
September 05, 2004
The tv is coming in like crap
due to the wind and rain so we watched a few movies this weekend.

First up, Bubba Hotep.
Heidi rented this one cuz Movie Gallery wouldn't let Sebastian rent it because of the R rating when he took that piece of crap The passion of the Christ back.
I have no idea why this is rated R or why they wouldn't let him pick it up for me even though they called and asked if it was ok.
This is the funniest movie I have seen in a long time.
It's not for everyone. I don't think everyone will get it or like it but holy shit was that funny.
Bruce Campbell rocks as always.
I loved him in this. He did a bang up job as Elvis and Ossie Davis was downright hysterical as JFK.
See it. Just see it.
Today we watched Taking Lives.
I am starting to think that writers are just writing shit to give Angelina Jolie something to do.
The writing was bad in my opinion.
The story was all over the place, it had no flow. Even if they were trying to confuse you, they did a poor job of tying anything at all in.
It was an ok movie. Glad we had something to watch cuz this day is majorly long and dull but damn. They did a shitty job of trying to make it all work.
It was senseless and forced.
Kiefer Sutherland was in it and I still can't figure out why.
He should smack his agent upside his head.
His role made no sense to the plot at all.
Even after they explained why his character was there it was like, what a waste of his talents.
So there are my movie reviews.
Why didn't I tell you much about Bubba Hotep?
Because I want you to see it for yourself. I think it's one of those movies you should see for a good laugh and a good time and because it was a great story with cheesy lines and cheesy monsters and effects.
It's a cool film.
Suck the dog dick of Anubis you asswipe.
Bwahahahaa!
Oh yeah, I have 6 more of those Gmail invites up for grabs. Comment here if you want one. I offered them to the troops but uh, no one has taken them so they are up for the public again.
September 01, 2004
Movie Gallery has a policy
that if you think the movie you rented sucks ass, you can take it back and exchange it for a different one for free.
You can do this 6 times a year.
I took advantage of that today.
I had Sebastian take back the piece of crap known as The passion of Mel Gibson's delirium and let him rent Cowboy Bebop.
Much better movie.
Happy family.
August 31, 2004
I watched it.
I just finished watching The Passion of the Christ.
Now many of you know that I am an atheist and you probably think I'm going to rip this movie apart and laugh and make fun etc etc. Not entirely true.
I didn't laugh while watching it. I didn't cry either.
I honestly don't see why so many people were all emotional over this.
People were coming out of the theaters when this played, crying and saying that it was the most powerful movie they have ever seen.
Why?
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August 26, 2004
Just finished
watching Hidalgo.
It was a good movie.
Adventure, racing, romance, emotional. Had all the qualities that make a movie enjoyable.
I'm not saying it's for everyone but it's a movie you could watch with the family and not have to worry about when to fast forward or cover anyones eyes. Parts of it are a bit scary for young viewers like when a horse has to be put down. Kids hate seeing that stuff but older kids can handle it in my opinion.
Good acting by Omar Sharif and Viggo Mortensen and one of the best animal actors I have ever seen. That horse was great.
I loved the ending.
It was beautiful and cinematic.
I'll watch it again.
August 26, 2004
We're watching Hidalgo right now.
I'll let you know what I think of it later.
What are your thoughts on it if you've seen it?
P.S. I did finally get to the store. Sis came and got me and loaned me the movie.
August 04, 2004
I just finished watching
Elephant that I downloaded because the video store only had one copy of it and it was 9 days late being returned.
50 frigging copies of Agent Cody Banks but only 1 of this film. I don't get it.
For those of you unfamiliar with the film, here is the description from Amazon;
Description
Winner of the Palme d'Or and Best Director prizes at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, Gus Van Sant's (Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester) Elephant takes us inside an American high school on one, single ordinary day that very rapidly turns tragic. Elephant demonstrates that high school life is a complex landscape where the vitality and beauty of young lives can shift from light to darkness with surreal speed. It's an ordinary high school day. Except that it's not.
I knew the movie was about a school shooting before I watched it. The previews for it give that much of it away, what I wasn't expecting was to be nervous.
I was nervous watching it. Heart racing, panicking because I knew what was coming but wasn't sure when because the movie does a back and forth thing to introduce you to just a bunch of kids from all walks of life, the popular, the unpopular, the geeks, the jocks, the barfoholics etc.
I felt for them and part of me was like, see that's what you get you dink and another part of me was wanting to beg for mercy for some of the others.
I felt for the shooters for being so desperate and confused and alone.
I felt bad and scared and nervous.
