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

[danny la rouge]

I watch movie last night.

Was it about people who like crapping in limousines?

 

[purenarcotic]

The Skin I Live In - been meaning to watch this for ages. Not half bad, the ending was all a bit rushed though.

The Pianist - christ what a boring film.

 

[Badgers]

The Fear on 4OD last night, really good

 

[Yetman]

Anyone seen Cosmopolis yet? Mixed reviews....

 

[Reno]

Anyone seen Cosmopolis yet? Mixed reviews....

I didn't like it much, wrote about it on the cinema thread. Found it rather dull and it probably works better as a book than a film.

 

[butchersapron]

Fuck Up - uncomfortable norwegian mix of Guy Ritchie and one false Move, fargo (in terms of plot, not characterisation) type tales. Enjoyable for first hour, then just waiting for it to end. Bit of a mess that tried to fit in too many genre-leaps in too cramped a space.

Black's Game - laughable Icelandic attempt at a tough crime thriller, grotesque over the top characters (almost into camp) that undermined any gravitas they were trying to achieve. (Exec produced by (Nicolas Winding Refn).

 

[magneze]

Anyone seen Cosmopolis yet? Mixed reviews....

Yeah, I reviewed it a few pages ago. Not very good in short.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Black's Game - laughable Icelandic attempt at a tough crime thriller...

So does Albarn make his heroic comeback to the big screen to relive the glory days of Face?

 

[Firky]

Yeah, I reviewed it a few pages ago. Not very good in short.

I haven't heard anyone say anything positive about it.

 

[Reno]

I wished David Cronenberg would make a proper horror film again.

 

[Firky]

I wished David Cronenberg would make a proper horror film again.

Someone must have been made to watch it at Uni as it looks like it is part of their dissertation, I haven't read it (don't want to) just had a quick scan and oh god...

http://gullsofbrighton.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/cosmopolis-in-search-of-the-real/

I argue that Cosmopolis is a distorted yet penetrating reflection of the globalised world of the contemporary as a dystopia, and Eric not just a banker, but the (anti) hero and archetype of a world that’s entrenched in globalised cyber capitalism. So, in order to defend this perspective, and hopefully with the intention that anyone who should read this and then see the film might get a slightly deeper experience than just another Wall Street-esque film about a banker, I’ve decided to publish this extract from my dissertation.

Is as far as I got.

 

[Reno]

Someone must have been made to watch it at Uni as it looks like it is part of their dissertation, I haven't read it (don't want to) just had a quick scan and oh god...

http://gullsofbrighton.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/cosmopolis-in-search-of-the-real/




Is as far as I got.

That commits about every possible sin of academic writing you can come up with.

 

[Firky]

I think she is one of those people who could unnecessarily intellectualise a film like Cockneys vs Zombies

 

[magneze]

She might be right. The film might be very clever indeed. However, it's just not very interesting or engaging.

 

[Yetman]

Ah bastard. I was hoping of great things from Cronenburg. He's getting too mainstream while still trying to be different and it's not working. Get back to weird Dave, it suits you better

 

[Orang Utan]

What was the last decent film Cronenberg did? eXistenz?
Was Spider any good? I can't remember anything about it, apart from that giant gas canister in Kennington it's filmed near.

 

[Reno]

I liked Eastern Promises, but something with exploding heads, mutating insects or sex crazed parasites would be nice again.

 

[magneze]

... something with exploding heads, mutating insects or sex crazed parasites would be nice again.

Perhaps all in the same film ...

 

[D'wards]

Just watching Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy - halfway in and it is so cheesy and cliche and rubbish its making me cringe.

Trainspotting it ain't...

 

[DaveCinzano]

Trainspotting it ain't...

Try telling that to the marketing department

 

[magneze]

It's no Trainspotting but I found it pretty watchable. Better than Cosmopolis anyway.

 

[Badgers]

The Fear on 4OD last night, really good

Finished last night and really liked it.

Also watched Natural Born Killers yesterday. Reconfirmed as one of my favourite (top 3) films of all time and the undisputed best soundtrack ever.

 

[DotCommunist]

3-6 of American Horror Story

it really is quite demented

 

[Badgers]

3-6 of American Horror Story

it really is quite demented

First series? I am not a big horror fan but really enjoyed this. Only seen the first series (Murder House) so need to get the second (Asylum) soon.

 

[JimW]

Finished last night and really liked it.
...

Watched that in the week and really enjoyed it too, I do like that Peter Mullan. Wasn't one of the sons in Game of Thrones?

Last night watched a great little documentary about how Welsh working class people took in Basque orphans during the Civil War, despite official opposition/disapproval.

 

[DotCommunist]

First series? I am not a big horror fan but really enjoyed this. Only seen the first series (Murder House) so need to get the second (Asylum) soon.

yeah. 1st, and its a while since I covered one series this quickly.

 

[Yetman]

What was the last decent film Cronenberg did? eXistenz?
Was Spider any good? I can't remember anything about it, apart from that giant gas canister in Kennington it's filmed near.

Spider's brilliant. Gets into the dudes head really well - love the itchy spidery feel of his perception

 

[TruXta]

Spider was awful.

 

[Yetman]

 

[TruXta]

Probably the worst Cronenberg movie I've seen, and I'm a fan of his work. Eastern Promises was good. That said I've not seen A History of Violence or A Dangerous Method.