What DVD's are we Watching? - Page 78

Pooka · 02-10-2011, 03:34 PM

The working cut of The Dust Devil. It was better than I remember. Flint fell asleep though... not sure what that says about my taste in movies.

Gravdigr · 02-12-2011, 02:47 PM

"Bitchslap": Absolute must see.

Quote:

Mom (to seven yo daughter):"How's your Sno-Cone, sweetie?"
Seven yo Daughter:"It tastes like salty balls."

Sundae · 02-12-2011, 03:01 PM

Brokeback Mountain

It was on TV the other night, but I only caught it 30 minutes in.
So I Sky+'d it anyway, but had the real sensation I 'd missed out and gave up on it within 10 minutes.

So I went to CEX - the place I sold many of my precious box sets when I was drinking.
As it's an older film, widely distributed they had it for £2.99. That'll do I thought.

Wow. More ex-y sexy than I thought. More emotional than I thought. And more realistic at the end. Major life events happen off screen and don't have cannons and fireworks and signal flares. And they hurt far more than buggery,

I cried spoons (being realistic - that's a lot).
Will watch again as a bittersweet treat like Manon des Sources, Muriel's Wedding etc

Gravdigr · 02-12-2011, 03:17 PM

Wait a dagnabbed minute. WTF? How'd you guys gain a half-hour and change on me?

Griff · 02-12-2011, 04:07 PM

We are from the not-so-distant future.

glatt · 02-16-2011, 09:00 AM

I just saw Catfish, an independent documentary about an internet romance. It was surprisingly good. I recommend it.

Guy takes a picture that gets published in a paper. A bit later, he receives a painting in the mail of his picture, done by a little girl halfway across the country. It's a pretty good painting. He starts up a correspondence with this talented little kid, her mom, and ultimately her much older sister, who is his age. He falls in love with the older sister online.

The documentary follows this online romance and him finding inconsistencies in what he's hearing from this woman he's come to love, and it follows him ultimately going to meet her to find out what's real, and what's not.

His roommates are filmmakers who film everything, so they had already filmed a lot of footage of these events long before they realized there was a real story here and they decided to make it into a documentary.

skysidhe · 02-17-2011, 08:50 AM

Secretariat

Pico and ME · 02-17-2011, 09:47 AM

The Social Network - Hated the music tracts that played way too loudly over dialog, but I loved watching Jessie Eisenberg.

The Kids are Alright - Annette Bening is so cute! She really needs to do more.

Wallstreet - This could have been a perfect vehicle for Shia LaBeouf - unfortunately this movie sucked. Every Minute.

DONT RENT THE EXPENDABLES! Instead, rent The A Team. It succeeds in having much more fun.

Beest · 04-16-2011, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

DONT RENT THE EXPENDABLES! Instead, rent The A Team. It succeeds in having much more fun.

I wasn't so keen, I thought the action sequences in the A team were too fast cut, Stallone ( as director) does a good job on action sequences.

I suppose I agree that the A team is intended to be a lighter more fun movie, but the execution is poor.

Gravdigr · 02-19-2011, 04:36 PM

Bootleg of "True Grit" w/Jeff Bridges

Waaaaaaaaaaay too many lines repeated verbatim from the original. Nobody repeats The Duke. Not even The Dude.

IMHO Barry Pepper as Lucky Ned Pepper was the best performance in the film.

The entire piece struck me several times as a showcase for Hailee Steinfeld, who was just okay.

A couple scenes not in the original, a couple scenes omitted from the original...

A solid 7.9 IF you can avoid the comparisons to the original. Not easy.

ETA: Oh, the voices in this movie...comically over the top. Very out of place, especially Josh Brolin. It's almost like they were fooling around between takes, and then they printed the outtakes instead of the good takes. Very detracting from the film. These dialog coaches should never work again.

Happy Monkey · 02-19-2011, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Bootleg of "True Grit" w/Jeff Bridges

Waaaaaaaaaaay too many lines repeated verbatim from the original. Nobody repeats The Duke. Not even The Dude.

Were they lines from the book?

Gravdigr · 02-19-2011, 04:42 PM

And what was with the refusal to use contractions?

Clodfobble · 02-19-2011, 11:29 PM

We watched Robert Altman's Gosford Park last night, and I highly recommend it. Classic "group of rich people come to a dinner party, one is killed and everyone's a suspect" kind of storyline, set in 1930s Britain. The characterization is excellent, the dry humor made me laugh out loud several times, and the plot still manages to have a nice twist even though the genre has you looking for one at every turn.

