Thanks for the link, tsearcher. I always got my "This American Life" from Audible.com, and there was always a charge. I had no idea you could get them for free. Downloading now.

watching wanted and im thinking its kinda crap. if it doesnt get interesting fast im turning it off. I mean alot of fun movies dont make too much sense in some ways, but this movies logic is flawed in all possible ways, and the action sequences get old fast. plus the lead is annoying

wait until it's all explained by the giant loom.

Watched the remake of Dawn of the Dead. They actually did a decent job of updating it and not turning it into just people getting attacked by zombies. However, I still prefer the original and don't think any modern zombie movie has come close to it.

One thing that bugged me:

Of those on the list I've seen:

• Envy - soo bad except for Christorpher Walken
• The Whole 10 yards...not so good...but not bad enough for this list
• Christmas with the Kranks....not sure if I watched to the end.

Suprised how few I have seen. Not sure junk like the Epic Movie should be on there....what were you expecting? But I haven't seen it, so maybe it is even worse than I would expect.

Liked it and rewatched it a good number of times. Baby segment was enough to put me off my lunch, but the rest of the flick makes up for it. The things that bothered you in the spoiler didn't bother me in the slightest. I liked the ending, and the fountain seems like a non-issue. To each their own.

Agreed that the Romero original is pretty much impossible to top though.

Glengarry Glenross is one of the most depressing movies ever made. Don't watch it. It's a downer.

That's why it's great and a must-see.

There sure are a lot of downer movies out there though. I'm getting really tired of my Netflix queue because almost all of it is downers, and I don't like musicals.

Man, you ain't never lied.


Glengarry Glen Ross

This movie is pretty brutal. I'm familiar with the Alec Baldwin pep talk towards the beginning because that has been quoted everywhere but other than that I had no idea what this movie was about. I predicted it to be ruthless. Prediction fulfilled obv.

I enjoyed it a lot and thought the acting was great. I actually think they overacted a bit but it fit because if everyone talked without enthusiam or expression (which is probably what this type of movie would be like irl) then I probably would have been bored and turned off the film.

The film was done very well imo; considering that like a play there was mostly dialogue/expressions and a lack of physical action. I am not familiar with Mamet but this movie has sparked some interest. Any recommendations?

I thought Al Pacino was great in this movie. The typical "I'm your buddy" salesman who takes that role even further by allowing you to see a bit of his weird/dark side.

One scene that I particularly enjoyed was the exchange in the restaurant between Ed Harris and Alan Arkin when they discuss the plan. The quick cuts and hinting doublespeak worked well imo. The funny thing is how unnatural a conversation like that would actually be, yet it fit the movie nicely.

This movie definitely shows you the early death that a life based in sales usually brings.

I love this movie. You're right, the interaction between Costner and the young boy is terrific.


I watched Midnight Express. Its from 1978 but I hadn't seen it before. Oliver Stone won an Oscar for the screenplay, and I must say I enjoyed it. Good performances all round too.

I needed to lighten up after my long diet of downers, oh-so-quirky dramas, and documentaries, so I went looking for an anime or regular cartoon that would be fun. Came up with the anime series Noein.

It's fun so far, three half-hour episodes out of 25 in, and I like the characters well enough. Some really nice visuals, though there's a sort of schizoid alternation between high-tech images full of elaborately intertwined geometric shapes and a more earthly world of often very attractive hand-painted background scenery, and the transitions between them can seem odd. And all the more so because the basis for the intrustions of the quasi-scientific/magical into the ordinary world of the main characters is never explained or even really clarified. At least not in the first three episodes. That would make me more than willing to drop most shows, but so far this one has me on the string for a while longer because of the beauty of the artwork and the simple likeability of the junior high school level kids who are its main characters.

I've wondered how this movie would stand the test of time. When I saw it, I was in high school, and it seemed extremely gritty at the time. The tale also was kind of novel (at least to me).

Drag Me to Hell - great little horror movie, directed by Sam Raimi. Good to see his still got his horror sensibility. Even people who don't like horror will like this one.

Shrink: Not sure what I feel about this movie, going to have to watch it again. There was a lot going on, but I think the acting was good. Anyone else seen this and care to comment?

It's on Netflix IQ for those wondering

I was thinking of watching it yesterday, but it looked like it could be either a great choice or leave me pissed off I had wasted my time.