The bonus film has a couple funny scenes (there is a Brick scene eating in a cafeteria that is a classic), but it really was mostly like watching an 1 1/2 of deleted scenes strung together loosely with a weak story. In other words it was semi-watchable, but nowhere near the movie that the original is.

1. 01-07-2005: Troy (2004). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
2. 01-08-2005: White Noise (2005). Grade: 8.1/10 - B+
3. 01-08-2005: Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004). Grade: 8.3/10 - B+
4. 01-08-2005: Open Water (2004). Grade: 5.5/10 - C-
5. 01-09-2005: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). Grade: 9.4/10 - A
6. 01-09-2005: Mindhunters (2005). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
7. 01-09-2005: Face/Off (1997). Grade: 9.7/10 - A+
8. 01-09-2005: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+
9. 01-10-2005: Cruel Intentions (1999). Grade: 9.3/10 - A
10. 01-10-2005: Reindeer Games (2000). Grade: 4.2/10 - D-
11. 01-11-2005: Napoleon Dynamite (2004). Grade: 6.2/10 - C
12. 01-12-2005: Paparazzi (2004). Grade: 7.3/10 - B-
13. 01-13-2005: Not Without My Daughter (1991). Grade: 8.0/10 - B+
14. 01-13-2005: Bad Boys II (2003). Grade: 9.6/10 - A+

Not only is it one of the best action movies I've ever seen, but it's downright hilarious. I loved every minute of it.

01. 01/07/05: Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000) A
02. 01/08/05: Vertical Ray of the Sun (Anh Hung Tran, 2000) B
03. 01/08/05: Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) A+
04. 01/09/05: Sleeper (Woody Allen, 1973) B-
05. 01/09/05: Key Largo (John Huston, 1948) B+
06. 01/09/05: Out Cold (Brendan & Emmett Malloy, 2001) C-
07. 01/10/05: Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931) D+
08. 01/11/05: Just Married (Shawn Levy, 2003) C-
09. 01/11/05: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei M. Eisenstein & Grigori Aleksandrov, 1925) B+
10. 01/12/05: Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, et al, 1980) A
11. 01/12/05: The Good Girl (Miguel Arteta, 2002) C
12. 01/13/05: Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, 1986) A
13. 01/14/05: In Good Company (Paul Weitz,2004) A

Much better than l thought it was gonna be. some of the dialogue was just plain not good (and l think l had one other complaint which l cant seem to remember right now)...but overall very, very good.

1/13 - Garden State A+

One of the best third acts in recent memory. And Nat, come on. She's great.

1. 01-07-2005: Troy (2004). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
2. 01-08-2005: White Noise (2005). Grade: 8.1/10 - B+
3. 01-08-2005: Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004). Grade: 8.3/10 - B+
4. 01-08-2005: Open Water (2004). Grade: 5.5/10 - C-
5. 01-09-2005: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). Grade: 9.4/10 - A
6. 01-09-2005: Mindhunters (2005). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
7. 01-09-2005: Face/Off (1997). Grade: 9.7/10 - A+
8. 01-09-2005: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+
9. 01-10-2005: Cruel Intentions (1999). Grade: 9.3/10 - A
10. 01-10-2005: Reindeer Games (2000). Grade: 4.2/10 - D-
11. 01-11-2005: Napoleon Dynamite (2004). Grade: 6.2/10 - C
12. 01-12-2005: Paparazzi (2004). Grade: 7.3/10 - B-
13. 01-13-2005: Not Without My Daughter (1991). Grade: 7.5/10 - B
14. 01-13-2005: Bad Boys II (2003). Grade: 9.6/10 - A+

Didn't watch anything today so far. I'm just updating my thoughts on Not Without My Daughter, which I finished up in school today. I'd say that the first hour or so is very good and quite interesting, but the last half hour was a bit weak. I didn't like the relatively boring, happy ending. I mean, sure, happy endings are good, but the way this movie ended, it seemed to easy after what happened in the rest of the movie. It was still a pleasure to watch this movie, and Sally Field and Alfred Molina were both excellent in their roles.

Next Movies: Hotel Rwanda, Elektra, and Without a Paddle

Ug, ug, ug. Bad Boys II is seriously one of the worst movies I've ever endured. Besides having boring, repetitive action sequences, it has truly tasteless, derogatory comedy.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, though. Heh.

\:D/

We're all entitled to our opinions, hehe. :wink:

Glory- A (I forgot how much this movie rocked!)

