Cleaning out the queue part 2

There are like 10 different unfinished drafts in the old repository, as I can't seem to finish anything I've started recently. Except bike from Center City Philadelphia to West Chester. Good times.

Anyway, in the interest of putting something on here today, I'm cleaning out the old Netflix queue again.

Chopper
Eric Bana stars as the most notorious criminal in Australia, Mark "Chopper" Read. I wouldn't say this movie is "good" per say, but Bana's performance is demented and riveting. It's a dark comedy. Cheers, big ears!

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Everyone's favorite ethnic stoners are back on another road trip -- along with Neil Patrick Harris, assorted federal agents, whores and George W. Bush. Probably not as good as "White Castle" was, what with the lack of extremeness, but its still an entertaining couple hours.

Murderball
Quadriplegics are hardcore.

Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
I don't even remember watching this. I guess it was good.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
This is a great movie, and not just because Marisa Tomei (still spry!) is naked for pretty much the entire first half. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke are brothers who decide to solve their money problems by robbing their parents jewelry store, but it all goes terribly wrong. Hoffman in particular is increasingly depraved as the film goes on. It is dark, but I still can't recommend this one enough.

Babel
I give this a strong "meh" because think it tried to do to much. Is shooting in three different countries and five different languages really necessary? I expected more from the Brad Pitt-Cate Blanchett combo. And I think the basic message of "language barriers cause problems" devolves more into "brown people getting screwed over." It's just depressing. But it did teach me that deaf Japanese girls are slutty.

Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles: Pt. 1
This is funny, but the entire thing is available on Youtube in various segments.

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
A documentary about Hunter S. Thompson, seeming slapped together shortly after his death. A little bit to fellating of the good doctor, if that's possible. Worth it just for the Gary Busey interview, portions of which have been posted here before.


Battlestar Galactica: Season 2
Gaius Baltar as Saddam Hussein? Frack.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
This gets started with a tragic machete fight accident. Need I say more? This is probably the best spoof since the original scary movie. I like the part where they make jokes. And John C. Reilly has a quality voice -- so the songs are solid.

The Darjeeling Limited
Wes Anderson movie about 3 brothers finding themselves on a train. Frankly I don't have much to say about it, mainly because I only half-watched it and don't remember much.

Gone Baby Gone
Hey look, another dark film! This crime thriller set in Boston is really good, it seems Ben Affleck has some directing chops. Affleck's brother Casey is a PI investigating a case of child abduction with all kinds of twists and turns. Highly recommended, would watch again.

Half Nelson
Ryan Gosling is a crack-addicted inner city teacher whose friendship with one of his students changes both of their lives with poignancy. It's a bit predictable, but still powerful.

That's it. I just got Doomsday in the mail today so look out for that one.