with the exception of the point in the movie when Zahn's character referred to a woman's ass as a "fart locker." Actually, now that I think about it, Zahn's character practically made the movie. (6/10)

Sean, you'd be proud of me that I was going to rent Shaun of the Dead, but it was out.

Dodgeball is very funny. (8/10)

I also just watched Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy. I really liked both - about as good of a hollywood espionage thriller as i've seen since the first mission impossible, which ruled. it also seems like they could keep making these with different plots and keep it relatively fresh, a la the james bond series. Identity (8/10); Supremacy (8/10)

I watched Cellular. Basically exactly what you'd be expecting. It entertained me for 90 minutes, but barely. (3/10)

I thought Cellular was really good, at least as far as predictable Hollywood thrillers with corny endings go. Jamie Foxx rules. (7/10)

Yuck. I thought it was mediocrity at best.

In other news, I finally got around to watching Season one of Arrested Development that I'd borrowed from A-Law.

Two words: Fucking hysterical.

I can't believe I waited so long to watch this show.

Anchorman -

How any movie with Will Farrel, Luke Wilson, Fred Willard, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn could be this fucking horrible is beyond me. I hate it when movies have funnier previews than the film itself. Terrible writing, terribly done, and just not that funny. Boo. - (3/10)

Open Water -

Great little indie film. Super well-done, very unique and very interesting the way it was filmed. Highly recommend for you lovers of anxiety-inducing thrillers. - (8/10)

I wasn't that impressed with Open Water, except for the part that it was very indie and done with almost no budget. It drug along for me.

Recent Rentals for Sonja:

Saw - Gross, totally disturbing and almost made me throw up. It was GREAT! (8/10)

The Notebook - I was embarrassed for anyone to accidentally see me rent this movie, as I typically don't like the chick flicks. It did make me cry, though, don't tell anyone! (8/10)

Saw was hilarious!

Poolhall Junkies -  

I obviously need some help in picking movies. You'd think you couldn't go wrong with a movie about pool starring Christopher Walken, but you'd be wrong. This was uneven, poorly-written and just plain not good. Seemed like it was made by people who had never made a movie before. Boooo. - (4/10)

If I had seen any movies worth telling any one about I would.  


  I saw The Terminal for some reason.   That was boring as all get out.  



  I just keep watching Hellboy and Dodgeball.  



  Maybe you should branch out into the world of porn.

The Terminal was also awful. (2/10)

I haven't seen Hellboy. Will add to Netflix list. Good boy Snizz.

Good News!   I replaced my destroyed copy of Varsity Blues.


  Everybody do the Tweeter end zone dance.

I'm sorry I got all drunk and passed out on your copy of Varsity Blues Snizz.

Was that the same night I ate half of a block of your Tillamook cheese, Costanza style?

Yes, yes it was.

Closer - Better than I originally thought it was going to be, but still not that exciting (5/10.)

Ray - I hardly ever buy movies I haven't already previously seen and know for sure I would like to watch multiple times. However, I did pick up a copy on sale and finally watched it this weekend. SO GOOD!!! The only disappointment was that it cut off abruptly at the end and seemed to have left a lot of unanswered questions and left me hanging. (9.5/10)

Closer

i also watched closer this past weekend. the plot is basically that a young princess leah gets hit by a car and some nerdy guy with glasses saves her and they date and he turns out to be a writer and then she and julia roberts fuck everyone and people talk to each other, occasionally cry and yell, and other times smooch and stuff. it was totally boring except for the aforementioned princess leah's ass, which is more supple and delicious than anticipated. there is another cool guy in it who yells the most and also says funny things like "what does your cunt taste like." - (6/10)

-  Natalie Portman would actually be known for portraying Princess Leia's mother.  Sheesh.  

-  Ray sucked balls.

I was excited about Rey until I found out it wasn't about former Mariner great Rey Quinones.

Now that would have been a good story.

its so good to have shabadoo back on the boards. rey quinones. brilliant!!!!

Sideways - While I did enjoy this movie somewhat, I was disappointed...I thought it was supposed to be stupendous. I mostly found it boring and it drug out (6/10)

flcl vol. 1 and 2 : hilarious/brilliant

samurai champloo : kicks cowboy beebop ass.

