Anybody seen any good movies lately?

there are a ton of movies I want to see.

From Hell
13 Ghosts
Don't say a word
Monsters Inc
Shallow Hal (starts this week)
Domestic Disturbance


My boyfriend wants to see
The one
K-pax

He's on vacation with me for the rest of the week, so we will probably see some movies this week.

Monsters Inc. was awesome !!! We went to see it on Saturday with our kids. I don't think I've ever heard my hubby laugh that much at the theatre! And they say its a kids movie! I'm buying the DVD when it comes out I also want to see '13 Ghosts'. Hubby and I are going on a date to see it when its released. When is it due to come out??

We haven't really seen much. The last major release we saw in theater was "Planet of the Apes", in which I was severely disappointed. Rented "Evil Dead II" over the weekend, a classic "B" horror movie that is a personal favorite, but my wife had never seen. She absolutely loved it! We want to take our son to "Monsters", so its great to see positive reviews. We were very disppointed in "Shrek." Also rented "Cats & Dogs" last week. Great family movie. Its a shame the cats had to be the "bad" guys, but...HEY...Cats DO Rule!

Bill

Going to go see KPax on Monday, I think. It is our Remembrance Day here in Canada so as a fed I get the day off. ONLY 9 DAYS TO HARRY POTTER!

My boyfriend and I went to the movie on monday (saw zoolander) and at that point Harry Potter was 11 days away from opening , tickets were already on sale, and there were already 2 time slot sell outs for opening day.


my prediction is by the opening weekend, it's going to be sold out almost all weekend long.

We saw Monsters Inc. this weekend and it was great! Daughter pretty much loved it, but a few places were scary for her (she's 5). What amazed me was that the jokes didn't seem to be token jokes, if you know what I mean.

Like in Shrek, for example, there is a scene where they are trying to put out a fire and finally the donkey says "let me do it" and he, ahem, lifts his leg on it. I thought at the time, there is the joke for all the 10 year old boys in the audience. Or I've seen a few kids shows where they toss in a joke for the adults and you just know it's to keep the adults amused, not because it moves the story along.

But do you remember the old Cosby show? Bill Cosby told jokes that were funny for the whole family and the same things were funny but in different ways depending on your age. He didn't talk down to kids or pacify adults. Monsters was like that. They had a story to tell and the humor was part of it, not just pasted on later to reach a demographic.

I understand Disney has already considered rides for their theme parks related to the movie. I think the doors scene would be a good one.

I've seen a couple on HBO. I think one was called Meet the Parents, were a man who is a nurse goes with his girlfriend to meet his parents. The dad is in love with a Himalayan cat named Mr. Jinx. It was funny but at the same time it made me cry. He was trying to impress his girlfriend's father in law. How everyone laughed at him.
The other one I saw was a western about a black man who is mute(He stars in Boyz in the Hood and in another were he is a diver. I think its called Men of Honor.). He goes on bank robberies with a wanted man. I think his name is Paul Hogan. Great movie. I love westerns. I loved Big Mama. I want to see Dr. Dolittle 1 and 2. I also want to see the Drew Barrymore's With the Boys.

My sister went to see 13 Ghosts and she was disappointed with it. But of course I'll want to see it anyway

I have to say I actually loved Shrek!! Though it could be because I thought it was going to be really crappy and didn't want to see it at all.....some friends made us watch it with them and I was thinking "oh god..let me go home" but I was pleasantly surprised!!! I thought it was really funny!!
Hmmm what else, ooo I rented out "The Hole" last night, it was weird, I kind of liked it but it was....well...wierd!! Once you get over the soooo corny acting its quite good,- but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be....I also watched "Along came a Spider" last night and that was pretty good too.....not brilliant...but good.... there seems to be a lack of really good films out at the moment, though there are a couple Im looking forward to seeing at the cinema..like "The Others" and "Joyride" and of course...."HARRY POTTER" yey!! I have to be honest and say the books never really appealed to me - but the film looks great!!

