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

[ramjamclub]

breaking and entering

just watched breaking and entering with jude law give it 8/10

 

[Voley]

More of Series 2 of Deadwood. Just gets better and better.

 

[kyser_soze]

More S3 of Entourage. Seeing Vince get all out of sorts over an ex was extremely funny, altho Turtle & Drama's 'He made a mix tape' explanation to E was truly priceless and horribly accurate

 

[Orang Utan]

american gangster for the 2nd time. hated it the first time. disliked it the second time. enjoyed the clothes and period detail more this time. i shoulda been around in the 70s. those suits...

 

[kyser_soze]

What did you dislike about it the most OU? I watched it and felt that it lacked 'centre' - the central story of how Lucas attempted to go family style instead of gang wasn't held together especially well. Not unwatchable or necessarily 'bad' but definitely one from the 'looks good, not much story' store of Ridley...

 

[Orang Utan]

it lacked flow and rhythm - it was bloated as fuck and it had russell crowe in it (also bloated). scott knows how to make it everything look good and he's very good at co-ordinating montages and big set pieces with lots going on in the frame, but he can't tell a story any more it seems. it adds nothing to the 'genre'.

 

[Orang Utan]

compare it to zodiac!

 

[kyser_soze]

Well quite. Altho Wry found Zodiac 'utterly unegaging'...

 

[Orang Utan]

i found it utterly enthralling, esp the 2nd time around

 

[pboi]

Deja vu ? what did you think of that

 

[Reno]

Deja vu ? what did you think of that

It's watchable, but it would have been better without the involvement of Tony Scott or Denzel Washington.

 

[Orang Utan]

Deja vu ? what did you think of that

looks crap, won't bother probably.

 

[Orang Utan]

like his brother, mr scott has only really made a couple of decent films.

 

[pboi]

Tony Scott is a bonkers director. too many overhead quick zoom in action bullocks


Denzel is a god, leave him alone. Man On fire is one of my faves of all time(another Scott film?)

 

[Reno]

Man on Fire is one of the most ridiculously manipulative and ponderous films I've ever seen. It may be fine as a guilty pleasure but I will point and laugh at anybody who tells me it's a good film.

Tony Scott isn't a bonkers director, he's just a bad one. He can't resist a slow motion shot for anyone or anything that moves faster than walking pace to try and make an impact. he never credits the audience with catching on to anything by themselves and rams every plot point home with all the subtlety of a sledge hammer. It's filmmaking for morons.

Washington keeps taking on these dour roles because that's all that is within his acting range. Not a bad actor technically, I find him thoroughly lacking in charm and he drains the joy from any film he appears in. From his films and interviews I always get the idea that the man has absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever.

 

[Orang Utan]

last boy scout and true romance appeal to the lad in me though. funny, engaging and exciting and lit beautifully.

 

[kyser_soze]

True Romance is a great film, Last Boy Scout is Hammerite.

 

[Orang Utan]

hammerite?

 

[stupid dogbot]

Let the Right One In

Odd, but quite watchable and entertaining.

 

[Orang Utan]

anyway, another dvd has just arrived and i excitedly ripped open the envelop to find: die hard iv. another thing i must have ordered whilst intoxicated. i suppose i need to watch for competion's sake.

 

[Reno]

I never wanted to see The Last Boyscout, but anything that's good about True Romance comes from Tarantino's screenplay. It's still overdirected, though not as badly as some of Tony Scott's other films. I wished Tarantino had directed it himself.

 

[DotCommunist]

Tony Scott is a bonkers director. too many overhead quick zoom in action bullocks


Denzel is a god, leave him alone. Man On fire is one of my faves of all time(another Scott film?)

I was going to back up your defense of Denzel, then I remembered that he was piss weak in Book of Eli and I literally cannot recall anything else he has been in.

So mediocre I say.

 

[Orang Utan]

I never wanted to see The Last Boyscout, but anything that's good about True Romance comes from Tarantino's screenplay. It's still overdirected, though not as badly as some of Tony Scott's other films. I wished Tarantino had directed it himself.

the best thing about last boy scout is also the script to be fair.

 

[Orang Utan]

I was going to back up your defense of Denzel, then I remembered that he was piss weak in Book of Eli and I literally cannot recall anything else he has been in.

So mediocre I say.

i liked him in cry freedom.
i like his voice.

 

[pboi]

I was going to back up your defense of Denzel, then I remembered that he was piss weak in Book of Eli and I literally cannot recall anything else he has been in.

So mediocre I say.

Training Day! Book of Eli....yeh was a bit beige.
American Gangster!
Inside Man!
Manchurian Candiate!
Remember the Titans!
Bone Collector!#

motherfucking Malcom X!

 

[Orang Utan]

not much there to recommend him, is there?

 

[kyser_soze]

hammerite?

Whoops, I meant Ronseal

 

[Part 2]

The first episode of Cracker, girls murdered on trains etc.

I couldn't remember the whole thing, just the odd few shots. I enjoyed it so I'll probably end up going through the whole series.

 

[Yetman]

Avatar, took some mushrooms and went to watch it in 3D. Very nice, beautiful scenery but typical and unsurprising storyline.

 

[Reno]

Training Day! Book of Eli....yeh was a bit beige.
American Gangster!
Inside Man!
Manchurian Candiate!
Remember the Titans!
Bone Collector!#

motherfucking Malcom X!

I think you just shot yourself in the foot there. I'll give you Malcolm X, but the rest is a joke. I'm not saying that he's a bad actor, just a very limited one and to me his persona is deeply unappealing. To mention the terrible remake of The Manchurian Candidate and the crap Seven rip-off The Bone Collector can only be a joke. The rest is mediocre at best.