What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The Calamari Wrestler.

One of the only films I've ever watched with my mouth open the entire way though in a kind of WTF? way.

There is this giant squid wrestler but nobody will let him for the championship because he is a giant squid.
The squid eventually gets to fight the champion who has somehow turned into an octopus (why?).
It turns out the squid is somehow the octopuses (as a man) girlfriends ex husband. When she finds out (it's not explained how BTW) she actually begins a sexual relationship with the squid!!!!
Anyway the squid eventually becomes the champ but then some kind of giant shrimp (from out of nowhere) attacks him in the street.

There is a big fight at the end that pairs the octopus and the squid against the shrimp thing, then it turns out he shrimp is the father of both of them (so they are also brothers but they didn't know) THE END.
The odd thing is that it's not done as a romantic drama rather than a comedy with nobody really batting a eyelid at the giant sea creatures.
Incredible stuff.

 

[tastebud]

The Island.
Odd but, well, interesting. - sort of - eeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr

errrrrrrrmmmmm - maybe I'll watch it again.

That film is seeeeriously disturbing!

Me too! But I feel compelled to wait til the second series comes out on dvd. A friend has the second series on video, but I won't watch it til I have the dvd set. Lynch promised it would be released this year. So I'm holding my breath and am going purple.

You took a long time to watch it...

Yeah I know. Tis silly. Remember that I saw it all originally on television all those years ago though. I was pretty young though and didn't remember any of it. I don't even remember who killed her, though I'm pretty sure my suspicions are accurate. Agent Cooper at the end... He'd better be okay! I love him soo much. He's brilliant!

 

[jeff_leigh]

Touch of Evil - spotted Dennis Weaver as the Motel Night Manager

 

[Dubversion]

Far From Heaven - very good movie, great performance by Julianne Moore. Haven't seen enough Douglas Sirk to be sure how good a job Haynes did with his homage, but it all seemed pitch-perfect 50s melodrama

 

[sojourner]

Boys Don't Cry - as the credits rolled, no one spoke for at least a minute, shocked into silence. Even though I knew what was coming up, I still couldn't prepare myself for the rape and the screaming injustice, and the kids were gutted

 

[Pieface]

Boys Don't Cry - as the credits rolled, no one spoke for at least a minute, shocked into silence. Even though I knew what was coming up, I still couldn't prepare myself for the rape and the screaming injustice, and the kids were gutted

that film was responsible for me really embarrassing a mate of mine in public. I basically came out the cinema properly sobbing - snot running down face kind of crying - burbling on about how she only wanted to love somebody or some such drivel.

I was taken for a stiff drink. My friend found my response a little over the top.....but I can't help it - some books and films do that to me. The Elephant Man I practically can't breathe at the end of. I was sobbing into my pillow because of a book not long ago.... So, erm, I haven't watched Boys Don't Cry recently.

 

[Lisarocket]

Breakfast on Pluto. What a lovely film. well acted, good story, moving and funny in places. Cillian Murphy is great in the lead role. I'd definitely watch it again

 

[sojourner]

that film was responsible for me really embarrassing a mate of mine in public. I basically came out the cinema properly sobbing - snot running down face kind of crying - burbling on about how she only wanted to love somebody or some such drivel.

I was taken for a stiff drink. My friend found my response a little over the top.....but I can't help it - some books and films do that to me. The Elephant Man I practically can't breathe at the end of. I was sobbing into my pillow because of a book not long ago.... So, erm, I haven't watched Boys Don't Cry recently.

I don't reckon its an over the top reaction at all. I shed quite a few tears at it, and I don't normally whinge over films, but I think because it's a true story, and I had known about the case from when it happened, this and the fact that it was only 13 years ago that this happened made it so much worse.

Hilary Swank was extremely good in it, very believable. I caught myself phwoarring over her early on

 

[Grandma Death]

Jarhead and Lord of War both so so movies. Quite dissapointed in Jarhead expected more from Mendes.

 

[Juice Terry]

Adam & Paul, tragic and touching film about a couple of Dublin junkies, funny and sad all in one go.

 

[Dubversion]

we lasted about an hour of The Fantastic Four - through gritted teeth.

