What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?
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Wide Eyed Angel
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once upon a time in the midlands. really disappointing from the man meadows, and an odd name for the film since it probably featured the fewest midlands people out of his films that i've seen, damn these brit *names* actors!
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Dubversion said:
I saw 'Saw', it was indeed awful. Terrible acting, hackneyed plot, depictions of child abuse and misogyny, laughable, turgid nonsense. They even fucked the ending up. It should have ended earlier, before you find out who the Jigsaw murderer is. That would have been much more sinister.
Wide Eyed Angel
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half_eaten_arm
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watched a film called 'bully', turned it off after 30 minutes, was tryin to hard to be shocking and the acting was awful
Wide Eyed Angel
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sin city, looked amazing but it was far too late in the day to not be on the verge of sleep, a repeated viewing will be necessary
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Wide Eyed Angel said:
it never really got going IMO.
i missed the first minute of the film bit think i may have missed somethimg important. as i see it, the family were emigrating to new york from ireland. right? if so, how come they arrived in their car?
girasol
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I watched 'Safe' with Julianne Moore, directed by Todd Haynes... Twice! 
Amazing photography, Julianne Moore is just right for the part. It's also disturbing, a true horror film of the mind. Anyone interested in psychology should watch this.
(The opening sequence is very very similar to Mulholland Drive's opening sequence, including the music... I think David Lynch is a Todd Haynes fan... or a bit of a thief...)
Amazing photography, Julianne Moore is just right for the part. It's also disturbing, a true horror film of the mind. Anyone interested in psychology should watch this.
(The opening sequence is very very similar to Mulholland Drive's opening sequence, including the music... I think David Lynch is a Todd Haynes fan... or a bit of a thief...)
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Juice Terry
rama lama fa fa fa
Agitator, (again), top notch Yakuza romp from Takashi Mike, had to watch it again to really get to grips with the plot and who's double crossing who.
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walktome said:
No problemo.
There's a lively ongoing Donnie Darko vs. David Lynch debate, perhaps you aould like to decaler your interest ...
For your information, the correct answer is that Lynch is far superior and Donnie darko is, you know, for kids.
dynamicbaddog
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Once Upon A Time in The Midlands - top film, Kathy Burke is excellent in it
dynamicbaddog said:Once Upon A Time in The Midlands - top film, Kathy Burke is excellent in it
yeh, thought that was quite an underrated movie.
today i learned that if you're on a shocking comedown, watching your new collection of Laibach videos on DVD isn't wise. gruff totalitarian barking is not the way to do it
very good collection though, especially a 'making of' about their most recent album, where it becomes clear that EVERYTHING they're saying is just bollocks
i picked up a copy of Alex Cox's Revengers Tragedy in my corner shop for 4 quid on DVD and i'm going to watch that now.. god knows if it's any cop, but with a cast like that and Alex Cox it can't be that bad, surely?
saving my new copy of Swingers for tomorrow cos Vixen hasn't seen it yet.
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Yojimbo
Intense, brooding action from Akira Kurosawa, not in the same league as the classic Seven Samurai, but worth a look nevertheless. Toshirô Mifune is great as the unshaven, surly lone samurai who wanders into a town terrorised by two rival gangs and plays one off against the other. The story was later stolen wholesale by Sergio Leone and made into 'A Fistful of Dollars'.
Intense, brooding action from Akira Kurosawa, not in the same league as the classic Seven Samurai, but worth a look nevertheless. Toshirô Mifune is great as the unshaven, surly lone samurai who wanders into a town terrorised by two rival gangs and plays one off against the other. The story was later stolen wholesale by Sergio Leone and made into 'A Fistful of Dollars'.
mhendo
Aussie in San Francisco
Watched Glory, a film about the 54th Massachusetts, the first black regiment in the American Civil War.
A good historical film, although still containing the sort of flaws one expects when Hollywood tries to do history. Matthew Broderick's performance in the lead role was very good at times, and somewhat insipid at others. Denzel Washington deserved his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for a magnificent performance. Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher, and Cary Elwes were all great.
I thought the performance by unknown (to me, at least) Jihmi Kennedy, in the role of Jupiter Sharts, was amazingly good. An IMDB search reveals that he's done virtually nothing since then, which amazes me.
A good historical film, although still containing the sort of flaws one expects when Hollywood tries to do history. Matthew Broderick's performance in the lead role was very good at times, and somewhat insipid at others. Denzel Washington deserved his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for a magnificent performance. Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher, and Cary Elwes were all great.
I thought the performance by unknown (to me, at least) Jihmi Kennedy, in the role of Jupiter Sharts, was amazingly good. An IMDB search reveals that he's done virtually nothing since then, which amazes me.
Buffalo Soldiers..
Fucking awful. Preposterous.
I am never sending a man to the video shop ever again.
Before that we saw National Treasure, which was OK if predictably Disneyesque (ie anodyne) and Alien vs Predator, which I saw first when a bit pissed (moi?) and thought it was arse, then watched it again the next day and thought it was pretty good.
Fucking awful. Preposterous.
I am never sending a man to the video shop ever again.
Before that we saw National Treasure, which was OK if predictably Disneyesque (ie anodyne) and Alien vs Predator, which I saw first when a bit pissed (moi?) and thought it was arse, then watched it again the next day and thought it was pretty good.
I saw it recently and was getting a bit "get on with it" with it, if you see what I mean.starfish said:
I think the Two Towers is the best.
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