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

[pianissimo]

Lovely Bones

- excellent.

 

[pianissimo]

The Piano Teacher. Michael Haneke film from 2001 about sex, power and desperation. Isabelle Huppert gives a superb performance in the lead.

I found it freakish. But then again I'm not into sadomasochistic fetishes.

 

[KeeperofDragons]

Working my way through Babylon 5 yet again, just watched By Any Mean Necessary - can't remember what number episode only that it was in series 1

KoD

 

[DotCommunist]

I watched the last episode of Being Human which was quite sad although New Vampire Baddie is fairly sinister.

 

[100% masahiko]

Lovely Bones

- excellent.

read the book.
film does it a dis-service.

 

[100% masahiko]

Rope, a Hitchcock I'd never seen loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb case.

Enjoyed it despite the miscasting of Jimmy Stewart; cleverly edited by Hitch to make it look as if it was shot in one continuous take.

I saw this recently too. Liked it but prefer Hitchcock's later stuff.

 

[quimcunx]

Got round to watching In Bruges after lot's of people saying it's good. It's good.

 

[jeff_leigh]

Got round to watching In Bruges after lot's of people saying it's good. It's good.

watch The Guard that's good as well

 

[Mapped]

I watched The Guard last week. Highly recommended!

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Tae Guk Gi. Brother turns on brother in the Korean Civil War.

 

[Belushi]

Women Without Men. The lives of four Iranian women at the time of the British backed coup in 1953. Enjoyed it though the story was a bit muddled, the cinematography is stunning, some of the most strikingly beautiful shots I've seen in film.

 

[belboid]

Animal Kingdom.

A right merry little number. Deeply engrossing and good too, tho

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Cemetery Junction. It's 'American Graffitti' done British-style.

American Graffitti is not a bad movie, but it's hard to beat the British filmmakers for this kind of human-drama type film. I can't recall getting a tear in my eye at any part of Graffitti, for instance.

 

[andy2002]

Tucker and Dale vs Evil: Very funny comedy/horror satire. The first half especially is wonderful.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Hostel.

I fast forwarded through the boring bits and it was over in about 10 minutes.

 

[Zabo]

Sacco e Vanzetti. An Irish actor and a South African actor dubbed in Italian are not good omens. The French version is even worse!

The documentary was more telling and thankfully didn't require the Italian histrionics.

Things haven't changed much since 1927

 

[little_legs]

Animal Kingdom.

A right merry little number. Deeply engrossing and good too, tho

I only read after watching this film that it was based on a true story. I thought it was disturbing. And that mother kissing her grown up sons on their lips was cringeworthy.

 

[starfish]

NEDS. Pure dead brilliant so it was by the way.

 

[Mapped]

NEDS. Pure dead brilliant so it was by the way.

I've got this one saved for when I feel like a bleak Scottish drama. It's been sat in my download folder for months.

 

[Orang Utan]

I only read after watching this film that it was based on a true story. I thought it was disturbing. And that mother kissing her grown up sons on their lips was cringeworthy.

are mothers not supposed to kiss their kids on the lips then?

 

[Yetman]

Apolalypto - wasnt expecting something this good from Mel Gibson, but it was brilliant, a proper epic and portrayed the lifestyle of the people of the time excellently. 9/10

 

[little_legs]

are mothers not supposed to kiss their kids on the lips then?

Actually, I should have said that it was weird that she was kissing them on the mouth.

Have you seen this film, OU?

 

[DexterTCN]

Thor. Can't complain, quite good.

 

[Orang Utan]

Actually, I should have said that it was weird that she was kissing them on the mouth.

Have you seen this film, OU?

yeah, thought it was great.

 

[little_legs]

yeah, thought it was great.

I thought it was great too, I am not disputing the quality of the film.

Do I understand correctly that you did not think for a moment that Smurf kissing her sons on the mouth was a bit odd?

 

[Orang Utan]

i though it was a little bit over the top as they were a bit lingering, but normal mums peck their kids on the lips too.

 

[butchersapron]

lezzers

 

[little_legs]

Normal mums? Ok. Fair enough.

I don’t have any problems with parents pecking children on their lips. Perhaps I am being judgemental, but IMO this was no pecking, OU.

I recognise that in this particular film, the impropriety of mother kissing grown up sons on their mouths is probably an allegory to animals the film’s director equates this family to. This mother is clearly in love with her children; eccentric as they are, they are the love of her life which makes her character so compelling. She is someone who would literally do anything for her children but whose love ultimately destroys them. Still, when she did it first time, I did think to myself ‘hang on a second, something’s going on here’.

 

[butchersapron]

No, she just fucks kids. Nothing else.

 

[redsquirrel]

Animal Kingdom.

A right merry little number. Deeply engrossing and good too, tho

Very good, glad to see it's made it over to the UK