What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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DotCommunist
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bollocks Orang Utan. It has lukes training and cloud city/lando. Thats more than enough. Plus Vader at his most menacing. Lets face it, when he isn't choking quasi fascist imperial flunkies with his mind vader doesn't really get to fuck people up much except in Empire where he fucks people up badly. Apparently in the new Rogue One film we are going to see battlefield vader which I for one am bang upfor seeing.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
chopping people in half with his lazer sword
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Empire is a boring film
lefteri
Well-Known Member
It is quite slow moving but it's the best looking one by a country mile, jedi's very silly
I wish the new one had been slower - some of the edits were like wtf?
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
Watched the 1964 Russian version of Hamlet. B&W. Beautiful sweeping shots, cinematographt used to great effect - especially with the ghost scenes. And an original score by Shostakovich!
My fave version yet. Although I still haven't seen the Branagh film which is supposed to be a decent effort.
My fave version yet. Although I still haven't seen the Branagh film which is supposed to be a decent effort.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
Don't forget the psychological torture, flame throwers and meth labs; they're packing everything they can think of into this series
Saw episode 5 last night. Blimey.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Nymphomaniac vol 1. I enjoyed it.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Hateful Eight. It was too long, over talky, really lacked much energy or flair. There was some nice cinematography, the Morricone score was very good.
Even in his early classics Tarantino's chatty scripts could feel clumsy and forced, but this was more so than usual. There was just too much babbling away....and little of any of it added much to the story or the 'tension' being built.
The cast did their best with it, but even they couldn't help but ham up that material.
Even in his early classics Tarantino's chatty scripts could feel clumsy and forced, but this was more so than usual. There was just too much babbling away....and little of any of it added much to the story or the 'tension' being built.
The cast did their best with it, but even they couldn't help but ham up that material.
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
The only one I rewatch after all this time is Jackie Brown. I was totally blown away by Pulp Fiction the first few times (including two screenings on the same day, the second after a pub discussion about the order of events), but other than that his films aren't really for me.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Jackie Brown was the first I didnt like...then rewatched it and it is probably my fave now...
Reno
The In Kraut
The Witch, 2015s hyped Sundance horror film (there is one every year).
The film takes place in 17th Century New England and is about an Puritan family, outcast from their community, whose luck runs out once they set up their lonely farm next to a dark forest. The forest harbours a witch, who appears to have designs on the children. The film looks striking. The image is so desaturated, it's almost black & white and the only colour seen in full is blood red. Period detail is meticulous from the severe costuming to the archaic English spoken but as a horror film it's never particularly scary or unsettling.
Unlike earlier period classics about witches like The Witchfinder General the film is unambigious from early on that the witch is for real. This is surprising as in all other respects The Witch is such an art house film, reminiscent of Herzog, Bergman and Kubrick in particular. The thorough lack of ambiguity robs the film of any deeper themes or subtext. It ends up as a beautifully shot and art directed spook show which feels too remote to get really scary and too superficial to work as anything more artful. The film spends much of its time on a drama of the disintegrating family, which is never that riveting because in the end nothing is down to the repressive religious dynamics within the family. There never is any doubt that there really is a witch who means harm to the children. Unlike more thematically ambitious horror films about Christianity vs paganism/satanism like The Wicker Man, The Devils or The Witchfinder General, the film has nothing to say about religion, which means in the end it's no more profound than something like The Omen, without the trashy rewards of that film.
The Witch is still striking enough to check out for its meticulous sense of time and place. It's also more entertaining than Ben Wheatley's similar but meandering A Field in England. I'm curious what the director will do next as he clearly has talent. He just needs a plot with a little more substance to support his confident sense of style.
The always excellent Kate Dickie (Red Road, GoT) who plays the mother here, starred in a little seen contemporary film about witchcraft and Celtic folklore called Outcast (2010), which is rather underrated and which worked better as a horror film.
The trailer makes the film look more intense and scary than it is:
The film takes place in 17th Century New England and is about an Puritan family, outcast from their community, whose luck runs out once they set up their lonely farm next to a dark forest. The forest harbours a witch, who appears to have designs on the children. The film looks striking. The image is so desaturated, it's almost black & white and the only colour seen in full is blood red. Period detail is meticulous from the severe costuming to the archaic English spoken but as a horror film it's never particularly scary or unsettling.
Unlike earlier period classics about witches like The Witchfinder General the film is unambigious from early on that the witch is for real. This is surprising as in all other respects The Witch is such an art house film, reminiscent of Herzog, Bergman and Kubrick in particular. The thorough lack of ambiguity robs the film of any deeper themes or subtext. It ends up as a beautifully shot and art directed spook show which feels too remote to get really scary and too superficial to work as anything more artful. The film spends much of its time on a drama of the disintegrating family, which is never that riveting because in the end nothing is down to the repressive religious dynamics within the family. There never is any doubt that there really is a witch who means harm to the children. Unlike more thematically ambitious horror films about Christianity vs paganism/satanism like The Wicker Man, The Devils or The Witchfinder General, the film has nothing to say about religion, which means in the end it's no more profound than something like The Omen, without the trashy rewards of that film.
