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

[Idris2002]

One thing about Fatherland is that in the original book the "President Kennedy" who's mentioned is actually JFK's Da, who was US ambassador to London before the war, and a known supporter of appeasement and isolationism. . . something left out of the film.

Also, did Rutger's portrayal of the hero in Fatherland remind anyone else of Ted Kennedy?

 

[ringo]

She's similar in the Grand Budapest Hotel as well, nothing like her normal look, which is quite stunning.

I saw that at the weekend and didn't realise it was her, love it

 

[Voley]

Watched all of The Godfather Trilogy over the last three nights. I think I enjoyed them more this time round than any of the other umpteen times I've seen them. II is my favourite, I think.

 

[pacha]

Funny

 

[DotCommunist]

superfiend

6 five minute shorts about judge death and dredd and even rico. Really quality menacing animation. Worth it if you like 2000ad

 

[May Kasahara]

Drive. It was shit - emptier than a Tory's promise, just another would-be glorification of male violence.

 

[starfish]

superfiend

6 five minute shorts about judge death and dredd and even rico. Really quality menacing animation. Worth it if you like 2000ad

Watched part 1 then got interrupted but will watch rest tonight hopefully.

 

[Grandma Death]

Django Unchained. Not sure what to think about it really. On the surface level well acted, great scenes in there but ultimately quite superficial and 'entertaining' about a subject Im not entirely convinced really needed this approach. Cant imagine tarantino making a romp type movie (as was this and Inglorious Basterds) about the holocaust? I also cant imagine Steve McQueen who directed 12 Years A Slave had much to say about the movies too? Anyone read his views on the film?

 

[Voley]

When The Lights Went Out. Good low budget horror for Halloween. Genuinely spooky at times, enjoyed it.

 

[Voley]

Django Unchained. Not sure what to think about it really. On the surface level well acted, great scenes in there but ultimately quite superficial and 'entertaining' about a subject Im not entirely convinced really needed this approach.

My thoughts entirely. I think Tarantino's lost his way a bit lately.

 

[fishfinger]

Zombeavers. A very daft low budget horror/comedy. Formulaic, occasionally funny, and trashy.

 

[samson33]

FURY


A dark, claustrophobic and foreboding depiction of how the "greatest generation" not only fought against the evil of Nazism, but also the monster within themselves.

8/10

 

[Grandma Death]

My thoughts entirely. I think Tarantino's lost his way a bit lately.

Taking reservoir dogs out of the equation-hes nothing more than Michael Bay for his specific audience I reckon. Pulp Fiction hasnt aged very well and his movies are nothing but fan boy homages and blatant plagiarism I reckon. Sure he does it quite good-but theres nothing particularly outstanding about his contribution to film making-he doesnt have alot to say really. Course thats not always the measure for a good director and this is just my opinion.

 

[Voley]

Taking reservoir dogs out of the equation-hes nothing more than Michael Bay for his specific audience I reckon. Pulp Fiction hasnt aged very well and his movies are nothing but fan boy homages and blatant plagiarism I reckon. Sure he does it quite good-but theres nothing particularly outstanding about his contribution to film making-he doesnt have alot to say really. Course thats not always the measure for a good director and this is just my opinion.

Oh no I really like everything he did up to and including Kill Bill. Can't remember whether Jackie Brown was before or after that but I liked that a lot too. I don't mind the fanboy/homage bit with him usually. He's fairly upfront about it and doesn't try to hide the fact. I thought Inglourious Basterds was just OK and I wasn't struck on Django Unchained for the reasons you mention. Also, the supposedly funny scene with the KKK was just shite. Someone should've had a word with him about that.

 

[Orang Utan]

Oh no I really like everything he did up to and including Kill Bill. Can't remember whether Jackie Brown was before or after that but I liked that a lot too. I don't mind the fanboy/homage bit with him usually. He's fairly upfront about it and doesn't try to hide the fact. I thought Inglourious Basterds was just OK and I wasn't struck on Django Unchained for the reasons you mention. Also, the supposedly funny scene with the KKK was just shite. Someone should've had a word with him about that.

Aye, the KKK scene in Blazing Saddles was funnier

 

[Voley]

Pulp Fiction hasnt aged very well

I've not watched it in ages but remember thinking it was one of the best films I'd ever seen when it came out. You might be right. I ought to give it another go. Might do that tonight.

 

[Grandma Death]

Oh no I really like everything he did up to and including Kill Bill. Can't remember whether Jackie Brown was before or after that but I liked that a lot too. I don't mind the fanboy/homage bit with him usually. He's fairly upfront about it and doesn't try to hide the fact. I thought Inglourious Basterds was just OK and I wasn't struck on Django Unchained for the reasons you mention. Also, the supposedly funny scene with the KKK was just shite. Someone should've had a word with him about that.

