Within My Lifetime: 2016 Edition

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Within My Lifetime Marathon
Last year I attempted this marathon and it was a complete and total failure! I think part of what happen was psyching myself out by trying to do both movies and TV show pilots. So this time I am going back to just movies spanning from 1969 to 2016. If any movies from other marathons I am doing also works for this marathon it will count for both marathons and I will provide a link in this one to the other thread.

Hopefully this way I will actually complete the marathon this year... wish me luck!

Films Year Title Rating 1969 The Over-The-Hill Gang [rss]3[/rss] 1970 The Aristocats [rss]6[/rss] 1971 Dirty Harry [rss]6[/rss] 1972 Title Rating 1973 Enter the Dragon [rss]7[/rss] 1974 Disappearance of Flight 412 [rss]2[/rss] 1975 The Count of Monte Cristo [rss]6[/rss] 1976 Title Rating 1977 High Anxiety [rss]6[/rss] 1978 Grease [rss]7[/rss] 1979 Captain America [rss]6[/rss] 1980 Friday the 13th [rss]6[/rss] 1981 History of the World: Part 1 [rss]7[/rss] 1982 Annie [rss]7[/rss] 1983 WarGames [rss]7[/rss] 1984 The Karate Kid [rss]8[/rss] 1985 Cat's Eye [rss]7[/rss] 1986 Stand By Me [rss]8[/rss] 1987 The Lost Boys [rss]8[/rss] 1988 Hairspray [rss]1[/rss] 1989 Weekend at Bernies [rss]5[/rss] 1990 Edward Scissorhands [rss]7[/rss] 1991 City Slickers [rss]7[/rss] 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer [rss]7[/rss] 1993 Demolition Man [rss]7[/rss] 1994 City Slickers 2 [rss]6[/rss] 1995 Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog [rss]6[/rss] 1996 Fly Away Home [rss]7[/rss] 1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer [rss]6[/rss] 1998 Hercules & Xena: Battle for Mt. Olympus [rss]5[/rss] 1999 The Boondock Saints [rss]7[/rss] 2000 The Truth About Jane [rss]7[/rss] 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider [rss]7[/rss] 2002 Men in Black II [rss]6[/rss] 2003 Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman [rss]7[/rss] 2004 Category 6: Day of Destruction [rss]6[/rss] 2005 Fantastic 4 [rss]8[/rss] 2006 Eight Below [rss]5[/rss] 2007 Hot Fuzz [rss]7[/rss] 2008 The Alphabet Killer [rss]6[/rss] 2009 9 [rss]7[/rss] 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine [rss]6[/rss] 2011 In Time [rss]6[/rss] 2012 Big Miracle [rss]7[/rss] 2013 Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox [rss]7[/rss] 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy [rss]9[/rss] 2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 [rss]7[/rss] 2016 Deadpool [rss]8[/rss]

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From the Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition thread... my 2009 film for this year...

9 [rss]7[/rss]

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From the Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition thread... my 2008 film for this year...

The Alphabet Killer [rss]6[/rss]

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From the Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition thread... my 2012 film for this year...



Big Miracle[rss]7[/rss]

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From the Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition thread... my 2006 film for this year...


Eight Below [rss]5[/rss]

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Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Genndy Tartakovsky Writing: Robert Smigel (Writer), Adam Sandler (Writer) Length: 89 min. Video: Widescreen :1 Audio: Subtitles:

Stars:
Adam Sandler as Dracula (Voice)
Andy Samberg as Jonathan (Voice)
Selena Gomez as Mavis (Voice)
Kevin James (1965) as Frankenstein (Voice)
Steve Buscemi as Wayne (Voice)

Plot:


Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Gallery
• Music Videos
• Digital Copy

My Thoughts:

I been wanting to see this one every since I first heard they were making a sequel.... as I enjoyed the first one so much. And I must say... while I enjoy the first one a little more... I really liked this one as well. Lots of laugh out loud moments with many (if not all) the characters from the first movie. I can see myself watching a Hotel Transylvania double feature often! It is a must see if you liked the fist one.

Rating:
[rsb]7[/rsb]

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From the Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition thread... my 2005 film for this year...


Fantastic 4 [rss]8[/rss]

From the Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition thread... my 2014 film for this year...


Guardians of the Galaxy [rss]9[/rss]

From the Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition thread... my 2010 film for this year...


Hot Tub Time Machine [rss]6[/rss]


From the Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition thread... my 2011 film for this year...


In Time [rss]6[/rss]

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From the Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition thread... my 2013 film for this year...


Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox [rss]7[/rss]




From the Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition thread... my 1984 film for this year...


The Karate Kid [rss]8[/rss]

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The Count of Monte Cristo (1975/United Kingdom) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Timeless Media Group, ITV Studios Global Entertainment (United States) Director: David Greene Writing: Sidney Carroll (Screenwriter), Alexandre Dumas (Original Material By) Length: 218 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: Mono Subtitles: None

Stars:
Richard Chamberlain as Edmond Dantes
Trevor Howard as Abbe Faria
Louis Jourdan as De Villefort
Donald Pleasence as Danglars
Tony Curtis as Fernand Mondego

Plot:
Alexander Dumas' stirring classic tale of injustice, revenge and retribution, in which Edmond Dantes (Richard Chamberlain – The Thorn Birds) is falsely accused by three men of conspiring with Napoleon. Prosecuted by the conniving De Villefort (Louis Jourdan), he is sentenced to an agonizing life on the isolated island fortress of Monte Cristo. The dying Abbé Faria (Trevor Howard – Superman) tells Dantes of a secret treasure. Dantes escapes, finds the treasure, assumes the identity of the rich and revered Count of Monte Cristo, uses his enemies' corruption and greed as weapons to utterly destroy them and wins back the heart and hand of his love, Mercedes (Kate Nelligan – Eye Of The Needle). Also starring Tony Curtis (Some Like It Hot) and Donald Pleasence (Halloween).