The Witch is still striking enough to check out for its meticulous sense of time and place. It's also more entertaining than Ben Wheatley's similar but meandering A Field in England. I'm curious what the director will do next as he clearly has talent. He just needs a plot with a little more substance to support his confident sense of style.
The always excellent Kate Dickie (Red Road, GoT) who plays the mother here, starred in a little seen contemporary film about witchcraft and Celtic folklore called Outcast (2010), which is rather underrated and which worked better as a horror film.
The trailer makes the film look more intense and scary than it is:
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TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
I'm on a rewatch of ER, having never seen any of it since original broadcast. I've got to the part in the second series where Mark is having his heart broken. Aw, man. 
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Nymphomaniac Vol 2. Really 'enjoyed' the whole thing as a provocative piece of cinema. I wonder what 50 Shades fans would make of some it... The S&M stuff is pretty extreme. In time I'll probably get my hands on the director's cut. Film Four showed the shorter version.
Yetman
Cheesecar Fucksquad #1
The Witch - more about the story than the horror, of which there is little, but what there is is very good. Otherwise it's slow and a bit disappointing if you view it expecting what the trailer promises. 7/10
Southbound - this one lives up to expectations a bit more, but the apparent lack of experience of the directors shows, though not to the point where it's massively detrimental to the movie. 6/10
Southbound - this one lives up to expectations a bit more, but the apparent lack of experience of the directors shows, though not to the point where it's massively detrimental to the movie. 6/10
Reno
The In Kraut
So if the second film lives up to expectations more, why did you give it a lower score? (that rhymes!
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krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
Mutiny on the Bounty - the 1935 version with Clark Gable as Christian and Charles Laughton as Bly. I'd only seen the 1984 version with Anthony Hopkins as Bly. Laughton's Bly is an out and out bastard, while Hopkin's is a (bit) more reserved. Still prefer the 1984 version. Have to watch the Brando take on it, next.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
The Hateful Eight
Probably loses some impact on the small screen (particularly the first 30-40 mins out in the wilderness, some lovely shots), but after that it's kind of a cross between Reservoir Dogs and The Thing.
Hard to judge it given that Tarantino is a marmite filmmaker, personally I enjoy the long stretches of dialogue punctuated by quick moments of brutality, and overly theatrical setting (you tend not to forget you're watching a film with QT as a director and writer), but can imagine it feeling quite slow to others and some of the dialogue is a little too self-referential.
Walton Goggins was the standout (as he has been for several years on The Shield and Justified), but all the actors have their moments (apart from Michael Madsen perhaps) and it was enjoyable enough, if not one of his better films.
Bloody, foul-mouthed and smartly plotted (although not as clever as it thinks it is) - 7/10
Probably loses some impact on the small screen (particularly the first 30-40 mins out in the wilderness, some lovely shots), but after that it's kind of a cross between Reservoir Dogs and The Thing.
Hard to judge it given that Tarantino is a marmite filmmaker, personally I enjoy the long stretches of dialogue punctuated by quick moments of brutality, and overly theatrical setting (you tend not to forget you're watching a film with QT as a director and writer), but can imagine it feeling quite slow to others and some of the dialogue is a little too self-referential.
Walton Goggins was the standout (as he has been for several years on The Shield and Justified), but all the actors have their moments (apart from Michael Madsen perhaps) and it was enjoyable enough, if not one of his better films.
Bloody, foul-mouthed and smartly plotted (although not as clever as it thinks it is) - 7/10
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Started watching Line of Duty and was very impressed. More of this tonight
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
The Man who Came to Dinner - Bette Davis, Monty Wooley, Ann Sheridan and Grant Mitchell in a classic comedy from 1941. Wooley is brilliant as a caustic, pompous critic who finds himself housebound and up to mischief in Ohio. I get the feeling his character was an influence on Stewie in Family Guy...
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Watched Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch vampire film with Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston. Looked great, nice sets and costumes, bit light on plot, and terribly clunky script.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
What about the plot was smart?
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
From the start of series 1?
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
yeah its on netflix. I made it to ep 2 but ju suis fatigue by that point so will have to rewatch from there
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I enjoyed The Force Awakens very much and I am an adult.Is there a Star Wars film that isn't boring to the adult brain?
I also enjoyed Return Of The Jedi and I'm pretty sure I was an adult when I last watched it.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
well its really when you think about it full of the tropes of a folk tale, now we can pretend our concept of adulthood means thats now boring but it embodies concepts that have never fallen from fictional use because they speak to human experience, or at least to what the human wants to be. Rescue the princess. Defeat the evil wizard. Be part of a band of warriors and friends. Old school really. Zipes is excellent on skewering the worst aspects of the tale and doing so with impeccable research. But. I'll take a fairy story over Human Centipede or Hostel any day of the week. Evin that Devils Rejects film, that was a good watch but so so grubby. Sometimes the adult mind wants stories where the good bears out and evil is slapped back into its box. Tales of personal redemption. This is probably why I watch It's A Wonderful Life every yearIs there a Star Wars film that isn't boring to the adult brain?
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