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

Ming said:
Kajaki. Great movie about British troops in Afghanistan based on true events.
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One of a handful of memorable Netflix auto-recommendations (cf The Guest, Hyena, The Shallows etc) which I took a punt on despite knowing nothing about it, and which ended up being really good :cool:
 
Started watching Banshee after a friend recommended it. The pilot is a bit shit as is the second episode. Does it get better?
 
flypanam said:
Started watching Banshee after a friend recommended it. The pilot is a bit shit as is the second episode. Does it get better?
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The plot is bananas tbh but yes it does get better and I really enjoyed the whole series. You've still got Nazis, militant Native Americans and other assorted weirdos to come.
 
Tale of Tales (2016) Very self-consciously fantastical / grotesque / whimsical melange of various bits of extremely odd Neapolitan folklore, into a bizarre magic-satire-mythos Europudding. Some big names (Toby Jones! Vincent Cassel! Salma Hayek!) break rather than sustain the mood, but the art direction and costumes are spectacular, and the supporting players have the best collection of faces in any film I've ever seen (except maybe Delicatessen) - an embarassingly rich collection of gurners and fuglies who look to have jumped right out of the backdrop of an old painting. It's long and probably a bit pretentious (I still don't know what if anything its 'deeper meaning' is other than entertaining fairytale) but didn't feel like a total waste of time. Definitely very ODD though.
 
The Foreigner - Jackie Chan takes on the IRA (Pierce Brosnon doing his best Gerry Adams impression) - it's a grim and silly film and the action sequences lack spark. Plot sucks. Only good for playing spot the familiar British character actors.
 
I'm enjoying series one of Top of the Lake as recommended on here. Thanks to whoever gave the tip :)
 
petee said:
next up:
The Battle of Algiers
Lost Boundaries
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continuing my rampage:

haven't returned to Lost Boundaries yet, but i will.
The Battle Of Algiers :):):):) perhaps smilies aren't the right scale to use for such as this. i'll watch it again, but first impression is that it gets every angle just right.
Crime Wave :):):) los angeles + sterling hayden = you can't go wrong.
Stray Dog :):):):) better this time than ever before. ordered the DVD as a result, so many scenes need re-watching. takashi shimura is the greatest.
F for Fake :confused::confused::confused::confused: to watch, as a movie, it's fascinating. i hesitate to grade it as i'm repelled by the boozhwah milieu in which it takes place.
Good Morning :):):):) only my second Ozu. i saw Tokyo Story in the 80s, not long after it arrived in the states, and the story was so painful that i haven't watched it since. this is an easier introduction to his style. impeccable acting.
 
petee said:
Good Morning :):):):) only my second Ozu. i saw Tokyo Story in the 80s, not long after it arrived in the states, and the story was so painful that i haven't watched it since. this is an easier introduction to his style. impeccable acting.
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Beyond the silver lake, one for David Lynch type fans. Also the latest pet sematary which was no improvement on the original but not exactly worse either.
 
Venom - silly Marvel effort but worth it for Tom Hardy arguing with himself.
Fahrenheit 11/9 - Michael Moore goes after obvious Trump target but also rightly slams the Democrat old guard and Obama. And the section concerning Flint will have you up in arms. Highly recommend.
 
petee said:
Good Morning :):):):) only my second Ozu. i saw Tokyo Story in the 80s, not long after it arrived in the states, and the story was so painful that i haven't watched it since. this is an easier introduction to his style. impeccable acting.
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Painful?
Sure the characters experience pain I would not call the story painful at all - elegiac, bittersweet, sorrowful, yes but painful misses the pathos that is present in every scene of the film.
 
redsquirrel said:
Painful?
Sure the characters experience pain I would not call the story painful at all - elegiac, bittersweet, sorrowful, yes but painful misses the pathos that is present in every scene of the film.
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i'm so fucking sorry i don't see in films what you do.
 
petee said:
i'm so fucking sorry i don't see in films what you do.
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Jesus, it was a question. But, sorry for trying to discuss a films on a film thread.

I just wanted you to explain because painful is not a word that I see associated with Ozu's work. While many of his films have a downbeat feel, there are comic moments, there are happy moments too. His films aren't tragedies, I've not see any film of his that has the pain and grief of, say, Manchester by the Sea, or the real bleakness of Sweet Sixteen or The Pledge.

Personally I find his films intently life affirming with their humanism, people just being people. Trying to live, dealing with each other as best they can, sometimes they hurt each other but, as the daughter-in-law in Tokyo Story points out, that is natural.
 
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The Oath,
American, but almost Brexit like comedy about a family over Thanksgiving with different political views, would like to see something like this with warring Brexit families! :D

The Beach Bum - Matthew McConaughey doing his best take on a stoner author, supported by Snoop Dogg and Isla Fisher. Wasn't very good.
 
Alita. Its based on the anime Battle Angel Alita. I thought it was great, groaning cliches aside, the film could maybe have done with a few more big fights but not bad, not bad at all.
 
Watched Cold War.
Despite being another black and white film set in Poland 50 years ago, it's nothing at all like Ida from the same director. The other similarities are that it's fantastic and the cinematography is to die for. It looks very different for being shot on digital - really high contrast and no grain makes for a unique look. Most digital shoots try to tone it down so it's not obvious - even adding grain, but you can't go 10 minutes in this without wondering how they shot it.

There's a plot, a good one even, and the acting is top rate; but it's still very much a film to look at.
 
Chz said:
Watched Cold War.
Despite being another black and white film set in Poland 50 years ago, it's nothing at all like Ida from the same director. The other similarities are that it's fantastic and the cinematography is to die for. It looks very different for being shot on digital - really high contrast and no grain makes for a unique look. Most digital shoots try to tone it down so it's not obvious - even adding grain, but you can't go 10 minutes in this without wondering how they shot it.

There's a plot, a good one even, and the acting is top rate; but it's still very much a film to look at.
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I really liked a lot about this, but I just didn't understand the central relationship at all. Maybe cos I'm dead inside though
 
Avengement.

Scott Adkins has made a bunch of reasonably well-done martial arts movies. He's a producer on this and it's not really MA, more like a cross between A Sense of Freedom, a cockney gangster film and a big pile of shite. Avoid unless you want to pass 90 minutes watching utter violence and listening to swearing.
 
Part 2 said:
Tin Star series 2. Absolute dogshit. First series was a bit beyond belief but enjoyable, a copper who develops super powers when he has a drink but this time round it's poor in all areas, writing, acting and characters are ridiculous. Some scenes obviously shot on different days where snow magically disappears and the main character gets shot in the leg and walks without a limp the following day. I wonder if Tim Roth is like his character and just does whatever the fuck he likes. I'm a fan but in this he's shit..
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Just made the mistake of watching several episodes of this shit. It had a feel of a non-north american writer way out of his depth in the landscape. Throw in an odd Quebecois? Of course! Chuck in some story line about an abused first nations woman, don't follow it through, and ignore completely the horror of disappearances and murders of nations women in Canada that is going on right now. Wife encourages her philandering violent alcoholic husband to drink so he can find the killers of their son? Bullshit, no fucking way. The whole family were deeply unpleasant and I could have no sympathy for the psychotic bunch. I was just hoping some biker would do us a favour and shoot them all. What a stinking mess.
 
DexterTCN said:
Avengement.

Scott Adkins has made a bunch of reasonably well-done martial arts movies. He's a producer on this and it's not really MA, more like a cross between A Sense of Freedom, a cockney gangster film and a big pile of shite. Avoid unless you want to pass 90 minutes watching utter violence and listening to swearing.
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TBH that is an intriguing review
 
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