The film was surprisingly faithful to the novel. Honestly, I can't remember the ending of the novel or the film. Tin Drum is the only Gunter Grass I have read...he seems to specialize in bleak political allegories.

i just watched 'children of men' for the second time and damn if that isn't the best movie i've seen in years.

Potential to be my favorite movie of all time:

King of Kong

I've had this for like a month. I have to get on my ass and watch it

I may need to see this just so I can see more of Steve's hair.

I have to see this. I remember back when I was in college and "Billy" became the first (and only??) guy ever to play a perfect game of pac-man (or was it ms. pac-man?). Props to Billy for referring to himself in the third person.

Chalk this one up in the "Better Late Than Never" dept:


Invader Zim
"...and what tacos I shall give!"

Zim is still a running favorite, especially to watch with my little brother.

Very quotable for a cartoon that only ran like 45 episodes.

Currently our favorite line is "I Was the Turkey the WHOLE TIME!!!"


The bologna episode rocks.

Well, the current US dvd version of My Life to Live is out of print. I can only hope for a tasty Criterion release.

My kingdom for whoever finds me The Endless Summer on the internetz.

I'd buy but I think I need to see it right now.

About damn time!

"So very alive...and filled with goo!"

i will not lie, The Amputee gets me a little horny.

somebody needs to tell M. Night this is how to make a bed-time story.
narfs my arse.


also watched this:


have more respect for nader after viewing.
he really got trounced on for the election.

the media library at our department got this box set recently, which i borrowed for this weekend. very excited!



so far i've watched two out of four films which are on it.


Pepi, Luci, Bom

Almodovar's first feature. very punky in its attitude. all kind of sexual weirdness. masochism, women peeing on each other, transsexuals, of course. weird, and rather different from the kind of films Almodovar would start making later. although, there's that emphasis on female characters and all that type of stuff.


What have I done to deserve this?

more traditional Almodovar. disfunctional family story. good film. you have to watch it to see Almadovar sining an opera to a dude in a drag. awesome!

Funny to describe this film as traditional. His best comedy, from the films I have seen.

Been nerding out hardcore


The X-Files Season 1

i mean traditional if you compare it with his previous film. traditional to his style, not saying traditional as in general filmmaking.

you found it funny?

i used to be such a huge fan of that show when i was a kid. who wasn't?! i think i had a crush on both Fox and Dana back in the day. even their names are hot! DANA!!!!

Yeah, I know what you mean. I just find it funny to think Almodovar has a traditional aspect to his films, which he does, but still...

Yeah, I thought it was hilarious. It's so absurd; the neurotic mother, the distant father, the crackhead and sex selling kids, and fuck.. the grandmother. I've only seen it once, and that was awhile ago. Good movie.

Wicker Man 2006

Most misunderstood movie of the decade? There was absolutely nothing to it. No suspense, no mystery, no humor, no drama, no romance, no character development, no plot. And yet it was absolutely fascinating to watch. The filmmakers clearly knew what they were doing: Everything was just so intentially over the top and bizarre, yet they managed to pull it off with a straight face. Incredibly entertaining movie, this needs to become at least as big a cult classic as the original. Nic Cage karate-kicks a teenage girl down a hill while wearing a giant bear suit. Amazing.

Okay, between the bear suit and the Neil LaBute curiosity factor, I might have to give this a chance.

Rocky Balboa

There are many cringe inducing cheesy moments in this film, not the least of which is the training montage that Sly perfected back in the 70's. During the entire movie I was hoping that Rocky would die in the ring.
By the time the fight comes around there was a point where nostalgia took over and I was hoping that Rocky would win. That feeling was quickly erased by the awful lines the actors were forced to say.

Avoid this movie.

For some reason I was hoping this was a preview for a "Rocky Balboa Christmas Special," something I could play between the "Star Wars Holiday Special" and the 2006 live action remake of Rankin/Bass' "The Year Without a Santa Clause."

