Christmas Gifts - 2010

Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 (2010)

A compilation of both movies:

Fantasia (1940): Unforgettable images are brought to life by some of the world's best music -- the comedy of Mickey Mouse as a troublemaking sorcerer's apprentice, the beauty of winged fairies and cascading snowflakes, even plump hippos performing ballet in tutus! (IMDb: 7.9, i♥movies: 7.5).

Fantasia 2000 (1999): Disney animators and filmmakers have again expanded the boundaries of imagination with Fantasia 2000. Fulfilling Walt Disney's original vision of uniquely fusing sight and sound in a full-length motion picture, this film begins where its predecessor, Fantasia left off, with seven completely new segments and the return of the popular "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." (IMDb: 7.3, i♥movies: 7.1)

Jericho (2006)

A TV-Series: After a series of terrorist attacks leave the US in a state of disaster. A small Kansas town must come together to deal with a new reality. (IMDb)
IMDb: 8.2

I also got several DVDs from cartoons I loved when I was a kid, from a brazilian HQ: Turma da Mônica! :)

Dexter 5th Season Finale

Yesterday I watched the 5th Season finale of Dexter. I loved it!

(CAREFUL! Contain spoilers!)

I thought this season took a while to really start, but once it did, I really liked it, his relationship with Lumen, and the way it developed was great! for me it was kind of obvious she wouldn't stay, they were so great together that if she did his life was going to be so perfect I don't think the series could go on as exciting as it has... What they can explore now and that can get really interesting is his relationship with his sister, since she kind of "approved" what he did and saved him, even though she didn't know it was him all along...

I'm already curious for what is to come on the next season!

Shutter Island (A Ilha do Medo) DVD

Today I got the DVD from Shutter Island in a sale, it's a very good movie (exclusive post). The interesting part is I have just started to read the book by Lehane yesterday! And I am sure that at the moment I'm done with the book I'm going to want to watch the movie again! Anyway, it's a great movie, so it's a great acquisition!

Dexter's Christmas Song

I love Dexter and Michael C. Hall... Yesterday he was on Late Night with Jimmy Falcon where Jimmy asked Michael what Dexter's favourite christmas song was and asked him to perform it live! Of course he improvised and changed some of the lyrics, it was so funny! BTW, he sings really well!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I

Yesterday I went to watch the movie I was waiting for all year long... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I. (click here for my post with infos and trailers)

Amazing! I really liked the movie, it's been a while since I trully deeply liked one of Harry Potter's adaptations, I usually like the movies, but there is always a scene they omited that I keep asking myself why they did it... However, people who haven't read the books will probably think this movie is slower than the rest, and obviously doesn't have an "end"... Just keep in mind that the last Harry Potter book was divided into two movies, this one being the first part, so it will be more detailed, which will be a delight for the book readers, and it's end will be on the second part... Anyway it's a must see!

For the people who don’t know what the story is about, you’re probably from another planet, but anyway, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the 7^th and final book from the Harry Potter saga written by J.K. Rowling. Voldemort's power is growing stronger; he now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find and destroy the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for them, as they race against time and evil, they uncover the existence of three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.

IMDb: 8.0

i♥movies: 7.2

New DVDs

Today arrived:

Kill Billl (2003)

A Tarantino movie where four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, the bride (Thurman) emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback ... with a vengeance! Having been gunned down by her former boss (David Carradine) and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight she didn't start but is determined to finish! (i♥movies)

IMDb: 8.2

i♥movies: 7.9

Kill Bill vol.2 (2004)

Having already crossed two names from her Death List, The Bride is back with a vengeance and taking aim at Budd and Elle Driver, the only survivors from the squad of assassins who betrayed her four years earlier. It's all leading up to the ultimate confrontation with Bill, The Bride's former master and the man who ordered her execution. (i♥movies)

IMDb: 8.0

i♥movies: 7.8

Gremlins (1984)

A boy inadvertantly breaks 3 important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. (IMDb)

IMDb: 7.0

i♥movies: 6.5

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. (IMDb)

IMDb: 7.5

i♥movies: 7.1

Inglorious Basterds (2009)

*Already mentioned here.

And also Desperate Housewives complete 4th season!

DVD sale :)

The Pianist (2002)

A Roman Polanski's movie about a polish jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. (IMDb)

IMDb: 8.5

i♥movies: 8.1

Speed Racer (2008)

In the world of violent, high-speed racing, brothers Rex and Speed Racer become rivals as powerful racer Mondragan manipulates their careers in order to kill them both during the world championships, but the brothers learn its all just an act of vengeance against Pops Racer, who caused the death of Mondragan's father in a race long ago. (i♥movies)

IMDb: 6.3

i♥movies: 6.4

Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Yesterday we watched Scott Pilgrim vs The World. It was great! It is based on a series of comics by a canadian author, which I have already talked about here.

Scott Pilgrim is 23 years old, living in the big city with his gay roommate, just trying to get by in this crazy world. He's in a band. He's lazy. He likes video games. Scott Pilgrim likes the new girl in town, Ramona Flowers, but to win her heart, he has to defeat her seven evil ex-boyfriends. Seven! Evil! Ex! Boyfriends! Lucas has muscles! Todd plays bass with his psychic powers! The Twins are twins! Matthew Patel is an Indian guy! AND MORE! (official site description)

So, what can I say about the movie itself? It's funny, it's really well adapted, and the cartoon-game effects are awesome! I really loved it, I think everybody should check it out eventhough some may not like the style...

IMDb: 8.0

i♥movies: 8.5

Take a look at the trailer to see if you get interested:

Weekly summary

It is getting confusing to write weekly summaries every week, since the TV-series are no longer having their episodes released every week and I'm doing a lot of other stuff at the moment and not being able to see that many movies or advancing in the series I was at the beginning, so I'm dropping "Weekly Summary" at least for now... ;)

Weekly summary #5

27.Oct.2010 - 03.Nov.2010

The Big Bang Theory (The Irish Pub Formulation) Sheldon is so creepy :P

Supernatural (You Can't Handle the Truth) Cas! *_* And is Sam human or not after all? >.<

Dexter (Everything is Illumenated) Dexter-Lumen gang! \o/
Glee (The Glee Rocky Show) Halloween special episode! Funny!! WTF was that scene with Emma and Will? OMG! LOL

The new series also had their second episode released:

The Event (Loyalty) where the hell is this going? *getting more and more curious*

Mike & Molly (Mike's Apartment) I like the way things are going...

And I'm going on with Rome (still in the beginning of season 1) Desperate Housewives (somewhere in season 3), Grey's Anatomy (in the middle of season 6) and United States of Tara (ended season 1 and started season 2) even though I'm still pretty far back...

I got back to watching Simpsons (still at the end of season 7, though).

As for movies, I watched Elite Squad 2 ("Tropa de Elite 2" in portuguese): exclusive post!