Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs

[addicted2dvd]

Weekend Movie Marathon
Unwatched DVDs
This weekend I decided to try to get some of my Unwatched DVDs watched. Between all the movies I bought in October... all the DVDs given to me lately... and getting all of my mothers DVDs I now have over 200 movies on DVD I have yet to watch. And I really need to work on getting that number down. Now... I may have seen a few of these movies before... but not since I got them on DVD. Unfortunately I do have some real life stuff to do this weekend... but I am still hoping to get through a good handful of movies. If I get enough time to myself to do so. So anyway... this weekend I decided to watch...

Here is a list of my unwatched movies on DVD... If there is anything in this list you would like to recommend or want to request a review of... please do so... I can't make any promises... but I will try to get to them this weekend.

1.  Abe's Tomb Watched 11/13   2. The Abominable Dr. Phibes   3. Abomination: Evilmaker 2   4. Above the Law   5. The Adventures of Tartu   6. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Movie Serial)   7. Aerial Gunner   8. Alive or Dead Watched 11/15   9. Altered States  10. Alucard  11. Amped  12. Angel Heart  13. Apocalypse Rising  14. Assassins of Youth  15. The Bat  16. Battle of Blood Island  17. Battleship Potemkin  18. Bedlam  19. Best of the Best  20. The Big Lift  21. Big Top Pee Wee  22. Black Brigade  23. Black Hawk Down  24. Black Ribbon  25. Blood Alley  26. Blood Bound Watched 11/13  27. Blood on the Sun  28. Blood Reaper  29. Blood Stained Bride  30. Bloody Birthday  31. A Bothered Conscience  32. Brainiac  33. Branded  34. British Intelligence  35. The Broken  36. Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (Movie Serial)  37. Casulties of War  38. Chain Reaction  39. Chocolat  40. Circus of Fear  41. Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows  42. Commandos  43. Convoy  44. Crossroads  45. Curse of Pirate Death  46. Curse of the Wolf  47. Cyrano de Bergerac  48. Dark Light  49. Dark Places  50. Darkman 2: Return of Durante  51. Darkman 3: Die Drakman Die  52. The Darkness  53. The Dawn Express  54. Day of the Dead: Divimax Release  55. Deadly Drifter  56. Deliverance  57. Derailed  58. Desert Heat  59. The Devil Bat  60. Diabolique  61. Die, Sister Die  62. Double Team  63. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde  64. Dr. Phibes Rides Again  65. Drawing Blood  66. Drums of Fu Manchu (Movie Serial)  67. Duel Watched 11/14  68. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness  69. Embryo  70. The Expedition Watched for other Marathon  71. Farewell to Arms  72. Fear of the Dark  73. Feral  74. The Fighting Seabees  75. Fists of Fear, Touch of Death  76. Fist of the Vampire  77. Flesh Feast  78. Flying Blind  79. The Flying Leathernecks  80. Flying Tigers Watched 11/14  81. Foriegner  82. Forty Guns  83. Four in a Jeep  84. Foxes  85. From Beyond  86. Full Frontal  87. Full Metal Jacket  88. G-Men vs. The Black Dragon (Movie Serial)  89. Ghost Ship  90. God Told Me To  91. Gone with the Wind  92. Gorgo  93. The Gorilla  94. The Great American Snuff Film  95. The Green Berets  96. The Green Hornet (Movie Serial)  97. Gung Ho  98. Half Past Dead  99. Hell's Threshold 100. Holt of the Secret Service (Movie Serial) 101. Home Made 102. House by the Cemetery 103. The House Where Evil Dwells 104. I Walked with a Zombie

105. Identity Unknown 106. Immortal 107. In Harms Way 108. The Innocent 109. Into Thy Hands 110. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages 111. Isle of the Dead 112. Jack the Ripper 113. Jarhead 114. Jaws: The Revenge 115. Jungle Jim (Movie Serial) 116. Kennel Murder Case 117. Kill Cruise 118. Kill Syndrome 119. Knight Chills 120. Laser Mission 121. Last Best Chance 122. The Last Chance 123. Left Behind 2 124. Legacy of Blood 125. Leopard Man Watched 11/12 for Other Marathon 126. Little Shop of Horrors 127. The Longest Day 128. Lost City (Movie Serial) 129. Lost City of the Jungle (Movie Serial) 130. Lost Planet (Movie Serial) 131. Majestic 132. Messiah of Evil 133. Minesweeper 134. Mrs. Amworth Watched 11/15 135. Nabonga 136. The Navy Way 137. The New Adventures of Tarzan (Movie Serial) 138. Norma Rae 139. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare 140. One Eyed Jack 141. One of Our Aircraft is Missing 142. Operation Pacific 143. Pajama Game 144. Phantom Creeps (Movie Serial) 145. Pony Trouble 146. Primal Fear 147. Private Buckaroo 148. Prom Night 149. Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes 150. Puppet Show 151. Radar Men from the Moon (Movie Serial) 152. Rage of the Master 153. Reefer Madness 154. Replicant 155. The Return of Chandu (Movie Serial) 156. Return of the Boogeyman 157. Return of the Magnificent Seven 158. Ricochet 159. The River: Legend of La Llorona 160. Road to Bali 161. Road Warrior 162. Rocky Balboa 163. S.O.S. Coast Guard (Movie Serieal) 164. Sabbath 165. Sands of Iwo Jima 166. Scared to Death 167. Screaming Ninja 168. The Sea Chase 169. Seven Doors of Death 170. Shadows in the Dark (Val Lewton Documenary) 171. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 172. Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green 173. The Shunned House 174. Sickness House 175. Silent Bloodnight 176. Sinners 177. Sisters of Death 178. Slasher 179. Sleep Disorder 180. Snake Crane Secret 181. The Somnambulists 182. Spitfire 183. The Stranger 184. The Substitute Watched 11/13 185. Super Hell 186. Super Hell 2 187. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 188. Theater of Blood 189. They Were Expendable 190. This Darkness 191. Tron Watched 11/13 192. Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows 193. Vampire Whores from Outer Space 194. A Vampire's Tale 195. The Vigilantes are Coming (Movie Serial) 196. Vulture's Eye 197. Undersea Kingdom (Movie Serial) 198. Up From Zero 199. Web of the Spider 200. White Fang to the Rescue 201. White Zombie 202. Who Am I? 203. Wicker Man 204. Wild Bunch 205. Wings of an Eagle 206. Winners of the West (Movie Serial) 207. Woodland Haunting 2

