What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)

[colbhoy]

Episodes 1 and 2 of series 4 of The Wire.

Godammit, why have I left it so long to start series 4?

Superb as always!

 

[Grandma Death]

Religulous. I really enjoyed it and there were some real laugh out loud moments.

 

[jeff_leigh]

Four Lions - Comedy about 4 british muslims embarking on a suicide bomb mission, A few laughs but quite weak really.

 

[andy2002]

The Final Destination - I rather enjoyed the original film but this was a piss-weak retread.

 

[DotCommunist]

I watched half of Candyman- still as good as it was when I first watched it but I fell asleep during one of the hook-deaths

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Talking about horror on poor housing projects in the US, have you seen The People Under the Stairs? There's a bloke running around his house in a leather gimp suit shooting his shotgun wildly.

 

[DotCommunist]

not for bloody years- I must have been too young to buy fags when I saw that! Will revisit via the miracle of nicking stuff off of the 'net

 

[Reno]

Talking about horror on poor housing projects in the US, have you seen The People Under the Stairs? There's a bloke running around his house in a leather gimp suit shooting his shotgun wildly.

A more recent and very good European variation on that theme is the Belgian horror film, Left Bank which I wrote about on here a few pages back. Well worth checking out. It also uses a rundown social housing estate to creepy effect.

 

[rollinder]

Episode 1 of I'm Alan Partridge (series one) off video (the quotes thread made me)
"Do you want me to lap-dance for you?"

came complete with piss-weak Trainspotting parody trailer for 'videos in this range including spoilers for
the one you're fucking watching right now' that lasted forever

 

[jeff_leigh]

The Village - Finally got round to watching it, Was OK but the end twist that you get with M. Night Shyamalan movies wasn't all that.

 

[avu9lives]

Rampage! Ewe Boll makes a not arf bad film shocker, TBH i found it quite lol in parts...

 

[QueenOfGoths]

"Night At the Museum 2" - I wanted undemanding, silly but fun entertainment and that is what I got.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Pecker. A little-known John Waters film from the late 90s. A good, simple out-and-back plot, but lots of hilarious moments.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

A more recent and very good European variation on that theme is the Belgian horror film, Left Bank which I wrote about on here a few pages back. Well worth checking out. It also uses a rundown social housing estate to creepy effect.

Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[100% masahiko]

Vengeance - HK production.

Terrible.
Stupid.
Memento meets John Woo meets Mission Impossible II.
Cunts.

 

[Reno]

Hierro, a Spanish psychological thriller about a woman whose young son goes missing on a ferry trip and who becomes obsessed with finding him. Very stylish, but ultimately it delivers less than it promised.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Charlie Valentine - character actor Raymond J Barry performs the titular role in an above standard 'final job goes wrong' gangster flick.

Fairly low budget, but achieved some awards.

It's simple and easy to watch, some good casting playing some fairly bog standard characters, Barry turns in a watchable performance.

Get's Taxi Driver gory towards the end.

Director might be someone to watch out for.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Vengeance - HK production.

Terrible.
Stupid.
Memento meets John Woo meets Mission Impossible II.
Cunts.

I loved it.

 

[Grandma Death]

Exam-a british flick about an interview/exam that eight applicants have to sit in order to get a very well paid sought after job with a mystery company. Its all set in one room and it starts off good....but that doesnt last long. About ten minutes in you noticed the acting of some of the characters is pretty awful. The script gets progressively worse and before you know it you're watching quite possibly the shittiest british flick in modern history. I'm still angry that Ive wasted an 1hr and 20 minutes of my life sitting through it and I'll never get that time back. It was awful

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Rewatched Gladiator. Ridley Scott film about a Roman general who falls on hard times. Stars Russell Crowe.

 

[Part 2]

Last night watched 5 episodes of Summer Heights High, Aussie comedy, Chris Lilley plays a gay drama teacher, year 8 boy and year 11 girl. Brilliant series.

Just watche dSharp Shooter. 30 minute film by Martin McDonagh, which is really good, same fella who did In Bruges.

 

[rollinder]

first episode of Modern Toss on 4od (didn't remember this at all - maybe I only saw series 2?)

and the 2nd episode of I'm Alan Partridge (Alan Attraction) today.
the relivent quotes in the quotes thread are even funnier in context

 

[Yetman]

Exam-a british flick about an interview/exam that eight applicants have to sit in order to get a very well paid sought after job with a mystery company. Its all set in one room and it starts off good....but that doesnt last long. About ten minutes in you noticed the acting of some of the characters is pretty awful. The script gets progressively worse and before you know it you're watching quite possibly the shittiest british flick in modern history. I'm still angry that Ive wasted an 1hr and 20 minutes of my life sitting through it and I'll never get that time back. It was awful

Indeed. Proper shite that is, the acting is hilarious and the script unbelievable. The rest is confusing and anticlimatic.

 

[Grandma Death]

Indeed. Proper shite that is, the acting is hilarious and the script unbelievable. The rest is confusing and anticlimatic.

I got it cause Empire gave it four stars...then after watching it I went on IMDB and the reviews are also really gushing! How can people be so wrong on such a scale!

 

[Reno]

I also watched Exam because there was some really buzz around it before it came out, till the turd hit the water and it become obvious that it was just a small bunch of overexcitable fanboys thinking they'd seen another Cube.

 

[andy2002]

Pontypool - tense, clever take on the infected/zombie idea in which people in a small Canadian town are turned into cannibalistic lunatics by a virus contained in certain words in the English language. It has a couple of welcome pokes at US talk radio and the central performance (Stephen McHattie as DJ Grant Mazzy) is excellent, but somehow it's all a bit dull.

 

[ilovebush&blair]

Four Lions - Comedy about 4 british muslims embarking on a suicide bomb mission, A few laughs but quite weak really.

i started watching it last night but turned it off didnt really find it funny.

 

[Yetman]

Pontypool - tense, clever take on the infected/zombie idea in which people in a small Canadian town are turned into cannibalistic lunatics by a virus contained in certain words in the English language. It has a couple of welcome pokes at US talk radio and the central performance (Stephen McHattie as DJ Grant Mazzy) is excellent, but somehow it's all a bit dull.

Good film that. Nothing amazing but good enough to make you feel you've done something at least not totally unuseful with your time

I watched Los Debutantes. The DVD box indicated Memento and Pulp Fiction of which PF it was quite like, not so much Memento though. Still, great little film if you like your foreign gangster flicks

 

[jeff_leigh]

Centurion - Was expecting a classic like Gladiator was basically just a popcorn flick

 

[100% masahiko]

Pontypool - tense, clever take on the infected/zombie idea in which people in a small Canadian town are turned into cannibalistic lunatics by a virus contained in certain words in the English language. It has a couple of welcome pokes at US talk radio and the central performance (Stephen McHattie as DJ Grant Mazzy) is excellent, but somehow it's all a bit dull.

It's a good spin on the zombie genre.
People talking shit and then affecting people who don't talk shit.
French language less shit than English.