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

[Grandma Death]

The Hill a b/w film from 1965 with Sean Connery.
I've watched it over 5 times and it still a fantastic film
The direction by Sidney Lumet is just groundbreaking for its time.

Great film and great director.

 

[rollinder]

just watched episode one of Doctor Who - The Green Death

Doctor Who discovers jobless Welsh miners, alternative living & technology, , that oil companies ae unethical and cause pollution (turns you green and kills you apprently) and invents quorn too.
+ Pertwee goes on holliday and gets things thrown at him.

 

[rekil]

The Simpsons fillum. Very disappointing.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

The Queen. Hmm... All seemed a bit obvious .

 

[rollinder]

episode two of Doctor Who - The Green Death. Pertwee discovers direct action and beats up security guards , workers get brainwashed, miners turn green and die and there's loads of maggots.

 

[corporate whore]

Lost Horizon - the fully restored, 132 minute version. Amazing to think it was made in 1937, it's fully epic.

"Gentlemen, I give you a toast. Here's my hope that Robert Conway will find his Shangri-La. Here's my hope that we all find our Shangri-La."

Also saw the end of Reach for the Sky on Film4, where we give Jerry a damn good kicking despite having no legs, what? And the end of Rogue Trader on ITV9 or something. Glad I didn't see all of it..

 

[sojourner]

Aimee and Jaguar. For once, the film was as good as the book - but you can't really stray with a true story I guess. Loved the production too


Piggybanks - Interesting little film. Not a gorefest at all, althought we thought it might be

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I saw Across The Universe.

If you're born after 1975, this movie might give you a bit of an idea about the Sixties, but without being preachy, or holier than thou, or too political.

It's also helps answer: were the Beatles any good? We sort of forget how broad a body of work that group had.

If you were born before 1975, you should go see it.

It's a long movie, but the first in a long time where I knew when it was drawing to a close, but hoped that it wouldn't. I'll probably catch it again before it leaves the theatres.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

idiocracy. started brilliantly but seemed to turn into what it was satirising. Still, there was enough good stuff in there to make it worth a watch

 

[andy2002]

Deathproof - disappointing.
Black Dahlia - ditto.

 

[corporate whore]

Requiem for a Dream. First half made me want to do drugs with Jennifer Connolly. Second half dispelled me of that desire.

 

[Pie 1]

Battlestar Galactica S2, 1st 4 eps.

 

[May Kasahara]

I just watched His Girl Friday. Bizarre and quite exhausting, but very good.

 

[Dubversion]

I just watched His Girl Friday. Bizarre and quite exhausting, but very good.

it's absolutely relentless isn't it? just line / retort/ line / retort.

Brilliant but yeh, exhausting. it's why i loved journo / editor character in Hudsucker Proxy so much - they really nailed that style

 

[May Kasahara]

LA Confidential

Very enjoyable, if surprisingly cheesy.

 

[London_Calling]

LA Confidential

It's a cracker, init.

If I see this I have to see Chinatown next, and vice-versa; both pitch perfect and bastard intelligent. I suppose they're called 'masterpieces' or some such - def in that top most category, for me anyhoo.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yeah indeed, Chinatown and LA Confidential both cracking films.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I watched the first episode and a half of the new spooks series. not bad.

 

[corporate whore]

Watched The Grifters earlier. Thought it was pretty rubbish.

 

[dada]

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

about stereotyping immigrants from typical americans.
funny that.

 

[LDR]

I brought the 1st series of The Wire on sleaterkinney's recommendation and watched the first three episodes last night. I'm likening it a lot.

 

[jeff_leigh]

Bastard Swordsman - 70's Shaw Bros Martial Arts

 

[marty21]

I brought the 1st series of The Wire on sleaterkinney's recommendation and watched the first three episodes last night. I'm likening it a lot.

i watched the first series a few months ago, very very good, have seen the second series, enjoyed that too, now need to re-up and get the third

 

[Chairman Meow]

We watched Heroes S2, E3, 4 and 5. Fantastic stuff.

 

[Student Minor]

I watched about two thirds of dusk till dawn. Then turned it off cos I was shattered and felt shit, so then watched the rest this morning. A cracking film.

 

[Dubversion]

The 40 Year Old Virgin - not bad at all, and the final sequence is fucking ace

 

[Dubversion]

SPOILER alert - Everything Is Illuminated..

bit bewildering really - was so different in the book in the way it resolved the ending, i found I was trying to reconcile the two. The film is certainly neater and less ambiguous, but then the grandfather's suidide doesn't really make sense because the betrayal issue is left out. Also a tad on the sentimental (the reappearing characters in the airport, for example).

But it looked stunning, had some very moving moments..

 

[rekil]

All Quiet On The Western Front. Still a great film.

Just watched Resident Evil, I thought it would be rubbish but it was quite enjoyable, and better than 28 Weeks Later.

 

[Pie 1]

Zodiac.

Very, very good.
Immaculately filmed with stunning production design. great job from the whole cast, (but a total waste of Chloe Sevigny).
Overall, maybe a little bit to long.

And of course, Downey Jr. quietly stole the show - Again.

 

[Badgers]

Watched a fair few over the weekend but the stand out (thanks Moggy) was Russian Ark (Russkiy kovcheg) which is outstanding in every respect.