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

well, no, but it is 'fuck me!' violence, violence you can cheer along.

disturbing would be that stabbing scene in Gangster no! or the scenes in irreversible.
 
She's Gotta Have It - rather misogynistic, I thought, something I didn't notice as much when I first saw it 20+ years ago.
 
Watched The A Team with Jnr. It was actually quite good until it got to the big crash bang wallop totally stupid finale.

Loved the dog fights, they kept a good feel of the original series....

As a piece of trash cinema it was alright.
 
Police cars giving chase, and then hitting a curb or something and overturning with the sirens changing tone as they crashed was a signature thing in the series, from what I remember.
 
Early Doors - Series One.

It's such a great sitcom and the humour throughout makes it a gem. I love Melanie, sexy and adorable. :)
 
Party04 said:
Early Doors - Series One.

It's such a great sitcom and the humour throughout makes it a gem. I love Melanie, sexy and adorable. :)
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The coppers who pop in and spend all day in the back room are hilarious.

As is the pub quiz episode - "Pickles" *winks*
 
Captain Hurrah said:
What a way for a planet to go (singularity), though. Just googling, and it does appear that inteferon at least is part of legit scientific clever cloggist beardo language.
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O rly?

I just always assumed it was a lazy writer on that Voyager episode I saw. No wonder the inline spell checker didn't comment when I posted! :oops: :D
 
EL_Scooter said:
Watched "A Prophet" - Anyone else heard of it? It was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards. Won a bunch of film festival awards too. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend. Excellent crime drama. Reminiscent of The Godfather in plot.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xe8i9m_a-prophet-un-prophete-on-blu-ray-an_shortfilms
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Yes, there is a thread on here if you do a search. It's a great film, as is pretty much any film by Jacques Audiard. Mind, I really don't get the Godfather comparison. I know there was a quote on the poster from some review, but still...
 
it's similar insofar as it has an extended and extremely gripping and tense scene in which our 'hero' has to psyche himself up to kill his target with a concealed weapon, i suppose
 
2009 animated sci-fi film Metropia. Not particularly good plot wise but the photograph manipulation style of animation was quite interesting to watch in a creepy but beautiful kinda way.
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Baader Meinhof complex. Good I thought, probably need to read something about it all. Is there a definitive book?
 
Chip Barm said:
Baader Meinhof complex. Good I thought, probably need to read something about it all. Is there a definitive book?
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Remembering the Armed Struggle: Life in Baader-Meinhof by Margit Schiller is pretty gripping, even though she was a minor player.

The film is based on a book by Stefan Aust with the same title and the book is a lot better than the film. Of all the books in the English language its the one that gives you the most comprehensive overview of events. Somehow the film was all action scenes and was somewhat incoherent, with character going through suddent shifts rather then there being any gradual development. The book fills in the gaps and details a lot more.
 
the crazies - this had so much promise, but it ended up being as cliched as all the other recent remakes. there were a couple of inspired moments though.
 
Cheers Reno, I'll check them out.

Just watched Dig, the Dandy Warhols/Brian Jonestown Massacre documentary. Can't say I've ever paid much attention to either band but will probably have a listen to BJM, the film never really played a full song but Anton seems suitably mental anough to suggest the music has some promise.
 
I watched the canal plus mini-series 6 hour job on Carlos - made clear what a tool he was. Yes, i'm so clever i meant that in more ways than one. Bit crap on all counts - no politics whatsoever, nothing. Bog standard action film set ups. One really good claustrophobic scene in 2nd part. Another one like the B_MF faction rubbish really.
 
Orang Utan said:
i thought it was a great film about artistic hubris
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Fair point OU. When I'd heard about the film in the past 'd always thought they were hardly bands worthy of a documentary and I can't say it's discouraged the idea that they were/are bands without much to offer. Gonna give BJM a listen but I'll be surprised of they live up to the hype.
 
Watched a doc called 'Mine' all about the doemstic pets rescued post Hurricane Katrina.

