Topic: The Movies From Within My Lifetime

[Kathy]

I have to agree with Jimmy on this one. It is a must for any horror fan. 

[addicted2dvd]

Audition followed by American Psycho. Does that mean if I go "Psycho" on my family over here... I can blame you all for putting me through the movies? 

[addicted2dvd]

Title: American Psycho: Killer Collector's Ed.: Uncut Version
Year: 2000
Director: Mary Harron
Rating: Unrated
Length: 102 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital EX: 5.1 (Matrixed 6.1), English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Christian Bale
Justin Theroux
Josh Lucas
Bill Sage
Chloë Sevigny
Reese Witherspoon

Plot:
Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancée (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose. Based on the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis, the film offers a sharp satire to the dark side of yuppie culture in the '80s, while setting forth a vision that is both terrifying and chilling.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
After watching this one I am really not sure what to say about it. I think I may have been a little to tired when I started this one... as I have kept myself very busy all day today. So I did find it a bit on the confusing side and feel I will need to watch this one again at some point. But with that said I did enjoy what I saw here. It definitely kept my interest through-out the movie.
 

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

[addicted2dvd]

2001
In this year... Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get divorced... All four major US networks air America: A Tribute to Heroes a two-hour telethon to raise money for the families of those killed in the attacks.... The Amazing Race premieres on CBS...24 premieres on Fox.

My choices:
Titles in Italic are Movies I Never Seen
- 3000 Miles to Graceland
- Along Came a Spider
- American Pie 2
- The Animal
- Bandits
- A Beautiful Mind
- Behind Enemy Lines
- Black Hawk Down
- Boa
- The Breed
- Bully
- Carman: The Champion
- Carnivore
- Children of the Corn: Revelation
- The Deep End
- Dinner with Friends
- Domestic Disturbance
- Don't Say a Word
- Donnie Darko
- Double Take
- Down to Earth
- Dr. Doolittle 2
- Driven
- Elvira's Haunted Hills
- Enemy at the Gates
- Evolution
- Exit Wounds
- The Fast and the Furious
- Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within
- The Foresaken
- Fraility
- From Hell
- Frost: Portrait of a Vampire
- John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
- The Glass House
- Gosford Park
- Hannibal
- Hard Cash
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Hell Asylum
- High Crimes
- How High
- I Am Sam
- I Dream of Dracula
- Ichi the Killer
- In the Bedroom
- Jeepers Creepers
- Joe Somebody
- Joy Ride
- Jurassic Park 3
- Kiss the dragon
- A Knight's Tale
- Knockaround Guys
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- Legion of the Dead
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
- Made
- The Majestic
- Maniacts
- The Matrix Revisited
- Mimic 2
- Monster's Ball
- Moulin Rouge
- The Mummy Returns
- The Musketeer
- Not Another Teen Movie
- Ocean's Eleven
- The Others
- Pearl Harbor
- Planet of the Apes
- The Pledge
- The Pool
- The Princess Diaries
- Rat Race
- Replicant
- Riding in Cars with Boys
- Rush Hour 2
- Scary Movie 2
- Session 9
- Shallow Hal
- Soul Survivors
- Spy Game
- Thir13en Ghosts
- Training Day
- Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
- Valentine
- Venomous
- Witchouses 3: Demon Fire
- Zoolander

[Achim]

- Final Destination: The Spirit Within

Is this right...?

I think the Final Destination sequels were all numbered and The Spirit Within is Final Fantasy...?

My pick:
Ichi the Killer


Alternatively, if you don't want to read again so soon:
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars

[addicted2dvd]

  No that is not right... it should be Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within. I guess I was still in a horror state of nmind when I typed that out. 

[Najemikon]

In The Bedroom is marvellous. Slow and serious, with a fantastic last act, you should put the effort into watching it, just to day you did. 

[addicted2dvd]

I dunno guys... I woke kinda in the mood for maybe a comedy... what do you all think of the movie Rat Race?

[Najemikon]

Meh. Poor remake of Cannonball Run. Now Ocean's Eleven on the other hand! Tons of fun!

[addicted2dvd]

Ocean's Eleven huh?... hmmm... possibly. I want to watch a couple shows I recorded last night first. Then we will see what mood hits me.

[addicted2dvd]

Title: Ocean's Eleven
Year: 2001
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Rating: PG-13
Length: 116 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
George Clooney
CeCeLia Birt
Paul L. Nolan
Carol Florence
Lori Galinski
Bernie Mac

Plot:
The plan is set. The rules are clear. If all goes right for Danny Ocean's grifters, the payoff is $150 million. Divided by 11. You do the math.

