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

[belboid]

based on a card game apparently

bridge or canasta?

 

[Lea]

Watched Genova at the Prince Charles last night. It wasn't very good. Keep waiting for something to happen bit it never happened.

 

[sojourner]

The 4th and final part of Lonesome Dove

Oh godddd *sobs*

I might actually buy this, it is one of the finest screenplays I've ever seen.

 

[zenie]

What Just Happened - fuckin funny, I love DeNiro
The Wave - scary, and german subtitled films I've decided I don't really like as much as other languages.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
and
Daredevil.

 

[electric.avenue]

Last night I watched The Machinist on telly. With Christian Bale, directed by Brad Anderson, written by Scott Kosar. A taut psychological thriller that keeps you guessing up till the end. V good.

 

[electric.avenue]

Later: Shock, surprise: have just realised that Christian Bale played the little lad in Empire of the Sun. I remember going to see that in London, just before my departure to live in the Land of Wa.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Last night I watched The Machinist on telly. With Christian Bale, directed by Brad Anderson, written by Scott Kosar. A taut psychological thriller that keeps you guessing up till the end. V good.

The end is sooo bollocks, it could have been so much more fucked up.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Later: Shock, surprise: have just realised that Christian Bale played the little lad in Empire of the Sun. I remember going to see that in London, just before my departure to live in the Land of Wa.

Oh god, now I feel old.

 

[electric.avenue]

The end is sooo bollocks, it could have been so much more fucked up.

Nah, I thought the ending was ok. Rational. Sort of.

Oh god, now I feel old.

That was kinda how I felt.

 

[El Jefe]

On TV, The Marcus Nelson Murders, the movie which turned into the series Kojak. Suprisingly serious (and fact based) and thoughtful, it was actually really good. And not a lollipop in sight

 

[DotCommunist]

Roll Models. 90% shite but the LARP pisstaking cracked me up.

 

[Part 2]

The Wave - scary, and german subtitled films I've decided I don't really like as much as other languages.

I like German, seems about the same pace as English.

The Wave was good but not as 'true' as the release hype led to believe.

 

[Diamond]

Shadow of a Doubt

Did anyone pick up on the weirdly incestuous tone to the uncle-niece relationship? It was bizarrely subversive for a mainstream 40s movie.

 

[electrogirl]

I think I'm watching The Sting tonight, my friends keeps banging on about how I have to watch it.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I think I'm watching The Sting tonight, my friends keeps banging on about how I have to watch it.

I need to watch that properly too, I do like a good stitching-up.

 

[jeff_leigh]

Couple of episodes of the Chris Rock Show.

 

[mentalchik]

The directors cut of Alien........


me and the eldest have been on a mission to show the youngest stuff we didn't know he hadn't seen.......

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

What's in the DC of Alien? I've seen the Aliens one with the needlessly-inserted subplot about the settlers.

 

[mentalchik]

What's in the DC of Alien? I've seen the Aliens one with the needlessly-inserted subplot about the settlers.

To be honest it's a bit meh........theres tiny extra bits where Brett gets taken by the alien and the scene where Ripley finds Dallas cocooned.....

me and the eldest are also sure there's some cut out too, specially when they first find the facehugger in the alien ship !


still the best of the bunch imo..............

 

[oddworld]

I watched The Last House On The Left, quite enjoyed it actually.

Martys - The English Version - very odd indeed , fucked up to say the least.

The Gray Man - was ok, nothing special.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Last night I had a massive urge to watch the tom cruise war of the worlds. So I did. It's not great is it.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I think I'm watching The Sting tonight, my friends keeps banging on about how I have to watch it.

It's pretty good. I think I have a copy somewhere that I will never get around to watching.

 

[belboid]

Jacques Demy's Les Demoiselles de Rochefort. A sumptious and gorgeous affair, I'd forgotten Gene Kelly was in it till he appeared. Wonderful.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Last night I had a massive urge to watch the tom cruise war of the worlds. So I did. It's not great is it.

"Not great" is fairly complimentary, IMO.

 

[andy2002]

Jumper - crap cast but a pretty inventive and enjoyable slice of sci-fi. Unfairly slammed when it came out.

 

[DotCommunist]

Jumper - crap cast but a pretty inventive and enjoyable slice of sci-fi. Unfairly slammed when it came out.

No. It's essential flaw is the fact that if a gov/organisation knew about that Jump power they would seek to harness it and not send Samuel L Jackson out to hunt them down ad kill them with a big knife.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

"Not great" is fairly complimentary, IMO.

I just wanted to see the beginning bit where everyone was getting blown to shit. I wanted to see panic and despair and big robots. Then I viewed hope and heroism and ruined my eyes.

 

[andy2002]

No. It's essential flaw is the fact that if a gov/organisation knew about that Jump power they would seek to harness it and not send Samuel L Jackson out to hunt them down ad kill them with a big knife.

Not necessarily - the Paladins were a bunch of barmy religious zealots who hated the Jumpers because their power was "ungodly". It makes as much sense as anything else that they'd want to kill them as a result. (I'd be the first to admit none of it made a whole heap of sense but that was part of its charm).

 

[Diamond]

The Battle of Algiers

Seriously good film. It felt very modern. Ennio Morricone's score is absolutely brilliant, his best ever for me.

However, it did go on a bit.

Also, what happened to the actor who played Ali la Pointe? He was outstanding.