Last DVD you Watched/Rented?

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
I finally got my mitts on a copy of 'Amores Perros'. I thought it was very good, but a little over-rated after all the praise I had heard about it. I had heard it being called "The South American 'Pulp Fiction'", but the only thing that was like Tarantino's opus was the structure. The story involving the dog fights was great, but I didn't care much for the stupid little dog/rat under the floor-boards...

7.5/10

Great Film.

The dog that has been shot and is on the backseat of the car is reminiscent of Tim Roth in Resevoir Dogs in the same situation.

The 40 Year old Virgin ( rubbish and unbearably long , its about 2 hours long, i fell asleep at about 1hr 20 I woke up and it was still going)

Hard Boiled

Valiant. Cute movie, but definately for kids.

TMNT

^^ Awesome movie!!! Anyways, mine was Dirty Love

Vertigo

A Better Tomorrow
The Element of Crime

Red Dragon - good movie, edward norton never dissapoints me, had a similar vibe to Silence of the Lambs, not as good, but still solid next to it. 4/5

Bad News Bears (2005) - HILARIOUS!

Rented 40 Year Old Virgin, hilarious. Steven Carrel was excellent.

Watched "Serenity" today and it left me totally dissatisfied. Bunch of shallow characters, nothing visually stimulating, and while the storyline was somewhat interesting, there was no charisma or chemistry to speak of.

Watched-

Elf
Jason and the agronauts
Fargo

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Watched "Serenity" today and it left me totally dissatisfied. Bunch of shallow characters, nothing visually stimulating, and while the storyline was somewhat interesting, there was no charisma or chemistry to speak of.

I disagree. You really can't get into the movie well if you didn't watch the series that came previously to that movie. But IMO the movie was great. We needed a new sci-fi after Star Wars spinned its last web. You mean to tell me you Disliked the Space battle between the Reavers and the Federation? Great part, IMO.

Undead - Pretty funny movie, didn't take it seriously except for that cool guy with the three shotguns in one.

The Phantom of the Opera - Eh, it didn't do much for me. It had its moments and there were a few things that didn't make sense. When Christine pulled the Phantom's mask off, you can clearly see his face before he covers it with his hand. There was no deformity until later.

There was a basic enough outlining of a backstory for people who hadn't seen the show to be able to follow along, IMO. It just seemed like a Sci Fi Channel movie that was 30 minutes too long with a wannabe Han Solo, a homocidal version of a Precog from "Minority Report", and a cast of shallow characters with no style and flat dialogue. Throw in a heavy handed "moral to the story" ending that tied things up, sprinkle some other cliche Sci Fi elements on it and voila.

I guess, in the end, it wasn't flashy enough for me, and didn't feel like much more than a stripped down Battlstar Gallactica. I mean, shit...the show was cancelled after 12 episodes for a reason, aside from cable television being saturated in already subpar Sci Fi programming.

It was somewhat ambitious and also arrogant to assume that, based on some fansites and DVD sales, the show merited a major motion picture release. Even in the Whedon special he said "Shows like this aren't supposed to get movies.".and for good reason. So ambitious that it ended up LOSING money in the end. People buy a $30 DVD set, which, for 13 episodes is grossly overpriced, considering "Seinfeld Season 1 & 2" can be bought cheaper, and he thinks that it's alright to drop $40 MILLION DOLLARS on a show he refuses to let die 3 years later? If it had shared some of what made "Buffy" so popular, namely dialogue and rich characters, perhaps "Firefly" wouldn't have been axed?

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
There was a basic enough outlining of a backstory for people who hadn't seen the show to be able to follow along, IMO. It just seemed like a Sci Fi Channel movie that was 30 minutes too long with a wannabe Han Solo, a homocidal version of a Precog from "Minority Report", and a cast of shallow characters with no style and flat dialogue. Throw in a heavy handed "moral to the story" ending that tied things up, sprinkle some other cliche Sci Fi elements on it and voila.

Minority report, and the first episode of "Firefly" released around the same time. And Joss whedon had been contemplating on the show for a long while. So really nothing was stolen from "Minority Report". Assuming you watched "Firefly" because you sound like you know what you are talking about, Malcom Reynolds Appears to be much like Han solo after first viewing. But if you look into his characters background story, Mal Used to be in the Army, and when seeing all this war, and bad luck. He thought god did not exist. Unlike Han he does not pilot the ship, that is the major difference. One of my favorite Characters 'Jayne' stands out from everyone else in my opinion. And all the other characters are colorful in their own way. Joss Whedon has a great method of character building. He uses grudges and Anger, unlike most of the 'Star Wars' characters use. They tied in Spaghetti western with Sci-fi and made this brand new concept, And I thought the movie was good. Not your average sci-fi which made it all the better.

