What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[bingobowden]

I watched The Last Samurai.

It's pretty much what I expected from a Tom Cruise film - watchable, but nothing special.

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm just settling down to watch Ep 2 of Sopranos Season 5.
Watched American Splendour last night and was slightly disappointed - it depicted an unremarkable man's life quite unremarkably though there were moments of insight that rang true - I liked the supergeek.

 

[Orang Utan]

Hidden Fortress

Is this the film George Lucas stole the C3PO/R2D2/Princess Leia storyline in Star Wars from?

 

[Juice Terry]

Is this the film George Lucas stole the C3PO/R2D2/Princess Leia storyline in Star Wars from?

Now you mention it, yes it probably was. Theres a young pretty princess and two dumb bumbling peasants who lead her to safety. However in the Hidden fortress they are actually double crossing, untrustworthy and only after the gold. They are both cowardly like C3PO instead of there being a brave R2D2 character.

 

[Spud u like]

Babyjuice express- Crap
Elephant- Pretty good

 

[ck]

The best of "Saturday Night Live" on DVD. It's got some classic material on there but is edited to high hell ; there is no build-up on the gags ; just the punchline.

It's one programme I'd love to be able to watch regularly though...

ck

 

[Psychonaut]

Starship Troopers 2

Absolutely shite, avoid at all costs if you enjoyed the original.

Shit!

i dimly remember the original, it mightve been quite fun as action romps go, but the memory of it puts me off ever reading the book. which is a shame, because the book is by Robert Heinlein (fascinating political and social ideals) and probably very good.

Last night i watched 3 episodes of Yes, Minister back to back.
(series 2-3 is on suprnova)

 

[Sunray]

Ghostdog

This mad me laugh on occasion, go yay at others and left me puzzled most of the time as to what the fuck I was watching. Defo not up to the standard that Jim Jarmusch has set in the past, the reason I got it. Its a bit like Kill Bill in some respect.

Odd.

 

[Diamond]

I saw a classic film last night - 'Scum' with Ray Winstone. It was made in the early 80s for TV I think but was then either banned or heavily censored, I couldn't find out which it was. It was set in an early 80s borstal of extreme brutality. The plot revovled around Winstone's character coming into the borstal having assaulted a guard at his last borstal where he was the 'daddy'. There then follows a subdued power struggle as the guards acting in collusion with the 'daddy' try to subjugate Winstone's isolated and standoffish character. After a lot of provocation Winstone's talent for ultraviolence shines through in a brilliant scene where he quickly and coldly wanders the halls of his wing nobbling the 'daddy' and his cronies. It's a remarkable example of the old 'the king is dead, long live the king' syndrome as seconds after the old 'daddy' has had several shades of shit kicked out of him by Winstone's character, one of the screws desperately confronts him in an effort to get some sort of statement out of him with which they could have a go at Winstone. Of course he says nothing.

I can highly recommend it but you best be made aware that a new phrase will probably enter your vocabulary: Who's the Daddy?

 

[BigTom]

over the last week:

Welcome To Collinwood - watchable, enjoyable. nothing special but decent
New Jack City - better then I expected gangster film.. Ice T fantastic in it
2001 - I don't need to say anthing here surely?
2010 - decent sci-fi thriller, obviously crap in comparison to 2001 but if you saw it on its own would be good
Dune - superb, as with everything from david lynch
Johnny Mnemonic - finally got round to watching this when I discovered a friend owns it actually, although Keanu Reeves is as bad as everyone said, the film itself is quite watchable.. probably just for the ideas in the story.
Universal Soldier - moronic but quite enjoyable nonetheless. Dolph Lungdren on (for himself) top form
Shooting Fish - I really enjoyed this con thriller/romance affair.. a half decent soundtrack, although I noticed the Bluetones in there.

I cant remember what else I've watched.

 

[Poi E]

over the last week:

Welcome To Collinwood - watchable, enjoyable. nothing special but decent
New Jack City - better then I expected gangster film.. Ice T fantastic in it
2001 - I don't need to say anthing here surely?
2010 - decent sci-fi thriller, obviously crap in comparison to 2001 but if you saw it on its own would be good
Dune - superb, as with everything from david lynch
Johnny Mnemonic - finally got round to watching this when I discovered a friend owns it actually, although Keanu Reeves is as bad as everyone said, the film itself is quite watchable.. probably just for the ideas in the story.
Universal Soldier - moronic but quite enjoyable nonetheless. Dolph Lungdren on (for himself) top form
Shooting Fish - I really enjoyed this con thriller/romance affair.. a half decent soundtrack, although I noticed the Bluetones in there.

