What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[G. Fieendish]

I watched, Stealth ("Gung Ho" Top Gun clone with CGI effects, & loopy computer controlled aircraft) & Doom....
My Brain is still recovering from this sensory assault of Hollywood crapness....

 

[bellator]

Watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose and it really scared the shit out of me.

 

[Reno]

Watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose and it really scared the shit out of me.

There is a German film coming out here in November called Requiem. It's a great film and it's based much more closely on the real case The Exorcism of Emily Rose claims to be based on. Love the Deep Purple song on the trailer:

http://www.requiem-derfilm.de/trailer.html?size=medium

 

[sojourner]

i love this film...and those chinese lesbians were gorgeous.
chick-flick...never saw it like that but you could be right. and whatever it is, i love the portrayal of asian americans having to deal with two conflicting cultures. good take.

Yeh, the lesbians were gorgeous, but not exactly representative of the vast array of lesbians. The film made the mistake of using what can be seen as aesthetically pleasing actors. Then dressed one in clothing that isn't titillating, and one in stuff that is. Oh, gosh, and here we have the classic stereotypical butch/femme dynamic! (minus the actual butch)

I think that was one of the things that made it seem, to me, like the *dreaded phrase* chick flick. Like straight women can watch it, over a glass of wine a la Bridget Jones, and not have to think too hard about Chinese and/or sexual identity politics. Chick flick is a derogatory phrase, for crap films that hollywood think/push what women want.

I think it had some decent points, and it was ok, but I'd like to see something a bit harder hitting

 

[Reno]

Yeh, the lesbians were gorgeous, but not exactly representative of the vast array of lesbians. The film made the mistake of using what can be seen as aesthetically pleasing actors.

Don't straight romantic comedies do the same thing. They too cast "aesthetically pleasing" actors, so not sure why lesbians don't deserve a bit of eye candy. On the other hand I agree with you that it could have been a much better film.

 

[sojourner]

Don't straight romantic comedies do the same thing. They too cast "aesthetically pleasing" actors, so not sure why lesbians don't deserve a bit of eye candy. On the other hand I agree with you that it could have been a much better film.

Which is where the phrase comes from

Eye candy? Well, it's all subjective eh? I personally am not attracted to stick thin girls, especially not when reproduced as a thing of 'beauty' which has been dictated to me

This is not a dig at thin girls btw. I was one, my daughter is one, and there are all varieties of figure.

 

[Reno]

Which is where the phrase comes from

Eye candy? Well, it's all subjective eh? I personally am not attracted to stick thin girls, especially not when reproduced as a thing of 'beauty' which has been dictated to me

This is not a dig at thin girls btw. I was one, my daughter is one, and there are all varieties of figure.

I suppose you are right and I generally don't like the stud muffins I see in gay romcoms either. I actually like stick thin men and the guys in gay films are generally puffed up gym bunnies.

 

[Jim2k5]

watched FEAST earlier today, its a comedy horror along the same lines as slither

Plot Outline: Patrons locked inside of a bar are forced to fight monsters.

it was very amusing and i recomend it to everyone.

 

[CharlieAddict]

The film made the mistake of using what can be seen as aesthetically pleasing actors. Then dressed one in clothing that isn't titillating, and one in stuff that is. Oh, gosh, and here we have the classic stereotypical butch/femme dynamic! (minus the actual butch)

lol! you mean like miss congeniality?

i dunno, but i hardly see good looking lesbian couples - yeah, there some but not much.

 

[CharlieAddict]

just finished watching 'hostage.'

good film if you don't want to think too hard. reminds me of a dean koontz novel. dunno why.

 

[Orang Utan]

i dunno, but i hardly see good looking lesbian couples - yeah, there some but not much.

nobhead

 

[CharlieAddict]

nobhead

yeah right.
go into the candybar and spot the supermodel couples please.
i was referring to the film you judgemental twat.

 

[citydreams]

lol! you mean like miss congeniality?

i dunno, but i hardly see good looking lesbian couples - yeah, there some but not much.

