Recently watched movies

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Paranormal Activity - This movie came with a great deal of hype...scariest movie ever etc. I liked it and thought it was pretty damn scary. Got a lot of bad reviews on amazon.com. It is totally a psychological thriller and if you are use to chain saws and decapitations you probably won't like it.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town - With Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. A classic by director Frank Capra. Nobody does these types of feel good hokey movies like Capra. It was very enjoyable.

Jezebel - With Bette Davis and Henry Fonda. Enjoyed it a lot. Bette was one of a kind.

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P.S. I got a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) from my cable company. It looks just like a regular cable box. All you have to do is go to the schedule of what is playing, highlight what you want to record and hit the record button. That's it. No muss, no fuss. It is a great way to record things that are on when you are not home or are asleep. Watch them whenever you want after they are recorded. Highly recommended.

[c.d.]

Hi Phil,

Yeah, Hitch was a master no question about it. There was something chilling about the phone machinery just doing its job in a cold and impersonal way.

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[Phil Carter]

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Hitchcock was a master of suspense wasn't he? Still makes the old skin tingle watching Dial M for murder..

best wishes

Phil

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I watched another classic Hitchcock movie last night "Psycho." Great movie. There is one scene where Norman Bates starts to get nervous and starts stuttering. Hitchcock chose to focus the camera on his neck as he speaks. You can see how upset and agitated he is by the way his neck moves. Pure genius.

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P.S. I will always remember the scene in "Dial M for Murder" where Ray Milland dials the phone knowing that when his wife answers it she will be killed. With each number dialed, Hitchcock switches to the phone exchange machinery and you see the levers moving bringing his wife one step closer to death.

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I also watched "Vertigo", the classic Hitchcock movie with Jimmy Stuart and Kim Novak. Enjoyed that one.

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[c.d.]

I watched "No Country for Old Men" and did not enjoy it at all. It went by me completely. I have no idea how it won the Oscar for Best Picture.

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[Magpie]

Watching an interesting Asian epic called "The Shadowless Sword".

It's pretty darned good--lots of action, great visuals, simple but well-executed story. It's no "Red Cliffs", but then what is?

[Magpie]

Terminator 4
Rounded up a few loose ends, and I actually enjoyed it.

I enjoyed it too--I think it could've been better, but it was okay.

Night in the Museum 2
I fell asleep! Woops!

I thought this was pretty good too. It lost some of the whimsy of the original, but Jeremy Irons is a hoot as the bad guy.

[Mike Covell]

Terminator 4
Rounded up a few loose ends, and I actually enjoyed it.

Transformers 2
I enjoyed it, it had big bangs and robots that could be cars! Oh and Megan Fox!

Night in the Museum 2
I fell asleep! Woops!

Ice Age 3
Fantastic installment to a great series for all the family.

Monsters Vs Aliens
Amusing adventure with monsters from earth fighting aliens from space!

Valkyrie
Quality tense thriller with Cruise supported by a fantastic cast.

[DirectorDave]

I have seen quite a few films over the last few months but the best by far was "Into the Wild".

I would recommend people watch it before reading any reviews.

[JTRSickert]

Anyone here a fan of the movie "Paranormal Activity?"

[Magpie]

I watched Saw 6 a couple of nights ago. Saw has to be one of the very few horror franchises that actually gets better with every film

And I'm happy as a pig in poo this evening--I picked up a copy of Theatre Of Blood on DVD. One of my favourite movies of all time!

[Magpie]

Last night I watched "The Tournament". It was okay, but some of the violence was unnecessarily nasty, and Robert Carlyle was wasted in the lead role. Kelly Hu rocked though.

Tonight I watched "Crank 2", and all I can say is that MTV has a lot to answer for. It could have been a (barely) decent movie, but it's like watching a 90 minute Nike commercial. It seems to have been made by/for pimply, sexually frustrated, angst-ridden teenaged boys suffering from ADD. Even that wouldn't be so bad, except that the "humour" is largely mean spirited and nasty, rather than funny.

[Mike Covell]

You lasted longer than me. I love the Friday the 13th movies, but the latest was a real bore! I know they planned on making parts 1, 2, and 3 as one movie, but the first part takes place during the first few seconds and that's it! I felt a bit cheated! So much for re-booting the franchise!

[Magpie]

I watched the new Last House on the Left this week. It's not for everyone but I thought it was passable. I have never seen the original so my view was not colored either way by that.

You haven't missed anything--the original is one of the most overrated "cult" movies of all time.

Speaking of remakes, I started watching the remake of Friday The 13th last week. I lasted about 20 minutes. I don't now whether I just wasn't in the mood, or whether it really is as dreadful as it seemed.