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

[QueenOfGoths]

About 30 minutes of "10,000 Years BC" before we acknowledged it was shit...really shit and turned it off.

 

[butchersapron]

Just watched Caché. I imagine others have seen it.

Anyone care to explain it to me? Full of suspense but left me a bit puzzled.

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[Reno]

About 30 minutes of "10,000 Years BC" before we acknowledged it was shit...really shit and turned it off.

That was as much as I managed. It really is unwatchable.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

That was as much as I managed. It really is unwatchable.

I know - I was prepared for, wanted, some mindless but enjoyable entertainment on a Sunday evening but this was just utter, utter bilge

Should have gone for "Toy Story 2" instead!

 

[Badgers]

Jurassic Park.
Same as it was in 1993 pretty much.

 

[Jonas Kwan]

Also watched a Spanish film called Alatriste, directed by Augustin Yanes, about a soldier of fortune in Madrid at the time of Felipe IV. Well shot around an engaging storyline. Stars Viggo Mortensen speaking Spanish.

 

[Orang Utan]

just went to see solaris - wow!

 

[Orang Utan]

About 30 minutes of "10,000 Years BC" before we acknowledged it was shit...really shit and turned it off.

i did that with year one last week - lasted twenty laugh free minutes before i realised i was wasting my life

 

[chezdor]

diving bell and the butterfly...it made me cry, alot

 

[Reno]

just went to see solaris - wow!

Which one ?

 

[Orang Utan]

the tarkovsky - i need to see it again very soon though as i struggled at the beginning
but it's nearly 2am and i can't sleep for thinking about it. such a beautiful, moving film

 

[belboid]

having watched the first two episodes of season 2 of Mad Men, I thought I bet pre-appease butchers and watch another movie as well. Hence Whip It got a viewing.

Both were quite excellent

 

[Part 2]

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I think I get it...

I watched more Sopranos. Finished series 1. Decided I don't rate it.

 

[andy2002]

Recorded The Damned United and watched it last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Sheen's accent was a bit inconsistent but he was still very impressive as Clough. Made me want to read David Peace's book at some point which I suspect might be a bit darker.

 

[Reno]

The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo aka Men Who Hate Women. I thought it was watchable enough, but I wasn't blown away by it and can't quite see what the fuss is about. I haven't read the book, but it has the somewhat mechanical plotting of these airport paperback bestsellers where family secrets are peeled away and then various plot twists and Eureca moments are sprung on us every twent minutes or so. In that way it reminded me of Tell No One, baesed on a similar bestseller, but that film overcame many the of the problems of it's source with some dazzling set pieces and a sense of humor about its own ludicrousness. This one is only servicable as a film. I also though the theme of sexual violence towards women was hammered away so insistently and unsubtly that it became somewhat ludicrous, the author abviously was making a BIG POINT. Minor spoiler: I always have a bit of a problem with child abuse as a plot device in thrillers (it's not difficult to figure out how our heroine got that way). Good performances by the two leads, who no doubt are going to be replaced my more glamorous types in the the remake.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Empire of the Sun. Steven Spielbergised version of snotty brat schoolboy JG Ballard's experiences interned in a WWII Japanese camp somewhere on mainland China. I hadn't seen it in years. A pubescent Christian Bale has a boyish admiration for the Japanese soldiers, particularly the pilots, while the same army is responsible for his appalling living conditions. John Malkovich is John Malkovich (a twat). Or a self-centred bandit. The spectacular set-piece liberation of the camp by the USAF is rather good.

 

[kyser_soze]

The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo aka Men Who Hate Women. I thought it was watchable enough, but I wasn't blown away by it and can't quite see what the fuss is about. I haven't read the book, but it has the somewhat mechanical plotting of these airport paperback bestsellers where family secrets are peeled away and then various plot twists and Eureca moments are sprung on us every twent minutes or so. In that way it reminded me of Tell No One, baesed on a similar bestseller, but that film overcame many the of the problems of it's source with some dazzling set pieces and a sense of humor about its own ludicrousness. This one is only servicable as a film. I also though the theme of sexual violence towards women was hammered away so insistently and unsubtly that it became somewhat ludicrous, the author abviously was making a BIG POINT. Minor spoiler: I always have a bit of a problem with child abuse as a plot device in thrillers (it's not difficult to figure out how our heroine got that way). Good performances by the two leads, who no doubt are going to be replaced my more glamorous types in the the remake.

Have read the book but not seen the film, and this sounds pretty close to how I felt about the book. Can't understand what the big fuss is about - it's a very readable airport novel (Dan Brown take note) but nothing more.

 

[skyscraper101]

Inglorious Basterds

Boring as hell.

 

[belboid]

Started watching Whatever Works. If anyone could make a late Woody Allen work, it'd have to be the mighty Larry David. but he can't. Really, really dreadful, it looked like it was an early rehearsal for a film by a teenage Allen fan. Had to force myself to watch thirty minutes of it cos of all the 'best in years' reviews. Bollocks, it's as bad as his rubbish London ones.

And then Satain/Sheitan, which I must have got from someone on here's advise. Shame I can't remember who as I'd like to call them a tasteless twit. Vincent Cassel ridiculously OTT in a could well be offensive if it wasn't just too pap to be bothered about. A couple of decent bits that make you jump towards the end.

 

[mentalchik]

Just watched The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and enjoyed it almost as much as i did the book !

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Just watched a good episode of Wiseguy about international 'contraband' dealers.

It's not as well written, acted or produced as later US crime/cop/gangster shows.....but it's good stuff and Ken Wahl (post Wanderers) is pretty good as an undercover gangster while Johnathan Banks is bloody great as his FBI handler.

whole of series one available free on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/show?p=2RfRmuZ4tKI

 

[Reno]

More Breaking Bad. I'm reaching the end of season 1 and now I'm hooked.

 

[sojourner]

Finally got round to watching Son of Rambow

Spent 20 minutes sneering, then got into it a bit, but did alternate between being mildly interested and sneering. The fucking accent on the Lee character got RIGHT up my nose - christ, veering between Mockney and bloody posh. Overall, it was okay - but could do better

 

[Bajie]

Bad lieutenant, the Werner Herzog version, Nicholas Cage is back on top form in it.

 

[Bajie]

Bad lieutenant, the Werner Herzog version, Nicholas Cage is back on top form in it.

 

[Orang Utan]

top form of ludicrous over-the-top 'acting'

 

[rollinder]

The other day

found an old video from '96 with BBC2's Star Trek Night, flicked through that - got all nostalgic about the trailers for the comedy zone & the old, old BBC2 idents when they made the 2 into different creatures/objects. The woman chorister singing the Star Trek feem tune with lyrics was even more excruciating than I remembered. Watched the mini doc on 'music' from the cast - presented by Peelie Shatner looking ultra anguished and singing about how he's flyiiiiiiiiiiiiing when he's stonnnnnnnnnnnnnnned is probably the worst musical thing ever. That video for the Ballad of Bilbo baggins turned out to be a genuine promo clip. Nichelle Nichols was a fucking good funk soul singer (think Peel genuinely liked her) Had an 'oh fuck, I remember this' moment just as the rubbish monsters popped up on the Star Trekin' video, must've repressed the whole singing claymation potatoness *twice*. Shame the great live clip of Spizzenergy wasn't shown in full.

Watched bits of two totp's that were on the same tape and a bit of an incomplete bbc 'edgy' drama/film staring James Nesbit (or a doppleganger), and people who looked a lot like her out of Cardiac Arrest and Cold Feet, Daniel Craig when he was in Our Friends In The North with longish hair, that irish woman who was in everything at one point & possibly Ballykissangle, and a younger Nigel Havers lokalike, all drinking wine, running out of a restuarant without paying to go clubbing, sleeping with each other, and toasting "friends and lovers" up a hillside/clifface. (IMBD was no help identifying it)

yesterday

David Tennent introduction to the Cybermen Collection.
Good interview with him talking about the popularity of the Cybermen as a recurring monster known to the public outside Dr who fandom (there's a great moment or two where he's been obviously told not to mention the daleks), and mostly about the first two episodes on the set. (& what it was like as a fan being a part of their return)
Longer than I expected - thought it'll be more like 'I'm David Tennent, here are 2 stories featuring Cybermen, that I was in. Hope you enjoy watching them'.

 

[Grandma Death]

Harry Brown. I wouldnt normally watch a film like this but I'd read his was different to other vigilante films. It wasn't.

 

[Orang Utan]

nice lighting though

 

[Reno]

Carrie, an old favourite. Just got it on Blu-ray.