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I think TV shows with a story are usually way better then most movies. Right now Stargate and Atlantis started back up and they are excelent shows. BattleStar Galactica is another, unfortunately since Sci-Fi channel is not in HDTV the quality of those sucks... downloading from the web the ones that air on the BBC are in HDTV and are excellent, esp BSG.

Alias was one of the very best sounding TV shows I know of, too bad it went downhill quality wise (story) in it's last season.

And no, I have no good movie recomendations... recently saw Munich which was excellent but it came out late last year. The few explosions in the film were pretty big LFE wise as well.

Also rented Jackie Chan's New Policy Story, excellent picture quality but the story wasn't anything special. Decent action for those that like these types of movies but nothing extrodinary.

I have started renting all the past seasons of Stargate SG1 through Netflix and I have to say that I'm really enjoying it! I would have never have watched it on TV (don't have the patience nor the time) so thanks to Netflix I'm able to watch so many good shows and weed out the bad ones. I can't wait to rent Battlestar Galactica!

A couple of other thoughts.

If you liked "Snatch", check out "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels". Guy Ritchie was responsible for both. Enjoy!

In a totally different vein, a movie I rented because I remembered good press, and my wife wanted something different was "Chocolat". This truly was an outstanding movie (though low on the LFE quotient!). If I tell you the plot is about a woman and her daughter opening up a chocolate shop in a small French town, you'd never go see it.

But in all seriousness, it is very well done: Beautiful camera work, excellent acting, sweet story without being cloying. Think of it as a really good bittersweet chocolate, and not a Hershey's bar. When it was over my wife felt it was one of her favorite movies, ever. Period.

Rich

Just thought of a really good movie that didn’t get much hype…….Flight Plan with Jodie Foster. I thought it was a real sleeper with some pretty kickass LFE’s.

We watched the Family Stone last night. Real good movie. Not much for LFE, but it was pretty funny.

I guess I'm the only one who's seen the Worlds Fastest Indian. Well if you like Anthony Hopkins it's a good flick, by the way it's about a motorcycle not a fast Native American

The World's Fastest Indian is on my Netflix queue, so you won't be the only one for long!

For some reason, Jodi Foster is like scraping finger nails on a chalk board for me ... except for her performance in Silence of the Lambs.

Thanks for the recommendations! I'm going to go looking for World's Fastest Indian and Lock, Stock and 2 Barrels.

I hate to admit that I like SG-1, but I think Harry Dean Stanton is the highest expression of Minnesota cool ever.

Battle Star Galactica - I lent my Season 1, have yet to see it again, but I watch Season 2 episodes. I think this may be the best sci fi series of all time - and if you put them all together it may be the longest and best sci fi movie of all time.

Nice avatar, Rich!

When you guys were talking about Running Scared, I was confused. I thought that one starred Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal