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Weekend Movie Marathon
Unwatched DVDs
After the two movie boxsets I got last month I now have 249 movies I haven't watched in my DVD Collection. I think that is starting to get a little out of hand. And my Unwatched DVD shelf is overflowing. So I thought I better get on them this weekend.

For the most part I have never seen these movies before. Though some of them I may have seen before. Just not since getting it on DVD. I am listing the movies below.. if there is a title below that you have seen and think I will like feel free to recommend it. If there is a title you are curios about and would like to request a review feel free to do so. While I can't promise I will do my best to fight it in at some point over the weekend.

Unwatched DVDs:
  1.  Abomination: Evilmaker 2
  2. The Adventures of Tartu
  3. Aerial Gunner
  4. The Alphabet Killer
  5. The Amazing Transparent Man
  6. The Ape Man
  7. Apocalypse Rising
  8. The Atomic Brain
  9. Attack of the Monsters
  10. The Bat
  11. Battle of Blood Island
  12. Battleship Potemkin
  13. The Beach Girls
  14. Beast from Haunted Cave
  15. The Big Lift
  16. Black Brigade
  17. Black Hawk Down
  18. Black Ribbon
  19. Blood Alley
  20. Blood Mania
  21. Blood of Dracula's Castle
  22. Blood on the Sun
  23. Blood Stained Bride
  24. Blood Tide
  25. BloodRayne
  26. Boiling Point
  27. Bowery at Midnight
  28. The Brain Machine
  29. Brain Twisters
  30. Brainiac
  31. Branded
  32. The Brave One
  33. Bride of the Gorilla
  34. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  35. Cave Girl
  36. Chain Reaction
  37. Chloe, Love is Calling You
  38. Chocolat
  39. Circus of Fear
  40. Coach
  41. Commandos
  42. Condemned to Live
  43. Convoy
  44. Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride
  45. The Creeper
  46. Creepers
  47. Crimes at the Dark House
  48. The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
  49. Crossroads
  50. Crypt of the Living Dead
  51. Curse of Pirate Death
  52. Curse of the Headless Horseman
  53. Cyrano de Bergerac
  54. Dark Light
  55. Dark Places
  56. The Darkness
  57. The Dawn Express
  58. Deadly Drifter
  59. Death By Dialogue
  60. Desert Heat
  61. The Devil Bat
  62. Devil Monster
  63. The Devil's Daughter
  64. The Devil's Hand
  65. Devil's Partner
  66. Don't Open Till Christmas
  67. Double Team
  68. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
  69. Dr. Phibes Rides Again
  70. Drawing Blood
  71. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness
  72. Eegah
  73. Embryo
  74. Evil Brain from Outer Space
  75. Farewell to Arms
  76. Fear of the Dark
  77. Feral
  78. The Fighting Seabees
  79. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
  80. Fist of the Vampire
  81. Flesh Feast
  82. Flying Blind
  83. The Flying Leathernecks
  84. Foriegner
  85. Four in a Jeep
  86. Foxes
  87. Full Frontal
  88. Full Metal Jacket
  89. The Ghost Walks
  90. God Told Me To
  91. Gone with the Wind
  92. Good Against Evil
  93. The Great American Snuff Film
  94. The Green Berets
  95. Gung Ho
  96. Half Past Dead
  97. Hands of Steel
  98. The Head
  99. Hell's Threshold
100. Home Made
101. Horror of the Zombies
102. House by the Cemetery
103. Horrors of Spider Island
104. House of Danger
105. House of Mystery
106. House of Secrets
107. How Aweful About Allen
108. Hunk
109. Identity Unknown
110. Immortal
111. In Harms Way
112. Infinity
113. The Innocent
114. Into Thy Hands
115. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages
116. Invasion of the Bee Girls
117. The Island Monster
118. Jack the Ripper
119. Jarhead
120. Jocks
121. Kennel Murder Case
122. Kill Cruise
123. King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition
124. Knight Chills
125. Kong Island
126. Laser Mission
127. Last Best Chance
128. The Last Chance
129. Left Behind 2
130. Legacy of Blood
131. Legend of Big Foot
132. The Legend of Zorro
133. The Long Hair of Death
134. The Madmen of Mandoras
135. Majestic
136. Malibu Beach
137. Mama Dracula
138. The Man with Two Lives
139. Manos: The Hand of Fate
140. The Manster
141. Midnight Phantom
142. Midnight Shadow
143. The Midnight Warning
144. Minesweeper
145. Murder in the Red Barn
146. The Murder Mansion
147. My Chauffeur
148. My Tutor
149. Nabonga
150. The Navy Way
151. Never Too Late
152. The Night that Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
153. Night Fright
154. Night of the Blood Beast
155. Night Tide
156. Nightmare in Wax
157. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare
158. One Eyed Jack
159. One Frightened Night
160. One of Our Aircraft is Missing
161. Operation Pacific
162. Pajama Game
163. Passenger 57
164. A Passanger to Bali
165. The Phantom
166. The Phantom Creeps
167. The Phantom Express
168. The Phantom of Soho
169. The Pom Pom Girls
170. Pony Trouble
171. Primal Fear
172. Prime Evil
173. Prisoners of the Lost Universe
174. Private Buckaroo
175. Puppet Show
176. Rage of the Master
177. Rattlers
178. Replicant
179. Return of the Boogeyman
180. Return of the Magnificent Seven
181. Ricochet
182. Road to Bali
183. The Rogue Tavern
184. Sabbath
185. The Sadist
186. Sands of Iwo Jima
187. Satan's Slave
188. Savage Weekend
189. Screaming Ninja
190. The Sea Chase
191. She Gods of Shark Reef
192. The She-Beast
193. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
194. Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green
195. Shock
196. The Shunned House
197. Sickness House
198. Silent Bloodnight
199. Sinners
200. Sisters of Death
201. Slasher
202. Slave of the Cannibal God
203. Sleep Disorder
204. Snake Crane Secret
205. The Snow Creature
206. Snowbeast
207. The Somnambulists
208. Sound of Horror
209. Spare Parts
210. Spitfire
211. A Strange Adventure
212. The Stranger
213. Strangers of the Evening
214. Stanley
215. Super Hell
216. Super Hell 2
217. Tales of Frankenstein
218. Teenage Zombies
219. Terrified
220. Terror
221. Terror Creatures from the Grave
222. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
223. They Were Expendable
224. This Darkness
225. Tomboy
226. Torture Ship
227. Trauma
228. Trip with the Teacher
229. Unsane
230. Vampire's Night Orgy
231. A Vampire's Tale
232. The Van
233. Voodoo Black Exorcist
234. Vulture's Eye
235. A Walking Nightmare
236. War of the Robots
237. The Wasp Woman
238. Watchmen
239. Werewolf of Washington
240. Web of the Spider
241. Weekend Pass
242. White Fang to the Rescue
243. The White Gorilla
244. White Pongo
245. White Zombie
246. Who Am I?
247. Wings of an Eagle
248. Woodland Haunting 2
249. The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Wish I knew a way to do columns in this forum!
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This is hell of a lot stuff