Dont get me wrong. I like his movies-but Im starting to get the feeling you know what hes going to do and he just loves showboating his encyclopaedic knowledge of films which is fine-but it can get samey.

 

[Voley]

Dont get me wrong. I like his movies-but Im starting to get the feeling you know what hes going to do and he just loves showboating his encyclopaedic knowledge of films which is fine-but it can get samey.

Yeah I think you've got a point there tbh. You've got me wondering whether Pulp Fiction's stood the test of time now though.

 

[Grandma Death]

Yeah I think you've got a point there tbh. You've got me wondering whether Pulp Fiction's stood the test of time now though.

I watched half of it the other day. Like you...totally blown away at the time. Maybe because Ive seen it so many times..-but other movies like Goodfellas sustain repeated viewings for me... I just think its a movie with some great scenes cobbled together with some bad scenes (butch in the taxi after the fight springs to mind as well as tarantinos piss poor acting)...I enjoyed Jackie Brown too. Kill Bill again had some great sequences-but was quite poor in parts and far too long when he couldve done it one movie I reckon. Inglorious I quite enjoyed. I just dont see his movies standing the test of time as classics-again though thats just my opinion.

 

[DotCommunist]

The pilot episode for NBC's Constantine. It's based closer to the Hellblazer comics (dc/vertigo) than the Keanu Reeves led film version of Constantine (which was an OK film but wasn't really Hellblazer in feel).

The pilot is a little rough round the edges but promising and certainly truer in feel than the film. Here is a small teaser promo thing





I followed this with Amirican Horror Story: Freakshow episode 2.1

another quality AHS haloween episode, nicely character focused and creepy. Only there was no anachronistic musical number

 

[The Boy]

Grave Encounters (2011). An entirely unnecessary addition to the found footage genre. I'd seen it before but remember it being a lot creepier first time round.

Grave Encounters 2 (2013). An entirely unnecessary addition to the grave encounters series.

 

[Voley]

I watched half of it the other day. Like you...totally blown away at the time. Maybe because Ive seen it so many times..-but other movies like Goodfellas sustain repeated viewings for me... I just think its a movie with some great scenes cobbled together with some bad scenes (butch in the taxi after the fight springs to mind as well as tarantinos piss poor acting)...I enjoyed Jackie Brown too. Kill Bill again had some great sequences-but was quite poor in parts and far too long when he couldve done it one movie I reckon. Inglorious I quite enjoyed. I just dont see his movies standing the test of time as classics-again though thats just my opinion.

Just watched it again tonight and absolutely loved it. I probably haven't seen it for five years or so, possibly longer, and that helped I think. I can still predict most of the great lines though. I found it all a lot funnier this time round. The absurdity of some of John Travolta's lines, the adrenaline shot scene etc. It's stood the rest of time well, for me. I even watched all the deleted scenes I enjoyed it so much. Might watch Reservoir Dogs again now.

 

[Orang Utan]

I hate that Dead Nigger Storage scene. QT is clearly getting off on saying it repeatedly.

 

[DotCommunist]

my stepdad wouldn't let me watch it when I was a teen because of the bumrapey bits.

needless to say I watchd it round a more liberal parented household

 

[Belushi]

Reservoir Dogs is great; mainly because it's so short and well edited; everything else he's made I'm a bit meh about. Pulp Fiction was okay but I never think I'd like to watch it again.

 

[Orang Utan]

Jackie Brown is a fantastic film, but a slow burner. It gets better on repeated viewings.

True Romance is ace too, though of course he didn't direct it.

 

[The39thStep]

The new daughter - Kevin Costner. Script by numbers faux horror story best described as being on Channel 5.

 

[The39thStep]

Drive. It was shit - emptier than a Tory's promise, just another would-be glorification of male violence.

Actually I really liked it especially the soundtrack, the way it was filmed and the fact he never spoke much.

 

[binka]

rec and rec2. ok i suppose. found the first person camera quite good at first but it soon wore thin. 2nd installment 'oh we have a building with some scary shit inside, lets send in a team of just four men even though we have the resources of the entire nation to call on'

 

[DotCommunist]

The Intruders episodes 1-5



excellent stuff. About a cabal of sinister people who don't die but re awaken in other peoples bodies, taking them over. John Simms stars (with a passable american accent). I'd reccomend this to anyone but you'll really enjoy it if you've recently read 'The Bone Clocks'


its a joint us-uk effort for BBC America. Must watch.