Netflix.

Roger & Me (1989/Moore) 1st time

7/10

A documentary about the prosperity and depression that General Motors (GM) and its' owner, Roger Smith, brought to Flint, Michigan. It's better than Fahrenheit 9/11, but not on a level with Bowling for Columbine.

Napoleon Dynamite (2004/Hess) 1st time

8/10

Wow. A good family comedy. This may be one of the best comedies of the last 5 years. Good script, great acting, and a hilarious movie about a teenage boy living in Idaho who is out to prove that he has, well, nothing to prove.

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Patrick, have you seen The Big One? I've never seen that or Roger & Me, but I do own both Bowling for Columbine & Fahrenheit 9/11. I remember this 1 funny story that someone told me at work (Blockbuster) when Fahrenheit 9/11 was about to come out. Ok well I'm living in Texas (Conservative Republicans). Well apparently my store owner did not want to carry Fahrenheit 9/11 due to his strong political beliefs. Anyway, I guess a customer came in and asked a co-worker of mine if we'd be carrying it. When he/she (don't remember who it was, I wasn't there) replied "Yes" the customer replied, "I don't think I can rent here anymore."

That is just ludicrous b.s. -- While I may applaud your boss's political stance in private, I DO NOT at all applaud that ignorant s.o.b.'s stance in public, as HIS political stance has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with business. In fact, he should lose his franchise license. And, he's a moron, for not wanting to rent out the biggest comedy of 2004! :p But seriously - a guy like that has no business in video rentals. What next? No Gandhi cuz he's Catholic?? He should be sweeping porno theaters or something instead.

No we have Gandhi and Jackass the Movie. I rememeber when that came out he didn't want to carry that either. He's an old man (in his 70s or 80s), so he's very old fashioned. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm just pointing out the facts. However, it is his store and he gets the final say on what he chooses to carry and what not to carry (so far though, as long as I've worked there, I can't really think of a big title movie that he did not carry).

Just purchased.

Underground ** (1st Time)
1995, Kusturika, Fr/Ger/Hung
Two friends, both in love with the same woman, drift apart from World War II and the Yugoslav break-up in the 1990s.
An epic which explores many themes, using visual sensationalism to great effect, though its laughs and moments of brilliance are simply too few and far between to justify its length. Winner of the 1995 Palm d'Or.

Sideways ** (1st Time)
2004, Payne, US
A week before his friend's wedding, a worn out would-be novelist takes his friend on a wine-drinking orgy through California.
For the most part, an intelligent and superbly played comedy which is both evocative to look at and pleasing to watch; the biggest romance in the film is between script and wine.

Mick

I watched the Godfather this morning. I hadn't seen it in months. It is still, without a doubt, my favorite movie.

I think I'll watch Part II tomorrow before the Super Bowl.

The Woodsman - (Kassell;2004;USA) - ***1/2
Kevin Bacon's best performance. The film handles a hard subject and fans of Bacon will be shocked at this choice of a role. The film's direction is clever, and handles the subject greatly. The cast are all very good in their roles although Eve should NOT have been cast. The majoy problem I had with the film is after it's opening montage (which I liked a lot) it seems to be a little fast paced, adding up to 87 minutes, although maybe I'm looking at it from a wrong way. Aside Bacon, I also loved the music which is very dismal, especially in the montage. The music almost sounds like something David Julyan would do. The film may disturb at times, but truly it is one of the best character studies of the year.
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I watched P.S. last night. I only saw this movie b/c Laura Linney was in it. The cast also included Topher Grace & Gabriel Byrne. To my surprise this was not that bad of a movie. I was expecting it to be ok, but I did enjoy it more than I had thought that I would have. It's not too bad and it comes out on Tuesday.

Super Size Me (2004/Spurlock) 1st time

7/10

A good look into the fast food world and what will happen, not only to America's youth, but all of America, if this fast food eating frenzy continues. -Pat

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I'm off to watch Man On Fire..

Shaun of the Dead

Hillarious comedy that I intend to purchase very soon. Highly recommended.

9/10

Funny, I just watched it tonight after my friend said the same thing -- but I only thought it was "cute". Recommended if there's nothing else.

4/10 :p

Funny, I just watched it tonight after my friend said the same thing -- but I only thought it was "cute". Recommended if there's nothing else.