It was somewhat ambitious and also arrogant to assume that, based on some fansites and DVD sales, the show merited a major motion picture release. Even in the Whedon special he said "Shows like this aren't supposed to get movies.".and for good reason. So ambitious that it ended up LOSING money in the end. People buy a $30 DVD set, which, for 13 episodes is grossly overpriced, considering "Seinfeld Season 1 & 2" can be bought cheaper, and he thinks that it's alright to drop $40 MILLION DOLLARS on a show he refuses to let die 3 years later? If it had shared some of what made "Buffy" so popular, namely dialogue and rich characters, perhaps "Firefly" wouldn't have been axed? [/b]

I believe the show was cancelled due to budget problems. I believe 'Firefly' had just as Bright of characters as 'Buffy' did.

This is all just my opinion of course. I hold no grudges against yours. I'm just expressing how I feel.

Originally posted by Mando
Minority report, and the first episode of "Firefly" released around the same time. And Joss whedon had been contemplating on the show for a long while. So really nothing was stolen from "Minority Report". Assuming you watched "Firefly" because you sound like you know what you are talking about, Malcom Reynolds Appears to be much like Han solo after first viewing. But if you look into his characters background story, Mal Used to be in the Army, and when seeing all this war, and bad luck. He thought god did not exist. Unlike Han he does not pilot the ship, that is the major difference. One of my favorite Characters 'Jayne' stands out from everyone else in my opinion. And all the other characters are colorful in their own way. Joss Whedon has a great method of character building. He uses grudges and Anger, unlike most of the 'Star Wars' characters use. They tied in Spaghetti western with Sci-fi and made this brand new concept, And I thought the movie was good. Not your average sci-fi which made it all the better.

This is all just my opinion of course. I hold no grudges against yours. I'm just expressing how I feel.

That's fine. I just have a differing opinion, and some *hopefully* valid facts and observations.

* The whole "Minority Report" comparison was for effect. The similarities are purely coincidental, aside from the fact they're both female, can predict the future, and end up being the sole character of which the two movies respectively revolve around.

* Reynolds vs Solo - The similarities are uncanny. Did he (Mal) not make mention of Serenity being "his ship" in the movie? Han didn't believe in "hokey religions", either. I mean, the personality traits in both characters were almost identical right down to dialogue and demeanor. Not to mention both their names are 3 letters long....Han...Mal...I mean, I don't care if it's some homage, but I'm calling a spade a spade when it comes to rooting out any originality or depth in these characters. As a sidenote, Han didn't fly the Falcon always either. Lando took over in ESB.

I could go on with the whole relevency of Star Wars references in "Serenity", namely the love/hate relationship between Mal, a ship captain, and Inara, who's the space princess. It only goes to show how truely original the "Firefly" franchise really is. It's so blatantly obvious that there's little originality in Sci Fi on the whole, and that it's how you go about making a name for yourself, using what little shred of ingenuity and creativity left in the genre there is is what matters. Shepherd Book...Obi Wan Kenobi. Jayne..Chewbacca. It goes on and on and on.

"Serenity" isn't so original, afterall. Don't hate it now because I brough out the big guns and shot it down. Original Sci Fi is hard to find, which is why I latched onto and championed "Riddick" when it came out. It was an incredible Sci Fi story. I mean, atleast "Spaceballs" had the decency to come right out and say it was a "Star Wars" parody, where as this isn't much more than a recycling of everything we've ever seen, dumbed down and stripped of the grand scale, making it palpable and seemingly "new" to a new age audience.

River was a great character, and sorely underused. The movie had potential that was never fully realized, and that's my opinion, and I'm stickin' to it.

BTW, "Firefly" was dropped because of poor ratings. That's going to happen when you've got to compete with Stargate, Farscape, Lexx, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: TNG re-runs, The X-Files, and whatever other Sci Fi television shows were running in 2002.

Polar Express - For some reason, I couldn't stand it. Annoying.

BTW, "Firefly" was dropped because of poor ratings. That's going to happen when you've got to compete with Stargate, Farscape, Lexx, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: TNG re-runs, The X-Files, and whatever other Sci Fi television shows were running in 2002.

X-Files was already on it's way out by then, its last two seasons having completely alienated most of the fans (myself included). In fact, if I remember right, 2002 was the last season of it. I think it's more that sci-fi doesn't generally do too well on network TV. X-Files was such a risk, but it worked, which is why now we've got tons of sci-fi on network channels, but face it - none have done so well except for Buffy, and of course Star Trek...Millenium lasted three seasons, and was excellent. But for the most part, sci-fi tends to flounder on network TV.

Blue Car
Bully

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
* The whole "Minority Report" comparison was for effect. The similarities are purely coincidental, aside from the fact they're both female, can predict the future, and end up being the sole character of which the two movies respectively revolve around.

* Reynolds vs Solo - The similarities are uncanny.

"Serenity" isn't so original, afterall. Don't hate it now because I brough out the big guns and shot it down. Original Sci Fi is hard to find, which is why I latched onto and championed "Riddick" when it came out. It was an incredible Sci Fi story. I mean, atleast "Spaceballs" had the decency to come right out and say it was a "Star Wars" parody, where as this isn't much more than a recycling of everything we've ever seen, dumbed down and stripped of the grand scale, making it palpable and seemingly "new" to a new age audience.

River was a great character, and sorely underused. The movie had potential that was never fully realized, and that's my opinion, and I'm stickin' to it.

All I see is invalid opinions.