A shameless plagiarization of the other thread title. Movies, DVDs, TV shows...what have you liked or hated?

I just saw Spiderman 2 last night, liked that. And I saw Bridge to Terabithia the other night, that was neat, but not as much of the fantasy kingdom as I expected.

On BBCA the other night, I saw a strange show, "Love me, Love My Doll", about four men who have these "Real Dolls" and, quite frankly, I felt sorry for them. They are so isolated socially....(it was also creepy, too)

And then I finally got to see an episode of "Honey, we're killing the kids". I would never have imagined that such draconian measures would have worked, but they did.

We saw Funny People.

All three of us liked it.

Also rented:

The Code (did not care for it)

Revolutionary Road (I thought it interesting. Dh and ds found it "disturbing". I liked the "special features" on the DVD. I stayed up and re-watched it with the Director's and Screen Writers commentary "on" and liked that. Much of the commentary is about the technical part of movie production... the lighting and set production and costumes and such. So it made if more movie like... and less disturbing.

Frost - Nixon - we all liked it... but it isn't exactly an action movie. My mil and bil and I were almost falling asleep... However, we all liked the "Special Features" and "The making of Frost - Nixon", however, I didn't make them all watch it again with Ron Howard's narration.

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I watched the Next Food Network Star competition and was very happy with the person who won last night in the finale.

Me too, me too!

Peg

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Originally posted by jillybean:
Project Runway fans-when do the new episodes start? I was wondering what happened to that show-is it on a different network?

I believe it got picked up by Lifetime channel. Odd place for it, if you ask me, but they had a falling out over at Bravo.

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Originally posted by jillybean:

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Originally posted by Sandy:
We're watching Gilmore Girls. Great series- perfect for dd's age and interests now.

If you told me there was only ONE show I could ever watch for the rest of my life-I would pick Gilmore Girls! DD and I have been watching for years, when the series ended we were so sad. We had "Gilmore Nights" at our house while the series was still running new episodes, my friends and dd friend's would come over to watch. I bought dd the first season on DVD and plan to buy all the other seasons.

Project Runway fans-when do the new episodes start? I was wondering what happened to that show-is it on a different network?

Laura-I LOVE Anthony Bourdain too! Actually, if we lived in the same town we could have tv night because i watch the exact same stuff as you : )

Jill

Sounds like fun, Jill! I like Gilmore Girls, too, although there were times when we were watching that I needed breaks away from Lorelai's mother. (We watched on DVD, I never watched it on TV new.)

I think PR starts Aug. 20, right about the same time as the new episode of Top Chef.

I am going to give Melissa (the latest winner of "Next Food Network Star") a chance. I caught the final episode and darn it, she inspired me to make coq au vin today for lunch. I'm definitely curious what else she might offer, and hoping there is no yelling to be involved. (Yelling and growling are deal breakers. )

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Originally posted by Sandy:
We're watching Gilmore Girls. Great series- perfect for dd's age and interests now.

If you told me there was only ONE show I could ever watch for the rest of my life-I would pick Gilmore Girls! DD and I have been watching for years, when the series ended we were so sad. We had "Gilmore Nights" at our house while the series was still running new episodes, my friends and dd friend's would come over to watch. I bought dd the first season on DVD and plan to buy all the other seasons.

Project Runway fans-when do the new episodes start? I was wondering what happened to that show-is it on a different network?

Laura-I LOVE Anthony Bourdain too! Actually, if we lived in the same town we could have tv night because i watch the exact same stuff as you : )

Jill

I saw an odd but good movie at my friends' house that must have been a straight-to-DVD because I'd never heard of it before, and I stay pretty up-to-date on movies. It was called Passengers and starred Anne Hathaway. It is a real brain teaser about a psychologist who interviews the survivors of a horrible plane crash and finds that their stories don't match the story that the airline is telling.

I watched the Next Food Network Star competition and was very happy with the person who won last night in the finale.

Can't WAIT for new Project Runway. WOOHOO!!!

We're watching Gilmore Girls. Great series- perfect for dd's age and interests now.

DH and I have been living in the 70s as far as TV has been concerned over the last few weeks/months.

We bought all the available seasons of Chips & Emergency (two of my favorite shows as a kid) and have been enjoying the police & hospital shows from a sanitized point of view (ie not being realistic enough to make me squeemish and turn off the tube). St. Elsewhere was another one I loved as a teen. We're waiting for Fame to come in at the library.