1. 1/7/05: Troy (2004, Wolfgang Petersen) - B
2. 1/7/05: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003, Ki-duk Kim) - A-
3. 1/8/05: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (2004, Danny Leiner) - B
4. 1/9/05: Akira (1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo) - C
5. 1/9/05: Being John Malkovich (1999, Spike Jonze) - A
6. 1/9/05: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002, George Lucas) - B
7. 1/9/05: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004, Alexander Witt) - B+
8. 1/10/05: Cruel Intentions (1999, Roger Kumble) - A
9. 1/11/05: Infernal Affairs (2002, Wai Keung Lau & Siu Fai Mak) - B+
10. 1/11/05: Before Sunrise (1995, Richard Linklater) - A
11. 1/11/05: Before Sunset (2004, Richard Linklater) - A
12. 1/13/05: The Lion King (1994, Rober Allers and Rob Minkoff) - A
13. 1/14/05: Moulin Rouge! (2001, Baz Lurhman) - A+

Oh Moulin Rouge, how much I adore thee.
I'm going to watch Maria Full of Grace, Stepford Wives and Manchurian Candidate tonight...

1. The Aviator (2004) -- 1/7 A+
2. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) -- 1/8 A-
3. Anchorman: Unrated (2004) -- 1/9 A
4. Comedian (2002) -- 1/10 B
5. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) -- 1/11 B
6. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) -- 1/11 C
7. The Terminal (2004) -- 1/12 A+
8. Superman: The Movie (1978) -- 1/13 A+
9. The Villiage (2004) -- 1/13 B-
10. Elektra (2005) -- 1/14 C+

Elektra isn't bad, but it isn't good either. There were many plotholes, and the action scenes were too choppy and full of CGI.

Where does Elektra fall amoung the other Marvel films?

From the Marvel movies I have seen, here is how I would rank them.

1. Spider-Man 2 -- A+
2. Daredevil -- A
3. Blade II -- A
4. Hulk -- A-
5. X2: X-Men United -- A-
6. X-Men -- B+
7. Blade -- B
8. Spider-Man -- B-
9. Elektra -- C+
10. The Punisher -- C+

So Elektra is towards the bottom of my list, but it's by no means a bad movie. It just wasn't good enough.

Since you haven't seen Blade III, I wonder how that shitfest compares to Elektra.

My thoughts exactly.

Marvel Films:

X-Men -- A-
X2 -- A-
Spider-Man 2 -- A-
Spider-Man -- B+
Blade -- B+
Blade II -- B+
DareDevil -- B
The Punisher -- B-
Elektra -- C+
Blade: Trinity -- C

1/8/2005: Scream 2 -- 8.0/10 (A-)
1/9/2005: Scream 3 -- 7.5/10 (B+)
1/10/2005: White Noise -- 7.0/10 (B)
1/10/2005: Garden State -- 9.0/10 (A+)
1/12/2005: Meet the Parents -- 8.0/10 (B+)
1/12/2005: Hotel Rwanda -- 9.5/10 (A+)
1/14/2005: Saw -- 8.3/10 (A-)
1/14/2005: Elektra -- 5.8/10 (C+)

Saw
---
One of the most horrific films I've seen in quite a while. Compelling, while at the same time completely repulsing. A knock-out ending solidifies this as one of my top horror films of all time.

Elektra
---
Stylish but ultimately unsubstantiative. Not the worst superhero/comic-book film, but certainly far from the best. Gardner provides a solid performance but sadly she cannot save the film from itself.

01. 01/07/05: Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000) A
02. 01/08/05: Vertical Ray of the Sun (Anh Hung Tran, 2000) B
03. 01/08/05: Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) A+
04. 01/09/05: Sleeper (Woody Allen, 1973) B-
05. 01/09/05: Key Largo (John Huston, 1948) B+
06. 01/09/05: Out Cold (Brendan & Emmett Malloy, 2001) C-
07. 01/10/05: Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931) D+
08. 01/11/05: Just Married (Shawn Levy, 2003) C-
09. 01/11/05: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei M. Eisenstein & Grigori Aleksandrov, 1925) B+
10. 01/12/05: Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, et al, 1980) A
11. 01/12/05: The Good Girl (Miguel Arteta, 2002) C
12. 01/13/05: Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, 1986) A
13. 01/14/05: In Good Company (Paul Weitz,2004) A
14. 01/14/05: Léon (Luc Besson, 1994) A+

l absolutely love this movie...just bought the 2 disc special edition; l believe this is the international version, as it's quite a bit different and longer than the one l'd previously seen. the extra footage only makes it better, though. great movie.

