put down the computer and go watch a movie!
I’ve been shirking my blogging duties again, a bit. Lots going on and it seemed like a good time to just quiet down a bit and relax. Laurie and I have our PVR subscriptions up to date — a bit of a quiet period, other than Battlestar Galatica — so we’ve been working our way through the Netflix queue a bit.
Tonight’s gem was Hellboy II with Ronald Perlman with a suntan. Very well done, good humor, don’t think about the plot too damn hard. Extra credit for the sheer steampunkiness of the movie. I can give it no greater honor than to say that I liked it as much as the original. Sequels rarely do that for me.
A few others we’ve seen recently that I liked include Tropic Thunder, which was just wonderfully gonzo, Groundhog Day with Bill Murray showing an ability to handle a surprisingly complex character long before anyone really believed he could act, and Wall-E — how did it NOT win best picture? Just a stunning piece of work.
We’ve started experimenting with the live Netflix streaming to the Xbox. It seems to work great; the only two complaints are (surprise surprise) the relatively limited selection, and that if a work is episodic (like TV shows), you can’t currently see them on Xbox even if they’re available for instant watch on other platforms. Which means I need to get my Billie Piper fix elsewhere for now.
Chuqui-bob says “check ‘em out”
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We've been doing the “Tuesday night discount” at our local theater…This past week was Gran Torino, last week was Benjamin Buttons and next week hopefully is Slumdog Millionaire. And we rented Tropic Thunder a few weeks ago. Our goal is to watch at least one movie a week be it at home or out at a theater. We call it date night. Of course our Fridays are reserved for Battlestar too
We've been doing the “Tuesday night discount” at our local theater…This past week was Gran Torino, last week was Benjamin Buttons and next week hopefully is Slumdog Millionaire. And we rented Tropic Thunder a few weeks ago. Our goal is to watch at least one movie a week be it at home or out at a theater. We call it date night. Of course our Fridays are reserved for Battlestar too