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

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I haven't seen it for a long time but I thought Restless Natives was quite a nice little low budget jaunt. Saggs a bit in places deviates enough from normal storylines / characters to maintain interest, and fun enough to be . . . er . . . fun.

 

[PacificOcean]

Earth on Blu Ray - ickle polar bears last night

 

[punchdrunkme]

The Men who Stare at Goats. Mostly shite, some funny bits.

 

[ooo]

I think I managed to show a lot of what I wanted but with cuts. For instance I seem to remember the lawyers deciding how many saws to the boys head was acceptable.

Spoiler: Best Bits

I showed a bit of the conversation between the father and his daughter after he had paid for sex with her. The bit with him discovering the 'miracle of life' only to discover the corpse of the woman was leaking shit. The wife giving him heroin in the bath to release his knob from the corpse. The fire works in the home and the end family fight against the school bullies with the tools. All the good bits.

 

[ooo]

Battlestar Galactica - The Plan

It wasn't exceptional or anything, but it fills more holes into the whole story.
And as a fan, I'm satifised.

 

[PacificOcean]

Dragon Wars.

So bad it's good type stuff. And it was on only £8 on Blu-Ray, so that is telling you something!

Dragons' fighting and destryoing LA, what's not to like?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Battlestar Galactica - The Plan

It wasn't exceptional or anything, but it fills more holes into the whole story.
And as a fan, I'm satifised.

For me it was like watching a load of scenes that were cut from the entire series for a good reason.

As a fan, it was like the final insult (unless you count Caprica).

 

[Sadken]

The Ghost Writer - Polanski one about Blair. Was very good.

 

[100% masahiko]

The Ghost Writer - Polanski one about Blair. Was very good.

Fav film so far this year.

 

[DotCommunist]

Latest episode of Treme.

If you ever wanted to see Bunk doing a woman from the rear while saying 'You know what they call a trombone baby? The bone.....yeah the bone...urgh'

then watch the latest episode of Treme

 

[butchersapron]

I Am Scared - excellent downbeat political thriller from 70s Italy in which Gian Maria Volonté uncovers - seemingly for the 30th time - a secret plot encompassing the highest levels of the state.

 

[Pingu]

well tonight mathew we will be watching dances with smurfs

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Latest episode of Treme.

If you ever wanted to see Bunk doing a woman from the rear while saying 'You know what they call a trombone baby? The bone.....yeah the bone...urgh'

then watch the latest episode of Treme

Who is Bunk and what's a Treme?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

well tonight mathew we will be watching dances with smurfs

It's really not good. At first I was laughing but then I was just angry at it.

 

[DotCommunist]

Bunk from the Wire who plays a sleazy trombone player in Treme which is another David Simon + HBO production about the lives of musicians in a post-Katrina New Orleans. It is OK so far, not great, but warming up.

 

[Pingu]

It's really not good. At first I was laughing but then I was just angry at it.

saw it at the piccies and thought it was ok. mrs pingu not seen it yet though

 

[DexterTCN]

well tonight mathew we will be watching dances with smurfs

At home you really need a massive tv. It's a film of big visuals.

It's really not good. At first I was laughing but then I was just angry at it.

Sup...judging by your recent posts in b/f/tv you don't like much at all!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Sup...judging by your recent posts in b/f/tv you don't like much at all!

I like plenty. However, there is a lot of shit out there and joe public just keep lapping it up.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Avatar. Not as good as when I saw it at the cinema with my specs on.

 

[red rose]

TMNT the most recent teenage mutant ninja turtles film.

I knew it was a bad idea but I pressed play anyway, I couldn't get all the way through it.

Good thing though is that it gave me time to finally watch Dr. Strangelove, which I should have watched years ago, and which is stupendous.

 

[Blackout]

The Backup plan - Jlo

Rubbish!

 

[Looby]

Latest episode of Treme.

If you ever wanted to see Bunk doing a woman from the rear while saying 'You know what they call a trombone baby? The bone.....yeah the bone...urgh'

then watch the latest episode of Treme

I really, really don't. Thing is, I can already see it now.

We watched 2012 last night. Pap really, funny in places (not sure how intentional that was) but I love disaster movies so it was perfect friday night entertainment for me.

I'm about to watch An Education.

 

[Orang Utan]

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
that was weird.
tis like herzog is doing a takeshi miike by taking straight up thriller screenplay and weirding it out with feverish imagery and bizarre mannered perfomances.
cage's performance is the most bizarre, naturally. his character has a bad back so he spends the film with one shoulder higher than the other to indicate this. he's on drugs all the time for medical and recreational reasons, so we get loads of tics, twitches and some of the weirdest face-pulling i've ever seen, even from cage. and then there's the iguanas, the break dancing soul of a mafiosa and a happy panting labrador.
i'm not sure if they were in the script.
the locations are great - lots of water-damaged southern gothic mansions and seedy slums.
nice score by mark isham too.

ps it's not worth comparing to to ferrara's film of the same name. the only thing both movies appear to have in common is the title

 

[Voley]

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of New Orleans
ps it's not worth comparing to to ferrara's film of the same name. the only thing both movies appear to have in common is the title

How odd. Why didn't they call it something different? I thought it was a straight out remake.

 

[Orang Utan]

How odd. Why didn't they call it something different? I thought it was a straight out remake.

wiki:
The script was penned by TV writer William Finkelstein.One major change from the original film was moving the setting from New York City to New Orleans. Herzog insists that the film is not a remake, saying, "It only has a corrupt policeman as the central character and that's about it." At the 2009 Academy Awards, Herzog stated that he has never seen Ferrara's film, saying "I haven't seen it, so I can't compare it. It has nothing to do with it." Herzog did not like the idea of a remake and desired to change the title of the film, but was unsuccessful. Herzog stated, "I battled against the title from the first moment on", but added, "I can live with it, I have no problem with it at all. The title is probably a mistake, but so be it."

 

[Voley]

He's off his fucking nut.

 

[Orang Utan]

yup!
eta: oops, i got the title a bit wrong

 

[5t3IIa]

I'm most terribly hungover and watching series one of Blackadder. It's a bit tiring tbh.

 

[mentalchik]

Just watched Avatar and have to say enjoyed it muchly.........


reminded me hugely of Midworld by alan dean foster.....


it was also very purty !

 

[Part 2]

Ichi The Killer...I 'enjoyed' Visitor Q more

then episodes 1-6 series 2 Breaking Bad, which is excellent.