My one year with BlockBuster Online (it's in reverse order and poorly formated, but who's really going to read it?)...
Title Ship Date Return Date
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The Good Shepherd 12/19/2007 01/04/2008
Babette's Feast 12/11/2007 12/28/2007
The Squid and the Whale 12/07/2007 12/21/2007
Stone Reader 12/04/2007 12/11/2007
Kung Fu Hustle 12/03/2007 12/21/2007
The Constant Gardener 11/28/2007 12/07/2007
The Pursuit of Happyness 11/26/2007 12/04/2007
House of Sand and Fog 11/20/2007 11/28/2007
Akira 11/19/2007 12/03/2007
Glengarry Glen Ross 11/14/2007 11/20/2007
Children of Men 11/01/2007 11/14/2007
Fast Food Nation 10/31/2007 11/20/2007
Casino Royale 10/31/2007 11/26/2007
Blood Diamond 10/23/2007 11/05/2007
Chalk 10/22/2007 10/31/2007
The Right Stuff 10/16/2007 10/31/2007
A Scanner Darkly 10/15/2007 10/23/2007
Open Your Eyes 10/12/2007 10/22/2007
Fargo 10/08/2007 10/16/2007
Barton Fink 10/08/2007 10/16/2007
Delicatessen 10/02/2007 10/12/2007
Pi 09/25/2007 10/02/2007
Once Upon a Time in America 09/21/2007 10/08/2007
Munich 09/21/2007 10/11/2007
Far from Heaven 09/19/2007 09/25/2007
Pi 09/18/2007 09/25/2007
SCTV [TV Series] 09/13/2007 09/19/2007
North Country 09/11/2007 09/25/2007
21 Grams 09/06/2007 09/18/2007
For Your Consideration 09/05/2007 09/11/2007
Cold Mountain 09/04/2007 09/13/2007
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny 08/28/2007 09/06/2007
Babel 08/28/2007 09/06/2007
Borat 08/27/2007 09/04/2007
Letters from Iwo Jima 08/23/2007 08/29/2007
Kingdom of Heaven 08/20/2007 08/25/2007
The Butterfly Effect 08/14/2007 08/29/2007
Flags of Our Fathers 08/13/2007 08/24/2007
Mystic River 08/09/2007 08/21/2007
Gangs of New York 08/01/2007 08/09/2007
Gosford Park 08/01/2007 08/13/2007
The Cider House Rules 07/26/2007 08/01/2007
The Thin Red Line 07/16/2007 08/15/2007
Out of Africa 07/05/2007 07/26/2007
Il Postino 06/28/2007 08/01/2007
The Verdict 06/21/2007 07/18/2007
A Man Escaped 06/15/2007 06/28/2007
Fay Grim 06/15/2007 07/05/2007
The Departed 06/08/2007 06/21/2007
Howards End 06/04/2007 06/15/2007
Hope and Glory 05/29/2007 06/15/2007
Chuck Jones: Extremes and Inbetweens - A Life in Animation 05/29/2007 06/08/2007
Chariots of Fire 05/16/2007 05/28/2007
Akeelah and the Bee 05/16/2007 06/01/2007
Wordplay 05/16/2007 06/01/2007
Reds 05/07/2007 05/18/2007
Reds 05/03/2007 05/18/2007
The Illusionist 05/02/2007 05/12/2007
The Best Years of Our Lives 04/30/2007 05/10/2007
City Lights 04/26/2007 05/02/2007
Raging Bull 04/24/2007 05/03/2007
One Night With the King 04/23/2007 04/30/2007
Beyond the Gates of Splendor 04/11/2007 04/25/2007
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 04/10/2007 04/27/2007
End of the Spear 04/06/2007 04/11/2007
Extras: Season 01 03/26/2007 04/10/2007
Factotum 03/26/2007 04/09/2007
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 01 03/21/2007 03/28/2007
Crank 03/19/2007 06/29/2007
Extras: Season 01 03/16/2007 03/21/2007
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 01 03/14/2007 03/28/2007
The Butterfly Effect 03/13/2007 03/15/2007
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 01 03/12/2007 03/13/2007
Munich 03/08/2007 03/13/2007
Igby Goes Down 03/07/2007 03/19/2007
Shopgirl 02/21/2007 03/14/2007
What the #$*! Do We Know?! 02/19/2007 03/07/2007
Lucky Number Slevin 02/19/2007 03/08/2007
Just Like Heaven 02/13/2007 02/21/2007
The Station Agent 02/08/2007 02/14/2007
March of the Penguins 02/05/2007 03/07/2007
Jesus of Montreal 02/03/2007 02/15/2007
The Aviator 01/30/2007 02/08/2007
Crash 01/26/2007 02/03/2007
Derailed 01/26/2007 01/30/2007
Elizabethtown 01/26/2007 02/17/2007
Friday, February 01, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Air Guitar Nation (2006) - 3.5/5
Air Guitar Nation (2006)
Pretty interesting, but they didn't into the people enough... or they made the most of what they had to work with.
