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

[Reno]

Had a little argument with my daughter earlier, I said it's a horror, she says it's a sci-fi.

It's also an action and a war film. Many films are hybrids of several genres, so nobody is wrong here.

Aliens (the original cut which I appear to be alone in preferring to the directors cut) still one of the most exciting films of the Eighties.

I think the theatrical cut is slightly superior in that it makes for a better paced film. However the extra stuff in the directors cut is genuinely interesting.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's a western

 

[kittyP]

Finished all of Jonathan Creek on Netflix. Had not seen most of them before.

I then watched a Miss Marple and it was one of the most boring things I have ever seen!
3, hour long episodes for a story that should have been done in 30 mins and also, Marple herself hardly does or says anything
But once it had started I needed to know what happened.

I then tried to watch Harry Potter and LOTRs but neither were working.

Please don't judge me on my viewing habits when I am ultra stressed

 

[The39thStep]

Solomon Kane a surprisingly good romp through early 17th century West Country with a bloke whose soul is damned by the devil. Surprised this didn't do better at the cinema but it might have been the accent

 

[DaveCinzano]

Solomon Kane a surprisingly good romp through early 17th century West Country with a bloke whose soul is damned by the devil. Surprised this didn't do better at the cinema but it might have been the accent

Yes, the accent was definitely the worst thing about the Solomon Kane film :-|

 

[rubbershoes]

No Country for Old Men.

Again.

as shit as ever?

I know it's just me that thinks it's massively overrated

 

[The39thStep]

No Country for Old Men.

Again.

I really like that film apart from the Woody Harrelson bit.

 

[The39thStep]

Yes, the accent was definitely the worst thing about the Solomon Kane film :-|

Otherwise quite good I thought. Personally i would have set it a bit later on in some sort of pre Victorian steam punk setting.

 

[Mapped]

Had a little argument with my daughter earlier, I said it's a horror, she says it's a sci-fi.

You were both right.

 

[Firky]

I really like that film apart from the Woody Harrelson bit.

as shit as ever?

I know it's just me that thinks it's massively overrated

It's great as is the book, I think Blood Meridian (perhaps one of the best books I have ever read) is being turned into a film too and I hope it's as good as the film adaptation of NCFOM. Which is a brilliant film, I could watch it in a loop. You are right however, Woody is the bump in an otherwise near immaculate film.

I think it's one of those marmite films, my ex hated it

 

[Mephitic]

Irvine Welsh, Ecstasy ~ Slow, somewhat predictable and a tad boring.

 

[DotCommunist]

I lolled at drunk scottish god though.

 

[imposs1904]

Sean Bean in Black Death.

A different film from what I expected but all the better for it.

 

[DotCommunist]

Thee Two Towers. Battle at Helmets Deep (lol) was epic as ever.

 

[Orang Utan]

I lolled at drunk scottish god though.

Isn't that in The Acid House, not Ecstasy?

 

[DotCommunist]

oh yeah, ectasys the one with the thalidomide foot wank- in the book at least.

I don't believe I've seen that filmed as it happens. Will search for torrents.

 

[secret squirrel]

in my opinion not to miss

 

[Orang Utan]

Didn't the film move the location to America, which is kind of missing the point?

 

[secret squirrel]

Didn't the film move the location to America, which is kind of missing the point?

I honestly do not know I guess I just liked the idea and admire the woman, you may be right but still like it,maybe I am wrong but if that is the case it might have been for security reasons , I have been in the area once for work and got to have (me and my colleagues) body guards for security reasons so I dare to say some areas are not really the safest ones to be, but I do get your point.

 

[Orang Utan]

How can you not know if you've seen the film? Scotland is a little bit different to America, in cas you hadn't noticed

 

[Orang Utan]

Oh right, you thought I was commenting on your clip. Never mind, carry on!

 

[secret squirrel]

How can you not know if you've seen the film? Scotland is a little bit different to America, in cas you hadn't noticed

maybe we are talking about different films??? I am missing something here but never been in Scotland even if I would like to....in the meantime I've researched on web and Wadjda was filmed in Saudi Arabia thanks to German investors....

 

[secret squirrel]

Oh right, you thought I was commenting on your clip. Never mind, carry on!

I've posted that video cause was the only one I could find in English...but actually was thinking about the movie?

 

[secret squirrel]

Oh right, you thought I was commenting on your clip. Never mind, carry on!

Sorry

 

[magneze]

Pi. Brilliant as ever.

 

[jeff_leigh]

The Dark Knight - Watching the Trilogy over the next few days

 

[Mapped]

I watched 'Ecstasy' on the train today, nothing great, but passed the time. I wished I looked as good the morning after than those characters, and where was all the gurning eh?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Not last night but the other day I had a crack at a few.

Dark night - I only managed five boring minutes so I can't really comment other than the fact that I gave up after five minutes.

Ted - Could have been something interesting but wasn't. Annoyingly it though it was being edgy when in fact it was just another formulaic hollywood film. I Just didn't buy the fact that the couple were soul mates and the teddy was stopping him from committing to life or whatever. It was like she was just a pain in the arse. If she was his wonderful 'soul mate' then first of all he would have told her about sam whatsit from flash gordon and she would have wanted to come too.
Which reminds me. That was the good bit. I think I would have rather just watched a film about two people who loved Flash Gordon, lived their life to the soundtrack and one day met Sam Whatsit.

The Hangover - Just about watchable but I don't see what all the fuss was about. I don't think I will bother with the sequel.

Total Recall - What the hell were they thinking? The original is far from a master piece, but it's a nice jaunt, and played with some emotion and intrigue. This remake was one of the most 'nothing' films ever made. Yes it looks super slick, but it doesn't look cool and there seems to have been no story telling thought put into how it was filmed and cut. No emotion, no tension. I didn't make it to the end.

 

[Epona]

I watched Cabin In The Woods - it was not at all what I was expecting - I was expecting some dire horror/slasher flick, but it was more than that, and kind of reminiscent of The Cube in some ways, quite clever, there was a bit more to it than your average horror/shasher flick and I was really quite impressed. As horror films go (and it definitely fell on the slasher side, there was a lot of blood towards the end), I'd easily give it 8.5 out of 10, which from me is an outstanding score! Good horror movie, if you like the genre and haven't seen it, give it a whirl.

Also in my recently watched list is a lo-sci-fi one part drama (TV movie, I think), called Moon. It didn't do anything that hadn't been done before or explore anything that hadn't been explored before, but what it did, it did it really well. It had been sitting on my HDD waiting to be watched for ages, so it could be that it's a bit old-hat to a lot of you! I loved it.

 

[Reno]

Iron Sky. Reasonably impressive effects considering it was made by a bunch of amateurs on a shoestring, but it's not nearly as funny or outrageous as it thinks it is. The plot works ok, but it's with the dialogue, the performances and the general tone where the inexperience of the film-makers shows. Comedy isn't as easy as it looks and everybody playing it as broadly as possible isn't really that side splitting. Having a Sarah-Palin-a-like as a lead character is shooting fish in a barrel and made the political satire look dated by the day the film came out. And while this is supposed to be a non-PC bad taste comedy, the idea that anybody would find the throwback jive-talking black lead character funny, is just cringe making. Because he is probably the only black lead character to ever in a Finish film, he has to be the most obvious stereotype possible.