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

[krtek a houby]

Dredd - Big improvement on the Danny Cannon film. Karl Urban has the character bang to rights. Shame there won't be a sequel, I'd like to see the sci-fi element increase there.

13 Assasins - Takashi Miike does a samurai flick. Kind of reminded me of Seven Samurai and The Hobbit (part 1), in so far as there's a lot of characters in the gang and the first 30 minutes are mostly dialogue. We liked it immensely.

10 Things I Hate About You - only watched for Ledger, JGL and Julia Styles. Otherwise it felt like a 90s version of an 80s high school "comedy".

 

[belboid]

Coogan's family are from Mayo, right?

i believe so, which is probably why he thought he could get away with writing something of an irish cliche

 

[DotCommunist]

Alpha Pappa felt like an extended episode of TV patridge. Which is no shame at all.

 

[belboid]

I laughed during it a damned sight more than I did in Wolf of Wall Street

 

[DotCommunist]

jingle genocide


As for my own viewing pleasuere I enjoyed last night the first three episodes of HBO's True Detective. It's a lot lot better than the mismatched detective premise. The framing is interesting so far too. Harrelson plays himself but he's come a long way since his days behind the bar in cheers- he's a better actor than I think he gets credit for.

 

[Orang Utan]

Alpha Pappa felt like an extended episode of TV patridge. Which is no shame at all.

I loved it until it descended into an episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

 

[DotCommunist]

I loved it until it descended into an episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

thats the point where they ride out in the old radio battlebus isn't it?

 

[Orang Utan]

thats the point where they ride out in the old radio battlebus isn't it?

no, before that. The pants/window thing. Just lazy shite. Everyone in the cinema was wetting themselves, but I was so disappointed. I dunno what I was expecting. More of a character study I suppose, not pratfalls.
I loved the new Vic & Bob though. I guess I expect it of them.

 

[marty21]

watched 4 episodes of The Walking Dead, season 3 last night wanted to watch more but it was already 1.30am and I had to work today

 

[Indeliblelink]

Morel's Invention (1974) , Italian sci-fi based on a novel by Argentine author, Adolfo Bioy Casares. A man adrift in a boat at sea gets washed up on a rocky, wind swept island, he discovers a large building and after investigating it a group of people appear out of nowhere, they seem to be unable to see or hear him and they seem to repeat the same routines each day, even having the same conversations with each other.
Excellent smart sci-fi, deserves to be better known.

 

[stupid dogbot]

BBC4's Who is Harry Nilsson and Why is Everyone Talking About Him?

Ace

 

[Garek]

Wiseguy - Old 80's crime shows featuring an undercover division of the FBI. I'm undecided. Enjoying it so far but my God does it feel dated. Feels like some of the script is drowned under 80's tropes.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Working my way through American Horror Story season 3.

Can't beat Jessica Lange, outstanding as always although i'm not enjoying this season (four episodes in) as much as the previous two seasons.

 

[Orang Utan]

Another boxset to seek out!

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[krtek a houby]

watched 4 episodes of The Walking Dead, season 3 last night wanted to watch more but it was already 1.30am and I had to work today

Awesome isn't it? That's the season that just keeps on giving.

 

[la ressistance]

Dredd - Big improvement on the Danny Cannon film. Karl Urban has the character bang to rights. Shame there won't be a sequel, I'd like to see the sci-fi element increase there.

13 Assasins - Takashi Miike does a samurai flick. Kind of reminded me of Seven Samurai and The Hobbit (part 1), in so far as there's a lot of characters in the gang and the first 30 minutes are mostly dialogue. We liked it immensely.

10 Things I Hate About You - only watched for Ledger, JGL and Julia Styles. Otherwise it felt like a 90s version of an 80s high school "comedy".

13 assassins is great fun. Must watch it again. Cheers.

 

[DotCommunist]

Pacific Rim. Clay morrow AND Jax Teller in the same film? Kept expecting Chibs to turn up

 

[butchersapron]

13 assassins is great fun. Must watch it again. Cheers.

Dig out the original if you can - also excellent and deserving of independent praise.

 

[frogwoman]

Started watching a documentary on the shankill butchers last night, it was really good but I must have been tired again

I'll finish watching it tonight.

 

[DotCommunist]

if its the bbc NI docu its bare harrowing

 

[frogwoman]

if its the bbc NI docu its bare harrowing

It was. I got about 15 minutes in I think.

 

[fishfinger]

Oldboy, the Spike Lee remake of Chan-wook Park's 2003 film of the same name.
If you've seen the original, then this remake is shit. If you haven't seen the original, then this remake is shit.

 

[krtek a houby]

Inside No 9 - "A Quiet Night In". Genius.

 

[marty21]

Awesome isn't it? That's the season that just keeps on giving.

it is! Watched another 4 last night - work is getting in the way of it

 

[revol68]

Finally watched Marx Re-loaded. Was not the wait worth. From Barker's shallow reading of Marx and history to the tiny little snippets that counted as interviews or opinions. Total let down.

I dry heaved at the bit where Trotsky offers Marx's the pills! Trotsky! Jesus H.

And yeah it was superficial turd. I just rewatched Stuart Halls Spectres of Marx and it is much better.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Working my way through American Horror Story season 3.

Can't beat Jessica Lange, outstanding as always although i'm not enjoying this season (four episodes in) as much as the previous two seasons.

Finished season 3, it got stronger through the middle but tailed off towards the end. Loved the location and themes. Great cast. Recommend.

 

[Idris2002]

A history of Canadian cinema:

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

The Arbor (2010)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623008/

Instead if making a conventional documentary or adapting Dunbar's play The Arbor for the screen, director Clio Barnard has crafted a truly unique work that transcends genre and defies categorization. Following two years conducting audio interviews with Dunbar's family, friends and neighbors, Barnard filmed actors lip-synching the interviews, flawlessly interpreting every breath, tick and nuance. The film focuses in particular on the playwright's troubled relationship with her daughter Lorraine.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_arbor_2010/

If you have seen "Rita, Sue and Bob Too" you might be interested in this.

 

[maya]

I've got 'A Field in England' lined up for tomorrow, if it's anywhere near as good as it looks from the trailer I'll be in a happy blissful state for the rest of the day afterwards: