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

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I’ve just downloaded Edward Scissorhands and Beavis and Butthead do America.

I know, I know…..I am the best at films :cool:
 
Minor Bsg Spoiler

some more BSG Season 1. Ep 6 when the scientist gets accused of treason by the Cylon was laugh out loud funny
 
Planet Terror – lots more fun than Tarantino's rather dreary half of Grindhouse and, oh my god, Rose McGowan is gorgeous.
 
First 3 episodes of The Wire. Been meaning to for about 2 years, wish I'd started ages ago. Great stuff.
 
May Kasahara said:
Another Wire addict in the making! :cool:

*rubs hands together, looks around desperately for S4 boxset*
You might have another one too when The Sopranos runs out

I'm on series 5 now, with 3 episodes to go, then there's only 6 and I'll need a replacement!!
 
Yup, just got an email saying the next episodes have been dispatched. That's the weekend sorted.
 
Rescue Dawn, on a freebie ticket from the Sunday Times. Bloody good; Christian Bale's finally making the films that match up to his reputation as an actor.
 
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Only seen Old Boy before now, been meaning to see the others in the trilogy.

Good film, slowed down a bit towards the end, and last scene was a really bizarre. I do like the way the stories are told though, the pace can be really fast at times and has the expected ultra violent scenes, while others leave more to the imagination.
 
Part2 said:
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Only seen Old Boy before now, been meaning to see the others in the trilogy.

Good film, slowed down a bit towards the end, and last scene was a really bizarre. I do like the way the stories are told though, the pace can be really fast at times and has the expected ultra violent scenes, while others leave more to the imagination.

I can't remember Lady Vengeance being all that violent. You still have the best one to watch Sympathy for Mr Vengeance. Now that does have some quite violent bits in it, but it's funny and sad too.

I watched Benders big score. It was pretty good, not they best Futurama but then it was fairly lengthy.
 
American Gangster - Glad I downloaded it rather than going to the cinema. Nothing too original, overly long, but entertaining in places.

Boondock Saints - I thought this was a quality film. It's a couple of Irish guys on a mission from god involving plenty of violence and Willem Dafoe as a gay detective with plenty of character dealing with all the bodies.
 
Life & Lyrics, better than SW9, but not much. Terrible script but the acting wasn't bad, esp from the lead and his best mate. Good to see Brixton on film though.
 
The Beatles - Alone And Together
unoffical dvd that was either origanally a US cable tv or straight to video documentary from '89
got it free from a survey site
Commentary is pretty simplistic - tv filler or schools/beginer level but had some good clips from news reels on The Beatles in America and making A Hard Days Night., and the mini feature on Beatlefest was alright.

Great seeing the trailers for The Magic Christian (made it look brillient) Magical Mystery Tour and Let It Be, and wonderful Lennon clips - esp a piece of interview footage talking about peace - and how we were going to win if we kept it up, responding to critics and advising people who'd asked for help re a protest that had ended up with them being victems of police violence.
 
sojourner said:
:D I've got 3 episodes left of Series 5 - it just gets better

I know I am late jumping on the Sopranos bandwagon but it makes me :D so much!!!

I have still got 4 series to go and then gonna start The Wire, followed by 24 and then I still have Lost and Heroes to start on....

Expensive this DVD obsession but like it!
 
Badgers said:
I know I am late jumping on the Sopranos bandwagon but it makes me :D so much!!!

I have still got 4 series to go and then gonna start The Wire, followed by 24 and then I still have Lost and Heroes to start on....

Expensive this DVD obsession but like it!
Hehe - aye, I was a bit late with it too, but so what?

I too am gonna start on the Wire after this :D Not Lost though - daughter watches that and from what I've seen it's crap

Doesn't cost me a fortune - daughter's g/f works in a dvd rental shop so I get em free :cool:
 
Tonight I watched the concluding third (having watched the rest earlier in the week) of a korean war film called taegukgi (I think). It's one of these films which is very good but the first time you watch it you have to watch it in installments to take it all in. The ending is astoundingly powerful, the context of people from identical racial/lingual/ethnic backgrounds fighting each other very moving. Strongly recommended. Makes Saving Private Ryan look like an episode of Eastenders.

Then I watched Rescue Dawn, which was a bit routine escape-survive type film, but very well done, and Bale excellent as ever :)

In bale-fest mode, might now watch 3:10 to yuma if i can stay up...
 
RenegadeDog said:
Tonight I watched the concluding third (having watched the rest earlier in the week) of a korean war film called taegukgi (I think). It's one of these films which is very good but the first time you watch it you have to watch it in installments to take it all in. The ending is astoundingly powerful, the context of people from identical racial/lingual/ethnic backgrounds fighting each other very moving. Strongly recommended. Makes Saving Private Ryan look like an episode of Eastenders.

Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0386064/

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War is the name of the UK release. I have not seen it yet but it is on my list.
 
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