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

[Sadken]

Finally watched Slumdog Millionaire - it was very good and a bit darker than I expected as well.

 

[rekil]

Underground. Starts off brilliantly then loses its way a bit. Rubbish ending.

The Official Story - Childless couples close to the Argentinian dictatorship were given babies of murdered political opponents. One such woman, initially ignorant of the government's brutality and antics, tries to trace the mother of her adopted daughter much to her cunty hubby's chagrin. Beautiful film, the scene with the husband's anarchist dad is great.

 

[Biglittlefish]

Moon- Ok that was at the cinema but it deserves a mention because it was fucking good. Best thing I've seen in the cinema for a long while.

I watched the first Harry Potter film. Never seen any of the films or read the books. It was borrrrrring. Watched about half of the second one which was alot better, I'm actually looking forward to finishing it.

What else, o yeah Distant Voices, Still lives- Very good, a movie that once again rebukes the myth of three act structure.

 

[rubbershoes]

I had a zombie weekend

Plague of zombies - Hammer horror with voodoo goings on a in a small village.

The dead next door- Pile of shite

 

[electrogirl]

Watched Stewart Lee standup dvd on Saturday which was ace.

Then we watched Loaded Weapon which I definitely found funny but also intermittently slept throughout. That wasn't the film's fault though.

 

[Part 2]

I've not watched a film in ages so started off with a re-watch of A Room For Romeo Brass. It's a while since I saw it, probably my second favourite Shane Meadows.

Then watched Bruno last night. Not a great copy but it's not the kind of film I'd make a point of going to the pictures for. All a bit predictable but maybe half a dozen really piss funny bits, way ruder than I expected too.

 

[ringo]

The Wrestler.

Disappointing.

Seemed like it was just about to get into being a very good and serious study of lost glory and pathos but they kept shoving in bits of OTT fighting to keep it as an action film. Bit of a waste of Rourke's method acting/body building.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

My wife loved those films. I can't say I was a big fan. It was very J Drama in style but I understand it had a proper cinema release.

the manga is where it's at

the manga is well done and slow paced (at least to a point) the anime is the compresed highlights the film i don't even wanna know

 

[Pie 1]

Snakes On A Motherfuckin' Plane.



(Well, I got totally engrossed in it after finding it 1/4 way through on film 4 )

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Snakes On A Motherfuckin' Plane.



(Well, I got totally engrossed in it after finding it 1/4 way through on film 4 )

I missed the 1st hour but I don't think I needed to see it. Bit rubbish but ok for reading the paper to.

 

[belboid]

ploughing through BSG series 1, Far too entertaining, magnificent absurdity.

 

[Diamond]

Punishment Park

The best film I've seen this year. Absolutely brilliant direction, acting, cinematography, editing - the whole shebang was brilliant. Given how systematically suppressed it was when it came out surely it is due another theatrical release.

 

[butchersapron]

Not my fav watkins - good idea though. I did like the ending though.

 

[Diamond]

I was completely unaware of this Watkins chap before I saw Punishment Park. I might look up a few more of his films. Any suggestions?

 

[butchersapron]

I was completely unaware of this Watkins chap before I saw Punishment Park. I might look up a few more of his films. Any suggestions?

Everything of his worth watching - even his failures (The Paris Commune being the most recent of these). The ones you should check out asap are Culloden - amazing use of limited resources- and The War Game - the orginal threads, banned by the BBC. There was a documentary released about him and his work a few years back as well - The Universal Clock - The Resistance of Peter Watkins

 

[Diamond]

Everything of his worth watching - even his failures (The Paris Commune being the most recent of these). The ones you should check out asap are Culloden - amazing use of limited resources- and The War Game - the orginal threads, banned by the BBC. There was a documentary released about him and his work a few years back as well - The Universal Clock - The Resistance of Peter Watkins

Cheers. I'll put them on my lovefilm list.

 

[Flashman]

Day of the Dead (new) - shite.

Waz (or W Delta Z) - liked the actors in it, but a bit shite really.

The Happening - again liked the performances, they seemed to be playing it for laughs oddly, but a bit shite.

 

[Sadken]

Half Nelson - pretty good in a sort of "that would blatantly never happen" kind of way, with a mix of liberal "presumably this is what poor black people are like" bit of characterisation in it that sort of screwed it for me a bit. The little girl really reminded me of Keisha from the Wire

 

[Belushi]

The ones you should check out asap are Culloden - amazing use of limited resources- and The War Game

Saw them both a few years back on C4 I think, both excellent.

 

[Orang Utan]

Half Nelson - pretty good in a sort of "that would blatantly never happen" kind of way, with a mix of liberal "presumably this is what poor black people are like" bit of characterisation in it that sort of screwed it for me a bit. The little girl really reminded me of Keisha from the Wire

it had that little joyrider from the wire in it or am i imagining that? tristan wilds or summat

 

[Sadken]

Dunno, i did think i recognised the dealer bloke though, so maybe him?

 

[Orang Utan]

Dunno, i did think i recognised the dealer bloke though, so maybe him?

nah, he was one of the pupils
eta: this fella - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1736913/
he played donut
imdb also says it has michael in it as well but i can't remember him

 

[Diamond]

71 fragments of a chronology of chance

Out of all the Haneke films that I've seen recently this was the one that I was looking forward to the least, however in the event it's the one I enjoyed the most. It seemed to have the least amount of Haneke, the auteur, in it and the greatest humanity out of all of them. I suppose it comes down to the overall impression of a compassionate humanity that comes out of it which you don't really find with Haneke. Either way it's highly recommended from me - far superior to the seventh continent, benny's video, funny games and caché .

 

[dlx1]

Day of the Dead (new) - shite.

see that on telly other night yet shit Mena Suvari giving out orders

Last night - Saw4 ok

 

[belboid]

finished BSG S1, cracking ending. Now, is this telly movie thing a vital part of viewing S", or should we just crack on and ignore that one?

 

[butchersapron]

71 fragments of a chronology of chance

Out of all the Haneke films that I've seen recently this was the one that I was looking forward to the least, however in the event it's the one I enjoyed the most. It seemed to have the least amount of Haneke, the auteur, in it and the greatest humanity out of all of them. I suppose it comes down to the overall impression of a compassionate humanity that comes out of it which you don't really find with Haneke. Either way it's highly recommended from me - far superior to the seventh continent, benny's video, funny games and caché .

Fantastic film - i'd still rate Cache higher. This one needs to be watched with Code Unkown IMO.

 

[Sunspots]

Zombie And The Ghost Train

I've watched a few of Aki Kaurismäki's films, but this was the first I've seen by Mika Kaurismäki. It had it's moments, but this one was just too bleak and fatalistic for me.

 

[Flashman]

see that on telly other night yet shit Mena Suvari giving out orders

Yeah. I have to watch them though, all the new horrors, even though I know 95% of them will be shit.

 

[Diamond]

Fantastic film - i'd still rate Cache higher. This one needs to be watched with Code Unkown IMO.

Yeah, I think I'll order that one next. I haven't heard much about it before so I'm looking forward to going into it "blind" so to speak.

 

[rekil]

The Bicycle Thieves. Masterpiece is it not. More tension than in many a horror film. Anyone know what the songs (in the working class club and the posh restaurant) are about?