It didn't explain school shootings at all it just put you there in the halls mingling with the kids, seeing as they see and remembering your own school whether good or bad or bullied or not, you recognized every kid from your own school years.
I don't know if I'd watch this with teens, I don't know if I'd even tell anyone to see it yet I am telling you to see it in a round about way.
It moved me and made me think and feel and most of the time, the stuff I watch is all fluff or blood and gore. This wasn't bloody, it wasn't graphic, it just was.
July 18, 2004
My clothes don't match. I'm out in public and my clothes don't match.
I am still just watching all these movies and having a grand time.
Shit I have never seen before.
Heck, I need to do that movie meme again.
I watched The Sum of all Fears. Not too bad. Not great but worthy when you're bored.
Reign of Fire. Sucked. I had heard it sucked and it did suck.
The thing. Yes. John Carpenter. Scared the beejeezus outta the boys. Good job. Woof!
The 13th Warrior. Now I knew this was shit but Mark wanted to see it and now he knows it's shit too.
Jimmy Neutron was hysterical. Just for the chicken dance alone I laughed till I had tears. But peeing in the shower and outside and my clothes don't match was fucking funny. I may watch that one again.
There are so many more that I can watch. I'm not even half way through this massive collection. Gah.
Stay cool if it's hot and stay dry if it's wet where you are.
Later days.
July 07, 2004
Last night,
we watched The Butterfly Effect.
What a screwed up movie.
I liked it but holy hell was that ever messed up.
If you haven't seen it, it's a good way to spend a few hours. Funny, I hate Ashton Kutcher and I was actually able to ignore the fact that it was him. The story was intriguing enough to ignore him.
July 05, 2004
Fool me once. Shame on you.
Fool me twice. Shame on me.
That's how it's said George.
You idiot.
Fahrenheit 9/11 was an incredible movie.
The theater was sold out both shows for the tiny little indie theater located on a back street. The line to buy tickets and get in was down the street.
I don't even know how to begin to tell you how the American people were fooled into the war in Iraq.
Micheal Moore, no matter what you think of him, laid out the war on terror in black and white, in plain english.
So many people, including our cab driver, have said this movie is pure propaganda.
Before you say that, before you make that claim, go see it.
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July 04, 2004
In America.
Last night at my sisters, we watched In America.
In America stars the incandescent Samantha Morton and Paddy Considine as two young Irish parents who have lost their only son. Trying to run away from their grief, they move (illegally) to a junkie-infested apartment building in New York City with their two daughters, Christy (Sarah Bolger) and Ariel (Emma Bolger). Though they struggle with meager jobs and suffocatingly hot weather, a friendship with an artist in an apartment below them (Djimon Hounsou, Gladiator) becomes a catalyst that allows them to rebuild their family. In America is splendidly acted throughout--of particular note are the two girls, real-life sisters whose on-screen charisma is clearly a family trait. But it's Morton who anchors the movie; her every emotion seems to glow from her skin. The commitment of the actors keeps the movie compelling, despite some dangerously sentimental patches. --Bret Fetzer
This movie is so wonderful. The whole story is great and the acting is superb.
You should see this one. It is just an amazing movie.
Beautiful.
June 17, 2004
Demanding that theaters not show a film is un-american.
This group that was pointed out to me by a fellow supporter of free speech, wants people to contact theaters and ask demand that they not show the film Farenheit 9/11. They have a list of email addresses at the following link, PABAAH! - Please Contact These Theaters, for you to use to make demands on the theaters to not show the film.
This is wrong.
No matter what you may personally feel about Micheal Moore or Dubya or the war, demanding that theaters not show a film because you don't want them to is censorship.
You are taking away my right and the rights of others to decide for themselves if they want to see the film and make their own minds up and form their own opinions.
So if you feel strongly about free speech and the ability to see any and all works of film and art like I do and you want to see or help this movie be seen, use the email addresses on this site against the group trying to boycott the film by emailing them and asking them to show the film.
They are trying to squash free speech, free thought, free will. Use your rights as you have them to help stop the boycotting of this film.
*Updated my title because I used the wrong wording. The point is still the same.
June 17, 2004
I got this link sent to me by
Terry about this blogger, who is apparently on some film crew that is filming the movie A Scanner Darkly with Keanu, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr and Woody Harrelson.
He has some not so nice things to say not just about Keanu as a bad actor, but Downey and Woody. He has nothing to say about Winona other than she's the cutest.
I started his links to where he first starts talking trash. Click next shity entry for more insightful commentary from someone who thinks his opinion of actors matters in the slightest to any of them.
