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

[smmudge]

I gave Pan's Labyrinth a second look and I'm still not clear why everybody went gaga over it. Characters are strictly divided into good and bad and unlike with the villain in Del Toro's superior companion piece The Devil's Backbone, the bad guy is a total monster from the start. I find some of the creatures a bit twee in a French mime sort of way and I still feel let down by the "it was all just a dream/fantasy" ending.

I agree, it wasn't half as interesting as everyone seemed to make out.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I gave Pan's Labyrinth a second look and I'm still not clear why everybody went gaga over it. Characters are strictly divided into good and bad and unlike with the villain in Del Toro's superior companion piece The Devil's Backbone, the bad guy is a total monster from the start. I find some of the creatures a bit twee in a French mime sort of way and I still feel let down by the "it was all just a dream/fantasy" ending.

Yeah, it's ok but a bit too long and leaves little speculation as to what happened at the end. The strict division back and fourth between the two 'worlds' made it feel a little clunky to me too. I liked it as a nice little jaunt though, but can't imagine it going on my watch again list.
I do tire easily of a film which does just have a 'baddie' for baddies sake, it's not 50s flash gordon.

 

[stupid dogbot]

The Other Guys

Silly, but actually strangely entertaining spoof on cop buddy movies. Moments of genuine laughter and even a couple of quite subtle bits. And Mark Wahlberg, who I totally buy in that role as a bit of a loser.

Not bad.

 

[i_got_poison]

the bad lieutenant - a good film. i'm a little bit surprised empire gave it 5/5. something they rarely do.
julie and julia - a quaint film with the wonderful meryl streep playing julia child.
the blind side - this is a phenomenal film based on a true story. this is a must see film, especially for those of you who
are emotional aware.

 

[krtek a houby]

Whisky
Black Narcissus
Sweet Smell of Success

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

A film called 'Harry Brown', starring Michael Caine.

 

[Badgers]

Anyone seen Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole yet?

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Been tempted to spend 90 mins of an afternoon on it.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Watched a few of . .
The increasingly poor decisions of Todd Margaret.

Great potential and I love the blue man group bluth guy. Sadly instead of some unfortunate misunderstandings his misfortune is almost constantly down to his irritating work college who causes trouble on purpose.

In the first ep, he his mistaken for a go getter because he is listening to a self help go getters tape and repeating (shouting) the phrases. . . but from then on it's he's just treated badly and misinformed.

I just gave up after four episodes.

 

[Orang Utan]

dead & buried - a video nasty from 1981, co-written by alien's dan o'bannon.
despite terribly wooden acting from the lead and poor SFX, this is one of the better video nasties. well staged and shot and genuinely macabre, with one particularly gruesome wince-inducing scene that i saw long long ago and have been trying to identify since. great ending too.

 

[Biddlybee]

Anyone seen Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole yet?

looks a bit shit.

Watched No Country for Old Men again on Monday... still great.

 

[dlx1]

Predators (2010) was ok

Sword fight

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

When we're watching Harry Brown, my kid says, 'is it really that bad there?'

 

[The Rural Juror]

When we're watching Harry Brown, my kid says, 'is it really that bad there?'

Did you enjoy it?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Did you enjoy it?

Not sure that movies such as that are meant to be enjoyed.

 

[Orang Utan]

did you think it was a good film?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I thought it was a British remake of Death Wish.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I thought the baddies were over the top and two dimensional, as they often are in these types of films. I thought Caines' performance was good. I thought the dystopian presentation was a bit standard.

 

[The Rural Juror]

Not sure that movies such as that are meant to be enjoyed.

good grief..

 

[Reno]

Harry Brown was maybe better directed and acted than a Michael Winner Death Wish sequel, but it was almost as manipulative and OTT (the junkies!). I can't believe there were people who thought it was any good.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

good grief..

Thanks for the valuable input.

 

[The Rural Juror]

Harry Brown was maybe better directed and acted than a Michael Winner Death Wish sequel, but it was almost as manipulative and OTT (the junkies!). I can't believe there were people who thought it was any good.

well said

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Harry Brown was maybe better directed and acted than a Michael Winner Death Wish sequel, but it was almost as manipulative and OTT (the junkies!). I can't believe there were people who thought it was any good.

I don't think anyone here has thought that it was very good.

 

[Badgers]

Versus what?

 

[starfish]

Just watched an old episode of the 87th Precinct TV series from 1961-62 on YouTube. It was

 

[The Rural Juror]

Just watched Please Give. Lovely movie, excellent performances. Seemed very English in its smallness, like Mike Leigh if he didn't treat his characters so condescendingly

 

[Crispy]

Finally got round to watching Four Lions, which was in places fucking awful, mostly a bit dull, but sometimes distilled comedy gold that had me bent double laughing. Odd film.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

A movie called Nonsense Revolution

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149599/

After a night spent drinking and partying, a group of six best friends is torn apart when they accidentally kill their bisexual friend Caz when he darts in front of their car. A year later, Caz appears to Tess as an eternally-horny angel who only Tess can see. It's up to her to reunite the remaining five friends so Caz can move on, but things don't always go according to plan.

While I'm watching it, I'm thinking 'this was made in Montreal'. But when it ends, it turns out it was made in Nova Scotia, which makes a much deeper and more meaningful sense.

 

[dlx1]

V - on telly
Green Zone - Dull

 

[Orang Utan]

body of lies - dreary spy thriller with a typically scowling de caprio and a tubby russell crowe doing an accent. i don't know why i keep expecting more of ridley scott than what he so consistently delivers. it's flabbily directed, incoherently plotted and filmed in such a dull limited palatte, that there is literally nothing on screen worth looking at. i gave up before the climax of the film cos i was so uninterested.