Extras:

• Gallery

My Thoughts:

We watched this one last night. Before then I never even knew of this version of the film. I must say I enjoyed it quite a bit. The film looked great and the cast did a really good job. The story kept my interest with ease. This is one I would recommend seeing.

Rating:
[rsb]6[/rsb]

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Hot Fuzz: Ultimate Edition (2007/United Kingdom) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Universal Studios Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Edgar Wright Writing: Edgar Wright (Writer), Simon Pegg (Writer) Length: 121 min. Video: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: DTS: 5.1, French: DTS: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Simon Pegg as Nicholas Angel
Martin Freeman as Met Sergeant
Bill Nighy as Met Chief Inspector
Robert Popper as 'Not' Janine
Joe Cornish as Bob

Plot:
Get ready for a gut-busting, outrageous comedy from the guys that created Shaun of the Dead. Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is a big-city cop who can't be stopped - but he's making everyone else on the force look bad. When he is reassigned to a small, quiet town, he struggles with this new, seemingly idyllic world and his bumbling partner (Nick Frost). But their dull existence is interrupted by several grisly and suspicious accidents, and the crime-fighting duo turn up the heat and hand out high-octane, car-chasing, gun-fighting, big-city justice in this hilarious hit critics are calling "Outrageous! Uproariously funny!" (Thelma Adams, US WEEKLY).

Extras:

My Thoughts:

Friends has been recommending this film to me for years... and I finally got around to watching it. I found the movie to be entertaining to say the least, There is a lot of funny stuff here. Some of it on the silly side but that was to be expected going in,,, and it wasn't overly so, It did surprise me a bit to see some graphic violence here... and even that was done in a funny way. Definitely worth checking out if you never seen it. Can easily see myself watching it again.

Rating:
[rsb]7[/rsb]

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Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Lions Gate Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Dick Lowry Writing: Matt Dorff (Writer) Length: 173 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles:

Stars:
Thomas Gibson as Mitch Benson
Nancy McKeon as Amy Harkin
Chandra West as Rebecca Kerns
Brian Markinson as Chris Haywood
Nancy Sakovich as Jane Benson

Plot:
Nature strikes out with unfathomable fury as the unimaginable becomes a terrifying reality. Three twisters descend upon Las Vegas leaving a neon wasteland in their wake. Hurricanes tear through the Gulf Coast without warning. Record-high temperatures scorch the northeast. One-hundred-mile-an-hour winds tear across the south. Lightning storms ignite the sky. Wildfires blaze out of control. For Amy Harkin, a budding Chicago anchorwoman looking for her big break, the fear of these weather anomalies is second only to the dread of the inevitable repercussions: rolling coast-to-coast blackouts and the dwindling sources needed to revive them. With the worst power breakdown on record looming, an overload could cripple the nation and leave the entire population in the dark, without communication and vulnerable to unthinkable dangers.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:

This is a TV miniseries... and as it is with most tv movies and miniseries there is some familiar faces from other Television shows in it. In this case we have Thomas Gibson (Dharma & Greg) and Nancy McKdon (The Facts of Life). It is a good story and I definitely enjoyed it. But that being said it could definitely been better. I found that while some of the storm effects were cool... others was really lacking. I also found I just didn't care about some of the characters. But over all it is worth the watch. This one did get a sequel miniseries (Category 7: End of the World) which I enjoyed even more then this one.

Rating:
[rsb]6[/rsb]

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Deadpool
This is the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

My Thoughts:

First of all let me say this one is not for the younger crowd. From what I understand if it wasn't for a few cuts here and there it would have gotten an NC-17... but they trimmed it down to get a (hard) R rating. That being said... I loved this film! while I have seen him before... I never really been that familiar with the character. So I don't know how well he was done compared to the comics... but they made him a great character here. Loved the action.... loved the violence... loved his sense of humor. It is definitely worth the time put in to watch it! Highly recommended!

My Rating:
[rsb]8[/rsb]

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I saw Deadpool last week and quite enjoyed it myself. Noticing some superhero fatigue on my part, I was not blown away by it, but it was a very strong film in the genre. I also did not Deadpool before, other than the basic premise (self-aware comic book character).

From what I understand if it wasn't for a few cuts here and there it would have gotten an NC-17... but they trimmed it down to get a (hard) R rating.

I was not aware of this. Assuming you are right, I really hope for an unrated Blu-ray...

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I agree with you there!

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History of the World: Part I (1981/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Mel Brooks Writing: Mel Brooks (Writer) Length: 92 min. Video: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: Chinese, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

Stars:
Mel Brooks as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada
Mel Brooks as Jacques / King Louis XVI
Dom DeLuise as Emperor Nero
Madeline Kahn as Empress Nympho
Harvey Korman as Count de Monet

Plot:
Mel Brooks' uproarious version of history proves that nothing is sacred as he takes us on a laugh-filled look at what really happened throughout time. His delirious romp features everything from a wild send-up of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey to the real stories behind the Roman Empire (Brooks portrays a stand-up philosopher at Caesar's Palace), the French Revolution (Brooks reigns as King Louis XVI) and the Spanish Inquisition (a splashy song-and-dance number with monks and swimming nuns). It's Mel and company at their hilarious best.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Trivia Track

My Thoughts:

It has been such a very long time since I seen this film. All I remembered was that I enjoyed it when I was a teen. And that remains true today. Lots to laugh at... and a good handful of actors that I haven't seen in ages. This is definitely worth a re-watch... if for no other reason then to remind yourself why "It's good to be the king!"

Rating:
[rsb]7[/rsb]