What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[Moggy]

Watched Training Day this afternoon, thought it was pretty good. Got a bit confusing though.

Watch Narc, it bears quite a few similarites in style but is by FAR a superior film.

Plus Ray Liotta is fucking good.

 

[H.Dot]

Jimi Hendrix Live at Woodstock

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Branded to kill.

Managed to watch the whole thing this time. All I can say is WTF? Can they really have been making such crazy films so early?

One of the best endings of a film to rank along with.
Dead or alive
one (from one two three)
Dead or alive final
Walker
rat phink a boo boo

 

[Orang Utan]

Why go and then complain, its not big or clever. Ireally got a problem with people going to films that they will instinctively dislike.

Why? I watch films I know I won't like cos I want to watch everything to keep a sense of perspective and cos I'd rather watch a shit film than shit telly.

 

[Orang Utan]

Plus Ray Liotta is fucking good.

Nowhere near as talented as his little brother Tarka





(sorry, I never tire of that)

 

[belboid]

his French cousin sûrement?

 

[Moggy]

Nowhere near as talented as his little brother Tarka





(sorry, I never tire of that)

 

[Orang Utan]

Big Lebowski - at Somerset House, in the open air, drinking White Russians

 

[Hollis]

I watched "The Virgin Spring".. strangely compelling seeing that not alot happened.. well abit did, but there weren't any good stunt scenes/special effects etc.

 

[Jim2k5]

Dead Presidents, it was shit and took too long to get into and then just seemed to end to quickly.

 

[mhendo]

A couple of nights ago, saw War of the Worlds. Thought it was pretty good, actually, despite having low expectations and disliking Tom Cruise. That Dakota Fanning is a great actor, and i think she's one child star who will continue to be successful into her teen and adult years.

Last night, watched Fun with Dick and Jane (last year's remake). Doesn't hold together very well as a movie, but there are some funny bits and some decent anti-corporate moments.

 

[fear-n-loathing]

Just sitting down to watch The Blues Brothers

 

[mwgdrwg]

The Garden State

Very enjoyable and life-affirming.

 

[8ball]

That the one with the guy from Scrubs?

Saw it at the weekend - was lovely. I thought I wanted to see a slasher flick but got this instead on a whim - def worth seeing.

 

[keithy]

'Somersault'

I was finally in the mood to watch it again.

 

[maya]

!?

had a really bad trip to a czechoslovakian 1960's film about two girls running wild and indulging in mindless consumption of food, art and sensual pleasures...

apparently it was a biting critique of the communist regime, and was banned for years and years...but i really didn't notice.

what freaked me out was the rapid shift between black-and-white and (i thinkkkk??) swirly psychedelic colours, aswell as the abscence of any meaningful dialogue except for some extremely annoying gargles and laughs from the blonde one...

also i want to decorate my room in the same way, with big plant leaves around the bed and eggs in jars on wobbly shelves and anatomical maps of insects.

...and oh, it was called "Daisies". fuck knows why.

 

[Moggy]

had a really bad trip to a czechoslovakian 1960's film about two girls running wild and indulging in mindless consumption of food, art and sensual pleasures...

apparently it was a biting critique of the communist regime, and was banned for years and years...but i really didn't notice.

what freaked me out was the rapid shift between black-and-white and (i thinkkkk??) swirly psychedelic colours, aswell as the abscence of any meaningful dialogue except for some extremely annoying gargles and laughs from the blonde one...

also i want to decorate my room in the same way, with big plant leaves around the bed and eggs in jars on wobbly shelves and anatomical maps of insects.

...and oh, it was called "Daisies". fuck knows why.

Ah, the two Maries... Good film

Did a double bill of Back To The Future and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (which went surprisingly well together) followed by Kidulthood, which i had somewhat mixed feelings of - see seperate thread.


(Did you see Daisies on dvd btw maya? Have been dissapointed that it hasn't been released over here, might get round to buying a US copy at this rate...)

