What DVD have you just watched?
Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 27 November 2005
All the best from Fredrik
"Band of Brothers" (2002) discs 5 and 6 are in house
Jeff Anderson posted:
"Band of Brothers" (2002) discs 5 and 6 are in house
Completed episodes 9 and 10 and the summary 6th disc as well this early morning. A powerful series, well produced and well acted. It is a privilege to be aware of all the members of Easy Company but it is especially noteworthy for me to now be aware of Maj Dick Martin. I have been fortunate to know several men of his apparent character in my lifetime. They are special. Anyone with a remote interest in the topic should consider watching this. I believe it was a post by Happy Listener last month that caught my attention, my thanks.
A biographical drama film about American psychologist William Moulton Marston, who created the fictional character Wonder Woman.
MOLLY'S GAME is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned that there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led us to believe.
Uncompressed Blu-ray rip with MakeMKV and rewrapped to MP4 with Subler so I could watch it on my Apple TV 4K. Brilliant movie!
Does anyone know the song/artist in the bathhouse scene?
From 1979, an influential cult classic. Low budget, fast, furious, violent, slightly ropey acting and dialogue, but brilliantly directed and edited.
Watched this last night having not been able to make it at cinema.
It's quite entertaining, not as good as Rogue One in standalone series IMO.
Stumbled upon this on Amazon Prime. Good movie from back in the day when he was in the upper echelon of action hero stardom together with Stallone and Arnie.
Drikus posted:
Stumbled upon this on Amazon Prime. Good movie from back in the day when he was in the upper echelon of action hero stardom together with Stallone and Arnie.
Tommy Lee-Jones was a good villain in that.
Yetizone posted:Wind River: Netflix.
A meditative slow burn of a movie. Atmospheric, mournful, unpredictable and eerily uncomfortable. I thought this tight, low budget movie utterly compelling. Hard going in places but worth the commitment. Missed on initial cinema release, but I’m very glad I caught up with it via streaming. Highly recommended.
Watched it the other evening and loved it.
Hold The Dark - via Netflix.
I’m a fan of Jeremy Saulnier’s last two movies as they were original and distinctive, so was looking forward to this Netflix only release.
A tense, meditative and unpredictable movie. Not quite as tight (nor quite as good really) as the previous Green Room, relying more on brooding atmosphere than being an out and out adrenaline fuelled thriller (as per GR). Superb cinematography. Brutal in places. Powerful symbolism. All set in a remote inhospitable landscape, combine to create a rather eery environment to spend two hours.
Recommended.
A solid crime drama with Neeson on autopilot playing to type.
Pretty but rather dull and inconsequential.
ewemon posted:Yetizone posted:Wind River: Netflix.
A meditative slow burn of a movie. Atmospheric, mournful, unpredictable and eerily uncomfortable. I thought this tight, low budget movie utterly compelling. Hard going in places but worth the commitment. Missed on initial cinema release, but I’m very glad I caught up with it via streaming. Highly recommended.
Watched it the other evening and loved it.
Agreed and easily my favourite film of 2017.
Other good 'uns set in the US are Hell or High-water (Jeff Bridges) and, a little bit more of an acquired taste perhaps, Nocternal Animlas (Jake Gyllenhall).
Ray
Jeff Anderson posted:Jeff Anderson posted:
"Band of Brothers" (2002) discs 5 and 6 are in house
Completed episodes 9 and 10 and the summary 6th disc as well this early morning. A powerful series, well produced and well acted. It is a privilege to be aware of all the members of Easy Company but it is especially noteworthy for me to now be aware of Maj Dick Martin. I have been fortunate to know several men of his apparent character in my lifetime. They are special. Anyone with a remote interest in the topic should consider watching this. I believe it was a post by Happy Listener last month that caught my attention, my thanks.
I watched this the first time it was shown on terrestrial tv. I've since bought the Blu-Ray boxset and it doesn't lose anything from watching a second time. Simply superb.
Ready Player One - BluRay
Missed at the cinema and so keen to catch up on this film. The BoyYeti really enjoyed the gaming aspect of the story and now wants to try any form of VR, and even though I’m not much of a gamer I’m also quite tempted!
Really interesting to spot as many of the 80s cultural references in amongst the (spectacular) cgi mayhem as I could find, but there were so many it became sensory overload after a while - now intend to check out the Ernest Cline book to see what else was thrown in there.
Tremendous production design both inside and outside of 'The Oasis'. A good solid cast (esp Ben Mendelsohn) and inventive character matching to their avatars. There’s also a rather wonderful movie homage sequence used as a plot device for the VR characters. Beautifully utilised and an unexpected surprise and pleasure. Snappily paced and entertaining all the way through. Spielberg’s best film in ages and it’s pretty clear he was having fun putting this film together. Highly recommended.
"Restrepo" (2010) I recently read the book "The Fighters" which was about six individuals who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of them was a helicoptor pilot making supprt runs into the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan. This National Geographic documentary DVD "Restrepo" is about a ground squad outpost of US soldiers on a 15 month deployment in the Korengal Valley. Difficult at times to watch, but necessary IMO to have any understanding of what the US (and other countries at war) asks its young men to do.
Started to watch this today a.m. and gave up after 30 minutes. Not, for me, worth another 1 hour plus. Just my opinion. Back to the music.
Jeff Anderson posted:
Started to watch this today a.m. and gave up after 30 minutes. Not, for me, worth another 1 hour plus. Just my opinion. Back to the music.
The plot develops more interestingly than you might have expected from the start of the movie, Jeff, so maybe worth persevering for longer.