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Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 2nd wk of Jan!!! My Bloody Valentine, Chuck Norris, Tokyo Gore Police & Much More!!!
Hey folks, Harry here… banged this out a tad early so that I wouldn’t be behind – as this ‘release day’ is Yoko’s birthday and she gets my full attention. And you all deserve this week’s column. As always the box art and titles link over to Amazon where you can learn more or purchase the title, which would lead to a bit of the profits going to support this column, which I hope you think is a worthwhile column. Well, let’s get on with it, shall we? Here ya go…
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
APPALOOSA
This is a small little film directed by Ed Harris – and man… this is a story about a pair of badasses that are wanting to settle in to a small town sheriff job. In some ways, the story is similar to TOMBSTONE, minus the intense and constant badassery of that film. Here you have a far more understated film. A quiet film – that in some ways introduces something entirely new to the ‘western’ in Rene Zellweger’s innocent piano playing lady. I love her character and all the twists and turns she takes – HOWEVER, several friends disagree – and wished the film had been entirely about Viggo and Ed’s struggle against Jeremy Irons’ character. However, Ed was less concerned with action and thankfully more concerned with character work – of which there is plenty to appreciate. Good work here.
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
In my opinion this is the jewel release of the week. Now – I’m not some long time fan of this movie. I remember seeing it and thinking it was a pretty weak installment into the realm of slasher films. However, this rather excellent disc has strengthened the main weakness of the film… the gore factor. It turns out that director George Mihalka had some fairly brutal fights that he lost making MY BLOODY VALENTINE, but 28 years later – this MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D has given his film a release that allowed him to find those original missing elements and put them back into the film – thus… for the very first time… giving teeth to MY BLOODY VALENTINE. I still prefer the new 3D release, but this is now a very respectable horror release. If you love 80s horror – you really owe it to yourself to check out this rather excellent release!
WALKER, TEXAS RANGER – 6th Season
Who doesn’t love Chuck Norris? Sure – he has piss poor taste in politicians, but as a screen icon – he’s kinda the shit. I find myself having a real Love/Hate relationship with WALKER, TEXAS RANGER. At one level… it brings me more Chuck. At another level… I really wish I had the chance to see a really cool feature film career with Chuck Norris as an aging hero. But at least I have this series… and OCTAGON and SILENT RAGE and RETURN OF THE DRAGON… and all the others.
MIRRORS
I love Alexandre Aja. HAUTE TENSION was insane and fantastic. His HILLS HAVE EYES remake was bug fuck nuts. I haven’t quite decided if I love this film or think it’s just tolerable. The first time I saw it was a less than preferable situation. However, Home Video gives me a second chance with this film and I’m looking forward to watching it the way Horror films sometimes work best… alone… in a dark room. At this point, CANDYMAN and POLTERGEIST give me more reasons to fear the mirror… But this one was fun, let’s see how it plays at home.
SWING VOTE
I found this film to be almost entirely intolerably fucking stupid. That adorable lil girl on the cover? Her character is written like a 17 year old Political Savant in an adorable 9-10 year old girl body and it’s fucking annoying. She’s way too young for the type of character they have her as. And Costner makes me seethe in his role. The idea of Dennis Hopper as a political Presidential candidate scared the fuck out of me. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE HELL THAT WOULD ENSUE? All that said though – there is one gag – a political spot that is Pro-Life that is shot in the film that may very well be the funniest and sharpest witted commercials that made me laugh for about 5 minutes… and my wife and I have had a couple of dinners with friends since we’ve seen this film where we’ve tried to describe the awfulness of it all – and have just resulted with people saying, “I’ve got to see that!” I’m not recommending that – but if you’re flipping channels and realize that the film is about halfway through – watch till the Pro-Life commercial is over and then turn it off – you’ve seen what there was to watch from the film.
MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL
Ok – last week when I was writing the DVD column – I put this on as I was writing it. And found myself distracted by the film. Howard Deutch does have some cool films to his credit – and he does a serviceable job on this film. The unrated film isn’t unrated for mass amounts of nudity – but for language. Dane Cook’s professional asshole dater is really nasty. His character is all at once a complete nightmare and a hopeless romantic. He’s a guy that has the remarkable capacity to be an unflinchingly rude motherfucker… a nightmare date. The sort of date that if your girl friend were to say she felt you should cool it, that perhaps y’all should “see other people” – that if you hired this guy, she’s come running back to you begging for matrimony… rather than risk finding another asshole. Kate Hudson is kinda adorable in this… well, let’s face it, she is adorable. Alec Baldwin is kind of an amazing lecher. And Jason Biggs has zero growth as an actor since AMERICAN PIE. This is not a great film, but an ok one.
