What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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not-bono-ever
meh
The kids are sick and under duvets this weekend. so we had a couple of filums saved to watch last night
Super 8 - JJ abrahams/ Speilberg thang. Sorta odd combo of Close encounters/ Stand by me/ ET/ Jaws mish mash with a cast of kids but full of drugs and swearing - not sure who it was aimed at Silly but good fun :8/10
Coming to America- yes, the Eddie murphy / Landis chuckle vehicle - rather dated in places and some odd stereotyping going on but it kept us going for a couple of hours- what as good was the nods and triggers all throughout the film relating to other Landis and hollywood output. 7/10
Super 8 - JJ abrahams/ Speilberg thang. Sorta odd combo of Close encounters/ Stand by me/ ET/ Jaws mish mash with a cast of kids but full of drugs and swearing - not sure who it was aimed at Silly but good fun :8/10
Coming to America- yes, the Eddie murphy / Landis chuckle vehicle - rather dated in places and some odd stereotyping going on but it kept us going for a couple of hours- what as good was the nods and triggers all throughout the film relating to other Landis and hollywood output. 7/10
Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
Currently lying in bed watching Total Divas 
Indeliblelink
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Homo Sapiens (2016) by director Nikolaus Geyrhalter, lots of long lingering beautifully framed shots of abandoned places with a natural soundtrack of birds, rain, winds, echoes etc. A post apocalypse film where nobody made it or a haunted house film with no ghosts. I love this sort of thing, maybe it's my longing for a bit of peace and quiet.
Battlestar Galactica.
Having mentioned this to partner she decided to watch the introductory 2 parter - now (approximately 4 days later) we are in season 4.
She likes it!
Having mentioned this to partner she decided to watch the introductory 2 parter - now (approximately 4 days later) we are in season 4.
She likes it!
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Battlestar Galactica.
Having mentioned this to partner she decided to watch the introductory 2 parter - now (approximately 4 days later) we are in season 4.
She likes it!
She: Is X a cylon?
Me: Just watch!
She: But X MUST be a cylon?
Me: Just watch!
She: You are a bloody cylon!
Me: Just watch!
Me: Just watch!
She: But X MUST be a cylon?
Me: Just watch!
She: You are a bloody cylon!
Me: Just watch!
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Agents of Shield is having its Evil Mirror Universe moment. And why not. Its ace, Hydra are in charge and you aren't allowed to call them Nazi. Fitz is 2cnd in command as a terrifying and evil mengele sort
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
My favourite network show at the moment, it's quite impressive how much they switch things up even within a season, to think we started S4 with Ghost Rider and it's led to this without feeling forced at all.
Watched the first episode of the Prison Break revival. I think going in with super low expectations and being prepared to mock it has helped massively, as I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Forgot how great a character T-Bag is and nice to see the cast in general after a long time.
It's silly as hell and overly contrived (and seems to be delving into a Yemen / ISIS plotline that will likely come off as wildly inappropriate), but will stick with it for at least another ep
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Into The Badlands for me. Much as I enjoy agents of sheild , agent may does my head in. Nobody can be that much of a mard all the time. Yes there is rare occasions where her and coulsen have relaxed and she's let the guard down enough to crack a wry grin but still.
Child Mother. Documentary where elderly Jewish women talk about being forced as young girls in Yemen/Morocco to marry men decades older then themselves.
Utterly depressing, especially the lack of understanding from many of their children.
Like the man, bitter that his father died when he was six, asking his mother if they'd never thought how unfair on their children it would be having them when his father was so old.
Given she was 10 or something when she got married, poor and illiterate, thinking she had any say in the matter seemed to be missing the point entirely. (His father was at least 40 years older than his mother.)
Utterly depressing, especially the lack of understanding from many of their children.
Like the man, bitter that his father died when he was six, asking his mother if they'd never thought how unfair on their children it would be having them when his father was so old.
Given she was 10 or something when she got married, poor and illiterate, thinking she had any say in the matter seemed to be missing the point entirely. (His father was at least 40 years older than his mother.)
