What DVD are you watching lately?
Posted by _Dalida_ on Feb 09, 2009 · Member since Jan 2009 · 966 posts
I have BBC's Persuasion on, but I can't really get into. I've heard thought that BBC's Sense & Sensibility is good. Of course I"ve watched the Ang Lee Emma Thompson version which is superb... I may get it this week to see :P
I cannot stop watching Breaking Bad on NEtflix. It is soooo addicting, much like meth I suppose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyGxROwihHs
I like Breaking bad too, I need to get back into it.
Breaking Bad just gets better as the seasons go on. It started off as just "good" for me. I continued watching because it's known for its twists and turns and all kinds of hell breaking loose all the time, and I'm glad I did. The last two seasons were unbelievably good.
I've had BB on my queue forever, but I know that I'll JUST watch it until it's done, so I don't even want to get started!
I am on a Mad Men Series kick on netflix.
I just watched (for the millionth time) The Addams Family. The house and the family I've always wanted. :)
just finished the 3rd season of Sons of Anarchy, sooooo good!
Netflix kept recommending movies of books from Catherine Cookson, so I went with it.
A Dinner of Herbs
This is a 6 part miniseries thing. I enjoyed it. I think I enjoyed the earlier episodes more, because the actor change was kinda weird. It was entertaining, and there's even some surprises near the end. This was the last of her books to movies. 4/5
The Fifteen Streets
I didn't like this one as much. I'm not sure what happened with the ending, but there seems to be some missing. The other CC movies are in a series, and this was only 1 movie, so there's probably more to it. Despite that, I didn't find it as entertaining. It was too slow, and almost too hard to watch. Hard times! I liked it enough to watch more, though. This was the first of her books to movies. 3/5
I just finished Inside Job. A documentary that shows great insight into the global economic crisis. The film shows how the crisis started, how the crisis happened, and how fucked-up men got away with such detrimental actions. A lot of this disgusting financial shit that has occurred since the 1980's is still going strong while millions upon millions are suffering worldwide.
Netflix kept recommending movies of books from Catherine Cookson, so I went with it.
Still watching these and enjoying them! I just really like British movies/series.
Colour Blind
Liked this one more than 15 Streets, but not as much as Dinner of Herbs. Definitely like the story and message behind this. 4/5
Wingless Bird
Also enjoyable. I like how these are all broken up into 3 parts. Great character development. 4/5
WRATH OF KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
Suspicion, an old Carey Grant movie
Suspicion, an old Carey Grant movie
I found the ending disappointing. Almost as if they rewrote it after a preview. The person who watched it with me agreed it wasn't credible.
I agree, it was like they couldn't come up with anything
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas: JIM HENSON! This was totally cute.
How Beer Saved the World: This was pretty cool if not slightly far fetched. Still an entertaining one-sided do though
Young@Heart: I loved this. A touching story about an elderly choir who sing rock, pop, and punk songs. Bust out your tissues for this one.
Young@Heart: I loved this. A touching story about an elderly choir who sing rock, pop, and punk songs. Bust out your tissues for this one.
I've had that in my queue for a while, I think.
Suspicion, an old Carey Grant movie
I found the ending disappointing. Almost as if they rewrote it after a preview. The person who watched it with me agreed it wasn't credible.
That is exactly what happened. Preview audiences couldn't accept the original ending. I'll leave it at that to avoid spoilers.
That's what I thought, veggydog. It didn't ring true with Htch's style, either.
Little Norse Prince, by Studio Ghibli, 1968. The date explains the drawing style and "animation" (lots of still-frame storyboard pictures with sound effects--I guess cheaper, quicker and easier than animating a whole battle scene), but I still can't figure out exactlywhat I saw. Too many "heroic" songs. I didn't know if I was watching an opera from Communist Russia, or just what. (Strong "comrade collective" vibe going). Nice melodies but too much of a good thing is too much. And the story line--was there one?--didn't make a lot of sense. I mean, ice mammoth? And if the snow foxes belong to the bad guy, why is the hero riding one in the final battle against said bad guy?
I checked IMDB and they said there it was based on an Ainu folktale but the producers decided to use the Norse motif because...well, even in the 60s the Ainu were a sensitive issue in Japan. Not that knowing that cleared up any of the "storyline" confusion.
I don't exactly feel that I've wasted the hour and a bit, but...well...there you go, I guess.
Personally I got more out of Alexander Nevsky.
Piranha: This was such a great horror movie. Lots of gratuitous violence, blood and hilarious killing. 5/5.
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