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (Blu-Ray)
Story wise, this film isn’t as great as the original GHOST IN THE SHELL, but Mamoru Oshii did some amazing work here. Shit so cool that it’s still light years ahead of the American science fiction dream yet, in terms of film. And on Blu-Ray… this thing is just one of those films that you can just sit at and stare with your mouth hung open thinking, “FUCK ME!” I know that doesn’t sound deep, but it really does boggle the visual mind.
TOKYO GORE POLICE
Yoshihiro Nishimura brought his TOKYO GORE POLICE to Fantastic Fest this year and it blew the minds of nearly all that saw it. This isn’t a film about rational plots or thoughts or reactions. There is shit in this movie that no amount of drugs would ever conjure in your mind. As a film freak in this age of being able to rent or buy pretty much any movie ever… and video games which have some pretty amazing shit… and then porn – where you can see … well… anything the human body could rationally fit into it. Well… If you’ve seen it all, you still haven’t seen TOKYO GORE POLICE. And for people like us that want to SHOCK THE WORLD with the shit you can say you’ve seen… seriously… this shit makes Miike look chaste. There’s a level of insane insanity at play that just makes you all Robby The Robot shooting Leslie Nielson. Seriously.
THE TAKING OF POWER BY LOUIS XIV – Criterion Collection
Criterion again has done a great job with a great filmmaker’s film. This time out it is Roberto Rossellini and his TAKING OF POWER BY LOUIS XIV. Rossellini wrenches the godhood out of this king, by treating him as a flawed human – and the environment as well a setting that confines as well as adorns a man. This is an outstanding film. The Criterion treatment has us with a great documentary on Rossellini’s later career – along with video interviews with collaborators. Then there’s the fantastic essays and multimedia work. This is great.
TRAFFIC (Blu-Ray)
I love a lot about this film. In fact I already had it on HD-DVD, so this was a double dip for me. Soderbergh’s epic… every part is solid, but ultimately, Benicio’s character and role just overwhelmed the rest of the movie. It was just that fucking great. It’s nice to have this title hit Blu-Ray.
WARBIRDS
This is one of those Sci-Fi channel movies that dammit… the geek in me that loves all those old Dinosaur Island comic books that DC put out back in the day… well, it killed me to see a movie that basically robbed that premise done on such a shitty shoe-string budget and bad script and not very strong talent… Dinosaurs and WWII army men is a fetish that will one day be done right, and that will be a truly great day. This cover has a promise that the film comes nowhere near keeping. Be warned.
FATHER OF THE KAMIKAZE
I haven’t seen this film, I can find zero information about it other than:
“Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.”
Which is on Amazon. The AMAZON story details have me intrigued, how about you?
That’s it for this week… Next week we’ll be checking out MOONLIGHT – The Complete Series, KING KONG Blu-Ray, REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, MAX PAYNE, SAW V, THE EXPRESS, MGM: WHEN THE LION ROARS, CITY OF EMBER, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION – Criterion, SPAIN… ON THE ROAD AGAIN, THE NOTEBOOK Blu Ray, IGOR, HENRY POOLE IS HERE, EL NORTE (Blu) Criterion, THE POWERPUFF GIRLS: The Complete Series, DOMINO (Blu Ray), FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION: IN THE 1960’s, ELECTION (Blu Ray), MACHINIST (Blu Ray), National Lampoon’s STONED AGE and a little more.
“Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.”
Which is on Amazon. The AMAZON story details have me intrigued, how about you?
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why wont you be my wife?
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Manly men doing manly shit.
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has a bad taste in politcians? why? cause hes likes a religious conservative guy? whats wrong with that? not everyone is a victim leftist
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If it is, it might save some people from seeking out this movie, if it sucks as bad as everyone says.
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in the URL I posted, naturally.
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That dvd cover of Warbirds is where Jurassic Park 4 should go.
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"However, Ed was less concerned with action and thankfully more concerned with character work."
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Wow that came out fast. I was scared I was going to have to wait forever to see it. I think it's going to make a nice companion with Machine Girl!
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counts for me as Chuckys best. Not only it was the inspiration for Walker, it features a great great Italo-Score and Carradine in an truly ugly sweater.
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Jan 12, 2009 4:40:12 AM CST
Uhm...you realize that nobody really likes Chuck Norris?
by derlanghaarige
That's why the Chuck Norris facts were (are?) so popular: Because they make fun of the most ridiculous actionstar ever! And I don't mean the good kind of ridiculous.
