What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[WasGeri]

Watched 'Hurricane' - it was OK, didn't really grab my attention though (& definitely not as good as the song!) I don't think Denzel Washington was very convincing as a boxer.

 

[zcat]

king arthur
what a load of hollywood bollocks but quite good battle scenes
and
dawn of the dead
as good as its always been only this one (not even sure where the disc came from ex flatmate i think) has been filmed in a cinema so get all the audence on soundtrack going ahhh and oooh and laughing aint seen a film like that b4 only heard of them made it quite good really as you could tell when the audience jumped when i did

 

[foamy]

Troy - it was a bit silly that all the actors had different accents! and a bit long and boring.....

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

supersize me. it was well disturbing, i would love to say it put me off eating that shit but sadly drunken me pays little attention to such things...

 

[mhendo]

I got that from Amazon yesterday and watched it last night, brilliant film.
There's a documentary on the disc too which you must watch. But I was shocked to discover just how badly the Aborigines were treated.

Yeah, great movie, incredibly depressing story. What's even worse is that this sort of treatment—taking Aboriginal kids from their families—continued into the 1960s.

There was a major inquiry into the whole miserable episode in Australia in the mid to late 1990s, and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission published a huge report with lots of harrowing tales and plenty of scathing indictments of the authorities of the time. You can read the report online:

Bringing Them Home

There's also a website devoted to the issue.

On a slightly more upbeat note, i watched Ronin, and thought it was pretty damn good for an action/suspense movie. De Niro was great, as usual. I love Jean Reno, and he was also fantastic. And Natascha McElhone is a good actor and is also H - O - T......HOT!

 

[chegrimandi]

Bad Education - Almodovar - fucking wicked film. Best I've seen in a long time. Can't imagine the Catholic church loved it that much

 

[Juice Terry]

Outfoxed - scary shit about how fucked up Fox News is, it really is just one long PPB for the Republicans.

Red Lights - Fairly average french thriller, great dream sequence made me literally jump!

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

The Village

The plot was 'different' to what I expected.

Next on the list 'Rabbit Proof Fence'. Anyone seen it?

not seen rabbit proof fence but watched the village the other night, it was pretty unexpected

 

[shoddysolutions]

Rabbitprroffence is properfuckin'ace

Ma Vie en Rose

Bizzarre Belgian movie just like its main charcater - it can't make up its mind. Part Wizard of Oz style fantasy, part social drama, it explores sexuality and prejudice through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy who has decided he wants to be a girl. Trouble is, it works so hard to create on the boy-girl character, everyone else comes across as a stereotype and the film becomes a kind of parody of itself. The end result is that it cannot be taken at anything other than face value, as a cosy, middle class, family let's-all-just-get-along kind of movie. The mood is light, but the issues heavy and the film sort of manages to strike a balance between the two.

 

[Sweaty Betty]

All three of the harry potter movies!!
Refused to watch them for years.......
fucking brill !!!!
love to all you muggles out there!!
x

 

[girasol]

Bad Education - Almodovar - fucking wicked film. Best I've seen in a long time. Can't imagine the Catholic church loved it that much

I saw it in the cinema a few months ago and loved the melodrama! Gael Garcia looks gorgeous both as woman and as a man!

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Last night watched The Player (Altman). Its an old one I know But I hadn't seen it before. Damn good too.

 

[shoddysolutions]

Jules et Jim

Truffaut gem from the early 60s, hailed as one of the classics of the French New Wave. Probably shocked a few people at the time, as the plot concerns the menage a trois between two male friends and the woman they both love. Adapted from a novel, the story spans two world wars and makes the most of its meagre budget by employing newsreel footage, voiceover, cunning camera and editing tricks and some atmospheric music. Must have been revolutionary back in the 60s, because it still looks pretty fresh today.

 

[Badgers]

Eddie Izzard - Glorious!

It was glorious!!

 

[Dubversion]

Bad Education - Almodovar - fucking wicked film. Best I've seen in a long time. Can't imagine the Catholic church loved it that much

i loved the first 75% - really loved it, Bernal was phenomenal as ever - but i thought it really lost it at the end. just seemed to run out of plot or time or money or something and just tried to resolve everything in a few confusing minutes...

 

[Elpenor]

Bit more Brideshead, a bit more Yes Minister, and Gosford Park. Clive Owen...

 

[Bomber]

Takashi Miike season for me :-

Dead or Alive 2 & Agitator ............. loved DoA 2 and really wished I'd have been patient and got the first movie out, er, first ! More Asian cinema to follow I think !

 

[Stigmata]

I finally reached the last episode of The Prisoner. Very disconcerting. I loved the machine-gun battle to the tune of 'All You Need is Love' by the Beatles though, it's almost as if the programme makers knew how much their show would be identified with the 60s.

 

[shoddysolutions]

Lost Highway

Film-makers appear to love making films about making films. This appears to be a film about films, and specifically about Hollywood mythology, without the film-within-a-film conceit of Fellini et al. Lynch cranks the disorienting paranoia up to 11 in a surreal 'whodunnit' in which Hollywood goes to war with itself yet again. Possibly Lynch's most 'contemporary' film, featuring a soundtrack by Badalamenti/Trent Reznor and cameos by US 'lowlives' like Henry Rollins, Marilyn Manson and Lisa Boyle.

 

[treefrog]

Zatoichi-completely bonkers, thought it was great fun
Bubba Ho-Tep-See above. Bruce Campbell as Elvis? w00t!

And some Brass Eye. "That is scientific fact. There is no evidence for it, but it is fact".

 

[akirajoel]

Bubba Ho-Tep. Bruce Campbell as Elvis?

Really, really. really wanna see that film...

I love Bruce "Groovey!" Campbell.

 

[treefrog]

It's available to rent on DVD. Surprised me when I saw it in the store last night. It is damn good, Campbell is a really good actor when he's given something to work with. Ossie Davis is good as well. Very quotable!

 

[Random One]

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle - not that good but fun to watch with ur mates
The Day After Tomorrow- is evenign worse on second viewing
Van Wilder- funny but some rank stuff
Meet The Fockers- good stuff! Dustin Hoffman is good

 

[chegrimandi]

i loved the first 75% - really loved it, Bernal was phenomenal as ever - but i thought it really lost it at the end. just seemed to run out of plot or time or money or something and just tried to resolve everything in a few confusing minutes...

hmmm dunno. It all seemed to fit perfectly into place for me. Fantastically crafted story, all the strands came together didn't they....

 

[Dubversion]

, all the strands came together didn't they....

they did, but it seemed too rushed - like they ran out of time to resolve everything, it was just a bit too Crossroads somehow. which isn't to say i didn't absolutely love most of the film

 

[chegrimandi]

they did, but it seemed too rushed - like they ran out of time to resolve everything, it was just a bit too Crossroads somehow. which isn't to say i didn't absolutely love most of the film

yeh maybe. I think I was so engrossed by it I lost my critical faculties.

 

[oddworld]

The Bourne Supremacy , drooled abit over Matt Damon

 

[foamy]

just woke up really early this morning and wacthed 'befor sunset'.
it's a good job i'm feeling a bit loved up cos man that films sugary!
haven't seen before sunrise though and it didn't seem to matter too much. would quite like to see it though....

 

[moon]

Natural City, a visualy stunning Korean sci fi film which owes much to blade runner

More info here

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=11405

 

[maya]

The Station Agent