 

[Orang Utan]

Mean Creek - pretty good - well acted at least, esp by the little girl and the bully. Like a darker Stand By Me.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Kinvig

Apparently never repeated and never before on video since it was first transmitted in 1981. Not quite as I remember and the liner note ruined it for me saying the writer did not intend Kinvigs exploits to be ambiguous (real or mentalist head wrong fantasy?) - it was all bollocks, the end. Bastard.

The canned laughter is shit too.

 

[CharlieAddict]

actually "part two" was a bit unfinished, because the actor (Enst-Hugo Järegard?) who plays the head doctor died very suddenly and they couldn't (or wouldn't) make any more episodes without him...

damn.

i did suspect that four episodes in total was too short in telling such a massive story. the hooks throughout is what british television should be like...

saw gaau ji ('dumplings' in english). interesting film that plays on the urban myth of asians eating aborted fetuses. recommend!!!!

 

[Reno]

damn.

i did suspect that four episodes in total was too short in telling such a massive story. the hooks throughout is what british television should be like...

Read a bit further down.

saw gaau ji ('dumplings' in english). interesting film that plays on the urban myth of asians eating aborted fetuses. recommend!!!!

I absolutely love this film. Chris Doyle, who is probably the greatest cinematographer working today shot this and I though this looked absolutely stunning.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Watched Inside Man. Thought it was quality.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Family guy the movie, please, give me back that wasted hour (i fast forwarded to see if it improved).

 

[k_s]

I got the dvd of that scorsese documentary about bob dylan. Went down a treat with a spliff and a bottle of wine it did.

 

[maya]

(Did you see Daisies on dvd btw maya?

yep- my aussie mate found it on dvd in Beijing... english subtitles though!

 

[Skim]

Watched The Apostle and really enjoyed it. Robert Duvall played a preacher who starts a new life for himself in another town after his marriage goes down the pan. He builds a new church and builds another congregation, until his past catches up with him.

I was completely engrossed in the preacher character, who is constantly in dialogue with Jesus, asking him what to do next and which path to take. There was a devout fervour that ran through the film and I – although*an atheist – just got immersed in it completely. It wasn't just about belief but about the strength of community –*perhaps that's what made it so strong for me. Terrific performances throughout, very simple and naturalistic – Duvall was utterly compelling right from the start.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Napoleon Dynamite.

I enjoyed it much more than the first time, I guess you have to be in the mood.

 

[Phenol]

Napoleon Dynamite.

I enjoyed it much more than the first time, I guess you have to be in the mood.

I just don't get this film at all. Thought it was just dull and unfunny.
What am I missing?

 

[Orang Utan]

A sense of humour?

 

[maya]

Watched The Apostle and really enjoyed it. Robert Duvall played a preacher who starts a new life for himself in another town after his marriage goes down the pan. He builds a new church and builds another congregation, until his past catches up with him.

I was completely engrossed in the preacher character, who is constantly in dialogue with Jesus, asking him what to do next and which path to take. There was a devout fervour that ran through the film and I – although*an atheist – just got immersed in it completely. It wasn't just about belief but about the strength of community –*perhaps that's what made it so strong for me. Terrific performances throughout, very simple and naturalistic – Duvall was utterly compelling right from the start.

- i just saw that!

it was called "The Preacher" here, though? (but i might be wrong)

bit weird for me, as i started out completely disgusted with the main character, yet strangely as the story progresses you get more and more sympathy for the man-
not that one necessarily has to share the religious view, but you get a feeling that people are capable of doing terrible things (in his case: injuring and ultimately killing his wife's new lover, the reason he had to flee town in the first place),
yet still have more humane and compassionate character traits in them that will make them (sic) "a good person"...
reality isn't just black-and-white, there's always more than one side to every story, blah blah blah...
that a person's contribution to a community can play an important part in changing that community to the better, and changing other people and so the chain reaction goes off into the sunset...
in the time of aggressive nihilism i think that's a good reminder of the importance of comradeship and community.

but it (the film) can also be read differently: as a portrayal of blind fundamentalism, and the inability of the surroundings to deprogram a person away from those views (even in the chain gang in prison you see him as ever, preaching to his fellow inmates and getting them to chant, "jesus!")
you can take the bible away from the man, but not the man away from the bible...