My Recent Movie Rentals (24MAR06)

By pseudosoldier on March 24, 2006 12:27:06 PM from

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I had actually rented most of the stuff I listed last time much earlier in the week. Middle of the week, I got another batch: Constantine, Lord of War, and Jarhead.

Based on the Hellblazer graphic novels published by DC Comics, Constantine is about a sort of paranormal detective fighting the forces of evil. Bearing little superficial resemblance to the comic character (who is a blonde Brit), Keanu Reeves still puts in a Keanu Reeves performance (fluffy but enjoyable) as the titular character of John Constantine. There wasn't anything new or groundbreaking here, but I thought it was a solid movie. (Please note that this was also biased by my comic book geekness.)

Lord of War reminded me of Blow, although it wasn't as good. It came off as an "issue" film, due in part to the text portions at the end. I liked Nick Cage in it; it's the sort of character he does well with, all eccentric and such. The bits of violence were okay, and the plot was fine.

I haven't had a chance to watch Jarhead yet, and I picked up two more movies for tonight: Cinderella Man and Doctor Zhivago. I figure this selection, coupled with my recently admitting that I cry freely, should draw greywar out of the shadows to level accusations of homosexuality at me. That's fine, bring it on. I kind of miss it from him.

I liked Constantine too, although I never knew it was based on a comic book. I didn't know 'V for Vendetta' was based on a comic book either until my husabnd told me that it was - he's a comic book geek too.

As I said, 'Lord of War' was okay, but I expected it to be better. I was dissapointed with 'The Exorcism Of Emily Rose' too - I sawe tha trailer and thought it would be great, only to find that the trailer showed the best parts of the movie and that the rest of the 2 hours was just bullshit fluff.

At the moment we're watching 'Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story' (and I mean literally at the moment; dave has to keep backing it up 'cause I'm missing parts due to my trying to blog and watch at the same time) - and it's hilarious. It's WAAAAAAYYY more adult and 'M for Mature' that the TV version of The Family Guy, and that makes it fekkin' awesome. If you get the chance, you should watch it. Oh, I also highly reccomend Netflix. For $10 a month we can have three movies at a time with unlimited rentals and no late fees. It's great.

Dr Zhivago? Holy cats, dude - that's like something I'D do when Dave's gone. You might want to try Braveheart as well, that's my 'I'm going to sit here and cry until I feel better' movie.

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I just watched Hostel last night...

so i decided to goto confession today....

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i decided to goto confession

I wonder if you're actually serious.

I haven't been to confession since just before Christmas. I need to go again. I missed the past two Sundays' masses (and it's Lent!).

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