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

[jeff_leigh]

The Hurt Locker

 

[May Kasahara]

Last episode of BSG S1. Fucksake, I expected a cliffhanger but nothing that drastic

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Just watched Precious - some really great performances from all involved.

 

[dlx1]

on telly

Teen Wolf - how long ago remember see at Cinema

As Good as It Gets -
Jack Nicholson
Helen Hunt
Greg Kinnear
Cuba Gooding Jr.

 

[marty21]

After the thin man - more Powell and loy antics

 

[girasol]

Watched 'Dorian Gray' last night, it was a bit shit and completely failed to capture the atmosphere the book has

(I was lucky enough to once end up at Hurd Hatfield's house in Ireland, he starred as Dorian back in the 40s, and I had the distinct impression his lifestyle may have been similar to Dorian's he also couldn't keep his eyes off my then boyfriend, and he was on his 80s! That was a memorable night!)

 

[DotCommunist]

Loads of Indiana Jones documentaries. Good things: Sellecks pitch for the role. Finding out that they borrowed the u-boat used in the filming of Das Boot.

Shit bits: Lucas and Spielberg.

 

[stethoscope]

Volver

 

[Reno]

Inglorious Basterds for the second time, because a friend came round for a DVD evening. Still love it exactly because it does everything a movie about the Third Reich shouldn't do (though it's more a movie about movies about the Third Reich). It juggles black comedy and suspense really well and is one of the two or three purely enjoyable movies I've seen over the last year.

 

[starfish]

Tony. Thought it was really good. Very bleak & dark but quite amusing in places. Excellent acting from Peter Ferdinando, really felt sorry for him despite what he does. & its got a cracking soundtrack by The The.

 

[Part 2]

Blue Velvet.

Only ever seen it once, many years ago and didn't really get it at the time. Much more scary than I remember, or understood.

 

[nicksonic]

taken

amadeus:the director's cut

suspiria

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Hurt Locker - didn't do a lot for me really...but I'm not overly keen on war films. I do like Bigelow generally.

Some very tense scenes, nicely put together.

 

[100% masahiko]

The Last House on the Left - For a horror movie, I always liked the role-reversal of the original (even if overall, it was shit). The remake however, is superior and I'd like to recommend!

A Very Long Engagement - 2004 - Love/War movie. Brilliant.

 

[stevieG]

I went a bit old school last night and watched a charlie Chaplin film called "gold rush". Im not really into these silent black and white films but I really enjoyed this one. The basic plot is that Chaplin goes to Alsaka to join in the Gold Rush to make his fortune by selling gold but ends up falling in love with a girl. I would recommend it.

 

[sim667]

A Very Long Engagement - 2004 - Love/War movie. Brilliant.

Great film!

Paschendale - Love/War movie (was thinking along the lines of a very long engagement when i rented it) - Utter tripe, dont bother...... If there was anyway I could claim those 2 hours of my life back, I would

Thirst - Horror/Vampire film - Not normally my cuppa tea, but I'm a big fan of the director Park Chan-Wook, I watched it, and although a little confusing I really enjoyed it...... Still nothing quite as good as oldboy

 

[butchersapron]

The Human Question/Heartbeat Detector (the latter being the shit US title) - Nick Klotz's adaptation of François Emmanuel's novel (not read it). Interesting attempt to make something more than a standard corporate thriller (deliberately slow pacing, unexplained and seemingly unconnected scenes etc -all very old techniques but rarely used in films of this type).

Felt it didn't quite put the central point across strongly enough though - that the holocaust was capital in action and that modern day business practices come from the same set of techniques as the holocaust and that instrumental rationality increasingly takes over the social-world (i don't agree either). Mathieu Amalric did his usual good job in the lead and Lou Castel also makes an appearance, haven't seem him in anything for ages.

 

[sojourner]

2 more episodes of Homicide

 

[krtek a houby]

"Mo". Quite moving - Walters should be up for a BAFTA nod, no doubt.

 

[stupid dogbot]

Public Enemies

Nicey shot, very nice to look at.

Depp quite good. Bale serious.

Movie pretty dull, by and large, however.

 

[belboid]

Destiny of the Daleks

quite amusing

 

[Reno]

Anvil: The Story of Anvil. Pleasant enough, but not sure why this got such rave reviews. Never been into this type of music, so maybe I'm just the wrong audience.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Anvil: The Story of Anvil. Pleasant enough, but not sure why this got such rave reviews. Never been into this type of music, so maybe I'm just the wrong audience.

I never liked that music either but I thought it was a decent enough doc. I did get the impression (before I watched it) that Anvil were far bigger failures, they had loads of albums and fairly heathy fan base. Not bon jovi stylie but not hopeless underdogs.

If you want the best underdog doc full of amazing characters watch king of kong!!

 

[Orang Utan]

i didn't like the music but i couldn't help being drawn into their world and ended up wanting them to succeed. which is why the film is such a success i suppose.

 

[Reno]

The guys in the band were likable enough when they weren't at each others throats, but also somewhat unremarkable. Maybe I was misled by the Spinal Tap comparisons, I just expected something more funny. This wasn't that far from my own life, only that my thwarted ambitions as an artist weren't being in a band (and I've got better hair).

 

[rutabowa]

Anvil was quite heartwarming but with a dark undertone of mental illness and disfunction that i quite enjoyed.

 

[marty21]

mega Shield session, 6 episodes of season 5, Vic has Internal Affairs on his arse

 

[belboid]

mega Shield session, 6 episodes of season 5, Vic has Internal Affairs on his arse

aah, shut up shut up shut up, I dont need to know, saving that for another month.

There must still be some P&P you havent seen!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Anvil was quite heartwarming but with a dark undertone of mental illness and disfunction that i quite enjoyed.

I think that sums it up really nicely.

 

[smmudge]

The Island of Death. As terrible as it sounds. The only reason to watch it (and I knew this at the time) is to see how terrible it is. It is really terrible.