PS: Buy SEAGALOGY, if you haven't yet! It will make you respect Seagal's movie (well, kinda), even if you have never watched one before! -
That Kate Hudson and Anne Hataway movie got reviewed, so why the fuck not?
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Anne Hathaway, not Hataway
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Great music on the end credits
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Why does she continue to get work?
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for the uncut "My Bloody Valentine" DVD. It would be nice to have some of the "Friday the 13th" flicks come out uncut someday too.
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Jan 12, 2009 6:36:49 AM CST
WHY THE FUCK DO YOU NEED A BLUE RAY VERSION OF TRAFFIC
by windowlicker74
, if you already have the hd-dvd version and a player, which has superior quality (according to you) Or was that HD DVD shit you write half a year ago just a load of crap? ..sigh consumerism just hit a new low
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Oh wait no he isn't, anyone who's a Republican is wrong, duh. Actually just like Chuck, Huckabee is a cool guy. Of course I forgot lefties don't like Fox News, or in this sites case, anything Fox related. And yeah I like this column, tells me what torrents were up last week.
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Is this a movie that is so bad it's good? That's the word I keep hearing about it.
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...but thanks for the couple of warnings on some of the discs. OH. And I'm totally checking out Tokyo Gore Police. Already heard good things about it, but the Miike comparison pushed me to wanting it.
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Storywise it was put together far better than the original. Altogether SAC and 2nd gig blow the movies away as far as storytelling goes. And SSS was just fucked up. The real crime is Innocense's Oscar snub, Cannes snub, and the shitty original DvD release.
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It's actually playing on the big screen here. I liked Machine Girl, although I thought it dragged in a lot of places. I hope this one can keep the insanity rolling the whole way through.
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Out of curiousity, which way does his swing vote go? or do they leave it at teh end with us not knowing?
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Has there ever been a career that went so far based on the notoriety from a single shot in a trailer? If not for that pie-fucking joke in the trailer, Jason Biggs would be working in some drive-thru somewhere. That guy has no acting talent whatsoever, and his comedic chops are about equivalent to a Bill Gates before he found his stage feet.
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I remember when this site had some balls and didn't just act as an advertisment for major studio tripe. Can you explain why you give bandwidth to exposing your readers to, as you admit, shitty movies? I am on to you Harry. Thanks for helping to pilot the wave of horror remakes as well, by getting behind the origional, (as so to seem 'hardcore' and old school), when all you are doing is promoting the remake by default. One thing everyone should remember..most of the horrors being re-imaged were shit to begin with...and remember one other thing, one of the 1st of the new wave, remade horrors was Harry's baby - Texas Chainsaw - he was even in it remember? How much do the studios pay you Harry. I'm outta here - I get my movie news from chud and msn earlier than here anyway.
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You must admit that a few of the horror remakes are pretty good and the My Bloody Valentine remake looks like a good time.
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Innocence is an amazing movie and much deeper than GiTS, maybe it didn't have as much action, but the story of love dolls with real stolen personalities hits me more than the originals Puppet Master story, plus the musics awesome.
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that is all.
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It's over. DONE. Stop fucking talking about it. Toshiba LOST. Enough. You're the idiot who bought FOUR HD-DVD players.
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it ends with costner walking into the voting booth.
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I'm with Chuck politically but he may be the most bland, uncharismatic, successful action star I have ever seen. The guy is as vanilla and boring as possible. Even Steven Segal and Van Dam were kind of interesting in a trainwreck sort of way.
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Frasier is a BEAST!
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The only thing realistic in it is the reaction children have to Dennis Hopper movies. They disappear.
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That's the best way to describe it. Viggo is complete badasssssss! His charectar and performance trump everything in the movie. Ed did a good job with the overall movie but the movie switches gears a lot I mean in one scene every other shot switched from hard edged drama to "the office"-like awkward comedy and mugging. The decent amount of action is well done and studded with cahrecter momements but the movie tries all kinds of tricks to impress you and some of them just really put you off some how. Still a reccomended viewing though.
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go no further than tony jaa.
Chuck: gays are fucking queers.
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Friday the 13th UNCUT is out on DVD February 3rd. How you like them apples?
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....if you want to see a real Western that can handle mixing quiet character moments and bad ass action, watch OPEN RANGE. Ed Harris....just stick to Ron Howard movies.
