Topic: last dvd you bought/rented/borrowed/watched (Read 40822 times)

ashere65 · « **on:** 29 Mar 2006, 08:15 »

for me they were:

Garden State
Dodgeball
Superman TAS Vol.2

ilCorvo · « **Reply #1 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 08:18 »

Last Night, I rented A History of Violence. It was very good, had some unneccesary female frontal nudity but otherwise good.
-Adam

Kirbo · « **Reply #2 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 08:39 »

Ugh, History of Violence topped my years worst list.

Last DVD I bought was Battle Royale. Damn fine movie.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #3 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 11:13 »

From the library:

Final Fantasy - Unlimited

Horrid. A manga series based on the games with bad drawing, fucked story and lousy voice actors. Avoid like the plague.

2001: A Space Odyssey
Similar to the other Kubrick movies I've seen(Strangelove and Eyes Wide Shut) his long stretches of time where "nothing" happens bores me a bit.
The ending was, even though I usually enjoy strange, just intelligible and the start was so pretentious I could cry. Some two minutes of black scene with classic music? I wondered if there was something wrong with the DVD.
HAL was awesome though.

The Dictator
I really like Charlie Chaplin and I like him even more when there is sound.
A really funny and thoughtprovoking movie, though it dragged a bit and the ending was perhaps slightly sentimental.
Which makes sense given the time it was made.

and I haven't seen Lagaan or Live Flesh yet.

Kid Modernist · « **Reply #4 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 11:27 »

I bought Kikujiro yesterday at Borders. It's a really classy movie that I've wanted for some time.

Oli · « **Reply #5 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 11:34 »

I watched brokeback mountain not so long ago (YARRR I BE IN WITH SOME PIRATES!!!!)

It was O.K but I thought it would be a lot more gripping and sad (mostly due to the huge thing people had made about it) but it was just a bit meh.

I suppose it didn't help that I knew the entire storyline because of those brokeback parodies that everyone and their dog have seen.

So yeah, meh to brokeback mountain.

Kirbo · « **Reply #6 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 12:25 »

I agree Brokeback was overratted. Heath Ledger was terrific, but the rest was just average.

Does anyone think it would have gotten any buzz if the movie was a love story between a black man and a white woman, only set 50 years ago?

Same basic movie, but I bet 1/10th the buzz.

mberan42 · « **Reply #7 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 12:35 »

I'm a sucker for zombie movies, so the most recent movie I bought and watched was 28 Days Later.

It's funny, me liking zombie movies, 'cause I cannot fucking stand horror / scary movies. Just not appealing to me at all.

But zombie movies? Fuck yeah.

(And yes, I know 28 Days Later isn't technically a zombie movie, but the premise is the same.)

Oli · « **Reply #8 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 13:39 »

Zombie movies are awesome.

Me and my friends are planning a zombie film watching weekend soon.

Like loadsa obscure badly dubbed Italian zombie films and the mainstream ones and such.

Awesome.

Also I think brokeback probably got more buzz because Gay people are seen as more controversial nowadays. Civil Partnerships in the UK bring it to the news, plus there's increased Gay pride/Gay rights marches/protests in the US isn't there?!?

Also probably because making a joke about a black guy dating a white woman isn't as easy as saying "LOL! Fagz"

Kirbo · « **Reply #9 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 13:54 »

LOL! Interacialz!

Nope, doesn't have the same pizzaz. Honestly, the more I think of it, Good Night and Good Luck was the best movie of the year, but it got no buzz. Crash was excellent too, and it had the race card going for it.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #10 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 14:30 »

Last new DVD I watched was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Meh. I cleansed my palette afterwards with Time Bandits.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #11 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 14:37 »

Quote from: Nolaw_Nocrime

Also I think brokeback probably got more buzz because Gay people are seen as more controversial nowadays. Civil Partnerships in the UK bring it to the news, plus there's increased Gay pride/Gay rights marches/protests in the US isn't there?!?

