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

I did like Happiness. Dark Horse is better though. But the bit when he's trying to get the kid to eat the tuna sandwich...I was torn between laughing at the slapstick and cringing because it's so wrong and you know exactly what's coming. A lot of it was very close to the bone. But I thought there was a big take home message in it about the American dream and all the shit that lies beneath it.
 
I didn't like Happiness. It's just misantropy for effect. It didn't tell me anything I didn't know already and I thought it was rather shallow. There has been a lot of it about in middlebrow art house cinema over the last decade or so and I'm rather tired of this particular brand of cinematic cynicism. People are bad, yadda yadda...
I wouldn't mind it as much if in the years since then Solondz had moved on, but he's still just doing the same thing over and over again (often less successfully).

(Though I've not seen his latest so maybe that is different)
 

I wouldn't mind it as much if in the years since then Solondz had moved on, but he's still just doing the same thing over and over again (often less successfully).

(Though I've not seen his latest so maybe that is different)


I liked Welcome to the Dollhouse and then that was it.
 
I watched the Total Recall remake and while it isn't amazing, it's not as terrible as the reviews and Interwebs consensus would have you believe. Never been a huge fan of the original, so it's not like there was much to ruin as far as I'm concerned.
 
Headhunters. Really enjoyed this. Plot went all over the place, acting was great and a couple of genuine wtf moments. Not giving too much away if I say there's a toilet scene that will resonate deeply with anyone that's ever been to Glastonbury. It all got a bit incredulous towards the end but it's a minor criticism. Good film.
 
Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.

Borrowed it from the local library purely because I loved Christoph Waltz's performance in Django Unchained, and he's great in this as well, but over all I thought it was a bit disappointing. :(
 
Just watched The Hit - Fucking mint, the music on it & everything. And the flats - From those sexy London mansion flats to those high as fuck Spanish efforts. Someone on this thread mentioned it - I'd never have heard of it otherwise.
 
Watched Amour the other night. I clicked pretty early on what was going to happen, but then put it to one side and sort of thought maybe it wouldn't. It's a bit slow, like old age is I suppose. Performances from the leads are excellent, much like watching real lives.

Today I watched the Werckmeister Harmonies. Did a search and really surprised I haven't seen anyone mention this. Probably one of the best opening scenes I've ever seen. It's black and white and reminiscent of The White Ribbon. Not sure I understood it, need to do some reading before I watch it again, the copy i have is in two parts and I put one on in bed this morning but didn't watch the second half until this afternoon which probably didn't help.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249241/
 
Shirley Valentine, again, last night. It's like a comfy pair of trackys.

Tonight we've just finished Capote. hmmm, not sure i really liked it. I prefer things to happen in films, rather than lots of waiting around for people to die.
 
The Muppets (2011) men or women wiv there hand up puppets/ made outta felt or summat dint get it at all.. feck you muppets! get sum leather.... yeah muppits in leather done in a european/sleaze..,., woulda done fine for me.. but hey onta next un
 
Shirley Valentine, again, last night. It's like a comfy pair of trackys.

Tonight we've just finished Capote. hmmm, not sure i really liked it. I prefer things to happen in films, rather than lots of waiting around for people to die.

Liked for Shirley, not Capote.
 
Watched John Dies At The End and Bubba Ho Tep somewhere over the course of this week - I'll tell you what, say what you like about that butchersapron, but he does seem to know a good film - The only thing I couldn't watch recommended by him was this nuclear war warning effort where a kids eyes got melted - I had to sack it after that.
 
ooh tribal_princess got me into Underbelly Razor. Is proper savage. I knew when a working girl was getting punched relly really hard in the stomach by consent that this was going to be a little bit uncomfortble
They're all worth a watch - I was gutted when there was no more Underbelly - The series where it's back in the day with the two women brothel keepers is banging. But they're all good though.
Mrs21 is Australian - so she is loving it - she lived in Melbourne for a while as well
 
Tonight we've just finished Capote. hmmm, not sure i really liked it. I prefer things to happen in films, rather than lots of waiting around for people to die.

The film Infamous deals with exactly the same story in a far better and more entertaining way and Toby Jones' performance as Capote wipes the floor with the miscast Philip Seymor Hoffman's overrated turn.
 
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