I’ve Just Seen… II

***Wil*** · #1 08-17-2009, 01:55 PM

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Instead of having lots of short-lived threads about individual films or telly shows, I thought I'd start a blanket coverage, all-rounder of a thread. So, if there's a DVD you've just seen, cinema, TV, illegal download, whatever - just post here. Does that sound alright?

OddjobAbe · #2 08-17-2009, 02:11 PM

I just gave up watching Live at the Apollo on Dave. Joan Rivers was hosting it, and she's absolutely fucking shit. She's jsut a boring old hag. Patrick Kieton came on after her. I didn't dislike him, as he wasn't an obnoxious twat, but I didn't find him that funny, either. Fortunately, Jack Dee's on next.

MeechMunchie · #3 08-17-2009, 02:17 PM

I was watching it too, and I too instead checked OWF. We are therefore the same person. I demand an explanation. My logic is infallible.

Bullet Magnet · #4 08-17-2009, 02:20 PM

Oh crap, I too have been assimilated into this growing hive mind.

Abeguy · #5 08-19-2009, 10:20 AM

saw District 9

good movie.
THere was a mecha that kinda reminded me of an armored big bro slig

Josh · #6 08-19-2009, 10:33 AM

I just saw the news. Japan is out of the resession. They really are 5 years ahead of us.

Fuzzle Guy · #7 08-19-2009, 10:34 AM

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Patrick Kieton came on after her. I didn't dislike him, as he wasn't an obnoxious twat, but I didn't find him that funny, either.

He wasn't funny, but he was true!

Hobo · #8 08-19-2009, 07:34 PM

Inglourious Basterds. Fucking awesome.

Leto · #9 08-19-2009, 09:21 PM

it does look like a bit of fun, like a slapsticky wolfenstein.

Fuzzle King · #10 08-21-2009, 09:20 AM

Saw the hangover, which was pretty funny.

Josh · #11 08-21-2009, 11:19 AM

The 200th Neurotically Yours episode.

Sekto Springs · #12 08-21-2009, 02:15 PM

Saw District 9, followed closely by Baraka.
I'm starting a club of misanthropes, we have jackets and decoder rings. Join up now!

Mac Sirloin · #13 08-21-2009, 08:08 PM

Inglourius Basterds. It wasn't bad, but it was really long.

Now for more detail.

It's got lots of flair. The soundtrack (LOTS of classic Ennio Morricone) was superb. A lot of the cinematography (especially shots panning over walls and through floors) was keen, and the dialogue fit the film itself well.

Brad Pitt was good, Eli Roth was crazy, but good, and Christoph Waltz just stole the show. He was incredible.

Now, like I said, it's long. Almost two and a half hours long. It's not two and a half hours of action packed Nazi killing, either. That caught me off guard. But the two and a half hours still sticks, and you don't actually realize it's so long until the middle.

There's a scene where Waltz's character (Basically the antagonist) is speaking to a Jewish girl whose family he killed a few years prior, oblivious. While he's speaking to her, he's eating a pastry, and the scene just goes ON AND ON AND FUCKING ON. All of his lines are spoken through this food in his mouth, and I'm sitting there simultaneously bored out of my skull and pissed that they make it so uninteresting.

It's possible that the above scene was ruined by this this obnoxious asshole in front of me who blocked the subtitles with his head. I kept having to sit up far to see over it, but didn't want to block the screen for the people behind me. Right near the end he sat up even farther. I fucking hate people like that. I wanted to punch him, or something. Inconsiderate asshole.

So the scene doesn't end. Then it still doesn't end. Then it ends. Okay. Good job, scene.

The ending is...probably one of the most satisfying endings I've ever seen. It's just excellent.

Not as good as District 9, but still an absolutely great movie. It has a lot of good drama, and plenty of laughs. There are a shitton of scenes of peoples faces. They're just fucking huge.

Fuzzle Guy · #14 08-22-2009, 06:04 AM

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It wasn't bad, but it was really long.

Long movies really bore me if I'm not at the cinema. I can manage 2 hours or so on a very good movie. 90 minutes ideally.

But all in all I can't really be bothered taking that long out of my life to watch a movie on a TV screen. Films are made for the big screen. Which is why I watch almost everything in my loft, crashed out on the sofa on a projector screen. It's awesome. Anyone with a few bob and a spare room who likes watching things should consider kitting it out with a projector and some speakers and be prepared for cinematic excellence whether you're watching the Godfather or Gigli.

***Nate*** · #15 08-22-2009, 06:52 AM

Just watched Forbidden Lie$; probably the best documentary I've ever seen and definately the biggest mindfuck of a film I've seen in years.

It's about Norma Khouri, a Jordanian woman who wrote a true story that became a bestselling novel about her best friend, a Muslim woman who was murdered by her father and brothers for falling in love with a Christian man. Except it's not true. Or maybe it is, but she changed details to protect herself. And she's actually a con artist, wanted by the FBI. Or maybe she was a well-meaning, caring woman who was used by her abusive, gun-toting, controlling husband and his mother to falsify certain documents. And she was sexually abused by her father from the age of 4. Except that he strenuously denies it and no proof was ever found.

Total, absolute mindfuckery. With every scene, what you believe to be true changes back and forth. Her opponents have strong evidence to back up their claims but Norma is so incredibly convincing. If she is lying, she's the most spectactularly talented liar that was ever born.

Anonyman! · #16 08-23-2009, 08:36 PM

Inglourious Basterds was good. It pissed me off though. But I enjoyed it.

Wings of Fire · #17 08-23-2009, 08:44 PM

I just saw the 1960s version of The Time Machine, for a movie that raped the aesop and meaning of the story it was pretty damn good.

***Nate*** · #18 08-23-2009, 08:57 PM

How was Aesop involved in a film based on an H.G. Wells story?

Wings of Fire · #19 08-23-2009, 09:01 PM

The same way that I can be liberal and not represent them in parlaiment.

Dixanadu · #20 08-23-2009, 10:12 PM

Just watched the Teletubbies. Never gets old.

Pilot · #21 08-23-2009, 10:32 PM

I saw Rebel Without a Cause. Now THAT'S a man with some serious rebel-cred.

Leto · #22 08-23-2009, 10:39 PM

I thought that said Rebel Without a Curse, I was hoping for a glorious gem of a b-movie.

Josh · #23 08-24-2009, 01:06 AM

Platoon. I'm not sure why.

MA · #24 08-24-2009, 01:24 AM

Platoon is a great film.

just watched all three parts of Occupation. James Nesbitt was always a good actor in my opinion, but i think Stephen Graham excelled in this one. great stuff.

Laser · #25 08-24-2009, 05:11 AM

I watched Total Recall.

2nd best Arnold Swarzenegger film ever

Rich · #26 08-24-2009, 05:40 AM

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How was Aesop involved in a film based on an H.G. Wells story?

More importantly, why was he being raped? Is there no justice in the world?

OANST · #27 08-24-2009, 07:53 AM

I saw Inglourious Basterds. I liked it. I didn't love it, but I liked it.

Rich · #28 08-24-2009, 05:56 PM

I just watched all of 'Flight of the Conchords - Complete Second Season' on DVD. I lolled.

Daxter King · #29 08-28-2009, 06:21 PM

The newest Flapjack, first episode wasn't that great, but I loved the one with the combs. Doctor Barber is fucking creepy.

OANST · #30 08-29-2009, 07:20 AM