What DVD have you just watched?

Blueknowz, I also watched "Gone baby gone" a few weeks ago. Really enjoyed it. Never saw the twist coming though, great film.

Ian

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Originally posted by Vaughn3D:
Mad Men (season 1 on blu-ray)

http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/about/

Fantastic writing, great plot, excellent production and the music is great also.

Beautiful scenery too

This is quite disturbing dealing as it does with sex offenders ! but I think it's the best Gere has done to date.Well worth the cost of a rental

Watched Double Jeopardy last night. Great film with the lovely Ashley Judd.

Ian.

Star Trek - The Motion Picture (The Director's Edition) ... first time on DVD for us but I found the 5.1 sound somewhat disappointing (I recall the VHS tape of the original film had excellent surround sound).

You may remember this from the 1980’s…
This really isn’t a thinking persons kind of detective serial with the OTT story line, cartoon characterisation, and not to mention some dodgy acting here, there and everywhere…
But despite rather a lot of brutal violence ( all done in very bloodless good taste and no tomato ketchup ), this series does have an entertaining edge (set in 1963) with interesting scenery, swanky cars, Rock n’ Roll, R&B, Jazz, style and humour.

I recommend it for the music! : )

nymph

Nymph

Glad someone else enjoys it! Series 2 available as well - yellow banner rather that the red of series 1.

Dennis Farina is great in it, isn't he?

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Originally posted by Chris Kelly:
Dennis Farina is great in it, isn't he?

Hello Chris,

Yes, Dennis Farina is great, but he's no Inspector Morse ; )

I also have the Series 2, it's got some very good imaginative episodes on it, but the main story plot gets more daft as it goes on and it all ends up very appallingly cheap and silly with not so special effects…
Personally, I blame that Ray Luca for running off with the set budget money!


Chris, do you like the Hill Street Blues?

...i've got the complete season 1 and 2 which imho is very special, unique and way ahead of it’s time with it’s filming technique : )

“Let’s be careful out there”!

nymph

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Chris, do you like the Hill Street Blues?

I'm afraid it passed me by completely. I got into "Crime Story" when I lived in the US in the 80s and happened to notice the first ever episode in the listings. Was hooked from the first notes of "Runaway". I agree it was very cheesy but it was fun!

And Torello was no Morse for sure! But then his sidekicks were no Lewis either!

Funnily enough, my 26 year old son found the DVDs earlier this year and also got hooked! I think he watched both series virtually back to back while waiting for his various job applications to be processed. He started his first full time teaching post last week - not time for watching DVDs now!

HSB,great the beer and the TV series. It certainly was ahead of it's time style wise, it had a kind of "ring of truth" about it, never missed it. Mike Post's theme hooked us straight away. Veronica Hamel was very kind to the eyes too. Good cast great stories. NYPD Blue followed in similar vein.

I bought Carrie for just £3.00 yesterday from a nearby dvd store. A classic film.

Ian.

Just watched this


Great movie. Intense, without giving you a cardiac arrythmia. Smart and nicely thought out. Excellent excellent acting by Whashington and Crowe. Makes you think about how gangsters are real people with lives and families and a set of priorities. Exploits corruption among the the law enforcement agencies and drug addiction among the american youth of the 70s in a very dramatic way.

At the end of the day this is a magnificent movie and highly recommended!

just starting the final disc of NYPD Blue series 3.
Andy S is a legend.

"What happens in Vegas"

Brainless movie that is really not impressive but gets u to laugh here and there. Not awful.

First saw this many years ago on the TV. Watching it now through a projector I am amazed again at this visual feast.

Last night Green Mile and Shawshank Redemtion, had forgotten how good they both are

With the kids away, The Wall rocked loud, followed by Enter The Dragon.

The new Indiana Jones on Blu-Ray. It was so bad that I shut it off after 20 minutes, but I think I may try again tonight...

"27 Dresses". My step-daughter came over for the evening so I was happy to concede the remote and we had a fun evening of chick flickery.

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Originally posted by Vaughn3D:
The new Indiana Jones on Blu-Ray. It was so bad that I shut it off after 20 minutes, but I think I may try again tonight...

Oh bum. My copy's already on it's way from the States..

We watched "30 Days of Night" last night. Not bad actually. A brilliant picture and sound on BluRay, and some truly 'orrible vampires. It scared the willies out of SWMBO!

Nice little film, ending is a bit naff but worth watching.

I tried Indiana Jones again, the middle part of the movie turned out to be good. However, the action scenes are just so bad that I cannot put it into words. I had to turn it off when one of Indy's costars swings from vines with some kind of monkeys...it was like a scene out of Spiderman...

Having finished "24 Series 6" at the weekend tonight we got stuck into "Spooks Series 6".

Reservoir Dogs. £1.99 from cash generator.

This was a lot of fun to watch -

John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, Karl Malden, Walter Brennan, Gregory Peck, and on and on..

On blu ray