What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Precious - okay, a bit overrated (though Oscar type films usually are).
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
AWOL: Absent Without Leave
Jean Claude Van Damme stars as a foreign legionnaire who deserts to go hunt down people who burned his brother to a crisp. As is a common feature for Van Damme films, this involves lots of illegal fights, which he wins.
total crap, but worth it for the fights.
so 1990 it hurts
Jean Claude Van Damme stars as a foreign legionnaire who deserts to go hunt down people who burned his brother to a crisp. As is a common feature for Van Damme films, this involves lots of illegal fights, which he wins.
total crap, but worth it for the fights.
so 1990 it hurts
butchersapron
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Wolf at the Door - fucking horrible Brazilian thriller. Not saying much more than that in case i ruin the thing. Very well made, well acted and director turns the tension up expertly whilst being clever enough to puncture or undermine it at the right time. But horrible.
The Ice Forest - great looking italian thriller set high up on the Italy-slovenia border in the height of winter. Again, well acted and that but runs out of steam in the 2nd half. Interesting failure.
Oh yeah and i tried that Robert Overlords one - jesus,what tripe.
The Ice Forest - great looking italian thriller set high up on the Italy-slovenia border in the height of winter. Again, well acted and that but runs out of steam in the 2nd half. Interesting failure.
Oh yeah and i tried that Robert Overlords one - jesus,what tripe.
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012). Annoying American indie flick about some journalists investigating a guy who posted an small ad looking for a companion for time travel. Horrible, mawkish tripe with a never-ending, twee nu-folk soundtrack. Hateful characters you couldn't sympathise with.
Dark Skies (2013). Suburban family start experiencing strange goings on which they believe is the result of aliens visiting their homes and messing with their children. Terrible. Would have been better off just going for a low-rent horror of the sort churned out by The Asylum.
Dark Skies (2013). Suburban family start experiencing strange goings on which they believe is the result of aliens visiting their homes and messing with their children. Terrible. Would have been better off just going for a low-rent horror of the sort churned out by The Asylum.
Looby
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I've watched a couple of Channing films recently. The Vow-romance with Rachel McAdams about a woman who loses her memory and 10 Years about a school reunion. I quite enjoyed both of them but I really don't get the Channing Tatum thing. I tend to go for skinny, indie boys so that's probably why.
I bloody love Deep Impact. [emoji41]
krtek a houby
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Iron Man 3. Much better than 2.
Looper; superior time travel yarn with Bruce Willis. Best thing he's done since the superior time travel yarn; 12 Monkeys.
Looper; superior time travel yarn with Bruce Willis. Best thing he's done since the superior time travel yarn; 12 Monkeys.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
There is a series of 12 Monkeys now. It isn't very good.
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Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Yeah me too on the skinny boys thing. Well normally def not muscles anyway. Something changed when I turned 30, now i go all funny when i see a hot man with muscles. Hormones?!
Thimble Queen
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Films from yesterday....
Grand Budapest Hotel. It was alright. I normally quite like Wed Anderson stuff but it was a bit blah.
Her. The lead character wasn't very likeable but I enjoyed the film overall.
Starred up. Really enjoyed this one. English film about a young man that gets transferred to the same prison as his Dad. It's pretty violent and dark so perfect for a Sunday
Prob enjoyed that one the most.
Grand Budapest Hotel. It was alright. I normally quite like Wed Anderson stuff but it was a bit blah.
Her. The lead character wasn't very likeable but I enjoyed the film overall.
Starred up. Really enjoyed this one. English film about a young man that gets transferred to the same prison as his Dad. It's pretty violent and dark so perfect for a Sunday
Prob enjoyed that one the most.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
I keep meaning to watch this as we have Wings Of Love and everyone mentions it if they see it in our room.
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Also watched Superman: Man of Steel last night. Better than expected.
