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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

Just because my sister had put it on and I got nothing else to do. (We are practically snowed in.)

I watched Funny People, which wasn't as funny (or as good, FWIW) as the name of the movie implies. And it was wayyyy too long. It's still probably the best Sandler movie I've seen, though. 6.5/10

DaveWadding wrote:I watched Funny People, which wasn't as funny (or as good, FWIW) as the name of the movie implies. And it was wayyyy too long. It's still probably the best Sandler movie I've seen, though. 6.5/10

Dave, what did / didn't you like about it? I've heard such mixed reviews about it that I don't know if I should rent it just to see for myself!

I liked Click, Anger Management and 50 First Dates, and I really like most of Sandler's other movies (the ones I've seen at least).

DisneyFreak5282 wrote:

DaveWadding wrote:I watched Funny People, which wasn't as funny (or as good, FWIW) as the name of the movie implies. And it was wayyyy too long. It's still probably the best Sandler movie I've seen, though. 6.5/10

Dave, what did / didn't you like about it? I've heard such mixed reviews about it that I don't know if I should rent it just to see for myself!

I liked Click, Anger Management and 50 First Dates, and I really like most of Sandler's other movies (the ones I've seen at least).

1) it's 2 and a half hours long! Wayyy too long for what it was in my opinion.

2) IT cant decide whether it wants to be a comedy or a drama: it's funny at the start, then it slips into subpar drama territory with Sandler's ex and that whole thing.

3) The ending is pretty unsatisfying for something you have to wait so long for, Sandler's character is a douchebag, gets life threateningly sick, gets better, and is still a dick. But everyone accepts that. Yay?

4) One thing I really did like was the sheer number of hilarious cameos, including the #1 scene in the movie: Eminem talking smack to Ray Romano in front of a restaurant full of people.

5) I think you should see it for yourself, but adjust your expectations. Don't go in expecting something along the lines of Superbad, Knocked Up, 40 YO Virgin, etc...It's just not the same. Those were comedy movies where the drama is a subplot. This movie is a drama with a comedy subplot based around the incidental fact that all the people involved are actors or comedians.

It's awonderful life Heard a lot about this ultimate christmas classic , finally saw it yesterday. I thought it was a bit long-winding though, frank Capra really took his time to tell the story.

Trust the Man - A cute movie with great performances from David Duchovney, Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Billy Crudup, and a nice supporting role by Eva Mendes. Recommended

Had a spectacular day in the Junkie Home Theater. First we watched about an hour's worth of Disney 'toons, then after the popcorn was all popped and the hotdogs were on the rotissirie ready to be eaten, we settled in and watched Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone - Ultimate Edition on Blu-ray. This four-disc set is just filled to the brim with wonderful stuff, and the early interviews with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint make it all worth while to watch the extras from beginning to end.

While only adding about 7 minutes to the actual movie, most of which was just extended scenes and different edits of scenes, we put in disc two to watch "Creating The World of Harry Potter Part One: The Magic Begins", over an hour long documentary that is the first of eight parts telling the whole story about the how the movies were made from day one to the very end. Also included in the box set is a hard-cover 24 page that has all the before-and-after drawings and stills of the creation of the world of Harry Potter and is a fitting read-along with the documentary.

After a brief break for reloading the popcorn machine and stretching a bit, we sat down to watch Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets - Ultimate Edition on Blu-ray, which features both the Theatrical Version of the movie and the Extended version with over 16 minutes of never-before-seen footage added to the film, and this time it was worth the wait. Some great scenes that fill in some of the gaps left open in the theatrical version. Disc Two features "Creating the World of Harry Potter Part Two: Characters", which is just mesmerizing with its pictures of what artist conceptions of the characters originally looked like and how Christopher Columbus and J.K. Rowling got together and decided which to use. Again there is a hard-cover 24 page book with photos documenting the different drawings of each of the character renderings before and after shooting the film. And surprise, there are over 30 minutes of additional scenes not used in the movie the come along as more of the extras. A complete history of the movie trailers from the teasers to the television spots is also included.

