What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt2)

[rekil]

The Third Part Of The Night. The lice scenes had me all scratchy.

 

[Daniel]

I'm watching The House Bunny, I am finding it surprisingly funny.

 

[Sadken]

Over the past few days:

Juno - yeah, a nice film! I didn't find her as annoying as my friend said she is, actually I thought she was very good.

The Wave - interesting concept, I like how we aren't supposed to view any particular character or aspect of the group as necessarily good or bad - it's just what's happening.

Into the Wild - lovely film; great soundtrack, beautifully shot!

Osama - about a family of women living in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. They need to daughter to pretend she is a boy so she can work and make money. It's really not a happy film, but I'm glad I watched it.

The Story of the Weeping Camel - beautiful! About a nomadic Mongolian family and their camels... they love their camels! I would recommend this to anyone, it's a lovely story and not that long. Patchy subtitles but they're not really needed all the time anyway!

The Circle - a series of short loosely interconnected stories of different Iranian women. Nicely done, lots of symbolism, plenty of tension but not a happy ending, or beginning, or middle.

Needs a Will Ferrell in there somewhere.

 

[Daniel]

OMG! I wana learn every word to the ending song of the house bunny, good film imo.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Pirates of the Caribbean-At World's End. I'm a sucker for pirate films, and this one had plenty of LOL moments. Got to love the monkey and the parrot!

I thought the first one was amongst the standout 'family entertainment' type action/adventure films of the decade. But I really didn't enjoy the second, so didn't bother with the third...

 

[ViolentPanda]

I thought the first one was amongst the standout 'family entertainment' type action/adventure films of the decade. But I really didn't enjoy the second, so didn't bother with the third...

I like the first and third more than the second (which just seems to be there to set up the story for the much more action-packed third film).

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

yeah - that was my beef with the 2nd, the whole thing was a big set up. It was only in about the last 30 minutes that it seemed to recapture the form of the first. Perhaps I should try the 3rd after all...

 

[pboi]

deffo do the third man, its well worth it.

i didnt like the second

 

[Biddlybee]

Comandante. Very interesting

 

[smmudge]

Needs a Will Ferrell in there somewhere.

Umm well, I saw the last half of Stranger than Fiction once...

 

[Ranbay]

The Goonies, which has rather more upskirt shots that i recall it did when watching it as a kid... :-/

 

[DexterTCN]

i watched twilight with my daughter thought it was amazin she can't stop watchin it

 

[sheothebudworths]

The tale of Desperaux.

 

[baldrick]

persepolis and under the bombs.

 

[kropotkin]

The original 1962 Manchurian Candidate, which was superb. I was really impressed by a lot of what I saw- great dialogue, good story. Incredible Red Scare stuff though!

[and I was very struck by the obvious homage paid to the scene of the killing of the senator and his daughter in the black and white linoleum kitchen in this film by the similar scene at the start of Terminator 2]

 

[Fictionist]

Gladiator

 

[sojourner]

The Straight Story

which was doing okay, but then I fell asleep and only woke up right at the end

 

[sojourner]

ratcatcher

grim, bleak, depressing. liked how it projected how it feels to be a kid - lonely, scared, confused.

not something to watch if you were feeling a bit down in any way though

 

[DotCommunist]

Hunt for Gollum


really enjoyed it and was impressed at how well done it was for the cost.

 

[Orang Utan]

Matewan. Essentially an archetypal western but with a socialist message - surprised to see such a left wing film come out of the USA. Stirring stuff.

 

[N_igma]

A Western?

 

[Orang Utan]

yes. Have you seen it?

 

[N_igma]

yes. Have you seen it?

Yes of course I have seen it.

 

[Orang Utan]

why the confusion then?

 

[N_igma]

Because it's not a Western. Not even in the same ball park.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's a Western in every sense of the word, apart from the fact that it's set in the 20s. A lone stranger comes into town and helps the trod-upon locals fight back against bullying landowners. Showdown in the main street at the end.

 

[N_igma]

It's a Western in every sense of the word, apart from the fact that it's set in the 20s. A lone stranger comes into town and helps the trod-upon locals fight back against bullying landowners. Showdown in the main street at the end.

Keep digging that hole mister.

 

[Orang Utan]

if you're going to disagree with me, at least say why, otherwise it's a bit pointless. It's not exactly controversial.

 

[N_igma]

if you're going to disagree with me, at least say why, otherwise it's a bit pointless. It's not exactly controversial.

The most obvious one is the fact that West Virginia is in Eastern USA and Westerns focus on the West.

 

[Orang Utan]

The most obvious one is the fact that West Virginia is in Eastern USA and Westerns focus on the West.

that's irrelevant - there are Westerns made in Asia too