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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, a review by Dragonfire

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

I watched this one after finding it on HBO.  It is a bit different from most of Steve Martin's other movies, but I ended up really enjoying it. 

The movie is a bit different with how things are set up.  It is in black and white, and sort of a spoof of noir or detective movies.  Martin's character, Ribgy is a detective who gets pulled into a case by a beautiful woman.  There are clips from several noir movies used, and the way they are done blends in well with the plot of the movie.  The clips are done to make it look like Rigby is talking to the characters from the other movies.  I could tell when clips were being used even when I didn't always recognize the movie the clips were from.  I liked the way the clips were used.  There is a bit of mystery to what is going on as well as some suspense.  I did think there was a decent amount of humor to what was going on even though I have seen funnier movies. 

I thought the movie was really entertaining and I think it is worth watching. 



I did get a review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(From Marie's Random Movie Viewing on September 16th, 2011)

Casablanca, a review by Rich

Jump continents to Morocco 



Title: Casablanca

Runtime:98
Certificate:U
Year:1942
Genres:Classic, Drama, Romance

Plot:Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if your name is on the Nazis' most-wanted list.  Atop that list is Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one...especially Victor's wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the ex-lover who broke his heart.  So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's safe transport out of the country, the bitter Rick must decide what's more important - his own happiness or the countless lives that hang in the balance.
My Review:
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, I walked in to his 
Great film, seen it several times before, no need to expand on it's many merits, if you haven't seen it grab yourself some old movie magic and give it a spin


(From Around the World in 80 DVD's on January 13th, 2008)

"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: SG-1 discovers a crystal skull within a huge pyramid. Such a skull has been found on Earth by Nick Ballard - Daniel's grandfather. But then the skull emits an energy field and Daniel is shifted out of phase. Nobody can see or hear him anymore. SG-1 needs the help of Nick to find out what happened to Daniel.

My Opinion: One can really imagine that Nick could be Daniel's grandpa. I think they did a great job with the conversations between Daniel and Nick, before Daniel realizes that Nick can actually see and hear him. They work as monologue as well as as dialogue. (Loads of "as" here!)

Synopsis: Thor's ship, the Beliskner, has been taken over by the Replicators. The Replicators are the enemies from Thor's galaxy, of whom he has reported earlier. They are a mechanical lifeform which primary objective is to reproduce. For that they literally eat Thor's ship. The Replicators have brought the Beliskner to Earth and they plan to land. SG-1 has to prevent that.

My Opinion: Spectacular crash. If humans are good at one thing, then it is to destroy things. I liked it a lot.

The Season - My Opinion: The storyline that began it all has come to an end: Sha're is dead and Skaara is free again. Only Apophis is still terrorizing the neighbourhood. There have been weaker episodes again, but as I said before I don't believe in a perfect season. But the season had a lot of interesting episodes, especially some that started new storylines.


PS: I'll take a short break now until after Easter.

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on March 19th, 2008)