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

[Yetman]

Tale of Tales - Italian direction of a Hollywood cast. Disconcerting to start with but you get used to it, as long as you're not expecting a Hollywood movie. I liked it. It was quite mad

Going Postal - Sky's rendition of a Pratchett novel. I've never got into Discworld, or any of his stuff tbh. I didn't get into this either. Pratchett just isn't for me I suppose. The film lacked the polish it deserved as well, being a for-TV production rather than a full blown big budget movie.

 

[DotCommunist]

There hasn't been a decent Pratchett TV adapt yet to my mind. This was perfect casting, but underused character:

but they still haven't captured Ankh-Morpork properly. Sooner or later someone with a LOTR budget and an insane plan will nail it.

 

[Idris2002]

What makes Pratchett's books truly great is also what makes them essentially unfilmable, IMO.

 

[Belushi]

Mr X (Tessa Louise-Salome 2014) Interesting documentary about director Leos Carax.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

San Andreas - it's a disaster movie, a bit more in some ways than others.

 

[DexterTCN]

Watched Snatch again. The funniest of Ritchie's English films with all of his trademarks and the good guys win, what's not to like.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Trance. I've always thought that Danny Boyle is a hack who has got lucky very, very occasionally and this film backs that argument up. Confusing psychological nonsense, one grotesque shot seems to refer to Lynch's Lost Highway but this is a long, long way off that masterpiece. Every time the music kicked up a gear to signify something important is happening, I wondered "who are these people and why should I care?" Plus there's seemingly un-ironic use of M-People on the soundtrack... Terrible film.

 

[Belushi]

The International (Tom Tykwer 2009) Watchable but predictable thriller.

 

[DotCommunist]

Cool Hand Luke

sad ending, bittersweet

they can kill you but they can't break you

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Weekend. Really enjoyed this British gay drama. In contrast to last night's Trance, a film that wants to spend serious time with its characters and allow the viewer to really know them, quite emotional ultimately too. And John Grant on the soundtrack rather than M-People.

 

[not-bono-ever]

The Angels Share- Ken Loach filum about Weegie neds, whiskey and bother.

Its very good- dont expect anything with a savage twist in it or car chases , but its sorta another homage to Bill Forsyth scotch films of the last century. def. check it out of you get the chance

 

[DaveCinzano]

Cool Hand Luke

One of the two best boiled egg movies ever

 

[Indeliblelink]

C'mon, then what's the other one? Angel Heart had a good boiled egg scene.

 

[DaveCinzano]

C'mon, then what's the other one? Angel Heart had a good boiled egg scene.

 

[DotCommunist]

One of the two best boiled egg movies ever

its an iconic scene but the one that had me laughing like a dickhead was the scene where 'lucille' is washing a car laviscously and the work gang are all doing the full disney eyes-on-stalks dying of frustration thing. They don't make em like that anymore

 

[Belushi]

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog 2011) Enjoyed a repeat viewing of Herzog's documentary about the wonderful palaeolithic paintings of the Chauvet Cave this afternoon.

 

[Belushi]

35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis 2009) Beautifully directed and acted film about a father and daughter in a Paris banlieu.

 

[yardbird]

I watched the Spooks film that's got Kit Harrington in it. With scruffy beard.
Drivel of the highest order. Don't bother.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I think he's alright in Hannibal. He does that violence-simmering-beneath-the-surface thing quite well. Not Oscar-winning stuff but OK for this. I always liked him as the stoner kid way out of his depth in Apocalypse Now. He must've been about 18 or something then.

ETA: only 14 according to this.

Always loved Fishburne in "Prince of New York" with Walken.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I watched the Spooks film that's got Kit Harrington in it. With scruffy beard.
Drivel of the highest order. Don't bother.

Damn, just downloaded that.

 

[The Boy]

Always loved Fishburne in "Prince of New York" with Walken.

King, Shirley?

 

[Gromit]

Predestination. Very good, but you definitely need to pay utmost attention

Didn't like it. I tend not to like any chicken and the egg time stories but this one stretched it further than i thought it could ever be stretched.

 

[Orang Utan]

Her
Man has nice apartment and falls in love with his operating system. They make twee ukelele music together. OS gets bored and leaves him for a bunch of other OSs.
Bag o' shite.

Electric Dreams is way better.

 

[DrRingDing]

Under the Skin. Never cared much for Scarlet Johansson, but this movie was great. And weird. Two of my favorite descriptors.

Unfortunately a militant Zionist.

 

[Belushi]

King of Devil's Island (Marius Holst 2011) Nicely made if predictable film set in a Norwegian reform school in 1915.

 

[DexterTCN]

Watching 'The Story of Film' by Mark Cousins. As far as I can tell it must be 15 hour long episodes. It's fucking fantastic. The story of world cinema from a personal but exceptionally adept viewpoint. Based on his book, he shows the way cinema has evolved all around the world with editing, acting, lighting, direction and just plain evolution....it's pretty encyclopaedic.

I'm just finishing episode two.

 

[Belushi]

Watching 'The Story of Film' by Mark Cousins. As far as I can tell it must be 15 hour long episodes.

It's a great series, I watched it when it was shown on Channel 4 a few years ago.

 

[DexterTCN]

It's a bit like Cosmos for the movies.

 

[8115]

Half of the first episode of Girls. I might sue for my money back, plus compensation for my time and damages. It's terrible.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

After a couple of episodes of Horrible Histories and Babylon 5, I've dug out my Bugs boxset