I watched it again yesterday and it stil holds up pretty well. A somewhat artsy psychological thriller with extreme method acting by Christian Bale (he went down to 120 pounds). I used to weigh 100 pounds at 5'10" (it was no Gypsy curse, just puberty), so I can sympathize.

If you want to see an emaciated Christian Bale in an indie with European sensibilities, give The Machinist a shot. It's moody and intriguing.

Punisher was one of the two Marvel comic books that appeared in Poland in 1991 (Spider-Man was the other one... we also got Batman and Superman from DC that year). I owned a few Punisher issues and liked them, although Batman was my favorite. Today I decided to check out the 2004 film adaptation and... oh boy.

It's a simplistic revenge movie that reminds me of low budget Michael Dudikoff stuff. Absolutely unremarkable, bleak and uninteresting. If you want to see a gritty comic book adaptation done right, watch the Nolan Dark Knight Saga instead.

You said it, Chewie. I wouldn't trust Emmerich with anything these days.

The TV shows, despite their flaws, were watchable. I liked the humorous tone of SG-1 and Atlantis. The long story arc of Universe was drifting, but I think it could be salvaged. Why not continue the existing franchise? It still has a fanbase. A fanbase that can be lost because of a bad reboot (that's exactly what happened to Trekkies after the J.J. reboot).

It's not really surprising... Emmerich has already remade Stargate into 10,000 BC and The Day After Tomorrow into 2012. A few months ago he talked about sequels to ID4. Seems like the guy ran out of new ideas a long time ago...

Looks like Paramount went full retard... I was going to buy the disc release mostly for the extras.

Star Wars
The first movie I saw on VHS (in a kindergarten, around 1987). Made a great impression on me.

Aliens
I was 9 or 10. Scared the hell out of me.

Terminator 2
I must've seen it at least 10 times with my cousins.

I've seen Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome a few times, so I decided to check out the first one.

Don't expect too much from Mad Max. It's a clunky and simplistic action movie that will entertain you for 93 minutes. If you're looking for the quintessential grindhouse experience, see this one.

I'd love to hear that.

There's always booze. Too bad my meds prevent me from drinking...

It's just frustrating to see Fox ripping off their most popular franchise in such a bad way.

A grim thriller written by William Goldman (any FIYH listener will know who that is). The dark, cynical tone just screams "1970s". The plot is somewhat far-fetched, but still fairly terrifying.

I have to admit that, until now, I didn't know where the famous "Is it safe?" quote originally came from.

A lavish and visually impressive fantasy, a cross between Alice In Wonderland and Kill Bill. The only thing that's missing here is an interesting plot. It's just too much style with almost no substance.

I'd love to hear what FIYH had to say about it, but the commentary is still missing (I'm sure the guys will put it up again as soon as they can).

Inland Empire is David Lynch at his Lynchiest, so don't expect any coherent structure (it was filmed without a complete screenplay). Since it was shot on SD digital video, the picture quality leaves much to be desired. David may think that it makes the movie better. I disagree - it just makes it feel more like a documentary (albeit one made on drugs).

Much of the movie was shot in my country (with some of our stars). Unlike many other projects shot in Poland, it didn't receive any public funding (as far as I know). I can only imagine the outrage if our tax money were spent on something like this

While I like some of Lynch's stuff (Blue Velvet, the hypnotizing Eraserhead and the intriguing Twin Peaks), Inland Empire is simply too much for me. Three hours of this mindfuckery is exhausting. Supposedly, the American distributor demanded a version shorter by 20 minutes and David Lynch responded by sending them a cut longer by 20 minutes.

Mr. Brooks isn't nearly as edgy and quirky as it could be. A few decades ago this movie would've been quite shocking. Nowadays, not so much. After other semi-satirical murderer-themed films (Natural Born Killers, American Psycho etc.) it seems a little bland (and almost quaint). I'm not saying it's a bad movie... It's just not good enough to rejuvenate Kevin Costner's career as an A-list leading man (besides, he's probably too old now to fully regain this status).