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What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

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TheNegotiator said:
you have to be joking it is an AMAZING film
In what way? It's a mess, plot-wise. It's boring. The script is poor and Johnny Depp phones in his performance. Films about drugs are always viewed upon more kindly by some people, but I tell the truth:p
 
Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang, 1944) - spy thriller set in London with adorable characters and a cake hiding a secret

Detour
(Edgar Ulmer, 1945) - melodramatic low-budget noir with great use of voice-over and rear-projection
 
cyberfairy said:
Pierrepoint-about last hangman in Britain-thought it utterly compelling disturbing viewing. Made me 100% anti death penalty as well.
Saw Pierrepoint whilst on a plane recently and despite watching it on a little screen and dinner being served midway through a load of executions, I too thought it was excellent.

It was disturbing but it made me feel oddly proud with the way it portrayed the British as so good at executing people, especially considering the hangings that have recently taken place in Iraq :(

Timothy Spall, as always, was very good.
 
Brick. Fuck off.

(in hindsight, I should've actually taken notice of the blurb sticker on the box proclaming it "This Year's Donnie Darko" )

Oh well...
 
Sixty Six, about a Jewish boy planning his show-stopping Bar Mitzvah only to have it fall on World Cup Final day. Was a nice little film, didn't take much watching if that makes sense...
 
Not last night, but on Friday I had a thoroughly enjoyable day off and watched:

Shaun of the Dead: :D not sure I'll ever get tired of this.
13: Hmmm, it's a good film and all but I found it completely suspense-free. Maybe it just suffered in comparison with Intacto, which handles a similar terrain but with a great deal more inventiveness and range. Still worth watching though.
Jaws: It's been a while, so thought I'd revisit another old friend. This time around, I noticed how all the women in the film actually look like real, middle-aged people - they have wrinkles, their stomachs sag, their hair is frizzy. But they still look pretty good. It made me realise how far the cult of youth prevails nowadays; if Jaws was remade tomorrow, Chief and Mrs Brody would probably be played by Colin Farrell and Lindsay Lohan :(
 
The Chronicles of Riddick. Could've been good if it hadnt been for Vin Desiel! Bit of a boys film really.
The Queen. Seen it before - good film - she deserved the Oscar
half of Dogma - Kevin Smith fan so seen it before so many times. Nice way to pass the time as there wasnt anything else on TV but it aint no Mallrats!!
 
HJalf of Romeo Brass. Very good. A lot to take in in one sitting. Will watch 2nd half tonight. Considine's character is truly scary, like a cross between tha nutty one off Trainspotting and something terrifying.
 
The Isle.

Fishhook tastic.

Kim Ki Duk is an artist. Park Chan Wook may be the funny dark man but Duk is the thoughtful and beautiful bleak director.

Not as good as my fave 3 Iron for a story but very spiring summer winter fall.

That reminds me I must seek out the bow and the coastguard.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
The Isle.

Fishhook tastic.

Kim Ki Duk is an artist. Park Chan Wook may be the funny dark man but Duk is the thoughtful and beautiful bleak director.
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i'll have to check this out then :)
 
Will be watching this tonight so a little premature but worth a mention...

My sisters fella is on the BBC1 news tonight at 10pm

He was best man at her best friends wedding and my sister was chief bridesmaid. My sister and him hit it off big time and have been together since June last year.

Both these boys are soldiers and only about 3 weeks after the wedding his best mate (the groom) was called up for service in Iraq!!!! My sisters fella went in his place to give him time with his new wife :( but :)
 
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