In short, people were told they couldn't evacuate their pets or bring them to the shelters so many left them at home with food and water.

A number of Animal Rescue Services appeared post hurricane, a mix of charity volunteer groups and official recue unit, and the animals were famred out across the States to various rescue centres.

The film follows people returning to New Orleans and trying to track down their animals - some of which have been allocated new homes with new families.

Very human stories, lots of heartache, questions about ownership, animal cruetly (many dogs used in fighting were rescued), lots of conflicting views (most of which made sense) - some happy endings, some sad.

http://www.minethemovie.com/
 
A Single Man

Thought it was ok. Directed by fashion designer Tom Ford so I expected to see some beautiful stylish shots. Yea, there are. Also intensifying the colour saturation to communicate emotions of the main character. But after a while it gets boring, I mean, I get it already.
 
Final 2 episodes of Spartacus: Blood and Sand (S1).

Fucking hell! They weren't exaggerating too much with the episode title were they?

Highlights (spoilered just in case) -

Spartacus launching off Crixus' shield towards the assembled nobility on the balcony (and then Batiatus using a guest's head to block Spartacus' sword :D)

Illythia sealing the doors and smirking, my hate-crush only grows :cool:

Lucretia: Please... Crixus... Our child...
Crixus: I would rather see it dead.... Than suckle your breast. *sword through womb* :eek:

Varro's wife going batshit crazy on the boy Numerius with a knife - "He was not a perfect man, but he was mine. HE WAS MINE!!" (I'd been hoping the little shit would get his just desserts).

And of course the end of Batiatus at Spartacus' hand. A real shame that John Hannah (and presumably Lucy Lawless :hmm:) will not be in S2, they were probably the best things about the show throughout. Apparently they will be in the prequel series being shot at the moment though :)
 
The Octagon said:
Final 2 episodes of Spartacus: Blood and Sand (S1).

Fucking hell! They weren't exaggerating too much with the episode title were they?

Highlights (spoilered just in case) -

Spartacus launching off Crixus' shield towards the assembled nobility on the balcony (and then Batiatus using a guest's head to block Spartacus' sword :D)

Illythia sealing the doors and smirking, my hate-crush only grows :cool:

Lucretia: Please... Crixus... Our child...
Crixus: I would rather see it dead.... Than suckle your breast. *sword through womb* :eek:

Varro's wife going batshit crazy on the boy Numerius with a knife - "He was not a perfect man, but he was mine. HE WAS MINE!!" (I'd been hoping the little shit would get his just desserts).

And of course the end of Batiatus at Spartacus' hand. A real shame that John Hannah (and presumably Lucy Lawless :hmm:) will not be in S2, they were probably the best things about the show throughout. Apparently they will be in the prequel series being shot at the moment though :)
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Bloody marvellous!
 
The Octagon said:
Final 2 episodes of Spartacus: Blood and Sand (S1).

Fucking hell! They weren't exaggerating too much with the episode title were they?

Highlights (spoilered just in case) -

Spartacus launching off Crixus' shield towards the assembled nobility on the balcony (and then Batiatus using a guest's head to block Spartacus' sword )

Illythia sealing the doors and smirking, my hate-crush only grows :cool:

Lucretia: Please... Crixus... Our child...
Crixus: I would rather see it dead.... Than suckle your breast. *sword through womb* :eek:

Varro's wife going batshit crazy on the boy Numerius with a knife - "He was not a perfect man, but he was mine. HE WAS MINE!!" (I'd been hoping the little shit would get his just desserts).

And of course the end of Batiatus at Spartacus' hand. A real shame that John Hannah (and presumably Lucy Lawless :hmm:) will not be in S2, they were probably the best things about the show throughout. Apparently they will be in the prequel series being shot at the moment though :)
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Told ya it was epic :D

I immediatly went to youtube to watch videos of rioting afterwards as the justified pwnage made me get my riot-porn on.
 
Teeth - yes, the 'vagina dentata' film. Surprisingly smart and funny. Jess Weixler's bloody ace in it.
 
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