[Kathy]

Altered States, Deliverance, Norma Rae, Rocky Balboa and the Wicker Man are just a few that I really liked on your list.

But, what are you asking us for?...You have vampire and zombie movies on your list!!

[Najemikon]

I'm of course interested in seeing what you think of your remaining Lewtons.

[addicted2dvd]

Altered States, Deliverance, Norma Rae, Rocky Balboa and the Wicker Man are just a few that I really liked on your list.

Thanks Kathy... there is a few there I been meaning to check out.

But, what are you asking us for?...You have vampire and zombie movies on your list!!

And I am sure I will be getting to some of those as well! But one cannot live on Vampires and Zombies alone! 

I'm of course interested in seeing what you think of your remaining Lewtons.

Check the my Alphabet Marathon... Just did The Leopard Man! 

[Rogmeister]

What is Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows?  Is it a documentary on his career?

Of course, I'd like to see your reviews of any DVDs I've given you like Forty Guns (will you like it more than I did?) or White Zombie...

[addicted2dvd]

What is Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows?  Is it a documentary on his career?

Yup... it came with that Dirty Harry set I got.

Of course, I'd like to see your reviews of any DVDs I've given you like Forty Guns (will you like it more than I did?) or White Zombie...

OK... will see what I can do. There is still several you sent over that I haven't watched yet. Especially now that I got all those John Wayne war movies you sent to mom.

[Rogmeister]

If you wanted to list the John Wayne war movies, I could rank them for you or at least tell you which ones I especially like.  Flying Tigers may be my favorite war film of his.  Sands of Iwo Jima got him his first Oscar nomination. I'm not expecting you to watch a lot of the ones in any one marathon that I sent but one would be nice.

[addicted2dvd]

Here is what I have when it comes to the John Wayne War Movies...

- Blood Alley
- The Fighting Seabees
- Flying Leathernecks
- Flying Tigers
- The Green Beret
- In Harm's Way
- The Long Voyage Home
- The Longest Day
- Operation Pacific
- Sands of Iwo Jima
- The Sea Chase
- They Were Expendable
- The Wings of Eagles

[Tom]

I would like to see a review of "The Substitute", as you probably bought it after my recommendation. I hope it does not disappoint you. The cover is misleading in my opinion.

[addicted2dvd]

Yeah Tom... that is one of the ones I am hoping to get to this weekend. Probably early on in the weekend even.  Between your review and the trailer I been looking forward to it.

[Rogmeister]

Here is what I have when it comes to the John Wayne War Movies...

- Blood Alley
- The Fighting Seabees
- Flying Leathernecks
- Flying Tigers
- The Green Beret
- In Harm's Way
- The Long Voyage Home
- The Longest Day
- Operation Pacific
- Sands of Iwo Jima
- The Sea Chase
- They Were Expendable
- The Wings of Eagles

As I said, my favorite of those is Flying Tigers...In Harm's Way, The Longest Day, and Sands of Iwo Jima are also considered excellent films, though The Longest Day isn't really a John Wayne film...he's one of many in an all-star cast.  The Green Berets might be considered the worst of the lot.

[addicted2dvd]

OK... what are you people doing to me!?!

I decided to start my weekend with the movie The Substitute. Watching it while doing other things... so my attention is not 100% on it... but I am watching it enough to stay with the story with no problem.

Now... the problem is that this is a Danish language movie. But it is dubbed in English... which I normally prefer since I can't read fast enough to enjoy it with the subtitles. But damn if you people don't have me seeing these dubs as just not right. Even though I know I can't give it the attention needed to watch it in it's original language with subtitles... I am sitting here wishing I was watching it that way!

I tell you... you people around here is such a bad influence! 

[Najemikon]

 

Pete, have you watched Duel yet? I can't remember...

[checks list] nope!

[addicted2dvd]

Nope... that is another one I am hoping to get to this weekend

[addicted2dvd]

Title: The Substitute
Year: 2007
Director: Ole Bornedal
Rating: R
Length: 92 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Danish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Paprika Steen
Ulrich Thomsen
Jonas Wandschneider
Nikolaj Falkenberg-Klok
Emma Juel Justesen

Plot:
A small-town sixth-grade class gets a new substitute teacher who wants to train them for a mysterious international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able to read their minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she so cleverly manipulate all of their parents into believing how great she is when it's obvious to the whole class that she's a nightmare come true? As the story unfolds, we find that there's a reason she seems to be from another planet...

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I blind bought this DVD last month after watching the trailer and reading a positive review or two. I have mixed feelings after watching this one. It isn't exactly what I expected. but it is an enjoyable movie. Though I have seen better. This movie is originally in the Danish language. So I ended up watching the dubbed version. Which I normally preferred. But after watching some foreign movies without  dubs I discovered today I prefer the original language track with the subtitles now. So that kinda took away from my enjoyment a little as well. While I didn't enjoy this one as much as I hoped I would... it was worth the time I put into it.

My Rating:

Out of a Possible 5