What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[shoddysolutions]

Elephant

Beautifully rendered, very cleverly constructed and thought-provoking. Although 'any resemblance to actual persons is purely coincidental', this one essentially recreates the circumstances of the Columbine shootings without offering anything in the way of explanation. If it has a message at all, it seems to be that this could happen anywhere, at any time. Except it doesn't. Which brings us back to the question in point - why, oh why, oh why?

 

[General Ludd]

The first 20 minutes of Midnight Cowboy before I got bored and turned it off.

 

[Chorlton]

The Shawshank redemption is an utterly fantastic movie.

sentimental oul dirge that isn't even as good as the stephen king book on which its based (which is a bad sign)

 

[kyser_soze]

So here we have it - some people like Shawshank, some think it sentimental twaddle.

Can we move on now?

This weekend i have watched...

Trading Places ('You ever do it with a brother with no legs baby? We can make it baby! You and me!') and JLC's quite magnificent breasts...

Holy Grail...inspired by the recent Philosophy thread on 'What's the difference between a popular front and a united front'?

Minority Report...just as really cool movie and a great adaptation of the source material IMHO

 

[belboid]

back to Buffy for me - series 2 episodes 5-7. cracking stuff, giles showing his moves for the first time really.

then on to croupier - not quite as good as i remembered it, too arch & knowing in places, but definitely enjoyable.

 

[kyser_soze]

back to Buffy for me - series 2 episodes 5-7. cracking stuff, giles showing his moves for the first time really.

then on to croupier - not quite as good as i remembered it, too arch & knowing in places, but definitely enjoyable.

Did you read the Clive Owen profile in OM yesterday? Quite a good puff piece for King Arthur I thought...

That reminds me...watched Excalibur over the weekend as well...

 

[Chorlton]

So here we have it - some people like Shawshank, some think it sentimental twaddle.

Can we move on now?

only until someone brings up lost in translation again.....

 

[hotvans]

watched buffalo soldiers last night - bleeding excellent - highly recommend it

 

[LDR]

The Shawshank redemption is an utterly fantastic movie.

You cannot be serious. It's as bad as Titanic and the like.

 

[LDR]

So here we have it - some people like Shawshank, some think it sentimental twaddle.

Can we move on now?

Sorry - just got to your post.

 

[kyser_soze]

You cannot be serious. It's as bad as Titanic and the like.

*snipped first line*

I happen to think that LIT is a reasonable portrayl of two lazy Westerners in Japan - some people here think it's a racist treatise against the Japanese.

 

[Sunray]

You cannot be serious. It's as bad as Titanic and the like.

I can list loads of reasons why that is a brilliant movie but I'm not going to get anywhere am I.

Lost In Translation is fall asleep material of the highest order, while it never came close to making me laugh, it did make me wake up on the sofa at 4am.

 

[LDR]

I can list loads of reasons why that is a brilliant movie but I'm not going to get anywhere am I.

Fair enough too. I didn't get it but as you know I don't watch many movies anyway so I'm hardly an authority.

 

[belboid]

Did you read the Clive Owen profile in OM yesterday? Quite a good puff piece for King Arthur I thought...

That reminds me...watched Excalibur over the weekend as well...

no, i'll have a look for that now (really should do some work, but.....) That was one of the things I couldn't quite decide last night, was Owen a good actor or not? I mean his role didn't exactly call for much range to be displayed, just remain deadpan throughout.....I coulda done that!


Oh, & Shawshanks is shite.......

 

[shoddysolutions]

Enough about the Swashwank Redemption already!

It's the Birdman of Alcatraz gone mad, I tell you!

 

[Lapin]

Am ill and very bored so have watched numerous dvds. Last one was Lost In Translation. Has anyone watched it? If so, can they lip read? What does he say to her at the end?

Thought it was good, a slow burn watch.

 

[geminisnake]

I watched Shrek 2 last night, but I probably shouldn't have admitted that!

 

[Structaural]

Am ill and very bored so have watched numerous dvds. Last one was Lost In Translation. Has anyone watched it? If so, can they lip read? What does he say to her at the end?

Thought it was good, a slow burn watch.

tried turning on the subtitles?

 

[Poi E]

Watched "A Mighty Wind" from Christopher Guest and co. No quite Spinal Tap but a great laugh.

 

[Orang Utan]

sentimental oul dirge that isn't even as good as the stephen king book on which its based (which is a bad sign)

Have you read this book, Chorlton?