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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

"Not as good as a remembered from my childhood.
Susan George could never get a job in movies today, her teeth are a mess. But she did look damn good in the denim halter top.

At least Vic Morrow had the good sense to do the helicopter scenes from inside the helicopter in this movie.

worth watching if you stumble across it on cable"--TJenz



"Dirty Mary" is classic. I re-watched it a while ago, and I disagree, it holds up-- as long as you realize that you are watching a 70's car-chase film with nothing very much to say. (Dude, this film set the stage for Smokey & the Bandit, the Blues Brothers, et al.)

FTR, the end scene is one of the best in its era. Think about it.

no doubt, that final scene is classic

It's the "rosebud" moment for the Dukes of Hazard.

finished watching the last two films from that Almodovar's box set.


Dark Habits


Women on the Verge of Nervous Breakdown

enjoyed both of them.

Benson - Season 1

Shock is the king of TV on DVD!

..........posted on the wrong thread.

Le Cercle Rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville

very stylish gangster/robbery film. great actors and the directing was very good too. it was my first melville film, and i had no idea the camera work would be so cool for that type of film genre. i definitely need to see more of his films.


Y tu Mama Tambien by Alfonso Cuaron

very good film! kind of late with watching this, but i'm glad i did.

The day I decide to open a Neflix account their site goes down. Sweet.

Considering I created that particular thread, I really don't see the problem.

Basically, I look this thread as anything I decide to watch on a screen. Plus, more peeps tend to hang out here than in my ol' TV on DVD thread, and since yer the first to complain, monsieur Fiesty, I guess we'll just have to take our new relationship kinda slow. So when can I expect dinner & a movie?

Shock - I think Feisty accidentally posted something in this thread that they meant to post elsewhere. They edited said post here to say "posted in wrong thread".

Your confusion was completely understandable though, I read it the same way at first.

Yeah, I think Asher is correct. Nice job of defending your TV posts though. C'mon nobody's gonna question you around here, shock!

This was pretty dark and tough to watch at times. But like a car accident, you couldn't take your eyes off of it.
It also contained some great archival footage of the 13th Floor Elevators - even one clip being announced by Dick Clark on American Bandstand!

[spoiler]Roky's mother was almost more disturbing to watch than Roky. Her home fairy tale movies that she made as a legacy to her children were positively surreal.
Roky's fingernails are sure to give you the willies. And the man sure like his antennas![/spoiler]

Recommended

I am the DVD ninja. Haiieeeeee-yaaa!

shocky, have you started The Sopranos at all? Netflix is god.

I mean, Benson? Really?

Bob le flambeur (1956) ... aka Bob the Gambler is his masterpiece.

Le Doulos (1962) ... aka The Finger Man is also worth a look.

thanks, held. i'll keep those in mind.

Bite me. Benson is a comedy classic.

And yes - I've seen many Sopranos episodes. I'm simply waiting for the complete box set to be released before I buy 'em.
Same goes for Oz (which I actually liked more).

What about Arrested Development? It seems like that show might appeal to you.

last wkend is now a cloudy hedonistic mushy memory. squeezed between a few cubs losses, i saw all or at least parts of
Pink Floyd live @ Pompeii
The Cars Unleashed
Weeds - finally finished the first season
The Black Crowes Freak N Roll (fifth or sixth time seeing this gem)
Easy Rider
The Clash Westway to the World (meh, not a huge fan of this band)

btw...the weeds dvd has herbal recipes in the extras. you know, if you're into that kind of thing.

Looooooooove Arrested Development!

shocky, just use netflix. it's much cheaper.

Is this worth checking out?

Yeah, best show on TV in years!
I knew that you had good taste (with the exception of Benson).

I'd also recommend Le Samorai [sic?]. It's supposedly the influence for John Woo's The Killer, and may be the best Film Noir I've ever seen shot in color.