Oh I agree... I don't see where they needed to do that at all.

I think I will get ready to watch part 2... I am not 100% sure... but I don't think I ever seen the second one. I know I haven't seen the 3rd... but don't have the 3rd in my collection yet.

Want some company? 

Title: Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Year: 1990
Director: Joe Dante
Rating: PG-13
Length: 106 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Howie Mandel
Tony Randall
Zach Galligan
Phoebe Cates
John Glover
Robert Prosky

Plot:
The rules are the same but the laughs are bigger and the thrills are better. This time Billy and everyone's favorite Mogwai, Gizmo, must face off against a new batch of Gremlins that definitely think New York is their kind of town.

Plus, feed on a great batch of extras including never-before-seen footage, a "behind-the-screams" look at working with the Gremlins, a full-length audio commentary and much, much more!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned
Trivia

My Thoughts:
Next I felt like watching something a little more on the comedy side. After watching the part one last month for the first time in many years... thought I would do the same for part 2 now. While I did enjoy it quite a bit... I do like the first one better. I don't know... I think there is just too much going on all at once in this one. It is like they squeezed every idea they could think of into this one. Through-out the entire movie I was thinking the guy that owns the building looks so familiar to me... but I just couldn't place it. So after the movie was over I checked the credits... turned out to be John Glover (Lionel Luthor on Smallville). He looked so different! Of course this movie is a good 20 years old now.

My Rating: 3.5/5

Title: Hook
Year: 1991
Director: Steven Spielberg
Rating: PG
Length: 142 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Dustin Hoffman
Robin Williams
Julia Roberts
Bob Hoskins
Maggie Smith
Caroline Goodall

Plot:
A high-flying adventure from the magic of Steven Spielberg, HOOK stars Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffman as the infamous Captain Hook. Joining the fun is Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell, Bob Hoskins as the pirate Smee, and Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy Darling, who must convince the middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning that he was once the legendary Peter Pan. And so the adventure begins anew, with Peter off to Neverland to save his two children from Captain Hook. Along the way, he rediscovers the power of imagination, friendship, and magic. A classic tale updated for children of all ages, HOOK, nominated for five 1991 Academy Awards® including Best Visual Effects, is "a 10. A film that will entertain generations, generations from now." (Gary Franklin KABC-TV)

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Production Notes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
This is a movie I know I have seen before... but it has been many years. Probably in the '90s when it was first released on VHS. So basically the only thing I remembered about it was it had Robin Williams as a grown up Peter Pan and that I enjoyed it at the time. The first thing I thought before watching this movie... while setting up this review was this is a long movie! 2 hours and 22 minutes long? Wow! At that length I sure hope this movie holds up well for me.

As you can see from the cover I bought this one as a 2 disc set along with the movie The Indian in the Cupboard. A movie I am not sure if I ever seen. I really remember nothing about it. So I basically bought this one for Hook. If by any chance I don't care for either of them... at least I got this set cheap at only $5.99!

After watching the movie I have to admit... this one is nothing more then a huge production full of mindless fun. But I did enjoy every moment of it still. Even the slower moments of the movie was done in a fun way. I thought everyone in it done a great job. This movie alone was well worth the price I paid for the set. I was concerned about the length of this movie... but it was so fun that the time flew by so fast I didn't even notice how long it is. And if that is not the sign of good entertainment... I don't know what is. If you never seen this movie I definitely recommend it. But don't go into it expecting more then what it is. Nothing more then great imagery and mindless fun. Expect anything more then that then chances are you will be disappointed.

My Rating: 4/5

Title: The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course: Special Edition
Year: 2002
Director: John Stainton
Rating: PG
Length: 89 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Steve Irwin
Terri Irwin
Magda Szubanski
David Wenham
Lachy Hulme
Aden Young

Plot:
Steve Irwin makes his big-screen debut with his most perilous adventure yet! To save a very large crocodile from poachers, Steve and his wife Terri set out on a death-defying journey through the outback to nab the big fella and relocate him to a safe river. But what they don't know is that the angry reptile has swallowed a top-secret U.S. satellite beacon, making them all targets of American special agents. Crikey!

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Interactive Games
Music Videos
Closed Captioned
"Croc Track" pop-up trivia

My Thoughts:
I never watched Steve Irwin on the Discovery Channel... but I did know who he was. The movie isn't bad.. it is silly.. and entertaining... but far from the best comedy I ever seen. Still it had enough chuckles for me to enjoy watching it. Though it isn't one I could see watching often. It has a pretty nice DVD release... with a good selection of bonus features.

