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

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i saw two more films that were inexplicably picked by me from lovefilm.
the sentinel - a very by-the-book stop-the-president-being-killed political thriller. didn't care what was going to happen either way. i must have chosen it in yet another bout of wire-related enthusiasm cos it was directed by clark johnson.
sequestro express - a venezuelan crime thriller - the only film i've ever seen from there afaik. it's flashily edited/filmed/directed like so many recent thrillers- is tarantinesque a word yet? there's quite a few nice surprises and it never lets up, but it's glib and forgettable.
got a 3rd mystery choice in the dvd player, but on looking it up, i'm not sure i can be bothered - it's called scenes of a sexual nature. anyone seen it? is it worth the bother?
 
yes, i saw the first ten minutes and it has him leering at some hot young girl on hampstead heath and getting caught by his wife.
the girl is very hot and she's french, so i may have to watch it, even if it's crap.
 
Yes she was. That's the highlight though...
There is one interesting couple in it but I found it ultimately unrewarding. Be interested to hear what you make of it.
 
Orang Utan said:
equestro express - a venezuelan crime thriller - the only film i've ever seen from there afaik. it's flashily edited/filmed/directed like so many recent thrillers- is tarantinesque a word yet? there's quite a few nice surprises and it never lets up, but it's glib and forgettable.
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That film makes my top three of worst films of the decade. It was trying for a City of God look (never a good idea in my book) and ended up being quite staggeringly homophobic.
 
Reno said:
That film makes my top three of worst films of the decade. It was trying for a City of God look (never a good idea in my book) and ended up being quite staggeringly homophobic.
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yes i suppose it was - it thought it was being clever with that particular bit of storyline but just ended up being offensive.
the voiceover did it's best to assure us it was a sober look into the vicious circle of poverty and crime and the huge gap between rich and poor, but it didn't enlighten us much.
 
I had a friend round and we watched movies till 5am.

First up was James Gray's Two Lovers. This deservedly turned up on many critics best films of the year lists, but nobody I know went to see this, which is a shame because it's a fantastic film. It's an excellent character study of a fragile man (Joaquin Phoenix in his best performance), an atmospheric mood piece and a rapturous love letter to new York City.

Then we watched the excellent French revenge drama/thriller The Page Turner.

Then we watched an hour of a screener of The Road, which was just a bit dull to be honest. Mind, the DVD wasn't graded properly and half of the film was so dark, you could barely make anything out. I'll give this another try when I can get hold of a decent DVD/Blu-ray release.

Then we watched Eden Lake and Drag me to Hell because we had worked our way through three bottles of wine and by 3am it was time for horror films.
 
Orang Utan said:
you don't know, so no spoiler
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I can guess. It's just a complete fucker when you really look forward to something and you accidentally read a spoiler. Put it in fucking spoiler codes if you want to blab about it. :rolleyes:

I haven't quoted you because I don't want to repeat it for the next person to read.
 
sparklefish said:
I can guess. It's just a complete fucker when you really look forward to something and you accidentally read a spoiler. Put it in fucking spoiler codes if you want to blab about it. :rolleyes:

I haven't quoted you because I don't want to repeat it for the next person to read.
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you can guess away as any intelligent viewer would, with or without someone saying someone gets killed in Breakin Bad s2. that's all you know about a suspenseful drama/thriller involving drug dealing and all sorts of other dangerous activity. how is knowing someone gets killed going to spoil your enjoyment, unless you have a perverse masochistic desire to find out.
all is revealed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Breaking_Bad_episodes#Season_2:_2009
 
started watching star trek and after ten minutes i was bored shitless. they're all a bunch of twats. are we supposed to like any of them? but then the scene with the green skinned alien bird tipped things the other way and now i'm interested. i don't like any of them still though. cunts.
 
Episodes 4 & 5 of Fringe and I'm getting bored with it. The cases are all like lesser X-Files episodes. Does this get any better ?

I tried to watch Angels & Demons which bored me ridgit within 30 minutes and I gave up.

Then I watched both parts of The Day of the Triffids which was meh.
 
Watched the whole of LOTR (extended versions) back to back in a marathon all nighter at a good friend's who has a massive tv...............


am absolutely battered !
 
mentalchik said:
Watched the whole of LOTR (extended versions) back to back in a marathon all nighter at a good friend's who has a massive tv...............


am absolutely battered !
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^^^done that before. I think it's at Galadrial's gift-giving scene that you think 'Fuck me we are still only halfway through. Time for a wee dab of speed'
 
DotCommunist said:
^^^done that before. I think it's at Galadrial's gift-giving scene that you think 'Fuck me we are still only halfway through. Time for a wee dab of speed'
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As if i would.............................;)


It actually took about 14 hours altogether accounting for fag breaks, piss breaks, general arguments, getting the sound and colour correct...........


probably drunk more booze than i have in the whole of the last year !
 
Reno said:
Episodes 4 & 5 of Fringe and I'm getting bored with it. The cases are all like lesser X-Files episodes. Does this get any better ?
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I liked it from the beginning but, yes, it does get better. It's a bit all over the place at times and not all of the episodes work but I'm genuinely intrigued by the show's premise and really like the main characters. But then I'm very forgiving (I've even stuck with Lost).
 
mentalchik said:
Watched the whole of LOTR (extended versions) back to back in a marathon all nighter at a good friend's who has a massive tv...............
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Good, good, good this ^

We have achieved it a couple of times and it is hardcore sloth over 683 minutes. I look forward to the day when we can do the two-part extended Hobbit followed by the three extended LOTR films muchly :)
 
Watched "Law abiding Citizen" it was ace. Not going to win an Oscar but it was very entertaining.
 
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince. First Harry potter film I've ever watched all the way through. The only other one i've ever seen had that fucking Dobby thing in it and had me hitting the off button about 15 minutes in. Quite enjoyed this one, though. Maybe I should watch one of the others.
 
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