What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[rollinder]

last night: episode 1 of the origanal outer limits - The Energy Being (off a freebie dvd) accidentally hilarious in places - especially the main character(s) being obsessed by/made of microwaves, plus alien contact and destruction being caused via stolen electricity and equipment of a local radio station and the ambition of a stand in DJ.

watched an episode of this, this morning while having breakfast

Bagpuss & toast = perfect.
Haven't seen it properly since I was little
Brilliant

Charliemouse nearly got squashed into a bottle and one of the mice had their tail used as a glue spreader. Don't remember the toad singing folk songs at all.
Loved Bagpuss's story about how he used to be a ships captain - "the wind would blow so the ship couldn't go"

they'd never get away with topless mermaids on childrens tv in this day and age.

 

[May Kasahara]

Tried to watch Better Off Dead yesterday but got interrupted by an invasion of flies, so I will try again this afternoon. It made me feel all fuzzy and nostalgic, except for the parts where I was perving over John Cusack which just made me feel a bit

 

[kyser_soze]

Heroes...

SAVE THE CHEERLEADER!

 

[Belushi]

Tried to watch Better Off Dead yesterday but got interrupted by an invasion of flies, so I will try again this afternoon. It made me feel all fuzzy and nostalgic, except for the parts where I was perving over John Cusack which just made me feel a bit

I loved that film as a teen

and I'd go gay for Cusack

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Die hard 4. Enjoyed it. Sure, not as good as the first, but still a decent action film.

 

[May Kasahara]

I loved that film as a teen

and I'd go gay for Cusack

Me and a friend randomly happened across it as impressionable youngsters. I think it was the first film of his I'd ever seen...thus was one of my most enduring crushes born

He looks so sweet and innocent in it now, not like the man-of-the-world adult he later became. Sorry, it must be the sun, my hormones have gone mental!

*resolves to watch more dry documentaries about steam trains in the future*

 

[Bajie]

I watched 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley'.

Not exactly what I would call entertainment, more along the lines of a history lesson in a film format.

 

[rekil]

I thought I'd be watching Matewan on telly but it looks like they've decided to put on something called 'Higher Love' instead. - "Ross, a self-absorbed and determined young man, plans to sell off his family's priceless wine collection to finance his purchase of a substantial mining interest which promises to make him rich."

Nein danke.

 

[London_Calling]

S1 E10 The Soprano's - I'm amused at how the writers keep dangling the Jew's horses under our nose; will it's head end up in his bed, or won't it . . . otherwise, all's well. Funnier than I thought and not as dark (yet, anyway).

 

[dilute micro]

the Number 23

A cheap paperback thriller.

 

[CharlieAddict]

the bourne ultimatum - i'm never gonna buy The Guardian newspaper again after this - friggin' cowardly reporters. okay film - the climax was a let down, compared to the first two.

best blockbuster of the summer so far.

 

[mentalchik]

Nightwatch........russian vampire type malarkey !


Still not sure if i liked it or not.....bemused is probably closest to how i felt about it !

 

[CharlieAddict]

nightwatch i thought was pretty cool.
a bit odd in some of the sequences but not as bad as the critics made it out to be.

saw Blades of Glory tonight. okay, i guess.

 

[Reno]

Who Can Kill a Child?

Excellent Spanish horror film from 1976 and a genuine undiscovered classic.

 

[Pie 1]

All the Kings Men - well half of it anyway - I got so completely annoyed with all the over acting, crap southern accents, stiring music and silly cinematography that I had to switch it off.
Not done that for a while.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

About half of Zodiac. Very good, will watch the second half later today.

 

[corporate whore]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Jimmy Stewart's idealistic east coast lawyer lost in the lawless west, John Wayne calling him "pilgrim" every two minutes, Lee Marvin's sadistic hired gun. Excellent.

"Bar's closed."
"Oh come on - just a beer. A beer's not drinking!"

 

[Looby]

We watched and recorded Babel from box office. I really enjoyed it, couldn't really feel much sympathy for Brad and Cate in Morocco though. They were the characters I was least bothered about, maybe that was the intention.

 

[dada]

korean love flick.
but not a typical boy meets girl story.
LOVE it.
the drunken subway scene is absolutely hilarious.
highly recommend.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Last night I watched Eddie Izzard on his "Glorious" tour of 1997.

It wasn't actually that funny, although I did laugh a couple of times.

It was video, and I haven't watched much video recently. Are they are always such poor quality, I wonder?

 

[rollinder]

I'm watching Planet Of The Apes (they're showing shit adverts at the moment - just finnally seen the skoda cake car ad )

wonder if the peasents being attacked in the field was a statement on Vietnam

eta: now it's turned into a pisstake on man evolving from apes versus christianity

noe chalton heston's beating up honest godfearinging little ape boys

 

[rollinder]

You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!

 

[Maltin]

Although I prefer this (sound) quote.

http://www.rosswalker.co.uk/movie_sounds/sounds_files_20070211_107389/planet_of_the_apes/dirty_ape.wav

 

[rollinder]

yeah that was a great line.

Couldn't help thinking of the Simpsons planet of the apes musical while watching it though

 

[DJ Squelch]

I prefer this (sound) quote.

http://www.rosswalker.co.uk/movie_sounds/sounds_files_20070211_107389/planet_of_the_apes/dirty_ape.wav

Yes, that's my favourite line too.

 

[Geri]

life without me - a very insightful narrative on how a terminally ill woman lives her final moments. loved it.

Oh God, I went to see that with Butchers, one of our first dates. Awful boring crap, I think we walked out after 20 minutes.

 

[maya]

There's a wonderful picture of a production break during the shooting of Planet of the Apes, where extras with their ape suits still on wander round side by side with those who still had the suit on but with the headpiece off, and just regular guys in shorts and t-shirts walking in between those outlandish-looking costumes...
The background is some sort of city ruin and it all looks uncannily like commuters on their way to catch a train, even down to the slightly vacant expression on their faces as if they ignore the others... and just focus on what they are doing, where they are going (probably to grab the last bits of lunch, before the others would finish it off)

 

[CharlieAddict]

Oh God, I went to see that with Butchers, one of our first dates. Awful boring crap, I think we walked out after 20 minutes.

you saw that on one of your first dates?!!!!

nah...it isn't that type of movie.
it is very depressing.

 

[May Kasahara]

A Warning To The Curious

Classic BBC ghost story making great use of the peculiar Norfolk coastline. A very enjoyable watch with some spooky moments and lots of sampleable (?) sounds.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Code Name: The Cleaner.

Cedrick the Entertainer as a spy/janitor.