I hit this one solo today and was pretty disappointed. I was surprised they didn't take a health-scare route w/Pete instead of the direction they took it in the end. (Which would have played better.) I turn 39 in May and have been feeling like I'm hitting that rut. I kind of expected the...
One thing I didn't say about seeing it last week w/the girls but I wanted to bring up today -- It was cool seeing so many kids at the theater w/their parents, specifically their dads. I watched a commercial on Star Wars facebook post today, and it was all kids w/their dads talking about the...
I took my kids to see it last Saturday. The Phantom Menace is the kind of movie that I swear gets worse with every viewing. It was the first time the girls saw it, they've seen the Original Trilogy and we watch the Clone Wars, but I've avoided showing them the PT. Quite frankly, the PT is too...
First of all, how can that guy above have all those Transformers, but not take most of them out of the package?! That's the fun of having them -- especially Transformers, they're packaged as cars, not the robots. Who wants to look at that all day? Now, in terms of the movie, I'm with Chuck. I...
Time to bypass the Review thread for this one and just get into the spoilers and general discussion for Super 8. I saw Super 8 last night, and I LOVED it. The movie literally made me feel like I was 12 again, and that's a high compliment. You have to understand that I grew up w/Spielberg's...
It's nice to see a little more love for Legacy. I saw it Friday and thought it was solid, the soundtrack was good, and it had some fine ass. I was surprised by the casting of the Sam's Encom "rival". The minute he came into the picture I said "Hey, I didn't know he was in this." to no...
I finally got around to seeing Expendables as an unofficial "double feature" with Scott Pilgrim (which I loved). I didn't think much of the Expendables, and I LOVE action movies. There are 3 specific things I didn't like about it: - CGI blood. The action looked horrible, and the CGI...
Overall, I thought the show was pretty OK. Horrible scheduled reeked havoc on my viewing though. It was pre-empted more than it was on, the only way I saw everything was thru On Demand. I was ready to watch the finale, when I realized I'd missed two episodes they hadn't even showed yet. ...
I don't think there's one of us on here that didn't grow up with Star Wars -- The Originals, the Pre-Trilogy, or the Clone Wars. Odds are if you're a Home Theater guy/gal, Star Wars is on "the list". What about those of you with kids? Last year I introduced my oldest daughter to Star Wars...
I saw Inception last night and they played this trailer. The audience was pretty into it, until M. Night Shyamalan came up on the screen and half the audience let out an audible groan. The guy behind me yelled out, "The twist will be that they're not really in an elevator!" and everyone...
Yep, Band Of Horses "The Funeral". Cool sounding song, I'm going to check out their other stuff. Found out last night that they're even local, I'd heard of them, but hadn't heard them until now. Good stuff! Doug
Anyone know what the song was during the final Flash Forward? It worked with the flashes, I'd like to hear it all. I watched it knowing it was the last episode, my wife didn't know. It was over, I looked at her and told it was done. She was crushed. Doug above may not have liked it, but...
Hey Everybody -- With all these great Blu-Rays coming from Disney, I thought I'd see if anyone out there has Disney Movie Rewards they aren't using. If you do, feel free to send them my way! I've had my account for awhile and realized I have over 2,000 points so far, there is some pretty cool...
Wow! Way to revive the 3yr old thread! I still love my "Kobe takes the ball, and drives the lane, someone call the cops then my momma because there's been a mugging out front! Booyah, slams the rock down like a dog biting the mailman! Let me holla at a playa cause your sista ain't home!"...
This is pretty identical to the way I was thinking. I knew going in what the premise of the movie was -- Even knowing that, I was literally tearing up in the first two minutes of the movie because I knew she was going to die. But as those first few minutes moved on and you got to know Ellie...
My wife asked what was so funny when I laughed at the IG-88. I gotta say, this episode was awful. Beyond the boring 3-D effects, the story was rushed. They really should have stretched Sarah's lying to Chuck over 2-3 episodes, with him doubting her at every turn on things she's saying, even...
I stopped by the one closest to my house. Parking lot was packed. Consistent flow of people going in and going out -- one thing in common, neither had CC bags. I was told 10% off Blu Ray, that made my trip short. Waste of time. Doug
I caught the quick touch of Die Hard music as the gate was coming down too and was loving it. (I was just watching Die Hard the other day, it is, after all, Christmas time.) Between that and seeing Reginald Johnson's name in the credits, I thought this was going to be just a fun for laughs...
I totally agree that the next one should be sleeker, sexier Bond. I really enjoyed the depth of character and mood in this one -- I felt like that was the whole point to this installment. Now that they've established Bond's emotion and reached closure with Vesper, I'd anticipate the next one...
I loved this movie. I thought it was a perfect carryover from Casino. It's totally understandable that Bond would be questioning everything and everyone, that he would be pessimistic and angry. They grew the depth of his character in this one that they just started with Casino. The closest they...
The envelope for Sleeping Beauty is pretty limited for directions. What would stop you from including a Disc 2 from any past Disney DVDs? I appreciate that they gave me a standard copy of it with the Blu Ray -- send that, and the $26 Sleeping Beauty Blu Ray is suddenly $16. Nice! Doug
I'm surprised it took Ron so long to post a review. I thought about dropping a post when they started posting a song a week on Metallica.com a few weeks back. I think it's become en vogue to rag on Metallica's new material. Load, ReLoad, St Anger, and now Death Magnetic. I think the new has...
I'm kind of surprised that no one has any giveaways for Speed Racer. I expected free cars or something from Best Buy considering how many stuffed animals they have for Disney movies. I saw they were releasing a FS Speed Racer (Blu Ray for me), the thought of a FS Speed Racer makes me shake my...
Yep, still waiting. They bust it out for $19.99 preorder and have me waiting.... I didn't have to wait for National Treasure 1 and 2 that I bought on pre-order. No jokes about the movies please :) Doug
I just wanted to chime in, and get the thread back up towards the top where it belongs. This movie was a TON of fun, with a surprising amount of heart to it. I took my 4yr old daughter; she was scared of the "mean guys" (as always) and didn't care for the ninjas, but by the end, she was...