I just finished watching the first dvd of the second season of 'The Shield' and I was disappointed because it didn't include commentaries on each of the four or five episodes that were on the dvd.
Only the first episode had a commentary on it, but it did include audio for each episode in like three or four different languages so I am half tempted to try and teach myself Portuguese by watching the dvd in Portuguese.
No, I was only trying to be funny.
I'm really not that ambitious.
I liked the first part of the second season of 'The Shield', but like I said before I like to see more sex and nudity when its a cable television show that I'm watching.
I also starting watching the first season of the show 'Lost' on the netflix website and I was very surprised by how good it was.
It was so good in fact I'm going to go put 'Lost' in my queue now.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Little Miss Sunshine
Last night I finished watching the movie 'Little Miss Sunshine'.
I liked it so I give the dvd of 'Little Miss Sunshine' a score of 80 out of 100.
Last week when I realized that this was the next movie that I would recieve in the mail I began to dred getting the mail because I automatically thought that this was a movie that I wasn't going to like.
When I first signed up for this dvd service I first selected the movies that were voted to be the top one hundred movies and this movie was on that list, otherwise I probably would of never of rented this movie.
But I am really glad that I did rent this movie because like I already stated I really liked this movie.
The dvd was actually two sided on one side was the widescreen version and on the other was the big screen version.
I assummed that each version was the same movie but just in different formats so I didn't bother to watch both versions on my laptop.
The dvd also had to two commentary tracks for the movie, one of them featured the two directors or producers, I forget what title they gave themselves but they were husband and wife as well.
The other commentary track featured the two directors and the writer of the script.
And the dvd also included featured some music video by one of the bands that had their music in the movie and it also included two or three alternate endings, but no real interviews with the stars of the movie.
And of course the other stuff that you would consider standard for dvd were also included, you know different languages, scene selections, and the trailers to other movies.
If the dvd would included interviews with the cast of the movie, a making documentary sort of thing, and more deleted scenes then the dvd would of gotten a higher score in my book.
But either way I would suggest that you watch this movie because if I were rating just the movie instead of the movie and the other stuff on the dvd then I would say that this movie is one of my new favorite movies.
I think this link will be helpful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_miss_sunshine
I liked it so I give the dvd of 'Little Miss Sunshine' a score of 80 out of 100.
Last week when I realized that this was the next movie that I would recieve in the mail I began to dred getting the mail because I automatically thought that this was a movie that I wasn't going to like.
When I first signed up for this dvd service I first selected the movies that were voted to be the top one hundred movies and this movie was on that list, otherwise I probably would of never of rented this movie.
But I am really glad that I did rent this movie because like I already stated I really liked this movie.
The dvd was actually two sided on one side was the widescreen version and on the other was the big screen version.
I assummed that each version was the same movie but just in different formats so I didn't bother to watch both versions on my laptop.
The dvd also had to two commentary tracks for the movie, one of them featured the two directors or producers, I forget what title they gave themselves but they were husband and wife as well.
The other commentary track featured the two directors and the writer of the script.
And the dvd also included featured some music video by one of the bands that had their music in the movie and it also included two or three alternate endings, but no real interviews with the stars of the movie.
And of course the other stuff that you would consider standard for dvd were also included, you know different languages, scene selections, and the trailers to other movies.
If the dvd would included interviews with the cast of the movie, a making documentary sort of thing, and more deleted scenes then the dvd would of gotten a higher score in my book.
But either way I would suggest that you watch this movie because if I were rating just the movie instead of the movie and the other stuff on the dvd then I would say that this movie is one of my new favorite movies.
I think this link will be helpful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_miss_sunshine
Thursday, August 27, 2009
book reviews
Since my last book review I have actually read several books.
I mentioned the book called Pygmy and the book about the painter and sculptor Michaelangelo already but I didn't really give you a score.
The book Pygmy was unique.
The story was about these middle school age Chinese students that come over to live in suburban America.
But the Chinese students are actually Terrorists, but of course the American families don't know that.
And to make the story seem even more authentic its written from the point of view of the main character who recieves the nickname Pygmy, with his broken English and all of his misunderstandings of the American culture.
I give the book Pygmy the score of 90 out of 100.
The book about Michealangelo was really interesting as well, but I would only read it if you were interested in the time period because I felt at times it was long winded and it goes into a lot of the technical aspects of the art.
I give this book a score of 70 out of 100.
I also read the first two books that the tv series True Blood is based on.
I think the author's name is Charlaine Harris and the name of the first book is 'Dead until Dark', and the second book is "Living Dead in Dallas'.
I really liked both of the books and I found that after I kind of got into them it was difficult to stop reading them.
I give both of those books a score of 93 out of 100.
I mentioned the book called Pygmy and the book about the painter and sculptor Michaelangelo already but I didn't really give you a score.