Absolute shit, cliché upon cliché, no gags, no excitement, no characters. Just awful.

 

[belboid]

Factotum - good, but not as good as the reviews made out. Not that impessed by Dillon.

Three Songs About Lenin - aah, they dont make them like that anymore. Really bloody good stuff actually.

 

[Dubversion]

Factotum - good, but not as good as the reviews made out. Not that impessed by Dillon.

i agree with the first bit, but think you're a bit hard on Dillon. I thought he did pretty well slipping into Bukowski / Chinaski's skin.

 

[belboid]

mmm, maybe, no Mickey Rourke tho. And I'd heard really great things about how good he was in it, and he just wasnt that good. Slur/drawl a bit, delay speaking/any reaction for a second - impressive gait tho

 

[g force]

I was made to watch "Must love Dogs"...I assume John Cusack needed a bit of cash at the time because it was risible. Stupid girlfriend

Also finished watchign Season 4 of Northern Exposure complete with Adam Ant cameo

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Also finished watchign Season 4 of Northern Exposure complete with Adam Ant cameo

Was watching Season 2 of Northern Exposure.

I'm sure I've seen that Season 5 is coming out soon I haven't even got Season 3 and 4 yet, although I'm waiting on Season 3.

Also watching Season 2 of Due South

 

[Skim]

Finished Ingmar Bergman's swan song Fanny and Alexander last night – watched all 300 minutes of it over the course of a week. Enjoyable once I'd got into it, although I need to do some reading about the film because I think I may have missed some of its subtle symbolism. Beautifully shot and lit, very elegant.

Also watched Ma Vie En Rose the other night, a very charming Belgian comedy about a little boy who wants to be a little girl. Dealing with such a subject could have gone horribly wrong, but the kid's transvestism was handled really well.

Just about to come to the end of the first season of Sex and the City, too. I'd dismissed the show for years, thinking it wasn't really my type of thing, but I have to concede it is pretty good. I still think Carrie Bradshaw is a ditzy bint though...

 

[foo]

snuggled up and watched the first series of Black Books last night.

bloody marvellous.

 

[dlx1]

not seen for time
Killing Zoe (1994)
Identity (2003)

 

[Jim2k5]

bought King of the Hill series 3 on dvd yesterday so started on the 1st disc. was good, im begining to like it more the more i watch.

 

[Orang Utan]

Auto Focus - great film about a TV actor and his sex addiction - had some very interesting stuff about how it's not just the addiction that's the trouble, it's the people you hang about with - a believable depiction of that co-dependency you get in addictive lifestyles. Well acted too, esp by Greg Kinnear (criminally under-rated) and Willem Dafoe. Nicely designed too.

 

[El Sueno]

I watched the Dog Town film but the 'uncensored' version with a few more drug references and swearing. Fucking ace too, now I'm checking out all my old Z-Boy heroes' websites.

 

[CharlieAddict]

the hills have eyes (2006) - i like my horror movies but this was just shit.

 

[zenie]

Nil by Mouth

Quality

 

[tastebud]

Finished Ingmar Bergman's swan song Fanny and Alexander last night – watched all 300 minutes of it over the course of a week.

I watched another Ingmar Bergman film t'other night too. The Passion of Anna. Pretty depressing but interestingly so.

 

[Jim2k5]

Minority Report, just got it on dvd, and watched it, not amazing but it was only 2.99 so meh, fuck it

 

[Jim2k5]

I watched the Dog Town film but the 'uncensored' version with a few more drug references and swearing. Fucking ace too, now I'm checking out all my old Z-Boy heroes' websites.

that the Lords of Dogtown or Dogtownand Zboys? seen both, didnt think they where amazing

 

[fear-n-loathing]

The orginal Omen

 

[El Sueno]

that the Lords of Dogtown or Dogtownand Zboys? seen both, didnt think they where amazing

'Lords of Dogtown' was the movie not the docu, which I aint seen yet. I thought the movie was great and some of the likenesses were uncanny. I liked the cameos too, guys like Tony Hawk and of course the original Z-Boyz popping up as 'grown ups' playing alongside the kids.

 

[Phenol]

Flightplan
Utter toss!