That was the reason I haven't seen it yet. It just seemed like a movie where the point was that they were gay. Whoo freaking hoo! I know and have known tons of people who are gay. It's not all "pushing the boundaries" to me. Plus, I tend to dislike romantic movies.

I don't know if this counts, but I watched the second season of Arrested Development with my roomate. We got the first two discs done Saturday, then slowed down on Sunday and Monday.

Panbombadil · « **Reply #12 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 15:27 »

I rewatched Gladiator monday night. Now there is a great movie.
We need more gladiator movies.

soap · « **Reply #13 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 18:20 »

suspiria - watched it with my housemates by candle light one night. it worked quite well having the candles going out one by one around the room as the movie got more intense.
but please don't go thinking this was some cheesy spooky gothtastic atmosphere thing we dreamt up ... it just happened to end up like that.

final fantasy vii: advent children - personally, i loved ffvii. so, despite its flaws, this was still a real fanboy geek out for me. some of the animation was fairly spectacular too.

ilCorvo · « **Reply #14 on:** 30 Mar 2006, 07:53 »

Quote from: Panbombadil

I rewatched Gladiator monday night. Now there is a great movie.
We need more gladiator movies.

It is great. Brokeback, doesn't appeal to my curiousity at all. History of Violence was pretty slow. Oh, Old school awful zombie flicks are the best.

Zaarin · « **Reply #15 on:** 30 Mar 2006, 11:33 »

Last two DVDs I watched were High Fidelity and John Safran's Music Jamboree. The latter is a great Australian series where this guy looks into assorted music controversies, mysteries etc. He also pulls a variety of pranks, such as getting nine friends into Melbourne's most exclusive nightclub by disguising them as Slipknot.

ashere65 · « **Reply #16 on:** 30 Mar 2006, 12:38 »

planning on picking up Batman Beyond Season 1 DVD today... been waiting so long for it to come out.

Also anyone by King Kong this week?

Kirbo · « **Reply #17 on:** 30 Mar 2006, 13:51 »

I bought King Kong....the 1933 original.

Fuck Peter Jackson.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #18 on:** 30 Mar 2006, 18:03 »

bought walk the line as soon as it came out and i got a discount (stoked).
i rented the cave the other day because i wasnt sure what it was about exactly and it seemed vaguely lovecraftian to me and wanted to know what the deal was. it was a surprisingly decent movie. also rented domino that night...and liked it alot.

p.s. zombie movies are teh shit (i love 28 days later even though, like you said, its not a zombie movie)

Trollstormur · « **Reply #19 on:** 31 Mar 2006, 02:21 »

I rented capote, it was a rather good film. (shout out at zaarin for the av)

Maximo Bean · « **Reply #20 on:** 31 Mar 2006, 02:52 »

I love Garden State very much indeed.
Last film I borrowed was The Secretary.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #21 on:** 31 Mar 2006, 07:26 »

I just bought 'The Box of the Banned', which touts itself as 'The Ultimate Collection of Video Nasties' and looks it. I Spit on Your Grave, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Driller Killer, The Evil Dead, The Last House on The Left and Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, plus a documentary on the Obscene Publications Act. I also purchased some Salvia extract. Let the fun commence!

nescience · « **Reply #22 on:** 31 Mar 2006, 09:27 »

Watched "The Wedding Date", which is an artless piece of crap.

zutonna · « **Reply #23 on:** 31 Mar 2006, 15:12 »

Bought the 2nd series of Blackadder but it's for a friend's birthday so I can't keep it

Aprichaun · « **Reply #24 on:** 01 Apr 2006, 12:38 »

rented: Dawn of the Dead (managed to watch it at 3am whilst drunk and full of sugar, so got the shit scared outta me, and had to make someone else close the curtains)
borrowed: Fists of Fury. that was fun.
watched: the rocky horror picture show. it never ceases to amaze me.

Kirbo · « **Reply #25 on:** 01 Apr 2006, 12:39 »

Bought Seasons 1 and 2 of Trailer Park Boys.

So god damned good.