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AnimeEigo has full details, including an online copy of their typically-excellent liner notes, here: http://www.animeigo.com/OTHER/KAMIKAZE.t
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Don't forget about this...has anyone seen it?
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...RANGER? That sounds emotionally draining buddy. Leave his Texas ass, it's not worth it. Don't squander your precious emotional resources...focus on the positive relationships in your life.
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Or at least one epic battle.that was the only thing i found lacking from the film.other then that i thought it was excellent
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Yeah, visually the movie is flat-out amazing. However, the story is so bogged down in metaphysical nonsense that it makes AKIRA look academic. And it's a shame that the main character of the franchise (The Major) doesn't even "appear" in the movie until the final act. Very odd way to handle a sequel after so many years.That being said, I've found the SAC series to be well written and rather enjoyable despite the fact that, in general, I don't really care for anime.
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I went to Amazon and bought Bloody Valentine and Tokyo Gore Police. I found, and ended up ordering, 30 years of Friday the 13th, but the movie Friday the 13th still shows only the theatrical release available.
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why in the hell would I want "Swing Vote" or "My Best Friend's Girl" in blu-ray? I mean, not saying I liked those movies, but do I need clarity on Dane Cook's face? Especially with their higher cost. I will only buy big action movies, or great looking epics on blu-ray. I will never buy movies like "Pineapple Express" on blu-ray. I don't need to see Seth Rogan's taint in high def. This is the reason I think DVD will never go away and blu-ray will always be the secondary market. It will be successful, but not as much as DVD.
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http://tinyurl.com/82zkk4
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First off Zellweger looked gad-awful. Maybe that's what passed for attractive in those days and after you've been on the trail for a month, but she looked ROUGH. And this is from someone who thought she looked cute as could be in Jerry Maguire. Beyond that the movie just didn't know where it wanted to go. I think it could have used one more script rewrite to really make it click.
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Jan 12, 2009 11:49:24 AM CST
Drudge Report actually has a link to Harry's Site
by shut the fuck up donny
which makes me think that's the reason Harry has to remind everybody in every posting what his political slant is--so nobody who comes over from that link gets misled!
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If so, you should have put a spoiler box around this article, Harry!
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You must not watch HD at home on a proper system. Blu-ray and HD-DVD's alone aren't anything special, they're just compact discs like any other except they hold a shitload more data than regular DVD's. Which, as one example, means those multi-set dvd's can now be on a single blu-ray/HD-dvd.What you're really saying is HD isn't going to be that in demand and, to wit, I think you are 100% incorrect.When you've seen true HD video and heard fully lossless 5.1 audio on good speakers, you will change your tune immediately. Not about not wanting to see Dane Cook's face in hi-def, I agree 100% there, but to see the beauty of Blade Runner or the lunacy of the Joker or the majesty of Middle Earth when it comes out (ok, New Zealand but still) in all it's 1080p beauty is simply a sight to behold. You can still play regular DVD's so you don't have to buy the hi-def version. Not all dvd's will make it to the new format for any number of reasons (rights, demand, etc) so those will still be viable. I still occasionally buy regular dvd's and so do most bluray/HD-dvd owners I would think. It's just that I get my favorite movies in the best possible format for the greatest possible viewing experience.Rag the prices if you want as it is still a bit expensive, etc, but the format will absolutely take over SD and larger capacity portable media is the 'defacto' future. Even after high-bandwidth downloads becomes the norm we will still be using these multi-layered discs to store transportable data. Either static memory chips or discs of some sort but until we figure out how to use crystal lattice structures to store data (not that far away actually) or some other more efficient and portable 'large data capacity' storage medium, this is will be the norm for the foreseeable future for portable media, I think.The main issue is HD doesn't get much more hi-def than what it currently is now. Unless we march into the 70mm film range (which has higher resolution than HD currently) then there's no where else to go in terms of image quality; most films are not filmed with that high resolution to begin with. Blu-rays/HD-dvds have the multilayering optics to be able to store tons of data in a quickly retrievable format (this will improve via player advancement, not media development per se) so the real issue is image quality. Not the media in which it is stored.All that said: not everything is in HD, or 1080p or even 5.1 audio so it's still new and not blanketing the market yet. But to act as if HD is not going to catch on smacks of luddite-ism and that is something that has no place in the Geekverse.
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Who are they to cut your taxes and fight terrorists? Much better to have Democrats strangling the economy with regulation and installing drive up windows at abortion clinics. Now that is utopia.
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Really? Really? Come on, really? Name 5.
