Watching a French African film called Lumumba thats set in the Congo in the early 1960's.  It's about Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and his desire to see the Congo as a united, democratic nation instead of the Belgian Province it had been for a long time.  Basically it follows Lumumba from when he first comes to the Capitol city to his subsequent death 10 weeks after taking the office of the Prime Minister.

 

It's a good movie overall, but African directing is very different from Western directing.  A lot of emphasis is focused on dialogue and as such the movie can move slowly at points.  My biggest complaint was that the movie expected you to have a pretty thorough knowledge of this time in history before watching the movie.  The explanations in the movie are very basic, they introduce characters quickly, and it can get confusing.  Overall, however, worth watching.  I give it a 6.5/10

Saw American Beauty.

Wow such a fantastic film it deserved it's acclaim and such a wierd film where the only seemingly sane people are the two jim's

Sex and the City - It was on HBO... so I dvred it. I seriously thought it was over like 10 times.  It was bad.  2 out of 5.

 

Cube - Not sure what to make of this movie.  It felt like I was watching Saw again, but in a Cube... where the Cube has traps... and stuff.  I think one of my netflix friends gave this a high rating... and I usually trust my netflix friends.  I was entertained, but not blown away.  Therefore this movie gets a 3 out of 5 (average rating).

Saw Shogun Assassin last night. It was pretty kickass, yeah. American dubbed, funky music, gory sword fighting violence, vengeful one-liners (They will all pay, with rivers of blood!). What's there not to love? 8/10!

Watched the pilot of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency last night (149 minute run time so take your pills for your "restless leg syndrome" first) and laughed my ass off through the whole thing.

Baby Mama

 

Tina Fey plays 37 year old single woman who can't have kids. She hires a surrogate (Amy Pohler), "wackiness" ensues. This was mediocre, but not as painfully awful as I expected. I did giggle a handful of times (mostly during scenes between Tina and her boss, the long-haired corporate hippie, Steve Martin), but I still wouldn't recommend it, and stopped paying even cursory attention about 3/4 through in order to chat with Barm and Claire about web and photomanip stuff (^_^). Tina Fey should have done better. 1.5/5.

 

 

Rachel Getting Married

 

Anne Hathaway is an addict who takes a break from her rehab center to go to her sister's wedding. Family confrontations about her disease and things that happened before her rehab ensue. This movie was very well acted, and had some incredibly intense moments between family members that left me with tears in my eyes and my heart almost pounding. It was emotional without being the usual cheesy stuff that makes me cry (*cough*thoselate90'skodakcommercials*cough*), and I give it 4.5/5.

Paths of Glory, amazing Kubrick film about war and how horrible people can indeed be. It leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth concerning the human race, but the film itself is amazing. Quite spot on, it has some shocking moments that you won't see coming, and Kubrick really turns your expectations against you. Also, good acting and good characters. 9/10!

I actually enjoyed Baby Mama much more than I thought.  I think my expectations were so low (like I am not going to watch it all the way through low) and it exceeded that.  Certainly not one I will watch over and over, but I did like it ok.

Started watching a ton of NCIS episodes lately, and have Season 1 (discs 1&2) coming on Netflix.  I actually had to expand to 2 discs at a time to allow less downtime for the many discs that hold a season.

Thats why i get 3 at a time.  Watching Oz atm.

Watching this week's episode of NCIS.  Gotta love TiVo.  Where would I be without it?

 

Pissed, though.  Idol went over and I missed the last singer. 

Watched new Fast and Furious movie, fun mindless action. Michelle Rodriguez looked damn fine.

starship troopers. Possibly the cheesiest most chilchéd sci-fi featuring an all-american (despite being from south america) team of space marines. Yet, pretty enjoyable! It's ok as an actioner, but I found it quite hilarious at times, whether intentional or not, I'm not sure. But I think it's clear the film doesn't take itself far too serious, which is why it's all the more fun. I mean, a brain-bug that sucks out people's brains? 7,5/10!

Yeah, Starship Troopers definitely does NOT take itself seriously.  :D  I'm not usually a big fan of gross, intentionally cheesy/bad movies like that, but I actually quite enjoyed it as well.

I'm just done watching most Buffy Seasons, and me and a friend are having a Firefly/serenity easter this year! gonna be awesome.

 

And yesterday I watched Friday 13th, the remake. And yeah, it sucked. Its strange how the director took every single tiny little chance of showing boobies, and then showing them for a long time. Oh please, like THATS why we watch the movie, we wanna see some killing dammit!

A mix of Farscape season 3, Mighty Boosh season 3 and a bit of life on mars british

Danya: I just finished watching Firefly & Serenity.  Why didn't I watch these earlier?  This is one of the few series I'm going to keep, just so I can watch Captain Tightpants over and over again.  Though I do like Nathan's new series.

I watched the first 5 episodes of Kings this week on hulu... I kinda liked it.

Danya: I just finished watching Firefly & Serenity.  Why didn't I watch these earlier?  This is one of the few series I'm going to keep, just so I can watch Captain Tightpants over and over again.  Though I do like Nathan's new series.

 

lmao, yhea, I really love the show, and Nathan Fillion is actually one of my favourite actors in that particular genre (the Whedongenre). I've seen both a while ago, but they can be seen over and over again imo! Nathans series hasnt gotten here yet, and I doubt it ever will, but I've heard lots of great things about it.

 

Hmm, maybe i'll warm up with some Doctor Horrible before my friends make it over here.....  ;D *knows it by heart*

Firefly and dark angel, two series's that should have run longer

I watched the first 5 episodes of Kings this week on hulu... I kinda liked it.

 

I have been enjoying Kings.  I'm not a religious person, but I have read my share of the Old Testament, and can appreciate the references as well as the setting in a more modern time.  Can't wait to see what happens.

 

I probably should add Dark Angel to my list of now defunct series to watch.  I think my project this summer will be to set up my new TiVo, and to watch Beauty and the Beast.  Loved that show, and I have the entire series.  Just haven't watched it all yet.

The Day The Earth Stood Still:

 

It seems like many of my reviews are the same.  The movie was good, not great, not terrible.  I give it 3 out of 5. 

 

This movie fits my usual mold.  Keanu Reeves was ok with his role... but playing someone with a blank stare is easy for him.

 

The movie kept my interest throughout. 

Saw An evening with Kevin Smith yesternight, which was awesome as I've come to expect from the man. Lots of interesting Smith trivia and dick jokes, enough to make me a happy camper. 9/10, I guess?

Well, I just watched Religulous... It was interesting, but got kinda preachy near the end.

There were actually some interesting people from the various religions that make you think. 'damn, If they were the ones who you grew up with around this stuff...' :P

Then theres all the wacky... I loved the scientology bit. What can I say, its fun making fun of them. ;)

 

I just finished lost, and am workin my way through the Unusuals. I like the show!

saw The Great Escape, which was pretty awesome. The theme I've heard everywhere, so it was nice to know where that came from. Acting was good, I liked the characters, the plot, the sometimes dark humor, and pretty much the entire film. I felt it went a little downhill after the actual escape ( I refuse to say spoilers to this due to the title) but it was still a very enjoyable film!

8,5/10!