I think Sharon Stone scared them off

 

[foamy]

Proof - for some reason anthony hopkins was really annoying in it. his performance seemed awkward just like he didnt fit very well. maybe he is too good an actor for such a rubbish film. or maybe hes not that great. i cant decide.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Finally watched House of Games. Had been wanting to watch it for yonks. Pretty good, although having previouslys een Heist and Spanish Prisoner, I feel that after a while we get to know Mamet's twisty way of writing plots, and can almost guess the twists coming.

Perhaps the ultimate twist in the next Mamet film will be containing no twists?

 

[belboid]

aah, you've seen State & Main then...

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

No, only Heist/Spanish Prisoner previously...

 

[Dubversion]

finally saw Spirited Away - mostly very good, but I did think the last 1/4 lapsed into rather more standard kids film fare than the preceding 3/4s.

Nonetheless, incredible flights of imagination and it looked brilliant

 

[belboid]

No, only Heist/Spanish Prisoner previously...

you missed my cunning witticism

(ie, State & Main doesnt really have any big plot twists in it)

 

[sojourner]

i hardly see good looking lesbian couples - yeah, there some but not much.

And what would your definition of good looking lesbian couples be then? Personal wank fodder?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

you missed my cunning witticism

(ie, State & Main doesnt really have any big plot twists in it)

Ah, OK... Cheers.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

i hardly see good looking lesbian couples - yeah, there some but not much.

And these lesbian couples care what you think of their looks how exactly?

 

[CharlieAddict]

And these lesbian couples care what you think of their looks how exactly?

i dunno. i don't care what others think either.
but film-wise, denise richards, sharon stone, angelina jolie portray a type of lesbian that is acceptable cos it's easy on the eye.

 

[Jim2k5]

just finished watching Boy Eats Girl comedy horror and irish, was rather amusing. very shaun of the dead esque

 

[Orang Utan]

Miike's Gozu - blimey - what a strange film - either he's just being weird for the sake of it or he's got some incredibly complex message about male sexual insecurities that is impossible to unravel. An eye-opener in any case. Anyone else seen it?
(It was awfully slow though)

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Miike's Gozu - blimey - what a strange film - either he's just being weird for the sake of it or he's got some incredibly complex message about male sexual insecurities that is impossible to unravel. An eye-opener in any case. Anyone else seen it?
(It was awfully slow though)

Yeah and I love it!!!!
Does suffer a bit like most of Miikes films from being over long (I can see loads of edits you could make).

I love the english woman who is having a conversation with him but uses cue cards.

Very funny film, if only it was edited tighter.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

finally saw Spirited Away - mostly very good, but I did think the last 1/4 lapsed into rather more standard kids film fare than the preceding 3/4s.

Nonetheless, incredible flights of imagination and it looked brilliant

the final quater was certianly slower than the proceding part but it does seam to be there to expand out view of that world. from the moment sen/chihiro leaves the Aburaya the world takes on a diffrent feeling the pace of the movie seams to change as if to reflect the change in location. the change in worlds take effect even in the movie from the hussle and bussle of the aburaya to thew slow idelic country side. something that is shown again and again in miyazaki films though often not as subtly as here.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

the final quater was certianly slower than the proceding part but it does seam to be there to expand out view of that world. from the moment sen/chihiro leaves the Aburaya the world takes on a diffrent feeling the pace of the movie seams to change as if to reflect the change in location. the change in worlds take effect even in the movie from the hussle and bussle of the aburaya to thew slow idelic country side. something that is shown again and again in miyazaki films though often not as subtly as here.

I think it is prehaps my least favorate Ghibli film apart from Umi ga kikoeru (maybe called 'I can hear the sea' or something in english) and and Kurenai no buta (crimson pig). That reminds me, I have never seen omoide poro poro and I even have that Ghibli idents DVD.

 

[CharlieAddict]

Miike's Gozu - blimey - what a strange film - either he's just being weird for the sake of it or he's got some incredibly complex message about male sexual insecurities that is impossible to unravel. An eye-opener in any case. Anyone else seen it?
(It was awfully slow though)

interesting film though not something i watch again.
the bit with the lactating old woman in the hotel (or whatever the japanese variation is) urging the lead man to drink her milk made me quite ill.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

interesting film though not something i watch again.
the bit with the lactating old woman in the hotel (or whatever the japanese variation is) urging the lead man to drink her milk made me quite ill.

You will be wanting to get out Visitor Q then.