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

[stupid dogbot]

Sherlock Holmes...

Dear, oh dear.

 

[andy2002]

The Unborn - a poor man's Exorcist that even rips off the 'spider walk' scene at one point. Gary Oldman and Idris Elba are in it - I hope they were well paid...

 

[DotCommunist]

BTW., did you watch a bad download of this ? I saw this first at the cinema and then on Blu-ray and I felt thought that the effects work of a devastated New York and the monster were spectacular and you did get to see plenty of both well. Or maybe you were just too stoned ?

I stole it from the internet, yes.

 

[Dillinger4]

I stole it from the internet, yes.

 

[Reno]

I stole it from the internet, yes.

I don't have any moral objections to this, it's just that I prefer to watch a film in a version that isn't crap and where I don't have to complain afterwards that I didn't get to see things properly.

 

[pboi]

you can download HD versions though

 

[DexterTCN]

The Unborn - a poor man's Exorcist that even rips off the 'spider walk' scene at one point. Gary Oldman and Idris Elba are in it - I hope they were well paid...

Shocking, I thought. Just about every line in English then repeated in hebrew and some kind of mouth-rape mask for the exorcism?

My daughter and I laughed most of the way through.

 

[DotCommunist]

Spaceballs.

It's not as funny as I remembered but still enough sly visual gags and not so sly ones that kept me from turning over. Some good dialogue as well.

 

[Voley]

Had a concert movie night round mine last night. Started off with The Last Waltz which I'd not seen in ages and was every bit as good as I remembered it. The Pops Staples and Muddy Waters bits were incredible. After that we watched this Frank Zappa gig that was fucking awful. Christ alone knows what people see in him.

The night before I watched Midnight Cowboy for the umpteenth time. Ace film.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Breaking bad Series one episode six. Finally it's got as good as the first 2 episodes again.

 

[spudmuffin]

I saw Case39 online.Renee Zellwegger plays a socialworker it was ok. the child is evil

 

[DJ Squelch]

Escape To Athena (1979) - great cast (including Roger Moore, David Niven, Stephanie Powers, Elliot Gould, Telly Savalas, Richard Rountree and Sonny Bono) but a pretty awful WWII prison camp breakout/ treasure heist film. The Greek scenery is nice though.

 

[Orang Utan]

you can download HD versions though

aye, anyone who watches films that are taken in theatres by camcorders is a fool though.

 

[starfish]

Watched Up earlier. It was alright, not as good as i thought it was meant to be though.

 

[Part 2]

Re-watched Magnolia last night and very glad I did. I put down the pace of it to not getting to grips with it last time but it was a great film second watch.

Tonight watched The White Ribbon. Probably a lot to this that I don't quite get but it's a beautifully made film and the performances are outstanding, kids especially. I may do dome reading and will definitely give it another look.

 

[andy2002]

Quantum Of Solace - not a patch on Casino Royale and a bit too obsessed with big action set-pieces (some of which are admittedly excellent).

 

[butchersapron]

Couple of films about revenge and damage - Robert Guediguian's Lady Jane and Carlos Saura's The Seventh Day - the latter the far more substantial film, helped by being based on a real life series of events.

And also Nick Love's terrible terrible attempt to (loosely, very loosely) adapt Alan Clarke's The Firm (never my fav of Clarke's it has to be said). Don't waste your time with this.

 

[kyser_soze]

Re: Cloverfield...that people on this website hate the characters in it is no great surprise really, is it? I mean they're young, good looking, career-y types - basically they're people from Clapham.

I'm with Reno - I didn't have an issue with the characters, and found the whole thing a great take on the 'monster destroys city' genre...

you can download HD versions though

I've yet to find a genuinely great HD rip. Some come close to watching the original disc, but I haven't seen a single rip that doesn't have ghosting or background pixellation, especially in sequences with sustained dark colours. These days I generally don't bother with the hassle of HD dls - go for the 700mb .avi.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

V. 2009 ep 1

I have not made my mind up yet. It's a bit difficult when you already know the story.

 

[pboi]

not sure whats not genuinely great, a 720p over 4 gig and a 1080p over 8 gig seem to look lovely on my screen. but from your post you seem to have a keener eye for these things.

 

[Cm7]

Tidal Waves, a Korean thriller on gigantic tsunami

Hmm... it was alright.
Some usual Korean humours and universal cliches on human behaviour at last moments of life.
Could miss it.

and why Korean women love to yell so much in films?

 

[ringo]

Zombie Strippers.

Worse than I thought it could be, and my hopes weren't high, but there were a few laughs in it.

 

[sojourner]

The original version of 3.10 to Yuma - ace Perfect Sunday afternoon hungover telly viewing

3 episodes of In Treatment - interesting

 

[Sadken]

Youth in Revolt - Good, if you like Michael Cera. Which I do.

 

[Orang Utan]

Youth in Revolt - Good, if you like Michael Cera. Which I do.

he will be playing lost little boy roles into his 40s won't he?

 

[kyser_soze]

not sure whats not genuinely great, a 720p over 4 gig and a 1080p over 8 gig seem to look lovely on my screen. but from your post you seem to have a keener eye for these things.

I'm a fussy bastard. The stuff looks lovely providing it's well lit and not too much is moving, but oft times I've seen random blacker pixels, or pixel groups, in dark scenes etc (for example, I dled a 4.6 gb HD of The Bourne ID and there was ghosting all over the shop in the first scenes, where there's lots of shadow and camera movement.

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm a fussy bastard. The stuff looks lovely providing it's well lit and not too much is moving, but oft times I've seen random blacker pixels, or pixel groups, in dark scenes etc (for example, I dled a 4.6 gb HD of The Bourne ID and there was ghosting all over the shop in the first scenes, where there's lots of shadow and camera movement.

that's unacceptable - it beggars belief how satisfied some people are with poor quality rips

 

[kyser_soze]

Totally - the bit where Jason wakes up and attacks the medic dude on the trawler looked like acid colour trails, but in black and grey.

I've had the same thing with lots of claimed BD rips - they look great so long as nothing's moving or it's all bright and well lit, but you throw in some murk and they go to shit. It's like watching the X-Files on Virgin 1 on Freeview.

 

[Orang Utan]

watching VHS is like that now - i can't bear to watch it anymore. i have about a thousand VHSs that i need to chuck out as i can't see myself watching any again

 

[rutabowa]

i watched Vacancy and the Blair Witch Project, again. they filled a few hours. if you have someone leave the room at the end of the blair witch then stay away for ages and get them top scratch on the door and tap on the walls and stuff it is quite scary, even though I said it wasn't.