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

[gnoriac]

Eden Log. Think I'll have to watch it again, couldn't work out WTF was going on 1st time round.

 

[Orang Utan]

Why? He's only projecting his own practices onto others.

he's like an ugly rash

 

[pboi]

look at you go ViolentPanda, I love your efforts here. I clearly got to you and you chase me around like this and reply to old posts. I am honoured.

get that post count up!!

 

[Reno]

Solaris (the original, not the Clooneyised version).

I always thought Solaris was among Tarkovsky's lesser films and I actually prefer the Soderberg version (and Clooney is excellent in it). It's really no less complex and gets the job done in half the time. Neither film is that faithful to the brilliant Sanislaw Lem novel, thought there is an very good BBC audio play which is the most faithful adaption so far. Its well worth checking out.

 

[ViolentPanda]

look at you go ViolentPanda, I love your efforts here. I clearly got to you...

If by "got to you" you mean "made me laugh at your pathetic attempts at acting superior" then I admit it, you "got to me".

...and you chase me around like this and reply to old posts. I am honoured.

Chase you?
Don't flatter yourself.
If I come across shite when I'm catching up on a thread I reply to it, and given that you are, as OU says, you're "like an ugly rash", your shite is hard to avoid.

...get that post count up!!

My post count is high mostly because I've been posting here regularly for 7 years, dufus.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I always thought Solaris was among Tarkovsky's lesser films and I actually prefer the Soderberg version (and Clooney is excellent in it). It's really no less complex and gets the job done in half the time. Neither film is that faithful to the brilliant Sanislaw Lem novel, thought there is an very good BBC audio play which is the most faithful adaption so far. Its well worth checking out.

They're both watchable films, but Tarkovsky's is far more visually memorable in my opinion.

 

[marty21]

currently watching 'I know where I'm going'

 

[Reno]

currently watching 'I know where I'm going'

One of my all time faves.

 

[marty21]

One of my all time faves.

never seen it before, Mrs21 just got a big box set of powell and pressburger films

 

[Nanker Phelge]

currently watching 'I know where I'm going'

I love the train joruney montage at the beginning. Fine film.

I just watched White Ribbon - Unsettling film, beautiful too.

It was almost like a ghost story. So many empty scenes of fields and courtyards in which I was waiting for something to appear.

Some very strong performances too.

Also reminded me a little of Village of the Damned in places.

 

[pboi]

Chase you?
.

keep it up Turbo

 

[Orang Utan]

rita sue & bob too - one of my favourite comedies - so so funny

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

rita sue & bob too - one of my favourite comedies - so so funny

I have always found it really unsettling. I can sort of appreciate it more as a comedy now but at the time I just hated it. The other odd thing is how 80's it looks. I remember it being quite normal looking when I first watched it. The girls seemed fairly old so I had no issue with that, but the bloke seemed ancient.
It was one of my 'girl' friends favorite films and she would make me watch it endlessly on video. Ugh.

 

[Voley]

Moon. Not bad at all. A few echoes of 2001, Silent Running and Blade Runner, all of which I like so can't go wrong, really.

 

[thriller]

watched Night of the Demon (1957). Drag Me To Hell was based on this. Enjoyed it-pretty good for a 1957 black and white film.

 

[starfish]

The Hangover. Thought it was pretty funny, it made me & her laugh anyway.

 

[pboi]

not at the table carlos

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Just finished King of Kong - really enjoyable - and what a bunch of fucking geek freak anal retentives!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Just finished King of Kong - really enjoyable - and what a bunch of fucking geek freak anal retentives!

Thanks for the reminder, I have been meaning to watch that!


I watched Zombieland
Good, but not as good as I had hoped. The Bill Murray bit seemed a bit daft and it was obvious from the off what was going to happen. Murray did a great turn as always but it just jarred with the film. A whole zombie film with Murray would be great, even zombieland without a throwaway cameo would be great. Celebs coping in Beverly hills with celeb zombie neighbors, everyone playing themselves. Ace.

Still, it's worth a watch and I was genuinely pleased that . . . . .

Spoiler

. . . . . they all lived

 

[The Octagon]

Bought a brand new TV and Blu-Ray player at the weekend and tested it out with 300.

Incredible (film is throwaway stuff, but it's very, very pretty in HD).

Inglourious Basterds tonight.

 

[tastebud]

I watched Inglourious Basterds last night. Really liked the first two hours but the last half an hour I felt let it down a bit.

 

[kyser_soze]

Bought a brand new TV and Blu-Ray player at the weekend and tested it out with 300.

Incredible (film is throwaway stuff, but it's very, very pretty in HD).

Inglourious Basterds tonight.

Try The Dark Knight, Godfather and Planet Earth for showing off how good HD is

 

[The Octagon]

Try The Dark Knight, Godfather and Planet Earth for showing off how good HD is

Got Dark Knight on regular DVD already, but will probably buy it again.

300 was very impressive visually, is the Godfather BR that good then?

Trying to avoid duplicating too many of my collection, could get expensive!

 

[zenie]

Che- Part 1 V. good
The Final Destination - shit
Transiberian - shit
Duplicity - I liked
Slumdog Millionaire - Finally watched it and it was alright, not sure it deservces thw whype really but sweet enough.
Rescue Dawn - really liked this.

Che Part 2 is next....

 

[Biddlybee]

All last night?

 

[zenie]

All last night?

Over the weekend, total!

 

[krtek a houby]

District 9
Crossfire (1947 film noir)

 

[kyser_soze]

Got Dark Knight on regular DVD already, but will probably buy it again.

300 was very impressive visually, is the Godfather BR that good then?

Trying to avoid duplicating too many of my collection, could get expensive!

I'm resigned to it - altho DVD upscale is good, you can really see the difference if you watch the BRD immediately afterwards.

Godfather on BRD looks like film. The textural and colour quality is amazing, especially given that it's a pretty 'murky' film palette-wise (similarly, French Connection is a bad transfer to HD and looks no better than DVD, sadly).

Worth checking out reviews of transfer quality for films you really like - Predator isn't great, for example, because the original film stock was pretty cheap. Nowt worse than getting an HD film that looks a bit pants IMO.

 

[rutabowa]

Blades of Glory, I think there was one thing I laughed at but I can't remember what it was.

it was one of my favourite films ever. i like where the mascot sets on fire, and also the drunk wizard ice skating.

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm resigned to it - altho DVD upscale is good, you can really see the difference if you watch the BRD immediately afterwards.

Godfather on BRD looks like film. The textural and colour quality is amazing, especially given that it's a pretty 'murky' film palette-wise (similarly, French Connection is a bad transfer to HD and looks no better than DVD, sadly).

Worth checking out reviews of transfer quality for films you really like - Predator isn't great, for example, because the original film stock was pretty cheap. Nowt worse than getting an HD film that looks a bit pants IMO.

what's BRD?