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Old 07-15-2009, 11:52 AM   #841
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starring Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas. Well put together. More twists than a ride on the Scrambler, and a surprise ending that is near impossible to predict. I loved it.
Come to think of it, I've never seen a Morgan Freeman movie that wasn't excellent.
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Old 07-15-2009, 01:21 PM   #842
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Very timely. Very good.
"Taking Chance." [Kevin Bacon]
Semper Fi. That is all.
BF's brother is in that, apparently. I have to watch it.

Blindness is very, very strange, brutal in places.
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Old 07-15-2009, 04:50 PM   #843
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Old 07-30-2009, 01:17 PM   #844
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We had to sit through Wanted last night. What an incredibly retarded movie. Just like every other screenplay I had to critique in college written by classmates who had seen the Matrix too many times. I am utterly bewildered how this thing got such a big budget, not to mention Morgan Freeman.
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Old 07-30-2009, 03:21 PM   #845
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Old 07-30-2009, 05:25 PM   #846
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They're not DVDs, but I just watched Watchmen and started on Planet Earth on Blu-Ray. Very cool.

Watchmen had deleted scenes restored, which may not be good for people who don't like long movies, but was great for me.

I watched Planet Earth on cable, but the Blu-Ray has the original narration. No disrespect to Sigourney Weaver, but David Attenborough is the voice of nature.
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Old 07-30-2009, 07:30 PM   #847
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We had to sit through Wanted last night. What an incredibly retarded movie. Just like every other screenplay I had to critique in college written by classmates who had seen the Matrix too many times. I am utterly bewildered how this thing got such a big budget, not to mention Morgan Freeman.
Ya... Wanted sucked for me. One of the VERY few flicks w/ Morgan Freeman that I didn't find exceptional.
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Old 08-01-2009, 11:16 PM   #848
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Old 08-02-2009, 02:48 AM   #849
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What did you think BB? My Dad HATED it, but he thinks the Clint of the old days is wonderful and I dont think he likes the modern Clint.
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Old 08-02-2009, 04:06 AM   #850
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I liked 'Gran Torino',from the point of view that it had shadows of the 'old' Clint Eastwood...especially at the end.

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When he precipates the confrontation between himself and the Gang..there's more than a shade of his 'The Good,The Bad,and The Ugly' trilogy, but the outcome has more....significance.It reminded me more of John Wayne in 'The Shootist',his final movie.
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Old 08-02-2009, 04:11 AM   #851
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I've just finished watching Ken Burns excellent series of documentaries detailing 'The American Civil War'.I left the experience feeling that I knew more than when I started out, and surely that is the aim of such a piece of work.
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Old 08-02-2009, 10:27 AM   #852
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I tried to watch Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Couldn't do it.

Went back in the little tyvek envelop after the first half hour or so.

I hate it when all the good stuff is in the commercial.
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Old 08-02-2009, 03:12 PM   #853
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I made it as far as the bar scene and had to stop. Its pretty bad.
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Old 08-02-2009, 07:30 PM   #854
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Yup. Sucked. (Mall Cop)
I took a trip down nostalgia avenue (which I am renowned for), and watched American Graffiti today. Great movie. I actually WATCHED it this time since I wasn't making out with a girlfriend the whole time. Hard to decide which time was more fun.....
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Old 08-02-2009, 08:11 PM   #855
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I just put in Crash. I think it's interesting, though I've seen it before I always find new stuff.

There is nothing on regular cable TV.
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