It's fun to watch the performances and they do a good job of keeping it from getting old. They get into each topic enough, but nothing to the point to make it a great documentary.
The "underdog" isn't as likable which hurts that aspect, but everyone is a character and fairly fun. From serious to ridiculous, it's all pretty good.
There are certainly some great parts and overall it's pretty fun.
WARNING: Male nudity.
Haiku Summary
What's this? Air guitar
contests? No Americans?
I say we go. Win!
NEXT: "3:10 To Ymua"
Pretty interesting, but they didn't into the people enough... or they made the most of what they had to work with.
It's fun to watch the performances and they do a good job of keeping it from getting old. They get into each topic enough, but nothing to the point to make it a great documentary.
The "underdog" isn't as likable which hurts that aspect, but everyone is a character and fairly fun. From serious to ridiculous, it's all pretty good.
There are certainly some great parts and overall it's pretty fun.
WARNING: Male nudity.
Haiku Summary
What's this? Air guitar
contests? No Americans?
I say we go. Win!
NEXT: "3:10 To Ymua"
The Secret of NIMH (1982) - 2.5/5
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Original, but not very compelling. It's a children's book adaptation, but I'm not familiar w/ the book.
That characters and animation are good, but I wasn't really drawn into to care about what was happening (and to a degree, I wasn't really sure what was happening).
SPOILERS
The idea that an experiment by NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) made the mice/rats "smart" seemed out of left field in the reality of the story. It also gave it a too realistic and dark feel IMO.
Haiku Summary
The plow is coming.
The boy mouse is sick, can't move.
Rats are smart, some bad.
NEXT: "Air Guitar Nation"
Original, but not very compelling. It's a children's book adaptation, but I'm not familiar w/ the book.
That characters and animation are good, but I wasn't really drawn into to care about what was happening (and to a degree, I wasn't really sure what was happening).
SPOILERS
The idea that an experiment by NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) made the mice/rats "smart" seemed out of left field in the reality of the story. It also gave it a too realistic and dark feel IMO.
Haiku Summary
The plow is coming.
The boy mouse is sick, can't move.
Rats are smart, some bad.
NEXT: "Air Guitar Nation"
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The King of Kong (2007) - 5/5
The King of Kong (2007)
If I had waited for my top movies from 2007 (released in 2007, not watched), this wd be up there near the top.
Awesome! I have to give some credit to the documentary makers here, but I think the material they had to work w/ was gold.
Billy Mitchell is Darth Vader's equivalent in this reality. So great. Editing does a lot, but anyone saying the things he says... wow.
And Steve Weibe - you just can't help but pull for this lovable loser.
Be sure to watch some of the extra material if you get this for more updates about what happened after the filming.... they're still going!
Next: "The Secret of NIMH"
Haiku Summary
Steve beats high score on
tape. Not good enough for Bill.
Bill evades. So great!
If I had waited for my top movies from 2007 (released in 2007, not watched), this wd be up there near the top.
Awesome! I have to give some credit to the documentary makers here, but I think the material they had to work w/ was gold.
Billy Mitchell is Darth Vader's equivalent in this reality. So great. Editing does a lot, but anyone saying the things he says... wow.
And Steve Weibe - you just can't help but pull for this lovable loser.
