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

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Prometheus.
OK I guess, seemed a little unfocused and I am not sure I liked the end with the xenomorph thing.
Is there like a sequel or something being made?
Anyway, it's got me watching Alien again.

Harold and Kumar 3D christmas.
As with the other H&K I oddly liked it without really having anything that solid to like about it. Again the film really kicks in when Neil Patrick Harris turns up.

 

[blossie33]

Vinylmania.
I just happened to see it when I was in Rough Trade yesterday and thought it looked interesting. It's a documentary that was made for World Record Store day earlier this year about all aspects of vinyl records made by an Italian guy so partly subtitled.There are two dvds totalling 2 and a half hours. Really enjoyed it, very interesting and well made.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Cabin in the woods.

Even though I was expecting to see what I was not expecting it was not what I was expecting.
Loved the opening and the interest it created.
It felt cool at the time when it went underground, but ultimately the ending was a poor cop out to what could have maybe been a master piece.

 

[albionism]

Not so much a DVD, but i have just found the complete 8 parts of Holding On,
the stunning BBC drama by Tony Marchant, which first aired in 1997. I cannot
believe it's some 15 years since i first watched this. It's still fantastic viewing
second time around. In fact, i'm enjoying it even more this time.

 

[Greebo]

House season 1, with more of the same tonight.

 

[thriller]

Taken 2. Not as good as the first movie. Terrible fight choreography. Too fast cut scenes so you couldn't make sense of it.

 

[Dr Nookie]

I just watched 'Paris' which was rather lovely in a slightly melancholy French way.

 

[Part 2]

First episode of Days of Hope. I'd planned to watch two but I think it's worth spreading out over four nights.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Prometheus.
OK I guess, seemed a little unfocused and I am not sure I liked the end with the xenomorph thing.
Is there like a sequel or something being made?
Anyway, it's got me watching Alien again.

I watched it tonight; I really liked it, despite the (agreed) unfocus. I liked the xenomorph at the end.

I have in the last couple of months watched the 4 Alien films again. It was better than 2 of them.

 

[PricelessTrifle]

"Brutal Teen Destruction."

 

[Me76]

I watched Les Miserables with Liam Neeson and Geoffrey Rush yesterday. I didn't know the story at all and really enjoyed it.

 

[DexterTCN]

The end of series 4, Breaking Bad. "I won".

Also watched the episode 'I, Borg' from ST:NG.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I'm watching the Avengers.
Too much fighting and not enough content. Yawn.
There needs to be more chat and plot in modern films, X men evolution was better for it.
Anything with stark is ok but there seems to be way too much screen time for that lost in translation girl.

 

[thriller]

"Brutal Teen Destruction."

Porn?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I'm watching the Avengers.
Too much fighting and not enough content. Yawn.
There needs to be more chat and plot in modern films, X men evolution was better for it.
Anything with stark is ok but there seems to be way too much screen time for that lost in translation girl.

And jesus this villan is boring. I get bored every time he is on screen. Just kill him already, he does not seem that special.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

And jesus this villan is boring. I get bored every time he is on screen. Just kill him already, he does not seem that special.

There's a general lack of good villains in cinema lately. Those that are suitably scary, evil and a witha genuine axe to grind. 'My daddy never loved me' doesn't seem enough to warrant smashing up a whole planet!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

There's a general lack of good villains in cinema lately. Those that are suitably scary, evil and a witha genuine axe to grind. 'My daddy never loved me' doesn't seem enough to warrant smashing up a whole planet!

I think I am just going to finish it tomorrow.
It's just a bit boring for such a massive team up. It just does not seem that epic.
The baddies are nothing and the only thing that is interesting is the dysfunctional group dynamic, and they are not really playing enough on that.
Why the pew pew gun girl is getting so much to do is bewildering.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I think I am just going to finish it tomorrow.
It's just a bit boring for such a massive team up. It just does not seem that epic.
The baddies are nothing and the only thing that is interesting is the dysfunctional group dynamic, and they are not really playing enough on that.
Why the pew pew gun girl is getting so much to do is bewildering.

