What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[gsv]

Straw Dogs

Interesting.

** Spoiler alert **

I don't know if it confirms Peckinpah's reputation for misogyny, but it does nothing to contradict it. The rape is never addressed - it's almost incidental, and at times Amy barely seems to care (she embraces the first rapist and turns to him in a crisis later). The violence at the end doesn't arises from a separate incident, and Hoffman's character (her husband) never even finds out.

Towards the end of the seige I thought it had been a critique of machismo. Then Amy blows away (not shoots - really blows away) the last assailant, and shreds that interpretation. And in the final line, when Hoffman embraces what he's become, it's clear that Peckinpah is a little too in love with testosterone and violence truly to criticise it.


GS(v)

 

[dlx1]

kill Bill 2 - Over rated

 

[shoddysolutions]

Miller's Crossing

Earlyish Coen brothers outing, essentially a period gangster piece, mixing black humour with not so comedic over-the-top brutality. Gabriel Byrne and Albert Finney on fine form. Great scripting, with so many twists and turns you have to pay close attention to follow what's happening. 3.5/5

 

[g force]

kill Bill 2 - Over rated

Over rated? Who the hell rates that pile of shite

 

[Jenerys]

Shaun of the Dead

Pretty funny, especially if you like Spaced

 

[g force]

I'd be interested in your opinion LilJen...I loved Spaced but I just couldn't get into this.

I realise it wasn't meant to be a piss task on zombie movies (how can you when the majority are laughably bad) but at times it felt like it was. I thought the start was pretty good, how people act like zombie's in real life, everyone stuck in their own routine, but once they rescuded his girlfriend it seemed like they ran otu of gags and couldn't figure a way to finish it. IMO the last 45 minutes really dragged badly and ruined what could have been a very good film.

Anyone else?

 

[Orang Utan]

Starsky & Hutch - why did I bother?
Real piece of shit - the worst kind of commercial Hollywood bullshit.

 

[Jenerys]

I'd be interested in your opinion LilJen...I loved Spaced but I just couldn't get into this.

I realise it wasn't meant to be a piss task on zombie movies (how can you when the majority are laughably bad) but at times it felt like it was. I thought the start was pretty good, how people act like zombie's in real life, everyone stuck in their own routine, but once they rescuded his girlfriend it seemed like they ran otu of gags and couldn't figure a way to finish it. IMO the last 45 minutes really dragged badly and ruined what could have been a very good film.

Anyone else?

I chuckled my way through it. But had missed the beginning, so probably missed the best bits

It was still funny tho. Guess I liked the Spaced type editing too

 

[goldenecitrone]

Withnail and I for the hundredth time. Still fantastic.
'Shovelled up by Labour, shat on by Tories'

 

[dogmatique]

Supersize Me. Very good.

 

[Idaho]

Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within
rather good I thought

Surely you jest? That film actually gave me a headache it was so boring.

 

[Dirty Martini]

Big Fish -- enjoyable enough, some fireworks but dreadful playing

Twilight (Newman, Hackman, Sarandon, Garner, Witherspoon) -- lame. Did it ever make it to the cinema?

Identity -- terrible. Ray Liotta's in everything, but what was John Cusack thinking?

 

[Fuzzy]

i watched 21 grams last night. well most of it before i fell asleep after about an hour and a half. quite well done but i guess i was sort of expecting it to have a slightly quicker pace than it did. i missed the end so if anyone can tell me how it ends it would be much appreciated.

 

[shoddysolutions]

i watched 21 grams last night. well most of it before i fell asleep after about an hour and a half. quite well done but i guess i was sort of expecting it to have a slightly quicker pace than it did. i missed the end so if anyone can tell me how it ends it would be much appreciated.

Turns out he did have a heart after all.

 

[Orang Utan]

I thought that was the ending to Wizard Of Oz

 

[shoddysolutions]

Three Colours Blue

Woman survives car crash in which her composer husband and five year old daughter both die. To escape the pain of her grief she tries to cut herself off from the world of feelings and relationships, but it does not prove easy. Juliette Binoche plays the lead with an intensity that had me flinching at times. Fantastic use of colour and sound, maybe Binoche's character is synaesthetic, a slow paced film about love, loss and grief. Good grief. 4/5.

 

[Iam]

Watched Troy on Friday night. Not the worst film ever made, but pants all the same.

Should have just been called "Achilles", because it was all about Pitt looking muscular and beautiful, but it was one of his most wooden performances in years.

Boring battlescenes, poor playing, nothing clever about the shooting. It was OK, but that's all it was, and I would suggest you look elsewhere for riveting entertainment.

Watched Collateral last night. Not bad, bit bland, adequate tough-guy performance from Cruise, but hardly surprisingly, not going to win him oscars. Nicely shot, decent script, but again, not earth shattering, just sufficient. More entertaining than Troy, for sure.

 

[G. Fieendish]

Shaun of the Dead...

 

[dlx1]

big wednesday ............. surf up

 

[loud 1]

dodgeball

good film.

 

[Juice Terry]

big wednesday ............. surf up

big wednesday is a fucking great movie! must watch it again soon myself.

"Is that Matt Johnson?"

 

[Fuzzy]

i watched the life of david gale last night. thoroughly enjoyed it. it had a good pace and i really enjoyed kevin spacey's performance (as usual). excellent all round.

 

[Poi E]

"Dawn of the Dead" remake. Really good stuff. More of an action film than horror (somehow fast moving zombies are just not as oppressively disturbing as slow moving ones.) Decent script for a film of its ilk, technically spot on and a fantastic ending for those who stay for the credits...

 

[Orang Utan]

Recently saw:
Intacto - an intriguing Spanish blockbuster about the nature of luck.
Spirited Away - wow! I don't normally go for cartoons (or isn't anime the posh word for them?) - its no dumb kids film, though its aimed at them. Too early in the morning to say anything remotely intelligent about it, so I'll try later.

 

[Apathy]

I just got the series 3 set of '24' so i've been watching that, not bad for 20 quid

 

[Masseuse]

I watched the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour. Bloody bonkers. I want to see all the other Beatles films now - I've never seen one!

 

[dlx1]

The Couch Trip ( comedy )

Dan Aykroy and Walter Matthau
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off to see another 48hours. I forget if it any good

 

[Samus]

Ichi The Killer Whooo go violence.

 

[Louloubelle]

The Singing Ringing Tree

very lovely it was too



tonight I shall be watching The Tinderbox

 

[oddworld]

I just got the series 3 set of '24' so i've been watching that, not bad for 20 quid

I love 24 , Series 3 was very good even if it was a bit ott