My Netflix topic, as well as the pull list and what comics are you reading topic, got me thinking. Because of the eclectic group of people on this site, I thought it would be fun to compare notes on the latest DVD (or Blu Ray) you watched and share what you thought. I want to build my Netflix Queue!

So last night my fiance and I ended up watching A Night at the Museum. I had not seen it, though I loved it. We were putting away Christmas decorations, and we didn't finish because I had to sit down and start watching. I only had a couple of problems with the "villians" at the end, though I loved them up to that point. That could have just come from my love of the specific actors though.

I just thought it was a fun movie and something I will probably be buying when the price comes down. The 2 year old was totally engaged. But through the whole movie he kept calling the T-Rex Cecil since Ben Stiller was looking for that character when the rex had disappeared.

Ok, your turn!

We watched TROPIC THUNDER on Blu from Netflix.  Hadn't seen it because of a busy summer schedule, so this was the first time for both of us.  Although I thought there were some funny moments and it was a generally well constructed, acted, and directed film, I didn't think it was the gut buster a lot of people thought it was.  I've laughed harder and more consistently at recent Judd Apatow outings like SUPERBAD and FORGETTING SARAH MARSHAL than I did at and with TROPIC THUNDER (not Apatow, so maybe there's something there!).  Not a bad film, just not as laugh out loud funny as I thought it would be based on other Stiller projects like ZOOLANDER and DODGEBALL.

In the queue and ready to be shipped...LITTLE MANHATTAN, a film a ton of people have recommended to me, and GREY GARDENS, a doc from 1975 about relatives of Jackie O who have fallen on hard times yet refuse to believe it. 

We must be on the same wavelength or something, Matt -- I rented Tropic Thunder and watched it for the first time over the weekend.  In the "different strokes" category, though, my wife and I laughed and laughed while watching it.  We turned on sub-titles to catch all of Downey's lines, and I think that helped make it even funnier than it would have been had we caught it at the theater on the big screen.

We rented this because we had some friends babysit and we were planning on dinner and a movie, but we couldn't find anything on current run in the theaters that looked like it would be worth our money without being a downer.  We were looking for something funny, and this filled the bill nicely.  Good rental, IMO.

Rambo, while sitting on the floor as my daughter was at Guides.  Yes, the movie is violent and the plot is thin, but dammit, that's how i like my Rambo movies..as far as i know, Mike Zeck and I are two of the few who liked this movie.

Tonight's movie selection will be Strange Brew

Ah, Strange Brew...

"My brother and I used to say that drownin' in beer was like heaven, eh?  Now he's not here, and I got two soakers...this isn't heaven!  This sucks!"

Last disc in my DVD player: Purple Rain.

Rambo, while sitting on the floor as my daughter was at Guides.  Yes, the movie is violent and the plot is thin, but dammit, that's how i like my Rambo movies..as far as i know, Mike Zeck and I are two of the few who liked this movie.

This was good, much better than Rambo III and a good sequel to the original First Blood.

I have been catching up on Oscar hopefuls for the past week or two:

WALL-E
The Visitor
Man On Wire

Non-Oscar contender Pineapple Express will be on its way shortly -- although I guess it is possible that the theme song by Huey Lewis and the News could be nominated! 

The Visitor is one of the best character studies I have ever seen. Richard Jenkins' performance is masterful, and the whole film is beautiful. If Jenkins does not get an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, it's only because not enough people have seen it. Definitely worth your time.

BURN AFTER READING.

Strains to find its way and never does. Burn after viewing.

Another strong performance by George Clooney, though. I never would have thought ten years ago that he'd be one of my favorite actors today, but he is. And Tilda Swinton in mere minutes can out-act just about anybody.

Interesting.  I've heard from people who hate this movie and love this movie.  Doesn't seem to be much of a middle ground.  It being a Coen project is enough to get me to check it out no matter what anyone says.

Saw BURN AFTER READING on the big screen during its initial release in theaters -- I enjoyed it, but it is one seriously "whacked" movie.  Like most Coen brothers movies, this one includes the seemingly-obligatory "shock value violence" scene.  Good performance by Clooney.  My wife and I were both more than a little disturbed at how much Frances McDormand resembled my mother-in-law.