What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt2)
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Rain over Santiago - dramatisation of Pinochet's coup. Was not expecting much of this franco-bulgarian production, a lot of heroics in the vein of immediate post-ww2 partisan moves etc. Was far better than i hoped for. Didn't really touch on Allende (when it did it did tend to hero-ise). Instead concentrated on the machinations of the coup, the lead-up, the behind the scenes action and nails the guilty. Basically it's part one of Guzmans Battle of Chile - The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie dramatised.
Fucking excellent innit?
Calamity Jane is just perfect I just watched The Inner Life of Martin Frost. Didn't realise it was a Paul Auster film til I put it on. Really enjoyed it, although it was fairly typical Auster fare.
I've always loved David Thewliss, in a purely platonic way, but I am now officially in lust with Irene Jacob
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
A Serious Man - It was ok. A long way from the Coen's best....but very much a Coen film all the same.
Voley
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Fucking excellent innit?
Yeah, it's fantastic. Downloading the second series as I write.
Just watched Perfume: Story of a Murderer. It seemed to be going alright - a little naff and a bit hammy here and there, but nothing awful - until the middle and then it progressively got worse and worse before finishing with the worst 15 minutes I've ever seen or read. 
Thinking about it, it became the script Patrick Stewart was making in Extras: "and then all their clothes fall off..." etc
Thinking about it, it became the script Patrick Stewart was making in Extras: "and then all their clothes fall off..." etc
rollinder
Dont walk away in silence
Started watching Doctor Who - the Dalek Invasion Of Earth the other night, now onto episode 2. The plot so far: Ian & Barbara finally got back to London but in the wrong century, the TARDIS got a bridge dropped on it thanks to Susan, who's spent most of her scenes explaining to every-fucking-body about her twisted ankle, the Daleks' robomen either ripped off or inspired the Cybermen, (an there's a perfectly sensible reason for the dalek to be in the river - it's looking for bodies).
+ some resistance members explained the backstory complete with confusing flashback (not at all 'borrowing' from Day Of The Triffids), wheelchairman got very excited about his new bomb (if that was what they were trying out, it didn't look that good at blowing up daleks tbh), and Hartnell was an silly old fool again, claiming more advanced daleks must be from earlier than the ones they'd already met, showing off with magnets & doors, calling someone an idiot & being a bit rubbish at fighting against robotisation.
+ some resistance members explained the backstory complete with confusing flashback (not at all 'borrowing' from Day Of The Triffids), wheelchairman got very excited about his new bomb (if that was what they were trying out, it didn't look that good at blowing up daleks tbh), and Hartnell was an silly old fool again, claiming more advanced daleks must be from earlier than the ones they'd already met, showing off with magnets & doors, calling someone an idiot & being a bit rubbish at fighting against robotisation.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Getting into the meat of Buffy season 5 now. Riley the square jawed tosser has finally fucked off after a well vanilla sex scene. Thus leaving the stage clear for spike.
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I never got past episode 2. I will try again some time. The final shot of ep1 where the Dalek comes out of the water is ace, but would have had maybe more impact if perhaps they hadn't called it "dalek invasion of earth episode 1"
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kiwitanga
I've watched the following so far this weekend.
Sherlock Holmes - which I found to be action rubbish.
Up in the Air - which I found to be rom-com rubbish.
Orphan - which I found to be thriller rubbish.
I now remember why I don't watch films much. There's so much crap to wade through.
Sherlock Holmes - which I found to be action rubbish.
Up in the Air - which I found to be rom-com rubbish.
Orphan - which I found to be thriller rubbish.
I now remember why I don't watch films much. There's so much crap to wade through.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
watched "The Man Who Could Work Miracles", a 1936 film scripted by HG Wells about a man the gods empower to be able to perform anything he likes apart from changing peoples minds. Bruce Almighty with a few more morals really. Special effects probably looked great in the 30s. Quite a fun little film
The Groupie Girl (1970), better than average for UK sexploitation director Derek Ford, although he seemed to get bored with half the cast half way through the film and made them die in a car crash to be replaced by a new bunch. I quite enjoyed the late 60s UK rock soundtrack.
The Groupie Girl (1970), better than average for UK sexploitation director Derek Ford, although he seemed to get bored with half the cast half way through the film and made them die in a car crash to be replaced by a new bunch. I quite enjoyed the late 60s UK rock soundtrack.
After seeing A Prophet at the pictures on Saturday, I watched The Beat that my Heart Skipped.
A much better film IMO even though when it started out I wondered if I was gonna get into it. By the end I thought it was brilliant. Still in my head this morning when I woke up.
A much better film IMO even though when it started out I wondered if I was gonna get into it. By the end I thought it was brilliant. Still in my head this morning when I woke up.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
More Alias, Gladiator on BRD (fucking awesome)...
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