What DVD have you just watched?
Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 27 November 2005
All the best from Fredrik
Watched The Colditz Story from this box-set last night. I generally like these old British war movies but not this one. It might be a true story but the film didn't seem to have one (a story-line) and stereotypes of the different nationalities involved reminded me of Allo, Allo. Pretty poor.
That's a shame because the book is inspirational and fascinating
https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/70308063
"What Happened, Miss Simone?" - The new Netflix doco on Nina Simone. Highly recommended. I mean it, watch it.
Ok, I know, I know. Lots of big names but, regardless, I think it's great entertainment.
We watched this last night. Brilliant, just brilliant! There's so much going on, lots of subtle movie references. Great fun for adults and children alike.
Enjoyable French thriller as long as you don't ask yourself too many questions.
Enjoyed this. If you liked "Moon" you've probably already seen it, but if not, do so!
I watched Local Hero again last night - mainly because my g/f had never seen it before. It's still a lovely film but it's looking and feeling a little dated. Despite the DVD box stating that it's a remaster, the picture looks rather soft and washed out in places. Fond memories of Arisaig beach though...
I watched Local Hero again last night - mainly because my g/f had never seen it before. It's still a lovely film but it's looking and feeling a little dated. Despite the DVD box stating that it's a remaster, the picture looks rather soft and washed out in places. Fond memories of Arisaig beach though...
A sound-track, too.
And now for what is almost without doubt my Blu-ray release of the year so far; The Train.
One of my favourite war films, but enthusiasm has been somewhat tempered in the past by a middling DVD release with a full-frame picture, poor detail, and at times, plenty of obvious compression. The Blu-ray changes all that, and at last John Frankenheimer's early masterpiece is presented just as you would wish - a crisp and contrasty anamorphic picture but still with good grain where it should be. Fabulous film that stands repeated viewing far better than most, and an excellent Blu-ray release.
Just perfect.
A linguistics professor stricken with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Based on a self-published book by neurologist Lisa Genova.
A linguistics professor stricken with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Based on a self-published book by neurologist Lisa Genova.
I think i have to watch it...
Just perfect.
The best comedy series on TV recently.
Working my way through this box-set. I'd forgotten how good it was as it's several years since I bought it. Last night I watched the episode entitled Bastonge. The effect when the German 88 shells land unexpectedly had me jumping out of my seat as well as the actors. I could sense the direction from which the shell came: straight over my left shoulder! More substantively, I appreciate that the actors seem to be trying to do justice to the original soldiers and their first-hand accounts of what happened and how they felt. There's no sentimentality or sensationalism here: just brutal reality and the range of human emotions that come with it. This series is I think the best at imparting on Its audience something of how those bonds were formed between these brave young men and why those bonds endure for the rest of their lives. I know the series Pacific followed this one with a bigger budget and tried to emphasis the different challenges in that theatre e.g. the climate and fanatical Japanese mentality but for me BoB tops it.
Working my way through this box-set. I'd forgotten how good it was as it's several years since I bought it. Last night I watched the episode entitled Bastonge. The effect when the German 88 shells land unexpectedly had me jumping out of my seat as well as the actors. I could sense the direction from which the shell came: straight over my left shoulder! More substantively, I appreciate that the actors seem to be trying to do justice to the original soldiers and their first-hand accounts of what happened and how they felt. There's no sentimentality or sensationalism here: just brutal reality and the range of human emotions that come with it. This series is I think the best at imparting on Its audience something of how those bonds were formed between these brave young men and why those bonds endure for the rest of their lives. I know the series Pacific followed this one with a bigger budget and tried to emphasis the different challenges in that theatre e.g. the climate and fanatical Japanese mentality but for me BoB tops it.
Keep meaning to buy it. Thought it was excellent.
I recently bought a boxset of 84 episodes of Danger Man. Just watched episode 50, still black and white, but colour is not far away.
First screened in 1960, a forerunner to Bond and far superior in my opinion.
Photography is top notch, compared to other TV programs produced at the time, it is different class.
