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

[Grandma Death]

Four Lions....funny but equally sad too. I think Morris has directed a film for our times that deals with some of the issues and causes of terrorism and at the same time done in a humorous manner. Not easy to do with such a subject like this

 

[smmudge]

As for plot, it's such a refreshing and humorous take (no crappy jokes or nubiles flashing their tits) look on the high school virginity thing.
Underrated and I want to see more of these films!!!

Yes, I like those films where the characters find themselves in bizarre situations for the comedy, but its punctuated (especially later on) with the realisation that there's actually some serious underlying issues, giving a whole new dimension to everything you've just seen. Unlike American Pie type films where the ridiculous situations are just that and nothing else.

Aardman dvd with my nipper, I'd never seen Rex the Runt before, it's piss funny. Also has A Town Called Panic and Big Jeff, nude Aussie skateboarder, brilliant stuff all round, probably the best £3 dvd ever.

That reminds me of an Aardman video my parents had and I watched quite a bit when I was little. Had some of the creature comforts, a couple of music videos on it etc. But also a couple of short films, one of them so weird that to look back on it now is rather surreal. It would probably make a lot more sense if I watched it now. Though it might not.

Oh look here it is:
It's a bit weirder now! Quite like it actually.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

About halfway through Robin Hood. Not minding it so far. The secret with this movie, is to temporarily forget everything you ever knew about Robin Hood while you watch it.

 

[Yetman]

Strutter

Paul Kay at his usual greatness, not the most solid base for him to work on though.

 

[The Rural Juror]

The Canadian indie film Last Night, which is one of those films I can watch again and again. It's about how a loosely connected group of people spend the last six hours on earth, which is about to be obliterated by an unspecified (the only clue is that the sun never sets) disaster.

Made on a modest budget, this is the complete opposite of the likes of Armageddon and Deep Impact which came out around the same time. Featuring barely any effects, it concentrates instead on characters and atmosphere. The film is a who is who of Canadian acting talent and stars director Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, Genevieve Bujold, Sandra Oh (who I fell in love with in this) and David Cronenberg among others. It also has a great soundtrack of obscure 70s pop songs.

I'm so glad somebody else rates this movie, which is one of my very very favourites. I love the way the movie dispenses with any consideration of why the world is ending, so it can get on with peoples' reactions to it rather than any attempt at halting it. All the performances are fantastic.

 

[Reno]

The Philip Kaufman version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers which I just got on Blu-ray. Still a great mixture of sci fi, horror and 70s conspiracy thriller.

 

[Casually Red]

Army of Crime . Brilliant french film based on a true story , that of L'affliche Rouge in paris in the mid 40s . Most of the Paris resistance were immigrants from accross europe and veterans of the Spanish war . A very left wing film about the Internatioanl Labour Organisation and its fight against fascism . A pretty much lone struggle in the case of Paris at the time .

 

[rollinder]

Aardman dvd with my nipper, I'd never seen Rex the Runt before, it's piss funny. Also has A Town Called Panic and Big Jeff, nude Aussie skateboarder, brilliant stuff all round, probably the best £3 dvd ever.

Rex The Runt!!!! loved that at the time, but only got to see the first series. Shame it hasn't got a proper r2 release.

 

[Bajie]

Le Samouraï, I can not relate to it as much as Ghost Dog but a very cool film.

 

[Reno]

7 Days, a French Canadian film that is remarkably similar to the recent Gerard Butler vigilante film Law Abiding Citizen and even more so to a new and rather rubbish horror film called The Tortured. It was made before those, aims higher and largely succeeds. The film falls within the genre of recent vigilante/"torture porn" hybrids where someones kid gets murdered by a pedophile and then they kidnap the perpetrator to get their revenge with a bunch of tools and surgical implements.

This feels rather more credible than most of these films and while there are moments that are wince inducing, it isn't quite as gruesome as other films of it's kind. It ultimately concentrates on the psychological disintegration of its vengeful lead character as he starts to realise that his vengeance is not at all cathartic, is a lot of unpleasantness and not much joy.

 

[Reno]

Inferno, Dario Argento's first sequel to Suspiria, which may just be my favourite film of his. The whole thing so oddly disjointed with dialogue that sounds like it got translated into a foreign language and then back again, sleep walking performances and eye popping colour schemes, it's one of the most dream like films ever made.

 

[jeff_leigh]

Death Note - The live Action one

 

[killer b]

burn after reading, which was excellent (if a bit rushed at the end).

 

[Part 2]

Started watching six feet under. Looks like I'm going to enjoy it based on the first 3 episodes.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

First half of Benny & the Bull - It's like a TV show
First half of The Good the Bad and the Weird - Should have just started with the train.
First half of Pandorium - ?

 

[Reno]

First half of Pandorium - ?

OK film, surprisingly good ending.

 

[krtek a houby]

The Human Centipede.

Generally unpleasant viewing, tbh

 

[Reno]

The Human Centipede.

Generally unpleasant viewing, tbh

Does what it says on the tin then.

 

[krtek a houby]

Does what it says on the tin then.

Pretty much so, yup

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

OK film, surprisingly good ending.

Ok I will try and watch it properly from the beginning and not all drunked up.

 

[ilovebush&blair]

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

 

[Part 2]

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

Good film that.

The bits where he's trying to skate street are a bit

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Death Note - The live Action one

I really enjoyed that - especially the guy playing "L"

We have just finished the first part of "Red Cliff" - very good, fantastic action sequences

 

[MooChild]

Just watched The Man from Earth, absolutely ace
Simple setting, man saying goodbye cos he is leaving reveals that he has been alive for 14,000 years, and the ensuing discussion.

 

[jeff_leigh]

I really enjoyed that - especially the guy playing "L"

We have just finished the first part of "Red Cliff" - very good, fantastic action sequences

I'll look for that, Last night I watched Death Note 2

 

[Part 2]

More six feet under here, a couple more episodes.

Might go back to bed and watch a film now, it's pissing down here.

 

[Reno]

I watched Mother again because I showed it to a friend. I liked it better the second time round. Knowing how great the ending is made me like the film more. Despite not quite being sure about it after I saw it at the cinema it didn't leave me, which is always a good sign.

I started a thread about it a while ago:

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/threads/330196-Mother-(new-Korean-thriller)?highlight=mother

We also watched a double feature of [Rec] and [Rec]2. The sequel is entertaining enough, but nowhere near as good as the first film.

 

[avu9lives]

Just watched CJ7 after a fun filled weekend of liberty caps n stuff. Jesus at times i thought i was still on em! Wasn't to sure what to expect havin no idea what it was about, but it turned out to be feckin excellent!! Great story and great acting by the little kid,, 9/10

 

[Captain Hurrah]

9. Animated film about a motley band of "stitchpunks" (numbered rag doll-type creatures, 9 being the main protagonist) trying to make their way across a post-apocalyptic world where mankind has been destroyed by slave-turned-renegade monster machines. Enjoyable I have to say, and I believe this originated in an earlier short film of the same name from the same director a few years ago. I haven't seen it, so can't judge between them.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

The last two episodes of season three of Battlestar Gallactica i.e the "All Along The Watchtower" episodes (a bit cryptic so as to avoid spoilers!). Wow. Loved them!