Netflix sent us Monster House on Blu-Ray over the weekend and I have to say the sound quality on uncompressed 5.1 was by far one of the best I’ve heard in awhile. Not sure if purist could call it ref material but to my ears, the effects from this movie were well placed and strong. A movie any child at heart can relate and relive, Monster House was an enjoyable ride. The video presentation was punchy and sharp, but that is expected with cgi presentations.
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Movie: The Hitcher (2007)

Director: David Meyers

One Sentence Summary: UT student and boyfriend leave Austin to Lake Havasu for some spring break fun only to run into a guy that is determine to play road games by killing everyone around the teens as the two college students, not utilizing sound logic, avoid all contact by police and others as they try to employ the basic premise of if they run, they will be able to outrun the killer only to end with the boyfriend split in half and the killer’s brain splattered on the asphalt by a very pissed off girlfriend that is now going to miss out all the fun the lake could have brought.

Three words/phrases: d’oh, dumb, ‘what the hell?’

Personal note: It was cool to see the opening scene in the movie showing areas of north Austin Keyla and I are very familiar with.

Movie: Feast (2005)

Director: John Golager

One sentence summary: A rundown bar in the middle of nowhere is attacked by demon creatures that have an insatiable appetite for human flesh which was easy to acquire due to the sheer joy the people had getting near windows where they were plucked from and devoured at speeds equivalent to eating popcorn in the most gore-like fashion filled with blood, guts and crushing bones only to be outsmarted by a grieving mother, a wanna-be player and…a guy in the wheelchair, by outlasting the onslaught till daylight.

Three words/phrases: hilarious, fast-paced, enjoyable

Movie: The Pink Panther (2006)

Director: Shawn Levy

One sentence summary: A lowly police inspector, Clouseau, is promoted to the rank of detective to provide a diversion for chief inspector Dreyfus to solve the case of the missing Pink Panther diamond and solving the murder of a beloved soccer coach which worked for the most part as Clouseau clumsily navigated from one scene to another, blindingly joining events that have no obvious connection only to discover by chance the location of the diamond from a photograph and reversing the role of the idiot to Dreyfus as he expertly solves the murder of the soccer coach carried out by the team trainer.

Three words/phrases: tired, tried, terrible

I love how PS3fanboy talked about movie releases for this week with regards to “300“:

Some other movies are coming out too, but come on — nobody cares.

With high def action and sound to pound the soul, is there any better way to kill the intellect and feed the beast? Besides football, there is nothing better than a great action flick to pump you up to go out and break something. How strange it is to realize that no matter how old I get, I still feel the testosterone drip cultivated during my younger years on “the mat” or track. There is no better feeling to know you can suppress another individual by brute skill. Wow, now that’s primal! Man, I miss that at times.