What movie did you just see?

[wallijonn]

Mr P.D., DLW,

I've been waiting forever for the "Glenn Miller" DVD. When the heck are they going to come out? I wouldn't mind a little Gene Krupa and Benny Goodman, either. When will their DVDs come out?

ooooh, looks like they finally came out:
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/...ller+Story.htm

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movie...tml?v_id=19337

I'm feining for some Swing and Big Band music.

Audio Redneck,

I'm feing for some Walt Disney movies - like the original "Flubber," "the Absent minded professor," "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones," etc.


Scyrpt,

The only Criterion films I own are "I Am Curious Yellow" and "I Am Curious Blue". I'll probably rent out some Criterion Japanese films ("Seven Samurai", etc) in the next week.

As you may know, "I Am Curious Yellow" is 'Rachel, Rachel - a young girl's sexual journey to Minsk' (from 'Seinfeld TV show). It's a b&w Swedish film done during the time of the Viet Nam War.

Did Swede citizens actually have to attend "Non-Aggession" classes? Man, that is weird. Imagine, mandatory classes for all citizens.

 

[tsplash75]

1984 Smash Hit, starring none other than James Wood.. *drumroll*

VIDEODROME!

i'm still not sure what to think of it. while being very interesting, it was also the most confusing movie i have ever watched. that being said.. i liked it!

 

[wallijonn]

The Spanish Prisoner - Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara.

Industrial Spy Drama.

You won't know who is who nor why until the last minute of the movie.

Muted movie score with just one song.

 

[Mr.PD]

I got the Glenn Miller DVD in trade at the local music and movie store. I ran out of space for CDs so I took a bag full down there and got 50 bucks worth of store credit.

Tonight I tried to watch "Night and Day" with Cary Grant. It's the story of Cole Porter. For some reason it just couldn't hold my interest. I don't have a warm spot in my heart for broadway musicals, therefore I had a hard time maintaning interest in that movie. It is one of the movies in that Cary Grant DVD box set we got last week.

After DLeeWebb's recommendation of Ray, I may have to hit the local Block Buster and give it a day in court.

 

[chadbang]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsplash75 1984 Smash Hit, starring none other than James Wood.. *drumroll* VIDEODROME! i'm still not sure what to think of it. while being very interesting, it was also the most confusing movie i have ever watched. that being said.. i liked it!

A cool movie. I liked it alot when it first came out, but not as much years later. I think that eXistenZ, which is close in premise, sorta, kinda, is even better. If you liked Videodrome, then check out eXistenZ (same director, Cronenberg).

That said, I watched "Crumb" again last night. Just a great documentary.

 

[EyeAmEye]

This weekend I watched The Ten Commandments. Charlton Heston was awesome as "The Statue" (or was that Moses?)

. Yul Brenner was so over the top I thought he worked for the WWE. I haven't laughed so hard at a movie in a long time. Classic? Think again.

-2 on EyeAmEye's 4 to -4 star movie rating system.

It gets a Head-Fi rating of: Bose

 

[wallijonn]

I also think TTC is campy and love the one liners and the over-acting. "GO...." (end of the movie)

 

[mbriant]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chadbang (same director, Cronenberg)..........That said, I watched "Crumb" again last night. Just a great documentary.

I had to go out and buy a copy of Crumb after first seeing it years ago. Still can't get over his brother swallowing that rope. It's one of those movies ( like Eraserhead ) that I force all my friends to watch. Used to see David Cronenberg all the time, walking his dog in the laneway behind my buddy's photography studio.

 

[Usagi]

Just saw two Anime movies at home:

[size=small]Ghost in the Shelll- Innocence

The Incredibles[/size]

Even though the Incredibles won the animation awards for 2004, I am deciding for my self which won is really deserving of this title. They are totally different in every aspect. This will be a tough decision!

 

[chadbang]

This time around I was struck how the yoga brother (yuck, that rope. I wonder how many "Trips" it had made) looked like the shooter at the beginning of "The Sixth Sense".

 

[redshifter]

i caught "westworld" on tv the other day. yul brinner is the original "terminator". i really dig vintage '70's sci-fi.

 

[scrypt]

Wallijonn:

Even when you factor in their level of quality, Criterion DVDs are criminally expensive. Unfortunately, many of the films I must see (or see again) are Criterion releases.

The best online rental service for Criterion fare seems to be the New York Public Library's Leo Line, where you can look up DVDs and reserve them at your nearest branch. You have a week to view them and, if the DVD isn't popular, an additional week to renew. The cost: nothing, of course. Even if you don't live in NYC, there has to be a similar option in your area.

Criterion DVDs in my current library queue: The Leopard, by Visconti; Peeping Tom, by Michael Powell (it contains the closest depiction of my childhood to any I've seen on film); Diary of a Chambermaid, by Luis Buñuel; Les Yeux San Visage, by Georges Franju; Sullivan's Travels, by Preston Sturges; and Orpheus, by Cocteau.

Here are most of the Criterion DVDs I own (many of which were picked up used): Ivan the Terrible and Alexander Nevsky, both by Eisenstein; In the Mood for Love, by Wong Kar-Wai; Onibaba, by Kaneto Shindô; All That Heaven Allows, by Douglas Sirk; a six-DVD Hitchcock box set of films from the 30s and 40s (now out of print, but which contains the best extras, scholarly essays and restored transfers of any Hitch DVDs I've seen); Blood for Dracula, by Paul Morrissey (out of print); The BRD Trilogy, by Fassbinder; The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise and That Obscure Object of Desire, both by Buñuel; Solaris, by Tarkovsky; and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, by Fritz Lang.

 

[acidtripwow]

I just joined NetFlix about 2 weeks ago. My latest movies have been -

Hero - Excellent moive!!! I was really sucked into the story on this movie. I've never been a big fan of Jet Li but this movie is fantastic. The sword fighting is excellent.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - Really great special effects. This is a demo disk for sound, too. And I watched it on my PC with my not so great speakers and it rocked!

Alien vs. Predator - A really silly movie but good fun.

Evanescence: Anywhere But Home - This is a concert DVD and it may have been my copy but the sound was horrible. There was way too much bass. Good thing I use WinDVD6 that has an EQ I could tweak.

I use my PC to watch movies and need a 19" LCD screen now! Anybody know of a good cheap one?

 

[Dimitris]

"The great escape". I know i should be looking into better movies but this one is a classic and it happened to be next to me when i wanted to watch a movie.

 

[wallijonn]

Fulltime Killer- Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi. Hong Kong Assassin bloodfest. Chinese, Japanese, Thai(?), English, Spanish.

Up and coming assassin (who loves re-enacting films) seeks #1 spot on the charts.

First technical mistake: 2nd person 'killed' fired red pellet at the ceiling. Some open conjecture in one scene. Quite a few minor technical mistakes and one major one: bullet proof vests won't stop a .50 BMG.

My one wish would have been to hear 'La Donne E Mobile' when Tok does his dance of victory. The music played is reminiscent of it - just a tease. Old time gamers will get a pleasant surprise.

Music selection is very good - Chinese, American pop, techno, etc. 5.1 Surround Sound, of course.

I would have liked to have had an English voice track - there are certain scenes that beg that one not take their eyes off the screen action.