Best rental movies....

“suuuure ya did, bucko!”

“did what? i've been shopping all morning. i just got back from the store.

who's bucko?

i'm sacco.

WhatChooTalkinBoutWillis???”

“I need a good movie to rent tonight.”

“i heard secret garden was decent. haven't yet seen it myself.”

“I just ordered 'Touching the Void' from Indigo.”

“Way of the Gun is always a good choice.”

“Touching My Secret Garden & Fill that Void is a good rental. Although I only made it through the first 15 minutes.”

“Saw Barbershop 2 also. Not as good as the first but still good.”

“The butterlfy effect came out today...gonna go buy it this week...”

“hey shep.

gremlin says that flicks got some great lezzy scenes.”

“Saw some trailors for new movies and I have to say that I am absolutely chomping at the bit for this movie called Hero. It's a Jet Li movie that looks even more stunning than Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

http://www.hero-movie.jp/phase2/

I also can't wait for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow to come out.”

“i'm looking forword to alexander - this fall.”

“Slaughterhouse Five”

“I saw that in the theatre a looooong time ago. I went in there cold -- had No Idea WTF was going on, LOL

GREAT flick.

Checking briefly with IMdB... Yep! 1972 sounds about right.”

“Is it true that Slaughterhouse Five has never been shown on British television because of their bombing of Dresden?”

“Hey Nigal, I saw "Hero" a few months back. It was a DVD from Hong Kong...it had English subtitles.

It was decent...but I won't call it great. The story was exaggerated...especially the flying around while performing Kung Fu moves. Another indie film by the name of "Emperor's Assasin"...If I recall correctly...tells it more truthfully.”

“was not looking forword to seeing butterfly effect.

i was very skeptical of ashton kutcher revisiting the "time machine"


well i was wrong. the film was pretty dam good. i give it a 9 out of 10.

i should note, i watched the directors cut version on the DVD - not the theatrical release because i was told (they were right) that the directors cut (for once) was actually better this time.

there is still some minor plot holes, and kutcher is not the greatest actor, but he does fine.

the love interest chick does a hell of a job though.

9 out of 10. check it out.”

“Why would the Hollywood types want to remake The Manchurian Candidate? Are their heads so empty of new ideas?

I had a similar reaction to that remake of The Shining... "They're going to have the goofball from 'Wings' play the Jack Nicholson character??"

I guess a remake of Citizen Kane starring Vin Diesel can't be far behind.”

“"Why would the Hollywood types want to remake The Manchurian Candidate? Are their heads so empty of new ideas?"

I heard the movie version of the Partridge Family has started production. Yes, the end is near.”

“Amelie....a wonderfully cute french film.....”

“Thunderbirds Are Go!

(without the puppets this time?)”

“sacco, I saw Butterly last night, too. I'm not much of a movie critic, I just know what I like and what I don't. I did enjoy this one.

Plot holes? Nothing too bothersome. (Not like "The Game" which I enjoyed a lot despite major plot inconsistencies.)

Worth watching.”

“freaky, funny, deep, disturbing...Bily Bob Thornton with a goofy voice, what could be better?

"sure do like them french-fired taters, mmm-hhmmm"”

“hey fritz, which version didja watch ?

i watched the directors cut first, then the theatrical ending, then the other two alternates.


i liked the directors ending best by far. very poignant.”

“As much crap as I like to give the French they sure do know cinema. I watched a bizarre movie called City of Lost Children (or something) and it was very dark. It was kind of like being stuck in a Tool video for 2 hours. If you liked Brazil you’ll love this one!

Best French film of the decade is still Brotherhood of the Wolf.”

“I've been wandeing about the Manchurian Candidate as well. Most folks my age haven't heard of it. I've seen it twice. I'll probably check out the remake.”

“sacco, I didn't know there was more than one version...my son had the remote...I assume we watched the theatrical release.

If we rent it again I will be sure to look for the director's ending.”

“Saw Daddy Daycare. My 4-year-old liked it (we got it so we could watch something as a family). Not bad for an Eddie Murphy film - not even close to his funniest/best, but for a "G" rated audience, not bad.”

“Saw two. The first Bourne movie, and also rented Jasper, TX.

Liked them both, but Jasper is disturbing of course. I never knew how bad it really was. I'm assuming they didn't take a lot of poetic license?”

“whats jasper ?”

“Yep, "Brotherhood of the Wolf" is good.....and as sacco said, "What's 'Jasper,TX'"...never heard of that film.”

“http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1808528794&cf=info&intl=us --> This critically acclaimed made-for-cable film explores the aftermath of the one of the most horrifying crimes in recent American history.

In 1998, the small town of Jasper, Texas, was sight of the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr. (Roy T. Anderson), an African American man dragged to his death behind a pickup truck driven by three white racists. As news of the murder sends shock waves across the nation, Jasper finds itself the center of national attention and is converged upon by the media, FBI, Black Panthers, and even the KKK.

