Monday, October 26, 2009
Blood Diamond
I just finished watching the movie 'Blood Diamond'. I thought it was a really good movie and it came on two different dvd's. The first dvd had the movie and a commentary on the movie and the second dvd had documentaries about what it took to make the movie. I think this is Leonardo di Caprio's most recently movie, and I think he was very convincing. Like I said before, I thought it was a really good movie, but part of me feels that there could of been more two the second dvd. I mean if your going to package it as a two dvd set then I kind of would of expected there to be a lot more, but I feel that both dvd's are worth the time so I give the two dvd set of the movie 'Blood Diamond' a score of 90 out of 100.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Shield
I have finished watching the second season of The Shield.
I have also finished watching the third season of Lost.
I also watched the movie Cold Prey.
The second season of The Shield I watched on dvds from netflix and I really liked it. I think the first season I rated as 100 out of 100, but I think this season was really good like the first season but I am only giving it a rating of 90. A rating of 90 is still really good...The reason why I think I rated the first season so high was because this was the first real edgey cop show that I have watched...I liked it because it was new.
I have been watching Lost on the netflix website for almost a month now and I really like it. I haven't seen the dvd's for Lost yet so I don't know what extra stuff is included but if I were to rate Lost up to the end of the third season then I would say that it is really really good and I give it a score of 100 out of 100. Lost could of been better on a cable channel because then they could of shown nudity and sex, but none the less Lost is a really great show to watch.
I also watched the movie Cold Prey on the the netflix website. It was a really good horror movie. I think its a Swedish movie and you can tell that its a foreign film, or at least foreign to me, because its dubbed in English. When the actors talk you hear english but it looks like the actors weren't talking in english. The dubbing though is done really well so that part of it doesn't hurt the movie at all. Anyways, I give Cold Prey a score of 90 out of 100.
I'm sorry its actually a Norwegian movie.
The Norwegian title of the movie is Fritt Vilt which literally means Open Season.
Below I posted a link to website with more information about the movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritt_Vilt
There's also Cold Prey 2 which I haven't seen because it hasn't been released internationally, but I looked it up in wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Prey_2
I have also finished watching the third season of Lost.
I also watched the movie Cold Prey.
The second season of The Shield I watched on dvds from netflix and I really liked it. I think the first season I rated as 100 out of 100, but I think this season was really good like the first season but I am only giving it a rating of 90. A rating of 90 is still really good...The reason why I think I rated the first season so high was because this was the first real edgey cop show that I have watched...I liked it because it was new.
I have been watching Lost on the netflix website for almost a month now and I really like it. I haven't seen the dvd's for Lost yet so I don't know what extra stuff is included but if I were to rate Lost up to the end of the third season then I would say that it is really really good and I give it a score of 100 out of 100. Lost could of been better on a cable channel because then they could of shown nudity and sex, but none the less Lost is a really great show to watch.
I also watched the movie Cold Prey on the the netflix website. It was a really good horror movie. I think its a Swedish movie and you can tell that its a foreign film, or at least foreign to me, because its dubbed in English. When the actors talk you hear english but it looks like the actors weren't talking in english. The dubbing though is done really well so that part of it doesn't hurt the movie at all. Anyways, I give Cold Prey a score of 90 out of 100.
I'm sorry its actually a Norwegian movie.
The Norwegian title of the movie is Fritt Vilt which literally means Open Season.
Below I posted a link to website with more information about the movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritt_Vilt
There's also Cold Prey 2 which I haven't seen because it hasn't been released internationally, but I looked it up in wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Prey_2
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Dead Girl
I just finished watching the movie Dead Girl, that I rented from netflix.
I guess you can kind of say that it is a zombie movie and I rate it 75 out of 100.
If you're into the zombie/horror movie thing then I would recommend that you watch this movie, but if your not into that sort of stuff then this movie really isn't for you.
I guess you can kind of say that it is a zombie movie and I rate it 75 out of 100.
If you're into the zombie/horror movie thing then I would recommend that you watch this movie, but if your not into that sort of stuff then this movie really isn't for you.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
the shield
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.
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.
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.
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