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Interstellar. I loved it, plot holes, expositionary cheese and all.
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo
The Apollo programme from the perspective of the Mission Control staff, this is an excellent documentary, featuring loads of the surviving participants eg Chris Kraft, Gene Kranz, Jim Lovell, Charlie Duke, the aptly-named Bill Moon etc They are really quite frank about some of the failings of the project, particularly the Apollo 1 fire, as well as the great bits. Archive footage, CGI reconstructions, talking heads expertly blended into an engaging tale of engineering derring-do. Recommended for space freaks, and fans of men in white short-sleeved shirts smoking furiously. Also, James Burke pops up a lot.
It's available for rent/purchase on Youtube (and on Itunes also, I think).
The Apollo programme from the perspective of the Mission Control staff, this is an excellent documentary, featuring loads of the surviving participants eg Chris Kraft, Gene Kranz, Jim Lovell, Charlie Duke, the aptly-named Bill Moon etc They are really quite frank about some of the failings of the project, particularly the Apollo 1 fire, as well as the great bits. Archive footage, CGI reconstructions, talking heads expertly blended into an engaging tale of engineering derring-do. Recommended for space freaks, and fans of men in white short-sleeved shirts smoking furiously. Also, James Burke pops up a lot.
It's available for rent/purchase on Youtube (and on Itunes also, I think).
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May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Last night we watched Ninja Scroll which was lol.
This evening I watched The Grand Budapest Hotel which was all about Ralph Fiennes, really.
This evening I watched The Grand Budapest Hotel which was all about Ralph Fiennes, really.
Looby
Well-Known Member
Today I watched the worst film I have ever seen. It's called The fast and the fierce and is meant to be Speed but in the sky.
I really really like shit disaster films but this was fucking ridiculous. Worst CGI, appalling acting, fucking bizarre plot 'twist'.
The worst bit is, it wasn't a movies4men special, I paid £5.49 to rent the piece of shit. It my defence I was very hungover. [emoji1]
I really really like shit disaster films but this was fucking ridiculous. Worst CGI, appalling acting, fucking bizarre plot 'twist'.
The worst bit is, it wasn't a movies4men special, I paid £5.49 to rent the piece of shit. It my defence I was very hungover. [emoji1]
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
BigTom
Well-Known Member
I watched the full season, but whilst doing other things for the latter part of it. Has all the right elements but never came together, and likewise I can't really say why. Has another two seasons (at least) to come though so must have done good ratings wise.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Lifeboat.
Wartime Hitchcock - an allied ship is torpedoed in the Atlantic, and the story follows the survivors: a couple of why-I-oughta crewmen, a millionaire shipbuilder, the African-American steward, the posh lady war correspondent, the nurse.
And also the U-Boat captain who sank the ship, only to come a cropper from the last shells fired by his target before it went down.
Good Hitch-style tension and suspicion that keeps you watching to the end. Tallulah Bankhead particularly good as the war reporter ("oh I know all about men darling, married men especially"). The portrayal of the African-American steward is very good for its time, but is still of its time, mind.
Nearly at the end of the Killing Season One. It's not looking good for DCI Lund.
Wartime Hitchcock - an allied ship is torpedoed in the Atlantic, and the story follows the survivors: a couple of why-I-oughta crewmen, a millionaire shipbuilder, the African-American steward, the posh lady war correspondent, the nurse.
And also the U-Boat captain who sank the ship, only to come a cropper from the last shells fired by his target before it went down.
Good Hitch-style tension and suspicion that keeps you watching to the end. Tallulah Bankhead particularly good as the war reporter ("oh I know all about men darling, married men especially"). The portrayal of the African-American steward is very good for its time, but is still of its time, mind.
Nearly at the end of the Killing Season One. It's not looking good for DCI Lund.
Virtual Blue
ready
The Boss Baby - average, my son enjoyed it.
Logan - true to the comics. Recommend.
Kong: Skull Island - lame and a waste of time.
Logan - true to the comics. Recommend.
