40Cent @ the movies

[GDS_Starfury]

kinda surprised you cant find it on demand.

[Gusington]

Thanks for that Amazon link Star. Not sure if The Wife has seen it, I should wait for her to get home.

In the meantime I watched a flick called Centurion with Michael Fassbender instead. It's about Rome's missing 9th Legion disappearing in Scotland. It only got a 59% on Rotten Tomatoes but I thought it was really good.

[BanzaiCat]

Thanks for that Amazon link Star. Not sure if The Wife has seen it, I should wait for her to get home.

In the meantime I watched a flick called Centurion with Michael Fassbender instead. It's about Rome's missing 9th Legion disappearing in Scotland. It only got a 59% on Rotten Tomatoes but I thought it was really good.

Centurion was surprisingly good, I thought.

[Gusington]

I loved it! My only regret is not watching it sooner. And the female Pict scout was smokin' hot, even without a tongue...how often can I type that?

[BanzaiCat]

And the female Pict scout was smokin' hot, even without a tongue...how often can I type that?

At least every other day, here.

[Gusington]

^Buzz kill.

[BanzaiCat]

Well, if it's any consolation, Gus, it's the first time I've ever seen someone actually type such a thing.

[Martok]

Thanks for that Amazon link Star. Not sure if The Wife has seen it, I should wait for her to get home.

In the meantime I watched a flick called Centurion with Michael Fassbender instead. It's about Rome's missing 9th Legion disappearing in Scotland. It only got a 59% on Rotten Tomatoes but I thought it was really good.

Thanks for the impressions, Gus.  I remember thinking Centurion looked interesting, but I never got around to watching it.  Adding to my list. 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I thought Centurion was great.  I bought the Blu-Ray.

[Gusington]

I don't ever remember it being released in theaters.

[BanzaiCat]

It wasn't. I think it was released on demand in 2010.

[Gusington]

Straight to On-Demand the new straight-to-video? That's a shame for Centurion.

[BanzaiCat]

IIRC it did Sundance or SXSW or something for a screening or two (probably SXSW as I don't keep up with Sundance anymore), then went right to "video."

[BanzaiCat]

One cool thing about the series Chuck - they love to drop references in there to older movies.

The epi I watched last night had Chuck talking to blondie and him saying he wonders sometimes if she's off in Paraguay killing the President with a fork - which is something Cusack's character says he did in Grosse Pointe Blank.

Also, a Mark Rattner reference - the geeky main character from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

[Centurion40]

The Mrs. and I saw Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit yesterday.  It was ok but nothing more.  The Jack and Cathy Ryan characters were rebooted and I must say that I liked Chris Pine's reboot of Kirk better than I liked his reboot of Jack Ryan.  I've read all of the main Tom Clancy Jack Ryan stories; I've seen Jack Ryan portrayed by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck.  This one left me feeling very "meh".  I probably would have enjoyed it better if the protagonist's name was not Jack Ryan, as the story wasn't bad- and had very little to do with Clancy's novels.  I would have preferred different casting for Cathy, as Keira Knightly, to my eyes, is nothing more than an emaciated bag of bones.

There was good tension (offset for me, by the fact that I know that Jack & Cathy get married and live long enough to have a kid- therefore they'll get out of this bind... but the Mrs got totally sucked-in) and some good action.  Branagh played a great villain, so hat's off to him.  But Costner's role could have been played by anybody.

When it comes on TV, I'll probably watch it again.

27 out of 40.