Movies

I really enjoy watching movies, as does my brother and most of my close friends.

Genres

I can find something I really like in almost any genre, but my favorite genres are:

  • Animation (especially 3-D CG; check out my CG Corner recommendations)
  • Action
  • Action - Asian (especially Hong Kong-style)
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy (especially with cool creatures)
  • Fantasy - Asian
  • Drama (with compelling characters)
  • Comedy

Appeal

In general, I am fascinated with visual effects, cool fights, cool creatures, and great characters (as opposed to a complex plot with weak characters).

My Collection

You can get a good idea of the movies I like by checking out what is in my videos collection.

Note: Any references to my videos collection on this site (even in this “Movies” section) include movies, TV series, and any other video works.

Alternatively, you can get a good idea of the movies I did NOT like by checking out what is in my "rejections" list and reviewing the notes. In general, I deem something to be "not collection-worthy" if I would not watch it again. Thus, a movie with just "not collection-worthy" as a note was a decent enough movie that just did not lend itself to my watching it again. However, I include additional notes, if it was something even less than this.

In general, I always try to get the disc edition with the best video transfer, audio transfer, subtitles (for foreign movies), and special features (for visual effects movies).

Note that the title for each entry is followed by the release year in parentheses if it is used by multiple works (e.g., remakes). By clicking on a linkable title, you are taken to a reference link in a new browser window (or tab) with information about the work (normally from Wikipedia). Also, by clicking on a provided Amazon icon (i.e., ), you are taken to the Amazon.com link for the specific release.

Links

Some quality movie resources/references:

  • IMDb (movie info): This database probably has more details on past and future movies than any other site.
  • Twitch | ComingSoon.net | Yahoo! Coming Soon | Teaser-Trailer.com | Superhero Hype! (movie news): Twitch is the best site for worldwide movie news. They get rumors, production statuses, teasers, and trailers amazingly far out (and before almost any other site).
  • Yahoo! Movies (movie reviews): The user grades given to movies on this site seem to be more representative of the general public than sites like Rotten Tomatoes.
  • Moviefone (movie times): This site from AOL seems to provide the best movie time listings for local theaters.
  • Amazon | YesAsia.com | Blu-ray.com (video releases): I purchase most of my Blu-ray and DVD releases from Amazon, because of their great prices and service.
  • YouTube | Google | Yahoo | hulu (online videos): These free services give you a wide range of access to videos on the internet. YouTube seems to have the biggest variety and selection, so it is the primary source for video links on this site. While these services have been moving to higher resolution videos (including HD), the traditional videos are still displayed at a resolution of 320x240 on a bigger default viewer (approx. 420x340), and thus, do not appear to be clear and crisp. On this site, I force the viewer to display at the original dimensions (320x240 for the traditional videos), so the picture quality appears higher, but the video window is significantly smaller.