Kong: Skull Island - lame and a waste of time.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
The Shallows
Last years highly successful low budget Aussie survival/thriller/drama. Easy to see why it did well, the tension is well developed despite the very straight forward 'complication' (get off the rock, avoid the shark). Blake Lively does a fine job in the main role, and the various but players are all perfectly adequate. There are some great surfing scenes early on and, I know I'm repeating myself but...the tension is really well wracked up even tho she's only 100 yards from safety.
It is let down tho by having a very very adverty look, so bright, shiny almost hyper-real. And some of the first twenty minutes are just lascivious leering over BL, when she gets into her wetsuit its sub Baywatch soft porn. Oh and there's a tragic family backstory, but that pretty easy to just ignore.
Last years highly successful low budget Aussie survival/thriller/drama. Easy to see why it did well, the tension is well developed despite the very straight forward 'complication' (get off the rock, avoid the shark). Blake Lively does a fine job in the main role, and the various but players are all perfectly adequate. There are some great surfing scenes early on and, I know I'm repeating myself but...the tension is really well wracked up even tho she's only 100 yards from safety.
It is let down tho by having a very very adverty look, so bright, shiny almost hyper-real. And some of the first twenty minutes are just lascivious leering over BL, when she gets into her wetsuit its sub Baywatch soft porn. Oh and there's a tragic family backstory, but that pretty easy to just ignore.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
From IMDB, I've learned that Canada Lee, the actor who portrayed Joe Spencer, the African-American steward wrote his own lines. There are also these remarkable revelations about T.Bankhead:
In "The Dark Side of Genius", Donald Spoto wrote that Tallulah Bankhead would climb a ladder every day to reach the tank where the filming took place. She never wore underwear and regularly received an ovation from the film crew.
Tallulah Bankhead was noted for her fierce political positions, including a vehement hatred of the Axis powers during World War II. Although co-star Walter Slezak was an outspoken critic of the German government, his Austrian background and the Nazi character he played in the film put him firmly in Bankhead's sites, and she insulted him constantly. When Italy surrendered during filming and Slezak expressed the hope that this would bring the war to an early end, Bankhead spat out "I hope they spill every drop of German blood there is. I hate them all! And I HATE YOU!" All he could say was "I'm sorry about that, Tallulah."
In "The Dark Side of Genius", Donald Spoto wrote that Tallulah Bankhead would climb a ladder every day to reach the tank where the filming took place. She never wore underwear and regularly received an ovation from the film crew.
Tallulah Bankhead was noted for her fierce political positions, including a vehement hatred of the Axis powers during World War II. Although co-star Walter Slezak was an outspoken critic of the German government, his Austrian background and the Nazi character he played in the film put him firmly in Bankhead's sites, and she insulted him constantly. When Italy surrendered during filming and Slezak expressed the hope that this would bring the war to an early end, Bankhead spat out "I hope they spill every drop of German blood there is. I hate them all! And I HATE YOU!" All he could say was "I'm sorry about that, Tallulah."
Virtual Blue
ready
The Void - a cross between Carpenter's The Thing and From Beyond. Quite liked it.
stockwelljonny
Wait here I have gone to get help
Crimes and Misdemeanours- hadn't watched it for ages and enjoyed. Hadn't previously picked up the rabbi at the end who loses his sight becauseof the dodgy doc not paying attention because he is pre occupied. I do like a bit of Woody Allen from time to time. I quite like the unresolved angle of the film. Plus there is something re assuring about watching a film where Woody Allen is having a discussion as he goes into watch a film, a Hitchcock double bill, on a blustery New York day in the 1970's. May watch Purple Rose of Cairo later 
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Edge of Tomorrow - adequately did its job of entertaining me for 2hrs. Credit to the director for keeping the repetition entertaining and credible.
I try to dislike Tom Cruise, but his films are generally good quality entertainment. I don't get the Mission Impossible films though...they leave me a bit cold..
I try to dislike Tom Cruise, but his films are generally good quality entertainment. I don't get the Mission Impossible films though...they leave me a bit cold..
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