Kai · « **Reply #26 on:** 01 Apr 2006, 13:20 »

I bought both seasons of The Adventures of Pete and Pete (Technically there's three, but only two are on DVD) and it's still as amazing as I remember.

Manta Ray · « **Reply #27 on:** 01 Apr 2006, 19:50 »

Crash - yeah, it's about racism, but that's ALL it's about.

Bunnyman · « **Reply #28 on:** 01 Apr 2006, 22:18 »

Wargames - I think this one speaks for itself. Chess? Backgammon? Global Thermonuclear War?

The Warriors - So freakin' awesome. Absolutely dripping with that grimy 1970's city look...ancient subway fixtures, pervasive grafitti, themed street gangs, and not a clean surface to be found.

The Outlaw Josey Wales - 2:18 of Clint Eastwood being a badass. Mind you, there really isn't much else, but who cares? Why can he spit tobacco every five minutes but not put any in his mouth ever? Incidentally, you going to pull those pistols or just whistle Dixie?

Merkava · « **Reply #29 on:** 02 Apr 2006, 07:28 »

Quote from: Kirbo

Ugh, History of Violence topped my years worst list.

Last DVD I bought was Battle Royale. Damn fine movie.

What was wrong with it? Sure the sex scenes had no reason to be there besides showing contrast between the two sides of the main character's personality that should have already been taken in by the audience with the other stuff that happened in the movie, but I thought the camerawork was brilliant (especially in the first scene) and the acting was pretty damn fine (especially that final, silent scene).

Anyway, I just saw Walk the Line as well. It was fantastic. Joachim Pheonix and Reese Witherspoon were perfectly matched and put in awesome performances. Great film.

Now to watch Capote!

ayePod · « **Reply #30 on:** 03 Apr 2006, 07:55 »

Today I bought Ghost World (for the 3rd time) and Jacobs Ladder.

ashere65 · « **Reply #31 on:** 03 Apr 2006, 10:00 »

saw layer cake... highly recommended

and want to see history of violence

and if any of you have the time go find a copy of American Splendor also highly recommended

Kai · « **Reply #32 on:** 03 Apr 2006, 17:56 »

Quote from: Manta Ray

Crash - yeah, it's about racism, but that's ALL it's about.

saw this the other night. Was pretty good.

noobster · « **Reply #33 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 00:12 »

Saw: Robojox
Rented: Does netflix count? cuz if it does Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex
Bought: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

M3gaBigh · « **Reply #34 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 02:12 »

saw 50 first dates again the other night

p.s i work in a video store so HA!

tetsuotheironboy · « **Reply #35 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 05:12 »

I've been on a coen brothers binge recently. in the past week i've watched Blood Simple (distinctly average), The Hudsucker Proxy (magical, one of my favourites) and Miller's Crossing (also brilliant). I've also seen Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, The Man Who Wasn't There and Fargo. The only one i know of that i've never seen is Barton Fink. My absolute favourite is probably Fargo, every single performance in that film is stunning and its the first one i saw. Most recent i've seen is Miller's Crossing and now i'm gonna go watch E.R. and then The Man Who Wasn't there and play Rome: Total War.

nancygirl · « **Reply #36 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 05:14 »

The last movie I saw in the cinemas was probably...Memoir's of a Geisha.
The last I rented was Howl's Moving Castle (which was fucking grand and Christian Bale has such a hot voice...) and Bubba Ho-tep for like the trillionth time. I think I should really just go buy that...
The last dvd I bought was Ed Wood.

valley_parade · « **Reply #37 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 08:33 »

Lately I've been watching a mixture of Scrubs season 2 and M*A*S*H season 6.

Kirbo · « **Reply #38 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 10:23 »

Clerks and Mallrats are in a two pack for $20!!!!!

