Latest Movie Purchase?

Nine Black Poppies · 02-18-2010, 12:07 AM

Bill & Ted DVD double pack.

Molecules · 02-18-2010, 05:58 PM

met up with sis and went on ill-advised HMV cultural shopping trip. this was all they had in the 'deals' section i wanted. the only one i've not seen before is 'la Vie en Rose', but i love Edith Piaf so hopefully that won't be certifed Oscar-bait garbage. the others:

Che: Part One. Steve Soderbergh directs. 'tis a bit meticulous and would best be viewed either by those who want to learn what all the fuss is about with this Cuban revolution silliness OR those disillusioned by the commodification of the icon, appropriation by morons etc

The Changeling. Jolie looks like shit, but it's the first Clint film since Unforgiven that didn't make me want to gag by the end. Well it did... but with agogment. Yes it's a word now

Låt den rätte komma in. Still my favourite film of whenever-it-came-out. Very touching and Lina Leandersson is beguiling and perfectly cast. One of those delightful one-offs, but watch out, the Amurrikin remake is COMING TO AN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE NEAR YOU

NumberNineDream · 02-18-2010, 06:10 PM

^La vie en rose might be my favourite biography depiction of a dead artist. It's a perfect film, and you don't get disappointed at the end, when you find out that most of the movie was part of the writer's imagination.

saddle_sore · 02-19-2010, 03:45 AM

The last film I bought was Watchmen and my next dvd purchase will probably be Series 2 of Twin Peaks when it is finally released next month.

NumberNineDream · 02-19-2010, 06:18 PM

^ Season 2 sucked, but has some great episodes in the beginning and at the end (cause Lynch was still in the writing team).

So some DVDs I've bought some weeks ago, but hadn't got the time to post in here:

Loved that movie. Watched it last week, powerful, yet not sobbingly cliché.

I've been searching for this movie for more than 2 years now. I never was able to find it, even in a rental movie shop.

A must of course:

Completing my Kubrick collection:

other DVDs would be:
_Bubble
_American Graffiti
_Sweet and Lowdown
_Basketball diaries
_Blade Runner
_Les 400 coups
_Gilda
_I'm not there
_Anna Christie

All original!

Nine Black Poppies · 02-19-2010, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream

^ Season 2 sucked, but has some great episodes in the beginning and at the end (cause Lynch was still in the writing team).

Indeed. It's a pity it got called off right as it was getting interesting again. I dunno if it was necessarily all Lynch (Frost was a major driving force behind the best of the show as well; I'm not sure what his contribution to later episodes was, though)--it just ran out of momentum when they were forced into resolving the central mystery and didn't manage to develop another one quickly enough.

Almost as bad as Carnivale in the respect of ambiguous endings, though. (It's an amazing show--one of the best things I've ever seen on TV--that was meant to have 6 seasons but only lasted two and most certainly does not end properly.)

NumberNineDream · 02-19-2010, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Nine Black Poppies

Indeed. It's a pity it got called off right as it was getting interesting again. I dunno if it was necessarily all Lynch (Frost was a major driving force behind the best of the show as well; I'm not sure what his contribution to later episodes was, though)--it just ran out of momentum when they were forced into resolving the central mystery and didn't manage to develop another one quickly enough.

Almost as bad as Carnivale in the respect of ambiguous endings, though. (It's an amazing show--one of the best things I've ever seen on TV--that was meant to have 6 seasons but only lasted two and most certainly does not end properly.)

Frost's role is indeed great, but Lynch was the director of the last episode. I guess that's what made it interesting again. Resolving who killed Laura Palmer in the first season was a real shame though. The producers always ruin everything. They just forced Lynch and Frost to resolve it, still don't know why.
The whole problem was with the shows irregular showings, during the Gulf war I think. Nobody knew when was the show running, so they just assumed it was still as ****ty as it was in middle of the second season.
The special features in the box-set discuss all this period's problems, if you never got it.

Nine Black Poppies · 02-19-2010, 08:50 PM

True, Lynch directed it but (after a check) Frost co-wrote it. I dunno, I always get the urge to defend his contributions to the show cos they seem to get eclipsed by Lynch, since he tends to be the more highly regarded of the pair.

I dunno about the resolving of the mystery; creatively it doesn't make any sense to push into it, but I guess I can understand why it would make executives/marketers nervous. It's interesting to think about how much we take longform/serial television for granted at this point (see for reference: Lost), but back then wasn't it a lot less common outside of soap operas? Add that to stuff like the irregular airings and stuff and you can see why/how too many people got lost in the extended plot. I guess pushing for the resolution was pushing for a more episodic/stand-alone structure, even though it didn't really work out that way.

I have the box but I haven't really combed through a lot of the extras. I watched the whole series in less than a week and kinda got burned out on it and I haven't reinvestigated it yet.

NumberNineDream · 02-19-2010, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Nine Black Poppies

True, Lynch directed it but (after a check) Frost co-wrote it. I dunno, I always get the urge to defend his contributions to the show cos they seem to get eclipsed by Lynch, since he tends to be the more highly regarded of the pair.