I would go for "Watchmen" first

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That is one of the few that I actually have seen the movie before. Just not since I bought the DVD.
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If not seen yet, my vote goes to Black Hawk Down.
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Full Metal Jacket? Full Metal Jacket! Make it so! 
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My picks would be:
17. Black Hawk Down
88. Full Metal Jacket
119. Jarhead
116. Invasion of the Bee Girls

Haven't seen that last one but it sounds awesome!
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Battleship Potempkin! Then Full Metal Jacket... Eisenstein is so much of an influence on directors and movies in general, as an aficionado, you just can't lose! 
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You have Full Metal Jacket on your "unwatched" list???

My picks:
1st make a nice "War Day"
Starting with "Full Metal Jacket" then "Jarhead" and as final "Black Hawk Down"
This should suffice for a good night's sleep 

Immortal
Watchmen
Chocolat
can be watched in no particular order
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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Title: Full Metal Jacket: Stanley Kubrick Collection
Year: 1987
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Rating: R
Length: 116 Min.
Video: Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Matthew Modine
Adam Baldwin
Vincent D'Onofrio
R. Lee Ermey [Lee Ermey]
Dorian Harewood
Kevyn Major Howard

Plot:
A superb ensemble cast falls in for action in Stanley Kubrick's brilliant saga about the Vietnam War and the dehumanizing process that turns people into trained killers. Joker (Matthew modine), Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin), Gomer (Vincent D'Onofrio), Eightball (Dorian Harewood), Cowboy (Arliss Howard) and more - all are plunged into a boot-camp hell pitbulled by a leatherlung D.I. (Lee Ermey) who views the would-be devil dogs as grunts, maggots or something less.

The action is savage, the story unsparing, the dialogue spiked with scathing humor. 'Full Metal Jacket', from its rigors of basic training to its nightmare of combat in Hue City, scores a cinematic direct hit.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
Between the 2 sites this movie got more requests then any other movie. I was originally thinking I would save my war movies for the 4th of July weekend... and do a War Movie Marathon then... but with so many requests for this one I decided not to wait. This is a movie that I got from my mother's collection after she passed away. I am sure it was not a problem for her (especially with her eyes)... but first thing I notice about this movie is that it is in Pan & Scan. So my initial start-out is of disappointment.... this movie came out in '87... surely this isn't it's OAR!?! Then the next thing I knew I was starting to get into the movie. In no time at all I was hooked and glued to my seat. This is really is a great war movie. Granted this is coming from someone that seldomly ever watches war movies. But I know I enjoyed every second of it.

