Movies

Post by **Rusty** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:21 pm

I watched Hotel Rwanda tonight. It was a very powerful movie. I've liked Don Cheadle in other movies and he was excellent here. If you haven't seen it, I recommend that you do.

Post by **Rusty** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:46 pm

It doesn't look like anyone else is watching movies lately.

I watched Blade Trinity tonight and thought that it might be the best of the three. It was pretty good. I thought it would be okay and ended up liking it quite a bit more than I was expecting.

Post by **Psychotic_Carp** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:49 pm

kurt culler wrote:It doesn't look like anyone else is watching movies lately.

I watched Blade Trinity tonight and thought that it might be the best of the three. It was pretty good. I thought it would be okay and ended up liking it quite a bit more than I was expecting.

I have only seen one movie this month and that was raging bull, wasnt that great to me

Post by **fluffy** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:52 pm

I really like Blade Trinity, although I heard Wesley Snipes wasn't too happy with it I really liked it better than the last one I think.
It's not that I'm not watching movies, Patriot Games is on right now, it's just that I haven't seen any new ones lately.

I still haven't seen Hotel Rwanda and I think it just showed up at my video rental store.

Post by **Rusty** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:02 am

fluffy wrote:I really like Blade Trinity, although I heard Wesley Snipes wasn't too happy with it I really liked it better than the last one I think.
It's not that I'm not watching movies, Patriot Games is on right now, it's just that I haven't seen any new ones lately.

I still haven't seen Hotel Rwanda and I think it just showed up at my video rental store.

You should rent Hotel Rwanda if you get a chance. It's very good. Blade Trinity was the last of 4 dvds I had out from the library. I'll probably get a few more out next week. Meanwhile, I've started watching season 3 of Monk, which I taped back around July 4th when USA had a marathon.

Post by **Rusty** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:47 pm

I went to see An Unfinished Life tonight with my mom and dad. This is the new movie with Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, and Jennifer Lopez. I've been wanting to see it for a couple of weeks now, since I saw a preview and read an article about it. It was excellent and might merit Oscar consideration. Redford, Freeman and newcomer Becca Gardner especially were very, very good. It's only showing in 3 theaters in the area, but fortunately, one of them is a theater that we frequent.

Post by **fluffy** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:15 pm

kurt culler wrote:I went to see An Unfinished Life tonight with my mom and dad. This is the new movie with Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, and Jennifer Lopez. I've been wanting to see it for a couple of weeks now, since I saw a preview and read an article about it. It was excellent and might merit Oscar consideration. Redford, Freeman and newcomer Becca Gardner especially were very, very good. It's only showing in 3 theaters in the area, but fortunately, one of them is a theater that we frequent.

Is it sad? Funny? Depressing? Enlightening? I know for sure it's too small to come here to Guatemala so it's one I'll just have to hope they get in as a rental when the DVD comes out.

Post by **Rusty** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:58 pm

fluffy wrote:
kurt culler wrote:I went to see An Unfinished Life
Is it sad? Funny? Depressing? Enlightening? I know for sure it's too small to come here to Guatemala so it's one I'll just have to hope they get in as a rental when the DVD comes out.

Lopez's character is trying to run away from an abusive boyfriend and takes her 11 year old daughter to live with the girl's grandfather (Redford). Redford hadn't seen Lopez in 12 years, ever since the funeral for his son (her husband). He never knew he had a granddaughter and has been somewhat detached and still hurts from losing his son. He takes care of his old friend (played by Morgan Freeman) who was crippled by a bear the year before. A lot of the movie focuses on the relationship that develops between the girl (Becca Gardner) and her grandfather. The movie can be funny at times, but mainly concerns itself with the journey the characters take in overcoming their loss and starting to put their lives back together. It is very well done.

Post by **Psychotic_Carp** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:05 pm

I finally saw the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and it was good

Post by **derangeddm** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:30 pm

Psychotic_Carp wrote:I finally saw the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and it was good

Kind of a blend of all the movies, with some definite new stuff thrown in. They handled Zaphod differently than I expected...

Post by **Psychotic_Carp** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:29 pm

derangeddm wrote: Kind of a blend of all the movies, with some definite new stuff thrown in. They handled Zaphod differently than I expected...

I have only seen the movie I havent read the book nor have I seen the brit movies

Post by **derangeddm** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:44 pm

Psychotic_Carp wrote:
derangeddm wrote: Kind of a blend of all the movies, with some definite new stuff thrown in. They handled Zaphod differently than I expected...
I have only seen the movie I havent read the book nor have I seen the brit movies

I meant to say "books" not movies. Not typing so well...

Post by **Psychotic_Carp** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:00 pm

derangeddm wrote:
I meant to say "books" not movies. Not typing so well...

thats some pretty bad misspelling

Post by **Rusty** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:15 pm

I thought the movie was okay, but not as good as I was hoping for.. I didn't care much for Zooey Deschanel's Trillian though. It was better than the BBC version at least.

Post by **Rusty** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:38 pm

I watched the Sci Fi Channel movie of Riverworld tonight. I'd heard it wasn't very good, but thought it was passable as long as you didn't try to compare it to the books. Not great, but eh.