The first of the Netflix movies that I requested should be here tomorrow or Saturday. My selections may seem a little odd, but here they are:
I’ve been rating movies at about 50 a day, so hopefully the recommendations will come up with some good ones that I haven’t already seen. Again, suggestions (I know, I know — nobody reads this.) are always welcome.
The Eleventh Hour
See the Morning
Roots
Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage
Vintage Jesus: Timeless Answers to Timely Questions (Relit Theology)
Jesus: 90 Days With the One and Only (Personal Reflections)
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
The Phantom Tollbooth
Comments
I read this blog every day (a little painful when it goes 6 months between posts though).
Anyways, I’ve got lots of movie recommendations (mostly watched this month:
See:
21 Grams
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hero
Napoleon Dynamite
The Black Stallion (Great kids movie)
Friday Night Lights
Don’t See:
Dodgeball (Awful)
comment by Brian Rollo on 2005-02-04 @ 3:28 pm
My loyal readership emerges!
Of the movies you recommended, I’ve already seen Napoleon Dynamite and The Black Stallion. Napoleon Dynamite is a great movie. And I’m sure I’m not alone when I say that Kip’s wedding (after the credits), particularly the song, was my favorite part of the movie.
I’ve seen Dodgeball. I don’t know if I’d call it awful, but it wasn’t very good. If you watch the “alternate ending” on the DVD, the movie could’ve been a little better had the studio not forced the director to change the ending. Still, it wasn’t as bad as a number of other Ben Stiller movies I’ve seen, namely Along Came Polly, The Royal Tanenbaums and Zoolander. However, I’ve been encouraged by a number of people to watch Zoolander again and give it a second chance.
I’ll add the others you mentioned to my Netflix queue. Hopefully, the first of the movies they’ve sent will come today.
comment by cameron on 2005-02-04 @ 4:00 pm
I read your blog every Sunday. I would give you a list of my movies to watch but spurl is sucking right now. Ah, software…
comment by Matt on 2005-02-06 @ 2:38 pm
Ok, so I didn’t literally mean “nobody”, nor did I mean that the people who actually DO read my site are effectively nobody. I’m not proud to admit it, but I guess in a way I was trolling for comments.
And as I pointed out recently, I actually get a fair number of readers that are interested in “humping camels” (or some variation therof).
comment by cameron on 2005-02-06 @ 9:30 pm
3 more I just saw:
The Iron Giant - Very good animated movie…your boys will like it a lot
Garden State - Excellent…I’ve heard it compared to “The Graduate” and I think that’s fair.
House of Sand and Fog - An intense drama…lazy government ruining peoples lives
comment by Brian Rollo on 2005-02-15 @ 10:31 am