I really liked how this movie started with the new recruits in basic training. Then followed them from there. And the scenes during basic training was surprisingly good. Especially the storyline around the character they called Gomer Pyle. Once they got out of basic training I felt the movie went town just a hair. But still remained an awesome movie. This is one I definitely would recommend... even if you are like me and war movies is not generally your thing. Give it a chance... I am sure you wouldn't be sorry!

If I had to pick anything to complain about here it is not the movie... but this DVD release. As I already said... the whole Pan & Scan thing is disappointing. Then there is no worth-while extras. I mean I am glad we got the trailer for this movie on the disc. But there could have been... and should have been much more.

My Rating: 4.5/5
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Title: The X-Files: I Want To Believe
Year: 2008
Director: Chris Carter
Rating: PG-13
Length: 108 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
David Duchovny
Gillian Anderson
Amanda Peet
Billy Connolly
Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner
Mitch Pileggi

Plot:
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson re-team to unravel a bizarre case right out of The X-Files™. In the blink of an eye, amidst a bone-chilling cold and an eerily deceptive calm, FBI agent Monica Bannan is mysteriously abducted. But this is not ordinary kidnapping. And not only does the search for the missing woman ignite sparks between partners Scully (Anderson) and Mulder (Duchovny), it defies the boundaries of science, the supernatural and the terrifying spaces in between!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Gallery
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I have seen in other reviews that this movie is not that much liked compared to the series and first movie. I personally enjoyed it. No... this one doesn't have anything to do with the mythology of the X-Files... but that is something I liked about it. I have always been a bigger fan of the stand alone "freak of the week" episodes. And that is what this movie feels like to me. Sure it could have been better. But I really don't have any complaints. This is the first time I have seen Billy Connolly in many years. The last thing I remember seeing him in was Head of the Class when he took over for Howard Hesseman as the teacher. And wow... did he change. But I would guess so... after all we are talking a good 20 years here. Even though he didn't look familiar at all I knew exactly who he was just from his voice. After the movie I checked out the gag reel. As that is normally my favorite extra on movies.  Well unfortunately not this time. I didn't even make it all the way through the entire gag reel.  It just didn't give me any laughs. The majority of the beginning was nothing more then the actors slipping in the snow. oh well... at least I enjoyed the movie.

My Rating: 4/5
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Primal Fear - A pretty standard movie, but this is Edward Norton's breakthrough performance, worth seeing just for his performance alone.
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From the Plot of The X-Files:I Want To Believe:

"it defies the boundaries of science, the supernatural and the terrifying spaces in between!"

Huh?
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No idea... that is straight off the back of the case. 
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Title: Gone With the Wind
Year: 1939
Director: Victor Fleming
Rating: G
Length: 233 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
Leslie Howard
Olivia de Havilland
Thomas Mitchell
Barbara O'Neil

Plot:
Cinematic masterpiece. Hollywood legend. National treasure. Gone With the Wind is all this and more. Following its premiere in December, 1939, this winner of eight regular Academy Awards® – including Best Picture – and two special Academy Awards® was quickly deemed "an intense, living experience" (Los Angeles Examiner) and "the peak milestone in motion picture achievement" (The Hollywood Reporter).

Adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this dazzling epic stars Vivien Leigh as the tempestuous Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as the dashing Rhett Butler. Forever linked by passion and separated by pride and self-delusion, these unforgettable screen lovers bring Mitchell's immortal saga vividly to life, set against the stunning backdrop of a time and place forever Gone With the Wind.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned
Booklet includes: Trivia/Production Notes/Making of the film

My Thoughts:
OK... don't get me wrong with this review. I respect the accomplishments of this film. I mean we are talking of a film that won 9 Academy Awards here. But this is just not my thing. It just really bored me. This movie was given to me from a friend. I still very much appreciate him sending me this movie. but as I said... it is just not my type of thing. When I first put the movie in I was afraid I would never get through the entire thing to give it a proper chance for my review. But I was able to get into the movie just slightly. But that was enough to make it till the end. Though it is one I started last night and had to take a break half way through it... and watch the second half this morning. But I did make it! So I am proud of myself for that much. Sure this is an important part of the history of film... but it is not one that I am planning on watching again.

My Rating: 1.5/5
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I'll echo the recommendation for Battleship Potemkin and toss in one for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

And then, like MarEll, I'll wonder about Invasion of the Bee Girls.  I have that one as well - also unwatched. 
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Quoting Danae Cassandra:
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And then, like MarEll, I'll wonder about Invasion of the Bee Girls.  I have that one as well - also unwatched. 


I actually have this one on right now. 
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