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Friday, April 18, 2008

Need rental movie titles!



I have taken three long unfit weeks off from the gym.

Next week, with shrunken, atrophied muscles, I'm heading back to my early-morning routine. Yes, you can expect some whining.

Please, please, please. I need DVD titles for my iPod. To fake me out on the Elliptical time. So I don't realize how long I've been stepping. (I never claimed brilliance!)

I'm looking for humorous and/or fast-paced. No dramas as they inhibit my endorphins.

Here are a few movies that have worked: Love Actually, The Shawshank Redemption, Grosse Pointe Blank

Movies that have not worked: How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, Pieces of April, Last Dance Drama, Purple Violets

Also, does anyone know of a decent program that converts DVDs to iPod format?

So, to summarize this extremely important-to-my-health post:

1. Please suggest humorous and/or fast-paced movies for gym viewing.

2. Please suggest a software program that converts DVDs to an iPod format.

I'm begging ya....

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Posted by Barrie

27 comments:

  1. AnnieApril 18, 2008 at 7:53 AM

    I am totally unequipped to doing anything with an ipod other than turn it on (thank God for teenagers!).

    Movie suggestions: My mind is completely blank. I know I've seen a funny movie...I know I have...

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  2. AnonymousApril 18, 2008 at 8:58 AM

    hairspray (the most current release with john travolta)! enchanted! really good face paced movies. happy movie watching and happy friday!

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  3. Cameron WilliamsApril 18, 2008 at 9:36 AM

    Shawshank makes your list of happy movies? Have you forgotten the Brooks scene? How about some sillier Stiller/Wilson movies like Starky and Hutch or Zoolander? Those always work for me.

    I was unaware that there were any programs that could covert DVD movies for IPOD use. If you find one, let me know!

    By the way, I'm home with a sick daughter right now, in case you thought I was blogging when I should be teaching...

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  4. LarramieApril 18, 2008 at 10:04 AM

    Alternative suggestion: A home gym with flatscreen HDTV that's all yours! *VBG*

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  5. BarrieApril 18, 2008 at 10:36 AM

    Hey Cameron! Until you mentioned it, I hadn't made the possible blogging/teaching time connection! Sorry you have a sickie at home. :(

    Shawshank was supposed to be my example of a fast-paced movie, not humourous. Although, in reality, it's not overly fast-paced either.

    And, look, I commented on your comment!

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  6. UnknownApril 18, 2008 at 11:03 AM

    I second 'Enchanted', that's a good movie. How about 'Wedding Crashers' or 'Night at the Museum'. I've heard good things about 'I am Legend' but haven't seen it myself. 'National Treasure' is good or '1408' or 'Transformers'. Is that enough?

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  7. Spy ScribblerApril 18, 2008 at 11:44 AM

    Five Best DVD Ripping Tools

    I haven't been watching movies lately, except the ones out. But one of those five above was supposedly good at ripping DVD to iPod.

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  8. ShelliApril 18, 2008 at 12:31 PM

    I love my iPod, but I didn't know you could watch DVDs on it! Wow! I mostly listen to podcasts.

    Hmm...My husband and I rent DVDs all the time. As far as movies, my mind is blank at the moment. We love to rent good TV programs...24, Lost, Battlestar Gallactica are all fast-paced.

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  9. BethApril 18, 2008 at 12:43 PM

    You can put movies on an ipod? Oh God, I'm so behind the times!

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  10. The Tomball ThreeApril 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM

    I loved:

    10 Things I Hate About You
    Why Did I Get Married
    Legally Blonde

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  11. BethApril 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM

    PS- I haven't gotten my book yet. Have you had a chance to send it. I hope it didn't get lost.

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  12. MaryApril 18, 2008 at 1:11 PM

    Suggestions for gym viewing:

    Michael Clayton
    Nancy Drew
    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    And a wild card: The Transporter

    (The Shawshank Redemption is one of my all time faves, and makes me wonder if Master and Commander might work for you.)

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  13. Linda McLaughlinApril 18, 2008 at 5:06 PM

    Barrie,

    I have no idea how to get a DVD onto an iPod. I can't even get my MP3 player to play music, LOL.

