What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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Last night - The Broken Circle Breakdown - Belgian film. Country band singer meets tattoo artist, has child. It looks good if a bit over shiny and if you're into country music I suppose the soundtrack is ok. It's a very sad story from the off. Not my sort of thing really but some will love it and it will make them cry like babies.
This morning - The Hit. Had this on the hard drive for ages. Stephen Frears film with Tim Roth, Terence Stamp and John Hurt. I think butchers and Frances have both recommended it in the past, I'll third it. It's a great 80s gangster flick, Tim Roth's first big film role, great performances all round and the story, while mostly told from inside a car is pretty solid too.
This morning - The Hit. Had this on the hard drive for ages. Stephen Frears film with Tim Roth, Terence Stamp and John Hurt. I think butchers and Frances have both recommended it in the past, I'll third it. It's a great 80s gangster flick, Tim Roth's first big film role, great performances all round and the story, while mostly told from inside a car is pretty solid too.
DotCommunist
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couple of docus
The Vikings
Has that bloke who normally does Coast. You know him, rolling-r scots accent, long black hair, very knowledgeable. Focused mainly on viking life outside of the whole warrior shit. Quite good
The Golden age of Pirates
This bloke really really doesn't like Francis Drake. Nicely puts the boot in the whole jolly pirate stuff and goes straight for the 'thieves, rapists, murderers' etc line. Interesting stuff on letters of Marque etc as an early form of economic warfare done using irregulars
The Vikings
Has that bloke who normally does Coast. You know him, rolling-r scots accent, long black hair, very knowledgeable. Focused mainly on viking life outside of the whole warrior shit. Quite good
The Golden age of Pirates
This bloke really really doesn't like Francis Drake. Nicely puts the boot in the whole jolly pirate stuff and goes straight for the 'thieves, rapists, murderers' etc line. Interesting stuff on letters of Marque etc as an early form of economic warfare done using irregulars
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Machete Kills
I liked the first Machete. It was stupid and bloodsoaked.
The sequel is studded with cameos but has turned the ridiculous up to 11 and lost something.
I liked the first Machete. It was stupid and bloodsoaked.
The sequel is studded with cameos but has turned the ridiculous up to 11 and lost something.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
The Hit is well underrated.
Voley
🐀
Compliance. Totally unbelievable sensationalistic load of crap that makes you go 
when you see the 'A True Story' bit. About a bloke who pretends to be a cop, rings up a fast food restaurant and coerces the manager, her husband and various others others into abusing one of the employees. Totally unbelievable until I googled it, found out that it did actually happen and there were as many as 70+ similar incidents. If that wasn't bad enough, the bloke was never successfully prosecuted for it. Another one I wish I'd not bothered with.
when you see the 'A True Story' bit. About a bloke who pretends to be a cop, rings up a fast food restaurant and coerces the manager, her husband and various others others into abusing one of the employees. Totally unbelievable until I googled it, found out that it did actually happen and there were as many as 70+ similar incidents. If that wasn't bad enough, the bloke was never successfully prosecuted for it. Another one I wish I'd not bothered with.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
The Sound of my Voice - low budget, indyish, only slightly mumbly mystery / thriller / scifiey sort of thing about a couple who become obsessed (or do they?) by infiltrating a cult (or is it?) controlled by a fraudster claiming to be from the future (or is she?). A bit meh really. It got a lot of good press but I can't really see why - not flamboyantly silly or creepy enough to be really weirded-out by and not quite compelling enough for the real human drama side to grip me. Even at just 85 mins it felt a bit long. Could have been a blinding one-hour episode of Twilight Zone or something similar though. If you want something about cults to really make your flesh creep then watch Martha Macy May Marlene instead. And if you want time travel dilemmas about the War To Come then it's back to Terminator's future, again.
Is this a U75 clique thing or can you explain a little further?It's times like this when this site misses dubversion.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Dubversion - prolific poster of the post.
#He was never short of an opinion and his view of American Beauty didn't co-incide with yours
#He was never short of an opinion and his view of American Beauty didn't co-incide with yours
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Watched 4 episodes of Northern Exposure (season 3), a Christmas present from last year that wasn't opened 'til last night when there was fuck all on the box!
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
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he hated the faux meaningfulness. Proper hated it. I quite like it as a film, yes it wants to be bigger than it is but this alone is worth your time
he hated the faux meaningfulness. Proper hated it. I quite like it as a film, yes it wants to be bigger than it is but this alone is worth your time
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Finale of Breaking Bad (well, the last 3 episodes in one glorious movie length binge )
A little bereft now it's over
Great finish tho (if a little 'safe').
)A little bereft now it's over
Great finish tho (if a little 'safe').Walt built Jesse a robot after all 
Also, who doesn't like watching Nazi child-murderers getting cut down by machine gun fire and Jesse getting to strangle Todd? I did a little air punch at that point.... bitch
Also, who doesn't like watching Nazi child-murderers getting cut down by machine gun fire and Jesse getting to strangle Todd? I did a little air punch at that point.... bitch
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Finale of Breaking Bad (well, the last 3 episodes in one glorious movie length binge
Never watched a single episode
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Some Guy Who Kills People .... uneasy horror/farce/satire with a twist, a bit too leaden to make the gear shifts work and not everyone at work on screen seems to be in on the joke. Magnificent turn though by Barry Bostwick as a detective who's one part art critic, one part sleazebag, two parts avuncular straight-man and many more % clueless idiot. Also took me ages to figure it out but one major character is played by none other than ... you know, that bloke, the guy who was Bubbles' doomed junkie sidekick in The Wire. Might be worth it if you plan a large gathering of drunk/stoned and easily amused people.
Compliance. Totally unbelievable sensationalistic load of crap that makes you go
Thought it was really good -- one of my top ten for the year. And the opposite of sensationalistic, surely?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I won't evangelise
I kept seeing it on here and had no idea what it was but it seemed popular so I thought to myself, I'd have some of that, so I bought it for Christmas for a friend (Seasons 1-4)
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
there is a point where Walter becomes not a figure of sympathy and grudging respect for a good man driven to bad things. The point where he becomes a bona fides monster and a horrible human being. I'm not talking about when he finds the smashed plate missing a shard way back in season 1. A shiny penny to whosoever can guess which point he became truly evil to my mind.
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
jesse's g/f scene?
DotCommunist
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bingo. Thats where I went 'you evil piece of shit' and lost all the sympathy I had for Walter
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
haven't watched much further. Cos once he's lost it, then bollocks. I can watch ten a penny villains do villainous shit seven days a week
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Half did it for himself, half did it for Jesse, she would have destroyed them both.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
she deserved better. She was good for jesse before he got her back on the gear. I'll end up watching the rest at some point, but for me alll the charm and caper went out of it then. Just nasty.
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