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

Spy Kids - absolutely terrific children's fantasy/action adventure directed by Richard Rodriguez, full of real jokes and real wit as well as astonishing production design and a fantastic cast (Banderas, Carla Gugino, Tony Shalhoub, Alan Cummings, Teri Hatcher among many others) - everyone having an insane amount of fun and the lead pair of child actors aren't even annoying. Just brilliant.
 
Oh, I also forgot: The Ward (2010). John Carpenter film. Beyond weak tbh, though was kind of expecting that. The dénouement was silly and the ending even sillier.
 
Waxwork - a horror film that was written in three days by the writer/director in order to pay for repairs to the producer's car after the writer/director crashed into it.
It has David Warner AND Patrick Macnee in it.
It is terrible
 
Last night's viewing was a Martin Lawrence double bill.

First up was Blue Streak (1999). A jewel thief stashes a stolen diamond in a building site before being lifted. Goes back after getting out of jail to find said building site is now a police station, so he has to pose as a police to get his hands on the diamond. As bad as it sounds.

Second up was Nothing to Lose (1997). Clinton era yuppy-bollix buddy movie. The highlight was Tim Robbins dancing about with his shoes on fire to a soundtrack of Scatman John. As bad as it sounds.
 
A skate themed double bill. Lords of Dogtown (2005) & Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (2012). Old people talk about skateboarding while we see footage of them riding skateboards before they were old. More interesting than I'm making it sound.

Would be rude not to follow it up with Gleaming the Cube (1989). Teen action movie that existed solely to capitalize on the popularity of skateboarding and Christian Slater. One for the purists tbh.
 
We Are What We Are - This was a bit nuts, good but nuts. Adapted from a stage play it tells the story of a family of reluctant cannibals who struggle to cope after the mother dies and they have to work to obtain human flesh for themselves, and struggle to do so. I recommend it!

I also watched the first 2 hours of The Act of Killing - a harrowing documentary where the film makers go to Indonesia to try and make a film about the 1965 genocide with the families of the victims of the atrocities. However, the perpetrators are still in power, and they demand that they tell the story instead of the victims. As the film goes on they start to realise the horror of what they did. The candidness of them as they explain the torture and murder is shocking - looking forward to watching the last 40 minutes later on. The acting of the families of the victims is clearly not acting. The children continue to cry after they stop filming.....it's horrible.
 
Bad week at work so needed some mindless CGI-ooh-look-at-the-lovely-Blu-Ray-shiny-shiny-type stuff tonight. Thor sort of fitted the bill.
 
Close My Eyes - good film. Must have seen it ages ago, but didn't twig there's so much in it apart from the muck. :D Couldn't really be more of its time.
 
Orang Utan said:
Waxwork - a horror film that was written in three days by the writer/director in order to pay for repairs to the producer's car after the writer/director crashed into it.
It has David Warner AND Patrick Macnee in it.
It is terrible
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This is one of my favourite films :D

We watched Down Terrace last night. Thought it was great, both disturbed at how much it resonated with our own experience of family life (minus the bloodshed, of course).
 
Yetman said:
I also watched the first 2 hours of The Act of Killing - a harrowing documentary where the film makers go to Indonesia to try and make a film about the 1965 genocide with the families of the victims of the atrocities. However, the perpetrators are still in power, and they demand that they tell the story instead of the victims. As the film goes on they start to realise the horror of what they did. The candidness of them as they explain the torture and murder is shocking - looking forward to watching the last 40 minutes later on. The acting of the families of the victims is clearly not acting. The children continue to cry after they stop filming.....it's horrible.
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I watched this a few weeks ago, it is harrowing, I couldn't get it out of my head for days. Those sick fucks need to be strung up :mad:
 
Computer Chess - 7.5/10. Quirky, weird film about chess geeks. Enjoyable film which end with a total wtf moment. Worth watching if you like chess and computer programming!
 
ive found that Act of killing streaming online...but then again i want to watch Berberian sound studio later....the 2 together might be a bit too dark. Might stick a partridge dvd on instead
 
oh...want to watch that World war z but the dvd rental is an extortionate 3 quid. cant find it streaming though :(

ETA

ha..found it..eat my shorts hollywood moguls
 
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