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| | From: Colin (Original Message) | Sent: 9/24/2008 3:11 PM |
Figured I'd shake up this joint a bit. This seemed to generate some interest last time I did it. Talk about movies that I saw again. Here goes: This is for Senshoe Size 12 and a Half poop (she likes horror movies like I do): I bought a cheapy horror video that was kinda cool. A slasher film from 1981 called "The Prowler." All the special effects were done by a young Tom Savini (from George Romero's zombie movies). Pretty cool movie that will make you shudder. It has it's moments for horror. I recommend it. I went to the movies with my friend and saw "Bangkok Dangerous." With Nicholas Gage. I liked this movie. Probably for two reasons. It was filmed in Bangkok, Thailand predominantly and I have been there a few times. I recognized a lotta of the places in the movie and it brought back good memories. Plus the plot of the movie was pretty cool too. Though it was a typical action movie, the plot to it was good. Another cool movie I bought on DVD was called "Pathfinder." It's about North America...700 years before Christopher Columbus discovered it... The premise is that the Vikings came there and tried to conquer it from the native Indians. Pretty cool movie with good special effects. Interesting characters in the movie and the bad guys were incredibly bad. And lastly, I went to the movies and saw the latest Coen brothers movie... "Burn After Reading." As usual with a Coen brothers movie, I went with an open mind and was prepared for anything to happen (for example, look at "No Country For Old Men"). This movie was...GREAT! A quirky comedy/action movie. Brad Pitt was incredibly hilarious in this movie and played a character that was the type of guy that if you met in public, you either want to tell him to get the hell away from you or, if he won't go away, you wanna slap the shit outta him. I recommend this movie. Notable quote from this movie: "Okay, report back to me when it all makes sense." - The head CIA guy to his underling after he reports what happened. When this guy said this I cracked up and laughed out loud in the theater. Very funny.... Okay. That's my two cents worth. What movies have you all watched? Colin |
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Ummmmm, isn't that a federal offense? You do realize MSN boards are very public and viewable by anyone, right? |
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i didnt upload the movie, i just watched it |
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so now we split hairs rofl |
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six of one, half of another Remember my first date after I was single and the guy showed me 9 1/2 weeks with Richard Gere...never have looked at my refrigerator the same way and still adore the song..."You can leave your hat on" |
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ohhhhh no no no....that was Mickey Rourke in 9 1/2 weeks...... Ie yei yei it was... |
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Anybody been doing any movie watching over the Thanksgiving weekend? I rented Hancock...oh my gosh. I love this movie. I'm going to watch it again in a few minutes. I also rented "The Strangers". Glad I didn't watch it while it was dark outside. I'll never answer my door at night while alone again....freaky stuff! "Get Smart". I haven't watched it yet but probably will tomorrw along with "Tropic Thunder". |
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| | From: Colin | Sent: 11/29/2008 2:39 AM |
Cool. "The Strangers" was the best terror movie I've seen in a long time. And yes, it is scary. I guarantee it will even scare the snot out of Sensory poop...and she loves horror movies. I bought an old movie on DVD that I watched. Called "Lions For Lambs." It has Meryl Streep, Robert Redford and Tom Cruise in it. Very, very good movie that revolves around the lives of two college students who join the Army and go to Afghanistan. Something goes wrong and they are both isolated on a mountain top in the winter surrounded by terrorists. All this movie is transposed around a reporter (Meryl Streep) interviewing a Senator (Tom Cruise) who says he has a new idea to fight terrorism in Afghanistan. On another front, the college professor (Robert Redford) is talking with one of his bright students about things. All of these players are all connected somehow. And basically, the whole morale to the story is that there are those that talk about doing something, there are those that actually do something, there are those who think they know what's going on but don't know shit, there are those who try to do something but their hands are tied by stupidity and there are those who are in power that have no business getting involved with big decisions that involve people' lives. Very good movie that makes you think. And currently, I am watching the whole "Band of Brothers" award winning HBO series on DVD. My gosh. You watch this movie and people who complain about things nowadays, you suddenly realize they don't know their asses from a hole in the ground. A factual 12 hour series that evolves around a World War II unit, 2/506th PIR of the 101st Airborne, that was involved all the way from the Normandy invasion all the way through capturing Hitler's German Alpine retreat (Bergenstrasser (not sure if i spelt that right)). Although I am retired military and I have seen people do brave things, I watch this and wonder how and why we do (or anyone does) what is done during time of war. But then it all boils down to what I've seen...you count on your buddy to take care of you....and you take care of your buddy. This whole series hammers it in place all throughout. To steal a phrase from Winston Churchill...never have so many owed so much to so few people. Colin |
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i watched cheech and chong and country bears last night i borrowed like 7 movies from a friend i rented tropic thunder but i didnt get to watch it the movie was messed up |
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Oh my gosh....I just finished watching "Before the Devil Knows Your're Dead". WOW... I think I'm going to end my evening with a nice cup of hot apple cider and "Horton Hears A Who".... |
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Ok.. horton hears a who was cute. |
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i ended up watching the strangers last night which was a wierd movie talk about getting confused it starts from the end to the beginning |
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I rented "A Charlie Brown Christmas" for the kids (we never seem to catch it on tv). Those Peanuts cartoons were so cute! Charles Shultz was pretty clever. He pretty much has a typical American classroom down pat. There is always one kid who gets picked on (Charlie Brown), one who is dirty (PigPen), one little girl who is kinda snooty (the little naturally-curly-red-hair girl), one who is bossy (Lucy), one is who quiet and mannerly and doesn't say a whole heck of a lot (Shroeder) and one who is a bit behind maturity wise and still wants/needs a security blanket of some type (Linus). And what the parents say doesn't really register. It's just background noise. And how many kids have pets? If Snoopy was just a plain ole' pup, it wouldn't be nearly so cute. Too cute. |
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| | From: Colin | Sent: 12/17/2008 2:08 AM |
I been gettin' into old "Golden Age of TV" television shows (1950s) lately. I just got through watchin' all the episodes of a TV show called "One Step Beyond." It was like a percussor to "Twilight Zone," but it was based on true things that happened that perhaps may be supernatural (or not). Now, I'm watchin' a TV show from 1952. Sixteen episodes of "Victory At Sea." All made from World War II footage with U.S. Navy technical directors making it. It charts the whole war from the naval aspect of it, from the Axis and Allies sides. I always liked this show with its stunning photography footage, even though it's in black and white. After that, I have 16 episodes of a film noir private detective show from the 1950s called "Peter Gunn." Serious livin' in the past here. Cool stuff though. I like it. And this is a great world we live in that we can get them all at once and watch them in a row (which you couldn't do back in the 1950s). Kinda outdated according to today's standards, but you gotta understand this was all new stuff in the 1950s. Not everyone had a TV in their house. And the ones that did, it came in two colors....black and white. Just where I came from. Colin |
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I always liked that old series with Vic Morrow called rat patrol and for a laugh id watch McHales Navy |
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