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Well, not cut my taxes exactly, because I'm not in the top 2% of earners yet. And not really fighting terroism because we invaded the wrong country and our President said that he no longer cares about finding bin Laden. And maybe that whole de-regulation thing might not have worked out, since we had to give our dick and balls in order to SOCIALIZE the large corporations by handing them more money than we'll ever be able to recoup. But Republicans! FUCK YEAH!
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Yeah, telling a woman what to do with her own body and then telling her and her unwanted child to fuck off once its born is God's will. But a few hundred thousand children dead in a country we never should have invaded in the first place, that sounds about right.
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Except for Rene Zellweger. I hate her face. The rest of the movie was a nice simple western. Viggo and Ed Harris were perfect together.
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Jesus you guys never give up do you. Pop into any TB that has some political icon as you just know either Harry an crew will talk shit or the TB regular will come in and talk shit and we can all be monkeys and throw our very opinionated shit at each other.At least the hardcore political TB's were in politically themed movies (well, for the most part anyway).And Chuck Norris is truly nothing when you compare him to The Jesus or The Walken. These are the ancient Gods and Norris is just the newkid who's overstayed his welcome (he made his own Chuck Norris joke: LAME. You knew when the word "NOT" was no longer exempt from lameness the moment your mom said it almost 20 years ago...same here for Chuck. He's in on the joke people, it's not funny anymore even if was 15 minutes after it started. oh no, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little)
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"Who are they to cut your taxes and fight terrorists? Much better to have Democrats strangling the economy with regulation and installing drive up windows at abortion clinics. Now that is utopia." That's hysterical, dude. How big of an idiot are you? We just came off of 8 years of Republican leadership and their massive deregulation and corporate favoritism and the economy seems -pretty damn "strangled", dickhead. You weren't top of your class, were you? That's what makes you the Republicans' perfect demographic. Like Joe The Plumber, who was worried about being taxed on a business he doesn't own and doesn't even have the required license to own! Fucking hysterical. You dumbfucks never learn. Dubya really did represent an entire inbred section of this country and you're it! Please don't think and drive, okay? The life you take may be your own. On second thought...
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Per my opinion: The Ring, The Hills Have Eyes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, Funny Games
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House of Wax
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You should really feel guilty about ALL of those. LOL. Juuuuuuust kidding...
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Very good flick.
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Yes, honestly yes, meh, if it was named anything else yes, haven't seen it.
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...is the one where he kicks a guy
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If you could accept the character of Juno then the kid in Swing Vote wont be any issue, i liked it for what it was. It wasnt meant to be the real world.
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House of Wax...Hatchet...Severence...Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon...Timber Falls
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I bring this up because it struck me before upon seeing Ashton Kutcher pointing at Cameron Diaz on the cover of their shitty movie that if you want to keep me from watching your film, have a guy doing a "She So Crazy!" point at the girl that's so crazy. Dane Cook has done the Pointing Douche proud with My Best Friends Girl.
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"I haven’t quite decided if I love this film or think it’s just tolerable." W...T...F?!?!
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but he voted for obama. he said once mccain picked palin that was it for him.
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it would have died years ago. people talk shit.
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Pineapple Express prize?
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most of your arguments are about George bush specifically. He is not popular even among republicans these days. believe it or not, he is not all that conservative. the centerpiece of his 2000 was the lefty "No Child Left Behind" gobbledygoo, as a for instance.
As for invading the 'wrong' country, I have no clue what you mean or how that is relevant. No only has Iraq been an enemy of the United States since 1991, the war was supported by numerous prominent Democrats.
Reneck2, the proper term is "Polyphemus.' It is a literary reference to the cyclops in Homer's The Odyssey. judging by your grammar and various ignorant assertions, I would assume you've never read it or anything else that did not require crayons to be fully enjoyed. -
Jan 12, 2009 4:39:42 PM CST
eye you're seriouslyt defending the decision to go into iraq...
by logicalnoise01
and yes dems supportted the war at force. When you have the CIA lying to you on the behest of rumsfeld and cheney you tend to beileve them.
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Can't get enough of that acne scarring...So we follow this week with next weeks Saw, Repo, AND Max Payne! Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse??
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Watch a couple of minutes of his infomercial for the home gym, and you realize the guy's got the charisma of a slab of plywood. Its like watching an animatronic. How the man sustained a long movie and television career is beyond me. I guess Hollywood was in dire need of ANYone trained in martial arts after Bruce Lee passed on.
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you can't hurt my feelings, all i know is iraq was a mistake and the fleeing administration can not get away with it or our country is fucking doomed. I wasn't a voting member of this country during the clinton admin so I call them like I see them.
