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R16. Independence Day (1996) - A day early because we won't have a chance to watch it tomorrow. Man is this a great movie; better than I remembered. Emmerich's best work. The pacing and energy is great; no breaks or wasted moments. We watched the theatrical release; I read that the special edition r...

R15. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - I know I'm supposed to be watching new stuff, but sometimes you just gotta watch Eternal Sunshine. of the Spotless Mind. This is one of the all-time greats. I really love how the ending can go either way... I think I had always thought of it as a &...

39. On Moonlight Bay (1951) - Continuing the 1951 streak... this was a cute movie with charming characters. Pretty basic plot, but some good comedic moments and good performances. R13. Rocky (1976) - Man this is good; I think this is only my second time seeing it, maybe third. I like how much it's r...

R12. The Wizard of Oz (1939) - What a great movie. The music is so iconic; I instantly recognized some of the themes that I hadn't heard in over 20 years without having remembered the music directly. It manages to be both a big epic adventure and a cute children's fairytale all in one. Also, not rel...

37. The African Queen (1951) - Pretty good; carried largely by the great performances of both leads and the chemistry between them. I had no idea what this was about going in; it's quite a wild story. Also some dark humor at times, which isn't something I'm used to for the time period. The ending wa...

35. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) - I really liked it, mostly for the music and the performances. I get the complaints that it's somewhat shallow and doesn't really get into anything important, when compared to something like The Doors or Love and Mercy. But it was still quite entertaining. 36. A Streetc...

34. Around the World in 80 Days (2004) - Awful, terrible, bad. The worst part was the name; had they not called it Around the World in 80 Days then at least it wouldn't have been claiming to be something it wasn't. 30 seconds into Fogg's first scene (a few minutes into the movie), my wife and I look...

I’m tried watching Super Mario Brothers with my 6 year old who loves Mario; but didn’t get past the beginning because he was too scared of Bowser. Maybe next year. Despicable Me is great; and I’ve heard good things about the sequels too. Though I think I preferred Megamind which is a very similar pr...

30. Twisters (2024) - Not bad, as far as nostalgia-driven sequels go. The effects and overal visuals were good, and I liked what they did with Glen Powell's character, subverting the exectation of the cocky jerk actually being a decent guy. But it was too long; why can't they make 90-100 minute movi...

R11. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - I love how this builds on all the other films. Last time I saw it, I hadn't seen 2 or 3 yet, and not sure when I first watched the original. But watching them all together like this, this feels like a very natural sequel to the others. And of course it's amazing from...

I love Escaflowne, though I haven't seen it in about 23 years at this point. I still listen to the music from it, though.

R10. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - Starts of quite strong, but then falls off pretty hard. Everything within Bartertown is great, although it does go just a bit too much into convoluted plot compared to the nice simplicity of the other films. The actual Thunderdome fight was excellent. But the...

R8. Minority Report (2002) - Watched this because we started watching Person of Interest and I figured my wife needs to see it. Pretty good, and it holds up. I like how the future technology still feels within the realm of possible within the next 20 years. The philosophical questions of guilt for f...

I still place The Dark Knight Rises as easily my least favorite Nolan film. There are several things about it I do like; it has a lot of inidivual moments that are great. But the plot is just such a convoluted mess.

29. The Road Warrior (1981) - Great followup. As with Fury Road, it tells a lot wtih very little actual plot. The characters weren't quite as memorable as the frist one, though I did really like Gyro Captain. Action was very well filmed, and you can see a lot of ideas which would go on to be taken t...

R7. Mad Max (1979) - I didn't remember much about this, but I think I liked it more this time around. As with the later films, the villains were the most interesting part. But I liked how the aciton was shot, with everything feeling like it was moving so fast. The pacing was weird, with it giving th...

R6. Primer (2004) - Man do I love this film. Maybe more each time I watch it. I love how the themes of the movie are mostly detached from the tone of the movie. That is to say, it’s a movie about 2 really greedy and awful people who stumble into something that could greatly benefit mankind but inste...

27. Dune (2021) - Visually stunning. You could just feel the quality and care dripping from every scene. Music and overall sound design was impressive as well. The pacing didn't bother me; though I could see how it would for some people. I did find the story fairly difficult to follow; some things j...

26. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) - Meh, not very good. The stuff in the past just didn't have an interesting story to tell; as I've said before I don't like prequels as a storytelling device in general. I don't need to know any details about how they met, etc. The stuff in the present was gene...

I haven't seen any of those. Really interested in Only God Forgives now though; I liked Drive a lot. I vaguely remember seeing Fear X back when it was first released on DVD.

25. Last Night in Soho (2021) - Absolutely loved it! I didn't know anything about it going in; though I'd heard it was horror and not as well received as Edgar Wright's other stuff. Although it horror elements, it's pretty solidly more a psychological thriller than a horror, which happens to be my f...

24. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) - As I'd heard, this was excellent. The story and characters were done so well, with a lot more maturity than the first. The animation was great, and super creative. The style used for the action scenes was really cool and well done, though I did sometimes fin...

22. Puss in Boots (2011) - Surprisingly good. Shrek is good, but I only care for the original, and spin-offs of sequels generally don't offer much. The animation was just beautiful; both in the actual art quality and the cinematography. A lot of jokes were quite funny, and the overall story was ente...