The book Pygmy was unique.
The story was about these middle school age Chinese students that come over to live in suburban America.
But the Chinese students are actually Terrorists, but of course the American families don't know that.
And to make the story seem even more authentic its written from the point of view of the main character who recieves the nickname Pygmy, with his broken English and all of his misunderstandings of the American culture.
I give the book Pygmy the score of 90 out of 100.
The book about Michealangelo was really interesting as well, but I would only read it if you were interested in the time period because I felt at times it was long winded and it goes into a lot of the technical aspects of the art.
I give this book a score of 70 out of 100.
I also read the first two books that the tv series True Blood is based on.
I think the author's name is Charlaine Harris and the name of the first book is 'Dead until Dark', and the second book is "Living Dead in Dallas'.
I really liked both of the books and I found that after I kind of got into them it was difficult to stop reading them.
I give both of those books a score of 93 out of 100.
the shield, first season.
The dvd's for the first season of The Shield were pretty good as a whole.
I think I already mentioned the stuff that I expected to see in the dvd's of a movie or tv show and The Shield pretty much had them all.
I give the first season of The Shield a score of 100.
I think I already mentioned the stuff that I expected to see in the dvd's of a movie or tv show and The Shield pretty much had them all.
I give the first season of The Shield a score of 100.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Last week I finished the book 'Pygmy' by Chuck what's-his name, he wrote the book 'Fight Club'.
I liked it but because of the way it was written I think it was difficult to read.
I also finished reading the book about Michangelo Bounoroti earlier this week.
I am pretty sure I already mentioned both of these books on this blog so I'm not going to bore you with the details.
The website address that I posted below can give you some details about the book Pygmy.
The website that this web address will direct you to is where you'll find the details, the web address its self won't actually give you any details.
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/books/pygmy
I liked it but because of the way it was written I think it was difficult to read.
I also finished reading the book about Michangelo Bounoroti earlier this week.
I am pretty sure I already mentioned both of these books on this blog so I'm not going to bore you with the details.
The website address that I posted below can give you some details about the book Pygmy.
The website that this web address will direct you to is where you'll find the details, the web address its self won't actually give you any details.
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/books/pygmy
Monday, August 3, 2009
The Shield
I finished watching the first dvd to the first season of the telivision show The Shield and I have to say that I liked it.
It wasn't as graphic and violent as I thought it would be but it still wasn't that bad.
I'll give my final opinion within the next couple of weeks or so.
Here's a website to reference regarding the show:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shield
It wasn't as graphic and violent as I thought it would be but it still wasn't that bad.
I'll give my final opinion within the next couple of weeks or so.
Here's a website to reference regarding the show:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shield
Sunday, July 26, 2009
True Blood, first season.
I just finished watching the dvd's for the first season of True Blood, and I liked it.
I watch a lot of movies and tv shows on the netflix website which doesn't include any extras that I would like to see come with the dvd's.
I pretty much expect to see several things on the dvd's.
One of those things would be a 'making of video' which wasn't included in the dvd's of this tv show.
Also I would like to see interviews with the actors and/or directors of the movie/tv show, which wasn't included in the dvd's of this show.
And the last two things that I would like to see included on the dvd would be audio commentaries and footage or scenes that were edited out of the final cut.
There were audio commentaries included on each dvd of this show but there wasn't an audio commentary on each episode of the show.
But there wasn't any scenes that were edited out of the final cut of the episodes included in the dvd's.
But there were some interesting little bonus features that were included on the last dvd of this season that gave me some insight into the world of True Blood.
If I were rating these dvd's just on the episodes themselves then I would give a rating of 100, which is the highest rating.
But since I'm rating the dvd's as a whole then I give the first season of True Blood a rating of 95, which still is really good but I would of liked to see some more extras.
This is a good website to give you more information about the True Blood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood
I watch a lot of movies and tv shows on the netflix website which doesn't include any extras that I would like to see come with the dvd's.
I pretty much expect to see several things on the dvd's.
One of those things would be a 'making of video' which wasn't included in the dvd's of this tv show.
Also I would like to see interviews with the actors and/or directors of the movie/tv show, which wasn't included in the dvd's of this show.
And the last two things that I would like to see included on the dvd would be audio commentaries and footage or scenes that were edited out of the final cut.
There were audio commentaries included on each dvd of this show but there wasn't an audio commentary on each episode of the show.
But there wasn't any scenes that were edited out of the final cut of the episodes included in the dvd's.
But there were some interesting little bonus features that were included on the last dvd of this season that gave me some insight into the world of True Blood.
If I were rating these dvd's just on the episodes themselves then I would give a rating of 100, which is the highest rating.
But since I'm rating the dvd's as a whole then I give the first season of True Blood a rating of 95, which still is really good but I would of liked to see some more extras.
This is a good website to give you more information about the True Blood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood
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