The skill of Academy Award®-winning* director Steven Soderbergh combines with enough starpower to light up the Las Vegas strip in this classy caper. George Clooney plays Danny, defying the odds in a split-second heist of three Vegas casinos – all owned by a magnate (Andy Garcia) who is dating Danny's ex-wife (Julia Roberts). A fixer (Brad Pitt), a pickpocket (Matt Damon), a blackjack dealer (Bernie Mac), a flimflammer (Carl Reiner) and others in well-defined roles are with Danny. Are you in or out?

*2000: Best Director for Traffic

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
This is the first time I ever seen this one. While I am not a big fan of George Clooney... He wasn't bad in this one.  Though for some reason Julia Roberts didn't do it much for me here. She just seemed a bit stiff in the role. Not exactly relaxed... so not exactly believable. I also felt pretty much the same thing with Brad Pitt. But he is another one I never been a big fan of either. The movie itself I enjoyed quite a bit despite the problem I had with some of the main cast. It has a good, interesting storyline that easily kept my interest. I enjoyed it enough to look forward to seeing the sequel before too long.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

[addicted2dvd]

2002
In this year... Spider-Man is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation... The N, a digital cable and satellite channel aimed at teenagers, launches and shares the channel space of Noggin... The Dead Zone premieres on USA Network.

My choices:
Titles in Italic are Movies I Never Seen
- 28 Days Later
- Abomination: The Evilmaker II
- Auto Focus
- Bad Company
- Below
- Blade II
- Bleed
- Blood Work
- Blue Crush
- Bubba Ho-Tep
- Carrie
- Catch Me if You Can
- Changing Lanes
- City by the Sea
- City of God
- Clockstoppers
- Code Hunter
- Collateral Damage
- Con Express
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- Creature Unknown
- The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
- Crossroads
- Cube 2
- Darkness
- Darkwolf
- DeathBed
- Derailed
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
- Dog Soldiers
- Dracula: The Dark Prince
- Dragon Fighter
- Dragonfly
- Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness
- Eight Legged Freaks
- Enough
- Extreme Ops
- Eye See You
- Far From Heaven
- Fear Dot Com
- Femme Fatale
- Firestarter 2: Rekindled
- The Foreigner
- Jason X
- Full Frontal
- Ghost Ship
- The Good Girl
- Haiku Tunnel
- Half Past Dead
- Halloween: Resurrection
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Hart's War
- I'm with Lucy
- Insomnia
- Into Thy Hands
- Jigsaw
- John Q
- K-19: The Widowmaker
- Left Behind II: Tribulation Force
- Maid in Manhattan
- Men in Black II
- Minority Reports
- The Mothman Prophecies
- Mr. Deeds
- Murder 8y Num8ers
-My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- One Hour Photo
- Open Range
- Orange County
- Panic Room
- The Phandom Menace
- Punch-Drunk Love
- Queen of the Damned
- The Rats
- Red Dragon
- Resident Evil
- The Ring
- Road to Perdition
- Rollerball
- The Rookie
- Stephen King's Rose Red
- The Santa Clause 2
- The Scorpion King
- Serving Sara
- Showtime
- Signs
- Slaughter Studios
- Solaris
- Spider-Man
- Star Trek: Nemesis
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- The Sweetest Thing
- Swept Away
- Swimfan
- Ted Bundy
- They
- The Time Machine
- The Transporter
- Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters
- The Tuxedo
- Two Weeks Notice
- Unfaithful
- Urban Massacre
- Vampire Clan
- Vampires: Los Muertos
- Vampire Stakes
- We Were Soldiers
- Windtalkers
- Wishmaster: Prophecy Fulfilled
- xXx

I am not sure what I will do yet... but I may just face my fears a little and watch Eight Legged Freaks. We will see what I feel like when I want to pop one in.

[Jimmy]

I enjoyed it enough to look forward to seeing the sequel before too long.

Personally I didn't really like the sequel and as you I enjoyed the first one, take it for what it worth of course...

[Najemikon]

I enjoyed it enough to look forward to seeing the sequel before too long.

Personally I didn't really like the sequel and as you I enjoyed the first one, take it for what it worth of course...

I didn't like the sequel either, Jimmy. Shocked you liked the first one! The general consensus is that Ocean's Eleven is fantastic, Ocean's 12 is dreadful and Ocean's 13 is somewhat like the first and remembers how to be good. Well, that's the consensus outside of this forum. I seem to remember Eric liking 12 best and a bunch of weirdos agreeing with him! 

[Jimmy]

I didn't like the sequel either, Jimmy. Shocked you liked the first one!

I was too
But without Kathy sending it to me this is probably something I won't have watch, since those films aren't my cup of tea usually.