I just rented....

I didnt think the Karate Kid was all that great.
I dont even see why they had to resuse that name, they changed the story enough for it to be named differently. He doesnt even learn Karate, he goes to China and learns Kung Fu, WTF?


I really liked the Other Guys. I thought Will Ferrell was awesome, Ive gotten kind of tired of him playing the same type of roles where he is complete moron. Yes its funny, but gets old after a while.

I also thought the Expendables Kicked @ss, lots of action and a great lineup.

Restrepo- Documentary by Sebastian Junger. It's based on his book "War" and shows actual footage he and his cameraman gathered while embedded with "Battle Company" of the 173 Airborne in Afghanistan. Junger spent almost a year with this unit in the Korengal Valley near the border with Pakistan. It's an honest, unflinching look of what a 15 month deployment for these soldiers in Afghanistan was like. The book is great and this documentary film is as well.

Resident Evil:Afterlife

was very good and it reminded me of one of the games with Chris was locked up

Despicable Me - 3D:

A lot better than I expected. I've been waiting for reports before renting it. Has a lot of humor aimed at adults, but fun for kids too..(I guess).

TRUE GRIT had wit, sarcasm, intelligence, characterization, irony and humanity.
Believe it or not people at that time did actually speak and write that way.

Frankly the other films mentioned here had none of those.

I'm not really into westerns but True Grit sounds pretty good to me

History will record that the body of work produced by the collaborative directoral team of the Coen brothers will exceed that of anyone else in terms of quality and entertainment value. They've come a long way from their debut film, BLOODSIMPLE, made here in Austin in the early 1980's. I remember when it was edited here at a small 35mm editing house which used to be just east of I-35 and south of 290 in a little industrial park. It was owned by a guy named Iv**, who was a 35mm camera operator. I just can't think of the name of that editing house, but it was the only 35mm post facility here, and also had a recording studio for the foley for BLOODSIMPLE and others that were posted there. Dailies for most of the 35mm productions shot here were done there also. In 1991 when GILBERT GRAPE was shot in Taylor the young Leon DeCaprio was there every evening to view the dailies. It was a very UTR spot. With all the new facilities at the airport and so on I don't think there's really more posting capacity now then what there used to be when Iv** was here.

While the Coen brother’s body of work is certainly artistic I would have to disagree with the statement that they will exceed the merits of all other directors. I will admit that I am very biased towards Clint Eastwood because of the parallels I draw between his persona and my father but none-the-less I would certainly place his body of work against anyone else’s in the business and feel confident that he has to be mentioned in the greatest off all times conversation. In a few decades when the Coen brothers have amassed a larger catalog of famous movies maybe you can start to make that argument. Outside of Austin I would find it hard to believe that too many people would recognize more than just a handful of Coen brother’s movies. Fewer still would associate the Coen brothers with the movie. That list would likely include:


True Grit (Good movie, but it’s just the retelling of a previous generations classic)
Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Art Thou
No Country for Old Men
Gilbert Grape


While those are certainly entertaining I find it hard to fathom that they have eclipsed in any scale the most recognizable directorial work of Eastwood:

Unforgiven
Mystic River
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Pale Rider (My fav)
Heartbreak Ridge
The Bridges of Madison County
Letters from Iwo Jima
Flags of Our Fathers
Million Dollar Baby
Invictus
Gran Torino

"The American" with George Clooney. I have to say, I liked it. Not an action flick in American sense but has a Euro film vibe...I enjoyed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NelBNtNm8l0
"... used to stack fucks like you five feet high in Korea, use you for sandbags."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NelBNtNm8l0
"... used to stack fucks like you five feet high in Korea, use you for sandbags." Originally Posted by 78704

That is but one great line in a movie full of great lines.

"Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldnt have fucked with....thats me."

"Get me another beer dragon lady, this one is empty."

"Be advised... I'm mean, nasty and tired. I eat Constantina wire and piss napalm. I can put a round thru a flea’s ass at 200 meters. So you go hump someone else’s leg mutt face before I push yours in."
-ok that one was from a diff Eastwood flick full of great one liners.

Machete

was awesome and I definitely want a sequel

According to Danny Trejo, Robert Rodriguez already has the sequel to Machete written.

I can't wait

Danny Trejo is apparently reprising that role in Spy Kids4

Had a little downtime between work and got to catch up on some movies... 1. "New" True Grit- Good movie but I'm not sure how it's "better" than the original. Dialogue is very similar, most scenes are too so the beginning and end are a little different. Call me old fashioned, I still like the Duke in the original better. 2. The Social Network-I'd have to give it an "o.k.", not great, not bad but a year from now, I doubt I'll remember much about it other than how Zuckerberg got rich by screwing a few people over. 3. Inception- Good movie. I have to say even though I didn't want to like DiCaprio after the whole Titanic thing...I've really enjoyed most of his movies of late. Body of Lies, Blood Diamond, this one Inception....all have been really good movies. Definitely catch Inception on Blue Ray if you can. Special Effects are good.