What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
The Wolf of Wallstreet
v.entertaining if a bit sprawling and messy in places. But there were some fucked up lines.
v.entertaining if a bit sprawling and messy in places. But there were some fucked up lines.
They really are. I expected some thoughtful analysis along with the odd eccentric. But it was all nutters. The one who managed to develop a complex deconstruction based on Theseus and the Minotaur began the theory from a poster of a skier who looks like a Minotaur if you look at it in a certain way, and you're a nutter.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
It's nota skier IT IS A MINOTAUR....and look at the Rodeo picture.....that looks like a MINOTAUR.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
And you're still together?Twice
Johnny Canuck3
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And you're still together?
Maybe he has a crush on Piper Perabo. I watched her in a series: Covert something or other. It's laughably good, but then I watched some Masterpiece Theatre thing about a young Inspector Morse. Also one with Bill Nighy as some sort of secret agent. The writing in the British tv series is so much better.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Broad shoulders.
She says my films are crap because they don't have happy endings.wont watch a film with subtitles either.
She says my films are crap because they don't have happy endings.wont watch a film with subtitles either.
12 Years a Slave.
Superb casting, great acting, the cinematography equally stunning.
There is an excellent screener copy on TPB.
Superb casting, great acting, the cinematography equally stunning.
There is an excellent screener copy on TPB.
I quite like Steve Coogan but have never been a fan of his Alan Partridge character. However, I decided to give Alpha Papa a watch. To me, it was mildly amusing but I only managed to laugh once during the film.
Watched it last night straight after 12 Years a Slave.
American Hustle has only two things going for it, Christian Bale and a decent musical score. Yes a few funny moments but the jokes were laboured. I'm amazed it's even Oscar nominated. It's not completely shit and is worth a casual watch.
I'm watching The Wolf of Wall Street. I can't wait for it to finish. Really poor, amazed it's been Oscar nominated for best film. It's puerile, misogynist, generally offensive and utterly vacuous. Even has fewer laughs than American Hustle.
Still, i you want to watch it there is a great screener copy on TPB.
Still, i you want to watch it there is a great screener copy on TPB.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Erm.. Burke and Hare. Not very funny for a supposed comedy, but not entirely without charm and a good 'spot the cameo' film.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
It's amazing. Goodfellas meets Wall Street (or Boiler Room) with added humour. Leo is little more than a Tom Hanks of crime tho carries his role very well
More like Porkies meets The Hangover.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Logan's Run.
Michael York and Jenny Agutter live in a high technology domed city in the 23rd century, after a series of disasters have wiped out the rest of humanity. Agutter is a secret dissident, York is a "sandman" or policeman, charged with hunting down and killing all who try to escape from this "utopia", where everyone is euthanised at age 30 in a ritual called "carrousel".
Eventually the pair of them are forced to attempt an escape from the city, which brings them into some dangerous encounters.
It's very silly indeed. And it also shows just how much Star Wars was a major leap forward in special effects. In Lucas' film the plastic models don't look like plastic models, which they do here (as was also the case in Silent Running).
Politically, it's also extremely conservative. You could analyse it as a reaction against the permissive society buzz of the 1970s, and a harking back to allegedly more human, and more humane conservative American way of life.
Peter Ustinov was probably the best thing in it.
Also sci-fi's silliest robot:
Michael York and Jenny Agutter live in a high technology domed city in the 23rd century, after a series of disasters have wiped out the rest of humanity. Agutter is a secret dissident, York is a "sandman" or policeman, charged with hunting down and killing all who try to escape from this "utopia", where everyone is euthanised at age 30 in a ritual called "carrousel".
Eventually the pair of them are forced to attempt an escape from the city, which brings them into some dangerous encounters.
It's very silly indeed. And it also shows just how much Star Wars was a major leap forward in special effects. In Lucas' film the plastic models don't look like plastic models, which they do here (as was also the case in Silent Running).
Politically, it's also extremely conservative. You could analyse it as a reaction against the permissive society buzz of the 1970s, and a harking back to allegedly more human, and more humane conservative American way of life.
Peter Ustinov was probably the best thing in it.
Also sci-fi's silliest robot:
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Her (2013)
Surprisingly good.
Superficially very funny but profoundly sad as well. Creepy but prescient about our relationships with technology.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/
Again another excellent screener available on TPB, i'm working my way through all the Oscar nominations for Best Picture, this won't win it but deserves much acclaim.
Would love to have an operating system like that!
Surprisingly good.
Superficially very funny but profoundly sad as well. Creepy but prescient about our relationships with technology.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/
Again another excellent screener available on TPB, i'm working my way through all the Oscar nominations for Best Picture, this won't win it but deserves much acclaim.
Would love to have an operating system like that!
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
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