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Seriously, comparisons to Machine Girl and the like do not do this film justice. It is a much smarter, funnier and more disturbing film than I have seen in a long time. I wish Bunuel could see it. Buy this movie and show it to your easily offended friends.
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the US got muslims to right eachother rather than unite into a super state that could challenge the US.. terrorists went to iraq to fight marines, not civilians inside the US.. yea disaster.. oh and theres a tonne of troops on Irans doorstep.. thats a real bad thing.. jerk off
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I absolutely agree in wanting to see The Dark Knight, Lord of the Rings, and other great movies in hi def. However, I don't need good sound or a hi def picture for movies like Pineapple Express, and I never will. Especially if I'm looking at the DVD rack and I have to pay $29.99 or more. The Dark Knight, I'll pay that extra, but many movies I won't. Other friends and family are doing the same thing. However, I will say, if the cost does come down to earth in the same range as DVD's then perhaps blu-ray has a chance. In the end, as long as I can buy 3 for $10 DVDs, blu-ray does not have a chance of overtaking it.
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Our country is "fucking doomed" because of Iraq??!! Seriously? Doomed? So what do we have left before the apocalypse, 10 days? a couple of months? I'm glad that you don't vote.
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You really are nice. Ordered it already, so I guess Paramount and Amazon thank you as well. And I'm sure another poster or two will use that link you provided.
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Just wanted to let you know that NCLB is a total conservative item, in no way a lefty tactic. It mandates tons and tons of testing, and requires proficiency of 100% of students. In the next few years, pretty much every school in the USA will be "failing." This is a mandate for any school that receives federal funds, which is all the minority schools. This is a total right wing thing, all of us on the left HATE it!
The schools that are forced to take in every lame joker with no interest in getting an education are the ones that suffer under NCLB. We in the public schools take quite a beating, but what other group is forced to take every single person who walks through the door and deal with them, no matter what actions they do/don't take?
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I can appreciate liberals do not like NCLB, but i cannot understand why other than it usurped a liberal ideal. NCLB was nothing but Bush pandering to soccer moms who believe every child is above average. NCLB essentially asserts children are lumps of clay who can be molded into near perfection if they are given the proper government instruction. could their possibly be a more liberal philosophy than that?
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A final word from me on the subject since we could go around and round on it for no good reason. We went to war on an intelligence failure, but it has been the official stance of the US since a congressional resolution 1998 to push for regime change in Iraq. I do not believe one can reasonably examine the relations between Iraq and the rest of the world since 1991 and not figure another conflict with Saddam Hussein was inevitable. At least it came on our terms.
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no idiot I was saying if bush is never charged with war crimes we'll never have any credibility at all in the world and we'll officially be unable to police our own government(and really I bet most people already believe are government is above accountability by now which is a sad fuck state of affairs) that's what I meant by our country being fucking doomed.
And teh war charges are simple no talking point can nullify the following. The bush admin. went to war on false prentenses. They authorized waterboardng which is an accepted form of torture in 99% of countries including our own(BTW it didn't even get decent intel teh first guy we tortured was a housesitter for a safehouse). Those two are real charges under any war crime tribunal. Bush and cheney need to go to jail. -
hear hear!
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Yes, that's were they got the name. Check out "Loveless"
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IF YOUR GIRLFRIEND OR WIFE LIKES HIM OR HAS HIM AS A MYSPACE FRIEND(IF YOURE UNDER 30) LEAVE HER IMMEDIATELY! IF YOUVE SEEN STEP BROTHERS YOULL UNDERSTAND.
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and that's all i have to say about that.
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Scared the shit outta me. Remember watching it with all my sisters friends who were having a sleepover and I was 8. The Shower hanging scene, the bolt through the brain, scared the hell outta me. Damn that movie did its job on me.
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"Guys, Guys, Guys it is so simple. Maybe you need a refresher course." (Previous is paraphraising Fletch at the UTAH airhanger.) The Republican's DEREGULATION and the Democrat's MORTGAGES FOR ALL fooked up the economy. Their sleight of hand is getting you to think it was the other side. WAKE UP. Stop letting the DEMS and the REPUBS have their way with your A$$. If you argue in favor of either side you have no brain.
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Stick to something you know... which is movies. You sound like an idiot every time you make a comment about politics.
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Funny To See So Many Slasher Films described as "UNCUT". Slasher films are nothing but cutting.