In one entry, he says, "just three more days of refraining from punching Keanu in the face."
Maybe he should try it and see what happens. Perhaps some assault charges would clear his head of thoughts of harming people.
I think the donkey should have bit him harder.
Life is something you do when you can't sleep.
*Updated* Since posting this link to his blog, the guy has taken down his entry about wanting to punch Keanu in the face.
I knew it, just all talk. Can't even stand up for his own words now that I called him on them.
Maybe when he walked into the doorknob nuts first, he broke them.
But god bless the google cache.
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June 05, 2004
Harry Potter was awesome!
Just as I expected it to be.
Under the new director, it was a little darker but had a great feel to it.
I disagree with others who said the new Dumbeldore was awful. I think he had big shoes to fill and did so very well.
The boys all loved it.
I don't like posting spoilers. I hate it when people do that so I'm not going to.
I just really liked this one and enjoyed seeing the chemistry between the stars as they grow older, grow with them.
Gary Oldman was great. I always love his work.
This is definitely going to be a part of our collection when it comes out.
Bryans mom and his older brother and little sister came too and all the kids sat in the row in front of us and we sat right behind them. It was nice to have another adult there and we got along great.
Sebastian and Bryan are going to different schools next year so the mom and I talked about ways of getting them to stay in touch with each other before the movie started.
Lots of sleepovers and stuff this summer and also after school playtime next year.
Sebastian is sleeping over there tonight which is fun for him so Mark and I are just hanging out now watching the tube. Nothing but crap on. Time to slap in a movie.
Later days.
May 31, 2004
Runaway Jury.
I watched Runaway Jury last night.
It was pretty good.
The ending with the whole back story had me a bit surprised.
I love John Cusack and Gene Hackman too.
All in all not a bad movie.
I am going to get my cleaning done today that I didn't get done yesterday and then kick back and watch some movies.
The boys are gone to the beach for the day, a place I really can't go hang out all day. The heat gets to me too much and I burn way too easy.
Enjoy your holiday whatever you do.
May 29, 2004
Just came back from seeing
SHREK 2 thanks to my sisters blood sister.
It was awesome! I loved that movie. Very funny, excellent animation, great star power voices.
Favorite scene that had me dying, Puss in Boots getting arrested. "It's not mine!"
If you haven't seen it yet, go see it and stay for the credits.
So many people got up and left and Mary said we had to stay and it was worth it.
Very cute ending.
All by myself....lol
Bwahahahaha!
May 20, 2004
Thanks Karen.
Karen sent me Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.
Thanks so much.
Not much going on here still.
Just hanging out laying down and now I can hang out and watch Keanu.
Mmmm, Keanu.
Later days.
May 15, 2004
How does it know?
How does the dvd know that I have now pressed record on the vcr?
It plays perfect, crystal fucking clear until I press record.
Then it warbles and bends and fades from color to black and white.
Stop recording and it's back to perfection.
How the fuck does it know?
Not all the movies do this.
Just some.
Certain really fucking good ones and then some not so good ones.
This perplexes me.
May 14, 2004
Shhh...
A little demon whispered to me that the Club Dread giveaway has been posted at Horror Avenue.
They have 3 DVDs and 3 Bottle Openers to give away to fans.
Only enter once or you will be disqualified and barred from future promotions.
May 13, 2004
Constantine trailer online.
You can watch the trailer for Constantine by going to AccessHollywood - Homepage and then clicking on Keanu/Constantine.
Not bad.
May 11, 2004
The movie I won showed up today.
The American Nightmare - A Celebration of Films from Hollywood's Golden Age of Fright.
Just finished watching it.
Fascinating stuff for horror geeks like me.
Here I was thinking that these great films were only from the demented minds of directors. That they were a little sick and twisted, which they are but come to find out, they were partly based and reflective of the times in which they were made.
Good stuff.
I thoroughly enjoyed that.
Check out Horror Avenue for new releases, contests, trivia, all your scary needs in one place.
A little birdie told me there may be a new contest coming up for Club Dread.
Shhh.
You'll just have to keep checking back at Horror Avenue to find out.
May 05, 2004
I got a gift cert in the mail for
some movies to rent.
So we rented Big Fish.
What an amazingly beautiful movie.
What a unique story and charming.
Loved it.
The boys cried.
I have mushy kids...lol
I also picked up The Haunted Mansion for the boys and Kill Bill for me to watch tomorrow while they are at school or maybe later tonight if I can't sleep.
Later.
