Comments on: DVD Releases for June 10, 2008

By: Phillip Johnston

Phillip Johnston — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:51:52 +0000

I’d watch anything featuring Werner Herzog talking. I could listen to him all day. I’ll also have a review of Encounters at the End of the World up in the next couple weeks. It’s interesting in that it distills all of Herzog’s weird fascinations (strange people, “I’d-never-wanna-go-there locales”, unique life stories, etc.) into one film.

The Bucket List is horrendous. Nicholson overacts and Freeman looks out of place. There’s a scene where they both laugh together near the end … probably one of the worst things I’ve ever seen on film.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:49:56 +0000

Herzog was awesome in the grand, I just wish he was in every scene of the film.

By: Luke Harrington

Luke Harrington — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:16:17 +0000

I tried to start one of those ridiculous online petitions, but it turns out my stupendous powers can only be used for good.

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:18:29 +0000

Appreciate your comment, Ron, but I’m not sure what kind of power you think we wield here at MovieZeal. You might do better to contact the owners of said films about having them released on DVD.

Hold on while I check with my man-slave, Luke…nope, not even the stupendous powers of the man-slave can get those films released on DVD.

By: Ron Heller

Ron Heller — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:06:48 +0000

Where can one suggest old movies to release on DVD?

Three that I would like to see (in Region 1 format)are:

A Boy Ten Feet Tall (Sammy Goes South in the UK)

Who Dares Wins (The Final Option)

The Odd Angry Shot

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:54:18 +0000

Just watched The Grand today; thought it was good. Herzog is awesome, although the role is pretty minor.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:24:19 +0000

Herzog is never a complete waste of time!

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:42:49 +0000

Keep your expectations modest for The Grand, I don’t want a bunch of people coming after me if they hate it.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:52:09 +0000

A RedBox popped up, seemingly overnight, a few miles away. And they have The Grand. Yay.

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:58:50 +0000

Colleen, I’m guessing it was released that way to fulfill some kind of international contractual obligation. That happens a lot of times with craptacular films – the film gets shelved for years, but because of an existing contract, it’s pushed into the fewest theaters possible and given zero marketing exposure, basically the minimum amount of effort required to meet the terms of the contract. This happened with Idoiocracy a few years back.

It got a strong push in the states (wasn’t it the #1 film of the week?), but perhaps it was deemed unsuitable for the Canadian market, but because of a prior obligation, they had to release it somewhere, so they got the cheapest theater they could and shoved it in there.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:15:07 +0000

Prom Night had the strangest release I have seen in BC. We are a decent size market (vancouver/bc) so we do usually get a lot of films open here. Prom Night opened not in Vancouver, but in Abbotsford, a good hour+ from Vancouver. One theatre, One Screen in a small community far from the third biggest market in Canada. I actually wanted to see that film, but the distance was way too far to see a film on a lark! Let alone anyone that depends on transit would be out of luck.

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:14:24 +0000

What, are you kidding Matthew? “Prom Night” is the slasher epic of the year, destined to become a cult classic years down the road.

Also, the apocalypse is upon us.

By: Matthew Lucas

Matthew Lucas — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:57:05 +0000

Didn’t see “Prom Night” did you Daniel?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:11:28 +0000

Yeah, feel guilty, Evan.

The Grand looks awesome.

By: Sean Comeaux

Sean Comeaux — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:39:56 +0000

watching Sam Jackson yell at stuff IS worth 2 hours. hahaha. Yeah bucket list sounds like a yawner… and as for The Grand, I’m interested!

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:49:31 +0000

Badabing, I’m sold!

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:41:42 +0000

I may be in a small minority of people who really liked The Grand. If you like Herzog in front of the camera at all, you have to see it.

By: Ryan Dunlap

Ryan Dunlap — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:38:20 +0000

I saw Jumper opening night on Valentine’s Day by myself… my wife was working a night shift… and I came to the conclusion that the eye candy is tasty, but for the whole content of the film being about being able to condense one’s time between places… the trailer served a more interesting version of basically most of the cool effects in the film, thus epitomizing Jumper more than the film could. Overall, once I got past the stiff Anakin acting, it was enjoyable (only salvaged by the high concept and effects).

-Ryan

By: Luke Harrington

Luke Harrington — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:24:24 +0000

I typically avoid bad movies (I’d rather come here and hear about Luke’s suffering through them)

I do it all for you, man.

Unfortunately, I enjoy bad movies waaay more than my SAT scores would suggest. I have absolutely no excuse for this.

But someone in the blag-O-sphere has to be the one warning people to turn back. And I’ll take that niche if no one else wants it.

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:16:34 +0000

Wow, lotta love for Jumper, eh? Knowing my guilty pleasure addiction, I'll probably watch it regardless of how terrible I know it will be. Sometimes you just gotta have a brainless action flick, even if you hate yourself afterwards. Colleen, looking forward to see The Grand as well although from what I've heard it doesn't live up to the promise of it's premise. But promise be darned, it has Werner freaking Herzog in it! And David Cross, aka Tobias from Arrested Development. And really, who doesn't love Tobias?

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:34:12 +0000

I am excited to finally get to see The Grand. My friend Marina was going on about just how great Herzog was in the film. I doesn’t suprise me, as I loved Herzog in “Incident at Loch Ness”. Everyone should be forced to watch Fitzcarraldo at least once. Loved it to bits, and don’t need to see it for along time! Boring but Awesome would be my discription.

Jumper: I was unable to give the movie a rating at all. I fell asleep during it in the theatre. This is a huge inditment against the film in my mind as I never fall asleep in the theatre. Action film = Comatose state (something seriously wrong). I am official done hoping Anikin will ever become a real actor.

Other Bolyen Girls : I Watched sole to look at the pretty costumes

Bucket List: It was just a paycheck film for to heavyweights. Put Nicholson and Freeman on a Marquee, sell alot of tickets. Only when because my Mom want to see it. She Liked it, I didn’t. Maybe you have to be closer to death to understand.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:53:58 +0000

Wow, now we're getting to the really bad part of the year. I've only seen Jumper, which received the worst grade I've ever handed out. That's not saying too much because I typically avoid bad movies (I'd rather come here and hear about Luke's suffering through them), but it is saying that Jumper is the worst movie I've seen all year and nothing else has come close. In that spirit, I recommend you see it and make your own puffy statement. Besides, it's always good to see a horrid movie so you can truly appreciate the excellent ones.