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

[ilovebush&blair]

Gonna watch julien donkey boy tonight i think.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Surrogates, which was Hollywood sci-fi by numbers, with a ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead ending that these type of things always seem to have.

Thought the concept of Surrogates which really interesting i.e. the nature of identity and experience, which could have been explored further in a TV series - or a better film! - however the story was, as you say, rather by the numbers.

 

[kyser_soze]

Is that by-the-numbers bad or engaging enough for a Sunday evening?

 

[Reno]

Is that by-the-numbers bad or engaging enough for a Sunday evening?

It's just about watchable and I agree wit QueenofGoths that the premise is potentially intriguing.

I mainly watched it because I quite like both Radha Mitchell and Rosamund Pike, who are good actresses. Mitchell is largely wasted in a nothing role as Willis' sidekick, but as Willis' grieving, surrogate addicted wife, Pike has a couple of scenes which hint that this could have been a much better film.

At 89 minutes it's very short for a Hollywood blockbuster and I wonder if they just lopped out most of the character stuff to make it more action based.

 

[stupid dogbot]

The Road

Good, but not a film to watch to cheer you up.

 

[DJ Squelch]

North Sea Hijack - Roger Moore takes on a bunch of terrorists who are threatening to blow up an oil rig. Ideal sunday afteroon fodder

 

[pboi]

The Road

Good, but not a film to watch to cheer you up.

snap just finished it


Viggo is king

 

[butchersapron]

Yes. Moron.

 

[pboi]

Boondock Saints 2 now.

butchers, go fuck your mother.

 

[butchersapron]

Boondock Saints 2 now.

butchers, go fuck your mother.

If there's ever been a post to make my cae...

 

[pboi]

the case that you cant help but post insults to me? yes its clear for all to see

 

[imposs1904]

Michael Cimino's dud, Year of the Dragon.

It was fucking awful. I knew it was considered controversial because of its depiction of the chinese-american community, but the real defaming was against the film making community.

Rourke may have resurrected his career in recent years but give this one from his back catalogue a miss.

 

[butchersapron]

April Captains -useful film about the night the porto revolution started - directed by the french girl from Bruce Willis' bit in Pulp Fiction

Almost Brothers - how class matters in the context of the setting up of the red command

 

[kittyP]

We have spent last night and this evening watching Sons of Anarchy.
It's kinda like The Sopranos but with bikers and slightly flatter characters.
Very entertaining though.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Mood_for_Love

In the Mood for Love - well it is Valentine's day, beautiful film, although fairly slow moving

All I remember about this is that it was good and that there was a lot of walking up and down stairs. I think it's time to have another watch.

Oh, I also remember liking 2046 more, but I think i am in the minority there.

 

[belboid]

Rynox & His Lordship this afternoon, the two earliest surviving Michael Powell movies (1931 & '32). The former was praised as the finest British movie to date by the great John Grierson. Which is a tad ott, but it's not a bad little number. The latter was Powell's only full on musical, a merry romp about a working-class Lord, and the venalities of a fake leftist party & a Hollywood press agent. Believed to be the only British movie of the thirties with a communist heroine. An undeserved flop.

Now settling down to Goodbye Pork Pie, as recommended by someone on here. It better improve on its first ten minutes

 

[starfish]

Started to watch Zombieland, the DVD seemed to jump after about 10 mins & we didnt know how much was missing as it wouldnt rewind. We then saw the last 20 minutes. It looked like a good film despite missing about an hour of it.
Then we watched 2012, quite possibly the worst film i have ever seen, if not in my entire life at least in a very, very long time.

 

[Part 2]

District 9...Thought it was pretty good

 

[marty21]

All I remember about this is that it was good and that there was a lot of walking up and down stairs. I think it's time to have another watch.

Oh, I also remember liking 2046 more, but I think i am in the minority there.

yes, lots of slow motion shots of Maggie Cheung, walking up stairs in tight dresses

 

[sleaterkinney]

The Hurt Locker, very good film about bomb disposal experts in Iraq, very tense.

 

[belboid]

Now settling down to Goodbye Pork Pie, as recommended by someone on here. It better improve on its first ten minutes

well, thanks for that, whoever it was. Got better once the main woman was out of it - she was perfectly good, but put in such embarassingly naff Mildred & georgesque situations. And the lead bloke as so annoying... Did start making me laugh a little towards the end though

Nows doing Funny Games US. I know, I know, a yankee remake, but it is still by Haneke, and I do like Naomi Watts & Tim Roth

 

[belboid]

christ, that was annoying. Stupid people do stupid things at the behest of pathetic fops. Fuck off. Forty minutes of my life wasted.

So, I'll give A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe a go, the greatest western Sergio Leone never made or something. Got Pat McGoohan in it, so I have hope

 

[chazegee]

Little shop of horrors. Nice dentist.

 

[ilovebush&blair]

Started to watch Zombieland, the DVD seemed to jump after about 10 mins & we didnt know how much was missing as it wouldnt rewind. We then saw the last 20 minutes. It looked like a good film despite missing about an hour of it.
Then we watched 2012, quite possibly the worst film i have ever seen, if not in my entire life at least in a very, very long time.

it is good, very good. did u rent it?

 

[Badgers]

Sons of Anarchy
Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy (original)
Two episodes of the Wire

 

[starfish]

it is good, very good. did u rent it?

No it was a borrowed download. Would definitely like to see the whole thing though. Will get round to it soon.

 

[belboid]

So, I'll give A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe a go, the greatest western Sergio Leone never made or something. Got Pat McGoohan in it, so I have hope

phew, a decent movie at lat. hardly a masterpiece, but well worth a waatch nevertheless.

& I'll wrap up the weekend with the last two episodes of season 1 of CYE.

 

[jeff_leigh]

I watched Avatar all I can say is I gotta take my hat of to James Cameron, Absolutely loved it.

 

[sojourner]

The last 4 episodes of Homicide life on the streets

I fucking love Munch

 

[kyser_soze]

Wall-E. Didn't catch it in the picture house so bought the BD on spec.

What a wonderful, and brave, movie. Hardly any dialogue, most of which is in robo-speak, and a brilliant story, with some pretty arch messages about consumerism...great stuff...looked fucking amazing too...