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For the DANE COOK Haters (Me included). I read somewhere that his brother/manager has stolen millions of dollars from him. Now that is some kinda funny.
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Jan 12, 2009 11:56:30 PM CST
EyeofPolyphemus -- If I found a magic lamp....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....and I was granted three wishes, I would create a worm-hole between our two computers so that I may stick my ass through it and take a massive steaming dump in your mouth. And THEN I would go back in time and convince your parents to go through with the abortion. My final wish would be $300 million dollars cash. I would give half to Ivan Reitman, and half to Joe Dante, so that they could do Gremlins 3 and Ghostbusters 3 for $150 million each. Now kindly fuck off.
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so just stfu, it's embarrassing to see your public displays of brain damage.
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I guess I don't get the Zelweger appeal, she bugs the shit out of me. But in this particular movie they partially get away with it because her character is supposed to be a despicable ho. When it's a real problem is like in LEATHERHEADS where she's supposed to be hot-headed but charming, or most of her movies where she has to do an accent, or that upcoming one where she's supposed to be a horrible classist bitch but in a lovable sort of way.
I guess my question is, how is she "innocent"? Did you miss the scene where she was splashing around naked in the river with Lance Henriksen? (SPOILER) -
could chuck norris look any gayer?
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Jan 13, 2009 2:57:25 AM CST
blu ray is for movies of quality or spectacle or both
by jimmyjoe redsky
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dont waste a good wormhole on such folly
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What vulgar, whiny crybabies you become when given a counterargument.
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I can see why someone might view it that way, but mandated tests for federal funds to low-socioeconomic schools isn't very liberal in my view.
I will give you that "Some" liberals believe, as you say, that every child is above average. But those must be the limousine liberals. I think most of us believe that every child should be given the opportunity to succeed. I believe, certainly, that every kid should have the same educational opportunities regardless of their background, but it is up to him/her to take advantage of it. I believe the real goal of NCLB is to cut off federal funds (Title 1) to schools in low income areas as we fail to meet the mandates of NCLB. 'Nuff said on this topic. -
a significant disappointment," - George W Bush. Words escape my rage.
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I had no trouble accepting the Daughter the way she was written because they found an excellent young actress to play the part. If the girl is smart and talented to play the role convincingly then I can believe that there is one out there that smart some how.
Dennis Hopper didn't have much to do in the end which is a shame. But the Pro-life commercial, and the illegal alien one for that matter, were hysterical and I was kind of touched by the father/daughter relationship. -
Her and Liv Tyler both are quite the eye candy (Renee even has a scene in nothing but a record store apron, panties, maybe socks and rebooks and nothing else! Potato faced or not, she looked exceedingly hot and exceedingly NOT innocent. And that's why I liked it, otherwise it's a dumb movie...
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Look deep into your hearts,you know it to be true.... Also watch Invasion USA.
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Saw it last night. Knew it had the chick from Audition in it, and that it was from the same crew that did Suicide Club. Expected schlocky, goofy gore, but it actually turned out to be an exellent film (sure, the action scenes are a bit weak, but they are quick)and probably one of my favourites of the year.
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she made Leatherheads unwatchable for me. i just cant handle her at all.. i watched about 30 minutes. it was a shame too cause i was looking forward to it.
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for one of those BLADERUNNER briefcases - for real. ZELWEGER looked great in LOVE AND A .45.
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Loved it when geeks argued about whether or not Optimus should have flames painted on the side or not. Harry, dude Obama won. Can you please lay off the politics until at least 2012? It woiuld be appreciated. By the way, Cotton, that Bladerunner briefcase kicks all kinds of ass. My wife got me one for my birthday last year.
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Since his comparison of John McCain to the bad guy from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington a few weeks back, Harry seems to be inserting his dislike of the right into his weekly DVD column. This week, it was Chuck Norris' support of Huckabee, calling the choice to endorse him piss poor. While some, not all, of the most vocal on the left have an almost religulous view of their political ideology, they're not really adept at following their own code (preaching the dangers of global warming while living 20,000 s f homes and using private jets). Trust me there's plenty of hipocrisy (sp?) on my side. Harry makes no secret about his size, how he got that way, and how it's effecting his health. Mike Huckabee was also obese. While he is currently no Kate Moss, he has lost a lot of weight through exercise and lifestyle change. Being a long time reader of this site, I know Harry has made several attempts to lose weight. Now he has settled for surgery to shed the pounds. So if we were to use this as an example of how political ideology can be associated with THIS real life situation, it seems the liberal response would be to make a few attempts to fix an issue, let it get out of control, and then go for the drastic option; while the conservative approach would be to cut back, make changes, be patient but be persistant. Now I'm the first to say that the conservative approach isn't the best option every time. We, as a nation, and the world, need balance. Since Harry touts himself a cheerleader of the left, I just had to bring up this example to see if he would be able to put down the pom poms for his side long enough to realize that their's might not alway be the best approach. Or at least to hold off on the name calling.
