What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[Dubversion]

as is Spanking The Monkey

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

My question was, why does Johnny name drop Fellini every time he sees an action film ? )

Say what?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

It is set in the deep south. Some - JC2 i think, particularly - didn't like it because it presented a very "BBC look at weird americans" view of the south, which i think is unfair but not entirely without basis. A lot of it does look at the baptist weirdos and the like. But that's not all it is. And it has Harry Crews in it too (the big guy with the cane limping down the dirt track.. )

No, you're wrong: I liked it a lot. I like freaks and weirdos as much as the next person.

I just thought that it was predictable, given that it was a british production.

In a british production about rural or southern america, you have to include the gun nut, the religious fanatic, the toothless old man, etc.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Black Sheep.

New Zealand's worst nightmare come to life, with mutated farmers copulating with sheep, eco-warriors chewing on the heads of rabbits, and meadows full of merinos pulling the entrails out of Japanese businessmen.

I'll have to watch it again at least once, to try to pick up on the jokes made obscure to me by the kiwi accent.

 

[sojourner]

Hot Fuzz

Deeply disappointing. The only time I laughed was the bit I laughed at in the trailer...brainfreeze/ice cream bit

Am going to see Run Fat Boy Run on Saturday with my daughter and her gf, so am hoping it will be at least slightly more amusing. It has Dylan Moran in it - which is an improvement in itself.

 

[Badgers]

The Moomins

x 10000000!!!!!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Old school scary moomins or lame Japanese cartoon version?

 

[Badgers]

Old school scary moomins or lame Japanese cartoon version?

Proper old school scary Moomins

Still as weird as I remember and the Hattifatteners were ace

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The hattifatners were well spooky.

Can you get it on dvd then? Mrs Suplex says she loves the Moonins, I want to show her how the world really is.

 

[andy2002]

28 Weeks Later - first half-hour's decent enough, devolves into something pretty atrocious soon after that though. Not a patch on the first one.

 

[Pie 1]

Last King of Scotland.
Bloody good.

 

[MightyAphrodite]

yes. i wish i'd watched it properly. it looked really fascinating.

i will watch again.

Oh do!

It's brilliant!

 

[CharlieAddict]

Last King of Scotland.
Bloody good.

aye.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Hot Fuzz

Deeply disappointing. The only time I laughed was the bit I laughed at in the trailer...brainfreeze/ice cream bit

Am going to see Run Fat Boy Run on Saturday with my daughter and her gf, so am hoping it will be at least slightly more amusing. It has Dylan Moran in it - which is an improvement in itself.

I didn't like it as much as Shaun of the Dead, but I still enjoyed that movie. The english village gunbattle at the end is a riot.

 

[Reno]

The english village gunbattle at the end is a riot.

That's where the whole movie became tedious IMO. Didn't mind it until then.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

That's where the whole movie became tedious IMO. Didn't mind it until then.

That's the best part: the throwing off of convention and standard expectation.

 

[MightyAphrodite]

An Unfinished Life

ive saw it before but am gonna watch it again right now....

i cant believe robert redford is 71! :-o

 

[sojourner]

Sunday

The Jimmy McGovern dramatisation of Bloody Sunday

Rather good, one part made me get something really big stuck in my eye

 

[Dubversion]

just watched about 4 episodes of the Sarah Silverman Show.

So, so wrong. And so, so funny

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

just watched about 4 episodes of the Sarah Silverman Show.

So, so wrong. And so, so funny

What's wrong about it?

 

[jeff_leigh]

1408 - very claustrophobic and some nice jump out of your skin moments but, I thought the ending was a bit bollocks

 

[sojourner]

This is England - fuck me, that was unnerving. Christ, it was like stepping back in time for me...he really captured that time and place, and I knew so many blokes like Combo, who would just *flip*. I spent my youth in pub bars, playing pool with blokes like him, and went out with a couple of the. That constant atmosphere of massive and unpredictable violence going on *shudder*. Fucking hugely powerful film, can't tell you how much I loved it.

Dead Mans Shoes - didn't realise til it came on that it was another Shane Meadows film. Again, absolutely fantastic, in so many ways.

 

[sojourner]

Not really last night, more this affy, but Run Fat Boy Run. Made me and the girl laugh, quite a lot actually. Puerile, but in a good way

Oh, and Dylan Moran? I actually would!!

 

[Leica]

I've just finished watching Images, by Robert Altman.

 

[renegadechicken]

Just finished watching death proof - was alright, the Mrs Chicken liked it more than i did, but it does have some good dialogue between the ladies.

 

[LDR]

something called (i think) Looking for the Wrong Eyed Jesus.

i think i need to watch it again. sober.

It's brilliant and the soundtrack is worth getting too.

 

[LDR]

Black Sheep.

New Zealand's worst nightmare come to life, with mutated farmers copulating with sheep, eco-warriors chewing on the heads of rabbits, and meadows full of merinos pulling the entrails out of Japanese businessmen.

I'll have to watch it again at least once, to try to pick up on the jokes made obscure to me by the kiwi accent.

I've yet to watch this as yet but I'm really keen to see it.

What do you think of it?

 

[Vintage Paw]

We watched Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing. I love that film. Mr VP hadn't seen it so I insisted we sat down for 2 hours and watched it last night.

I cried buckets as usual. Poignant and moving film. Makes me angry. Makes me sad. Almost a feeling of utter helplessness at the end.

 

[foo]

the BBC thing set in the South? loved that - The Handsome Family, Jim White, Johnny Dowd especially (that song in the barbershop was just beautiful), Cat Power.. marvellous.

watched it last night - and bloody loved it. not knowing much about southern music, or people, i sat with my jaw on the floor. i want the soundtrack now.

i haven't stopped talking bout jesus with a deep southern accent.

i will be for days.

 

[Dubversion]

Did you like the Johnny Down song - him and the woman in the barbers.. "first there was a funeral.. then there was trial... "

just stunning. And The Handsome Family were so cool in it.

eta: i'm actually going to do your gospel disc today and i'll knock up a CD of that sort of stuff as well, as a "bit late" consolation prize