What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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imposs1904
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Last two eps of 1984 C4 comedy They came from somewhere else. Memory lane.
ilovebush&blair
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Watched all of peep show series 7 over the last few days, really funny way better than the last series.
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
Last Exorcism
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Not as great as I'd hoped it would be, but enjoyable nonsense all the same. Michael Cera basically being Michael Cera, good supporting characters, great visuals (especially on Blu-Ray), and Chris Evans and Brandon Routh stealing their scenes and sending up their superhero pedigree.
Also, as lovely as Ramona is, did anyone else think he'd have been better off sticking with Knives Chau?
Not as great as I'd hoped it would be, but enjoyable nonsense all the same. Michael Cera basically being Michael Cera, good supporting characters, great visuals (especially on Blu-Ray), and Chris Evans and Brandon Routh stealing their scenes and sending up their superhero pedigree.
Also, as lovely as Ramona is, did anyone else think he'd have been better off sticking with Knives Chau?
andy2002
To the Bat-poles!
Girlfight: Michelle Rodriguez in her first film role as a tough female boxer mixing it up with the men at a rough 'n' ready Brooklyn gym. Not bad although it includes several over-used boxing film conventions (underdog overcoming the odds and a troubled home life, the climactic big fight etc). Rodriguez is the best thing about it - it's a shame she's never had the kind of success in Hollywood her talent and beauty deserves.
rekil
to menny cranks
Song For A Raggy Boy. One man, fresh from fighting Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War, takes a teaching job at an industrial school and has run ins with a psycho christian brother and his paedo minion, with tragic consequences. Fantastic little film even if the flashback scenes don't work well very. The english actors even do reasonably good jobs with the accents.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Kick-Ass - loved it, really loved it
Catfish...I'm not sure....it was okay but I didn't believe it happened as it was presented and didn't like Nev (which says Nev but is pronounced Neev
). I got the feeling a lot of scenes were filmed afterwards to make sense of the story and I was irritated by his ridiculous grinning chops. It's worth watching, even though the ending is easy enough to guess ten minutes in it still raises a lot of questions throughout which is probably what saved it for me.
). I got the feeling a lot of scenes were filmed afterwards to make sense of the story and I was irritated by his ridiculous grinning chops. It's worth watching, even though the ending is easy enough to guess ten minutes in it still raises a lot of questions throughout which is probably what saved it for me.
dilute micro
esse quam videri
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Casey Affleck stole the show.
Casey Affleck stole the show.
blairsh
pale knuckle grip on this steering wheel
Don't be embarassed, i thought it was a really good film too.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
caught up on a few things last couple of days.
Kick Ass, again - still very very good indeed
Eagle Vs Shark - meh. One surprising moment but otherwise, quirky by numbers. Nice soundtrack tho
My Winnipeg - goddamn hilarious magnificence. ten minutes of 'wtf is going on? is it all going to be like this?' And then the absurdities roll in thick and fast. Quite wonderful.
And then, finally made to watch the first few episodes of Mongrels. Pure fucking genius, rolling about on the floor funny. Whyever had I not watched it before?
Kick Ass, again - still very very good indeed
Eagle Vs Shark - meh. One surprising moment but otherwise, quirky by numbers. Nice soundtrack tho
My Winnipeg - goddamn hilarious magnificence. ten minutes of 'wtf is going on? is it all going to be like this?' And then the absurdities roll in thick and fast. Quite wonderful.
And then, finally made to watch the first few episodes of Mongrels. Pure fucking genius, rolling about on the floor funny. Whyever had I not watched it before?
andy2002
To the Bat-poles!
Sherlock Holmes - I wasn't expecting to like this (it's directed by Guy Ritchie FFS), but I did. Fast, funny, strong cast and soundtrack, plus it looks great. I've never liked Jude Law in anything ever but he's actually rather good as Watson while Robert Downey Jr makes a terrific Holmes.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
scott pilgrim vs the world.
i was looking at the wikipedia entry to films considered to be the worst of all time ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst ) and it divides these films into several categories including cult classics, star vehicles and bad comedies.
if i wasn't aware that this film was a critical and financial success, i'd stick it in the latter category.
it fails on every conceivable level. it's not funny. no one in it acts with any degree of conviction. it's directed so ineptly, with stilted, awkward acting and awful awful special effects that annoy rather than distract and do nothing but underline how woeful the material is.
it's pretty offensive to with crass racial stereotypes and callow sexism reminiscent of the 70s.
michael cera is a weird manchild with a squeaky voice who's somehow meant to represent everyman, when he's a selfish caddish shitweasel.
and the music, eungh, the music - it was hard to tell if any of the bands were supposed to be good or not, cos the music was just mediocre weedy indie shit.
AVOID!
i was looking at the wikipedia entry to films considered to be the worst of all time ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst ) and it divides these films into several categories including cult classics, star vehicles and bad comedies.
if i wasn't aware that this film was a critical and financial success, i'd stick it in the latter category.
it fails on every conceivable level. it's not funny. no one in it acts with any degree of conviction. it's directed so ineptly, with stilted, awkward acting and awful awful special effects that annoy rather than distract and do nothing but underline how woeful the material is.
it's pretty offensive to with crass racial stereotypes and callow sexism reminiscent of the 70s.
michael cera is a weird manchild with a squeaky voice who's somehow meant to represent everyman, when he's a selfish caddish shitweasel.
and the music, eungh, the music - it was hard to tell if any of the bands were supposed to be good or not, cos the music was just mediocre weedy indie shit.
AVOID!
Yetman
Cheesecar Fucksquad #1
Really?! Did you like Kick Ass? Comparable?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
kick ass was fun - it had a bit of style and finesse. it was actually funny too.
I was thinking they were kind of from the same mould. I wont stick it at the top of my to-watch list then
I think people just lazily lump them together because they're comic book films.
My 10 year old rates Scott Pilgrim in his top films and it's had repeat watches. I don't get it at all.
ilovebush&blair
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just finished watching death note it was pretty good not the best anime i have seen but still worth watching.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I saw the live action ones and thought it was pretty duff. The wife loves it though. She has just bought the entire manga set from some sort of Japanese gumtree and is currently spending all her evenings on it.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Paranormal Activity?
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Was the idea supposed to be that I thought it was real? Great way to make a cheap film but it's a bit of a non event.
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Was the idea supposed to be that I thought it was real? Great way to make a cheap film but it's a bit of a non event.
no yuo weren't meant to think it was real! it is just meant to be a bit scary.
ilovebush&blair
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live action remakes are usually shit i dont see how they can condense 840 minutes in to three 90 minute films. the anime was good but none of the charactors were really that likeable. i have the live action films but i dont think i will actually watch them, dont see the point after watching the anime.
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