Both of these volumes were early Christmas gifts to myself, because I am a late bloomer in the realm of Harry Potter and I have watched both of these editions twice now, and am anxiously awaiting the other six. 2011 can't get here soon enough.

Just finished watching Sunday in New York on Turner Classic Movies. Why oh why isn't this movie on DVD yet?!?

albert

I watched Public Enemies last night, but I started fading in and out near the end. I liked what I saw, but will have to rent and watch it again to pass a definitive judgement.

The Princess and the Frog It was a great movie compared to what Disney has been spewing out lately. It would fit in perfectly in the Renaissance. Great story,songs,and villain.

Center Stage- It was just alright. I'm not really into ballet, so that was probably a part of it- when it focused on the characters and what they were going through, their emotions and all, then I was interested, but I fast-forwarded through some of the long dance sequences. B?

It's A Wonderful Life- Amazing, as always.

You Light Up My Life: Didi Conn (Frenchy from the "Grease" movies) stars as a timid young woman who must crawl out from the shadow of her comedian-father (Joe Silver) and come into her own as a successful singer/songwriter. It's a very fluffy sentimental story but Ms Conn holds it all in focus with a capable performance.

Princess Caraboo: Royalty or royal imposter? Phoebe Cates is absolutely magic in this period comedy about a mysterious young vagrant who somehow manages to convince everyone she's a Pacific islands princess. Jim Broadbent, John Lithgow, Kevin Kline and Wendy Hughes co-star.

The Princess and the Frog - I wouldn't call it the best Disney film since The Lion King, but it was still entertaining.

7/10

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - I watched this last night with the family. Very funny and always good to watch around this time of year.

7.5/10

I'm not there (2007).

Wow.

At first I was sceptical about Todd Haynes' approach to Bob Dylan's life-story --with him having many different actors playing all kind of characters which represent different 'aspects' of the artist-- but from the first minute of the film, I was sucked right in and it didn't let go of me until the credits rolled. Haynes' approach fits perfectly with Dylan's personality. I think there's no real way of ever truly getting to know Dylan, so it's good Haynes didn't try. Instead, he takes the viewer on a journey through his life, jumping back and forth in time, which works extremely well.

I think the best performances are those from Cate Blanchett (her Golden Globe win is more than earned) and Marcus Franklin (young black 'Dylan'). They blew me away.

The soundtrack is excellent, even the Dylan-songs which were covered by others. Usually, I hate this, but this time, it worked very well and I enjoyed them very much.

Just got back from THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (fabulous!) and might go see ASTRO BOY with my little brothers at the $1 movies.

Ratatouille - I really like this movie. Nice story, beautiful score, beautiful visuals... A nice effort all around. It just always makes me really hungry! Sometimes, Django and Remy remind me of my mother and I, and watching the two of them work out their problems so quickly makes me think that maybe the two of us could do the same. Impossible, I'm sure. But hey, Disney movies are supposed to make you dream!

A League of Their Own - My family has been watching this for years. I watched it for the first time last night. I thought it was excellent! Anyone who can should watch it.

Disney's A Christmas Carol 3D

My first 3D movie in the cinema. That was quite an experience. It seemed as if the snow flocks came down in the theatre.
The movie was quite enjoyable, and I especially liked the ghost of Christmas past. What I liked less that Zemecis (Sp?) insisted on putting in elements in the movie, that weren't in the original story and not very relevant either.

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Why for instance did Scrooge had to be chases by a black coach and shrink to the size of a mouse? Why did the ghost of Chistmas present have to decompose? Or Scrooge be shot in the air on the cap of the ghost of Christmas past?

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Just for some extra sensation and to show off some special effects and the possibilities of animation I think. Otherwise I could not see the point.

The Hangover.

Funniest movie of the year no doubt about it.

WALL-E- I was surprised how much more I liked it than last time. WALL-E really had me spellbound, and this time I wasn't annoyed when WALL-E went on his "date".
10/10