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The other one I saw was a western about a black man who is mute(He stars in Boyz in the Hood and in another were he is a diver. I think its called Men of Honor.). He goes on bank robberies with a wanted man. I think his name is Paul Hogan. Great movie. I love westerns.

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Nena, the black actor that you are thinking of is Cuba Gooding Jr. He is also in the movie Rat Race (hilarious!). Paul Hogan is the Australian in the Crocidile Dundee.

My husband and i went to "From Hell" during the weekend, i was worried it was going to be too scary, but it was very stylish, very well done, and i really enjoyed it. We are looking forward to "Lord of the Rings" too, mainly becuase it was filmed in my home country (New Zealand) but it does look like it is going to be very impressive.

Chee & Breeze

I, too, am anxiously awaiting the Lord of the Rings series of movies. It does look quite impressive, and it seems was well thought out from a production standpoint. I've always been a fan of the books, but was disappointed in the "made for TV" Hobbit and Return (done by Rankin/Bass) and, as much as I've liked Ralph Bakshi's other animation, his take on LOTR was just okay.

Ahh, New Zealand...I've never been there and never realized I wanted to be there until about a year ago I made an e-mail acquaintance with a John Pennington on an Internet photo-host site. John is a NZ'er who spends most of his time traveling around his local region of NZ with a camera. Stunning stuff! Maybe someday...

Oh, yeah, movies...not much else on my movie wish list at the moment.

Bill

Yeah, I'm waiting for Harry Potter and LOTR. I'm kind of interested in the next Star Wars too, but I was 13 when I saw the first one, so it's in my blood by now!

Something about LOTR reminds me of Excalibur. I don't know if it's production values or landscape or what.

Hubby wants to see Riding in Cars with Boys, but I'm not such a Drew fan. We're both hoping to see K-Pax one of these days, though I prefer to go to a matinee for that one. It looks good from the ads, but it kind of fell off the radar after being released, so maybe not as good as it seems.

Was Rat Race good? I love Rowan Atkinson and, oh, I can't remember all the cast now, but I remember that a lot of them were good. I think (being an adult here, not as a recommendation to young folk) that it would be good to see with a bunch of friends after tossing back a few beers. But that's just me . . .

Rat Race was very funny. Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Cuba Gooding Jr, John Lozitz & Kathy Nejimi (from Sister Act) are some of the stars. John Cleese & Atkinson are seriously hilarious (I know it's an oxymoron).

Have any of you see Dead Man's Walking with Sean Penn and Sarah ( I don't know her last name)? Sean is on death row for murdering a young couple and Sarah is a nun who visits with him and becomes his friend. That movie made me cry. I am such a crybaby. Nobody wants to take me to the movies because I cry. I want to see Sensivitiy. The other day an old movie, Poltergeist and Poltergeist 2 were on. I liked that movie.

I haven't been to the movies lately. I am mostly a child-oriented person. I think I will take the kids to see Monsters or another movie.

I bawl at movies - I even bawl for some commercial (especially some anti-drunk driving ones in Canada). My husband prefers going to the drive-in now so no one can see me cry. The disney movie "Yellow Dog, Adventures far from home" made me weep and weep and weep.

My step daughter wanted to see "Legally Blonde" this weekend on video, so we rented it, I thought it looked cheesy, and didn't have much hopes for it...but it was great!!!! I really enjoyed it!
We also rented "Swordfish" with John Travolta, and it was also really good!

saw Monsters Inc yesterday



LOVED IT!

I seldom go to the theatre to see movies. I am too spoiled by being able to watch them at home on the couch with my sweetie and cats. We saw "Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?" and I laughed till I couldn't sit up. It's based on Homer's Odessy, but it is set in the rural South in the 1930s. It's complete with the oracle, sirens, and the Cyclops. It doesn't hurt that it stars George Clooney. We saw "The 6th Day" and "Joe Dirt", too, both very good.

"Life's a garden. Dig it." Joe Dirt