August's DVD Reviews, Part II
Quick reviews from my Netflix queue and/or the library.



24: Season 1: Discs 3&4, 2006
I guess they just assume the show has so much going on that I won't notice the glaring inconsistencies and leaps of (il)logic.  That's true, but mainly because I'm too busy playing the "Jack Bauer says 'dammit' a lot" drinking game in my head.


Original Sin, 2000
I guess they figured I'd be too distracted by Angelina Jolie naked to notice that there's nothing original or interesting here.  It isn't as bad as most say, but there's no reason to care if you already saw pretty much everything else she's naked in (guilty!).


Sopranos: Season 6, Part I, Disc 4, 2006
Still have no idea why I feel compelled to watch this show since no one else I know does.  It isn't like someone's pointing a gun at me.


Alias: Season 4, Discs 3&4
I wouldn't like this show as much if Jen Garner wasn't this hot, but I'd still watch it just because I've got a guy crush on Marshall.


Letters to Iwo Jima, 2006
Kind of like Titanic, you go into this knowing it isn't going to have a happy ending, but completely unlike Titanic, it's actually really, really good.  The fact that I like this in spite of how much I dislike depressing historical movies is saying a lot.


Say Uncle, 2006
It takes on a difficult subject, but with a simplistic approach and too little material to flesh out the picture.  Unfortunate.


Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t!: Season 1: Disc 3, 2003
This ought to manditory viewing in schools.  There'd be a lot bleeped out though, not even counting the four-letter words.


Wages of Fear, 1953
Best movie you've never heard of.  I went in skeptical, and walked away impressed at how emotionally involved I was.


Monk: Season 5: Disc 1, 2005
More of the same.  Here's that's a good thing.


Saving Face, 2005
Check out Ang Lee's Wedding Banquet instead for the same movie made better only about gay men instead of lesbians.  Then again, there aren't enough movies featuring leabian love scenes.  Priorities?


Rush: R30, 2005
Canadians!  Yeah, I know.  Uh, but the instrumentals go on way too long (mainly because the ones they picked for this set weren't my favs), but they still rock.


PICKS OF THE LITTER: Tie: Wages of Fear and Letters to Iwo Jima, but stock up on the Prozac.




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