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

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where other people have laughter lines you will have disapproval lines from the rictus of disgust contorting thine features whenever you watch a film.

Batman begins was good. There was ninjas.
 
Started re-watching 30 Rock from S1E1...also new eps of Ugly Betty, Gossip Girl, Stargate Universe...two eps of Dollhouse to watch tonight, plus whatever is on Sundays in the US...
 
Of course he is. Either that or the mysterious probe thing that detached from the ship at the end of E2 (IIRC) will come get him.
 
Watched a Todd Haynes film called [safe]. Incredibly dull one about a bored, middle class American housewife. Although it was like watching paint dry at times, I couldn't turn it off and we were taking about it for hours after:confused:
 
DotCommunist said:
where other people have laughter lines you will have disapproval lines from the rictus of disgust contorting thine features whenever you watch a film.

Batman begins was good. There was ninjas.
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It was terrible, and the onslaught of famous actors was ridiculous. The ninja nonsense was so damn stupid. The problem is, it's based on an old comic book about a rich man who dresses up like a bat at night to fight crime. Trying to make the premise serious or plausible is never likely to work. Maybe if some sort of Moore / Morrison deconstruction job was done, maybe.

I like loads of films, you just seem to have a really high shit threshold, especially when it comes to sci fi. I bet you even watch andromida.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
It was terrible, and the onslaught of famous actors was ridiculous. The ninja nonsense was so damn stupid. The problem is, it's based on an old comic book about a rich man who dresses up like a bat at night to fight crime. Trying to make the premise serious or plausible is never likely to work. Maybe if some sort of Moore / Morrison deconstruction job was done, maybe.

I like loads of films, you just seem to have a really high shit threshold, especially when it comes to sci fi. I bet you even watch andromida.
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Really? I'm struggling to think of the last film you gave even grudging praise to?

"It's shit" seems to be your personal catchphrase :D
 
The Octagon said:
Really? I'm struggling to think of the last film you gave even grudging praise to?

"It's shit" seems to be your personal catchphrase :D
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Here are a few off the top of my head like. (Actually I am looking at my shelves)

The Station Agent
The Bird People of China
Sex & Fury
Human Nature
Dodgeball
Swing Girls
Dawn of the Dead
Young Thugs
Back to the future
Rushmore

Oh there's loads.
 
Scaggs said:
Watched a Todd Haynes film called [safe]. Incredibly dull one about a bored, middle class American housewife. Although it was like watching paint dry at times, I couldn't turn it off and we were taking about it for hours after:confused:
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Probably my favourite film of the 90s. :(

I watched Orphan last night, which was a fairly generic evil kid thriller but it was reasonably entertaining.
 
chazegee said:
Tokyo Gore Police

To much gore, even for me. :eek:
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ha i saw this last night. it is pretty cool like watching a live action cartoon, but once you've got used to the extreme gore it gets a bit boring and it's just a bit like a sci fi action film. i liked the bit where the woman gets her legs shot off and then she grows an alligator's head to replace them and chases they guy along the corridoor biting him.
 
had they been experimented on by the police or something? i think i lost track. i thought there must be a reason why the police chief had that human torso human/pet with knives for limbs but maybe it was just there for laughs
 
rutabowa said:
ha i saw this last night. it is pretty cool like watching a live action cartoon, but once you've got used to the extreme gore it gets a bit boring and it's just a bit like a sci fi action film. i liked the bit where the woman gets her legs shot off and then she grows an alligator's head to replace them and chases they guy along the corridoor biting him.
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I heard it was a pretty dire film so didn't bother with it but that sounds ace.
I heard the Machine Girl was crap too despite the cool looking trailer. Shame.
 
it's not dire, it does pretty much what it's meant to i think, just gets a bit boring every so often. They should have made it about an hour long.
 
rutabowa said:
it's not dire, it does pretty much what it's meant to i think, just gets a bit boring every so often. They should have made it about an hour long.
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That's the problem with a lot of these bizzaro Japanese films. I like Miike Takashi but he really needs to get with the editing. Gozu would be amazing if it was about 90 minutes but at nearly 3 hours it get's boring and loses it's way.
Dead or Alive 3 is pretty short and properly mental though.
 
The Goods - Live Hard, Sell hard: I thought this was pretty funny. Probably a 7/10 job, I reckon. Some of the reviews online are scathing but, crucially, it has a cameo from Will Ferrell in it and that always scores high with me. It's like my own personal cast iron guarantee of satisfaction - THE JOKE STILL HASN'T WORN OFF!


Gonna watch the Box later, I reckon.
 
Enemy at The Gates. Sacked it off halfway through. Vasily was about as charismatic as a cheese dorito and once you've seen a half dozen quality headshots the novelty wears off.
 
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