Then I went to Blockbuster and took advantage of their buy 2 get 1 free promotion. Mainly picked up some films I liked from Netflix:
- Napoleon Dynamite --maybe I'm missing something, ended up concurring with Roger Ebert's review of the film. But the wife's sister recommended it to her, thought I'd give it another shot.
- Hellboy--Speaking of which, the wife mentioned she caught some of this on one of the channels while trying to wade through Bravo's heroes, villains and vixens specials last week (I don't recall the exact title, mainly because doing so might lead you to believe it's worth watching. I quit halfway through the second special, mainly because it was attempting some of the sarcastic tone of VH1's 70s/80s/90s specials, and it seemed that any character that didn't have a movie or TV show need not apply) and thought it was pretty good.
- Flight of the Phoenix (remake)--I had mentioned liking it before, but too lazy to try to find the link.
Okay, just because I like you, here it is.
- Danny Deckchair--Another movie I liked. Since that was about all I said about it, here's a link to Gary Sassaman's review.
- Closer--A smart movie that features people you may not like, but interesting to watch, nonetheless. Not even disappointing with all of Natalie Portman's nude scenes cut out.
- Looney Tunes Back in Action--Yeah, it was as bogged down as Robocop with all those additional directives in Robocop 2, but wasn't that Area 52 sequence a hoot? Complete with Kevin McCarthy (in black and white, no less) reprising his Invasion of the Body Snatchers role. Another good bit early on was in the Warner Brothers commissary. See if you can catch all the gags.
And of course yesteday was new release Tuesday. Was suprised to find Danger Mouse at Best Buy, as a previous check on their website said it wasn't at any of the area stores. Also got Moonlighting seasons 1 & 2. Saw all 3 documentaries, can remember why I liked this show in the first place. Of course, it's before it jumped the shark (hint: on the question of "will they or won't they", avoid answering as long as possible)
Yep, that stack's getting bigger.
