What did you watch today? v 17.0

Tell everyone what you watched, what you thought, and what's up next.

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Permalink Reply by The Professor on November 15, 2008 at 7:00pm: I just watched:

Two Arabian Knights: Decent silent film from 1927.

Drums along the Mohawk: Good technicolor John Ford with a Revolution-era story.

A Special Day: Got the VHS thru interlibrary loan because the NF reviewers all say the DVD is dubbed, and guess what? The VHS is dubbed too!

Permalink Reply by Snorii on November 15, 2008 at 9:27pm: The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) - first time I've seen any version of this particular Oscar Wilde play.

Cry-Baby (1990) - It was pretty bad, but I did laugh at some of the sillier things in the movie like the new rules of playing chicken.

Doctor X (1932) / The Return of Doctor X (1939) - The first one was the better of the two, with a horribly miscast Humphrey Bogart in the very short second film.

Next up - The Celebration (1998)

Permalink Reply by jessica on November 15, 2008 at 9:34pm: i watched Monster's Ball a day or so ago...been at work and busy with life so i haven't been up on my movies lately.

Permalink Reply by Chopped_Liver on November 15, 2008 at 10:14pm: Just finished El Mariachi. Not too shabby.

Permalink Reply by macroman on November 15, 2008 at 10:31pm: Adventures in Cannabis Hemp=The Dutch have a reputation as tolerant and this 60-minute documentary set in Amsterdam, where mariquana, hash and prostitution are legal shows why. Includes visits to "coffeehouses" where these substances are sold, interviews with people involved in the trade, including the development of industrial hemp.
Amsterdam is considered the most multiracial city in the world and an estimated 800,000 Dutch people use mariquana and hash. It is also a beautiful tourist destination. Entertaining--4 stars.

Oldboy=original and gripping thriller from Korea that is just as good as many reviewers here have said. A man who has been imprisoned for 15 years sets out to find his captors upon release with the help of a sympathetic waitress. The dubbing is terrible so I recommend choosing English subtitles in setup if you rent this. 4 1/2 - 5 stars.

For Sunday: The Fugitive=one of the best TV drama series that hasn't dated at all since it aired in the 60s.

Later in the week: The Devil's Miner=doc about the harrowing conditions Bolivian silver miners work in; Ballot Measure 9=doc about how conservatives tried to pass a measure to allow discrimination vs gays in Oregon and failed; Slacker Uprising-Michael Moore film about his nationwide tour to get new, mostly young people, to register and vote in 2004; and a couple of World Series baseball DVDs.

Permalink Reply by runnr1 on November 15, 2008 at 10:39pm: a few that i've seen recently...

reincarnation - i really liked the way this movie unfolded in the last 30 minutes. some asian horror cliches were used, but much better than...

infection - i just didn't like this horror flick. there were a few moments of potential, but ultimately it oozed of cheesiness.

hellboy II - great visuals, really poor dialogue. i still liked it.

rear window - my first viewing. loved it.

the happening - so terrible it hurt.

run, fat boy, run - ok, but not my favorite pegg film. i was very happy to hear that pegg and frost are teaming up for another movie...

Permalink Reply by Snorii on November 16, 2008 at 6:13am: Rear Window definitely makes my short list. I love to watch that one over and over.

Permalink Reply by lloves on November 15, 2008 at 10:59pm: just watched descent..very disturbing.

Permalink Reply by The Professor on November 15, 2008 at 11:46pm: I was working in the basement, (not Pihkal's Basement however) and popped The Terminator into the VCR. I ended up not working much and instead getting drawn into that great film. For my money the best movie of its kind ever made.

Permalink Reply by Aces on November 16, 2008 at 12:15am: Kidulthood - 2 stars - I was drawn to this new release by the word "gritty" in the synopsis but I guess it wasn't gritty enough cause I saw this a few days ago and the only thing I remember about it is I didn't like it.
Sukiyaki Western Django - 2 stars - I really thought I'd like this - was thinking it would be like the son of Yojimbo and A Fist Full of Dollars but it was so boring that I fell asleep a couple of times. The costumes and sets looked good but in my opinion the acting was terrible, the accents horrible and the cinematography was a joke. Yes, I know it was supposed to be a parody but I didn't think it was an interesting parody. Determined to finish, just to see if it improved, I had to fast forward a few times and it never improved. This looked like a movie Tarantino, Miike and the cast really had fun making but it wasn't fun for me to watch. I should have believed rottentomates.com's 57% rating.
Ultraviolet - 4 stars - Fun Sci-Fi & Fantasy with Milla Jovovich.
True Blood - 5 stars - This HBO series is sure to be canceled - it's too good - all the good ones get canceled.
Carnival of Souls - 3 stars Nice little classic horror.
Up next:
M, The Sacrifice and maybe The Great Train Robbery on Hulu.com or The Man Who Never Was on Netflix instant watch.

Permalink Reply by photo heathen on November 16, 2008 at 1:11am: Just watched a couple old Japanese films that I had dvr'd off of IFC in the past few weeks, sadly neither is available on DVD.

Three Outlaw Samurai is a fantastic film about three ronin who take up the cause to improve the lives of some peasants. It was Hideo Gosha's (Sword of the Beast, Goyokin) first film and one that definitely deserves the Criterion treatment.

Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell is just as gloriously bad as that title would suggest. Here's the synopsis..."The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires." Lol, oh my. Not only that, the whole thing has a anti-Vietnam message that's just completely silly. At one point, one of the characters asks another what he does for a living. "I'm a researcher of space biology." Space biology?! Yeah, and I'm a water geologist. The space biologist goes on to refer to himself as a "scientist" at least a half dozen times. This is just fried cheese city, and I loved it. Most definitely deserves a DVD release.

Here's a shot of the "vampire", who looks more like a Japanese Liberace to me, which makes it even more peculiar that they'd put a vagina on his face.