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If you have a Hollywood Video near you, they guarantee "Dead Man's Chest" or it is free, no matter how many copies get rented. That's why if and when I rent I always go to Hollywood Video. Lackluster Video just doesn't do it for me anymore.

Pan's Labyrinth

Totally not what I was expecting, but still mind-blowing all the same. The trailers made this look like some kind of fantasy epic in the vein of LOTR/Narnia, but the fantasical sequences are actually quite few and far in between. The "real-world" scenes, set in 1944 Spain just after the Civil War, were a bit too gruesome and brutal for my ultra-sensitive pysche, but overall I still enjoyed the film. The sequence involving the 'Pale Man' was particularly well-executed...dear god, was that guy terrifying.

I started watching The Sound of Music but didn't get very far. I got very tired, and I needed some sleep.

Valmont
I love Colin Firth and try to watch all his movies! But that movie wasn't so great, in fact, I got a bit bored while watching it. Plus, I don't know, younger Colin just isn't as sexy to me

I watched Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery on Monday. It's pretty funny and has some memorable scenes.

Last night I watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/" target="_blank">Being There</a>, a 1979 film starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine. It's about an illiterate, not-too-bright gardener who has done nothing but watch television his whole life. When he is thrust into the world of politics, he fakes his way through by parroting the things he's heard on TV. The movie is inescapably dated due to the television clips used, but that only enhances the charm factor and does not hamper enjoyment.

Scooby Doo 2 this morning. Finally got it on DVD, widescreen of course. So much better than the first film, though still not a perfect Scooby Doo movie. But they had to follow up from the first, so... I still love these flicks though, especially this one, because I think much of the cast was well chosen (not crazy about Freddie Prinze Jr. though), and I like the way they translated Scooby to live-action most of the time. A lot of the older Scooby fans are the ones that really hate these flicks I think. I feel it was targeted more at us 80's kids who grew up with a plethora of Scooby shows, along with younger fans, not necessarily those who grew up with the very first Scooby show. There have been soooo many Scooby shows, and I think these movies were trying to give a nod to all of them, plus the fact that the cast is around my age as well. Yeah, it'd be neat to see a Scooby movie done exactly like the original show, but that might get a little boring at times too. The original show wasn't the most exciting of the bunch, and talk about sticking to a formula, ha.

Since I got my Secret Santa gift of my favorite Streisand movie we watched A Star Is Born, with Barbra and Kris Kristofferson. And as usual I was in tears most of the way through it, especially the last 10 minutes. I am so glad that Streisand has added a commentary to this movie. She gives a whole lot of insight as to why she made the movie after being so adament about not wanting to do a remake of a classic Judy Garland film. In her dialogue she states that it is 'really a remake, but a retelling' of the story. She doesn't consider herself to be in the same class as Garland, which I highly disagree with. Thanks again FinchxOrz. This movie will not gather dust on my shelf, in fact we are planning on watching it again tonight, along with another favorite Streisand movie What's Up Doc?.

The Sound of Music

I still need to get that dvd.

But I like VHS.

We watched our Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer dvd last night. I also caught Polar Express on ABCFamily. It was okay but it's not as good as seeing it in 3D.

dvdjunkie wrote:If you have a Hollywood Video near you, they guarantee "Dead Man's Chest" or it is free, no matter how many copies get rented. That's why if and when I rent I always go to Hollywood Video. Lackluster Video just doesn't do it for me anymore.

I used to only go Hollywood, but sadly all the locations in our area as of late have closed. The closest one to me is in Lake Mary, a small city about 35 minutes away.

Our Movie Gallery, which Hollywood told me to go to when they closed, is a fairly nice place, but some of the employees are just real ass holes and they seem to always be a terrible judge of how many copies to get for one movie. E.g., they had a whole wall of Little Man and said that it was 'Gauranteed'... to suck that is.

Bah... I REALLY need to go back to Netflix.

Cheers,
JM

The DaVinci Code.

I like it, maybe because of the contiversial topics.

I finally caught Polar Express last night. It was good, but overrated. I find the visuals a little creepy, and I don't like when kids voices are performed by adults. That was probably the worst part of it.

The Rescuers Down Under

Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead's Man Chest yesterday. I liked it a lot more with the subtitles on.. I admit I did not understand much when I saw it in theaters.

