movies

[cpebbles]

I'd love to defend myself on this, but I've got a collection of roughly 100 DVDs (Counting a lot of Simpsons, Office, Arrested Development, Futurama seasons) in my living room that I actually watch, and another 150 in my closet that I haven't watched in years. A handful of them, I never got around to watching.

I should really get an account with Redbox or Netflix, I guess.

[clevername]

I've stopped buying physical discs. They became more of a collection for me than things I actually viewed more than a couple of times.

I look forward to the future of downloaded and streamed movies.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

I'd love to defend myself on this, but I've got a collection of roughly 100 DVDs (Counting a lot of Simpsons, Office, Arrested Development, Futurama seasons) in my living room that I actually watch, and another 150 in my closet that I haven't watched in years. A handful of them, I never got around to watching.

I should really get an account with Redbox or Netflix, I guess.

Same here. I used to get off work and the GF and I would drop by Wal-Mart or wherever and buy a DVD.

[Jocephus]

i recommend "if looks could kill" for you instant streamers...great crappy movie, starring richard greico...yep

[JackofDiamonds]

i recommend "if looks could kill" for you instant streamers...great crappy movie, starring richard greico...yep

That's a great movie.

[JL21]

i recommend "if looks could kill" for you instant streamers...great crappy movie, starring richard greico...yep

Holy crap. I forgot that Richard Greico ever existed. It seems like it was just yesterday, and not 10 years ago, that he was starring on 21 Jump Street.

[JL21]

I finally got around to watching "The Host", the Korean monster movie. I recently saw an interview with Tarantino where he was rattling off his 20 favorite movies made since 1992 (when he first directed a movie), and "The Host" was his #1. I can see why. It's a big stew of influences and genres, all glued together by the monster plotline.

I thought it was pretty impressive, one of the better horrors that's come out in recent years.

[ghostrunner]

I finally got around to watching "The Host", the Korean monster movie. I recently saw an interview with Tarantino where he was rattling off his 20 favorite movies made since 1992 (when he first directed a movie), and "The Host" was his #1. I can see why. It's a big stew of influences and genres, all glued together by the monster plotline.

I thought it was pretty impressive, one of the better horrors that's come out in recent years.

You can't deny his good taste. I've been itching to see that again. It's amazing how it veers between slapstick comedy, horror, and action so sharply and still makes it work. I've seen some comparison between that and Shaun of the Dead, but in that one I don't think you're ever really scared or creeped out. It's all pretty lighthearted.

That over the top scene early on in "The Host" where the family is mourning really shouldn't work at all. Great monster too. They're making a sequel apparently, but none of the original creators are involved.

[JL21]

You can't deny his good taste. I've been itching to see that again. It's amazing how it veers between slapstick comedy, horror, and action so sharply and still makes it work. I've seen some comparison between that and Shaun of the Dead, but in that one I don't think you're ever really scared or creeped out. It's all pretty lighthearted.

I'm not really sure what I'd compare it to. But 'Shaun of the Dead' wouldn't be it for the reasons you state. Plus, 'Shaun' was more aimed at the funny, whereas 'The Host' just kind of had some funny stuff in it.

RE: Tarantino, I remember thinking that it was a good list, but it was very much a Tarantino list. It wasn't stuff that I'd put up there (for instance, he had a handful of Kung Fu movies, which are beyond me), but it's exactly the kind of list I'd expect Quentin Tarantino to make. And that's not meant as an insult, either.

That over the top scene early on in "The Host" where the family is mourning really shouldn't work at all. Great monster too. They're making a sequel apparently, but none of the original creators are involved.

The sequel seems like a really dumb idea. The monster was a big part of why I enjoyed it. It was sort of a throwback to a million b-movie classics.

[The Third Man]

Coincidentally, I happened to receive Repulsion from Netflix the day before Polanski got arrested for his kiddy-diddlin' antics so I watched that. Holy [expletive] what a movie.