I cant remember what else I've watched.

Bloody hell! That must have been a big ol' bag of weed you had there. "Dune" is something that needs a director's cut. Good film but rushed into release in 1984.

 

[Pie 1]

Watched Kill Bill at last yesterday. Top stuff, very plesently suprised.

 

[Juice Terry]

Dancer In The Dark - Worst film I've seen all year.

Tears of the Sun - Surprisingly good, not the gungho america saves the world claptrap i feared it might be.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Now you mention it, yes it probably was. Theres a young pretty princess and two dumb bumbling peasants who lead her to safety. However in the Hidden fortress they are actually double crossing, untrustworthy and only after the gold. They are both cowardly like C3PO instead of there being a brave R2D2 character.

Actually, if I remember rightly, George Lucas has always said that that film was one of the major influences on the first Star Wars film.

 

[Juice Terry]

Actually, if I remember rightly, George Lucas has always said that that film was one of the major influences on the first Star Wars film.

Must have been. I don't understand why some people think this wrong though. All writers directors are influenced by all sorts of sources. I mean where would Kurosawa have been without Shakespeare?

Incidently I'm watching Yojimbo tonight, that became Fistful of Dollars didn't it. On a bit of a Kurosawa trip at the moment. Fast becoming my favourite director.

 

[kyser_soze]

Taxi Driver
All the Presidnts Men

 

[internetstalker]

snatch!
again, quality

 

[\\(^o^)//]

Japanese release of Kill Bill. The whole House of Blue Leaves fight in colour plus a couple more extras than UK dvd

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I saw a classic film last night - 'Scum' with Ray Winstone. It was made in the early 80s for TV I think but was then either banned or heavily censored, I couldn't find out which it was. It was set in an early 80s borstal of extreme brutality. The plot revovled around Winstone's character coming into the borstal having assaulted a guard at his last borstal where he was the 'daddy'. There then follows a subdued power struggle as the guards acting in collusion with the 'daddy' try to subjugate Winstone's isolated and standoffish character. After a lot of provocation Winstone's talent for ultraviolence shines through in a brilliant scene where he quickly and coldly wanders the halls of his wing nobbling the 'daddy' and his cronies. It's a remarkable example of the old 'the king is dead, long live the king' syndrome as seconds after the old 'daddy' has had several shades of shit kicked out of him by Winstone's character, one of the screws desperately confronts him in an effort to get some sort of statement out of him with which they could have a go at Winstone. Of course he says nothing.

I can highly recommend it but you best be made aware that a new phrase will probably enter your vocabulary: Who's the Daddy?

I watched that when I was 14. it was quite easily the most disturbing thing I had watched up to that point, and for some while afterwards.

I've never seen it since...

 

[Orang Utan]

That film put me off gardening for life.

 

[Orang Utan]

"Where's ya tool?"

 

[bingobowden]

Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Election

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

this week i have been mostly watching "Aa! Megami-sama - Chicchaitte Kotoha Benridane"

 

[kaya]

Dr Strangelove. am now over-aware of the state of my precious bodily fluids...

 

[sparkling]

Not last night but this morning...The big fish.

 

[Elpenor]

Ken Park (Larry Flint) Fucking Despressing.

God that film was a bit of a downer

Watched it the other night.

 

[Sunspots]

Last night, I watched Jesus' Son.

Well, about half of it. Great film, but I was so knackered that I nodded off at some point. Watched the second half this afternoon. Cool film.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Tomb Raider II

 

[Poi E]

Picked up the UK Anchor Bay release "Trilogy of the Dead" comprising Night of the Living Dead", "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead". NOTLD is great, but this version came with completely unecessary modern tack-on sequences. "Dawn" had some cuts to it and was from a poor master. Haven't seen "Day" yet. A bit disappointing. Anchor bay are usually very sensitive to their material. Will go for US releases. UK one's are almost always inferior.

 

[Juice Terry]

Yojimbo, total class.

Later remade as Fistful of Dollars. Give me Toshiro Mifune over Clint any day.