What DVD have you just watched?

Eighteen-year-old Shira is thrilled that the marriage arranged for her within her Orthodox Jewish community is with a boy she likes. But when her sister dies in childbirth, Shira's hopes for her future are thrown into turmoil by her grieving mother. Well acted touching tale.

George, hopefully you found the transfer that was used for the Blu-ray.  I've seen stills from the DVD issue and it looks like it was taken from a VHS tape.  The Blu-ray though was really good, and in parts looks almost newly minted.

Getting ready to watch again "Shadowlands" with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger.  I love this movie and will need the tissues nearby toward the end.  This movie somehow speaks to me in a way that few do anymore.  Looking forward to enjoying it again.

Richard Dane posted:

George, hopefully you found the transfer that was used for the Blu-ray.  I've seen stills from the DVD issue and it looks like it was taken from a VHS tape.  The Blu-ray though was really good, and in parts looks almost newly minted.

Either I am blind or it is very good indeed! Far better than VHS for example.

Best wishes from George

Watched this last night.  I was prompted to buy it by the views of Mr Underhill and HungryHalibut, both of whom thought McConaughey's performance was good (I haven't been a fan of his).  I must now agree.  The film's story is not an uplifting one but the performances are good.  Goodness knows what McConaughey did to get himself into character as he looked appropriately gaunt and ill. Make-up can't have made him look so thin.  

The book is also recommended.

Haim Ronen posted:

The book is also recommended.

No kidding. Good movie, but the book adds lots of additional nuance and detail. But the best book I've read on the GFC is "Crash of the Titans" by Greg Farrell. Highly recommended, Haim.

Goodbye Mr Chips.

Robert Donat and Greer Garson in a wonderful old style film.

ATB from George

Catches me every time. Of course it help the understanding that you have been to Borstal - boarding school - to understand some of it!

Certainly character-forming.

ATB from George

Thanks, Winky, I will check it out.

Far from Men. A well made film loosely based on a short story ("The Guest") by Albert Camus, taking place in Algeria of 1954.

Wife being Chinese forced me to sit and watch this utter tosh last night.

Worse still it was the Chinese version with 20/30 minutes extra footage.

Surely with five stars from the Sunday Sport it is going to be a critically acclaimed masterpiece?

Spectre-  Not too bad.

ewemon posted:

Wife being Chinese forced me to sit and watch this utter tosh last night.

Worse still it was the Chinese version with 20/30 minutes extra footage.

As I was three years in Hong Kong I started to appreciate this kind of stuff - of course only with subtitles....

Just finilized the last season of Games of Thrones. I have to say this season was a kind of disappointment to me. It didn't have the quality of the earlier seasons. A pity as it's one of my favorite series. I hope the next season will be better.

Bert Schurink posted:

ewemon posted:

Wife being Chinese forced me to sit and watch this utter tosh last night.

Worse still it was the Chinese version with 20/30 minutes extra footage.

As I was three years in Hong Kong I started to appreciate this kind of stuff - of course only with subtitles....

Where did you stay in HK Bert. Mid Levels or Kwoloon side?

Kennedy Town and Aberdeen were my haunts.

Bert Schurink posted:

Just finilized the last season of Games of Thrones. I have to say this season was a kind of disappointment to me. It didn't have the quality of the earlier seasons. A pity as it's one of my favorite series. I hope the next season will be better.

I think the writers went off book a lot more. Personally we enjoyed season  5.

Season 6 will be all new as George hasn't finished the next book.

really looking forward to S6 only a fortnight to go.

Lions For Lambs (2007).

A film that did not garner the best reviews in its day, I enjoyed it, perhaps with the advantage of some hindsight since its release. Despite the marquee names, it is thought-provoking and far from any Hollywood fluff - two attributes I look for in a good movie. Roger Ebert's website gives a great synopsis of the plot:

The movie follows three storylines, plus flashbacks linking all of them. In Washington, a veteran journalist (Streep) sits down for an exclusive interview with a Republican senator (Cruise) who has presidential ambitions. In Los Angeles, a political science professor (Redford) sits down to discuss the purposes of life with a brilliant but disappointing student (Andrew Garfield). And in Afghanistan, two of the professor's former pupils (Michael Pena and Derek Luke) are involved in a firefight on a snowy mountain peak.

Watched Dredd again over the weekend. 

Slightly violent for my normal taste, but actually enjoyed it. Quite a fun movie, and the soundtrack was good.

Watched Dredd a dozen times, gets better with every view. Up there with Bladerunner.  Unfortunately no sequel as it crashed at the box office.

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TOBYJUG posted:

Watched Dredd a dozen times, gets better with every view. Up there with Bladerunner.  Unfortunately no sequel as it crashed at the box office.

A really good watch, and one of the few films that's excellent in 3D.

Superb transfer of a magnificent 1959 Boulting Brothers satire. It's got everyone (and I mean everyone) in it: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael, Dickie Attenborough, Dennis Price, John Le Mes, Margaret Rutherford, Liz Fraser, Irene Handl, Victor Maddern, Raymond Huntley, Cardew Robinson, Kenneth Griffifth, Terry Scott, Sam Kydd, Milles Malleson etc etc.

Worth watching just for Terry-Thomas talking about "time and motion studies with a saucy redhead last night" and calling people "stinkers" and "an absolute shower".

Now where in the Star Wars series have I seen a plot similar to this one? Let me think.