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

[TruXta]

Nobody won - they all had to stay in the house forever.

I can see that angle - but the good guys (the wife and daughter) didn't make it/win either.

 

[frogwoman]

They stopped the other family who were going to move in at the end being killed though.

 

[TruXta]

They stopped the other family who were going to move in at the end being killed though.

And that disappointed me to no end

 

[frogwoman]

And that disappointed me to no end

As you say "evil" often (usually) wins in real life so what's wrong with a bit of escapism?

 

[TruXta]

As you say "evil" often (usually) wins in real life so what's wrong with a bit of escapism?

Nothing really, but I can get that in any number of other genres. I like my horror evil (mostly).

 

[inva]

JW did another film called Cien/Shadow based around some one being hurled from a train. I can also recommend the two parts of his Celullose series - Celullose and Under the Phrygian Star. I expect that you've seen Mother Joan of the Angels- which Christian Mungiu's Beyond the Hills reminded me of - in a good way.

I've not seen Mother Joan yet, though I've got it lined up to watch soon having enjoyed Night Train such a lot. Cheers for all the recommendations - I've only really just begun exploring these sorts of films. So many from around the 60s-ish era I'd like to see

I saw Beyond the Hills was directed by the same person as 4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days which I thought was pretty good so I'll definitely keep an eye out for that.

 

[starfish]

2 nights ago we watched Breaking Bad series 5 episodes 13 & 14. Only 2 more episodes to go Might save them for the weekend.

 

[starfish]

The Act Of Killing.
I saw it a few nights ago and still don't know what to say about it. A grim but funny documentary about the perpetrators of the mass murder of 'communists' in Indonesia. Originally the film was supposed to be about the victims, but the still-in-power gangsters demanded that the crew make a film about them instead, re-enacting scenes of their atrocities, using Hollywood movie clichés, sometimes using some victims' families as extras. There's a horrible bit where they stop filming and the kids and some of the adults don't stop weeping. The matter of fact way that these killers talk about their horrific crimes whilst made up as corpses or dressed as cowboys is chilling but blackly comic.
Not sure what the message is. Still chewing it over.
These gangsters who ran and who still run Indonesia have never been held to account and probably won't be. The fly gangster dude who was head killer only appeared to realise what he'd done was wrong when he pretended to be a victim for the camera. How could he be so blyth about it? The human mind is adept at burying really bad things I guess.
The film could have taken the time to give the events a bit more context. There are just a few introductory captions at the beginning and the end.
Also, the killers kept going on about how the word 'gangster' meant 'free man'. Something must have been lost in translation there.

Downloaded this a few weeks ago but havent got round to watching it yet. Will do soon though.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Chico and Rita - not as interesting or musically good as all the critics raved. The animation was flat and lacked emotion too.

Clear History - Larry David in Curb lite HBO comedy film with not a lot of of substance and only a couple of laughs.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Chico and Rita - not as interesting or musically good as all the critics raved. The animation was flat and lacked emotion too.

Clear History - Larry David in Curb lite HBO comedy film with not a lot of of substance and only a couple of laughs.

the animation on that lacks nipple detail too

 

[Yetman]

The Family - really good, stars DeNiro and Pfeiffer. Mafia snitch is relocated to France and struggles to fit in, they're all ace

 

[Nanker Phelge]

the animation on that lacks nipple detail too

There was a lack of nipple detail....or no nipple detail in fact.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

The Family - really good, stars DeNiro and Pfeiffer. Mafia snitch is relocated to France and struggles to fit in, they're all ace

Really? Everything I've read about this and everything I've been told about it suggests it is total pants....

 

[Virtual Blue]

Really? Everything I've read about this and everything I've been told about it suggests it is total pants....

same...i think it's expected that De Niro will forever make shit films.
i don't know why but he seems to be taking every role that's offered to him.
such a great history and he decides to turn travolta.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

same...i think it's expected that De Niro will forever make shit films.
i don't know why but he seems to be taking every role that's offered to him.
such a great history and he decides to turn travolta.

He's pretty much said he's all about making money for other projects now......I'm not sure being the greatest actor ever is on his agenda any longer, or if it ever was.

 

[TruXta]

Chico and Rita - not as interesting or musically good as all the critics raved. The animation was flat and lacked emotion too.

Yeah, it was a bit of a let-down after hearing all the hype.

 

[Yetman]

Really? Everything I've read about this and everything I've been told about it suggests it is total pants....

Well, if you're expecting DeNiro standards, then yeah, it's not up to his usual standards. But it's a decent enough yarn that does get a little flat at the end I suppose. Still, me and the wife enjoyed at least the first 90 minutes of it. Don't expect too much and you won't be disappointed

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Think I'll pass.

 

[Supine]

Life Is Beautiful. Italian film about the Holocaust. Wonderful movie which moves through happy, funny, sad and shocking with grace. 8.5/10

 

[DotCommunist]

Spartacus episodes. Its great watching Roman scum get killed to death in slow motion

 

[frogwoman]

watching this now

 

[DexterTCN]

Pi.

Rewatched Aronofsky's debut, still very good. The soundtrack goes well with our protagonist's descent into loneliness and obsession with finding mathematical patterns. And it has Hector from Breaking Bad.

 

[fishfinger]

watching this now

I saw this last night too

 

[Frances Lengel]

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.

I liked it, me - It had me gripped.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

There's a book called SS-1, which argues that Himmler successfully escaped, leaving a double to die in his place. I had nightmares after reading it. . .

If he did survive, though, he evidently didn't get up to much.

 

[magneze]

Anchorman
Overrated.

 

[Orang Utan]

Anchorman
Overrated.

Go to film taste jail immediately

 

[magneze]

Go to film taste jail immediately

Maybe it was because we watched something funny before it (Archer). Or maybe it's just not funny.

 

[Orang Utan]

Maybe it was because we watched something funny before it (Archer). Or maybe it's just not funny.

no it's hilarious. it's you that's not funny

 

[chasbo zelena]

Anchorman 2 is shaping up to be a massive disappointment though.