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

[DJ Squelch]

Rush (1981) about 2 undercover cops who get addicted. Last saw it when i was about 20, it's even better than I remembered it, great performances from the cast.

 

[Me76]

Yesterday I watched The Girl in the Park and Changeling.

The girl in the Park was total dross, really pointless story. I almost switched it off after 33 minutes but there was nothing else on so I carried on wtching and got more and more bored,

I was expecting a lot from the Changeling and was very disappointed.

 

[Sadken]

There's a white slavery?

 

[Lea]

Saw 2 films at the cinema over the weekend.

The first one was How to Be with the young hunk Robert Pattinson at the Prince Charles Cinema. It's a low budget film set in London about this guy (Pattinson) who is a musician and is struggling to cope with his life so hires a self help guru. It was good but not brilliant. The audience was 80% female and probably Pattinson fans. There was a Q&A after the film with the director Oliver Irving, 2 cast members and the composer which was interesting.

The other film I watched was the new Star Trek which I really enjoyed even though I am not a fan of the franchise.

 

[sojourner]

Kidulthood

quite good

 

[Sadken]

Reminded me of an episode of "As if" that lasted for an hour and a half and with actual blowjobs.

 

[DotCommunist]

Kidulthood

quite good

overwrought psuedo griitty shit that stinks of exploitative over egging of inner city kids' issues. IMVHO.
It was like 'Kids' done for a british audience. Plus I now can't watch old Doctor Who episodes without being reminded of Micky beating his rival to death.
Adulthood was even worse.

 

[Sadken]

Why would you watch Adulthood?

 

[DotCommunist]

my mates GF stuck them on back to back and laughed in all the wrong places. 'me likkle gon drilla' is a class line. She laughed at all the grim scenes. Man I was writhing with opinions that would have led to a row.

 

[Badgers]

Been really slack on films of late.
Too many series to work through.

Watched HIGNFY last night which was amusing but almost too easy for them right now.
Then a couple of episodes of Buffy.

 

[Sadken]

I just couldn't believe how bad Kidulthood was in parts - and that shit won awards?! It was as if it had been written by someone who had been put in solitary confinement for the past 30 years, given only the Daily Mail to read and grime to listen to and had then had one day found the door to his cell open, the faceless punishers disappeared and escape possible only through the writing of a BritGritKidFlick.

At times, it even had the feel of an eigties government edutainment video about bullying or something, but amped up with extra swears.

 

[DotCommunist]

I just couldn't believe how bad Kidulthood was in parts - and that shit won awards?! It was as if it had been written by someone who had been put in solitary confinement for the past 30 years, given only the Daily Mail to read and grime to listen to and had then had one day found the door to his cell open, the faceless punishers disappeared and escape possible only through the writing of a BritGritKidFlick.

At times, it even had the feel of an eigties government edutainment video about bullying or something, but amped up with extra swears.

'oh look how grim and awful it is for inner city kids, all my lazy mail-driven prejudices have been confirmed'



the film lacks honesty. And I resent seeing a Doctor Who assistant being a cunt. Not on.

 

[sojourner]

'oh look how grim and awful it is for inner city kids, all my lazy mail-driven prejudices have been confirmed'



the film lacks honesty. And I resent seeing a Doctor Who assistant being a cunt. Not on.

And there we have it. It's all about that really, isn't it?

 

[DotCommunist]

And there we have it. It's all about that really, isn't it?

a bit about that


but I do think the film is dishonest and full of overdone cheap cliches.

 

[sojourner]

a bit about that


but I do think the film is dishonest and full of overdone cheap cliches.

Yeh, I do agree with you on that score tbh

 

[Yetman]

Stay - pretty decent death moment flick, not too sure about Ewan McGregors american accent though....

Somers Town - some very funny moments and a decent but not overly impactive story, worth watching though

 

[ViolentPanda]

Night Watch - I'll have to watch it again , couldn't figure out where the cursed woman ( the one that things died when she looked/touched them) fitted in.

Unless you've either read the book or know that the films are (or will be when the final part is finished) a trilogy, then the films do seem to have a lot of loose ends. DayWatch does make Svetlana and who/what she is a bit clearer, though.

 

[El Jefe]

Watched Gregory's Girl with Pie Face, who'd never seen it before. It's still such a sweet film and she loved it.

It's worth comparing to US high school movies - such polar opposites. The nearest to Gregory's Girl I could think of would be something like Napoleon Dynamite, but that plays for absurd laughs..

 

[Rogue]

I am watching 'The Room' by Tommy Wiseau, for the second night in a row.

This is the worst film I have ever seen. It is awful. It is so bad that it is brilliant. It has everything in it, and none of it works. I cant believe something this rubbish could ever have been created.

This film is an absolute phenomenon.

In the US they have parties where people go and watch it.

Apparently on Adult Swim on the cartoon network in the States they played it on repeat for April Fools day this year.

Reading about it is quite interesting
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20246031,00.html

I would recommend it - its hilarious.

 

[El Jefe]

oh, and finished True Blood. To be honest, it got a bit sillier as the series went on and wasn't as good as I hoped, but I did still really enjoy it on balance.

 

[Orang Utan]

fit vampires - i love it - never fancied vampires til i saw true blood. in most films, they're rather unsexy unpalatable goths.

 

[zenie]

Yes Man - Quite funny and makes you think
Clubbed - not bad good little soundtrack
Beloved - fucking weird

 

[DotCommunist]

oh, and finished True Blood. To be honest, it got a bit sillier as the series went on and wasn't as good as I hoped, but I did still really enjoy it on balance.

wait till next series when it (apparently) goes insane like the books and has Bill and Sookie hunting vampire killers in Dallas

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Watched Gregory's Girl with Pie Face, who'd never seen it before. It's still such a sweet film and she loved it.

It's worth comparing to US high school movies - such polar opposites. The nearest to Gregory's Girl I could think of would be something like Napoleon Dynamite, but that plays for absurd laughs..

I haven't seen it for a while. Last time I'm sure I still thought they were pretty old, but they are teeny tiny kids. Eep.
The sexy football girl isn't even slightly sexy. I still love Grogan though.

 

[DotCommunist]

It's crappy and brought no meaning to my life. Much like Kes (book and film).

Typical rough cut wank intended to engender some class consciousness in kids but failing becaus it is a decade out of date

 

[Structaural]

JCVD - surprisingly good, really enjoyed it - even Van Damm's monologue was a surprise. Nice to see Brussels too... recommended (which I can't do for any other Jean Claude film).

 

[sojourner]

It's crappy and brought no meaning to my life. Much like Kes (book and film).

Typical rough cut wank intended to engender some class consciousness in kids but failing becaus it is a decade out of date

Eh?

Talking out your arse on this one DC. GG and Kes were both great in their own ways. I don't believe for a second they were made to engender fucking class consciousness in kids. You berk.

 

[belboid]

finished True Blood, which sure went out in style, and setting up the next season to be pretty bloody cool as well. Top hole

 

[N_igma]

Gregory's Girl is ace.

 

[The Octagon]

The last ever episode of Prison Break

I think something may have got in my eye near the end.