Thursday, December 21, 2006
DVD rentals
The Stop and Shop Grocery store chain in New England Now offers a DVD vending machine which allows customers to rent a DVD for only $1 without ever having to talk to a single person. Jaime and I have been enjoying and not enjoying some of them so I thought I would pass it along. Keep in mind I am married and now have to watch a variety of movies. "Friends with Money" I cannot remember that last movie that I saw that was worse than this one. UGH! It tried to be witty and trending and pretentious and it wound up being a load of crap. It was 88 minutes too long. "The Lake House" was alright maybe even tipped the scale toward good. Believe me I went into it with a really bad attitude, but it wasn't bad. It was entertaining and thought provoking a little logically incorrect but the idea of changing the future or past was fun, but as I said logically inconsistent (see 12 Monkeys if you want to see the best movie about time travel and changing the past or future). "Taledega Nights Ballad of Ricky Bobby" this movie was funny but like all Will Ferrel movies it is like a really long sketch. I have family member in the south and some of them love nascar. I dont get it, but some parts of the movie were funny and some was a bit of a stretch. This brings me to a hidden treasure. I always wanted to see "Thank You for Smoking" but I thought it was a documentary for some reason. I was so surprised and pleased beyond belief. This is one of the best movies I have seen in a while. It was written beautifully. The dialogue and writing is so quick and clever. This movie was a great tongu and cheek look at America, smoking, and personal choice. It was hilarious and has a great cast. Also, I haven't rented "Little Miss Sunshine" yet, but I saw it in the theater. It is another gem. It is very quirky and funny. If you havent seen it you should rent it. The little girl in that movie did such a wonderful job acting. This movie was fantastic please see it. I have been intentionally vague on all of these reviews incase people want to see any of these movies. If you want to discuss any of them leave a comment. Anyone else seen a good flick lately dvd or theater? I want to see "the Good Shepherd" and "Blood Dimond" any one seen that yet.
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Hey man! Yeah, I have seen most of the movies you talked about. I actually really liked Talledege Nights. I bought it in fact. I just think that John C. Reilly and Ferrel, and Sasha Barron Cohen were really good together. Sure it was a long sketch...but it was a good long sketch.
Thank you For Smoking is truly an awesome movie. Really funny and thought provoking at the same time. I sort of felt like it was the perfect movie for me. A little irreverent, really funny, very smart, and surprisingly meaningful. I thought Aaron Eckhart was great and the kid that played his son is a good child actor.
Little Miss Sunshine was also very excellent. Again, some really good acting from younger people. The little girl obviously steals the show but I thought that the teenager with the vow of silence was my favorite. "I hate everybody...everybody." And when he is crying and screaming later...man that was really affecting. Finally, I thought that Steve Corell was fantastic. He is a very talented dude. Capable of being extremely funny and also very emotionally sincere and compelling. I think a great scene was when he and the teen kid are talking on the peer, looking at the water and the wind is blowing at them. Man, good cinema.
I just saw the movie "Eragon" as well. Mandy read the book and liked it so we went to see the flick. It was ok. It really wanted to be Harry Potter or more the Lord of the Rings but it just isn't. Anyway, there were some timing problems and some plot problems but all in all it was a decent action movie if you like that kind of fantasy action stuff. Which I do.
A couple of my friends just did a post on a website called Spout where they critiqued Apocalypto. I haven't listened to it yet...however I have talked to them in person. You can check it out at Spout.com
I loved Thank You for Smoking! I don't have anything insightful to add about it, and I haven't seen any of the other movies you guys have mentioned.
I did just see the newest Bond movie after being perplexed and surprised by the butt-tons of good reviews it got, and I was shocked to find myself that it was really, really good. I've got dibs on reviewing Casino Royale!
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