Be sure to watch some of the extra material if you get this for more updates about what happened after the filming.... they're still going!
Next: "The Secret of NIMH"
Haiku Summary
Steve beats high score on
tape. Not good enough for Bill.
Bill evades. So great!
Treasure Planet (2002) - 3.5/5
Treasure Planet (2002)
This is a very interesting animated movie in several areas: mix of 2D and 3D, the characters, the scope, etc.
The story is solid and the characters are fully developed. The action is good too.
It's more serious than funny (like Pocahontas and Tarzan) though the robot is pretty comical.
I think the production quality is way up on this one so the animation, effects, details, characters, etc. are really good. It's a Ron Clements and John Musker movie which says a lot.
There's some great behind the scenes/making of stuff on the DVD too.
Haiku Summary
Boy finds treasure map.
Goes w/ pirates. Dad figure
turns, boy saves them all.
NEXT: "King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters"
This is a very interesting animated movie in several areas: mix of 2D and 3D, the characters, the scope, etc.
The story is solid and the characters are fully developed. The action is good too.
It's more serious than funny (like Pocahontas and Tarzan) though the robot is pretty comical.
I think the production quality is way up on this one so the animation, effects, details, characters, etc. are really good. It's a Ron Clements and John Musker movie which says a lot.
There's some great behind the scenes/making of stuff on the DVD too.
Haiku Summary
Boy finds treasure map.
Goes w/ pirates. Dad figure
turns, boy saves them all.
NEXT: "King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters"
Monday, January 28, 2008
Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? (2006) - 2.5/5
Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? (2006)
An interesting look at the differences btwn the "art world" and the real world more than anything.
A woman trucker buys a painting for $5 at a thrift store for a friend. She winds up trying to sell it in a garage sale and someone says they think it might be a Jackson Pollock painting.
She tries to find out if it is and prove the art world wrong. Ultimately, it becomes a matter of principle to her and, imo, she's way too stubborn about it.
SPOILERS
I can kinda see turning down the $2 million from the anonymous offerer. I guess you cd think that anyone offering to pay that much must think it's worth something and if it's worth anything (b/c it's a Pollock) then it's worth a lot more than that.
However, she cd have secured her family's future w/ that so I think she probably sd have taken it. Again, we learn at the end that she has since turned down an offer of $9 million. Now I think she's been crazy, stubborn and selfish.
Wanting to prove the art world wrong and make them admit it is just as bad as them being that way, imo.
Haiku Summary
Woman finds cheap art.
May be Pollock. Finger print
matches. Take $9 mill!
An interesting look at the differences btwn the "art world" and the real world more than anything.
A woman trucker buys a painting for $5 at a thrift store for a friend. She winds up trying to sell it in a garage sale and someone says they think it might be a Jackson Pollock painting.
She tries to find out if it is and prove the art world wrong. Ultimately, it becomes a matter of principle to her and, imo, she's way too stubborn about it.
SPOILERS
I can kinda see turning down the $2 million from the anonymous offerer. I guess you cd think that anyone offering to pay that much must think it's worth something and if it's worth anything (b/c it's a Pollock) then it's worth a lot more than that.
However, she cd have secured her family's future w/ that so I think she probably sd have taken it. Again, we learn at the end that she has since turned down an offer of $9 million. Now I think she's been crazy, stubborn and selfish.
Wanting to prove the art world wrong and make them admit it is just as bad as them being that way, imo.
Haiku Summary
Woman finds cheap art.
May be Pollock. Finger print
matches. Take $9 mill!
Tarzan (1999) - 3.5/5
Tarzan (1999)
Great animation and really good characters. Also, the story was more compelling w/ the deeper characters and expressiveness of them.
I felt this movie had a fuller feel to it w/ humor, action, animation, character development, etc.
Haiku Summary
Ape takes babe as own.
Raises him, others come. Love,
songs, white man stays there!
Great animation and really good characters. Also, the story was more compelling w/ the deeper characters and expressiveness of them.
I felt this movie had a fuller feel to it w/ humor, action, animation, character development, etc.
Haiku Summary
Ape takes babe as own.
Raises him, others come. Love,
songs, white man stays there!
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