01. 01.01.2005 - Open Water. (2004) d. Chris Kentis. Grade: F
02. 01.01.2005 - Sideways. (2004) d. Alexander Payne. Grade: A
03. 01.01.2005 - King Arthur. (2004) d. Antoine Fuqua. Grade: C
04. 01.02.2005 - The Manchurian Canidate. (2004) d. Jonathan Demme. Grade: B
05. 01.02.2005 - Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2. (2004) d. Mamoru Oshii. Grade: B-
06. 01.03.2005 - De-Lovely. (2004) d. Irwin Winkler. Grade: C-
07. 01.05.2005 - Notorious C.H.O. (2002) d. Lorene Machado. Grade: D+
08. 01.08.2005 - Million Dollar Baby. (2004) d. Clint Eastwood. Grade: A+
09. 01.08.2005 - Code 46. (2003) d. Michael Winterbottom. Grade: D+
10. 01.09.2005 - The Door in the Floor. (2004) d. Tod Williams. Grade: C+
11. 01.09.2005 - House of Flying Daggers. (2004) d. Zhang Yimou. Grade: B+
12. 01.10.2005 - Vampires: The Turning. (2005) d. Marty Weiss. Grade: F
13. 01.10.2005 - The Prophesy. (1995) d. Gregory Widen. Grade: D+
14. 01.11.2005 - Napoleon Dynamite. (2004) d. Jared Hess. Grade: B
15. 01.12.2005 - Bamboozled. (2000) d. Spike Lee. Grade: B-
16. 01.13.2005 - Good Burger. (1997) d. Brian Robbins. Grade: D-

I dunno. I was lazy and tired and it was on Cinemax HD channel. It's the polar opposite of Bamboozled, which I watched the night before and exactly the film that it warned against.

I also found it strangely odd that the main character... I had to look on IMDB... Ed looks really, a LOT like a woman in drag and that the characters go around talking about stealing Ed's sauce. Strangely homoerotic.

It only gets saved from F status by a bizarre dance sequence inside a mental ward, led by Ed, Abe Vigota and George Clinton.

1. 1/7/05: Troy (2004, Wolfgang Petersen) - B
2. 1/7/05: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003, Ki-duk Kim) - A-
3. 1/8/05: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (2004, Danny Leiner) - B
4. 1/9/05: Akira (1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo) - C
5. 1/9/05: Being John Malkovich (1999, Spike Jonze) - A
6. 1/9/05: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002, George Lucas) - B
7. 1/9/05: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004, Alexander Witt) - B+
8. 1/10/05: Cruel Intentions (1999, Roger Kumble) - A
9. 1/11/05: Infernal Affairs (2002, Wai Keung Lau & Siu Fai Mak) - B+
10. 1/11/05: Before Sunrise (1995, Richard Linklater) - A
11. 1/11/05: Before Sunset (2004, Richard Linklater) - A
12. 1/13/05: The Lion King (1994, Rober Allers and Rob Minkoff) - A
13. 1/14/05: Moulin Rouge! (2001, Baz Lurhman) - A+
14. 1/14/05: Maria Full of Grace (2004, Joshua Marston) - A

1. 01-07-2005: Troy (2004). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
2. 01-08-2005: White Noise (2005). Grade: 8.1/10 - B+
3. 01-08-2005: Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004). Grade: 8.3/10 - B+
4. 01-08-2005: Open Water (2004). Grade: 5.5/10 - C-
5. 01-09-2005: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). Grade: 9.4/10 - A
6. 01-09-2005: Mindhunters (2005). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
7. 01-09-2005: Face/Off (1997). Grade: 9.7/10 - A+
8. 01-09-2005: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+
9. 01-10-2005: Cruel Intentions (1999). Grade: 9.3/10 - A
10. 01-10-2005: Reindeer Games (2000). Grade: 4.2/10 - D-
11. 01-11-2005: Napoleon Dynamite (2004). Grade: 6.2/10 - C
12. 01-12-2005: Paparazzi (2004). Grade: 7.3/10 - B-
13. 01-13-2005: Not Without My Daughter (1991). Grade: 7.5/10 - B
14. 01-13-2005: Bad Boys II (2003). Grade: 9.6/10 - A+
15. 01-14-2005: Hotel Rwanda (2004). Grade: 9.7/10 - A+
16. 01-15-2005: Elektra (2005). Grade: 7.8/10 - B

I can't put Hotel Rwanda into words right now. You'll see it all in my review. Elektra was entertaining, but a bit dissapointing. The story was weak, as was the ending. The action scenes were beautiful, as was Jennifer Garner's body. :wink:

