Daybreakers

My girlfriend actually recommended this film to me, said she liked it a lot. I felt the same after watching it. The film isn't 100% original, but it feels really fresh. This offering is definitely more realized than the Spierig's previous effort

Finally opened the $2 copy HD DVD I have of Superman Returns.

Hoewever, this should really be in the category of "Last HD DVD/BD you started to watch but realized it was so stinking bad you practically tore it out of the player"

Man. For $2 I could have gotten a coffee and 1/2 a donut.

Trick r Treat wasn't impressed

The Girl Who Played with Fire - Its amazing how such enthralling and riveting books can be turned into such bromide and lifeless films. Even more amazing how many people rave about these adaptations. A rare case where I'm looking forward to the American remakes hoping for something better.

Mallrats (1995)

I enjoyed the first two books. Haven't gotten past the first 80 pages of the third book yet. But I agree with you about the movies. I was looking forward to seeing the first one but when I started watching it I found it barely held my interest.

Skimmed through:

Trick 'R Treat ... was not really impressed with the PQ
Predators ... was very impressed with the PQ

Dead Silence (HD-DVD)




Good thing I only paid $5 for this POS.

Dragon Hunters - PQ & AQ were both excellent...the movie itself was decent. I gave it a 3/5 stars on Netflix.

Toy Story 3
ALIENS

Both of them have the most impressive A/V I've seen to date.

Alien . . .
also watched the first four episodes of The Pacific.

Fallen Angels

Clerks

Centurion

Good bloody fun! It's really well made and looks fantastic, with some amazing scenery that really shines on blu-ray. Some great violence but there's more than a few times that they do a CGI blood-spray and those look really bad.

How to Train Your Dragon - outstanding audio and video. Great movie as well. Nothing new about the story...but it was super fun, humorous, and the LFE in some scenes was awesome.

The Magician - I know this is considered one of Berman's lesser and least like films, but I absolutely loved it. I could due with out the attempts at humor which mostly fell flat but I loved von Sydow & Ingrid Thulin and the charlatan themes of creativity. Also a gorgeuous looking transfer.

Robin Hood Directors Cut. Not a great movie but enjoyable enough. I liked it. *** out of 5

Aliens

I'm glad you loved it so much. This is actually one of my favorite Bergman films and I'm very pleased with the Criterion Blu-ray release. Have you had a chance to check out any of the bonus features? There's a great brief video interview with Bergman where he describes how he feels about the relationship between audiences and filmmakers through his telling of a story. Truly a great interview moment - at least in my own opinion.

Hang 'em High

Watched so far over the weekend:

The Magician - Overall it was a good movie, but something about it didn't quite suck me in completely. I'll give it another chance a few months from now, and see if my feelings about it change much then.

House - (2nd viewing, originally saw it on dvd) I love how bizarre it is. I think it peaks in the first third of the film though. After that it gets all haunted house / scooby-doo like. It's still a treat to see, and a movie that was just as enjoyable the second time around.

Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Overall a hum-drum movie.

The Return of the Living Dead - One of my favorites of all-time. Too bad the PQ is a mediocre upgrade, at best, over the current DVDs. At least it's got some good extras, especially both commentary tracks.

Wall-E (3-disc) That was a lot of extras!

Usually the more there are the less likely I am to even check them out. If there are a few on the movie disc I'll usually at least see what's there. If i have to put in other discs, chances are I won't bother

Wonderland - quite a fascinating tale despite mostly negative reviews. The crime scene footage on the extras...yikes! more horrifying than any horror movie I'ved ever seen.