Movie Reviews

Flak Monkey wrote:

Theater prices are nuts.... And then you try and buy nuts and it costs you more than what it did to get in. $20 for you and your SO for a movie? NOT. Red Box and some munchies... $3.50

dang your cheap for munchies!...or your a dang squirrel!

I have not seen nuts in a theater for yrs!...like since I was a kid!

but yup I wait for the DVD too

Well, a can of cashews or peanuts are always nice. But we don't really have movie nights that often. If we do make some kind of munchies, it may be pizza rolls or chips. Last big thing we discovered was Cheetos cheese puff corn. them are awesome.

i like cheese but not a great fan of cheese flavored things other than maybe cheese-its. I don't have a bunch of cheese added to things ether step-daughter likes mayo and parm on ears of corn....YUCK!!!
and she puts enough parm on spaghetti for to servings even on her pizza!

Mayo and Parm on corn? Now that is odd. My dad got a taste for bologna and grape jelly sandwiches many years ago from his father. Even today it just seems wrong.

Flak Monkey wrote:

Mayo and Parm on corn? Now that is odd. My dad got a taste for bologna and grape jelly sandwiches many years ago from his father. Even today it just seems wrong.

UG grape jelly! and I got burnt out on bologna as a kid i almost never ever eat it now!

Sooooo, movies lately...

RED - Totally loved it! Everything about this movie was entertaining. John Malkovich stole the show tho, his performance was epic! Go see it! I'M GETTIN THA PIIIIG!!!

Ip Man - One of the best kung fu movies I've ever seen. Tho I don't want to drop it in the 'kung fu movie' bucket, as it is a fantastic movie, with kung fu! (Those of you who watch 'kung fu movies' get what I'm saying) It's a story about the Grandmaster of Wing Chun that trained Bruce Lee. The acting is solid, the cinematography is excellent, and the fight scenes were just downright awesome! Currently streaming on Netflix, sequel is comin out soon!

Kick A** - Loved this show! Brutally harsh violence but the characters are unique, as is the story. Brilliant!

Due Date - Meh. Another case of smart trailer making, movie fizzles pretty bad tho. Pacing was horrible... Redbox at best.

How To Train Your Dragon - Another epic flick in my book! Hilarious story, beautiful animation, brilliant cast! I hope it beats Toy Story 3 for best animated, though I know that is a pipe dream...

Harry Potter 7a - Very cool movie, the best of the series so far! The 'kids' have finally hit their stride and I think this director should have done the whole series. Also, the animation of the Deathly Hallows legend is mind blowing! I'd love to see a feature length flick by whomever did that bit!

Prince of Persia - Excellent popcorn flick that doesn't take itself too seriously. Characters were fun and the effects were beautiful!

Clash of the Titans - An acceptable remake, CG was pretty, all in all nothing amazing tho. Loved that the owl from the original got a 'cameo'. My favorite character was the religious fanatic with the crazy eyes.

Inception - My favorite movie of the year, no question. If you haven't seen it, you must. One of the coolest ideas in a long while and brilliantly executed!

Expendables - A decent action flick, tho if given the choice, see RED. Jet Li's character bugged me. He's probably one of the most dangerous of the group in reality and the cast him as this whiney guy...really irked me. We saw it in the D-Box which was cool. It's a theater thing they have here where the seats move with the movie's action and there are big speakers/subs in each chair to really immerse you in the flick! If you have em in your area, give em a try!

Archer: Season 1 (TV Series) - This show just about killed PyRo and I. A hilarious FX adult cartoon, verymuch not kid safe and it may make your eyes and ears bleed as you double over laughing... You have been warned! >

Ok ok, I'll shaddup now!

cheers.
t.

Nice to see some entries in this thread. Wife and I started Netflix subscription last month. Catching up on years of unseen movies. we have about 100 movies in our bucket.

We saw Prince of Persia the other night. Exactly as described...

The Proposal. Chick flick, but enjoyable. Predictable...but the journey to the end was great. Wife is a big Julia Roberts fan. Betty White was FABU as always.

Toy Story 3. It was pretty good. The end was a nice surprise.

We have seen 2 movies a week for the past month, but I just cant remember them all. Most of them were old just trying to play catch up. Oh, Sling Blade. Yup, old movie but I never saw it. That was good.

We have Despicable Me in line at #5. Will have to see what else is coming in the next few weeks.

Netflix was a great deal when it first started. Could get 3 at a time. Now for the same price, you only get 1... So at best you can see 2 a week. Luckily, we have a distribution center in town, so everything is next day. But even then, it's 2 a week. When you had 3 come at a time, you could have a movie every night. How things change so quickly.

Some catch up..what is up for the next few weeks.

Apacolypto
Eat Pray Love (long wait on this one so we may not see it any time soon)
The Other Boleyn Girl
Elizabeth
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Despicable Me (not releasing till 1-11)
The Queen

The wife has a fascination with the British Royals, old and new...we are watching all these from that subject.

Just placed How To Train Your Dragon on the list and bumped it up near the top. Forgot about that one.

just bought Despicable Me with the 3 mini movie twin pack for the kids and what I have seen of it it seems good,I like the how to train your dragon nice twist to the viking yarn! seen a few Jackie Chan movies all good of course! LOL have not been on much movie rental lately since the closed the Hollywood video place down here in the north state! dumb restructuring arses! hate to pay same price for a movie at block busters for 2 days when I got it for 5 at hollywood

I salvaged a bunch of movies from a clean out of one of my land lords properties and I need to de-scratch them but my disk doctor is wore out from having to use because of my kids! I wish "younger" people would learn to take care of things and not abuse them!

Your wife would enjoy watching The Tudors, if she hasnt watched it yet that is. You can get the first 2 seasons thru ur xbox or ps3 or wii if u have one and watch them instantlywith Netflix, last 2 seasons are dvd only tho. But it's all about Henry and his 8 wives, with all of season 2 mainly about Anne Boleyn.. their marriage and her death. Great series!

I remember seeing previews for that show...was that on HBO?
HBO has come out with some wonderful shows in the past. But it seems even if they are very successful and get many awards, they never last more than 2-3 seasons for whatever reason.

it came on Showtime. If you have showtime u can watch some of the episodes on demand. Yeah I hate when u really get into a show and then it gets cancelled or whatever. But as far as the Tudors go, it's mainly just about Henry and how his rule was for that period. So of course it had to end, when his dynasty did. Hard to believe his bloodline rules still today.

Here's one for you my Great grand parents where paid off and had to sign papers releasing their claim to the crown! I got Mary Queen of Scots In my tree someplace.

Prince Dom?

Cool. Time to hit Ancestry.com.

dom60 wrote:

Here's one for you my Great grand parents where paid off and had to sign papers releasing their claim to the crown! I got Mary Queen of Scots In my tree someplace.

And this line ended up with you!!!!!!!!! No wonder Mary lost her head............

HA HA demon! Now my daughter is a princess on both side of the family! wife is related to Queen Lily Luqianna of Hawaii or how ever you say/spell her name! and at times that child acts like and try's to have the spoiled snotty brat kid attitude! But she did sit in her high chair with her ankles crossed and held her pinky out when she help her bottle or sippy cups LOL. The wife would just glare at me on the pinky thing cuz I do it sometimes without thinking.

edit: BOW to your betters demon!