What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[Loki]

Apocalypse Now - I'm sure most urbanites have seen it so no need to blather on about how darkly brilliant it is.

I last saw this nearly 20 years ago and now I'm older and (somewhat!) wiser I appreciate it even more.

It's ironic that it the film was set in October 67, the month I was born - into a peaceful country that hasn't fought a war in centuries and is unlikely ever to again. Just over 100,000 Americans died in Nam, many of them mere teenagers, I don't know how many Vietnamese died but prolly far more..

 

[passenger]

Apocalypse Now - I'm sure most urbanites have seen it so no need to blather on about how darkly brilliant it is.

I last saw this nearly 20 years ago and now I'm older and (somewhat!) wiser I appreciate it even more.

It's ironic that it the film was set in October 67, the month I was born - into a peaceful country that hasn't fought a war in centuries and is unlikely ever to again. Just over 100,000 Americans died in Nam, many of them mere teenagers, I don't know how many Vietnamese died but prolly far more..

got to be one of my all time favs ive seen so many times

 

[mhendo]

Just over 100,000 Americans died in Nam, many of them mere teenagers, I don't know how many Vietnamese died but prolly far more..

Actually, the count of American deaths is somewhere below 60,000. The Vietnam War Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. has 58,245 names on it, and this includes about 1,200 listed as Missing In Action.

As for Vietnamese deaths, it's difficult to be quite so precise, but most estimates tend to settle somewhere around the 2 million mark. This takes into account those killed in actual battles (combatants and non-combatants alike), as well as those who died of hunger, disease, etc. as a direct result of the war and above the nromal death rate.

And Apocalypse Now is, indeed, and excellent film. In the Vietnam War film category, Platoon and Full Metal Jacket also jump out as being of unusually high quality. And The Quiet American, released a couple of years ago with Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser, is also a good movie, IMO.

 

[MightyAphrodite]

Bend it like Beckham- which was much better than i expected

 

[Juice Terry]

Spiderman 2 - Excellent, one of the best comic book adaptations.

The Buttefly Effect - Nice idea, let down by some horribly contrived plot hole fillers.

Once a Thief - Classic Hong Kong John Woo/Chow Yun Fat, not the best but still categorical proof neither of them should have gone within a 1000 miles of Hollywood.

 

[Chorlton]

(the funniest film I've seen in years - buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy!!!)

on a recent flight to australia - i watched this film 3 times.....

yours,
tits magee

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

school of rock
spirited away

 

[Elpenor]

you got to watch it twice i loved it kates best film yet buy far

I think this person meant Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind. I haven't seen that.

Lately I've been watching:

Ronin
Zoolander
Monty Python and the holy Grail
Brideshead Revisited

Tried to watch Pi, but my copy fucked up

 

[Loki]

Spiderman 2 - Excellent, one of the best comic book adaptations.

I sat through half an hour of it and thought it was so full of tedious dialogue crap and generally action-free I deleted it from my hard drive on the spot. Maybe it gets (much) better towards the end??

 

[stdPikachu]

It remains full of pretentious arse right to the end. Yawn on a stick. God bless america.

What is it with Hollywood? As Juice Terry points out, it was the kiss of death to Chow Yun Fat and especially John Woo, both gods of asian cinema. I watched Hard Boiled again the other night and am still staggered by how incredible the stuntwork is.

Jesus fucking christ, he's sliding down the stairs whilst shooting triads with two pistols. This is the coolest film EVER!

 

[walktome]

Benny and Joon

 

[Loki]

Eddie Izzard - Unrepeatable. An hour and 11 minutes of constant chuckling

You really should download his standups you know, it's piss-easy with eMule.

 

[Loki]

Bend it like Beckham- which was much better than i expected

Yeah I watched that the other day and was thoroughly impressed. It was a bit like East is East, another brilliant film exploring multicultural themes with plenty of comedy thrown in.

 

[Juice Terry]

I sat through half an hour of it and thought it was so full of tedious dialogue crap and generally action-free I deleted it from my hard drive on the spot. Maybe it gets (much) better towards the end??

I just like the idea of the superhero being a dork and the way the film really didn't take itself seriously with a healthy dose of tongue in cheek sillyness. Obviously not a masterpiece but a comic book on screen - 90 minutes of throwaway entertainment. The flying and other special effects were pretty damn good as well.

Plus it had Kirsten Dunst in it, always a bonus.

 

[DJ Squelch]

First series of Sean Locks "15 Storeys High". Missed this series when it first came out and only saw the last 2 from the 2nd series so it was good to see the first 6 progsammes. Very funny and seemingly untalked about comedy. Hope they release the 2nd series soon.

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

Benny and Joon

ah i watched that for the first time not too long ago, johnny depp does offbeat so well!

watched lost in translation last night, might have been too drunk to properly appreciate it

 

[akirajoel]

Dodgeball.

"if you can dodge a wrench - you can dodge a ball."

" 'L' for love"

and Steve the pirate...

 

[maya]

Welcome to the dollhouse.
...It reminded me of my own adolescence,tbh.

 

[dlx1]

The Fisher King (1991) Directed byTerry Gilliam

Jeff Bridges / Adam Bryan / Robin Williams

 

[girasol]

The Fisher King (1991) Directed byTerry Gilliam

Jeff Bridges / Adam Bryan / Robin Williams

Oh, yes, I've seen that before... very interesting, I really enjoyed it. Hope you liked it as much as I did!

And if you didn't...

what stuck in my head is a horse and Robin Williams being very scared of it...

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

just watched Cutie Honey live action movie

mostly i got it because it was directed by Hideaki Anno... it was good fun lovingly takes the piss i think i would say

also i think i may have spottred a few in joke appearances

is this who i think it is?

 

[walktome]

ah i watched that for the first time not too long ago, johnny depp does offbeat so well!

watched lost in translation last night, might have been too drunk to properly appreciate it

I liked it, but I thought that if anyone else other than Johnny Depp had attempted that role it wouldn't be as good, considering the plot was about a quiet stuntman belonging in the circus who falls in love with a shizophrenic, obsessive compulsive woman who is controlled by her older brother after their parents die. What a horrible plot. I liked it though, I really did.

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

I liked it, but I thought that if anyone else other than Johnny Depp had attempted that role it wouldn't be as good, considering the plot was about a quiet stuntman belonging in the circus who falls in love with a shizophrenic, obsessive compulsive woman who is controlled by her older brother after their parents die. What a horrible plot. I liked it though, I really did.

heheh, when you put it like that it does sound that happy a film at all, it really was enjoyable though.

watched vistor q last night, very bizarre film, confusing beginning i think i'll need to see it again

 

[Orang Utan]

Visitor Q is probably the most twisted film I've ever seen.
Raining breast milk! Those nipples!

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

some kind of marathon weekend;
audition
battle royale 2
not another teen movie
underworld

it's all about having a bit of variation and needed something a bit light and easy after the first two!

 

[shoddysolutions]

Birdman of Alcatraz

Forget the Shawshank redemption - this is the real deal. Burt Lancaster plays Robert Stroud, a convicted murderer who becomes a renowned bird expert after finding a fledgling sparrow in the exercise yard and nursing it back to health. Stirling performances from Lancaster and from Kurt Malden as his arch enemy within the prison Service.

 

[treefrog]

2001: A Space Odyssey at Pika's new place. In pan and scan. The shame...

 

[WasGeri]

Donnie Brasco, seen it before though.

Something I can't remember the name of, about a TV news anchorman. Quite funny, but I was tired and fell asleep halfway through.

 

[butchersapron]

Anchorman - and very funny it was too.

 

[DaveCinzano]

was it anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy?

damn too slow