Why will I lie comatose on the couch watching HOURS of movies complete with commercials and all, when I own those very same movies on DVD and could just get up and put those in and actually a) not have to watch commercials and b) watch the entire series in a considerably shorter time frame?

Have seen #s 1 and 2 about a zillion times of course. Had only fully watched 3 one time a zillion years ago. On rewatching, I think to myself “What is everyone always crying about? 3 is not THAT BAD.” In fact, I think it is almost satisfactory. It shows how things have fallen apart, how Michael’s lack of emotion and connectedness to others (which Vito had but Michael doesn’t) has caused the disintegration. It has crazy nutso unstable Andy Garcia’s character coming in and eventually taking over (further disintegration). And I frankly don’t see anything wrong with Sofia’s acting in it.

I think everyone else is just a) bitching about nothing or b) going along w/ the party view. Fie on them. I might not think 3 is AS GOOD as 1 and 2. But there are MANY many movies out in this world that aren’t as good as 1 or 2, aren’t there.

It’s so crazy to watch this now. Anyone who was ANYONE at the time was in it. And so many of them went on to amazing careers. Not just Pacino and DeNiro (DeNiro as the young Brando — a stroke of genius) but Diane Keaton, James Caan, Michael Duvall… the list goes on and on.

I liked this more than I thought I would. Mark Ruffalo is really cute in it, the interactions are funny & sweet. And really the only thing keeping me from outright raving about it is the unreality of the concept. Unlike say this movie that I am (albeit abashedly) raving about, the “plot” of Just Like Heaven couldn’t actually happen TO ME and that’s really what I’m looking for in a rom-com. I guess it could happen TO YOU, if you believe in Napoleon Dynamite and seeing spirits. Neither of which turn me on.

I never thought an Ashton Kutcher movie would land on the “watch every week, and then some” list.

This is a very cute, very sweet movie. Starts out a little “When Harry Met Sally” but actually goes in a very different direction. The deaf brother seemed a little “Four Weddings and a Funeral” but he’s only in a few scenes.

Super cute. Super sweet. Ouch!

Bonus: There’s a scene with “If You Leave Me Now” (Chicago) that is just as awesome as the “Tiny Dancer” scene in “Almost Famous.” Seriously.

One of those rare suspense movies where we actually know who the bad guy is the whole way through, and the suspense is about stopping him rather than figuring out who he is. Keanu is quite freaky here and James Spader is great as a messed-up cop on his last legs.