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  1. I am absolutely astounded at how great this film was!!! Phenomonal performances all around. I've never ever been more enthralled and emotionally satistfied with a movie in my life.

    There is one problem though......and it isn't spoiler related.

    I am sitting in the theater watching this movie, and I'm seeing the best piece of acting in my life from Heath Ledger.....

    and I start to cry. You can call me a pussy or a pansy for this, and I don't care if you do. You're looking up at this actor who had unlimited potential, and you realize that he isn't going to come back for a repeat performance. This was by far the biggest shock to my system, more so than anything in the movie, that Heath Ledger is gone, and his shoes can't be filled.

    Someone mentioned it earlier. Who was the one actor who could come close to emulating the insanity and psychology of The Joker? Johnny Depp.

  2. I think everyone needs to cut the film a little slack. Continuing a franchise almost 20 years after its last movie is not exactly the easiest thing to do. It is somewhat foolish to expect a movie on par with the other Indy movies.

    That being said, I had fun in the theater with this movie. The last movie I remember having fun at was POTC: At World's End.

    Harrison Ford is showing his age, without a doubt, but I like how it was an integral part of the story. Shia LeBouf continues to surpise me, as his acting was good. Yes, I loved the monkeys. Monkeys don't often get a chance to be portrayed as decent in film (I.E. Night At The Museum, POTC). It was a fun sequence.

    Cate Blanchett disappointed me. She's a fantastic actress, but she needs a dialect coach to get the Russian accent down. It sounded like she kept switching on and off between accents. She also needed a bit more development, aside from the whole "I'm a Paranormal Researcher working for the KGB."

    The nods to the other movies were subtle (you get a cookie if you notice the Ark of The Covenant), and it was a fun experience.

    I believe that this Indiana Jones movie did what it should do, and that is open up Indiana Jones to an entirely new audience, as well give closure to the older fans of the series.

    The movie was enjoyable, and it does have its flaws but I don't go to the movies to see great acting. I go to movies to get lost in a world different than my own for two hours or so. Good acting is just a bonus in my alternate reality. While the acting was slightly below par, the adventure was out of this world (you see what I did thar?)

  3. After watching the first three episodes, which were in fact better than I expected, and have given us characters to root for, I am worried about one essential thing:

    how often will they use "the walk-on character that is actually in on the race" plot device? If they use it every single episode, then I don't see Drive lasting, but if they play it smart and stay on character building then it has a shot. Of course, it won't matter if the ratings stink.

    One more thing...Drive needs to only last one season, and they need to tie everything up. If it takes 26 episodes to do that instead of 13, then so be it, but it shouldn't go the route of Lost, and have a cliffhanger every stinking season.

  4. Are the tapings going to be in NYC again? If they are, I'll be in the audience with an EWB sign rooting ya on, although an Orlando taping would be awesome, and I just might have to go back to Orlando (big disney buff)

    Also...the WSOPC website says that there is a Pop Culture IQ test tomorrow at 7 PM, where the top scorers may go to the tapings as part of a PC IQ Wild Card Team

  5. I got mine @ 8:30 this morning at the Target in Westbury, Long Island) (I live in NYC). I went @ 5:00 in the morning, an a friggin tent city was set up, but I got into the middle of the line, and was 61st. Strangely enough, everybody who was on line when security came to tell us what was happening was guaranteed a Wii. It was the people after who were out of luck. I got Zelda, Super Monkey Ball, and Trauma Center, and I'm going to get Call of Duty. Not a bad deal for $430 and change compared to other systems. Just saying.

  6. As a faithful member of the New York City Rocky Horror Picture Show cast, I wouldn't be fulfilling my duties if I didn't mention this.

    The ill-fated sequel to Rocky Horror, entitled "Shock Treatment" was on television for the first time ever last night on the Fox Movie Channel. The movie itself has some very catchy music, and up until now was considered somewhat of a rare film, but it is set for American release on DVD on September 5, and I believe the UK already has it on DVD.

    Shock Treatment is going to be on the Fox Movie Channel again on August 18 @ 8 PM, and once in September (probably to commemorate the DVD release). Most of the regulars from RHPS return including God himself Richard O'Brien, along with Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, and Charles Gray. Sorry, no Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, or Barry Bostwick this time around. Brad is portrayed this time by Cliff De Young, who pulls off Brad well for how he was written, and Janet is portrayed by the lovely Jessica Harper.

    The movie tells the story of Brad and Janet yet again as they become contestants on a game show in Denton, and from there, they become engulfed in a frenzy of media manipulation and a mogul's master plan.

    If you watch this movie expecting elements from RHPS, then you will be disappointed. There are no transvestites or sexual undertones here, and on its own it stands as a decent film.

    And Barry Humphries is in it, and who doesn't love Barry Humphries? Anyone who doesn't love Barry Humphries is gay.

    I'm rambling, but anyway, don't miss it on television, and if you can get it on DVD, then get it. It's definitely a film worth checking out.

  7. DJMasterScooter's Top 20 Films:

    1. Empire Strikes Back

    2. Annie Hall

    3. Clerks

    4. Singin' In The Rain

    5. Pulp Fiction

    6. Four Rooms

    7. Say Anything

    8. The Breakfast Club

    9. Vertigo

    10. La Jetee (or it's American remake: 12 Monkeys)

    11. American Beauty

    12. Monty Python & The Life of Brian

    13. A Clockwork Orange

    14. Logan's Run

    15. Blade Runner

    16. Shaun of The Dead

    17. The Two Jakes

    18. The Godfather

    19. Schindler's List

    20. Sophie's Choice

  8. "When A crime breaks out,

    all the cute girls shout

    get the good looking guy.

    When there's crime out there

    he's gonna comb his hair.

    He's the good looking guy."

    I sang that for about three weeks after seeing that episode, not to mention I've actually been to the town where Eric and Cory end up after their road trip and Eric doesn't want to go home (Pottsville, PA). Don't eat the pie there, you'll never leave.

  9. Without a doubt, The Owen Hart Memorial Raw.

    Let's see. The episode of Scrubs that dealt with John Ritter's death. It was so heartbreaking, but at the same time a great way to show respect to a wonderful actor.

    Futurama and the clover episode. Still gets me every time.

    As well, the episode of Family Guy where Brian meets Pearl Bailey, after finally getting her to leave her house, she gets struck by a truck, and dies shortly after we find out what type of life Brian and Pearl would have had.

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