Film: Shrek 2 (2004)

Blu-Ray


Review: This is my least favorite of the four Shrek films. I think it is because it has the weakest villain and Shrek is depressed for most of the film which is a bit of a downer. Puss in Boots is a great addition but he is better in the later films.

Quotes:
"Pray for mercy from Puss... in Boots."

"I'm sorry, the position of annoying talking animal has already been filled."

"Oh, Shrek. Don't worry. Things just seem bad because it's dark and rainy and Fiona's father hired a sleazy hitman to whack you."

"I mean, how good looking could this Prince Charming guy be anyway?
"Are you kiddin'? He's gorgeous! His face looks like it was carved by angels."
"Hmmm... he sounds dreamy."

"Donkey, you're a..."
"A stallion, baby! I can whinny... I can count... Look at me, Shrek! I'm trotting!"

"What about my Miranda rights? You're supposed to say, "You have the right to remain silent." Nobody said I have the right to remain silent!"
"Donkey, you HAVE the right to remain silent. What you lack is the capacity."

"Yep, that's catnip..."
"Um... that's... not mine..."

3 1/2 out of 5 Stars

Film: The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

DVD: Anamorphic


Review: A very 80's movie that I wouldn't think is very good except for my crush on Helen Slater. She plays Billie Jean who goes on the run with her brother after he accidentally shoots the father of the bully who trashed his scooter. The film's plot gets confused and illogical as it tries to compare her to Joan of Arc as the media exploits her image and she becomes famous.

Quotes:
"Hey, get your hand off that!"
"What, your sister? Or your fagmobile?"

"Billie Jean, you're a very pretty girl. This Hubie was probably trying to get your attention. I have a feeling he'll bring your brother's motor scooter back."
"Hubie, won't bring it back."
"How do you know?"
"Because he's a fucker. That's how I know."
"Well, I'll tell you what I'll do. Here's my card. If that Honda's not back on your front lawn in two days, you give me a call..."
"We live in Breeze Haven..."
"All right, in front of your trailer, then... give me a call, we'll... drag in the fucker."

"Is that a boy or a girl?"
"Girl, Joan of Arc. She dressed up as a man and led the French in fighting the English. She heard voices, 'stop being a peasant', 'France needs you', 'the truth needs you'. And she won, she beat the English, but then..."
"Then what?"
"The French, burnt her, alive!"

"Can I have your autograph? Please..."
"You know, my dad says you're gonna end up dead."

"They all say they're Billie Jean."
"Call their parents, send them home."

2 out of 5 Stars

Film: 25th Hour (2002)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9


Review: One of Spike Lee's best films about a convicted drug dealer's last day of freedom before going to prison for 7 years. Interspersed with flashbacks showing how he got to this point, Edward Norton's character spends the day reflecting on his fate and his relationships with his girlfriend who may have ratted him out, his faithless friends and his drunk father.

Quotes:
"Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends."

"What do we say to him?"
"We say nothin'. The guy's going to hell for seven years. what are you going to do, wish him luck?"

"Fuck ME? Fuck YOU, Fuck you and this whole city and everyone in it."
"Fuck Jacob Elinsky. Whining malcontent."
"Fuck Francis Xavier Slaughtery my best friend, judging me while he stares at my girlfriend's ass."
"Fuck Naturelle Riviera, I gave her my trust and she stabbed me in the back, sold me up the river, fucking bitch."
"Fuck my father with his endless grief, standing behind that bar sipping on club sodas, selling whisky to firemen, and cheering the Bronx Bombers."
"Fuck this whole city and everyone in it. From the row-houses of Astoria to the penthouses on Park Avenue, from the projects in the Bronx to the lofts in Soho. From the tenements in Alphabet City to the brownstones in Park Slope to the split-levels in Staten Island. Let an earthquake crumble it, let the fires rage, let it burn to fucking ash and then let the waters rise and submerge this whole rat-infested place."
"No. No, fuck you, Montgomery Brogan. You had it, and you threw it away, you DUMB FUCK!"

"One minute ago, you were my friend. Are you drunk? Tell me you've been drinking too much. You're fucking drunk."
"I'm Irish. I can't get drunk, all right? I know exactly what I'm saying."

4 1/2 out of 5 Stars

Film: Funny Farm (1988)

Blu-Ray


Review: Not as funny as "The Money Pit", but it has the same concept of a couple moving into a dream home that ends up wrecking havoc on their relationship. Chevy Chase plays a sports columnist who moves out to the country to write his novel, but struggles with never-ending problems with the rural environment and the success of his wife's new found writing skills.

Quotes:
"You slept on the floor huh? We slept outside with the bugs and the wild animals. A bridge nearly killed us. Nobody knows where the hell Redbud is. And we haven't eaten since yesterday morning. So stay the hell out of our way and keep your mouth SHUT!"

"Remember, Mrs. Farmer. Whenever you buy a house, whatever's in the ground belongs to you - whether it's gold or oil... or Claude Musselman."

"Call me Mr. Lamb Fries!"

"I'm convinced that our marriage has been one of mutual betrayals. I know it! YOU know it! Even Yellow Dog knows it!"
"I know it and you know it. Yellow Dog doesn't even know what town he's in."

"We came to Redbud filled with hopes and dreams of a better life. And basically, we've seen those hopes and dreams crushed and battered before our very eyes."

3 1/2 out of 5 Stars

Film: Into the Wild (2007)

Blu-Ray


Review: This is a film about a young man who abandons society after he graduates from college, giving away all his money, leaving his car in the middle of nowhere to wander the country searching for enlightenment. As he makes his way to his ultimate goal of Alaska, the story follows each major encounter where he makes an impression on others or vice-versa. What is great about this film is that even though I would never want to live this lifestyle, Sean Penn did a great job as the director to make me appreciate it. It's a gorgeous road-trip movie from the perspective of a penniless hitchhiker.

Quotes:
"You're an industrious little fucker, aren't cha?"

"If I wanted to paddle down the river, where's the best place to launch out of?"
"To launch out of? Next available is May 17, 2003."
"12 years? Twelve years... to paddle down a river?"

"That poor girl's about ready to vault herself onto a fence post."

"Alaska. I'm gonna be all the way out there, all the way fucking out there. Just on my own. You know, no fucking watch, no map, no axe, no nothing. No nothing. Just be out there. Just be out there in it. You know, big mountains, rivers, sky, game. Just be out there in it, you know? In the wild."
"In the wild."
"Just wild!"
"Yeah. What are you doing when we're there? Now you're in the wild, what are we doing?"
"You're just living, man. You're just there, in that moment, in that special place and time. Maybe when I get back, I can write a book about my travels."

"Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one."

"I'm going to miss you when you go."
"I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things."
"Yeah. I am going to take stock of that. You know I am... I want to tell you something. From bits and pieces of what you have told me about your family, your mother and your dad... And I know you have problems with the church too... But there is some kind of bigger thing that we can all appreciate and it sounds to me you don't mind calling it God. But when you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines through you."
"Holy shit!"

5 out of 5 Stars