Topic: FULL SPEED AHEAD (Read 44918 times)

Althought I go to far fewer movies at the cinema now than I used to before the advent of DVDs and HD paycable channels, I keep up information about the new films because I know I will eventually be seeing them, if not on DVD then on HBO/Showtime/Starz, and I want to be able to choose whether to give them my time beforehand or not, just as if I were choosing to go to a cinema to see them.

Jeanne · « **Reply #131 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:16:40 PM »

Where's der B? This could get lurid.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #132 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:17:35 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on February 23, 2008, 01:04:06 PM

Post, atone, post, atone...

Or postpone, or postpone...

Jeanne · « **Reply #133 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:17:41 PM »

Post, atone, post, atone.

Oh, I said that already.

Jeanne · « **Reply #134 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:18:46 PM »

Or I could postpone atoning.

Jeanne · « **Reply #135 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:19:27 PM »

No, I'd rather get it over with.

Jeanne · « **Reply #136 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:21:19 PM »

I believe MATTH was the only DR to cast his Oscar votes here. Surely others must have some opinions.

Matt H. · « **Reply #137 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:24:04 PM »

I spent a major part of my afternoon watching and sobbing through MEET JOE BLACK. Yes, it takes DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY and stretches it WAY out, but the length is justified since there are so many plotlines going on in the remake.

I saw the movie at the theater and once before on DVD, but I had totally forgotten that Jake Weber (Joe Dubois on MEDIUM) was a co-star in the film! I didn't remember him at all from the movie, so when he turned up so early in the film, I was just stunned. No use raving about the HD encoding. It looked superb.

Clair Forlani is one of my least favorite English actresses, but she disguises her rather harsh English accent here and is rather agreeable. Marcia Gay Harden really broke my heart with her earnest performance. Jeffrey Tambor is also terrific.

I had forgotten the happy ending completely. Not sure I liked it, though in a fantasy, I guess anything is possible.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #138 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:24:16 PM »

Jeanne---watch your mailbox. You may receive something from me early next week.

Jeanne · « **Reply #139 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:25:30 PM »

An opinion-less HHW?? Not bloody likely!

Jeanne · « **Reply #140 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:26:33 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on February 23, 2008, 01:24:16 PM

Jeanne---watch your mailbox. You may receive something from me early next week.

OK. Thanks!

Matt H. · « **Reply #141 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:27:28 PM »

I had a little over an hour left, so I watched the recently new DVD of THE ARISTOCATS. A fellow critic and I swapped some discs neither of us wanted, and I got this one which contains the first widescreen version of the film (also anamorphically encoded). The Dolby Digital 5.1 track is basically mono with just the slightest bit of surround activity. Disney doesn't seem to have done as thorough a clean-up of this as they have done with recent films like THE JUNGLE BOOK and PETER PAN.

I still have about ten or fifteen minutes of it left to watch.

Matt H. · « **Reply #142 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:29:35 PM »

When I go back down, I'll finish THE ARISTOCATS and then start on THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #143 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:30:18 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on February 23, 2008, 12:53:05 PM

The "L" in DR RLP stands for Look Out!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #144 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:31:47 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on February 23, 2008, 01:24:04 PM

I spent a major part of my afternoon watching and sobbing through MEET JOE BLACK. Yes, it takes DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY and stretches it WAY out, but the length is justified since there are so many plotlines going on in the remake.

I saw the movie at the theater and once before on DVD, but I had totally forgotten that Jake Weber (Joe Dubois on MEDIUM) was a co-star in the film! I didn't remember him at all from the movie, so when he turned up so early in the film, I was just stunned. No use raving about the HD encoding. It looked superb.

Clair Forlani is one of my least favorite English actresses, but she disguises her rather harsh English accent here and is rather agreeable. Marcia Gay Harden really broke my heart with her earnest performance. Jeffrey Tambor is also terrific.

I had forgotten the happy ending completely. Not sure I liked it, though in a fantasy, I guess anything is possible.

Admit it! You liked it! You REALLY liked it! And that fireworks scene is TOTALLY SPECTACULAR in HD!

Jeanne · « **Reply #145 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:34:52 PM »

Did you finish all your yummilicities, Ron?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #146 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:35:18 PM »

Don't anyone forget, if you already knew, that Disney has a 2-DVD Platinum Edition of "101 Dalmations" coming out next month!

Jeanne · « **Reply #147 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:36:25 PM »

My atoning has ended for now.

Catch y'all later.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #148 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:51:32 PM »

Good Afternoon!

Well, it's been a semi-productive day for me so far around the apartment. Now I just need to figure out what I want to do with my evening, if anything. I may just bundle myself up again and head out for a brief walk like I did yesterday. We shall see.

Laters...

Matt H. · « **Reply #149 on:** February 23, 2008, 02:01:04 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on February 23, 2008, 01:31:47 PM

Admit it! You liked it! You REALLY liked it! And that fireworks scene is TOTALLY SPECTACULAR in HD!

Oh, yes. I guess I didn't make that very clear. I liked it a lot. Not perfect but very enjoyable. I love to cry at movies (close to a Cy Coleman reference).

When Brad Pitt stepped from behind that telephone kiosk in that early scene, it's just a breathtaking entrance for a male star. I do believe my heart skipped a beat.

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