As deej's official deputy, I get to ask: What movies did you watch this weekend?

Lily Fairbairn

Lily Fairbairn

Half-elven
Me, I haven't been in a theater since I saw Brave last month. The Gaffer and I have been enjoying several British crime dramas on PBS, though. One of our favorite is the New Tricks series, about three retired (male) cops working a cold case department with an active-duty (female) supervisor. Great characters. And we've got a new season! Woo hoo!

We're also just starting the Inspector Gently mysteries, that take place in the mid-60s. Here we have an older, wiser police detective paired with an occasionally uncooperative and self-serving sergeant. These episodes run an hour and a half, which, IMHO, are a tad too long, but they're well done. And we're warming to the sergeant.

Richard Armitage was a guest in the first episode, which didn't hurt!

We've been fans of the Inspector Morse series and so enjoyed the prequel, Endeavour, about a young Morse in the 60s. (Which counts as historical, I suppose. Gee, am I getting old!) This story used several of the plot and character patterns the later series used, and had a brilliant moment where the actor playing the young Morse sees the actor playing his older self in the rear view mirror of his car. We're glad to hear there are more episodes on tap.

We're thoroughly enjoying the latest round of Inspector Lewis mysteries, the spin-off of the Morse series, where Morse's sergeant, Lewis, is now an inspector with his own sergeant, Hathaway. Lewis and Hathaway are a great pair, just as Morse and Lewis were, and the writers continue to employ the historical and literary aspects of Oxford in the stories. Yes, Tolkien and the Inklings have been mentioned!

What are you watching, besides the coverage from Comic-con?
 
...of Comic-con. Live footage, taped interviews, bootleg videos of panels!

We also watched a few more episodes of White Collar on DVD.

And I fast forwarded through Deep Impact while taking a break for lunch on Sunday.

There's a shot in there where Elijah Wood opens his hand to show two plain gold rings in his palm. I had a little geek moment.
 
Was fantastic. I thought it was shot beautifully. Michael Cane was less annoying than he has been in some of his movies in the past and Clive Owen was a good lead who i felt took the journey of someone who didnt care/didnt want to see. To hero that something must be done well.

There were certain elements of the plot i thought were a little strange but overall very good. 8.5/10


I havent been to the cinema in a while either, last film was Prometheus which i liked. The one im next looking forward to seeing - other than the hobbit its my most anticipated film this year - the dark knight rises. First reviews are coming out of that now and all are glowing reviews. Christian Bale is meant to be fantastic and its the best of the trilogy, so for me as someone who really liked the first and loved the second this is going to be incredible! Cannot wait for this friday!
 
We decided that one needs to rent (if not buy) this and go through it using the pause button to catch everything that's going on in every scene. On my second viewing I saw a lot of stuff I didn't see the first time, but still feel like I missed a lot. My favorite Wes Anderson to date.

Then we went home & watched the animated clips of the books Suzy reads in the movie.
 
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I'll certainly buy this when it comes out, though I'm not sure if I'll get around to seeing it again in the theater. I did watch the animated clips after I first saw the movie, and loved them too, though I think they made the right call not to include them in the movie.
 
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I actually watched it a few weeks ago, but this is my first chance to post in awhile!

For the Star Trek Fans, I think you'd enjoy it...William Shatner interviews all of the other Trek captain actors, and it's quite entertaining and insightful.

I also watched Planet Earth and Genesis 2, old Roddenberry shows that were probably not worth watching the first time, but it was a package deal (all three were gifts). Let's just it really helps to have a glass of wine to sit through these again!
 
I've always thought that the Blade movies were under appreciated, especially this one. OK, the acting is forgettable, but the vampire slaughtering bloody violence is great fun. Guillermo Del Toro directed this one, and many actors from his stable are present. My only complaint about this movie is the similarities to GDT's book series 'The Strain'. From the collapsing jaw with stinger on the vamps, to the vamp overlord's role in the story, it seemed like this movie was the catalyst to his book series. I think i'll watch it again tonight with director commentary as Guillermo is always fun to listen to.
 
Me and my hubby saw the movie at a cinema a few weeks ago and we loved it.

Too bad that there were only 15 people seeing the movie in the theatre.
This movie really deserves a wider audience.
 
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