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Lethal Weapon 2, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Lethal Weapon 2
Year: 1989
Director: Richard Donner
Rating: R
Length: 114 Min.
Video: 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
Joss Ackland as Arjen Rudd
Joe Pesci as Leo Getz
Patsy Kensit as Rika Van Den Haas

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
After watching the first one earlier I felt like watching the second one as well. And I must say... they really amped up the comedy in this one. I found myself literally laughing out loud off and on through-out the entire movie. But just because there is more comedy don't mean it lacks in action. I liked the blonde girl that Riggs hooks up with in this one. I normally don't go for blondes but she was right cute. She was played by Patsy Kensit... not really that familiar with her. Though I do have a couple other things with her in it. Only problem with this one. I don't know... it seemed like a bit of a let down on how it ended. The ending of the first one was more exciting then this one. But this one is still definitely worth watching... Enjoyed it very much!



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

Back to the Future, a review by RossRoy

WHAT THEY SAY

Experience one of the most popular movie series of all time like never before with the Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy! Join Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) and a time traveling DeLorean for the adventure of a lifetime as they travel to the past, present and future, setting off a time-shattering chain reaction that disrupts the space time continuum! From filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, these timeless films feature all-new 25th Anniversary restorations for perfect picture and the purest digital sound available, plus hours of exciting bonus features.

MY THOUGHTS

Does this movie really need presentation?  And yeah, I watched it on Blu-ray. The movie itself? Just as good as ever. I love it. Loved it the first time i saw it (though I have a slight preference for Part II, mostly because of how it integrates itself with this one), and I still love it, 25 years later. Not much more to say about the film itself. Blu-ray? Ha! ... Ok, it looked AWESOME. Best quality I've ever seen this movie in. Now I know what Jon means about Blu-ray probably being more of a boon for older movies than for recent ones. It's incredible how much background detail come back to life here on Blu-ray! I even had to take out my DVD version to compare and.. yeah, Blu-ray brings out details that DVD misses. One particular moment that jumped at me is when the time machine reappears at the beginning of the movie after Einstein's 1-minutes time leap. The camera is behind the DeLorean with Marty and Doc behind it, maybe 25-30 feet behind, and in the the background are trees, scrubs and the mall further back. You can easily make it all out. It looks clean and sharp. You can see difference in the greens for the leaves and stuff, the street lights (well, technically parking lights) are sharp and clean on screen, I wouldn't be surprised if I had a bigger TV that I could make out the sign of the store that there. On the DVD, it all looks somewhat muddled in comparison. (Can't wait to see Part III - I don't know why, but I have a feeling the "western" look will lend itself to Blu-ray quite well!) The DTS-HD audio track sounds awesome! I think it's the first time I can say that I liked the sound of DTS over DD. I always felt DTS (on DVD) to be artificially boosted to make it appear to sound better than DD. Here it's all really well mixed and the level of sound details is amazing. Really, I never thought it could be that big of a step up. And keep in mind, I'm still listening with t he same 5.1 setup from DVD. Sure, my 5.1 decoder and speakers are THX certified and all, but DTS-HD wasn't even available when I bought them! That the codec is backward compatible AND manages to still sound better on older equipment? More power to them! I sounded great! Now, I know, this all sounds overly enthusiastic and I can see a few of you jumping around saying "yeah! another convert"... but don't jump too fast. Sure the picture is, I have to admit, leaps and bounds above DVD. Sure, it sounds much better. But did it really improve my enjoyment of the movie? Hard to say, but I don't think I would enjoy the movie less on DVD than I do on Blu. So I keep my previous stance. For the same price? Blu all the way. Is Blu worth a 10$ premium (which seems to be the average here in Canada)... No. Am I glad I got Black to the Future with "PERFECT PICTURE + PERFECT SOUND"? You betcha! But I got it at a ridiculous price (especially if you factor in the fact that it was paid by a gift certificate I received at Xmas  )

RATING

(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on December 31st, 2010)

Xena: Warrior Princess Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

17. The Execution
Gabrielle is torn between her hero Meleager, who's accused of a murder she's certain he didn't commit, and Xena, who's not so sure.

My Thoughts:
While a good episode... it is not quite as good as most the other episodes. I thought maybe this was another one I never seen before... but there was a few scenes that seemed familiar to me. So I am pretty sure I had.

My Rating:

18. Blind Faith
A warrior wants to make his name by killing Xena. He fails, but he succeeds in putting the warrior princess in a blind rage when he kidnaps Gabrielle and sells her to agents of a king - who, it seems, needs a queen.

My Thoughts:
And I just found another episode I never seen before. It is starting to seem like I missed a lot of the best episodes... as I loved this one! Gabrielle being kidnapped, Xena blind and loads of action!

My Rating:

19. Ulysses
Xena and Gabrielle have a Poseidon adventure when they help king Ulysses regain his island kingdom from the nasty god of the sea's pirate henchmen.

My Thoughts:
It is a good episode. It definitely had it's moments... but there was a few parts that I found a bit on the silly side. I did like the Ulysses bow thing.

My Rating:

20. The Price
Xena reverts to her old ways to whip a dispirited Athenian army into shape to take on a foe known as the Horde. But her ruthlessness appalls Gabrielle.

My Thoughts:
My first thought with this episode is ok... since when did Xena start using a fishing pole? This is the first time I ever seen it. I got to admit... I just didn't care too much for this episode. I mean it had it's moment or so... but I don't care too much for the ones where Xena starts to slip back into her old ways.

My Rating:

(From Xena: Warrior Princess Marathon on January 21st, 2010)