# Whatcha Watchin'? (Jan 09) Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-watchin-jan-09-thread/479474 "2009-01-01T16:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-watchin-jan-09-thread/479474/41 "2009-01-27T00:06:24Z")
I just finished Red Dawn - which I missed in the 80s. A spectacularly bad film, it still did a good job of what I want in a DVD rental: It kept me entertained and my heart moving while I am exercising. I find that the action films work better than the artsy films, although the romcoms do an OK job. I am looking forward to this week’s opening of Taken. I may not get to see it this week, but it has been a while since something came out that I wanted to see in the theaters. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-watchin-jan-09-thread/479474/42 "2009-01-27T00:40:27Z")
I’m rewatching some Coen brothers movies (and seeing some for the first time). This weekend it was _Miller’s Crossing_. I’ll have to watch again to really appreciate it, but I liked the soundtrack enough to buy the CD. Next up is _Raising Arizona_. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-watchin-jan-09-thread/479474/43 "2009-01-27T01:19:58Z")
I’m doing the “awards movies” run. Watched _Slumdog Millionaire_ the other night (which was great, but not BEST PICTURE great) and on a whim, _Milk_ (only after I was assured multiple times that neither Sean Penn or Gus Van Sant were doing their “thing” in it), which was great. Gonna watch _Doubt_ now. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-watchin-jan-09-thread/479474/44 "2009-01-30T19:16:23Z")
Just finished _I could never be your woman._ A light-but-predictable romantic farce in which the stunningly-hot Michelle Pfiefer plays a a stunningly-hot 40-something divorced mother of one who falls in love with the 29 year old Paul Rudd and then worries he will fall for someone else. A sub-plot has her daughter falling in love for the first time. Over all I enjoyed it, even though it was fairly predictable. Plenty of places that made me smile, and a few out-right laughs. And I came away feeling good, which is usually all I ask. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-watchin-jan-09-thread/479474/45 "2009-01-31T04:22:27Z")
I’m a little behind on this one but I’ve finally started watching _The Shield_ on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-watchin-jan-09-thread/479474/46 "2009-01-31T19:57:19Z")
[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10768263#post10768263) to Feb’s Thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-watchin-jan-09-thread/479474.md?page=2)