DanaC · 02-20-2011, 08:29 AM

Ross Noble in concert

Here's the first 9 minutes of this particular concert. I went to see this guy live a few years ago. Very strange mind. Very, very strange. His act is primarily an ad libbed stream of consciousness. He has a few set topics in mind at the start and then riffs off what he gets from the audience. He's desribed the planning for his show as 'about four words on a scrap of paper'.

Cloud · 02-20-2011, 09:44 PM

Just watched Red. Great movie, but I have a question. SPOILER ALERT!

I don't understand the twist at the end. why would that guy order the hits? I'm going to watch it again and see if I can figure it out.

02-12-2011, 03:01 PM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Brokeback Mountain It was on TV the other night, but I only caught it 30 minutes in. So I Sky+'d it anyway, but had the real sensation I 'd missed out and gave up on it within 10 minutes. So I went to CEX - the place I sold many of my precious box sets when I was drinking. As it's an older film, widely distributed they had it for £2.99. That'll do I thought. Wow. More ex-y sexy than I thought. More emotional than I thought. And more realistic at the end. Major life events happen off screen and don't have cannons and fireworks and signal flares. And they hurt far more than buggery, I cried spoons (being realistic - that's a lot). Will watch again as a bittersweet treat like Manon des Sources, Muriel's Wedding etc __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

02-12-2011, 03:17 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Wait a dagnabbed minute. WTF? How'd you guys gain a half-hour and change on me? Attached Images __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-12-2011, 04:07 PM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We are from the not-so-distant future. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-19-2011, 04:36 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Bootleg of "True Grit" w/Jeff Bridges Waaaaaaaaaaay too many lines repeated verbatim from the original. Nobody repeats The Duke. Not even The Dude. IMHO Barry Pepper as Lucky Ned Pepper was the best performance in the film. The entire piece struck me several times as a showcase for Hailee Steinfeld, who was just okay. A couple scenes not in the original, a couple scenes omitted from the original... A solid 7.9 IF you can avoid the comparisons to the original. Not easy. ETA: Oh, the voices in this movie...comically over the top. Very out of place, especially Josh Brolin. It's almost like they were fooling around between takes, and then they printed the outtakes instead of the good takes. Very detracting from the film. These dialog coaches should never work again. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-19-2011, 04:42 PM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	And what was with the refusal to use contractions? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-10-2011, 03:34 PM	#1
Pooka Your Invisible Rabbit Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Betwixt and Between Posts: 528	The working cut of The Dust Devil. It was better than I remember. Flint fell asleep though... not sure what that says about my taste in movies.

02-16-2011, 09:00 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just saw Catfish, an independent documentary about an internet romance. It was surprisingly good. I recommend it. Guy takes a picture that gets published in a paper. A bit later, he receives a painting in the mail of his picture, done by a little girl halfway across the country. It's a pretty good painting. He starts up a correspondence with this talented little kid, her mom, and ultimately her much older sister, who is his age. He falls in love with the older sister online. The documentary follows this online romance and him finding inconsistencies in what he's hearing from this woman he's come to love, and it follows him ultimately going to meet her to find out what's real, and what's not. His roommates are filmmakers who film everything, so they had already filmed a lot of footage of these events long before they realized there was a real story here and they decided to make it into a documentary.

02-17-2011, 08:50 AM	#7
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Secretariat

02-17-2011, 09:47 AM	#8
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	The Social Network - Hated the music tracts that played way too loudly over dialog, but I loved watching Jessie Eisenberg. The Kids are Alright - Annette Bening is so cute! She really needs to do more. Wallstreet - This could have been a perfect vehicle for Shia LaBeouf - unfortunately this movie sucked. Every Minute. DONT RENT THE EXPENDABLES! Instead, rent The A Team. It succeeds in having much more fun.

02-19-2011, 11:29 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	We watched Robert Altman's Gosford Park last night, and I highly recommend it. Classic "group of rich people come to a dinner party, one is killed and everyone's a suspect" kind of storyline, set in 1930s Britain. The characterization is excellent, the dry humor made me laugh out loud several times, and the plot still manages to have a nice twist even though the genre has you looking for one at every turn. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-20-2011, 09:44 PM	#15
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Just watched Red. Great movie, but I have a question. SPOILER ALERT! I don't understand the twist at the end. why would that guy order the hits? I'm going to watch it again and see if I can figure it out. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" Last edited by Cloud; 02-20-2011 at 09:53 PM.

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