Recent viewings

[Doggett]

Jaws
5/5
Nuff said.

[lester1/2jr]

MST3K Racket Girls-  not a favorite episode.  also included is a instructional short on marriage.  They aren't exactly what you'd call great movie magic but they aren't really awful enough to be all that funny outside of the wit of the writing.  also kind of sad as this was the begining of the era when Mary Jo Piehl began to invite herself on to the show more and more.

[meQal]

I finally got to see a movie I have waited 20 years to see, Johnny Got His Gun. Ever sense I first became aware of it from the footage that was used in the Metallica video for their song One, I have wanted to see this film. It was a good film but extremely depressing. I can't imagine a worst form of hell for a person to live in than what the protagonist in this film had to face daily.

[Cthulhu]

I watched The blob (the original) yesterday!
Awesome!

[Jack]

Scarecrow (2002) - The school loser gets killed by his mom's latest boyfriend, and comes back to life as a scarecrow.  He does gymnastics-Fu and spouts corny one liners like Freddy Kreuger.  Yeah;  where to start?  Plot was absurd, acting varied from fairly good to fairly horrible, theme music was sometimes inappropriate and set bizarre moods for scenes.  It was just run-of-the-mill crap until the scarecrow started doing gymkata.  At one point, he catches a car by doing a bunch of somersaults.  Faster that running apparently.  Tiffany Shepis is in it, with a short, butch looking haircut.  Still pretty sexy.  Watching the "making of" featured was a bit confusing.  The director apparently believes he made a piece of artwork in the tradition of Argento, Romero, and every other name he can think of.  But maybe even better.  Anyhow, 2.5/5.  I'd probably give it a 1.5/5 but I saw part of it before on TV so I wasn't as shocked by the awfulness of the Kung Fu scarecrow.

[asimpson2006]

Kramer vs. Kramer: *** out of **** - Since I never watched this film before I decided to give it a go last night.  I found myself enjoying this film even though I am not a huge fan of drama movies.

[lester1/2jr]

asimpson- I've been meaning to see that for a long time.  It's hard to actually rent it though.

Witchfinder General- good, very Hammer-ish take on Cromwell era England witch/ morality hysteria in particular  a self appointed holy man played by Vincent Price.  These witchfinders were like snake oil salesmen, except instead of a useless potion you are left with a dead family member and a disagraced name.  It's a little stuffy in places and in general isn't wildly exciting but it's rock solid and unpretentious.  I actually think Price is a little miscast but he is still holds his own.  In my mind, Christopher Lee shold be in there.

[3mnkids]

Kramer vs. Kramer: *** out of **** - Since I never watched this film before I decided to give it a go last night.  I found myself enjoying this film even though I am not a huge fan of drama movies.

Thats a great movie. Streep is my favorite actress. Im getting my daughter hooked on her movies, we watched Silkwood last night.

[lester1/2jr]

fatal attraction might be the greatest movie of all time

[Joe the Destroyer]

Watched Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior again.  Still awesome. 

[3mnkids]

Pontypool~ The movie takes place in a radio station in a small Ontario town. The DJ, producer and assistant? get word of some kind of mob outside a local DR's office. The situation gets worse and it appears to be some kind of outbreak...

This movie was strange,interesting and funny. Its kind of like a zombie movie only different,its zombish      If you want to see tons of blood and lots of people getting eaten this isnt the movie for you. I was impressed. I will be adding this one to my DVD collection.

[Jack]

Scarecrow Slayer (2003) - Some guy gets killed, his soul is absorbed into a scarecrow, and he goes around killing people.  Mostly he follows his girlfriend around and kills everyone she comes into contact with.  It had a couple of hot babes in it, and it make me chuckle a few times.  There, I said something good about it.  On the bad side, it was just an amateurish mess.  I could go into detail, but I'd be typing for half the morning    2/5.

[Rev. Powell]

Pontypool~ The movie takes place in a radio station in a small Ontario town. The DJ, producer and assistant? get word of some kind of mob outside a local DR's office. The situation gets worse and it appears to be some kind of outbreak...

This movie was strange,interesting and funny. Its kind of like a zombie movie only different,its zombish      If you want to see tons of blood and lots of people getting eaten this isnt the movie for you. I was impressed. I will be adding this one to my DVD collection.

Did you see it in a theater, or did I miss the DVD release?  I wanted to see this, but of course it's rare anything remotely interesting or outside the norm ever plays here in Louisville.  We only have 1 or 2 screens devoted to non-Hollywood product, and they're almost also dedicated to some boring foreign drama.   

[Rev. Powell]

MAN BITES DOG (1992): A documentary film crew follows a serial killer as he makes his rounds and slowly begins to participate in his crimes. Worth seeing for provocation value, but ultimately the relentlessly unpleasant ironic sadism can't be justified by the filmmakers' meager insights about the media's complicity in fostering violence. 2.5/5.

MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985): Loner and reluctant hero Mad Max wanders out of the desert and into a crossroads of post-apocalyptic vice known as Bartertown, and later discovers a colony of innocent children in a peaceful oasis who believe him to be a messiah. The least and the goofiest of the excellent MAD MAX series, but Max's post-apocalyptic world is always a fun place to visit. 3.5/5.

[3mnkids]

Pontypool~ The movie takes place in a radio station in a small Ontario town. The DJ, producer and assistant? get word of some kind of mob outside a local DR's office. The situation gets worse and it appears to be some kind of outbreak...

This movie was strange,interesting and funny. Its kind of like a zombie movie only different,its zombish      If you want to see tons of blood and lots of people getting eaten this isnt the movie for you. I was impressed. I will be adding this one to my DVD collection.

Did you see it in a theater, or did I miss the DVD release?  I wanted to see this, but of course it's rare anything remotely interesting or outside the norm ever plays here in Louisville.  We only have 1 or 2 screens devoted to non-Hollywood product, and they're almost also dedicated to some boring foreign drama.   

I watched it online. Im a little confused about the DVD release date. Im not sure if its the 21st of july or not until October.  I hope its this month, its a great movie.