What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[Belushi]

Almost as scary as the official 1960's public information video giving you practical advice in the event of a nuclear attack (positions to asume during explosions and what do if with any dead bodies in the house etc )

The best bit is when it advises you to brush yourself down to get rid of any fallout

 

[elevendayempire]

Life on Mars ep 1. Brill.

SG

 

[Erich Zann]

A Scanner Darkly. The Sound is a bit weird, i think because the lips aren't doing what you expect. I watched most of it with the subtitles on.
Think it needs another watch soon to be sure it wasn't my ears

 

[Dubversion]

having thrown a sickie with Pie Face and watched 5 Deadwood's in a row, we were thwarted by a corrupted file for the penultimate episode

so we watched Junebug instead. Which was pretty good, in a US Mike Leigh kind of way

 

[purves grundy]

The Departed

Didn't know it was a Scorcese jobbie, went on way past my bedtime. Fuckin good though.

 

[Grandma Death]

The remake of The Omen. Kinda weird....it wasnt bad but I felt quite detached from it. Great cast and pretty much an exact same remake-because of that it didnt really grip me. Remakes should IMO always add something new-and this really failed in doing that.

 

[purves grundy]

The remake of The Omen. Kinda weird....it wasnt bad but I felt quite detached from it. Great cast and pretty much an exact same remake-because of that it didnt really grip me. Remakes should IMO always add something new-and this really failed in doing that.

Agree. Same script in many places, the photographer still working in print... quite sad really. At least they didn't use the original's music (Old Spice thingy), not that that made the remake any better. I liked the dreams though - quite jumpy.

 

[Grandma Death]

Agree. Same script in many places, the photographer still working in print... quite sad really. At least they didn't use the original's music (Old Spice thingy), not that that made the remake any better. I liked the dreams though - quite jumpy.

And on a technical note-the maids head would've come off when she hung herself from that height.

 

[purves grundy]

And on a technical note-the maids head would've come off when she hung herself from that height.

Maybe they can add the Tikriti hanging onto the DVD extras for discussion and comparison

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

Watched Save The Green Planet, a very odd film, and it seemed a very strange ending, it'd bad the odd glimpse of peculiar but the ended was unexpected to take it that way

 

[llantwit]

King's Game - a Danish film about a journalist unmasking political intrigue. Kinda predicatable, but enjoyable enough. And I've got a bit of a thing for Danish cinema for some reason. It's taught me to swear passably in Danish if nothing else, which always amuses the natives when I'm there.
Lovefilm said:

Three weeks before general elections, the leader of one of the country's largest parties, is involved in a severe car accident. The political scene is thrown into disarray. Ulrik Torp is a young, ambitious journalist, who gets caught up in a ruthless struggle for power headed by the party's two successors to leadership. Speculation in the press and calculated lies fuel the controversy at great personal cost to many of the people involved. A cynical plot is uncovered that may involve the incumbent Prime Minister, and Ulrik is obsessed with learning the truth.

 

[Choc]

i recommend the film Christiane F

...only if you are into druggie types of film though

(tastebud please please watch this one..)

 

[Julie]

The Queen.

Helen Mirren is faaaaabolos

 

[mhendo]

Superman Returns.

Thought it was pretty good.

But who the fuck are they kidding with Kate Bosworth?

She looks 22 (which, in fact, she was during filming), and we're supposed to believe that she was already a seasoned reporter when Superman went away five years previously? Gimme a break!

 

[Grandma Death]

i recommend the film Christiane F

...only if you are into druggie types of film though

(tastebud please please watch this one..)

Great film though I havent seen it for over 20 years.

 

[Reno]

Superman Returns.

Thought it was pretty good.

But who the fuck are they kidding with Kate Bosworth?

She looks 22 (which, in fact, she was during filming), and we're supposed to believe that she was already a seasoned reporter when Superman went away five years previously? Gimme a break!

She so let the film down, especially when compared to the gutsy/smart/funny Lois Lane Margot Kidder played. It's a shame because there was much I liked about the film otherwise.

 

[llantwit]

Great film though I havent seen it for over 20 years.

That is indeed a good un. Bit harrowing, though. Not a feelgood movie.

I watched another Danish one last night - Minor Mishaps. Really good, gentle family drama. A bit like Mike Leigh-lite set in Copenhagen, although not as much class-analysis or tension/misery. Well worth a look.

 

[jeff_leigh]

started to watch 1st season of Deadwood that I bought in Bangkok the the disc froze on me not like I can take it back for a refund, oh well C'est la vie

*fires up Bit Torrent*

 

[Choc]

i watched what the bleeb do we know last night.

not a bad film/docu at all. loads of food for thought

 

[mhendo]

She so let the film down, especially when compared to the gutsy/smart/funny Lois Lane Margot Kidder played. It's a shame because there was much I liked about the film otherwise.

Exactly!

I thought Margot Kidder was great, and a lightly older (i.e., 30ish) and sassier Lois Lane would have made this a much better movie.

 

[May Kasahara]

Haven't watched it yet, but I am excitedly awaiting delivery of series 1 of The Wire...at last, my itch will be scratched!

 

[Orang Utan]

It's wicked May - been watching the first series myself - pay attention though!

 

[Grandma Death]

Hostel....trashy offensive crap.

 

[CharlieAddict]

C.R.A.Z.Y. - absolutely amazing movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! watch it if you don't believe me!

 

[CharlieAddict]

reeker - i decided to watch this cos loads of reviewers said it was good and original. it was neither. overall - a carbon copy of Dead End.

 

[sojourner]

The remake of The Omen. Kinda weird....it wasnt bad but I felt quite detached from it. Great cast and pretty much an exact same remake-because of that it didnt really grip me. Remakes should IMO always add something new-and this really failed in doing that.

This, but I fell asleep for most of it, so am gonna watch it again

 

[andy2002]

Hostel....trashy offensive crap.

Isn't it though. Where have all the good horror films gone? It seems western directors have taken all the in-your-face nastiness from Japanese stuff (Takashi Miike etc) and none of the creepy psychological weirdness.

 

[Sunspots]

Just watched...

Leave Her To Heaven: not the sort of thing I usually watch, but it was surprisingly gripping. Amazing cinematography too.

Il Decameron: not watched any Pasolini for years, but I really enjoyed this one. Funny, and refreshingly bawdy.

 

[Leica]

ooh good choices

I watched The Flower of My Secret after a long time. This movie is too fantastic for words, just great in every sense, beautiful frames and photography, full of classic film references, contains the plot of Volver as a script... and a great dance sequence to Gil Evans & Miles Davis' Solea.

 

[Negativland]

Just watched...

Leave Her To Heaven

Cool technicolour like Douglas Sirk.

For me: Faster pussycat! Kill! Kill! - I think Varla is my favourite film character EVER.