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

[Nanker Phelge]

no! really?

Reminded me of that Tolkien bloke.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Reminded me of that Tolkien bloke.

It's tolkienism of the worst kind.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I don't recall The Killing being vastly difficult.

I don't recall The Killing being vastly anything to do with Hitchcock.

 

[DotCommunist]

I don't recall The Killing being vastly anything to do with Hitchcock.

oh yeah, well I'll let you off this time

 

[Nanker Phelge]

It's tolkienism of the worst kind.

Of the third kind. Those trilogies come in threes y'know? Like 109 buses.

 

[_pH_]

Not last night, a few nights ago, but we watched Untouchable. Fantastic film.

 

[Reno]

I don't recall The Killing being vastly difficult.

How does this comment work ?

 

[DotCommunist]

How does this comment work ?

I've already humiliated myself thankyou reno, but feel free to have another boot

 

[Reno]

I've already humiliated myself thankyou reno, but feel free to have another boot

OK, I thought it was me who didn't understand something.

 

[DotCommunist]

OK, I thought it was me who didn't understand something.

no no, just me thinking I'm a smartass when I'm pissed and coming unstuck


anyway I watched Tremors, downloaded a really good quality version and laughed quite a lot. I'd forgotten how funny the film is, I do love a comedy monster film.

 

[krtek a houby]

Orphans of the Storm - DW Griffiths warns us of the dangers of Bolshevism but I'm too busy swooning over Lilian.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Far better than I though & gives a new spin on the mythology. Sets things nicely up for future instalments. For once, a CGI film that showcases the technology, rather than let it overwhelm things. I'm looking at you; Man of Steel

 

[krtek a houby]

Cloud Atlas. Its a film about reincarnation and how everything is connected

Probably one of the best movies I've seen in a long time.

Brilliant story, amazing cast, quality special effects.

10/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/

It's really growing on me. I'm with Kermode on this one. Sure, it's Hollywood liberalism at it's best/worst but dammit, I was won over. Yes, the book is better but visually - best thing the Wachowski siblings have done since The Matrix (first one, natch).

 

[pissflaps]

It's really growing on me. I'm with Kermode on this one. Sure, it's Hollywood liberalism at it's best/worst but dammit, I was won over. Yes, the book is better but visually - best thing the Wachowski siblings have done since The Matrix (first one, natch).

 

[krtek a houby]

Yeah, well, Jerry hasn't done much to entertain me in a decade or so...

 

[starfish]

This weekend with our nieces we have watched:

Citadel. They found it a bit frightening in places. I was impressed at how Glasgow had been made to look so fucking bleak.
Dredd. They loved it. First time id seen it all they way through & i loved it too, so much that we bought the OST. Please make sequels & Anderson films too.

 

[8115]

How the fuck as that film hard work ?

Well there's a certain absence of suspense for a start. I always find Hitchcock hard going personally.

 

[Reno]

Well there's a certain absence of suspense for a start. I always find Hitchcock hard going personally.

So the man who is known around the world under the title the "Master of Suspense" (google that and see what comes up) makes suspenseless films. That certainly is a new one to me.

 

[butchersapron]

I find that the small scale of James Cameron's film doesn't really work for me. Just my opinion.

 

[8115]

So the man who is known around the world under the title the "Master of Suspense" (google that and see what comes up) makes suspenseless films. That certainly is a new one to me.

I thought it was a bit weak. I thought Vertigo had a lumpy plot and went off the boil in the second half. They're just my opinions.

 

[pissflaps]

 

[Reno]

I thought it was a bit weak. I thought Vertigo had a lumpy plot and went off the boil in the second half. They're just my opinions.

If you don't like Hitchcock, what classic pre-60s films do you like then ?

 

[DaveCinzano]

I thought it was a bit weak. I thought Vertigo had a lumpy plot and went off the boil in the second half. They're just my opinions.

I'm curious - if you think Hitchcock couldn't do suspense, then which directors do you think can?

 

[DotCommunist]

This weekend with our nieces we have watched:

Citadel. They found it a bit frightening in places. I was impressed at how Glasgow had been made to look so fucking bleak.
Dredd. They loved it. First time id seen it all they way through & i loved it too, so much that we bought the OST. Please make sequels & Anderson films too.

make them suffer Stallones version as well

 

[8115]

If you don't like Hitchcock, what classic pre-60s films do you like then ?

I mostly like modern films. Book adaptations are ok like Rebecca, Jane Eyre and Great Expectations, they're the only one's I've really watched, we watched them at school to round up any stragglers who hadn't read the books.

Any recommendations?

 

[The39thStep]

my hero

 

[pissflaps]

you're too kind.

 

[Reno]

I mostly like modern films. Book adaptations are ok like Rebecca, Jane Eyre and Great Expectations, they're the only one's I've really watched, we watched them at school to round up any stragglers who hadn't read the books.

Any recommendations?

As you seem to hate my favourite director and two of my favourite films of all time, I think it would be pointless. To me Vertigo is probably one of the most deeply profound films ever made and Rear Window is one of the most conceptually interesting.

:bewildered:

 

[8115]

I'm curious - if you think Hitchcock couldn't do suspense, then which directors do you think can?

Ok, I'm not that great at remembering directors, but in terms of carrying you with them, really making you want to know what happens, I liked Happiness and Dark Horse (Todd Solondz).

I think suspense is more something you get in mainstream cinema, which I guess Hitchcock was of his day, like The Bourne Identity. That's pretty well done and there's loads of suspense.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Any recommendations?

This thread might be of interest: http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/film-recommendations-pre-1950.278858/

 

[8115]

This thread might be of interest: http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/film-recommendations-pre-1950.278858/

Thanks. Oh yeah, I though Brief Encounter was ok too