What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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Reno
The In Kraut
I watched The Future. Bit patchy, but I really liked it.
"And I made that noise that said, I am cat and I belong to you".
I've got that lined up. I loved Me and You and Everyone We Know.
I've got that lined up. I loved Me and You and Everyone We Know.
Yeah, so did I.
Apart from the slightly sexually explicit stuff. I think that really spoils it, they'd be 10/10 films apart from that. But yeah, the Future is great too. Have you seen this:
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
I ended up on Jay's side and disliking Simon's character intensely. And hasn't Will beefed up?
DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
Chillerama - comedy tribute to drive-in B-movies. Very silly & very funny.
cool cover/poster too - http://static3.aintitcool.com/assets2011/chillerama1.jpg
cool cover/poster too - http://static3.aintitcool.com/assets2011/chillerama1.jpg
Reno
The In Kraut
A British Guide to Showing Off, documentary about artist Andrew Logan and his arts event The Alternative World Miss World Contest. God fun, I've been to a few of those. The high point is interviewee Brian Eno's cat.
A Day in the Life - Four Portraits of Post-war Britain by John Krish. I watched two of the documentary shorts and they are absoltely lovely.
One is about the decomissioning of London trams in the 50s and the other one about a group of underpriviledged London children who are being taken on a day trip to the seaside in the early 60s, which is incredibly touching.
I'd rented this but decided to buy it on Blu-ray, so will watch the other films when it arrives.
A Day in the Life - Four Portraits of Post-war Britain by John Krish. I watched two of the documentary shorts and they are absoltely lovely.
One is about the decomissioning of London trams in the 50s and the other one about a group of underpriviledged London children who are being taken on a day trip to the seaside in the early 60s, which is incredibly touching.
I'd rented this but decided to buy it on Blu-ray, so will watch the other films when it arrives.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Martial arts double bill and both better than expected:
Shaolin (2011 version) is not great art, but a zippy re-blend of all the traditional elements (bit of buddhism, bit of Chinese nationalism, sneery villains, lots of men carrying big sticks) but Andy Lau is a pretty convincing lead actor and they even manage to keep Jackie Chan in check, so there's only a bearable amount of mugging slapstick. Some cute kids but (as usual) some stunningly wooden / cliched villainous-sneering acting from characters purporting to be the evil British - of course - plotting to destabilise China while its 1920s warlords fight among themselves. The actual fighting is not bad - not as good as Ip Man though - but there's decent grandeur and scenery too.
Hara-Kiri (Death of a Samurai) is pretty near to great art, imho. After the scorching pace and hyperkinetic hack 'n slash thrills of 13 Assassins, Takashi Miike has made a more reflective, sombre - and subversive - film about the much-ballyhooed 'samurai code' which brutally exposes just how much of it was really blind obedience and toadyism to class superiors while crapping on the poor. The violence is extreme (literally gut twisting) but treated very very seriously and is not played for 'thrills'. All of the drama is in human feelings, not rucking with swords, and it's visually very beautifully done too. As a whole, it's more of a philosophical reflection on good, evil and human weakness than a thrill-ride. very good indeed.
Shaolin (2011 version) is not great art, but a zippy re-blend of all the traditional elements (bit of buddhism, bit of Chinese nationalism, sneery villains, lots of men carrying big sticks) but Andy Lau is a pretty convincing lead actor and they even manage to keep Jackie Chan in check, so there's only a bearable amount of mugging slapstick. Some cute kids but (as usual) some stunningly wooden / cliched villainous-sneering acting from characters purporting to be the evil British - of course - plotting to destabilise China while its 1920s warlords fight among themselves. The actual fighting is not bad - not as good as Ip Man though - but there's decent grandeur and scenery too.
Hara-Kiri (Death of a Samurai) is pretty near to great art, imho. After the scorching pace and hyperkinetic hack 'n slash thrills of 13 Assassins, Takashi Miike has made a more reflective, sombre - and subversive - film about the much-ballyhooed 'samurai code' which brutally exposes just how much of it was really blind obedience and toadyism to class superiors while crapping on the poor. The violence is extreme (literally gut twisting) but treated very very seriously and is not played for 'thrills'. All of the drama is in human feelings, not rucking with swords, and it's visually very beautifully done too. As a whole, it's more of a philosophical reflection on good, evil and human weakness than a thrill-ride. very good indeed.
Ranbay
The same rules apply
In the last week as i was off sick and stuff.....
The Gaurd - Fuck yeah Awesome British movie !!!
Chronical - rather good, better than i thought it would be
Sherlock holmes the new one, - same as old one but enough action to dull my mind for 2 hours
Limitless - was good, quirky and not great visuals for when ill, but over all i enjoyed it.
The Gaurd - Fuck yeah Awesome British movie !!!
Chronical - rather good, better than i thought it would be
Sherlock holmes the new one, - same as old one but enough action to dull my mind for 2 hours
Limitless - was good, quirky and not great visuals for when ill, but over all i enjoyed it.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
British????
Ranbay
The same rules apply
Sorry Irish, it's close enough.
krink
I'll do it this afternoon
Me and Mrs Krink watched The Woman In Black. I freely admit to being a proper wimp when it comes to horror movies and this one was a right old shock-fest! I'd knocked me glasses off twice in the first half hour and even Mrs Krink was getting freaked by the children ghosts so we turned it off and are going to watch the rest in the day time! 
So far though, really good old-school scarey ghost story. Well worth a look.
So far though, really good old-school scarey ghost story. Well worth a look.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
... so we turned it off and are going to watch the rest in the day time!
Is there a smiley like a facepalm but you actually slap someone?
krink
I'll do it this afternoon
honestly, me watching horror films is like a slap-stick comedy i'm jumping all over the place, watching through my fingers, nearly killing mrs krink when i jump at the 'boo!' parts but then i've always thought if you're not scared then what's the point of watching them?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
It's weird - I watch loads of horror films and they rarely scare me. They certainly don't make me scared to watch them at night!
I don't exactly get scared to watch them at night, but when watched during the day they don't spill over into my dreams.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Oh god that is me. I get scared soooo easily. Rarely watch horror films because of this, which is a shame as Mr. QofG's likes them and I do too but am such a wuss. Not just horror, I am dreading "Prometheus" 'cos I know I am going to get scared
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Well, you've got the D4 pronunciation correct, at any rate
krink
I'll do it this afternoon
Oh god that is me. I get scared soooo easily. Rarely watch horror films because of this, which is a shame as Mr. QofG's likes them and I do too but am such a wuss. Not just horror, I am dreading "Prometheus" 'cos I know I am going to get scared
me too but I'm booking my tickets for that one, can't wait!
krink
I'll do it this afternoon
will have to have to have a look for that
Reno
The In Kraut
Watched this last night. It's patchy, but The Diary of Anne Frankenstein is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. It's like a mash-up of Mel Brooks' Springtime for Hitler number and Young Frankenstein.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Is that the one with Dustin Hoffmann dresses as a black South African slumdweller just to get on the telly?
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