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

The Impossible ~ A true story aparently, I very nearly blubbed.
Django Unchained ~ Fan-fucking-tastic
 
Skyfall- a huge improvement on quantum of absolute gash. Busting out the old DB7 ftw


Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter- rather tastelessly conflates emancipation with killing vampires but gets away with it because the president has an axe
 
The Imposter. Enthralling documentary about an american kid who goes missing, and is supposedly found in Spain three years later. Except he looks nothing like the kid, with different eye colour hair and build. But the family still take him in, why would they do that?

It was interesting seeing it after Life of Pi, with its central question of 'which story do you prefer?' I'm not sure if the answer to that in this film would make anyone believe in god.
 
Hell - a post-apocalyptic (hot Earth) road film. In German plus a little French, with white on black English subtitles which can be switched off.
 
Seven Psychopaths.

Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harreleson and Christopher Walken act their socks off in an extreme film.

Tom Waits with white bunnies, what isn't there to love.

Thoroughly entertained.
 
Das Boot, the near-4hr director's cut. Not bad at all, tho I wonder if it really needs to be quite THAT long.

Really interesting to compare & contrast with other Allied-powers WWII submarine films. And interesting for its portrayal of Nazi sleaze / partying / letting the side down and the relationship between the working stiffs and the 'political leadership', and how cynical everyone is about what the Party wants. Anybody know why it's only the political commissar who doesn't grow a beard on board? (is he too callow, or was it a Party thing to be barefaced? how do you shave on a submarine anyway?)

Surely a mine of potential stills/moments for comedy .gif-ing, too - there are some very studied (almost like Japanese Noh theatre-like) moments of "this is my face of horror / nostalgia / claustrophobia / freakout, watch me emote quiverlingly and at length without saying anything")
 
Ted - Pretty much a Family Guy sketch writ large (there are even cutaway gags), funny in bits, Mila Kunis adorable, Boston accents FTW, otherwise overall meh.

Rewatched the first 3 episodes of Deadwood too, just as good as I remember, the dialogue is without par in television.
 
Watched Seven Psychopaths the other night and agree with snage, it's a great film with some good humour.

Getting near the end of Boardwalk Empire S3 at the moment, I felt it had a bit of a lull in the middle, but I'm on board again.
 
I watched a doc called Mr Untouchable about Nicky Barnes and his superfly 70s Harlem heroin trade in the 70s....

It was entertaining and informative (and a bit cool!)
 
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