    Haven't seen any movies lately, but I'll echo the recommendation for ENCHANTED. Its adorable.

    For fast-paced, how about THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. It's got a great soundtrack, too. A couple of my fave comedies are MISS CONGENIALITY, BLAZING SADDLES, and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

    Linda

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  14. Don Mills DivaApril 18, 2008 at 8:15 PM

    I can't suggest any software but I love Election with Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick - funny, clever and fast-paced.

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  15. Sustenance ScoutApril 18, 2008 at 8:29 PM

    I'm no help on either front, Barrie! Just stopping by to say congrats on getting back to the gym, sending off book #2, and being interviewed! Also a big hug for being mom of the year. I've been there, and know I'll be there again someday, staring at that mislaid homework assignment, forgotten textbook, etc. Nothing like mommy guilt to keep us going...! K.

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  16. AnonymousApril 18, 2008 at 8:40 PM

    Juno is out! The last Die Hard movie was GREAT - lots of action and funny. (The Mac guy was very good in it.) I agree with the Enchanted suggestion - I missed it in the theaters but had a fun family movie night with that one. A friend of my daughter brought over 50 First Dates and it was very cute. Any of the Bourne movies.

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  17. AnonymousApril 19, 2008 at 4:57 AM

    A couple of oldies-but-goodies for me would be Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile and Raiders of the Lost Arc. Newer movies? Enchanted. Adorable. The Shrek movies are all very funny - for adults, not just kids. Also, any of the Pirate's movies... I mean, come on, Johnny Depp on your iPod? Can't go wrong there. ;-)
    ~Debbie

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  18. alex ketoApril 19, 2008 at 10:06 AM

    For the literary minded, "The Man Who Would Be King" is a great adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling story of the same title. Sean Connery and Michael Caine go off to conqueror a kingdom in Afghanistan around 1900.

    For one of the great movies, there is "Breaker Morant," an Australian film about Australian soldiers being charged with murder during the Boer War in South Africa.

    For pure laughs, "The Three Musketeers" with Michael York and Richard Harris. Screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser who wrote the Flashman series of books

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  19. Charles GramlichApril 19, 2008 at 2:40 PM

    I don't even own one of those new fangled gadgets.

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  20. J.K. MahalApril 19, 2008 at 4:21 PM

    I recommend:

    Keeping the Faith
    Notting Hill
    Bend it Like Beckham
    13 Going on 30
    Music and Lyrics
    The Horatio Hornblower series on A&E
    Stardust

    I also like working out to Sports Night, which is only a half-hour each episode, but it's a good half-hour.

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  21. ElizabethApril 20, 2008 at 4:24 AM

    Well done getting the book out!!!
    Going to the gym makes me fat.
    I get hungry and come home and eat too much.
    I suppose it's good for one.......
    all best wishes

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  22. Mary AnnApril 20, 2008 at 8:04 AM

    I think I know all the lines in Shawshank Redemption! (But I still wish there were five more minutes at the end, to see their faces, hear a few words.) Oh but I digress.

    The Heist (the one with Pierce Brosnan not the movie by the same name with Danny DiVito) because it's fast-paced, easy to follow, and sexy enough to motivate re the elliptical...

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  23. Jessica Burkhart April 20, 2008 at 8:14 AM

    http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2&p=how+to+convert+a+dvd+to+ipod&rs=0&fr2=rs-top

    There's even a YouTube vid that shows you how! :)

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  24. AngelaApril 20, 2008 at 6:21 PM

    Have fun!
    I have been going once a week for like a month!
    You can do it!

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  25. UnknownApril 21, 2008 at 12:42 PM

    Okay, I have to say Transformers is a good choice.

    How about "Good Luck Chuck" I laughed so hard at that movie!

    I am Legend

    10 Things I Hate About You is also such a great movie!

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  26. BethApril 21, 2008 at 3:55 PM

    I am so behind in my movie viewing. Someone suggested The Internet Movie Database (www.imbd.com)
    It helps!
    Good luck!

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  27. alex ketoApril 22, 2008 at 7:00 AM

    I've got nothing intelligent to say, just dropped by

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