Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Matterhorn Fan]

I would have responded to your "Eight Below" thread. This would have been my post:

They showed that on an airplane I was on recently, but I can't stand watching movies on airplanes, so I didn't watch it. I do like doggies, though.

But you didn't start that thread, so now you'll never know what I had to say about "Eight Below."

[Alex]

Not sure if you meant disappear as in the movie bombed. But it didn't. Eight Below was the best performer this year for Disney before the summer big guns. Everybody was surprised how well it did.

It was definitely in the direction of a kids' movie but when the people were off the screen I was amazed how well they did with the dog stuff.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I liked 'Eight Below'. I don't see many movies though, so my judgement is probably suspect. Great scenery. I startle easily so I jumped about 5 feet out of my seat at one point in the movie.

[wendybeth]

The leopard seal moment, DPR?

I liked the movie- Tori was a little pissed at me for not letting her know it was a sad movie in parts (like I knew?) but she liked it as well. Who couldn't love Snow Doggies?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

The leopard seal moment, DPR?

Yeah that's the one. When I was a kid, the haunted mansion ghosts that popup used to scare the heck out of me. Probably not one of my best pirate qualities.

[Moonliner]

My oldest is starting to chafe at the movie restrictions we put on him (not too violent, not too much sex, not too scary, etc...)

But he's officially a teen now so I suppose it's about time I loosened up a bit. So I rented him "Alien" to watch tomorrow. When he's home alone. In the dark creepy basement.....

[CoasterMatt]

I saw Alien, in a theatre, when I was 5 - I turned out perfectly normal

[tracilicious]

You're evil Moonliner. I remember being so annoyed at my parents when I was 12 for not letting me see PG-13 movies. Little did they know that my sisters showed me Dirty Dancing when I was 8. Jurassic Park took a good week of convincing. Anyways...

I watched Final Fantasy Advent Children. This movie was cool if you've spent several hundred hours playing Final Fantasy VII (which, sadly, I have). It was uber-cool to see the characters come to life like that. Red XIII was awesome, as were Sephiroth, Aries, and Vincent. The others I could take or leave as far as that movie goes. They did a good job of sneaking in game references. The movie couldn't stand alone without the game though.

We've been netflixing all the Scrubs that are out. We're up to the middle of season 2. Such a great show. I love it.

Rented Motorcycle Diaries, but we've seen it before. I'm not sure that we'll watch it again as Michael is swamped with web design and I don't want to watch it alone. Spectacular movie though.

Crocs? Disgusting. Good for gardening, I imagine.

Song remakes can be wonderful. I love Postal Service Such Great Heights, but the Iron and Wine cover takes it to a whole new level.

[Alex]

I was allowed to watch part of the Great American Strip-Off on the Playboy Channel when I was 7. Didn't really interest me one bit.

I was taken with my parents to see Poltergeist in the theater so I must have been 7 as well. That did affect me quite a bit. Scared the hell out of me for quite a while (I too had a big tree right outside my second story bedroom window). However, it was also the last time I was scared watching a movie. So I don't know if the impact was positive or negative.

Strangely, we were not allowed to watch A-Team.

[Prudence]

I wasn't officially allowed to watch R-rated movies until I was 18. Or The Electric Company. Mostly it was G movies only until out of elementary school.

On the one hand, that does mean that my dad took me to see Song of the South in the theater.

On the other, it also means I've seen Flight of the Navigator enough times to justify an insanity plea.