Syl wrote: B. I'm almost tempted to watch Twilight.
But that movie will suck out your soul!!!DVDs and YOU!
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But that movie will suck out your soul!!!'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
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I have a spare.
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I watched halfway, then switched it off. I rarely do that. Generally if I watch an hour or so of a film I'll stick it out til the end, but I simply couldn't tolerate another minute of Twilight. It's as bad as you may have heard, but not in a vigorous "Argh! This is horrible!" kind of way; more a limp, feeble "Is this it?!" kind of way.
I kept looking at my daughter thinking, "this is awful, these are the lamest vampires ever.".....Then I put in Near Dark and scared the sh*t out of her.
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I had some friends that claimed to like horror movies, so I says, "You should watch 30 Days of Night." They couldn't get past the DVD menu 
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
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"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
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Govern the reasoning creature, man.
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I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
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Speaking of horror movies, I watched A Haunting in Connecticut the other night. You know, it really wasn't too bad. I don't buy the 'based on a true story' bit for a minute, but other than that...
Spoiler
Though if I had been at the helm of this one, I would've kept the possibility that it was all in the kid's head going until the end, if not further.
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I tried watching Quantum of Solace tonight. Got 15 minutes in, and it was unplayable due to the disc being so scratched up 
Which sucks, because now I really feel like watching it!
Which sucks, because now I really feel like watching it!
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You're not missing much, from all I've heard. More loud than stylish Bond.
Just ordered My Neighbor Totoro on DVD. Never seen it, should be exciting (especially to hear EarthBound's creator voice a character), and now all I need is Porco Rosso and Grave of the Fireflies (both of which I've never seen) for my Ghibli collection to be complete!
I also want to finish my Kurosawa collection, which requires: Dersu Uzala, High and Low, Red Beard, The Lower Depths, Throne of Blood, and Ikiru.
Just ordered My Neighbor Totoro on DVD. Never seen it, should be exciting (especially to hear EarthBound's creator voice a character), and now all I need is Porco Rosso and Grave of the Fireflies (both of which I've never seen) for my Ghibli collection to be complete!
I also want to finish my Kurosawa collection, which requires: Dersu Uzala, High and Low, Red Beard, The Lower Depths, Throne of Blood, and Ikiru.
Then you have heard wrong, my good man. After watching the DVD, I feel the same way about QoS as I did when I saw it in theatres:Lord Foul wrote:You're not missing much, from all I've heard. More loud than stylish Bond.
This is Bond for grown-ups.
The style, the grit, the characters, the relationships... Quantum of Solace is a masterpiece, and easily the best Bond film to date. It makes all previous Bond films look like Adam West's Batman; if Casino Royal was Batman '89, then QoS was Batman Begins (we're still waiting for the Dark Knight of Bond films, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that someone will pull it off).
Stop listening to whoever said that to you, and go watch it today! That's an order!
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Today I received JCVD in the mail. Yay me
Also today, I won the following on eBay: Blade Runner, Dr Strangelove, and Cloverfield. I'm also in the lead for The Red Violin.
Also today, I won the following on eBay: Blade Runner, Dr Strangelove, and Cloverfield. I'm also in the lead for The Red Violin.
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Quantum of Solace is excellent. I loved it.Rigel wrote:Then you have heard wrong, my good man. After watching the DVD, I feel the same way about QoS as I did when I saw it in theatres:Lord Foul wrote:You're not missing much, from all I've heard. More loud than stylish Bond.
This is Bond for grown-ups.
The style, the grit, the characters, the relationships... Quantum of Solace is a masterpiece, and easily the best Bond film to date. It makes all previous Bond films look like Adam West's Batman; if Casino Royal was Batman '89, then QoS was Batman Begins (we're still waiting for the Dark Knight of Bond films, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that someone will pull it off).
Stop listening to whoever said that to you, and go watch it today! That's an order!
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I love Totoro. My wife and I saw it recently (although I had seen it before), and we keep quoting lines from it.Lord Foul wrote: Just ordered My Neighbor Totoro on DVD. Never seen it, should be exciting (especially to hear EarthBound's creator voice a character), and now all I need is Porco Rosso and Grave of the Fireflies (both of which I've never seen) for my Ghibli collection to be complete!
Porco Rosso was ok, and Grave of the Fireflies was especially sad. I don't know if I could get through that one again.
You might have already received them. I'm curious about your thoughts.
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Defiance which i really enjoyed and Franklyn which was just plain weird.
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
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Actually no...the thing got super delayed, so I had to refund it. I'll get it eventually, but right now my monetary powers are going toward the Beatles in Mono box set...Cagliostro wrote:I love Totoro. My wife and I saw it recently (although I had seen it before), and we keep quoting lines from it.Lord Foul wrote: Just ordered My Neighbor Totoro on DVD. Never seen it, should be exciting (especially to hear EarthBound's creator voice a character), and now all I need is Porco Rosso and Grave of the Fireflies (both of which I've never seen) for my Ghibli collection to be complete!
Porco Rosso was ok, and Grave of the Fireflies was especially sad. I don't know if I could get through that one again.
You might have already received them. I'm curious about your thoughts.
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I'd say Casino Royale was Batman Begins, both being successful reboots of the series... Honestly, I tried to watch the movie, but it was just too actiony for a Bond for me. Maybe I'll try it again and see the light you're seeing.Rigel wrote:Then you have heard wrong, my good man. After watching the DVD, I feel the same way about QoS as I did when I saw it in theatres:Lord Foul wrote:You're not missing much, from all I've heard. More loud than stylish Bond.
This is Bond for grown-ups.
The style, the grit, the characters, the relationships... Quantum of Solace is a masterpiece, and easily the best Bond film to date. It makes all previous Bond films look like Adam West's Batman; if Casino Royal was Batman '89, then QoS was Batman Begins (we're still waiting for the Dark Knight of Bond films, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that someone will pull it off).
Stop listening to whoever said that to you, and go watch it today! That's an order!
