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

[Johnny Canuck3]

The new National Treasure, at the theatre.

Nicholas Cage is on a career trajectory that will end up at Pet Star.

 

[Reno]

Ratatouille - Not among Pixar's best, but pretty good.

A couple of friends brought round Battlestar Galactica: Razor which they got for Christmas. It was ok, but I think I'm over this series now. It gets a bit dreary after a while.

 

[Julie]

Georgia Rule.

Ordinary.

 

[Julie]

Freedom Writers.

Angst-ridden-socioeconomically-deprived youth (minorities) inspired by, er, inspring teacher (played by Hilary Swank). Such an overdone formula, but dang and blast I was still moved

 

[Numbers]

Watched both The Simpson Movie and Shrek 3 for the first time y/day, enjoyed them both tremendously.

Today is Richard Pryor day

 

[sojourner]

Freedom Writers.

Angst-ridden-socioeconomically-deprived youth (minorities) inspired by, er, inspring teacher (played by Hilary Swank). Such an overdone formula, but dang and blast I was still moved

I was soooo disappointed when I looked up Hilary after watching Boys Don't Cry



I just watched Grow your Own. A lovely uk-produced film about racism and allotments

 

[sheothebudworths]

Of mice and men...very good.... <cries>

 

[sheothebudworths]

I just watched Grow your Own. A lovely uk-produced film about racism and allotments

Cheers for that soj, sounds good - have added it to my lovefilm list.

 

[Maltin]

Of mice and men...very good.... <cries>

Which one?

 

[sheothebudworths]

The new one - with John Malkovich.

 

[Maltin]

The new one - with John Malkovich.

Both are good, but if you haven't seen it, I recommend the original too.

 

[sheothebudworths]

Okey doke

 

[rollinder]

watched Mystery Train this afternoon/evening (after finally crawling out of bed at neary 6pm )

 

[Part 2]

The Science of Sleep.

Nice enough to watch, but I didn't really get it.

Was there anything to get?

 

[rekil]

Amelie. She'd drive me mental I reckon.

 

[May Kasahara]

Been watching the Christmas tv. Just spent a wonderful couple of hours shedding a happy tear to ET, it was brilliant

 

[sheothebudworths]

Bringing out the dead. Fantastic.

 

[May Kasahara]

The Devil's Backbone. Quite a slow burner but ultimately fantastic. One thing that did annoy me though, which was nothing to do with the actual film, was the shoddy subtitling: appearing and disappearing seemingly at random, and not in rhythm with the characters' speech. Poor packaging there!

 

[Part 2]

300

Not bad, not great either, although as I'm sure it's been said, gay fellas probably love it .

Was expecting it to be a bit more 'comic book like' really.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Bridge to terabthia. Not what I expected. Almost an easier-watching, American-middle-school version of Pans Labyrinth. Quite moving at the end.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Bridge to terabthia. Not what I expected. Almost an easier-watching, American-middle-school version of Pans Labyrinth. Quite moving at the end.

I thought that movie had a sickening theme.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I thought that movie had a sickening theme.

Agreed, it seems all innocent and then the twist on the hour mark hits you like a punch in the guts.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Not sure what age group it would be aimed at, mind you. It would be quite distressing for small kids IMO.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Agreed, it seems all innocent and then the twist on the hour mark hits you like a punch in the guts.

Yeah, but it's gratuitous. Nothing pulls the movie together.

 

[rollinder]

most of the first episode of Blackadder off a slightly mangled charity shop video of the complete first series.
Great seeing the twisted take on Shakespeare again - for the first time since the one time it was repeated

 

[Part 2]

Jindabyne.

A film about some fishermen in Australia who find a dead body at the start of their trip, but decide to enjoy their fishing for a weekend before reporting it.

Nice looking film, very slow and lacking a lot of dialogue so leaves you to decide for yourself a lot of what's going on. A lot of it being the different ways in which the different cultures/genders respond.

Some people would love it I guess but not what I expected from the Deliverance sounding brief write up I'd read earlier. Some of the performances were a bit shit too.

 

[May Kasahara]

We watched a load of Monty Python last night. My dad got me a box set with each Python's personal picks (dunno how they did Graham Chapman's though), so we watched Terry Jones' and Michael Palin's, and best of all, Terry Gilliam's which was an entire disc of animation! Wicked.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Thought I'd watch some Hollywood pap and got The Bourne Ultimatum. I was pleasantly surprised at the edge of your seat action stuff. The one bad point was when the Guardian journalist gets his brains blown out. Why couldn't it have been a Sun reporter?

 

[Orang Utan]

Just about to embark upon a Chevy Chase Vacation marathon, starting with the first

 

[andy2002]

Saw The Simpsons Movie over Christmas. Lots of good bits but not quite as rib-tickling as some of the better TV episodes. No enough Moe or Mr Burns for a start.