May 04, 2004
Just the other day I mentioned Weekend at Bernies.
Papa John's Pizza is giving away 3 movies (1 movie of your choice) with the order of ANY large pizza at regular price and Weekend at Bernies is one of them.
They also have Trial and Error which sucks and Don Juan which kinda sucked.
But Bernies is a damn funny movie so if you need to eat and want a free DVD, there ya go.
April 25, 2004
Will someone just tell me why?
Why is there a movie about ALIEN vs. PREDATOR?
Why?
These movies are both good on their own. It's not like Freddy vs Jason at all. Two totally different ideas and creatures.
WTF eh?
April 18, 2004
Bored bored bored.
It has just gotten more boring as the day has worn on.
We ended up watching The Crow and then Contact.
I have been doing a page just for my movies. I got a few done. I have about 67 more to go.
I used to have so many movies that I had them piled in boxes because I didn't have enough shelves for them all.
I sold 90% of my Disney collection and a few DVDs and VHS tapes on Ebay this past year when I was not getting any financial help from welfare and Heidi had moved back to Seattle and I needed to pay my bills.
I kept everything that I absolutely loved and even parted with a few because they were worth mega bucks at the local reseller store.
Anyway, here is what I got done on my movie page for today.
Yeah, they are all links because if I'm going to take all this time to note them all down, I might as well take a few extra seconds and make a few pennies from their links.
April 18, 2004
*Snore*
Holy crap am I bored.
I don't have cable so my tv viewing choices are highly limited today.
Damn, there ain't nothing but shit on.
So I am watching movies that I own.
Let's see, I watched The bone Collector and then Raising Arizona and after this ends, Sebastian says he wants to watch Star Wars Episode 2.
Again.
I have decided that on extremely boring days such as today, that I will work on cataloging my movies.
I am about to give up for today though.
I feel a nap coming on.
I hope you are all enjoying your day.
April 17, 2004
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
I'm not a huge fan of Ben Stiller but this looks funny as hell. 20th Century Fox: Dodgeball.
Remember that game that the gym teachers just thought was like the best game to play on a rainy day?
It was the ultimate torture game.
I know that there were at least 4 of us who amazingly, all had really bad cramps on those days.
It was much more fun to sit on the bleachers and watch other people get biffed in the face with that hard red ball that left huge red welts.
Cramps.
The ultimate way to get out of annoying, sadistic high school sports.
April 16, 2004
I won something again.
I won a copy of The American Nightmare - A Celebration of Films from Hollywood's Golden Age of Fright on DVD from HorrorAvenue.com - The Web's Horror Movie Database.
It is a wicked cool site for horror fans.
It has all the latest news on any upcoming horror films, contests, polls, trailers and movie clips from almost every single horror flick ever made.
A couple of months ago, I won a poster of 28 Days Later, from the same site, that was much larger than I expected but I found the perfect wall for it.
Scares the bejeezus out of me at 2 am sometimes.
April 05, 2004
What is your memory
of Here Comes Peter Cottontail by Rankin Bass?
It was made in 1971 and the few times this actually aired on tv, I was scared shitless of that evil rabbit.
That whole metal cagey thing on the tail.
Nightmare stuff but I still want to own a copy.
Do you remember seeing this and if so, what do recall about it?
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I was searching for screen grabs of it and couldn't find any but I did find toys. Does this jog any memories now?
Check out the pictures of Irontail. I couldn't remember his name but damn, he's still scary looking.
March 19, 2004
I got paid a little early from Gozing.
They paid in Buy.com gift certs which is still cool. Hey, $50 buck is $50 bucks right?
So I got the kids 2 movies that they have been dying to see.
Rocky and Rocky II.
I got them a bunch of batteries for their gameboys too.
I picked up Once Were Warriors for myself.
I absolutely love this movie.
Well, I ordered them last week and everything came today so the kids are watching the Rocky movies.
I almost feel funny letting them watch these movies.
They have such a legend behind them. It's like every guy on the planet has watched them and has fond memories of them.
Anyway, that is pretty much it.
Later days.
Filed under movies.
March 12, 2004
I, Robot.
The I, Robot trailer is now online.
I am so psyched for this movie.
It looks pretty good.
Go check it out.
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March 09, 2004
Return of the King.
DVD Answers has news up about the release of The Return of the King on DVD in MAY.
Yes!
I am totally looking forward to it.
Go check out the site for all the specs on it.
Filed under movies.
March 07, 2004
The power of christ compels you.
The Exorcist in 30 seconds with bunnies. tee hee
Found at Squishys
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