Needless to say, I bought those.

nihilist · « **Reply #39 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 14:44 »

I watched... Dirty (really bad rip of Training Day, which wasn't that good to begin with) and... Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The last one was billed as a comedy, but was anything but. (Now that I hit up IMDb, I saw that it was a drama.) Was pretty damn good, too. Jim Carrey is better as a serious actor these days, though he's looking unhealthily skinny, damn.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #40 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 15:05 »

Bought: Farscape Starbust Edition 2.2
Rented: Black Adder Season 1 (Netflix, I need to return that sucker)
Borrowed: Stargate SG-1 seasons 2 & 3
Watched: if you're looking for a feature film, probably Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which is amazing. As far as watched, it's going to be some of that Stargate SG-1.

soap · « **Reply #41 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 15:14 »

i think curse of the wererabbit might have been my favourite movie of last year, it was such a pleasure and a joy to watch.
really must get myself a copy once i have some more money.

nescience · « **Reply #42 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 15:32 »

My roommate and I went to Borders last night and bought Big Trouble in Little China last night, then took it home and watched it twice in a row: first regular, and second with Kurt Russell and John Carpenter's hilarious commentary. Russell is really an adorable goober and this movie is a classic.

Kai · « **Reply #43 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 17:11 »

I LOVE BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

And Kirbo's comment is now making me go watch Clerks. Right now.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #44 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 18:11 »

Quote from: soap

i think curse of the wererabbit might have been my favourite movie of last year, it was such a pleasure and a joy to watch.
really must get myself a copy once i have some more money.

It's by far the best Wallace and Gromit yet. I had low expectations going into the theater, because I couldn't imagine the shorts yielding a feature length picture that didn't just use the same sorts of jokes. Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ was I wrong.

Bunnyman · « **Reply #45 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 22:00 »

"You could have a six demon bag."
"Fantastic, Egg! What's in it?"
"Wind, fire, that sort of thing."

I was blown away by CotWR. I thought it would be a series of cheap gags and other hollywoodian sellout material. Boy, was I wrong. References to the original series felt legitimate, instead of wry fan service. And rather than being mere name-dropping, they actually did clever and witty referencing. Gotta love getting a Tremors reference into a 'kids' movie. As usual, they pack loads of sight gags into every frame...anyone else catch the portrait of Chairman Mao?

Most recent movie watched: Grosse Pointe Blank. Bloody brilliant. Cusack does the neurotic, mid-life-crisis-d Hitman thing very well. And making what is essentially a teen after-school special but with an entirely post-20 cast turned out rather better than one might expect.

[Cusack delivers a long, rambling, pointless dissertation on why people kill in order to calm his girlfriend, who has just witnessed him kill someone assigned to knock him off]
"You're a psychopath!"
"No...psychopaths kill for no reason. I kill for money. It's a job. Sorry, that didn't come out right."

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #46 on:** 04 Apr 2006, 22:10 »

Speaking of referencing, "Looks like all the bounce has gone from his bungee" is the greatest line in the entire movie.

Grosse Pointe Blank is indeed a quality movie. I'm glad others agree with me on that one.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #47 on:** 05 Apr 2006, 00:19 »

I love the fact it manages to have a more insane final action sequence than even The Wrong Trousers.

strawberry_gashes · « **Reply #48 on:** 25 Apr 2006, 16:51 »

Uch. My sister just rented Space Balls.
It was funny a few years ago, now... now it's just dumb.
(The real Star Wars owns!)

tomselleck69 · « **Reply #49 on:** 25 Apr 2006, 17:18 »

unhghggh recent movies watched/purchased/rented in the last few days include:

silent hill
bullet in the head
broken flowers
robocop
project A
spetters
martin & orloff
afraid to die

all were at least decent, some excellent. i will let you decide which are which. also, martin & orloff was not worth the purchase, but it was still much funnier than 100% of the standard comedies in theaters.

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Author Topic: last dvd you bought/rented/borrowed/watched (Read 40822 times)

ashere65

Praeserpium Machinarum

Kid Modernist

Panbombadil

soap

Zaarin

ashere65

Maximo Bean

nescience

zutonna

Aprichaun

Manta Ray

Bunnyman

Merkava

ayePod

ashere65

noobster

M3gaBigh

tetsuotheironboy

nancygirl

nihilist

soap

nescience

Bunnyman

strawberry_gashes