20. VeggieTales: Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (2006) - As with most VeggieTales stuff; pretty good. Catchy music, some funny even though stupid jokes, and a good lesson for kids. 21. We Bought a Zoo (2011) - Good movie, though not perfect. It was an interesting story, with some strong perfo...

19. Ready Player One (2018) - I really liked this. Maybe it's because it was originally hyped up and then generally received as a dissapointment, but I was expecting worse. I think I got around the disappointment by not caring about seeing it for many years. Overall it was just fun action adventure,...

R5. Sherlock Holmes (2009) - Great stuff. The music specifically takes it from good to great. Overall a lot of fun, and non-stop energy. Some great performances, but Jude Law seems to stand out here for me. I do wish it had a bit more detective work in it; I think some of the extended action sequenc...

18. Luca (2021) - With my new house and its new theater finally done, I actually watched a movie! I didn't think much of it though. It wasn't bad; but it was just a very straight forward kids' movie without much of the usual Pixar magic. The story didn't have much to offer, and the themes were quite...

Oh, but I did watch all of The Good Place, and WOW. Amazing show. Jumped immediately into my list of all-time favorite TV shows.

No, I haven't been forgetting to post movies I've seen. I have in fact seen zero films since Heretic. Could this be the first time since 2016 that I went a full month without watching a single movie? Maybe. Funny how moving can do that to you.

Update, probably the last one. The night I made that last comment, the inspector must have been visited by 3 ghosts during the night, because the next day he said he'd pass us as long as we were working on replacing the hot tub cover. Got it all passed, and started moving in 2 days later. Been movin...

You have no idea. Found out a few hours ago that due to a weird manufacturing glitch, our hot tub cover is missing the normal safety label that’s on all covers. The specific cover model is certified by the safety agency, it’s just missing that label. Inspector is coming tomorrow morning and warning ...

I have just 12 Val Kilmer movies in my collection; my favorite is probably Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Ha ha, remember when I said we hoped it would be done by Christmas? Here we are in April; and still not moved in. Just delay after delay after delay non-stop since September. It's been so stressful and frustrating. But it is essentially done... we don't have our certificate of occupancy yet. It fail...

Yeah I can see that… but it was $2.00!

Just purchased The Thin Red Line to add to my DVD collection of movies I need to watch.

100%! I already mentioned I should finally be seeing Barry Lyndon soon, and I’ve always wanted to see The Thin Red Line and Ran.

This time I've seen 20 of them. Just very recently Once Upon a Time in America and I really loved it. Of the ones I've seen, The Dark Knight Rises is my least favorite, it's the only Nolan film I don't love. I haven't seen Zack Snyder's Justice League, but I can't imagine I'll like it, given that I ...

17. Heretic (2024) - Loved it! Hugh Grant plays just a wonderful creep. The dialogue was all so sharp and the suspense pretty much never let up. I think some of the twists and turns in plot were a bit over-the-top; it's one thing to keep you not knowing what might happen next, but this felt like a f...

16. Around the World in 80 Days (1989) - Pretty good. I really liked Brosnan's performance as Fogg, he had a bit more humanity while still being over-the-top stoic. The places where the story was changed were worse off for the most part, I think. Like the addition of random real-life people which re...

14. El Camino (2019) - Good, but not as good as either of the shows from the same universe. Part of my problem is that I just preferred my own headcanon for what became of Jessie after he drives away at the end of Breaking Bad... even if it's far more unrealistic, I always imagined him just getting ...

I've only seen 10 of those; largely because I just haven't seen enough foreign films. Barry Lyndon and Brazil are in my collection but not yet seen, which means I'll almost certainly watch them this year. Doug Walker (AKA The Nostalgia Critic) just released a video of his top 20 films; Fear and Loat...

R3. Whiplash (2014) - Masterpiece. This time I went in with the idea of Fletcher as a straight-up antagonist/villain; it works best that way. I think it's easy to fall into the trap to think "oh sure his methods were extreme, but he just wanted to push musicians to be the best they could be, an...

I’m sure we'll find out, but everyone I’ve seen has been guessing CO poisoning.

12. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) - It's fair to say by this point that I'm generally a Robert Rodriguez fan. This was great! I do really wish I could have gone in knowing nothing at all about it. The moment when the first vampire makes an appearance would have been just so amazing. Kind of like the su...

11. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) - Pretty good. A few really funny moments, and it's always fun when a film is about writing the film itself, as with Adaptation and Seven Psychopaths. Other than the various film references mentioned throughout, it didn't feel particularly "Nic...

And now the streak continues to 11 straight years!

9. The Equalizer (2014) - Yet another Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington teamup. This one was definitely better than The Magnificent Seven, but not as good as Training Day. Then again Training Day is a really high bar. This was quite a good movie; although it's a formula that we're now seeing all t...

Your review of Quick and the Dead sounds like we share the exact same opinion! I’ve seen Casino and Holes but only once. I can’t quite remember if I saw Porco Rosso; I think I did way back in college. I unfortunately have only seen a few Miyazaki films so far.

8. Session 9 (2001) - Really good psychological thriller. Fits in the horror genre in many ways, but also not in many other ways. Great filmmaking all around, from the performances to the sets to the sound design. I didn't know until after watching it that it was so old; I first heard of it just a f...

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