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

[Idris2002]

Great soundtrack too, isn't it Neil Young?

Neil Young, yes, even though I didn't spot that until the credits rolled.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Dead Man.

Jim Jarmusch flick from 1995 (has JJ done anything at all in the recent past?)

A lot better than I remembered it being. Johnny Depp is the greenhorn who gets more than he bargained for (like several bullets) when he goes west to take up a post as Robert Mitchum's accountant (this was RM's last role, if memory serves).

While there's a touch of 'noble savage-ism' in the depiction of the Indian guy who saves him (for a while), it's a good enough film to overcome that.

One of those ones that linger in your mind, while never spelling out exactly what it means.

Beautiful B&W cinematography as well.

If I remember correctly there's a missionary in it selling blankets infected with Smallpox and Tuberculosis to the Indians. Wasn't that something mainly done by the British earlier though?

 

[magneze]

Cosmopolis.
Pretty poor really. Wasn't drawn in by the story. The characters were so detached - maybe that was the point, but it didn't make for an interesting film. The dialogue was intense and complex but often mumbled. Too many events in the film appeared to be random and unconnected.

 

[Frances Lengel]

The Angel's Share. Well worth a watch - Bit of a feelgood film really.

 

[starfish]

Madagascar 3, it was ok if a bit predictable.

Have just watched Pieces, fairly atrocious 80s slasher movie. Was mildly amusing in bits though.

 

[The39thStep]

The Angel's Share. Well worth a watch - Bit of a feelgood film really.

will watch that

 

[DotCommunist]

Its A Wonderful Life

forgot how charming it was, Grit/eye happened.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I've been watching a tv series called The Riches. It's about a family of American Travellers who take over the lives of some people they find dead in a car crash. Truly a black comedy. At times it's profound, and at times it's just depressing, but worth watching. I think Minnie Driver got an Emmy nomination for it; it also stars Eddy Izzard.

 

[redsquirrel]

Watched it, not bad at all, good recommendation that, thx

Like with Red Road (and to some extent Wuthering Heights), I found the build up good but it lost me in the last half hour.

 

[Idris2002]

If I remember correctly there's a missionary in it selling blankets infected with Smallpox and Tuberculosis to the Indians. Wasn't that something mainly done by the British earlier though?

The short answer is that you may be right, but I don't know for sure. The Indian character's backstory is that he was captured by British troops and brought back to England in a cage, to be exhibited as a curiousity.

Now I'm pretty sure that's an anachronism, so I wouldn't be surprised if the blankets thing is too.

Alfred Molina is good as the blanket selling missionary, though.

 

[The Octagon]

Scrooged.

Still great

 

[Frances Lengel]

Stella Does Tricks - James Bolam playing a wanker was a revelation.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

The short answer is that you may be right, but I don't know for sure. The Indian character's backstory is that he was captured by British troops and brought back to England in a cage, to be exhibited as a curiousity.

Now I'm pretty sure that's an anachronism, so I wouldn't be surprised if the blankets thing is too.

Alfred Molina is good as the blanket selling missionary, though.

Yes, he is.

Come to think of it, his missionary character is English.

 

[Reno]

Thanks to Lovefilm sending me low priority titles, I'm just watching Safe with Jason Statham. It's the most easy to follow film ever. I've nodded off twice and made a phone call and I haven't missed any of the plot. When I go senile I will catch up with the rest of his films.

 

[DexterTCN]

Thanks to Lovefilm sending me low priority titles, I'm just watching Safe with Jason Statham. It's the most easy to follow film ever. I've nodded off twice and made a phone call and I haven't missed any of the plot. When I go senile I will catch up with the rest of his films.

You can get Snatch there now.

/runs

 

[Reno]

You can get Snatch there now.

/runs

I don't do Guy Ritchie or snatch in any other form.

 

[DotCommunist]

its the sign of modernity decay that the stath was ever allowed to become an action hero. I've eaten microwave roast dinners on my own at 3 am while crying and those times were stil better than watching stath perform

 

[Reno]

its the sign of modernity decay that the stath was ever allowed to become an action hero. I've eaten microwave roast dinners on my own at 3 am while crying and those times were stil better than watching stath perform

I think he's fine. Certainly no worse than the 80s action stars. It's not exactly like these roles give anybody and opportunity for a lot of thesping. In The Bank Job, where he actually got to act, he was perfectly acceptable.

 

[DexterTCN]

I love the Transporter films. I know they're terrible but I switch on MST3K mode.

And I like Snatch. At this point I could do a joke.

 

[Reno]

I love the Transporter films. I know they're terrible but I switch on MST3K mode.

And I like Snatch. At this point I could do a joke.

Don't hold back now.

 

[DotCommunist]

I think he's fine. Certainly no worse than the 80s action stars. It's not exactly like these roles give anybody and opportunity for a lot of thesping. In The Bank Job, where he actually got to act, he was perfectly acceptable.

he just does aggrieved bewilderment all the time. Nothing else

 

[Firky]

Jason S is just a mediocre brit actor done moderately well for himself. Don't really think much of him one way or another.

 

[Reno]

he just does aggrieved bewilderment all the time. Nothing else

That's my default take on life.

 

[TruXta]

Just finished last half of Prometheus. Bit of a mess but gorgeous to watch.

 

[DexterTCN]

Don't hold back now.

Can't think of one, don't want to google-cheat

I may come back at some future point.

 

[Reno]

Can't think of one, don't want to google-cheat

I may come back at some future point.

The title is a adolescent pun already. Not sure how it could get any more hilarious.

 

[DexterTCN]

The title is a adolescent pun already. Not sure how it could get any more hilarious.

Statham is surely the brit version of bruce willis. I've only seen about 5 of his...3 Transporters, Snatch and...well I've seen 4 then. And he's one of the younger action guys around just now...hah.

 

[Reno]

Statham is surely the brit version of bruce willis. I've only seen about 5 of his...3 Transporters, Snatch and...well I've seen 4 then. And he's one of the younger action guys around just now...hah.

It's not really my type of film and I got a bit bored watching Safe. I can't even remember why I put it on my Lovefilm list, I think I read a review that made it out to be above average for that type of thing. I tried to watch Transporter and Crank it and didn't make it to the end.

 

[DaveCinzano]

The Stath made London halfway absorbing

 

[Idris2002]

I think he's fine. Certainly no worse than the 80s action stars. It's not exactly like these roles give anybody and opportunity for a lot of thesping. In The Bank Job, where he actually got to act, he was perfectly acceptable.

The Bank Job was a dreadful film, and a terrible waste of a great piece of true-life material. Imagine what a French or Italian director could have done with that story (compare it to Romanzo Criminale for example).