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

[DaveCinzano]

The Whistleblower (1987) Looked good from the cover - Spy thriller based around leaks from GCHQ, cast including Michaeil Caine, James Fox, Sir John Gielgud, Nigel Havers D). Almost good, couls and should have been good, but was actually a bit crap.

I'd agree - there's a great story in there, but it lacks momentum and rather unravels in the third act. A shame; nice hints of Edge Of Darkness and Defence Of The Realm and even The IPCRESS File. The director also did Smiley's People, which again delivered less than it promised.

 

[ringo]

I'd agree - there's a great story in there, but it lacks momentum and rather unravels in the third act. A shame; nice hints of Edge Of Darkness and Defence Of The Realm and even The IPCRESS File. The director also did Smiley's People, which again delivered less than it promised.

Yep, I found myself thinking it was great one minute, but then losing concentration 10 minutes later waiting for something to happen.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I started to watch a film called The Thaw. I fell asleep 15 minutes in and woke up at the end.

 

[Mephitic]

Berberian Sound Studio ~ Well worth watching, despite the shocking levels of vegetable abuse
The Thompsons ~ Dreadful, an utter waste of time
Ice Cold in Alex ~ Classic

 

[yardbird]

Skyfall - Good (although it did say "For Your Consideration" several times )

 

[Firky]

Berberian Sound Studio ~ Well worth watching, despite the shocking levels of vegetable abuse

I can't make my mind up if this or Skyfall is my favourite film of the year. Maybe BSS as it is quite unique and Toby Jones is in it.

 

[TruXta]

Angel Heart with Mickey Rourke, and Robert De Niro as Lucifer. A bit of a mess, but visually gorgeous and with some nice parts to the story. Let down by the ending though.

Valhalla Rising by Winding Refn - also a bit of a mess, and the mix between video-type and cinematic visuals didn't do much for me. Nice to see a movie with so little dialogue.

 

[frogwoman]

more episodes of American horror story up to the epside where the owner of the gimp mask is revealed. this is a truely fucked up show but i've got weirdly addicted to it

 

[belboid]

The Raid.

Mrs b generously allowed me to watch it as a birthday treat. Astoundingly gut wrenching and brutal and really rather ace.

Mrs b was not convinced by my argument that I thought she might like it cos she quite liked Kill Bill.

 

[The39thStep]

more episodes of American horror story up to the epside where the owner of the gimp mask is revealed. this is a truely fucked up show but i've got weirdly addicted to it

Capt Hurrah?

 

[The39thStep]

Angel Heart with Mickey Rourke, and Robert De Niro as Lucifer. A bit of a mess, but visually gorgeous and with some nice parts to the story. Let down by the ending though.

Valhalla Rising by Winding Refn - also a bit of a mess, and the mix between video-type and cinematic visuals didn't do much for me. Nice to see a movie with so little dialogue.

Loved Angel Heart , when it first came out I spent a good three weeks trying to look for clothes that might make me look a bit like Johnny Favorite.

 

[Yetman]

Berberian Sound Studio ~ Well worth watching, despite the shocking levels of vegetable abuse

Got this to watch later, well looking forward to it

 

[Yetman]

Watched a pretty mad Irish filum called Grabbers last night. Wasn't as good as Slither, which is very similar, but still a good old piss up orientated yarn with aliens and a love story intertwined

 

[8115]

Wasteland, pretty good, I really enjoyed it.

 

[TruXta]

Loved Angel Heart , when it first came out I spent a good three weeks trying to look for clothes that might make me look a bit like Johnny Favorite.

Surely couldn't have been that hard?

 

[The39thStep]

Surely couldn't have been that hard?

We have obviously never met, I used to be a former child model

 

[TruXta]

We have obviously never met, I used to be a former child model

I'm not on about your ugly mug, just saying how hard can it be to find a dingy khaki linen suit?

 

[The39thStep]

I'm not on about your ugly mug, just saying how hard can it be to find a dingy khaki linen suit?

Oh I got one off Stanley Edwards

 

[TruXta]

Oh I got one off Stanley Edwards

I hope you fumigated it before you put it on.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Capt Hurrah?

Fuck off!

 

[Reno]

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. Possibly the best Kaiju film ever made.

 

[Mapped]

We watched 'Detachment' whilst feeling tired and emotional on NYD - Mrs Mapped was in tears, it's good, but not the cheeriest of films.
Also watched 'John Dies at the End' for some multi-dimensional wierdness
and we're 4 episodes into Boardwalk Empire S3, which is going along OK at the moment.

 

[Yetman]

Berberian Sound Studio

Is this in Italian or English? I'm assuming I'll need subtitles on....

 

[Mapped]

Wasteland, pretty good, I really enjoyed it.

The docu or the film? I accidentally downloaded a film called Wasteland when I was looking for the documentary called Wasteland set in a landfill outside Rio.

 

[Reno]

Is this in Italian or English? I'm assuming I'll need subtitles on....

It's in English and Italian and the Italian bits have subtitles.

 

[Yetman]

It's in English and Italian and the Italian bits have subtitles.

So if I get a sub file for the er DVD I ripped into an AVI file and then lost, I'm going to have to watch all of the subs all the way through in English? Has anyone else had this problem?

 

[Reno]

So if I get a sub file for the er DVD I ripped into an AVI file and then lost, I'm going to have to watch all of the subs all the way through in English? Has anyone else had this problem?

I've only seen it at the cinema. I think on the DVD/Bluray there are subs which only cover the Italian sections. They could be burnt in, in which case no extra subs are neccessary.

 

[butchersapron]

There are subs out there which only cover the Italian dialogue.

 

[Reno]

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. Possibly the best Kaiju film ever made.

That was my 10.000th post.

 

[yardbird]

Had a non mobile day, so watched
Drive.
Great film, very European feeling.