What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Can't we all just get along?
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I know i've seen that but can't remember anything at all about it.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Matt Damon vs. the 1%. He journeys to outer space to make the ruling class taste the cold steel of revolution (not really).
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
did good in 'only lovers left alive' recently though
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
A Touch of Sin - Chinese movie directed by Jia Zhangke, already discussed on this thread. It wasn't quite as gripping as I had thought it would be tbh; for me the deliberately jarring and confusing mishmash of styles in acting made it a bit unclear if it was meant to be farce, tragedy, expose or what. And I just didn't understand what the hell was going on at times.
However, given that it's a very daring (and still banned in China iirc) movie about the internal contradictions of Chinese society right now, and people cracking under the strain and going completely bonkers, all that might be deliberate. I don't totally get on with Jia Zhangke, I found some of the earlier stuff infuriatingly slow and chilly, but this certainly has moments of terrific directorial technique and a lot of interesting things to say (I'm just not sure I understood them.) I think a lot of it is/was referring to cases famous or infamous in China which aren't as well known abroad. Overall: 7.5/10 (and I was expecting it to be a 9 or over given the reviews.)
However, given that it's a very daring (and still banned in China iirc) movie about the internal contradictions of Chinese society right now, and people cracking under the strain and going completely bonkers, all that might be deliberate. I don't totally get on with Jia Zhangke, I found some of the earlier stuff infuriatingly slow and chilly, but this certainly has moments of terrific directorial technique and a lot of interesting things to say (I'm just not sure I understood them.) I think a lot of it is/was referring to cases famous or infamous in China which aren't as well known abroad. Overall: 7.5/10 (and I was expecting it to be a 9 or over given the reviews.)
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Good Vibrations - idealist opens record store in Belfast during the "troubles".
The China Syndrome - 70s thriller, followed a couple of weeks later by the Three Mile Island accident, Michael Douglas in groovy threads and Jack Lemmon; excellent as ever.
The China Syndrome - 70s thriller, followed a couple of weeks later by the Three Mile Island accident, Michael Douglas in groovy threads and Jack Lemmon; excellent as ever.
magneze
🎧
Intersteller
Didn't really like it until Matt Damon's character turned up then it seemed to just switch up a gear and get started. So much of it didn't ring true - not just the science but the relationships between the characters. In the end it was all about love. Hmmm. It's entertaining enough especially in the last hour but it's not the most amazing sci-fi ever or whatever it's been billed as.
Didn't really like it until Matt Damon's character turned up then it seemed to just switch up a gear and get started. So much of it didn't ring true - not just the science but the relationships between the characters. In the end it was all about love. Hmmm. It's entertaining enough especially in the last hour but it's not the most amazing sci-fi ever or whatever it's been billed as.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
literally three night in a row now I have fallen asleep before the coming of Damon. I didn't even know he is in it.
Mconoughays southern drawl has a soporific effect on me. It's like he's talking you into a fugue state
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Bad dvd etiquette.
Indeliblelink
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Masaki Koboyashi's The Human Condition trilogy, masterful film making for sure but at 10 hours long not an experience I'll repeat again in a hurry.
magneze
🎧
It's pretty ponderous before then and what's the point of the robots? Just utterly crap and useless.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Do your research mate. I try to IMDb before a film these days, so as to avoid stopping the film every five minutes.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
which kinda ruins the surprise when you're not meant to know someones in it.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
but people have eulogised it as not the answer but a response to kubriks 2001 so I feel I should finish it if only to be able to point out that this is nonsense hyperbole.
e2a
the square robots with attitude are funny in a good way
e2a
the square robots with attitude are funny in a good way
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
My need to know trumps my need to be surprised. I always used to read the synopsis is S&S too.
had to stop buying it.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
It's (S&S) not as bad as it used to be, the complete reviews are more avoidable now. I try and show some patience, remember to google when I get home/once its overMy need to know trumps my need to be surprised. I always used to read the synopsis is S&S too.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I yearn for such self-control. I just started S3 of Parks & Recreation but had to do a bit of skimming just to find out if two characters were going to get it together or not.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I'm not that fussed about knowing tbh.
I always had to sneak a peak at my Xmas present early, so I think it's too deeply ingrained now to stop finding out stuff beforehand.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
all too often ruins a film, imo. I spent the last hour of Foxcatcher waiting for [that thing that happens] to happen. Deffo spoiled it for meI'm not that fussed about knowing tbh.
I always had to sneak a peak at my Xmas present early, so I think it's too deeply ingrained now to stop finding out stuff beforehand.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
its the spoileration issue again, everyone has there lines. Me, I'm more interested in the execution of the plot than the details of it mainly. Theres only so many ways things can go in a story anyway.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
If it's a historical event like that I couldn't give a stuff
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
I've just acquired the complete West Wing, and I'm getting through them at a fair clip. It's great stuff. Not sure how I missed it back in the day.
Finished Better Call Saul. Was decent.
Also, The Burrowers (2008). Above average straight-to-DVD Horror/Western effort about a group of frontiersman searching for a family they believe have been taken by native Americans. As the name suggests, it was actually the work of underground beasties. Looks good for such a low budget film. Apart from the monsters - they look shit. And some of the acting is woeful. Worth a watch though.
Also, The Burrowers (2008). Above average straight-to-DVD Horror/Western effort about a group of frontiersman searching for a family they believe have been taken by native Americans. As the name suggests, it was actually the work of underground beasties. Looks good for such a low budget film. Apart from the monsters - they look shit. And some of the acting is woeful. Worth a watch though.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
It's not 2001 or Solaris. Or even the Clooney Solaris. But I'd put it in the same category as AI. Which I also enjoyed.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
AI was strange, I was set up not to like it as I don't like osmond or the robojigalo but somehow it was just visually stunning enough to win me over. Not one I'll watch again though, but a decent enough slice of sci fi
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