What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?

[upsidedownwalrus]

Wow! We finally agree on something!

Had to happen some time

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Great film, I really love this kind of thing.

Thirded, I really liked it too. Even Jude Law managed to not be too annoying!

 

[zoooo]

The Mighty Boosh Series 2.
Then spent an inordinate amount of time trying to get to the easter eggs. Tooo difficult for my tiny mind.

 

[siarc]

Sullivans Travels - from where Oh Brother Wher Art Thou got its name and a few idea's. Decent, but not earth-shattering.

nah it's a lot better than that, a very witty film and quite resonant still
depressing that it's going to be most frequently cited as the hypotext for a poxy coen brothers flick (don't hate them but hate the conceitedness)

 

[mhendo]

The Hulk - what a rotten piece of shit - there's not one thing to recommend about this film. The plot doesn't make any sense (esp the bit with Hulk's sense), the acting is atrocious (even from Nick Nolte), the script is clunky and the direction is woefull - I though maybe there might be something in it worth watching considering Lee and Shamus being involved but, alas, no. They should be embarrassed and ashamed.

This movie seems to engender strong feelings one way or the other. You either love it or hate it. I'm afraid i differ from you, and am in the former category.

 

[Orang Utan]

What's there to like about it?
How did you make sense of the plot?

 

[mhendo]

What's there to like about it?
How did you make sense of the plot?

To be quite honest, i didn't make my comment with the intention of writing a long essay justifying why i like the movie. Apart from not wanting to do that, i think it would be somewhat in contradiction of the spirit of this thread, which seems to be more for short comments and recommendations.

I don't remember any plot problems outlandish enough to ruin the movie for me. I'm not suggesting that the plot is perfect, only that the whole experience, especially in this movie, was more than the sum of its parts (for me at least).

If you want to know the type of things that appealed to me about the movie, you can read the first three or four user reviews on this page, as they sum up my feelings pretty well.

And i thought the acting was, on the whole, pretty good.

 

[Orang Utan]

A Very Long Engagement - I liked this more than I thought it would - it's essentially a cheesy sentimental romance but done with typical Jeunet class. Made me cry on the sofa anyhow.

 

[nellyphant]

The Philosophy of the Matrix.....not bad at all

 

[atitlan]

Just watched Audition ... I'm not really able to post any comment beyond at the moment.

 

[tastebud]

We watched Me and You and Everyone We Know.

I quite enjoyed it. There were some really *interesting* scenes.

 

[Moggy]

'Carandiru' and 'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.. and Spring'.

Both are highly recommended and cost £8 from Amazon (and worth every penny).

On a totally unrelated subject - does anyone know if there are plans for all the series' of Oz to be released on dvd in the uk?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.. and Spring'.

I've had that on the shelf since december last year, I just haven't found the right time to watch it yet.

Of kim ki duks films the best I have seen so far is '3 Iron', Bloody brilliant!

 

[Orang Utan]

Right now, I'm watching the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) - it has to be seen to believed

 

[Pie 1]

Right now, I'm watching the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) - it has to be seen to believed

Oooh, I've always wanted to see that.

Syriana, last night - very good

 

[belboid]

Right now, I'm watching the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) - it has to be seen to believed

did you just get that off karagarga? that's wher i got mine from - dreadful quality, but absolutely magnificent!

 

[scumbalina]

Napolean Dynamite. It was

 

[Cloud]

A Very Long Engagement - I liked this more than I thought it would - it's essentially a cheesy sentimental romance but done with typical Jeunet class. Made me cry on the sofa anyhow.

Very good isn't it?

Last night I watched memoires of a geisha (good), empire of the sun (fab), and the acid house (strange).

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Man of the House, with Tommy Lee Jones.

 

[Julie]

Elizabethtown and Must Love Dogs. The former has a reasonable soundtrack and the latter has a few laughs.... and John Cusack. I preferred the latter

 

[Orang Utan]

did you just get that off karagarga? that's wher i got mine from - dreadful quality, but absolutely magnificent!

It's on the magnificent YouTube

 

[Orang Utan]

Oh, and I watched Sin City - which I thought was fantastic - not a film for feminists though. Being a comic book movie, I expected to hate it, so I was pleasantly surprised - it doesn't have any aspirations to be anything more than a pulpy comic book movie, which is where most comic book adaptations fall down eg The Hulk

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've had that on the shelf since december last year, I just haven't found the right time to watch it yet.

Wish you'd bloody well watch it. You don't know what you're missing. It's beautiful

 

[tastebud]

Oh, and I watched Sin City - which I thought was fantastic - not a film for feminists though. Being a comic book movie, I expected to hate it, so I was pleasantly surprised - it doesn't have any aspirations to be anything more than a pulpy comic book movie, which is where most comic book adaptations fall down eg The Hulk

I rather enjoyed it.

 

[Orang Utan]

I rather enjoyed it.

Good - maybe you saw if for what it was then.
I can't remember who, but a lot of people on here didn't like it because of its portrayal of women as either angels or whores or its lack of postive role models.
But it's a comic book movie dealing in archetypes innit?


Did you spot the Dworkinlike judge?

 

[tastebud]

Good - maybe you saw if for what it was then.
I can't remember who, but a lot of people on here didn't like it because of its portrayal of women as either angels or whores or its lack of postive role models.
But it's a comic book movie dealing in archetypes innit?


Did you spot the Dworkinlike judge?

Yeah, I think I just took it for what it was and ended up being surprisingly impressed.

I have to say I still haven't seen it properly - I saw it on the Italy trip.. if I ever see a copy lying around I'll watch it again properly. Which in itself is a good sign.

 

[Reno]

Good - maybe you saw if for what it was then.
I can't remember who, but a lot of people on here didn't like it because of its portrayal of women as either angels or whores or its lack of postive role models.
But it's a comic book movie dealing in archetypes innit?


Did you spot the Dworkinlike judge?

I saw this with a female friend who is very much a feminist and we both enjoyed it. Most of the complaints I heard was from men getting on their politically correct high horse on behalf of what women might think.

If you take a source that deals with 40's to 60's style pulp fiction than it's obvious you have to play with certain kinds of stereotypes. Most of the women in the film were both sexually provoctive and utterly self suficient. Only Jessica Alba was a bit rubbish as always.

 

[shoddysolutions]

Matewan

West Virginia, turn of the century. A townful of miners are getting shafted by the company who owns their land, their houses, their furniture, and therefore their very lives.

A lone stranger stumbles into town, kind of a socialist Clint Eastwood. He tries to unionise the disenchanted mineworkers, while the comapny send in the heavies to deal with the unrest.

The townsfolk become increasingly frustrated and as everything reaches boiling point, the lone stranger tries desperately to stop them from taking up arms in a battle that he knows they cannot win.

A quality story, based on real events, that cleverly subverts the Western myth as its hero preaches non-violence and doesn't even carry a gun.

 

[Cadmus]

Vera Drake - I liked it. Those good old plucky plebs

finally rented it today and i think it's really good.

i do enjoy films which rely on dialogue, acting and character transformation rather than special effects and nice colours. it's a bit on the slow side but that actually adds to it feeling very real.

thumbs up.

i wish Vera could make me a cup of tea.

 

[walktome]

I watched Snatch for the first time tonight, I really liked it. I seem to enjoy films where Brad Pitt gets beaten up/beats people up. That wasn't the only reason I liked it, I thought it was funny and perfectly random.