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for an improbable 2 hour metaphor. It seemed pretty meticulously constructed - ideals as characters: the media (the reporter) the conscience (the daughter) the apathetic everyman (the main character), the hollow shills (the candidates), the puppet-masters (the aides), the ideal (the secret service agents). And then they all dance their familiar dance. It was soulless and predictable, but purposeful. And occasionally - when it allowed itself to become really cynical - it managed to squeeze in some genuine funny. It probably would have been better as a balls-out satire, like THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING. As a Capra-esque fable...it was alright.
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Pretty much all I did in the late 90s...
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i suspect most morbidly obese people vote left... unless they are full religious nutters. the left is for victims.. simple!
no offence harry! hope youre still hitting the gym dude -
...is so bad it's bad.
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Amy Smart's death is just wrong, wrong, wrong. I mean that in a good way.
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95% of people who buy and watch dvds don't give a shit about picture and sound quality. That's just for nerds. People just want their movies on a cd so it is easy to store. A friend of mine got a blu ray player from her boyfriend for christmas and what does she use it???watching pirate dvds that she gets for feck all euros!!! Blu ray will never replace dvd, it may stand beside it but it won't replace it.
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"95% of people who buy and watch dvds don't give a shit about picture and sound quality." Really? It's a wonder DVD took off at all, then.
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Yes, that 95% figure seems to have been pulled directly from your ass. Published reports state that as of a year ago, one third of Americans have flat screen (HD) TV's, with a little over 80% of all tv's sold in 2008 flat screen. Those tv's can only take advantage of the HD 1080p screen definition off of some satellite services and BluRay discs. Now that players have broken the 200 dollar barrier, expect more people to upgrade their old dvd players to BluRay.Enjoy your VHS tapes, and don't forget to re-wrap your rabbit ears with foil.
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ask those people what is 1080p hd is and they will be like, huh??? They like flat screens because they are big and look cool in thier sitting room, not because they need to watch the devil wears prada with amazing sound and picture.
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youre nuts - i live in the midwest - mccain country - 700 club country - bush country - there are more fat conservative republican fucks here than you can shake a stick at - did you even watch the rep. natl. convention? - lots of fatties
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im talking super fat :P
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before i got a big ass hd tv and a ps3 i wasnt sure the difference between blu ray and standard dvd would be all that much - i was dead fucking wrong - even regular dvds look better through a blu ray player on an hd tv - but blu ray discs are definitely all they claim to be - you even see shit you may not want too or are not meant too - like that large pock mark scar under selma blair's right eyebrow - it will be hard to top as a format and will be around for a while
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oh - well then - are you suggesting most if not all super fat people are liberal? - there is no telling - plus not all super fats think theyre victims as you claim - besides, liberals dont see them selves as victims... conservatives paint liberals as wannabe victims... there is a difference
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If they don't read like they were written by a 12 year old, they read like a diary at Daily Kos.
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I get what you're saying, and I know, its a scary thing, stupid people with money to burn.
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yes - one guy's dad kept him out of nam - the other guy got applied for and got 7 deferments - real heroes
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Jan 16, 2009 1:30:43 AM CST
anyone else keep hoping AICN is talking about the band MBV not t
by themagus
MBV = great band
never seen the movie, but it looks stupid. -
that'd be cool to see
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If you totally love Chuck Norris, that's gay. If you love/hate him, that's bi. I'll take my ass whippin' now thank you.
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Greatest dialogue ever...Chuck's going undercover as a killer in a prison..."That's the Ice Man. THAT'S the Iceman? Oh damn. Yeah, everything he touches gets cold. Like rigor mortis cold." Brilliant isn't it? You WISH you could write that stuff.
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Wasn't there already a movie called that? When did Hollywood become so unoriginal?
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Personally, I don't think someone who thinks AIDS patients should be isolated from the general population, compares homosexuality to bestiality and necrophilia, thinks women should submit to men, and wants to ban the birth control pill is a "cool guy."
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Sure it was zany and over the top, definitely saw things I've never EVER seen before.... a lot of fun gore... But a good movie? Nope. In fact, pretty tough to sit through.
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