TheSequelofDisney wrote:

But I like VHS.

What is it with VHS that you like so much? Unless you have the widescreen version of some of these movies, you are wasting your time enjoying just half of the movie. I really think that you need to join civilization and get the DVD's of these movies that you love so much on VHS.

Make Mine Music (1946)
Melody Time (1948)


And dvdjunkie, I'll tell you what about the VHS I like so much.

When my Disney collection of movies really got started, it was a year when during the Christmas season, they had a Flood of Disney movies on VHS. Well, they were even cheaper in January, after the Christmas rush or whathaveyou. I don't remember what year this was. But I literally got a ton of them. This must have been somewhere between 1996 to 1998. I have watched some of those movies over a dozen times. They may not be in widescreen, but since it's impossible to replace the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs VHS with the DVD now (for under $70 or so and having to take a chance with the sometimes unreliable sellers at Amazon's zShop or the very often unreliable sellers at eBay), I have no problem continuing to watch the VHS. Over and over again. The vhs was released in 1994, I know because when Roy Disney does his introduction, he talks about "in 1995... will be" and their upcoming project, Pocahontas, which they only have Sketches to show us. I picked this VHS up in 1997 or '98. Years after it was allegedly put into The Vault. At Wal-Mart. Yet, I don't imagine that Platinum Edition DVD will be popping up at Wal-Mart anytime soon.

I bought Beauty and the Beast on VHS for less than $8 a (little more than a) year ago. It sure wasn't Brand New and it sure isn't a DVD. But I can actually watch it. And it would have cost me over $70 - for a Used DVD. So, for now, considering how Damn Stingey we all know Disney can be, I'd rather be able to watch the darn movie than let others influence me that Waiting 4 or so years for the next DVD, or dolling out ontold dollars for the Platinum Edition, is better than Settling a little bit on a VHS.

We are often basically left with few more appealing options.

I saw Casino Royale in theatres the other day (and it was a fantastic Bond movie to start off with), and it had the full trailer for Spider-Man 3 on it. So, naturally, I had a hankerin' for some Spidey action. I had a full day of movie yesterday, as I watched both Spider-Man movies. Damn, those are good.

Also, I watched Underworld: Evolution and MI:3 a few nights ago. MI:3 is definitely the one MI movie I like. I seriously cannot stand Tom Cruise. That man is incredibly cocky.
Underworld: Evolution was sleek. I really like the premise for these movies, but I, like others on this forum, have a very sensitive psyche (I screamed at The Sixth Sense), and wish that the movies weren't so violent.

Lazario - Don't know where you see Used copies of Disney movies on DVD for $70 unless it is on useless eBay...........I picked up a used Platinum Edition of Snow White at a Pawn Shop for $8 for another member of the forums here at UD. You need to shop around to all the used stores and look for these releases. They can be found.

I am not knocking people for watching VHS, but with the advent of the DVD player and the movies coming out on DVD, I don't understand why some people can't shop around and find the titles they are looking for. I have two Disney titles on VHS that are widescreen and those are "Sleeping Beauty" and "Lady and the Tramp". I have all the other Disney titles on VHS also and wouldn't part with them for anything. My grandkids don't know the difference between DVD and VHS so we use the VHS movies when they want to watch a Disney movie and they really appreciate it. And like many others, I have found the colors on the VHS to be much brighter than on some of the recent DVD releases, but that doesn't stop me from buying the DVD copies.

I didn't think you were 'knocking' anyone for it either. I did want you to know that's what it sounded like you were doing, though.

I watch and praise/preach VHS, basically, as a last resort. But a very practical one. Which makes it often my first resort, in the case of needing a program that isn't featured on DVD (you'd be surprised to learn just how many there still are) or a DVD that fits my budget and/or presentation criteria.

I think VHS is a hastle. Certainly finding a trustworthy VCR these days can be a nightmare. But this is a problem of the Entertainment Industry's economics system, not the format. The format is obviously inferior. But again, I am forced to resort to favoring VHS on many occasions for a surprising variety of reasons. All of which will become evident to just about anyone who ever had a VHS collection, once they do a scan of it to see what they watched the most and were the most pleased with.