I'm loving Top Chef masters. I like it better than the original (way less drama) and LOVED the most recent episode watching the masters do the mise en place relay race. I'm also watching the new episodes of Tony Bourdain's No Reservations. I loved the Rust Belt episode for some reason.

I'm looking forward to TC and Project Runway starting in a few weeks, and am debating whether or not to watch the Next Iron Chef on FN when it starts (I think late fall, but am not sure).

We watched Inkheart on demand last night.

I thought it was very good and really enjoyed it. If you are a book lover, I think you will like it.

DS and I saw the new Harry Potter movie last night. (He's been asking me "What's the date today" for a couple of weeks, in anticipation of July 15). I agree with the reviews I've read -- it's more emotionally satisfying than the others. Better acting, too. It does assume a great deal of familiarity with the backstory; there's almost no explanation of who's who and what's what. There are a couple of intense scenes, but nothing DS couldn't handle (he's 8). Definitely a good summer flick.

Is anyone else watching "Dance Your A** Off" on the Ovation channel? It's kind of like The Biggest Loser meets Dancing with the Stars. Twelve overweight people are living together in an L.A. apartment, working out with trainers and learning a dance routine with a choreographer. Then every week they perform for a panel of judges (complete with one who is Paula Abdul Perky and one who is Simon Cowell Snarky) and get weighed in. Their score is the combination of the judges' opinions and percentage of weight loss. Lowest score goes home.

For the first week, weight loss numbers were a lot lower than typical Biggest Loser contestants. But there doesn't seem to be any game play, which is what drives me crazy about BL. These people will either work hard enough to get the numbers or they won't. Still, another reality show on my guilty pleasure list...not sure what that says about me.

i have watched top chef masters, and i agree. not as exciting as top chef. it is nice to see some famous personalities though.

i love that guy Hung who won. he has such personality and spontaneity. he is so opposite my chinese relatives. we are planners. we have a plan A, a plan B, and a plan C. Hung was just wingin' it--so un-Asian --and i just grooved off of it! the fact that he won--I was just thrilled!

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Originally posted by iz:
has anyone seen the new Transformers movie? I think it premiered tuesday at midnight. we are planning on it for sunday but before i spend more than 2 hours on a movie about robots at war...can anyone give me their two cents?

I took Alek to see it on Weds. I took him because he is a huge fan, I went in expecting not to be that interested, but enjoyed it. It isn't the best movie ever and not going to win any awards (unless there is an award for blowing stuff up), but it was entertaining and enjoyable.

Dawn

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Originally posted by iz:
Also, I have been watching reruns of Top Chef like a madwoman. I like this show! My goodness, what a stressful profession!

Have you seen Top Chef Masters at all? It's been on the past few Wednesdays. It's a lot of the chefs that have judged on Top Chef, competing among themselves. I find it rather boring compared to Top Chef, but it's interesting to see some pretty big pins in the chef world go down...and be judged harshly.

I've seen a couple of the Top Chef cheftestants from last season Tweeting about it on Twitter and saying sort of "Now you see how it feels!" LOL I can well imagine they are LOVING this.

i feel the same way as you my friend. SO loves this type of movie. i would rather see Away We Go or My Sisters Keepr--that is more my stle.

I have decided to join a new gym and i am kind of excited because they offer BodyPump classes (which uses barbells).

Also, I have been watching reruns of Top Chef like a madwoman. I like this show! My goodness, what a stressful profession!

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Originally posted by iz:
has anyone seen the new Transformers movie? I think it premiered tuesday at midnight. we are planning on it for sunday but before i spend more than 2 hours on a movie about robots at war...can anyone give me their two cents?

DD and her friend saw it last night. She had no interest in the movie, just went for something to do. She ended up really liking it. I saw the first Transformers. I could take it or leave it.

Jill

has anyone seen the new Transformers movie? I think it premiered tuesday at midnight. we are planning on it for sunday but before i spend more than 2 hours on a movie about robots at war...can anyone give me their two cents?

I just got home from seeing The Reader. Wow. Very impactful on several levels. The first third or so of the movie is very sexual (lots of nudity and sex) and light-hearted (unless you are deeply disturbed by the couple having the sex, which many are) and the rest is heavier and more thought-provoking.

There is a common thread about guilt and shame in the story. Not coming forward to help someone in a terrible situation because you are ashamed/afraid of having others know that you know that person. Taking blame that isn't yours in order to hide a secret that you are ashamed of.

IMO, Kate Winslet deserves her Oscar.

we watched The International. Save your money. not terrible but not great either.

i confess to watching Sober House on VH1. I never thought I could work with Addiction (when I was a social worker) and this show confirms it.