01. 01.01.2005 - Open Water. (2004) d. Chris Kentis. Grade: F
02. 01.01.2005 - Sideways. (2004) d. Alexander Payne. Grade: A
03. 01.01.2005 - King Arthur. (2004) d. Antoine Fuqua. Grade: C
04. 01.02.2005 - The Manchurian Canidate. (2004) d. Jonathan Demme. Grade: B
05. 01.02.2005 - Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2. (2004) d. Mamoru Oshii. Grade: B-
06. 01.03.2005 - De-Lovely. (2004) d. Irwin Winkler. Grade: C-
07. 01.05.2005 - Notorious C.H.O. (2002) d. Lorene Machado. Grade: D+
08. 01.08.2005 - Million Dollar Baby. (2004) d. Clint Eastwood. Grade: A+
09. 01.08.2005 - Code 46. (2003) d. Michael Winterbottom. Grade: D+
10. 01.09.2005 - The Door in the Floor. (2004) d. Tod Williams. Grade: C+
11. 01.09.2005 - House of Flying Daggers. (2004) d. Zhang Yimou. Grade: B+
12. 01.10.2005 - Vampires: The Turning. (2005) d. Marty Weiss. Grade: F
13. 01.10.2005 - The Prophesy. (1995) d. Gregory Widen. Grade: D+
14. 01.11.2005 - Napoleon Dynamite. (2004) d. Jared Hess. Grade: B
15. 01.12.2005 - Bamboozled. (2000) d. Spike Lee. Grade: B-
16. 01.13.2005 - Good Burger. (1997) d. Brian Robbins. Grade: D-
17. 01.14.2005 - Once Upon A Time In Mexico. (2003) d. Robert Rodriguez. Grade: C+
18. 01.15.2005 - Silver City. (2004) d. John Sayles. Grade: C

Once Upon A Time In Mexico... good action. Johnny Depp is great. I am completely lost in it though. The whole kneecap thing looked pretty cheesy.

Silver City... failed to make an impact on me. Ensemble piece about a land deal and a dead migrant worker that nobody seems to care about and how it all connects to Chris Cooper who plays a Colorado governer canidate, needed to be handled a bit more seriously. Otherwise it's a weird and failed comedy (or drama?).

Now that you've seen Hotel Rwanda (which I still need to see, ugh), do yourself a favor and attempt to see Sideways and Million Dollar Baby. I have a feeling that if Rwanda emotionally affected you, Baby will probably also do the same.

Cheers.

It's on my list. I loved Mystic River, so I was planning to see Million Dollar Baby.

Marvel Films:

X-Men -- A
X2 -- A
Spider-Man 2 -- A+
Spider-Man -- A+
Blade -- A
Blade II -- A
DareDevil -- A-
The Punisher -- A-
Elektra -- B
Blade: Trinity -- A+

Ah, how I love Marvel. Like everyone else said, Elektra is near the bottom of the list, but it's certainly not bad.

1. 01-07-2005: Troy (2004). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
2. 01-08-2005: White Noise (2005). Grade: 8.1/10 - B+
3. 01-08-2005: Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004). Grade: 8.3/10 - B+
4. 01-08-2005: Open Water (2004). Grade: 5.5/10 - C-
5. 01-09-2005: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). Grade: 9.4/10 - A
6. 01-09-2005: Mindhunters (2005). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
7. 01-09-2005: Face/Off (1997). Grade: 9.7/10 - A+
8. 01-09-2005: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+
9. 01-10-2005: Cruel Intentions (1999). Grade: 9.3/10 - A
10. 01-10-2005: Reindeer Games (2000). Grade: 4.2/10 - D-
11. 01-11-2005: Napoleon Dynamite (2004). Grade: 6.2/10 - C
12. 01-12-2005: Paparazzi (2004). Grade: 7.3/10 - B-
13. 01-13-2005: Not Without My Daughter (1991). Grade: 7.5/10 - B
14. 01-13-2005: Bad Boys II (2003). Grade: 9.6/10 - A+
15. 01-14-2005: Hotel Rwanda (2004). Grade: 9.7/10 - A+
16. 01-15-2005: Elektra (2005). Grade: 7.8/10 - B
17. 01-15-2005: Without a Paddle (2004). Grade: 7.1/10 - B-

It's a funny comedy, but it's not hilarious. Just a fun movie to watch.

*Gets smacked by Libs*

Sorry. #-o :wink: