Just finished Goodbye Lenin, which has its own thread.
Now viewing: Open Water

On tap for this evening:
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Before Sunset
Stander

maybe:
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
I, Robot

The order is my preferred viewing order, but I may have to throw in the mass market dreck to keep the other folks happy

I haven't done this in years, and if anyone but Pops and his family were here, I'd probably be sitting in the sun, listening to music and drinking...alas.

Aw come on, I Robot ain't yer first choice? Who can possibly get tired of Will Smith mugging / hamming his way through movie after movie?!? That never gets old. Even when it's computer animated mugging, like in Shark Tale... no?

.... with the mugging?


no?

I actually really like Will,and would love to see him tone it back a bit, or go for more comedy in the future. Men in Black is an example of him getting it right. So is Ali...I think he just needs to take a risk or two in his choices.

He takin the checks and runnin these days, more than not. And I, too, have seen his potential. I also saw him ruin Shark Tale. "Will muggs for 3 minutes" should not appear in the script, ever, but it clearly did in this movie. It was the Fish Prince of Bel Air.

We, too have Sky Captain in, fresh from Netflix. Interested to see how it pans out.. don't read many reviews these days, as I find they tend to wreck movies for me. i like to go in with as little foreknowledge as possible.

On a side note, check my photo album! A good 'un of us, plus one of bloor pontificating at my wedding.

The guy has got so much charisma and he CAN act. Like you said he just needs to pick his projects better. As far as I, Robot it's too bad they didn't use the Harlan Ellison script from many years ago.

Steve

Hey Dave, eat much? I mean, FAAAAAT!! Illustrates the difference in height between the two of us nicely.

And that is perfect Chris "I'm gonna talk just to hear myself, but really I have a lot of good stuff to say, if you'd just listen to me, but even if you're not going to listen, or don't care what I'm saying" illustrated.

I felt I managed to capture his inner essence nicely there. It was a sneak shot, with the camera in my lap, pointing up at him.

So you're gonna watch, what, like 11 hours of movies in a row here? Don't these people wanna go outside and drink in the sun as bad as you do? If it weren't 20 degrees here, and I weren't at my third job, it's what I'd be doing.

Pops is Atkins-izing, so he no drinky da beeah.

other than that its his no-personality wife and their 12 and 7 years-old kids.

So, movies it is.

On an up note, I'm drinking a Boddingtons.

Good form, guv'na. Good form. Sucks about the kids.

[quote="Senator Demetrius LooGAR"]

Illustrate

That picture should be preserved in amber.

I don't know if you'll make it through the first part of this movie. It's kind of boring and it looks like someone filmed it on a webcam.

The 2nd part rules though.

I bet this movei was awesome in a dark theatre, but it was all kind of meh. At least they both died.

The part at night during the thunderstorm was the best part.

i didn't see open water, but thanks for noting that they both die. i think i was turned off that the filmmakers veered from the real story because it was too crazy for audiences to believe.

Sorry if I spoiled this for you.

Edit: Before Sunset gonna starts around 9 (aka NOW!)

last time we were up in Mexico, I, robot was showing a the theatre, and the marquee says

YO, ROBOT

this title is somehow better for me, and my wife says, "Maybe he'll ham and rap over a remix of domo aregato!"

Before Sunset. Wow. another movie that knocked me for a fucking loop. Is it my ego that makes me identify with characters so much, or is the universality of the characters?

No, this project idea seems more up the alley of MF Dooom or RJD2 or EL-PRODUCTO, or another of those indie-fied, conscience rappers or turntablists.

I mean, Styx -- come on! You'd have to be a real irono-contrarian hipster to be able to use Killroy as your backing track and not have it seem (unintentionally) forced, fake, and cheesy.

Yah, yah....

I'm planning on watching a few films tomorrow.
My girl and I are planning on making a nice dinner and watching some films.

I went kinda nuts today and bought some dvds.
My tax return came in today, so I just said fuck it and bought some dvds.

There is this store where i can buy two and get one free....so i did just that.

Zoolander
School Of Rock
Heat
Angela's Ashes
Quills
Get Shorty