They could have got away with Just an Iron Man/Hulk film......they still wouldn't have come up with a decent bad guy though. Mickey Rouke with long electric string is a bit boring. Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet Vs The Marvel Universe would be a good film!

 

[Part 2]

Not so much a DVD, but i have just found the complete 8 parts of Holding On,
the stunning BBC drama by Tony Marchant, which first aired in 1997. I cannot
believe it's some 15 years since i first watched this. It's still fantastic viewing
second time around. In fact, i'm enjoying it even more this time.

Ended up watching part 2 of Days of Hope. Think I'll give this a go after I've finished it.

 

[DotCommunist]

Killing them Softly


a good littlengangster flick, brad pitt played it cool, Gandolfini was funny as a washed up hitman

but the sheer volume of MESSAGE was threatening to drown it. Fucks sake, we know theres a fiscal crisis going on and everyones fucked stop hammering it

 

[The39thStep]

Killing them Softly


a good littlengangster flick, brad pitt played it cool, Gandolfini was funny as a washed up hitman

but the sheer volume of MESSAGE was threatening to drown it. Fucks sake, we know theres a fiscal crisis going on and everyones fucked stop hammering it

Enjoyed that loads of great little conversations and well filmed scenes but as you say you couldn't move for Obama on the radio or tv. Great conversation at the end though which summed it up.

 

[DotCommunist]

Enjoyed that loads of great little conversations and well filmed scenes but as you say you couldn't move for Obama on the radio or tv. Great conversation at the end though which summed it up.

yeah the last lines did sum it up in a hammerish way 'this is america, pay me' just in case you'd missed the not-subtle-subtext. I quite liked how it was left there as well, no 'proper' ending -just that speech and roll credits


it got away with it cos as you say the conversations were winning and though I'm no fan of Brad Pitt he did deliver in this role


I also think this is the only film I've seen where Val Kilmer gets killed

 

[Orang Utan]

SPOILER

 

[butchersapron]

Finally got round to Berberian Sound Studio, i know a few people on here were disappointed by this and a few loved it. I'm in the latter camp. Whilst watching it i thought to myself i bet Trish Keenan would have loved this, then watching the credits i see soundtrack: Trish Keenan/Broadcast.Appears she was working on it when she died. It can be listened to here - official release is tmw.

 

[Firky]

Finally got round to Berberian Sound Studio, i know a few people on here were disappointed by this and a few loved it. I'm in the latter camp. Whilst watching it i thought to myself i bet Trish Keenan would have loved this, then watching the credits i see soundtrack: Trish Keenan/Broadcast.Appears she was working on it when she died. It can be listened to here - official release is tmw.

Did you download that? I've been waiting for it to come out on a reliable torrent.

Found a decent and well seeded link.

I watched Lincoln and enjoyed what I saw - but 45min into it and refuses to play any further. I'll have to download it again or try a different rip.

 

[redsquirrel]

Finally got round to Berberian Sound Studio, i know a few people on here were disappointed by this and a few loved it. I'm in the latter camp. Whilst watching it i thought to myself i bet Trish Keenan would have loved this, then watching the credits i see soundtrack: Trish Keenan/Broadcast.Appears she was working on it when she died. It can be listened to here - official release is tmw.

Really looking forward to this, comes out in Oz in Jan.

It Always Rains on Sunday - Re-released this year by the BFI for a Ealing commemoration it's very different from most stuff you think you when you hear Ealing but just as good. A sort of very early (1947) kitchen sink drama (though a lot better than that sounds) it has it's flaws with some of the filming (one scene which is meant to be taking place at night has obviously been shot in broad daylight) but overall it's very good and surprisingly modern in some ways - a cheated on wife leaves her husband with the film leaving you in no doubt about where it's sympathies lie.

 

[Firky]

Really looking forward to this, comes out in Oz in Jan.

There's a good copy on Kick Ass Torrents.

It's my evening sorted

 

[magneze]

Attempted to watch The Dictator. Fucking hell, it's a shit film. Do not bother. There's about 4 good jokes in the first few minutes and that is it for comedy for the rest of the film.

 

[DexterTCN]

Your avatar suggests otherwise.

 

[frogwoman]

just watched "hebrew hammer"