What DVD have you just watched?

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Originally posted by mjamrob: I will have to try the 3hr version, I think mine's shorter.

mat

Mat,

I'd wait - I'll post a short review when I've watched it. From what I've read it fixes non of the issues, and the film quality is worse than the standard theatrical release.

There is much in Dune I really like - such as the casting and the sets. I really don't like just how 'off the wall' Lynch made the Harkonnens, the voice weapons and I hate the rain at the end.

If Lynch had been given the ability to make his version of Dune as a TV series it would have been excellent.

M

Hi Mr Underhill,

Thanks very much for the warning - yes transfer quality is important to me, especially with a film like Dune, where the visual spectacle is so important to the overall enjoyment.
I will wait with interest for your report.

regards,

mat

Heaven Can Wait

I have never seen this film, odd as it is the sort of romantic nonsense that I actually enjoy!

Film is the story of a US football player who gets collected for heaven before his time. By the time the error is recognised his body has been cremated, from which we can understand that God is as subject to time as we are!

The heavenly minions then try to assist our main protagonist, Joe, to get back into life by allowing him to step into the shoes of someone who IS going to die just before they do. To us he looks like Joe, to those around him he looks like the person who has 'died'.

This is a vehicle starring, written and produced by Warren Beatty. It has moments of fun, romance and pathos. Predictable stuff but if you like such things as 'Sleepless in Seattle', 'The American President' and Capra fare I think you'll lap this up.

Soundtrack = Mono; PQ = OK.

Series 5 of "Spooks", up to episode 5.5. Was going to watch the David Gilmour set but got outvoted! Not easy in a 2 person household!

Chris you need 6 hours for the Gilmour dvd.
ATB Munch

Munch
I'll be making a start this evening. Can't wait!

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Originally posted by Mr Underhill:
Heaven Can Wait

[QUOTE] I have never seen this film, odd as it is the sort of romantic nonsense that I actually enjoy!

I liked it too. The way Julie Christie stares into Beatty's eyes - phwoar!

Queen

I quite enjoyed it, my wife hated it.

I would say that your attitude to the film will vary depending on your attitude to Diana; but both of us feel that the general population went totally OTT over Diana - so that doesn't work!

Juliette felt the film portrayed The Queen as hard and unsympathetic; I don't agree, I believe she is shown as being out of step with a country that has become emotionally effusive, or pehaps stopped being emotionally constipated - depending on your viewpoint.

Worth watching, but not one I'll be buying.

Miss Potter

Renee Z. and Ewan Mc. in a film that, as I understand it, does fairly accurately portray the middle years of Beatrix Potter's life.

I suppose I could damn this with faint praise by saying it's 'nice'. If I was being slightly nasty I could say the R. & E. replay acting from earlier films. Both of these comments are probably a bit harsh, the film inveigled its way into my emotions enough that when events take an unfortunate turn I was emotionally effected - and, as I knew it was coming, I think this shows that this is a well made piece of cinema; I just don't think there is enough grist for the mill, a lot of effort signifying not a great deal, but with some charming moments.

OK. Not one for my collection.

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Originally posted by Chris Kelly:
Munch
I'll be making a start this evening. Can't wait!

Well Chris ,what did you think of the dvd?

Dear Mr Underhill,

I thought the "Queen" was a splendid film and one which presented in the the Monarch's character portrayal qualities which I wish were stil prevalent in the general population!

The general public has not only become effusively emotional, but fickle.

ATB from George

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Originally posted by GFFJ:
Dear Mr Underhill,

... qualities which I wish were stil prevalent in the general population!

Agreed!

Splendid? One for the pub.

M

Munch
I did it the wrong way round, so watched the concert disc. Really excellent. As good as I remembered the evning. Great sound through my 2 channel set up. I am still wondering about the guy who said he found Gilmour boring!

Not much time at the weekend but will try to seey disc 2 at some point. We still have the last episode of Spooks 5 to watch too.

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Originally posted by Mr Underhill:

Agreed! Splendid? One for the pub. M

Except that since the smoking ban came along in July, I have been in a pub just once! George!!

I watched BladeRunner and decided to google the question of how many Nexus6 replicants there were. I was presented with a large number of discussion forums about the film and I was surprised at the depth of analysis some of the fans apply to their hobby. Then I wised up with the realisation that most of the world is geeky; we don't have a monopoly of geekiness on the Naim forum

It did seem a little sad to find the name of the missing Nexus 6 was Mary. It seems such a prim and proper name, and not one I would have guessed at.

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Originally posted by Rob B:
I watched BladeRunner and decided to google the question of how many Nexus6 replicants there were. I was presented with a large number of discussion forums about the film and I was surprised at the depth of analysis some of the fans apply to their hobby. Then I wised up with the realisation that most of the world is geeky; we don't have a monopoly of geekiness on the Naim forum

It did seem a little sad to find the name of the missing Nexus 6 was Mary. It seems such a prim and proper name, and not one I would have guessed at.

Rob,

If you Google it you will come up with a series of youtube links for a program from Channel 4 that discusses Bladerunner in depth - interesting stuff, especially for us geeks.

M

Over the pst few nights The Complete Father Ted series Oh & The Lives of Others both excellent !

The Holiday

I went to see this at the cinema, and I must admit that my memory was better than re-watching it on DVD. Definitely one I won't be bothering with again.

M

The Prestige

Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale.

My elder daughter really liked this, but then she is a Bale obsessive. I think this is a tale that Edgar Allan Poe would have been pleased with, definitely one with a creepy edge.

Not one I'll watch again, but kept me watching. I might buy it depending on how much I'm pestered!

M

Red Sorghum- fantastic Chinese film starring Gong Li. My favourite Chinese actress.

Later it will be followed by To Live another great Gong Li film.

Flushed Away

Well I was pleasantly surprised, my family all really enjoyed this. Great vocal cast and some genuinely funny moments - including some very musical slugs. In my view this one beats Cars into a porcelain bowl.

One for my DVD collection.

INLAND EMPIRE. OMG, nobody puts a nightmare up on the screen like David Lynch. This one makes Mulholland Drive seem mainstream.

Dirty Dancing

OK, problem of having a 16 year old daughter!

That said I am surprised to describe this as quite a sweet film.

The whole thing has a feel of a slowly fading present, into which some of the current world forces it's presence; the 'current world' being late 1950s/early 1960s USA.

The use of 'sweet' to describe a film that shows a divided society, unwanted pregnancy and back street abortion may seem odd, but I think the common shared moral values goes some way to justifying this.

Dirty? Certainly sexy - and not a bad film to use for sex education purposes for those of you with daughters!

M

The Hidden

Ordered this one a couple of weeks ago, had to get R1.

I remember watching this in the mid/late 80s and really enjoying it, real B-movie Sci-Fi fayre with lots of action, a high body count AND music a la Terminator - what's not to like!

The plot is not original, I remember reading it as a teenager in the early 70s: Alien moves from human body to human body entering by the mouth, in fact it has even been copied since in a episode of Angel; plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery. There are enough twists here to keep you engaged, although why an alien would find a human female attractive is beyond me!

Violent fun, and is in my collection!

M

Memoirs of a Geisha

I had been put off this film when it came out originally, no idea why.

Lovely film, really well shot, and quite gripping drama I felt.