I dunno about the resolving of the mystery; creatively it doesn't make any sense to push into it, but I guess I can understand why it would make executives/marketers nervous. It's interesting to think about how much we take longform/serial television for granted at this point (see for reference: Lost), but back then wasn't it a lot less common outside of soap operas? Add that to stuff like the irregular airings and stuff and you can see why/how too many people got lost in the extended plot. I guess pushing for the resolution was pushing for a more episodic/stand-alone structure, even though it didn't really work out that way.

I have the box but I haven't really combed through a lot of the extras. I watched the whole series in less than a week and kinda got burned out on it and I haven't reinvestigated it yet.

I always felt Frost was more of the co-creator. Always in my subconscious I've had him as the bad guy, as he's one of the network people. Though he always defended Lynch's ideas. I think expending the mystery would've ruined the whole series at the end, but everything would've been better than what was actually filmed. Agent Cooper didn't even appear in some of the episodes.

I think the last disc of the box-set is a must really. I also watched the whole series in less than a week, and this disc was the only way I was able to get some kind of closure. The characters created in Twin Peaks were the most original I've ever seen, which made me ask for more at every time.

FETCHER. · 02-21-2010, 06:04 AM

I don't know about you guys. But I'm looking forward to tonight!

02-18-2010, 12:07 AM	#331 (permalink)
Nine Black Poppies Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: A State of Denial Posts: 357	Bill & Ted DVD double pack. __________________ Like carnivores to carnal pleasures, so were we to desperate measures...

02-18-2010, 05:58 PM	#332 (permalink)
Molecules daddy don't Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 2,577	met up with sis and went on ill-advised HMV cultural shopping trip. this was all they had in the 'deals' section i wanted. the only one i've not seen before is 'la Vie en Rose', but i love Edith Piaf so hopefully that won't be certifed Oscar-bait garbage. the others: Che: Part One. Steve Soderbergh directs. 'tis a bit meticulous and would best be viewed either by those who want to learn what all the fuss is about with this Cuban revolution silliness OR those disillusioned by the commodification of the icon, appropriation by morons etc The Changeling. Jolie looks like shit, but it's the first Clint film since Unforgiven that didn't make me want to gag by the end. Well it did... but with agogment. Yes it's a word now Låt den rätte komma in. Still my favourite film of whenever-it-came-out. Very touching and Lina Leandersson is beguiling and perfectly cast. One of those delightful one-offs, but watch out, the Amurrikin remake is COMING TO AN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE NEAR YOU __________________ [SIZE="1"]Eff em tumble her

02-18-2010, 06:10 PM	#333 (permalink)
NumberNineDream Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The land of the largest wine glass (aka Lebanon) Posts: 2,200	^La vie en rose might be my favourite biography depiction of a dead artist. It's a perfect film, and you don't get disappointed at the end, when you find out that most of the movie was part of the writer's imagination. __________________ Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Welcome to the Black Lodge

02-19-2010, 06:18 PM	#335 (permalink)
NumberNineDream Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The land of the largest wine glass (aka Lebanon) Posts: 2,200	^ Season 2 sucked, but has some great episodes in the beginning and at the end (cause Lynch was still in the writing team). So some DVDs I've bought some weeks ago, but hadn't got the time to post in here: Loved that movie. Watched it last week, powerful, yet not sobbingly cliché. I've been searching for this movie for more than 2 years now. I never was able to find it, even in a rental movie shop. A must of course: Completing my Kubrick collection: other DVDs would be: _Bubble _American Graffiti _Sweet and Lowdown _Basketball diaries _Blade Runner _Les 400 coups _Gilda _I'm not there _Anna Christie All original! __________________ Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Welcome to the Black Lodge

02-19-2010, 08:50 PM	#338 (permalink)
Nine Black Poppies Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: A State of Denial Posts: 357	True, Lynch directed it but (after a check) Frost co-wrote it. I dunno, I always get the urge to defend his contributions to the show cos they seem to get eclipsed by Lynch, since he tends to be the more highly regarded of the pair. I dunno about the resolving of the mystery; creatively it doesn't make any sense to push into it, but I guess I can understand why it would make executives/marketers nervous. It's interesting to think about how much we take longform/serial television for granted at this point (see for reference: Lost), but back then wasn't it a lot less common outside of soap operas? Add that to stuff like the irregular airings and stuff and you can see why/how too many people got lost in the extended plot. I guess pushing for the resolution was pushing for a more episodic/stand-alone structure, even though it didn't really work out that way. I have the box but I haven't really combed through a lot of the extras. I watched the whole series in less than a week and kinda got burned out on it and I haven't reinvestigated it yet. __________________ Like carnivores to carnal pleasures, so were we to desperate measures...

02-19-2010, 03:45 AM	#334 (permalink)
saddle_sore Groupie Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 31	The last film I bought was Watchmen and my next dvd purchase will probably be Series 2 of Twin Peaks when it is finally released next month.