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Lethal Weapon 3, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Lethal Weapon 3
Year: 1992
Director: Richard Donner
Rating: R
Length: 118 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs
Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh
Joe Pesci as Leo Getz
Rene Russo as Lorna Cole
Stuart Wilson (1946) as Jack Travis

Plot:
OK, OK, OK. They're back in their most successful, most explosive, most hilarious smash hit yet. They come, they see, they kick butt in a caper that has LA police detectives Riggs (Gibson) and Murtaugh (Glover) ripping into a vicious crime ring dealing guns to the streets.

Joe Pesci returns as shady ex-mob accountant Leo Getz, and Rene Russo ads a lethal kick as Internal Affairs investigator Lorna Cole, like Riggs a born risktaker. Risks are everywhere: a high-rise explodes into dust, a housing tract goes up like matchsticks, Riggs takes an 80-foot plunge on a motorcycle. Lethal Weapon 3 isn't just more of everything. It's the most!

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers
Production Notes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
Woke up this morning... figured what the heck... may as well continue with the Lethal Weapon movies. What can I say... it been years since I seen any of these! I like how with every movie they add a new main cast member.  Rene Russo was a good addition to the cast. I think she makes for a good love interest for Riggs. I have to say... the whole comparing scars scene was pretty fun. Of course they have Joe Pesci back as Leo Getz... who is as annoying (but funny) as ever. And I had to laugh at the beginning of the movie... the armor car chase where Murtaugh gets a ride with that female drive that then develops a thing for him. It really added some laughs to an action packed scene. Oh and the scene where Riggs takes a bite out of an onion like it was an apple. I don't know how he could do that. Yuck! I hate onions! But what got me was he bit into it without any expression on his face. Maybe it wasn't a real onion. And I must mention because it is easily missed... there is another good laugh at the very end of this movie... after all the end credits. So be sure to wait and see the final scene!



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 2/19 - 2/21 on February 21st, 2010)

House of Wax (2005), a review by addicted2dvd

House of Wax (2005)
Thrills and chills ooze all over you in 'House of Wax', from Dark Castle Entertainment and legendary horror producers Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis ('Gothika', 'House on Haunted Hill').

When their car breaks down on a road trip, six college friends are sidetracked into an eerie backwoods town. Curiosity gets the better of them when they are intrigured by its macabre House of Wax. They soon find out that the town is not what it seems and they must find their way out before they fall victim to its ghoulishly inventive killers.

My Thoughts:
Ok... this is NOT an example of a good remake. It is remakes like this that you find yourself asking why? Sure... the movie is more up to date. It has the new special effects... and yes sometimes stuff like that can be fun to watch.... but that just is not the case with this remake. It is an ok film for what it is... but it is not something I will go out of my way to watch very often. Even with that... this film does have some saving graces. For one... Jared Padalecki (Supernatural) is in it... so was fun to see him in something else. And... yes I have to say it... it is fun to see Paris Hilton get killed off.

Original/Remakes Comparison
Ok... here we start out with Mystery of the Wax Museum,,, a fair but sometimes slow movie. But it did have it's potential... so I can see remaking it. Then we have House of Wax (1953) To me this is a remake with purpose. It remakes the movie... leaving enough of it the same to recognize it... only improving on it. Having Vincent Price star in this remake is... in my opinion... the ideal choice. This movie I really enjoyed. Then in 2005 they decide to go back one more time. This time really changing the story a lot. Only problem with this is... the new story is not as good! And who do they get for the movie... Paris Hilton!?!?! all that equals big flop! So in this case... I do have to say I prefer a remake... but not the most recent one... as the Vincent Price version was the best by far!

(From Original/Remake Comparison Marathon on May 4th, 2008)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

MacGyver


Pilot
A mysterious explosion demolishes and underground lab. Can MacGyver single-handedly rescue the trapped scientists, and stop a deadly chemical leak?

My Thoughts:
This show is a weird case to me. It is a show I enjoy watching quite a bit really. But for some reason it is a show that is out of site out of mind. For some reason I don't go through the episodes of this show like I do most. More like I will get in the mood to watch some episodes. I will usually watch a handful of episodes and then forget about the series for a year or two. This is probably why I only have the first couple seasons of the series so far... though I would like to have them all. The pilot episode is a good introduction to the character. Of course you feel like... Yeah... right... like that would really work (in this case stopping an acid leak with chocolate bars)... but I think that is part of the fun of the series. Just to see the outrageous things he comes up with.

my Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on March 25th, 2010)