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

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Thirst -

I'm a fan of Kang-ho Song since I saw him in Memories of Murder. But in this film, I found him to be hugely disappointing. The ideas were great, and the actor that stole the show (easily) was Ok-bin Kim - she did a kind of tortured innocent > lover > macbeth-ian manipulator > godhead character really well. She's defo my fav asian actor atm.

Shame the rest of the film reeked.
There are so many better Korean films out there. Shame that Chan-wook Park gets all the limelight.
 
Away We Go.

The trailer for the film doesn't do it justice. It was a lot funnier than I was expecting. Excellent cameo from Allison Janney.


365Watch Watch a film everyday.
 
Deadwood Series 1
Finally got 'round to watching it. :oops: Lives up to all the praise. :cool:

Going to watch the latest episode of the ever excellent Mad Men on the i-Player, then I've got the choice between A History Of Violence, Viva, Dead Man, The Limey, The Abominable Dr Phibes, Closely Observed Trains or... er...... Step Brothers. :hmm:
 
William Friedkin's Sorcerer - it was a bit like watching the south american Top Gear special with added dynamite & Tangerine Dream. Very good through
 
A German film called Yella is on BBC4 in a bit.

Don't bother watching it though, it is well shit. I saw it in the cinema, I just turned up not knowing what was on, and it was rubbish.
 
Sunspots said:
Deadwood Series 1
Finally got 'round to watching it. :oops: Lives up to all the praise. :cool:

Going to watch the latest episode of the ever excellent Mad Men on the i-Player, then I've got the choice between A History Of Violence, Viva, Dead Man, The Limey, The Abominable Dr Phibes, Closely Observed Trains or... er...... Step Brothers. :hmm:
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I love The Limey.....although it's been slated here.

I still feel it fits well among the lone-crim films such as Get Carter, Performance, Point Blank, Sexy Beast....

Bits of it jar, but I really enjoyed Stamp's performance, liked the Roeg(ish) editing, the nods to Performance and Carter, the links back to a young Stamp, the language jokes, the realistic violence, the relentlessness of the lead character, the play on Fonda's persona, Luis Guizman is pure gold, good use of a Hollies tune, a great downhill car chase, and one fantastic catchphrase 'Tell them I'm Coming' delivered in Stamp's best Zod voice!

I know some people really hate it, but I love it.
 
Dillinger4 said:
A German film called Yella is on BBC4 in a bit.

Don't bother watching it though, it is well shit. I saw it in the cinema, I just turned up not knowing what was on, and it was rubbish.
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There should be a 'What DVD/Video you shouldn't watch this night!' thread.
 
Dillinger4 said:
A German film called Yella is on BBC4 in a bit.

Don't bother watching it though, it is well shit. I saw it in the cinema, I just turned up not knowing what was on, and it was rubbish.
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No it's not Petzold is one of the best European directors out there - it's not his best film, in fact it's his worst, but watch the state i am in or Wolfsburg and think on young man..think on...
 
butchersapron said:
No it's not Petzold is one of the best European directors out there - it's not his best film, in fact it's his worst, but watch the state i am in or Wolfsburg and think on young man..think on...
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I will download those now, I would like to watch more 'contemporary' German films.

You know, that are not porn.

I am actually going to watch this again and give it a second opinion.
 
Downloading them now.

I especially like the sound of The State I Am In.

Can you recommend any other decent and fairly recent German films, butchers?
 
Maybe I was being a bit harsh about Yella.

It is pretty well shot, for example.

But there is something I just don't like about ... I don't know how to explain it. How the story unfolds around a business man and all these steel and glass business parks and hotels.... and the plot twists seem almost a bit pointless. I don't know.

I would definitely be interested to see more of Germany on film though.
 
couldn't decide between 39 Rock, Mad Men S2, some shitty looking horror remake called pulse, an uruguayan intersex drama called xxy and american gangster (which i think i may have seen already and if i've forgotten it, it can't have been very good). getting a bit late to make a decision.
 
Orang Utan said:
couldn't decide between 39 Rock, Mad Men S2, some shitty looking horror remake called pulse, an uruguayan intersex drama called xxy and american gangster (which i think i may have seen already and if i've forgotten it, it can't have been very good). getting a bit late to make a decision.
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Steer well fucking clear of American Gangster.

It's a Poor Mann effort and doesn't make the grade as a genre piece.

I'm wondering where the US gangster pic will go now...because recent efforts have been seriously lacking.

I wonder if The Sopranos killed the genre?
 
Nanker Phelge said:
Steer well fucking clear of American Gangster.

It's a Poor Mann effort and doesn't make the grade as a genre piece.

I'm wondering where the US gangster pic will go now...because recent efforts have been seriously lacking.

I wonder if The Sopranos killed the genre?
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nah, it'll be back. Remember Sopranos is fairly time, family and place specific. Plenty of scope outside of the New Jersey italian mob.
 
Nanker Phelge said:
Steer well fucking clear of American Gangster.

It's a Poor Mann effort and doesn't make the grade as a genre piece.

I'm wondering where the US gangster pic will go now...because recent efforts have been seriously lacking.

I wonder if The Sopranos killed the genre?
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Scott not Mann.
but i can see why you said. both directed bloated turgid crime epics.
 
Orang Utan said:
Scott not Mann.
but i can see why you said. both directed bloated turgid crime epics.
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Yes - sorry. And you're right....I made the mistake because both made an arrogant leap towards 'gangsters' in some bid to sit alongside Coppola/Scorcese in the gangter film royal court.
 
DotCommunist said:
nah, it'll be back. Remember Sopranos is fairly time, family and place specific. Plenty of scope outside of the New Jersey italian mob.
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I'm a huge Sopranos fan.

I fear that filmakers are trying to make Sopranos cinema instead of making gangster films.

I feel that both American Gangster and Public Enemies suffered from trying to tell too many sides of the story....i.e past/present/family/love/kids/realtionships, and from too many character's perspectives.

The Sopranos had space to do this. Goodfellas did this. The Godfather was a bit of cinema magic that made the viewer believe that we got a 'family' eye view...but American Gangster and Public Enemies were muddled, conflicted stories that tried to show lots of angles.....

Actually...I hated Public Enemies and desperately wanted it to be great.

Mesrine got it right :cool:
 
I recall reading riffifi and it was wank.

But then Puzo's godfather book was by-the-numbers shite as well and look what came from that.
 
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