 

[ck]

Lost In Translation. Has anyone watched it? If so, can they lip read? What does he say to her at the end?

You're not meant to know. It's the movies !

 

[Juice Terry]

You're not meant to know. It's the movies !

Reminds me of the section in Kill Bill when she goes to Japan and all the dialogue is in Japanese, are you not supposed to know what is going on?? I turned on the subtitles so I could understand.

 

[shoddysolutions]

The Last Temptation of Christ

Dated, overlong reworking of the gospel according to Martin Scorsese. Despite the stellar casting the acting isn't really up to much, but there are some killer scenes. Some particularly potent sequences, esp John the Baptist and 40 nights desert scenes. Interesting from a theological point of view, and dares to suggest that Jesus may well have sowed his wild oats before being nailed to the cross. Overall, 6/10.

 

[Orang Utan]

Interesting from a theological point of view, and dares to suggest that Jesus may well have sowed his wild oats before being nailed to the cross. Overall, 6/10.

I'm not sure that it does - I thought the homelife depicted was Jesus' fantasy/dream of a normal life, which he gives up for 'us'

 

[Dubversion]

Am ill and very bored so have watched numerous dvds. Last one was Lost In Translation. Has anyone watched it? If so, can they lip read? What does he say to her at the end?

Thought it was good, a slow burn watch.

when asked bill murray said 'you'll never know'.

(and on the DVD - which i watched yesterday - the subtitles just read 'inaudible' ).


by the way, for once the extras on this are really good - the 'Lost On Location' documentary particularly, because you get to see quite what a low budget/guerilla film making approach they took, and what a funny fucker Bill Murray is. and a couple of the deleted scenes - especially the one with the little robots - should really have stayed in.

 

[Poi E]

The Last Temptation of Christ

Dated, overlong reworking of the gospel according to Martin Scorsese. Despite the stellar casting the acting isn't really up to much, but there are some killer scenes. Some particularly potent sequences, esp John the Baptist and 40 nights desert scenes. Interesting from a theological point of view, and dares to suggest that Jesus may well have sowed his wild oats before being nailed to the cross. Overall, 6/10.

Just interested: how do you think it has dated? And isn't it really the (liberally depicted) Gospel according to Kazantzakis? Fantastic soundtrack by Peter Gabriel and his mates.

 

[shoddysolutions]

Well some of the scenes were so 80s I thought i was watching a Duran Duran video! (mud-encrusted imbeciles crawling out from holes in the ground, anyone?). It has only dated visually, although Scorsese obviously did the best with a very limited budget (a meagre $7 million, d'oh). I think the hearing voices/hallucinations/what does it mean to be human/divine themes played out very well. I also appreciated the ethnic diversity within the film (apart from the spoken parts), general grubbiness, tattooed women etc.

OrangUtan, I think the film hints that Jesus did get his end away with the Mary who helped him recover after his sojourn in the desert, otherwise how would it explain why she had borne his child (I know this only happened in his 'dream', but the question is still valid)? I know the rest of the cosy domestic bit was a hallucination/false reality.

The John the baptist scene is one of my all time favourites, reminds me of a couple of parties I've been to

 

[Poi E]

Well some of the scenes were so 80s I thought i was watching a Duran Duran video! (mud-encrusted imbeciles crawling out from holes in the ground, anyone?). It has only dated visually, although Scorsese obviously did the best with a very limited budget (a meagre $7 million, d'oh). I think the hearing voices/hallucinations/what does it mean to be human/divine themes played out very well. I also appreciated the ethnic diversity within the film (apart from the spoken parts), general grubbiness, tattooed women etc.

I think the film hints that Jesus did get his end away with the Mary who helped him recover after his sojourn in the desert, otherwise how would it explain why she had borne his child (I know this only happened in his 'dream', but the question is still valid)

The John the baptist scene is one of my all time favourites, reminds me of a couple of parties I've been to

Cheers for that. Weren't the mud-encrusted imbeciles actually meant to be lepers?

 

[shoddysolutions]

Cheers for that. Weren't the mud-encrusted imbeciles actually meant to be lepers?

I think they were meant to be 'possessed', ie some kind of mental dysfunction. In the film Jesus goes round grabbing their ears and casting out their demons.

 

[Poi E]

I think they were meant to be 'possessed', ie some kind of mental dysfunction. In the film Jesus goes round grabbing their ears and casting out their demons.

As you do. Might have to catch this again. I do remember Harvey Keitel chewing up scenes with reckless abandon.