My Rating: 3/5

Quoting FilmAlba:

Quote:
Twilight: Eclipse (2010)
There's a time in a man's life where he has to make sacrifices for a women and seeing a Twilight film is one of them. After witnessing the unspeakable horror of New Moon like Event Horizon it's a porthole to hell where you want to gauge your eyes out. A love sick teen girl prances around some forest torn between a man dog who can't seem to keep his top on and is sprayed very  liberally with fake tan. Or an undead emo played by Robert Pattinson who makes William i love you wife Hurt blush with his crippled emotional acting.

To my surprise though Eclipse is watchable and at points entertaining. Robert Pattinson actually isn't so wooden in this and at times i was cheering him on (act boy act like you have never acted before!). It's still girly and teeny but at least it's not a total snooze fest but i would not go out my way to see it.

Still be comforted if you are dragged along to this that it is not New Moon

3/5

Just come across this thread (blind much!?)
I've read all the books and thought I'd put a different perspective on this series.

Twilight - on first viewing I was very disappointed. I loved the book; but it felt very much like a 'first novel' and, as such, was a little repetitive and simplistic. However, I had great expectations for the film. I felt the makers went OTT on the lovey-dovey aspect and watered down the characters too much. On subsequent viewings (to date I've seen it 7 times) I have enjoyed it more and more.

New Moon - unlike FilmAlba I LOVED this film from start to finish. I felt it was closer to the book and; being a werewolf fan (definitely in Team Jacob) I prefer the storyline to Twilight. I thought the actors seemed more comfortable in their roles. It was more exciting and, contrary to many critics, I thought the wolves looked fantastic.

Eclipse - Loved this one too...however, I felt there was much more missing from the book; especially about the Newborns. Certain sequences seemed too rushed; and the characterisation suffered IMO. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the 3 films so far when I bought this one.

I definitely feel that the series works better as a whole, rather than each film as a standalone.

The thing about The Twilight Saga in general is a marmite thing - you either love it or hate it. Whether I would be so enamoured if I hadn't read the books, I'm not sure. All I can say is that I'm looking forward to Breaking Dawn.
Many people refer to these films as chick-flicks; and maybe that is the case. Obviously, I'm not a girl - but, being gay, I possibly have some of the same sensibilities when watching certain films.

Lastly, and to prove the point I make above, I certainly don't have a problem with Jacob being shirtless through a lot of the fillm!!!    

Title: Starsky & Hutch
Year: 2004
Director: Todd Phillips
Rating: PG-13
Length: 100 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Ben Stiller
Owen Wilson
Snoop Dogg
Fred Williamson
Vince Vaughn
Juliette Lewis

Plot:
HERE COMES THE FUZZ! Starsky takes the wheel, Hutch rides shotgun and comedy runs wild in this hilarious twist on the landmark buddy-cop TV show.

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson bring a playful chemistry to the roles of undercover detectives Starsky and Hutch. Todd Phillips (Old School, Road Trip) directs this '70s groove in which our guys are stripped of their badges, duped by a drug kingpin (Vince Vaughn) and totally ripped off in a disco contest. So, yeah, they got some scores to settle. Snoop Dogg is in fly funkadelic mode as urban coolster Huggy Bear. And Juliette Lewis and others make for nonstop fun. If inducing laughter is a crime, they're all guilty as charged!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
Felt like a little action/comedy next. And I wanted to give this one a go because I recently blind bought the season 1 set of the TV Series... which I watched the first disc of so far and enjoyed. The series don't have nearly the amount of comedy in it that the movie does. Though it is more of a being silly style of comedy then a laugh out loud type. I found that I enjoyed the movie... but really expected a little more from it. I liked both Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson in the title roles. And I don't think I could imagine anyone doing Huggy Bear better then Snoop Dogg. I mean he hit the role just right going by the few episodes of the series I seen so far. It is a fun watch... but it could have been done better. Maybe doing it more like the series... and taking it more seriously would have helped... I don't know.

My Rating: 3.5/5

I think I may have liked it a little more then you because I'm NOT as familiar with the series. Like I said... I never seen more then the first 4 episodes of the first season. I probably would have liked it less if I was a big fan of the series already.

Like The Dukes of Hazzard was huge from my childhood... and I can't believe how badly they mucked up the movie version!