Spanglish - Kind of cute, spastic romantic comedy type deal. A little boring, but solid date type movie. - (6/10)    

I Heart Huckabees - Sometimes weird for the sake of weird is good. This was great. Love how it pokes fun at therapy, philosophy and existentialism and it had some great performances. Mark Wahlberg was hilarious. - (8/10)

Sideways:

This is a movie about two dorks who drive around in california drinking wine and getting in crazy adventures like getting chased by a flabby naked old guy and getting beat up by chicks and smashing their car into a tree. The guy played by Old Pig Vomit complains a lot and generally acts like a whiny little bitch whereas the Lowell from wings pimps hoes and makes with the jokes. - (7/10)

I was wondering what you were going to think of that movie. I thought it was way overhyped.  Dumb.

Finding Neverland  -

This is a movie wherein Johnny Depp plays a man who likes to play with young boys but not have sex with them. The parallels to Michael Jackson don't end their though, as our hero is extremely feminine looking, feels he was cheated of a childhood and is basically a crazy nutjob. It is no coincidence that this is called "Finding Neverland" and Jackson's ranch is called "The Neverland Ranch," either.

Also, at the end of the movie, Johnn Depp's character writes the play "Peter Pan" and everyone skips and jumps around like a bunch of losers.

This is strongly recommended if you like stuff that is totally, toally boring.

- (3/10)

I didn't think it was boring at all. I thought Johnny Depp did an incredible job portraying JM Barrie, who *was* a bit of a nutjob, and a grown up kid that liked to do nothing better than write. I'd read about him previously so it was fun to see it portrayed in a movie that had beautiful backdrops and settings.

Also, I love Johnny Depp and was able to ogle him in one of his less grungy dirty roles. He was hot.

The Aviator -  A damn fine movie.  Leo can act when he wants to.  Howard Hughes was a pimp.  Too bad about the craziness.  I give it 4.5 8's

  Hitch - Watchable.  Predictable.  The more I think about it, it's like a less funny complete rewrite of Boomerang.  The ol plot line of playa learning the power of love.  Falling in love is the worst thing a pimp can do, sheeyit.  I give it 2 8's


 Star Wars Episode III -  Besides a few terrible Lucas love scenes, hire someone to write these George because you don't understand interaction between male and female.  The rest of the movie was pretty bad ass. I wish the other two were even close to this one.  I give it 3.75 8's.


  Timeline - Movie about traveling to Midievel France or something.  The main star is the guy who Johnny Mox replaces in Varsity Blues.  Paul Walker I believe his name be.  Give me Quantum Leap or Sliders over this any day.  1.75 8's

War of the Worlds - Entertaining.  A bit confusing though.  Not sure exactly what the aliens were doing with the humans later in the movie.  Harvesting them or just destroying for fun?  Still, a good flick for sci fi fans and bored people.  Dakota Fanning makes a lot of movies.  She's usually pretty good in them. Just an observation.

 Unleashed -  I really liked this movie.  By the same folks who did
 The Professional and La Femme Nikita.  Jet Li  is basically kept as a human dog until stuff happens.  Humanity and feelings ensue.  Enjoyed it!

King Kong: This was not good. Everything that's bad about a big budget hollywood blockbuster remake. Terribly disappointing. (3/10)

Brokeback Mountain: Snoozer. I didn't buy either of those guys as cowboys. Homos for sure, but cowboys? Nope. That said, this was still a pretty good, complex love story and beautifully told that would have been a pleasant surprise were it not for the hype. (6/10)

Grizzly Man: This came highly recommended, but about 30 seconds into that idiot's open monologue I wanted to turn him off. This would have been way better had the documentarian not revealed his demise so early in the film. Had it been more chronological it would have been more fun to watch, because it would have given me something to root for ("please let this fucking idiot get eaten by a bear...please let this fucking idiot get eatin by a bear"),  but as it is it was a mildy entertaining movie that could have been done in a half hour. They also should have definitely saved the audio tape of he and his girlfriend getting aten alive and made it a bonus feature on the DVD. (4/10)

I have been renting a lot of TV shows like the office lately

I just rented In the Land of Women with Adam Brody. Its so good. One of the other interns I work with at umgd told me about it and its really good.