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

[andy2002]

I have. Never wanted to see any of the Boondock Saints films after that, which sound like third rate pseudo-Tarantino wannabe drivel anyway.

Agreed. The director/writer (whatever his name was) was a complete tool but somehow I found Harvey Weinstein et al even more distasteful. The way they chewed the guy up and spat him out made me almost feel sorry for him. Hollywood's a fucking snakepit...

 

[krtek a houby]

Syriana
Gilda
In the Loop

 

[100% masahiko]

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[Bajie]

The day the Earth stopped (1951), great 50's sci-fi that that is very much of it's time when the cold war was getting into full swing.

 

[Bajie]

Revanche - not until right at the end did I realise what a good film it is.

 

[DJ Squelch]

The Banksy film "Exit Through the Gift Shop" at Duke Of Yorks (wrong thread but fuck it). - slightly amusing in places but thats about it.

 

[Orang Utan]

watched sweeney todd and turned it off as soon as jonny started singing. it looked great so i may watch with subtitles and no sound later on. did sondheim write any tunes?

 

[Reno]

did sondheim write any tunes?

I think it's an absolutely brilliant score. This is what finally converted me to Sondheim, for whom I never had much of an appreciation before. The style is influenced in great part by the great film composer Bernhard Herrmann, which is perfect for a horror musical/opera.

 

[Orang Utan]

never liked any of his musicals - find them rather turgid

 

[Reno]

never liked any of his musicals - find them rather turgid

What were you expecting then when you got Sweeney Todd ?

 

[Orang Utan]

i still wanted to see it. it's a film.

 

[Reno]

I think Sweeney Todd is the best thing Burton has done in the last twenty years. If you switched it off in the first few minutes, maybe give it another try. Burton is often hampered by his poor choices when in screenplays (see this years model: Alice in Wonderland). Here he pretty much films the stage play straight and it's a solid story with strong characters, which benefit from Burton's approach without being overwhelmed by it.

 

[el topo]

The Seeding of a Ghost.
A typical Shaw Brothers' presentation; outlandish, trashy, fun.

 

[albionism]

Win post


Wait till series 2. It's like a whos-who of sci fi legends

Starting series 2 tonight .....I'm going to bloody miss the original Zev (Eva Habermann) though. She dies in episode 2 and is replaced by a new "Xev".

 

[DotCommunist]

dude 'Pattern'

Has Rutger Haur

 

[albionism]

dude 'Pattern'

Has Rutger Haur

Watched 'Pattern' last night! . That's series 1.

 

[fen_boy]

High-brow culture in our house last night with 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' - it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

 

[100% masahiko]

I've just finished watching this and I thought it was brilliant. Can't believe I didn't recognise Mariah Carey*.

What didn't you like about it?

*Or Lenny Kravitz and Tom Cruise - I am so useless!

Despite the themes associated to Precious, the film remained entertaining and very watchable. The moments I liked were her MTV/Oscar dream sequences and the little touches such as her self-fascination with the pretty girl blonde, the teacher etc. Just wished there were more of that.

But for the rest of the film - especially the last scene with mum, carey and fat girl - And ALL 3 started to cry. I was like, 'please don't cry.' And when I looked at the audience, they were crying. Everyone was crying. Jesus.

Overly sentimental, I was expecting Precious (and the audience) to scream, "Why ma? Why did you let me down? Where were you when I needed you?" So typically conventional. Poverty. Fried Chicken. So black and that becomes a stereotype in itself. I had to remind myself that it wasn't a trashy magazine article next to the headline, "boy borns blind has 2 days to live, gets married and has a kid."

* Who did Cruise play?

 

[The Octagon]

Terminator Salvation

Felt like a missed opportunity in so many ways, very disjointed and the Terminators seemed fairly ineffectual compared to previous films (I know, they are technically less advanced, etc, but their aiming was stormtrooper-standard at times).

Also, I've watched that opening scene twice now and still can't work out what happens - Connor leaves the bunker and goes to the surface, just in time to see a HK taking off. He goes to give chase in the helicopter, but barely seconds later a mini-nuke goes off, causing him to crash. Where does the nuke go off, as it seems to take out his entire team, who were directly below him at the time????. How did he escape alive?

 

[100% masahiko]

Terminator Salvation

Felt like a missed opportunity in so many ways, very disjointed and the Terminators seemed fairly ineffectual compared to previous films (I know, they are technically less advanced, etc, but their aiming was stormtrooper-standard at times).

Also, I've watched that opening scene twice now and still can't work out what happens - Connor leaves the bunker and goes to the surface, just in time to see a HK taking off. He goes to give chase in the helicopter, but barely seconds later a mini-nuke goes off, causing him to crash. Where does the nuke go off, as it seems to take out his entire team, who were directly below him at the time????. How did he escape alive?

I have no idea.

I do like the end sequence with Arnie.
Felt like a proper Terminator movie.

 

[Yetman]

Grandmas Boy - Not as bad as I'd thought, but the robot voice dude really got annoying. Some hilarious bits in it though, but its no Tropic Thunder. Not as good as the Hangover but miles better than Pineapple Express.

 

[The Octagon]

I have no idea.

I do like the end sequence with Arnie.
Felt like a proper Terminator movie.

Yeah, surprisingly I hadn't been spoiled about this, so it was quite a cool moment, excellent use of CGI to de-age him too.

 

[Bajie]

The brother from another planet - Great mostly unknown 80's film

 

[Nanker Phelge]

The brother from another planet - Great mostly unknown 80's film

John Sayles...good film.

I first saw it on bbc2 a looooooooooooonnnnnngggggg time ago when bbc 2 stilled cared to show little known and odd films like that one.

 

[belboid]

has Sayles ever made a bad film? I cant think of one.

 

[Reno]

has Sayles ever made a bad film? I cant think of one.

He has never made a bad film, but he's also never made a really great one. My favourite of his is probably Limbo.

 

[belboid]

just realised Men With Guns is the last of his I saw! Eight Men OUt & City of Hope probly my faves. Tho my refusal to watch anything with Sly in means I still havent seen Lone Star either (apart from the opening, which is a stunner)

 

[Orang Utan]

lone star is brillianrt and matewan is truly great

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Sunshine State wasn't great....but I enjoyed parts of it.

 

[Orang Utan]

just realised Men With Guns is the last of his I saw! Eight Men OUt & City of Hope probly my faves. Tho my refusal to watch anything with Sly in means I still havent seen Lone Star either (apart from the opening, which is a stunner)

lone star doesn't have stallone in it iirc