Voley
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Calvary. Intriguing, this. Brendan Gleeson playing a priest who gets a death threat during confession. I'm not entirely sure it worked tbh - left me with more questions than answers but I really liked the lead character and Dylan Moran was pretty good in a straight role playing an out-and-out prick. I might watch it again sometime. One of those odd films that you're not sure if you enjoyed but you keep thinking about.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
22 Jump Street
Surprisingly enjoyable and very meta in it's approach to being a sequel (which sometimes works and other times becomes a get out for it's own failings, as it's basically a re-tread of the first film).
Ice Cube does good rage, Channing Tatum is actually amusing and the end credits are worth watching as they basically run through sequel ideas
Surprisingly enjoyable and very meta in it's approach to being a sequel (which sometimes works and other times becomes a get out for it's own failings, as it's basically a re-tread of the first film).
Ice Cube does good rage, Channing Tatum is actually amusing and the end credits are worth watching as they basically run through sequel ideas
butchersapron
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Quatermass IV - Nigel Kneale's 4 hour 1979 version (later somehow cut down to 100 minutes for a film release). Bit of a mess and a wasted opp. Wrong casting and it looked like it was cobbled together from something forgotten about from 1967 and something from 1977 (i.e peace+love/punk nihilism).
However, i now know where mark e smith nicked the "lay lay lay" from Lay of the Land from - and that it's more likely to be "ley ley ley". And also Gretchen Franklin who was mentioned by Mark ("You Gretchen Franklin nosey matron thing") in Telephone Thing is also in it.
However, i now know where mark e smith nicked the "lay lay lay" from Lay of the Land from - and that it's more likely to be "ley ley ley". And also Gretchen Franklin who was mentioned by Mark ("You Gretchen Franklin nosey matron thing") in Telephone Thing is also in it.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Michael Collins. With it being Easter.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I did try to find the specific clips but no luck - however the full episodes are up so i shall pinpoint the sections and come back with the timings shortly.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
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Bring back hanging
...and just for the sake of completeness, here's gretchen franklin from 1:54.
She even says 'oh arthur' as she did in EE many times.
She even says 'oh arthur' as she did in EE many times.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Kind of pointless post if you don't say owt about them
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Machete and Machete Kills, good fun, B movies. Can't remember Bedways so it can't have been outstanding.
Sleeping Beauty was interesting as it is the story of a student who gets involved in a brothel which doesn't allow its clients to have actual sex. The main character is drugged so that she sleeps through the encounters with the men. The start of the film is reminiscent of the Story of O, but it is not a BDSM film, and, although it appears that it is going to be a Story of O film, appart from the costumes it isn't. There is a second story line of the girl's relationship with a dying man. I'm not sure how I would recommend it. It kept my attention as the girl moved further into the alternative lifestyle. But the ending is inconclusive.
Quadrophenia is one of my favourite fall back movies. I love the music and like the story and how the main character loses his connection with reality and his illusions are shattered.
Apocalypse Now is, IMO, one of the all time great movies. It works especially well on my projector and with the cinema sound turned on.
Nymphomaniac 1 & 2 have been watched. The story of the girl is really interesting. It is the tale of a woman who is connecting with her sexuality and is a nymphomaniac. Part 2 is the story of how she moves away from gratuitous sex and into debt collecting. She relates her stories to an academic man who is asexual. He relates a lot of her stories to either fishing or to his reading. They are interesting stories and films. Although the films, together, are long I'd suggest giving them a look.
Settling down to some more this afternoon.
Maybe I've overdosed on films. So far this week I'm at about 48 hours of movies.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Captain Phillips.
Four young Somali men, led by the excellent Barkhad Abdi, try to feed their families by hijacking a ship captained by arrogant bellend Tom Hanks, only to fail miserably. Utterly depressing. Rubbish title.
Four young Somali men, led by the excellent Barkhad Abdi, try to feed their families by hijacking a ship captained by arrogant bellend Tom Hanks, only to fail miserably. Utterly depressing. Rubbish title.
They've just announced his death at the grand old age of 106.
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