What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[k_s]

Just remember that it is a black comedy or it might be a little depressing.

old boy is wrong. a really fucking horrible film.

 

[sojourner]

Brokeback Mountain.

Not a bad film but certainly not as good as I thought it would be.

I'd just add that you should read the short story by Annie Proulx. For reasons that will become obvious when you read it

 

[sojourner]

I watched Layer Cake. I would advise against watching it whilst drunk and stoned as it increases the confusion factor 110%.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

old boy is wrong. a really fucking horrible film.

Then try to avoid sympathy for mr vengeance. Far more harrowing.
I like both.


I watched Battle Royale last night. I haven't seen it for ages and its no way as good as I remember. Very silly stuff. This time I saw the extended edition but couldn't see much difference apart from the requiem bits at the end and a much better DVD print without the burnt in subs.

 

[Orang Utan]

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Not seen it since I was a kid - it is pretty magical, especially the Jean Michel Jarre concert at the end.
One thing puzzled me though - why does family man Richard Dreyfus leave with the aliens without even saying goodbye - it doesn't strike me as very Spielberg IYSWIM

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

One thing puzzled me though - why does family man Richard Dreyfus leave with the aliens without even saying goodbye - it doesn't strike me as very Spielberg IYSWIM

But that was back even before the days when ET had guns instead of walkie talkies.

 

[Bomber]

Tonight it's Chunking Express on DVD !

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Lair of the White Worm. I'd never seen it before.

However, it was on late, and I fell asleep partway through, but not before seeing Amanda Donohoe fellating, then biting boy scout Kevin, or before Amanda tests the virginity of one of the sisters with a ram's horn.

It looked like classic Ken Russell, and I'll have to rent the thing to see the exciting climax.

 

[CharlieAddict]

twilight zone - series two. enjoyed the episode when a passenger plan broke the speed of sound and time-traveled. hilarious.

 

[Dubversion]

old boy is wrong. a really fucking horrible film.

It is quite horrible in places, but it's also very clever, brilliantly filmed, rammed with ideas..

 

[Dubversion]

Big Night..

i'd forgotten about this gem (i reviewed it for a trade paper years ago) till it came up in conversation last week..

absolutely brilliant, pitch perfect. Not much happens - struggling 1950s Italian restaurant in New Jersey places all its hopes of survival on visit from Louis Prima...

It's so simple - almost play-like - and so wonderfully acted (Stanley Tucci especially, and Tony Shalhoub as the brothers are great, Minnie Driver is wonderful in it) and written

can't recommend it enough

 

[Jim2k5]

watched Enigma on bbc1 sunday, and last night finally got round to watching the Da Vinci Code, wasnt amazing or as good as the film, but still worth watching i feel.

 

[fear-n-loathing]

watched Top Gun last night, fucking great film and now i want the sound track

 

[purves grundy]

Everything Is Illuminated

Loved it. Couldn't be arsed to read the book, looked too weird and postmodern, might try now. Worth it?

 

[bellator]

Runaway Jury. Thought I had seen it before, thought wrong. Good film.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Alien 9

sorta azumanga meets the thing

quite fucked up really

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I watched 'No Sex Please, We're British'.

It's a godawful movie. My wife begged me to switch to a fishing show, anything else.

But it was somewhat redeemed by the British chase scene at the end. That Windsor looked like a nice town.

 

[Phenol]

Green Street - terrible. Pathetic attempt at cockney accents and all round poor acting.

Inside Man - Not bad heist movie with a twist. Little bit predictable but then again I do have a third eye!

 

[El Sueno]

I tried watching Lucky Number Slevin but an hour in and I realised I wasn't interested, in fact the film was really winding me up. It came across so glib and insincere, plus I couldn't make out half of what Josh Hartnett was saying, he mumbled his lines with all the conviction of someone who wasn't getting paid. The dialogue was such a cheesy attempt to be Tarantino-esque, it was just embarassing.

Might give it another go another night, if anyone can convince me.

 

[mhendo]

Suckers

Great movie about car salesmen. Goes off the rails a little bit at the end with a plot involving loan sharks and drugs, but is worth watching for the scenes in the car dealership. As someone who sold cars for a year, and hated every minute of it, i was both fascinated and horrified to see the business portrayed so accurately in a movie.

 

[Orang Utan]

A History Of Violence - not sure about this film, it's message about violence seems really confused.

 

[bellator]

King Arthur, better than I thought it would be. Second film I've seen with Clive Owen in (Sin City, being the other). He doesn't convince me in either.

 

[CharlieAddict]

torremolinos 73 - clever and witty movie about a failing door-to-door salesman embarking on an adventure with his wife in the 1970s european porn industry.

 

[Red Horse]

I watched Punishment Park, and it was fooking excellent. anybody else seen it? can quite understand why it wasnt too popular when it originally came out in the 70's

 

[sojourner]

Just watched American Splendor - what a great film, loved it The structure, the inclusion of the real Harvey Pekar, fantastic

 

[bellator]

Watched The Brothers Grimm this afternoon and hated it, Heath Ledgers acting was appalling. Hills have eyes tonight, loved it. Meh!!

 

[lunatrick]

the long good friday - for the first time ever on film four.....hmm can't make my mind up, enjoyed it but not entirely satisfied....however worth sitting through just for the classic one line - 'a bit more than a hotdog - know what I mean?'......pmsl at that......

 

[Juice Terry]

Hostel, too much pissing about, not enough torture

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Just watched American Splendor - what a great film, loved it The structure, the inclusion of the real Harvey Pekar, fantastic

yes! great film!

 

[Nina]

Napoleon Dynamite. Not as good as I'd been led to believe.

I think I'd have enjoyed it more if I was stoned.