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!!

[Jon]

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! 

[Jon]

 

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