Sheriff Billy Rowles (Jon Voight) and Jasper's first black mayor R.C. Horn (Louis Gossett, Jr.) struggle to maintain control of their town as stress from the murder--and the subsequent media frenzy--brings submerged racial tension to a boiling point. With brilliant lead performances from Voight and Gossett, this emotionally powerful film sheds light on one of most potent chapters of American race relations.

Also: http://www.culturevulture.net/Movies6/Jasper.htm --> It was a hot summer night in June, 1998 when three White men chained a 49-year-old Black man behind their pickup and dragged him nearly three miles down a country road to his death, a process that tore off an arm and shoulder and beheaded him. The place was Jasper, Texas, a small town in the Texas Piney Woods that called itself the "Jewel of the Forest."

The Showtime movie based on this event, starring Jon Voight as the White sheriff Billy Rowles, and Lou Gossett Jr. as R.C. Horn, the town’s Black mayor, premieres almost five years to the day after the incident.

Americans has, regrettably, become desensitized to media reports of hate crimes. The events in Jasper were at the forefront of the national consciousness for a few days or weeks, as were other racist or homophobic hate crimes, before they faded from people's minds. But what was different about the Jasper incident was the way that the community—Black and White together—handled the aftermath. And that is what Jasper, Texas is about.

The movie shows the initial confusion, then denial on the parts of both sectors of the town’s leadership, neither of which wanted to believe that the incident truly reflected the town’s values and race relationships. But as national and international media, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Black Panthers descend, the townspeople are forced to admit that, although much has changed since the days of Jim Crow legislation, much also has not. Both sides must confront the history of race relations in the town, as well as deeply-held beliefs, both about the town and about the opposite race.

Screenwriter Jonathan Estrin along with executive producer Michael Greene, and director Jeff Byrd (Seventeen Again, Final Breakdown) have delivered a believable, well-paced and thought-provoking product with this movie. Except for a few details (the victim, James Byrd, Jr. is portrayed here as being, perhaps, in his early 20s; and the Klan and the Panthers did not actually show up in Jasper on the same day), what the viewer sees in the movie is an accurate portrayal of the events that occurred.

Perhaps the only thing lacking in the film is any attempt to understand how the perpetrators—three local young men just barely out of their teens—could have committed such a heinous act. Here the movie’s producers may have fallen prey to the same form of denial that originally affected the town leaders. In her book about the Jasper incident, A Death in Texas, journalist Dina Temple-Raston takes a hard look at Jasper in the decades before the dragging and concludes that for young men like the three perpetrators, economic conditions were so bad that there was little hope for jobs, for a future, or for a better life. They were "restless and unable to break free of [the poverty] that had become part and parcel of their lives. There was little to do except hate," Temple-Raston says.

Jon Voight and Lou Gossett Jr. turn in stunning performances in Jasper, Texas and the presentation of the story is dramatically strong.”

“i visited "the friendly state" for a couple weeks in 96.

i was pretty surprised to discover that:

many people in texas are very open about hating all blacks.

many people in texas are very open about hating all mexicans.

many people in texas are very open about hating all yankees.

can someone tell me why it's called the friendly state again?

is it kind of like the greenland/iceland thing ?”

“gonna go relax with a nice fix of silence of the lambs.



precious, clarice, just precious.”

“Scooby Doo 2. LMAO through the whole thing. Of course, I was the only person in the theater laughing most of the time so maybe I'm just a dork.”

“You need to lay off those fatties, dude. ;-)”

“anyone seen the movie The Edge. I have heard it was good so I reserved it from the library.”

“That's the one where Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin get eaten by a bear, right?”

“It's OK, some good action, kinda dumb plot, but you're gettin' it for the scenery anyway.”

“The Edge has great scenery.

Just saw Scotland, Pa. the other night. Its a great flick based (4 out of 5) on Macbeth and they don't talk Shakespearian.

Another flick I just saw was Steve Buscemi's Living in Oblivion it was a little slow starting out but by the end it turn out to be a descent rental. 'Wanda,, call me a cab'”

“I always enjoyed the Wilderness Family movies. great scenery in those also”

“Scotland,PA is good because it has that Walken feller in it.
I guess I'll have to watch The Edge.”

“Debbie does Dallas is still available in some rental stores....”

“I always catch "the Edge" on tv either 1/2 way through or when I have to go somewhere in 15 minutes. I've caught bits and pieces. Don't you hate that?”

“You guys want a classic, try to rent...

"Make em Die Slowly"

It is a B horror flic that has a little of everything in it for everyone. That's right! Boobs, canibals, tribal leaders chopping off weiners and eating them.

I may rent it again this weekend.”

“WK, I can see all of that on fear factor”

“The Boondock Saints

"The MacManus Brothers are't angels,
They're just sent from heaven to make
life a hell for all sinners."”

“i never rent porn”

“"The Edge has great scenery".- Briar Rabbit

Yep, Elle Macpherson's in it. :o)

The scenery was pretty good too.”