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Movies

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Over the weekend the wife and I rented ordered a number of movies on Comcast OnDemand. I’ve really taken a liking to the service, it’s far less hassle than dealing with Blockbuster and their late fees. Speaking of Blockbuster, did you know if you return a movie late, and don’t rent another movie for a few months, you’ll get a letter from a collections agency? True story.

So, what movies did we watch?

Epic Movie – I expected the movie to suck, and it lived up to my expectations. I did enjoy some of the spoofs it was making toward Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men, and Chronicles of Narnia.

The Fountain – I’d tell you what I thought of this one, except we stopped watching it after about 40 minutes. Does Comcast give a refund for movies that suck?

R.S.V.P. – This was on the free list (FEAR.net, I think), and was one of the better movies we watched all weekend. It’s very Hitchcockian, so if you like that kind of movie this is probably one for you… and if you need another reason, it’s got Jason Mewes in it. It’s got a couple other names in it too, but I’ll let you find them for yourself.

Turistas – This is basically a rip off of Hostel, but with a better cast and less blood. Better? Meh… it’s about the same.

There was some other movie that we watched early Sunday morning, but I had a Tequila hangover, and ended up falling asleep during the movie. I forget what the heck the name of it was, but it involved a group of friends, a graveyard, a cap near the graveyard (never a good idea), and people dying (duh!). It looked like it could have been a semi-ok movie.

Lost Weekend

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Well this past weekend was probably the least productive weekend I have ever had. While I did get out a couple of times to run some errands, I was mainly glued to the TV for nearly 24 hours.

I’m sure everyone here knows, I’m a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica… and well, when someone told me about another series that was as well written and as complex as BSG, I just couldn’t believe it. In fact, from the previews, the show didn’t look that interesting at all.

It wasn’t until I posted on TechRelated.com about the show Lost, that I really became interested. A couple of members reiterated what I had always heard. It’s a good show. So, on Friday, I went to best buy and purchased Lost: Season 1. It was actually cheaper to buy the DVD set than rent it from Blockbuster. — Of course, I did have a $20.00 gift card for BestBuy. ;)

Then on Saturday afternoon it began… the wife, who really didn’t want to watch the show, and I began to watch the DVD set… episode after episode after episode… we watched Lost for almost 12 hours…. from 11am to 11pm with a few breaks and pauses in between, we were glued to Lost.

Then Sunday afternoon we continued our Lost marathon. We finished with the Season 1 finale last night at our usual bed time… so it worked out pretty well for us. lol

Now, we have to wait almost a month for Lost: Season 2 to come out on DVD… then a month after that Lost: Season 3 starts. I wasn’t interested in the show at first… but if Season 2 is as good as Season 1, I’ll be tuning in each week for Season 3.

If anyone reading this watches Lost… I’d love to know what you think about the show.