DW, I may try Chaos...our luck at finding good movies to add to the queue is down pretty badly; most of the recent ones have been really poor.

Last night we watched Into The Wild, a true story of a young college grad who came from the home of a successful man, who was a wife beater and abusive dad- leaves after graduation and hikes and camps his way across the US and eventually to the depths of the Alaskan wilderness. The location shots are stunning, the visuals and scenery are so beautiful. But the story is truly depressing. I won't get into to it for the sake of those who haven't seen it yet. Well developed character, lots of wackos he met along the way (just like real life), lots of adventures. Just really didn't like the ending, but true life is like that...I guess I was expecting more of a feel-good. I will say I admire the family for being willing to have the best and worst of the true story put to film...I seriously doubt most of us would want that.

Currently sitting on the table waiting to be watched, Awake, I am Legend, and Atonement.
You can tell which one I picked to watch for me....

I caught "Iron Man" on Saturday and I must say this movie is definitely worth catching. Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges & Gwyneth Paltrow all provide excellent performances but Robert Downey Jr. is the standout. CGI is effective, more realistic not over done as in some movies. A very entertaining film from start to finish.

I've never really been into superhero movies, so I'll probably pass on this, even though I like Robert Downey Jr.

I'm awaiting the release of the new Indiana Jones movie. I think it's this weekend.

Some movies recently seen as part of my Netflix - "Million Dollar Baby" with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Hillary Swank. It was good, but it kind of dragged on a little too long for me. "Layer Cake" with Daniel Craig (the current James Bond.) Didn't really care for this one. Very hard to follow. They also drop the f-bomb quite a bit in this one.

Iron Man does look interesting, but I'm holding out for Indiana Jones. Mary, I think the release date is the 23rd.

Thanks Woody. Can't wait to see that one.

Watched another Netflix movie last night, a documentary called "Born Into Brothels." It's an Oscar winner from a couple of years ago. A woman goes to India to make a documentary about prostitutes living and working in the red light district of Calcutta. She meets their children, who are fascinated by her camera. She returns at a later date with cameras for all the kids and begins teaching them photography. They tell their stories through their words and their photographs. Some of them are quite good. This woman tries to help these kids get out of their hopeless situation through the skills they learned from her. The deck is so stacked against them from day one that you can't help but hope they can use these skills to rise above their circumstances. (One girl comes from three generations of prostitutes.) An amazing story.

I watched Stephen King's The Mist. Very good.

Revisited one of my favorites over the weekend - Cinema Paradiso. Ahhh! I love that movie! <Sigh>

Have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Hillary Swank in "Freedom Writers."

Occasionally my wife and I like to spend an evening going back and replaying flics that we enjoyed. When we feel like tearing our hearts out we watch "Message In A Bottle," "Pay It Forward" or "Saving Private Ryan." If the endings of these films fail to leave you with an extremely heavy heart, you better have your pulse checked.

The civil rights films "Ghosts of Missippi" and "Mississippi Burning" occupied a recent evening and always serve as a reminder of "man's dominating man to his injury." And when we need a change of pace and a great laugh, we pop "Hitch" into the DVD player and re-enjoy Kevin James "dance" routine before Will Smith.

Incredibly I keep returning to my all-time favorite action trilogy, "The Bourne Identity," "Bourne Supremacy," and the best one of them all, "The Bourne Ultimatum." At this point my wife reminds me that I've watched these movies far too many times and then takes her leave to a good book.

My husband and son went to see Iron Man and loved it. While they watched that, I was next door to them watching Baby Mama. It was cute...not rip-roaring funny like Wedding Crashers, but definitely funny.

I am waiting for Indiana Jones, too!

I saw Iron Man and really enjoyed it. LOVED how it ended. This was the first movie we have been able to see in months, so we really relished it.

Also looking forward to Indy.