What DVD have you just watched?

I don't have Sky, so never got to see this. It's OK, intermittently funny but nowhere near past glories:

Recent watches on Blu-Ray:

Captain America 

Lincoln

Wolverine

Rush

Thor

Django Unchained

Amazing Spider-man

The Hunger Games 1

Star Trek 1 (new version)

Zero Dark Thirty

Haven't seen all these, rackkit, but I'd certainly recommend Django Unchained, Rush and Star Trek. Must track down a copy of Lincoln. I hear that's very good  

In view of this being the centenary year, I thought it was about time I started to work my way through this box set that I inherited from my late father.  This BBC set was made in 1964 so is black & white, 4:3, and mono but so far I have found it captivating.  Lots of old footage and even interviews. Rather in the style of the magnificent Thames TV production of The World at War on WWII so perhaps that series took its cue from this earlier one of WWI. Educational as well as entertaining. I would thoroughly recommend it.

MDS

What disappointment! 

In fact so disappointing that half way through it, I realised that I had seen it before...I must have been disappointed then too.

BBC and Nick Broomfield tie up, chasing the gossip and bitching around the conspiracy theory that Kurt Cobain was murdered on the instructions of Courtney Love for 50,000 dollars. All about Courtney and nothing about Cobain...or his music, but then what did I expect with a title like that.

Back to the music.

Jason.

Lincoln is excellent MDS. DDL is such a good actor.

Still can't believe Lincoln managed to get that bill passed though.

Thanks rakkit. Have placed an order for Lincoln this evening.

I get all my Blu-Rays in Sainsburys these days. Quite good prices!

Nominated for one of the best films of the year, can't imagine why.

Got back yesterday afternoon, dog tired, and amongst the post was this, from Love Film: Sergei Paradjanov's "The Colour of Pomegranates" (1968).

I last saw this about 15 years ago, in the VHS era ( first saw it in the 1980s, at the cinema) and I've always thought it was one of the most beautiful films ever made, if also one of the strangest.

Watching it again last night, on a crisp new DVD transfer, I was still struck by its astonishing, sensual beauty, but also by how good it is. Notionally a film about the great 18th century Armernian poet and troubadour Sayat Nova, it is about as far away from a typical biopic as you can get. There's no proper narrative, rather the film is a series of fragments and beautifully-composed symbolic tableaux which aim to portray the what's going on inside poet's mind at various stages in his life.

So, 90-odd minutes after it began, I was stuck by the fact that this is not only one of the most visually ravishing films ever made, but also one of the very greatest (and also by just how stunning the soundtrack is). It was such an enjoyable experience, that renting a copy just doesn't feel good enough - one has to own it.

Makes great use of 3D and i'm a big hater of that tech. Enjoyable film though but not sure it deserves a Film of The Year tag,

I thought the film was a bit hokey, probably expecting more from a Lake Zurich woman (we live in a neighboring town). I did not understand why the Clooney character had to detached himself and float away. Couldn't he hang on to the cables and climb after her into the Russian space station?

I really hate 3D, it's nothing more than a gimmick, and is usually used to hide the fact that the film's a stinker; but I thought Gravity actually justified the use of the technology. I too thought it was a bit hokey, but genuinely gripping. The person I was with felt nauseous during the film, which I think is testament o its power. Nice to see the under-used Sandra Bullock in something decent too, rather than those wretched rom-coms.

This is not a film I would recommend for you, Haim. Not grim enough. Doesn't take itself seriously enough. Not a tragic commentary on the human condition. Not significant in an historic context.

I enjoyed it very much, though.

For the second time. I should probably read the book again. The first battle of Mogadishu took place twenty one years ago in October 1993. Eighteen US servicemen died along close to a thousand Somalis. Few months later president Clinton pulled all US troops out of the country. Well made (filmed in Marocco) but I recommend to read the book first.

Not sure why it got tonked by the critics. i thought it was great fun.

Saw this on cable the other night. A nice, well-made, feel-good film.

What is it Winky?  I can't a photo and I'm in the market for a nice, well-made, feel-good film. 

The re-make of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" with Ben Stiller.

And I also watched a bit of the second nights show.

Renowned artist Vik Muniz embarks on one of the most inspired collaborations of his career, joining creative forces with Brazilian garbage pickers who mine treasure from the trash heaps of Rio de Janeiro's Jardim Gramacho landfill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNlwh8vT2NU

I shall be having words with the person who recommended this. It's self-consciously arty garbage.

First episode, quite entertaining. Both versions were recommended to us and we chose to go with the original British one from 1990.

Good choice. I thoroughly enjoyed the original TV series which introduced the wonderful expression: "You might think that. I couldn't possibly comment."