I've been thinking about starting a weekly thread discussing the films released on dvd that week. Most movies don't have enough people interested to have a thread of their own but together I think they're worthy of discussion. I'll link the Internet Movie Database Listing and any other threads on TFP specifically about the films below their title. I'll also put up a poll to vote for the best dvd of the week.
The Constant Gardener
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387131/
The Transporter 2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388482/
Broken Flowers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412019/
Hustle and Flow
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410097/
Red Eye
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421239/
I've Seen Broken Flowers, The Transporter 2, and The Constant Gardener so far and all three were good for very different reasons.
The Constant gardener was very hard to watch. It was a very slow, very subtle, and the story was very deep. It required way to much thinking for 4am. The acting was great, the story was intriguing, and it tackled some very possible/real problems. Ralph Fiennes definitely deserved an oscar nomination..
The Transporter 2 was fun and required a whole lot less thinking than The Constant Gardener. The fight scenes were pretty well shot, unlike alot of action films(especially Michael Bay movies) the camera actually stayed focused long enough to see what was going on. I think they tried to humanize Jason Stathom's character a little more in this movie but they kept his badass attitude intact, I think that was probably pretty hard to accomplish. I liked it...
Broken Flowers with Bill Murray is an odd one... It's not laugh out loud funny, but I couldn't help but to keep a slight smile through the whole movie. This movie didn't get talked about a whole lot - I didn't even know about it until today, so I'll explain it alittle bit. Bill Murray is a womanizer who's girlfriend just left him. He get's an anonymous letter telling him he has a 19 year old son who just set out on a roadtrip to find him. He pretty much dismisses the letter but his friend encourages him to find out who sent the letter so he sets out on a road trip of his own to visit every woman(that he could think of) he slept with 20 years ago. I thought it was great, I love the idea of revisiting old lovers and seeing where they are now. He just see's a glimpse into the women's lives and it leaves alot unexplained but that's part of the fun.