Archive for the ‘ on DVD ’ Category
Some of the worst trailers for never-heard-of click-flicks on this disc. …And they just keep coming. …And finally the menu, and pressing play. This is starting just like Beauty & The Beast — Disney-sounding “French” accordion score, with people speaking french, nuns walking in the town square. Streep’s Child impression just makes you smile. Butter! In the good way, [ READ MORE ]
With countless copies of the DVD around the house, i’m finally sitting down to watch We Were Soldiers. I’m kinda live-blogging this as it plays. This movie is pretty much all musical montage. Noticing a trend in war movies: the leader that makes bad calls right off the top then the lower-ranking soldier steps [ READ MORE ]
The lamer of the two magic flicks. The other being The Prestige which i saw in the theater. It’s weird how some movies come out in pairs, which ultimately demands a comparison. Deep Impact and Armageddon comes to mind. (Though those were both bad movies, but for different reasons.) It’s probably easiest [ READ MORE ]
This is a pretty long movie. Started it Sunday night and had to call it because it got too late. Then finished the last half hour Thursday. I last saw this a while back when it was new, but didn’t remember it being so long. I still think it’s a good flick. [ READ MORE ]
Kinda funny how these kind of movies have these conflict moments with a birthday or some other date. And then the hero ends up being really late or missing it altogether, causing all kinds of drama. But i can’t remember the last time i celebrated an event like that on the actual date. [ READ MORE ]
