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

[Part 2]

Episode 5 of our friends in the north, really is a brilliant series.

I was worried I'd remember too much to enjoy it but I'm noticing loads of little things that I hadn't spotted before.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

but I'm noticing loads of little things that I hadn't spotted before.

Gina McKee's tits?

 

[Dillinger4]

black cat white cat
the first kusturica film i've seen and it certainly won't be the last as it's a pure joy to watch.
its exhuberance reminds of me of those 'it's a mad mad mad world/genievieve' caper films, except it's enormous fun.
the detail on screen is so rich, every shot crammed with odd things going on, such as a pig devouring a car.
the plot's like a shakespeare comedy but it's all about the characters - i loved the balkan john c reiily dancing gangster fella.
i haven't laughed so much at a film in ages.
if you haven't seen it order it NOW.

kusturica is brilliant

 

[mentalchik]

The Book Of Eli - not bad

 

[Fedayn]

Saw the film Adam and Paul by the same team behind The Garage a few months back.

Christ, that was grim.

It's a great film, funny, tragic, warm, enraging and ulitmately genuinely 'painful'.
The scene on the bench with the Bulgarian fella is brilliant.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

The Book Of Eli - not bad

Gary Oldman ham it up?

 

[mentalchik]

Gary Oldman ham it up?

A bit as you would expect.......


but entertaining if a bit heavy on the religious angle !

 

[QueenOfGoths]

The recent version of "Tha Manchurian Candidate" - good entertaining thriller with solid performances from Denzel Washington and Liev Schriber plus an excellent one from Meryl Streep, she really is a class actor

 

[DotCommunist]

I thought it was a poor mans The Road, if entertaining enough. Denzel at his lacklustre phoning-it-in best.

 

[mentalchik]

I thought it was a poor mans The Road, if entertaining enough. Denzel at his lacklustre phoning-it-in best.

Yup !

 

[ernestolynch]

Law Abiding Citizen, quite good.

 

[smmudge]

The recent version of "Tha Manchurian Candidate" - good entertaining thriller with solid performances from Denzel Washington and Liev Schriber plus an excellent one from Meryl Streep, she really is a class actor

I didn't get it. And the original is really good, I don't see how the remake is anything like it?

I watched Being There after reading someone on here recommend it. Twas lovely!

 

[blairsh]

Army of Darkness - Never seen this, i laughed a lot.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I didn't get it. And the original is really good, I don't see how the remake is anything like it?

I watched Being There after reading someone on here recommend it. Twas lovely!

Never seen the original I'm afraid so I can't compare

 

[soluble duck]

Dead Man with Johnny Depp, who was as usual brilliant, although many of the other performances were brilliant. Very good film which I had been looking forward to watching for a while as I haven't seen that much of Jarmusch's work.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Got a nice score by Neil Young too. Iggy Pop is annoying though.

 

[Orang Utan]

valhalla rising - a beautiful and brutal but messy metaphysical action film with a similar plot to aguirre. the droney score is incredible.
director winding-refn looks like he wants to be the next kubrick but it is all the better for trying.
definitely a director to watch
anyone seen his pusher films?

 

[butchersapron]

Yeah, pretty good trilogy. Showed clear development from the rather straightforward first one. Worth checking out. Valhalla rising i thought was an interesting failure.

 

[Orang Utan]

i thought bronson was another interesting failure too.
i like how he uses music and his shots are are always well crafted too - probably why i compared him to kubrick i guess.

 

[punchdrunkme]

Law Abiding Citizen, quite good.

Just watched that last night. Pretty good, if a bit grimly violent.

 

[Part 2]

Gina McKee's tits?

I'll keep an eye out for em.

Just watched ep6, 1979.

Great use of Babylon's Burning and My Perfect Cousin for the angry teen scene.

 

[ilovebush&blair]

i watched Zero Day its a film about a school shooting kind of like elephant but it shot on hand held cameras and and go into more detail about how they planned the massacre. its quite good and i preferred it to elephant.

 

[Grandma Death]

Shifty. Really enjoyed it. Gritty and well made and a nice twist.

 

[marty21]

cloverfield - quite enjoyed it

 

[Part 2]

Sherlock Holmes.

Started out thinking I wasn't going to like it, all the daftness between Holmes and Watson was a bit annoying. Once it got going though it was great fun, particularly liked the flashback recapping and explanation. Really enjoyed it by the end.

 

[krtek a houby]

The Visitor - with Richard Jenkins.

Uptight lecturer returns to NY and gets involved with a couple of illegal immigrants. Funny and moving, Jenkins and all the cast are superb. Directed by a chap from The Wire...

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Shutter Island - really, really enjoyed it. Good film, Thought it was very well filmed, some beautiful scenes and very good performances, especially from Leonardo di Caprio who eventually looks older than 14!

Plus Max Von Sydow is a star

 

[butchersapron]

Without Apparent Motive - pretty nifty little French mystery thriller from the early 70s, sniper bumping people off - what could connect them etc. Only watched it because it had Jean-Louis Trintignant in it (bit of an odd performace tbh) and a Morricone soundtrack (top-notch brassy/whistly one).

Red Psalm - Jansco from same period. Slightly outdated but still mesmersing retelling of peasant uprising/crushing etc in a very imaginative way.

 

[Pie 1]

The Visitor - with Richard Jenkins.

Uptight lecturer returns to NY and gets involved with a couple of illegal immigrants. Funny and moving, Jenkins and all the cast are superb. Directed by a chap from The Wire...

Cool.
Recorded this the other night.

 

[wtfftw]

Juno and Grosse Pointe Blank.
Enjoyed them both.