4/10 :p [/b][/quote]so THAT'S what JG watches when he's whoring.

**Adds Shaun of the Dead to netflix list** :p

I watched The Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind yesterday and I got to say it was mind blowing to see how Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet were so different and great in this movie. In addition it had a great plot and it was all a new experience. If you haven't seen this movie because you have thought of it as a typical Jim Carrey comedy movie, you are in for a big surprise.

Funny, I just watched it tonight after my friend said the same thing -- but I only thought it was "cute". Recommended if there's nothing else.

4/10 :p [/b][/quote]4/10?!?!

You gotta be joking man. Not only was this hillarious, but I think it might be my favorite spoof of all time.

Man On Fire (2004/Scott) 1st time

8.5/10

One of, if not the, best performance by Denzel Washington. A heart breaking and gut wrenching film that will bring tears to your eyes. Amazing! This film should be up for an Oscar.

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Yeah Patrick, Man On Fire was an AWESOME movie! I just watched Tupac Resurrection last night. I thought it was good and I liked how it seemed like Tupac was actually telling the story. The only thing that I didn't like was that it didn't touch much on the whole East Coast/West Coast rivalry or his death. Like it talked about him growing up and through the "Me Against The World" album, and then hurried through the end and that was it.

I also watched Saw again yesterday. I enjoyed it as much as I did in the theater and will be purchasing it on DVD on the 15th of this month. A very good movie for the budget that it had (I think it was only $1 million).

The idea = 10/10
The previews = 12/10
The hype = 8/10

The actual documentary that is nominated for an Oscar for some reason = 3/10

I've never seen a more discombobulated documentary in my life -- and that's including Moore's docu-comedy this year.

The idea was awesome -- the message was great -- and I couldn't wait to see it -- and I was ready to dump fast food totally (from what I heard of it). But I tell you, watching this made me crave McD's even more -- I think I might go tomorrow!!

But of course, I understand how bad fast food is... it's just that, I thought the filmmaker would've done a more coherent job with his message.

I think Moore would've given it better justice, and that's saying a lot coming from me!

Just saw "Hide and Seek" with Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning. If you like horror/suspense I recommend this one. The little girl has an essence of the macabre that is unsettling. De Niro is wonderful, as usual. Some gore, deserves it's "R" rating.

RAY

Best Actor - Jamie Foxx
Best Director - Taylor Hackford
Film Editing
Sound Mixing (nah...)
Costume Design (nah...)
BEST PICTURE OF 2004 - yes.

9/10

****

'nuf said.

As if you watched the other nominees. :p

Not yet As you can see from my reviews, I've been watching mediocre films lately. :p

THE AVIATOR - Saw it; reviewed it already
FINDING NEVERLAND - Want to see badly
MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Vaguely interested
RAY - Excellent
SIDEWAYS - Vaguely interested

RAY will hold up through time. I can't imagine the others doing that, besides maybe The Aviator. But we'll see...

Well knowing you I doubt you'll like them. Finding Neverland uses fantasy/surreal scenes to illustrate the character's imaginations.

You might like Million Dollar Baby though. :p

And go see the best acting of the year in "The Woodsman." :p

I just saw Passion of the Christ for the first time. Unbelievably good. The scourging was very difficult to watch, but it was a great film. I thought the actor portraying Satan was remarkable.

What I thought Gibson did extremely well was utilize a flashback scene when the violence against Jesus seemed as if it couldn't get any worse. It was a good technique of temporarily escaping the violence.

10/10

Glad to hear that you liked it goombah. It was a great movie and in my opinion, easliy one of the best of last year. It's a shame it got the Oscar snub

Would you believe it was a woman who played Satan? Then again, I guess its not too hard to believe. (JK LADIES, you know I love you all. )

Yeah I was surprised at that too, but she did a really good job. What a rollercoaster throughout 2 hours. I was TOTALLY blown away by this movie last year and it's gotta be in my top 20 favorites of all time.

And why would I hate that so much? Johnny Depp, Dustin Hoffman, Kate Winslet? I can't wait!

Peter Pan is one of my favorite stories of all time. Hell, I thought Hook (1991) was awesome! It can't be any more fantastic/surreal than Neverland (2003) was.

Well for someone who thinks Robin Williams is better then Pacino! :rolleyes:

Robin Williams better than Al Pacino, yeah right