Kevin's Watch

You? Buy Cracker? I have Day Watch in my hot little hands, will watch tonight or tomorrow!

I watched yesterday Downfall, a recounting of the last days in Hitler's bunker. Taken from a couple of sources, the recollections of Hitler's secretary and from Albert Speer's memoirs.

I recently bought "A Few Good Men" and "Monty Python's Life of Brian, Special Edition." Also, I picked up Season One of "Friday Night Lights" for a very good price.

Damelon wrote:I watched yesterday Downfall, a recounting of the last days in Hitler's bunker. Taken from a couple of sources, the recollections of Hitler's secretary and from Albert Speer's memoirs.

That is a great film. I think it's the first time a German-speaking actor has played Hitler (though he is Austrian).

As for me, I recently bought Hamlet, the 1996 Kenneth Branagh version.

I recently bought his version of Much Ado About Nothing which may have been Kate Beckinsale's first movie, I'm not sure.

Just joined Netflix on a trail basis-got Ratatoullie (sp?) for the little one. I'd love to give up Hollywood Video forever!!!!

We've been doing Netflix for a couple of months now, and it's been ten times better than Blockbuster online. I think you'll like it danlo, they've got almost everything.

I'm really impressed with Netflix, we didn't know when we were getting our first DVD, but it came two days after I signed up-along with an email apologizing for the delay! Amazing! I've never had a company apologize for such a minor detail-that's professionalism! The day after I mailed it back I got my second. I'm a very freaking happy camper!!!!!!!!

(what should I put in my queue next?)

danlo wrote:
(what should I put in my queue next?)

August Rush. Family movie (rated PG) about a little boy who is a musical genius and is trying to find his parents. Even though it is a family movie, it is actually enjoyable for adults to watch, too. Especially people who love music.

Another good family movie that is fun for adults that I have recently seen is Mr. Magorium and his Wonder Emporium. That one was a G, and even though your daughter is young, she might love the scenes set in the magical toy store.

And a beautiful little movie that your wife might love (my friends and I all did) is called Miss Potter, a charming little movie about the children's author.

Got Beowulf the Director's Cut a few weeks ago. I loved it. Hubby thought it was so-so.

Finally got around to watching the First Blood DVD I picked up a few weeks ago.....

What a great film.

It's superb.

The Bedford Incident came yesterday, I'm stoked!

Score!

Got The Minority Report and Children of Men for $5 each at Best Buy.

Also picked up The Mist and the criminally underrated Tears of the Sun.

Fishing through the bargain dvd bin at Wal mart last night and both Elektra and Catwoman were available for 5 bucks each. I could easily have afforded to buy them but they still aren't worth the price. Maybe if I find them for $0.25 a piece at a yard sale. On the other hand I'd be out fifty cents...nevermind.

My current collection...there is another list as long as this with stuff that I intend to buy.

Sci-Fi

BSG Pilot/mini series
BSG Series 1
BSG Series 2
BSG Series 3
BSG Razor
BSG Original Series

Firefly - Complete series
Space Above and Beyond - Complete Series
Blade Runner 25th Anniversary 5 disc edition
Alien Quadrology
Predator Duology
Star Wars I-VI
Farscape - Complete Universe box set
Babylon 5 - Complete Universe box set
Ghosts of Mars
Enemy Mine
Stargate
Dune
Red Planet
Wing Commander
Time Machine
Starship Troopers
5th Element
Event Horizon
12 Monkeys
War of the Worlds
Minority Report
Island of Dr Moreau

Zombies/Horror

Night of the Living Dead - 3 Disc Steel Book Edition
Dawn of the Dead - 4 Disc Ultimate Edition
Day of the Dead - 2 Disc Ultimate Edition
Land of the Dead - Directors Cut
Night of the Living Dead - 1990
Dawn of the Dead 2004 - Directors Cut
Shaun of the Dead
The Zombie Diaries
The Crazies
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
Last man on earth
The Omega Man
Evil Dead Trilogy
I am Legend
Survivors season 1 - 3

Diary of the Dead (on pre order)
Rec (on pre order)

Fantasy/History/Classics

Gladiator - 3 disc edition
Alexander - Revisited/dir cut
300
Excalibur
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Destroyer
Zulu
Zulu Dawn
Man Who Would Be King
The Bounty
The Mission
Breaker Morant
Troy - limited edition collectors version
Joan of Arc
Kingdom of Heaven - 4 disc dir cut/special edition
Master and Commander - collectors edition
Indiana Jones Trilogy

Comedy

Spaced
Black Books
Filthy rich catflap
Bottom - Comlpete series 1-3
Young ones 25th Anniversary Box Set
Blackadder Complete Series Box Set
Red Dwarf I-VIII
Red Dwarf Bodtsnatcher
My Name is Earl 1&2
League of Gentlemen Box of Delights
League of Gentlemen Complete series Box Set
The Day Today
Brass Eye

danlo wrote:I'm really impressed with Netflix, we didn't know when we were getting our first DVD, but it came two days after I signed up-along with an email apologizing for the delay! Amazing! I've never had a company apologize for such a minor detail-that's professionalism! The day after I mailed it back I got my second. I'm a very freaking happy camper!!!!!!!!

(what should I put in my queue next?)

They have a good representation of documentaries as well. While it is considered a documentary, it's a bit fictional. Put "Fishing With John" in your queue. It is John Lurie who I've never been a fan of (after movies like "Down By Law"), but he has a bunch of the hipper guests like Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits and Willem Dafoe. And basically they go fishing. But due to the way it is done, it is especially entertaining. The announcer is hilarious, and is very fictional at times. The episode with Willem Dafoe is my favorite, despite not being much of a fan of his either.

Another great documentary is Cane Toads. Very very funny.

I'll check into that, thanks! I loved Down by Law. I've also enjoyed Gone Baby Gone and Juno since with American Gangster set to go today!

I just picked up Pan's Labyrinth.