I thought by your post that you actively disliked it. I love the timbre of John Goodman's voice, and that alone could have sold it for me. I also the "bloopers" at the end. "Go 'head. Go throw up."

I am watching a movie called Phone Booth with Colin Farrell and Kiefer Sutherland(at least his voice). What a different movie. I've seen bits of it before but always wanted to see it from the beginning. Anyone else see it? Nearly the entire movie is Colin Farrell in a phone booth. Remember phone booths? I'm kind of enjoying this movie tho.


TIS

yea i remember seeing this one...i can't wait to see this version with a cell phone

They did. It was called Cellular with Kay Basinger a few years back. It's amazing when I see a movie like "Phone Booth" which was made in 2002, which was not that long ago and the idea sounds outdated. I guess back then most people did NOT have a cell phone.

Btw Bam, how are you feeling?


TIS

better...i am getting confortble with the casts on, and only have to take alieve before i go to bad (i still have to get up every couple hours because of the cramping feeling)...been spending my time drawing and watching movies.

I'm glad you're better. Hang in there!!!


TIS

I heard a discussion on talk radio about phones, and how Home Alone couldn't be made today because every kid has a cell phone and could just call up their parents and say "Hey, you guys left me?". Technology changes everything.

LEGION
This was a serious waste of time and a waste of cast (Dennis Quaid, Kate Walsh, Charles Dutton, Paul Bettany, Tyrese, Adrianne Palicki) I guess they all needed the money but gee whiz did they need mine? The best parts of the movie are all shown in the trailer. If God sent Angels to end the existence of humanity, I rather doubt that Angels, who oversee the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, can threaten to wipe out Jerusalem with a wave of the hand, and who threw Satan into the Pit, are going to be much impressed by humans with submachine guns. I can't say any more about the various bad writing, plot holes and crappy dialogue without going into spoilers, not that there's that much to spoil. Definitely not worth a trip to the theater-maybe ok for dollar day as a rental.

BLOOD CREEK
This movie was directed by Joel Schumacher of all people but don't worry there is no campy Batman running around. It's a surprisingly good horror movie in the old style. It reminds me of the Friday the 13th TV series. It starts out in 1938 (shot in glorious Black and White) when a German SS historian visits an American farming family of German descent who happens to possess an ancient runestone left by Vikings. It picks up in modern day (shot in color) in which an Iraq war veteran thought dead suddenly shows up at his brother's house one night and tells his brother to bring a lot of guns and come with him immediately-there's revenge to be taken. In some aspects the movie does later fall into some horror conventional cliches (especially with some less than convincing special effects) but the occult Nazi spin lets it stand apart -although that's becoming slightly more common now ("Outpost" and "Dead Snow"). Anyway this was better than "Legion" by far although it lacked big name stars. Evidently it didn't get much of a theatrical release. It was worth the rental if you like horror movies. There is also an interesting commentary by the director that goes into greater detail about Nazi fascination with the occult.

I really did like TAKEN. It was a lot of fun!

Lilo,

I saw Taken a couple months ago, and I too enjoyed it.



TIS

Yes, it seems like there's been a lot of revenge movies out lately. There's that new one with Mel Gibson and then the recent films with Kevin Bacon and Jodie Foster which I can't remember the names of right now.

I don't know the Kevin Bacon one you're referring to, but are you referring to Jodie Foster's "The Brave One"? I really liked that movie. She's such a consistently good and classy performer.

yea footloose is a great revenge movie

HA-HA..
The Kevin Bacon movie I was thinking about was "Death Sentence". It was directed by the guy who did Saw and was based on the sequel to the book Death Wish. It's an extremely violent movie but it's not really breezily pro-revenge. In some respects it's quite anti-violence.

Yup "The Brave One" is what I was thinking of. "I want my dog back!!!!"

Jodie Foster was so not what I expected of Jodie Foster in that movie. I really enjoyed her as a radio personality with a very sultry voice by day, and a psycho revenge-seeking vigilante by night.

I liked that movie to SB.


TIS

death wish? is that the same death wish that charles bronson was in?

The very one. The novelist is Brian Garfield.

that doest make since...they made like what 4 sequels to the first one...how is this a sequel to that?

I can definitely see Hollywood "rebooting" the "Deathwish" movies. What a great series to put a modern spin on...who would make a good "Paul Kersey"? (Charles Bronson)

liam neeson

The film sequels (starring Bronson) to Death Wish were not based on the novels. They kept the Paul Kersey character but did not follow the books at all. They were created out of whole cloth by the screenwriters, producers and directors.

I've not read the book but my understanding is that "Death Sentence" with Kevin Bacon follows a little more closely to the "Death Sentence" book by Garfield, although it too makes some changes. So it's based on the second book, though the MOVIE is not a sequel...

Who's the co-star in Death Sentence. Is that where the couple invade a home??? It's been on HBO and I've never been able to catch the entire movie, but I do like Kevin Bacon and the movie looked good.

I loved Death Wish with Charles Bronson. I always felt kind of sorry for him because he was a decent actor, but for some reason got stuck in the Death Wish cycle and never really was able to get out. How many sequels were there? 5?

TIS

LOVE Kevin Bacon. He has really emerged as an excellent actor.

Kevin Bacon pretty much carries the movie himself. Supporting actors/actresses are Kelly Preston, John Goodman, Aisha Tyler and Garrett Hedlund. Although there was a home invasion scene in "Death Sentence" it wasn't the basis for the movie. The movie "Funny Games" was centered around two guys that invade a home.

There were 4 Death Wish sequels.

I've been down with a bad cold and been doing nothing much besides watching TV. Last night I watched "Dead Man Walking" with Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn.

This really is a great film. Although it's about a death row inmate, it's not about the death penalty. It's about a woman and a man, and her efforts to help him take responsibility for his actions in order to find redemption.

The story is wonderfully acted. I've forgotten how really great they both are in this. And the juxtaposition of the execution with the re-enactment of the rape and murder allows the viewer to make up their own mind about the death penalty. It's difficult to watch, but you also find yourself unable to look away.

I watched a little of Pizzaboy's fav movie yesterday Deliverance.

I recently watched the movie Mirrors with Kiefer Sutherland. I couldn't make heads or tales of the ending. As far as the Death Wish movies I thought that the first one was the best. Jeff Goldblum was one of the punks that attacked Kearsey's family.

Watched the Beyonce film "Obsessed" today. Predictable tripe about the handsome husband with the beautiful wife and child, and the whack-job who is convinced that he's in love with her.

Surrogates with Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames, Rosamund Pike, Radha Mitchell and Boris Kodjoe was okay but nothing outstanding. I am glad I waited for DVD. At a time not too distant from our own humans have perfected telekinesis to the point where humans can actually control human like robots "surrogates" from their homes and use these idealized versions of themselves to actually do just about everything that humans do today.

Unfortunately the movie turns into a somewhat prosaic murder mystery/action film when it would have been much more interesting to more deeply examine what kind of world it would be if just about everyone was no longer "real". The picture touches on those issues but only on a surface level. Willis turns in a typically strong performance.