What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[Leica]

For some reason I can't stand Gael García Bernal, and deliberately avoid any film he's in

 

[May Kasahara]

You're missing out on at least one great film then

 

[Leica]

I've seen Amores Perros, but I didn't like it

 

[May Kasahara]

*shrug*

 

[Pie 1]

Little Miss Sunshine - nicely done, but I'm really not quite sure what all the fuss was about.

Bourne Identity (refresher viewing before the new one) - still a damn fine film for the genre.

 

[Grego Morales]

Shooter - Enjoyable action thriller.

 

[sojourner]

Mysterious Skin

Powerful stuff...wasn't surprised to see that The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things in the trailers part, similar themes...pain, abuse, fucked up lives etc

One of those films that my daughter likes to tell me off for watching

 

[Dubversion]

eps 1 and 2 of series 3 of the Wire.. Already it's astonishing - a little lighter in tone in some ways, but i suspect that will change..

 

[May Kasahara]

Do you really think it's lighter in tone? The first half of the series seemed to me to have a real chaotic end-of-days feel to it, mixed in with some quality slapstick.

I'm so jealous that you're only just starting

 

[elevendayempire]

A season one episode of the Wire - the one with the chess scene - and The Bourne Identity. The special edition version, with the alternate beginning and ending rendered in glorious ungraded crappyvision. That DVD release must've cost the studio, ooh, pennies...

SG

 

[May Kasahara]

A season one episode of the Wire - the one with the chess scene

I love that scene "This the queen. She strong, she fierce." That scene was one of the early points at which I began to realise just how very great The Wire is.

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm so jealous that you're only just starting

I want to have my memory wiped, so I can start watching it again from the beginning

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

A room for romeo brass.

I'm really getting to like meddows stuff (I'm a latecomer, this is england was my first).

I love the way the film shifts who is a hero and who is a mentalsit as it plods along.

I think I only have 24 seven left.

 

[hiccup]

Watched Pan's Labyrinth last night. Lacked some of the spell-binding power it had in the cinema, but it's still a brilliant film. Had forgotten how brutal it is in parts.

 

[girasol]

I had a Vivien Leigh session, watched 'Gone With the Wind' on Monday and
'A Streetcar Named Desire' on Tuesday...

 

[corporate whore]

The Big Sleep. So good. Is it really 51 years old?

Bogart.
Bacall.
Plenty smoking.
Wisecracks.
Intrigue.
Violence.

"My, my, my! Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains! You know, you're the second guy I've met today that seems to think a gat in the hand means the world by the tail."

 

[Pie 1]

eps 1 and 2 of series 3 of the Wire..

I've had it sitting on the shelf for a couple of months and my shiny new 32" reason for waiting arrived this week...

 

[NJNinJa]

Hannibal - 4/5
This was very good. Better than The Silence Of The Lambs and a lot better than Manhunter.

 

[May Kasahara]

Really? You seem to be the only person who's had anything positive to say about it.

 

[NJNinJa]

Really? You seem to be the only person who's had anything positive to say about it.

About Hannibal? I thought it was a very good movie. It even made me gag a bit, which I like in a movie. The Silence Of The Lambs was good as well. Manhunter wasn't that good though. There are 2 more movies in the Hannibal series. I am hoping they are even better. I should be getting Red Dragon in a few days, and then Hannibal Rising.

 

[Orang Utan]

Manhunter was brilliant. You know nothing.

 

[May Kasahara]

Yes, Manhunter is a quality film

 

[Reno]

Manhunter was brilliant. You know nothing.

...and that from the man who only a few days ago claimed that Robocp 2 was better than Die Hard

Not everybody has to buy into the perceived opinion all the time, do they ?

I'm with NJNiJa on this. I always found Manhunter grossly overrated and an instantly dated 80's artifact. Mann was still very much in Miami Vice mode and don't think his superficial advertising style suited the subject matter at all. Awful soundtrack too, as far as I remember and terrible acting by William Peterson who looks perpetually constipated.

Hannibal it's rather underrated IMO. It's outrageous, funny and operatic and it looks like something Dario Argento might have come up with in the 70's had he had a huge budget. It works as a gothic gross out horror comedy and it improves considerably on the dreadful novel.

 

[NJNinJa]

Hannibal it's rather underrated IMO. It's outrageous, funny and operatic and it looks like something Dario Argento might have come up with in the 70's had he had a huge budget. It works as a gross out horror comedy and it improves considerably on the dreadful novel.

I agree. I liked what they did with this movie. Especially how they were able to add some comedy to it. I found it very funny when Hannibal said "I am considering eating your wife" yet it stuck to it's horror movie persona. The part with the brains made me literally gag.

 

[jwhy]

Unreportedworld

Greetings London Souls,

I run www.Unreportedworld.blogspot - free screenings of Indy documentaries at the Ritzy cafe and from Sept in the Bread & Roses. These films seriously challenge orthodox understandings of our world. I've asked if any souls use Urban75 but drawn blanks. How do I communicate with film fans of Urban75 to stimulate some interest? Sorry if this is an inappropriate missive. Regards John

 

[sojourner]

Lucky Number Slevin

Daughter brought it home, so I stuck it on, and it was really rather enjoyable (if a tad fucked up in parts)

 

[mentalchik]

Just watched The Lady In The Water by M Night Shyamalan.....


right enjoyed it too, like a modern fairytale !

 

[corporate whore]

Hotel Rwanda. Good film about a fucked up situation.

Don Cheadle - all is forgiven, me old china..

 

[Dubversion]

Wire S3 eps 3, 4 the other day. Awesome.

Bourne Identity last night. not awesome.

 

[May Kasahara]

Bad Santa