A Year of Zip Movies: September 2011 (belated!)
Not sure why this didn't get posted at the end of September, but here it is now.
September 2011
-Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 (2008)
-The Book of Eli (2010)
-The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 (2008)
Still amusing, well-acted, intense at parts, and entertaining. I was stupid enough to let myself get spoiled - in looking for clarification of something I found out huge MASSIVE spoilers, which kind of ruined most of the suspense for me - but still, this is a great ride.
The Book of Eli (2010)
The look and feel of this post-apocalyptic world were great. I really wanted more backstory - what happened, when, how, etc. - but it wasn't really necessary. (I just wanted to KNOW.) The bad guys are a bit cardboard but as a whole this was better than expected.
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
This movie was sweet, funny, touching, stressful, and interesting. I think it's a great thing to show that same-sex couples can (and usually do) have the same issues as hetero couples - communication, trust, etc.
I'm not sure how I feel about the 'resolution' for the Mark Ruffalo character, I certainly wasn't ready for the movie to end when and where it did. But all the acting was great and on that alone I recommend it.
Currently out from Zip:
-To Catch A Thief (1955)
-Primal Fear (1996)
-Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009)
-Sons of Anarchy Season 2 Disc 1 (2009)
[Watched so far this year: The African Queen, Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle), Frozen River, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Battlestar Galactica season 2.5, Cool Hand Luke, The Blind Side, An Education, The Endurance, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, A Single Man, Shock Corridor, 2012, A Serious Man, Crazy Heart, American Splendor, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Easy A, Toy Story 3, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, His Girl Friday, Green Zone, The Big Sleep, Moon, Shutter Island, Winter's Bone, Battlestar Galactica: Season 3, Justice League Unlimited Season 1, North by Northwest, MI-5 Season 1, Cranford, Justice League Unlimited: Season 2, Planet Earth Disc 1, Tangled, Clash of the Titans (2010), Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, The September Issue, Over The Edge, Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Season 1: Part 1 - Volume 1, Never Let Me Go, The Laughing Policeman, Hustle Season 1 Disc 1, Gran Torino, -Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, Battlestar Galactica: Razor, The Princess and the Frog, Battlestar Galactica: Season 4, The Book of Eli, The Kids Are All Right, The Next Three Days, Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5 Discs 1-4, The Philadelphia Story]
September 2011
-Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 (2008)
-The Book of Eli (2010)
-The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 (2008)
Still amusing, well-acted, intense at parts, and entertaining. I was stupid enough to let myself get spoiled - in looking for clarification of something I found out huge MASSIVE spoilers, which kind of ruined most of the suspense for me - but still, this is a great ride.
The Book of Eli (2010)
The look and feel of this post-apocalyptic world were great. I really wanted more backstory - what happened, when, how, etc. - but it wasn't really necessary. (I just wanted to KNOW.) The bad guys are a bit cardboard but as a whole this was better than expected.
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
This movie was sweet, funny, touching, stressful, and interesting. I think it's a great thing to show that same-sex couples can (and usually do) have the same issues as hetero couples - communication, trust, etc.
I'm not sure how I feel about the 'resolution' for the Mark Ruffalo character, I certainly wasn't ready for the movie to end when and where it did. But all the acting was great and on that alone I recommend it.
Currently out from Zip:
-To Catch A Thief (1955)
-Primal Fear (1996)
-Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009)
-Sons of Anarchy Season 2 Disc 1 (2009)
[Watched so far this year: The African Queen, Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle), Frozen River, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Battlestar Galactica season 2.5, Cool Hand Luke, The Blind Side, An Education, The Endurance, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, A Single Man, Shock Corridor, 2012, A Serious Man, Crazy Heart, American Splendor, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Easy A, Toy Story 3, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, His Girl Friday, Green Zone, The Big Sleep, Moon, Shutter Island, Winter's Bone, Battlestar Galactica: Season 3, Justice League Unlimited Season 1, North by Northwest, MI-5 Season 1, Cranford, Justice League Unlimited: Season 2, Planet Earth Disc 1, Tangled, Clash of the Titans (2010), Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, The September Issue, Over The Edge, Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Season 1: Part 1 - Volume 1, Never Let Me Go, The Laughing Policeman, Hustle Season 1 Disc 1, Gran Torino, -Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, Battlestar Galactica: Razor, The Princess and the Frog, Battlestar Galactica: Season 4, The Book of Eli, The Kids Are All Right, The Next Three Days, Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5 Discs 1-4, The Philadelphia Story]