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

[imposs1904]

A Community marathon.

I'm glad I gave that show a second chance. Wonderful.

 

[Reno]

Miss Bala, Mexican thriller closely based on the real case of a beauty peagant contestant who found herself at the wrong place at the wrong time and who became a pawn in a gangland drug war. This could have been great because it's a potentially gripping story, but when it should gather momentum in the second half it becomes less involving and more and more repetitive and I lost interest.

 

[Dr Alimantado]

Import/Export - about economic migrants from Ukraine to Austria. Very gritty, showed glimpses of exploitation within porn/au pair/cleaning industries. Most memorable part was the sight of a character relieving himself on a 100 yard gully of debris in a grotesque high rise estate in Ukraine. Pretty depressing stuff.

 

[Idris2002]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Starring Gary Oldman as Obi Wan Kenobi.

My Mum sent this from home. I enjoyed it, in spite of the fact that the review in that fucking rag the Economist gave away the key twist. Bastards. But yes, as good as it was cracked up to be.

 

[starfish]

Import/Export - about economic migrants from Ukraine to Austria. Very gritty, showed glimpses of exploitation within porn/au pair/cleaning industries. Most memorable part was the sight of a character relieving himself on a 100 yard gully of debris in a grotesque high rise estate in Ukraine. Pretty depressing stuff.

We V+'d that for future viewing.

Watched Bennys Video on saturday. A rather haunting performance from Arno Frisch as Benny. He was equally disturbing in the original Funny Games.

 

[Dr Alimantado]

We V+'d that for future viewing.
Watched Bennys Video on saturday. A rather haunting performance from Arno Frisch as Benny. He was equally disturbing in the original Funny Games.

You'll have to be in the right mood for Import/Export. I did see the start of Bennys Video, but I bottled it, having read the review & knowing the dark way it was heading. Dogtooth (Greek black comedy) seems worth a punt on Film 4, 11.15 tonight.

 

[starfish]

You'll have to be in the right mood for Import/Export. I did see the start of Bennys Video, but I bottled it, having read the review & knowing the dark way it was heading. Dogtooth (Greek black comedy) seems worth a punt on Film 4, 11.15 tonight.

Dogtooth is weird, with a capital weird. The most dysfunctional family set up since Visitor Q.
Bennys Video was ok, dark but ok. I think the bigger deal is how his parents deal/cope with what he does.

 

[Reno]

I can't stand Dogtooth. Dumb "look how weird we can get" freak show masquerading as a sociology lesson.

 

[maya]

The Guns Of Navarone: Lots of mountain climbing, David Niven sporting the Great British Moustache, evil nazi baddies, ...exploding mountains! All in glorious Technicolor. What more could you possibly want?

(OK, so it's not that good really... but I'm humming the theme tune.)

 

[belboid]

our latest Lovefilm has arrived, and its a right cracker!

Marsden Rail - 30 - Sheffield & North Derbyshire (inc. the Woodhead route!)

Cant decide whether to watch it tonight or to save it as a special treat for after the Figure Skating on sunday...

 

[Chemster]

Stargate Universe Season 1.

 

[jeff_leigh]

Made in Dagenham - A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination. Nice soundtrack

 

[krtek a houby]

Son of Rambow

 

[butchersapron]

Any comments you two?

 

[krtek a houby]

Any comments you two?

It reminded me a bit of Super 8, plus it was nice to see a British film that isn't about gangsters or the aristocracy.

Being pedantic, I was quite annoyed that Siouxsie & the Banshees "Peekaboo" was in it, as that wasn't released until 89/90, iirc & the film is set circa 83/84. Also, I was bemused that the "cool" French kid, Didier was idolised by everyone. If someone dressed in that get up in my school, they would have got the crap kicked out of them.

 

[redsquirrel]

Un Flic - Melville's last film, the super cool Alain Delon playing a cop this time. Not quite in the same league as Le Cercle Rouge IMO but still absolutely fantastic. The two robberies are both superb, the bank heist taking place in the poring rain is both tense and looks great and then the theft on the train with the time running down is just classic Melville.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Puss in boots. Fairly MOR kids stuff, not enough in it for the adults and that egg looked really creepy.

Mission Impossible ghost wotsit. An enjoyable mindless romp, can@t remember what happened in the end though.

Muppets. Not exactly an involving plot, but surprisingly touching and enjoyable (for what it is). Or was it the wine?

 

[The39thStep]

Four episodes from series one of Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia- very addictive comedy set in a bar.

 

[Mapped]

Four episodes from series one of Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia- very addictive comedy set in a bar.

I love this show, it gets very, very degenerate

Not a proper film, but I watched Don't Think http://www.dontthinkmovie.com/made from a Chemical Bros gig at the Fuji rock festival. Mightily enjoyable concert film

 

[thriller]

downloaded fright night (remake). will watch later. seems to have got good reviews and looks a good popcorn movie, judging by the trailer.

 

[DexterTCN]

Yeah it's enjoyable, Farrell and Tennant ham it up nicely which is fine as the first one was like that with those two characters.

 

[starfish]

Finally watched Inglorious Basterds (well most of it, i dozed off for the first hour), typical Tarantino. Also watched Bug, Ashley Judd & Michael Shannon go mental in a shitty hotel room.


ETA, when i said typical Tarantino i didnt mean about me dozing off, i meant the film in general.

 

[krtek a houby]

"Mongol" and "Red Cliff". Woo's film is tremendous fun, over the top, comic book sequences and that talk of unity that is a subtle as a brick. Dying to see the proper 2 part 5 hr version!

 

[QueenOfGoths]

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" - really enjoyed it, a couple of plot points that I was a bit about but generally thought it was a good film and a welcome addition to the "Planet of the Apes" series

 

[Idris2002]

I Was a Male War Bride:



Nowadays, "rom-com" is a synonym for "awful rubbish", but this little effort starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan is worth an hour and forty minutes of my time, if not yours.

 

[Termite Man]

just watched Buth Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, last night I watched Bubba Ho Tep

 

[DJ Squelch]

Watched a few 70s disaster movies I hadn't seen in years, I was reminded how much I love these films when people mentioned some of the classics on the Lifts in films thread.

When Time Ran Out (Paul Newham has to deal with an exploding volcano) - Irwin Allen packs it full of familar faces but it's a pretty poor effort.
Meteor (Sean Connery has to deal with a giant meteor) - starts off a bit slow & lacking in action but picks up at the end when a chunk of meteor hits New York.
Two-Minute Warning (Charlton Heston has to deal with a sniper at an american football stadium) I loved this film when I was a nipper & I'm glad to see it's still excellent, really builds the tension nicely.

 

[The39thStep]

Watched the last two in series one of Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia and I am hooked. Very very good comedy.

 

[ringo]

Stakeland - dreadful vampire film.

 

[Yetman]

Hall Pass - mildly enjoyable comedy with some good bits here and there. Ok for a sunday night post hangover lazearound kinda movie