What film did you watch last night?

[MontyVeda]

Are you sure those are words you should be typing this far in to the century?
I know where my nearest closed down Blockbusters is, but an actual rental shop...

i thought exactly the same thing... a 'rental' shop sounds as archaic as 'Spangles' these days.

anyway, back on topic... ish. Last night i watched the penultimate episode of series three of Wentworth... blinking bloody norah... talk about gripping!

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Platoon - Haven't seen it for ages. Wasn't disappointed, well made, well acted and did a good job of depicting the horrors of the Vietnam war. Full Metal Jacket is still my favourite Vietnam War film, but I've never watched Apocalypse Now.

8.5/10

 

[User169]

[QUOTE 3761805, member: 259"]We've got a fairly big rental shop near us and they do pretty well. They sell a very good range of beer too! [/QUOTE]

Is it the one next to the haberdasher?

 

[Aperitif]

Mulholland Drive is the only film I have seen this year, let alone 'tonight'. Or was it tomorrow? Car crash TV.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Platoon - Haven't seen it for ages. Wasn't disappointed, well made, well acted and did a good job of depicting the horrors of the Vietnam war. Full Metal Jacket is still my favourite Vietnam War film, but I've never watched Apocalypse Now.
8.5/10

Agreed, I've trudged through Apocalypse Now, I don't particularly rate it (particularly as a Vietnam War film). I remember watching Full Metal Jacket at the cinema with a mate who'd just come back from basic training with the Queens Infantry which was a bit annoying as it was filmed in the UK and the training scenes were at ?Bassingbourne? so there was lots of 'there's a telephone box behind that hording' and 'saw that assault course, they said it was too dangerous for us squaddies to have a go on' etc...

 

[swee'pea99]

I've never watched Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now is a masterpiece. The Deerhunter stands up well too.

Not quite so sure about Lord Jim, which I watched last night, mainly on account of my love of Peter O' Toole. He was ok, as was the movie, but it wasn't a patch on lawrence, which it was clearly trying to emulate.

 

[John the Monkey]

[QUOTE 3761805, member: 259"]We've got a fairly big rental shop near us and they do pretty well. They sell a very good range of beer too! [/QUOTE]
An excellent plan to increase rentals of those difficult to shift discs, I reckon.

 

[Aperitif]

[QUOTE 3761805, member: 259"]We've got a fairly big rental shop near us and they do pretty well. They sell a very good range of beer too! [/QUOTE]
Do they have a copy of 'Gone with three sheets to the Wind?' I wonder?

 

[User169]

Do they have a copy of 'Gone with three sheets to the Wind?' I wonder?

It's on the shelf next to "Some like it hopped".

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

The Good, The Bad and The Fuggle-y.

 

[benb]

The Beer Hunter

 

[User169]

Star Worts

 

[John the Monkey]

Man Bites Brewdog.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Agreed, I've trudged through Apocalypse Now, I don't particularly rate it (particularly as a Vietnam War film). I remember watching Full Metal Jacket at the cinema with a mate who'd just come back from basic training with the Queens Infantry which was a bit annoying as it was filmed in the UK and the training scenes were at ?Bassingbourne? so there was lots of 'there's a telephone box behind that hording' and 'saw that assault course, they said it was too dangerous for us squaddies to have a go on' etc...

I've read that Apocalypse Now isn't really a out-and-out film about the Vietnam war like Platoon is. I've only seen the excellent clip of the Huey's flying in to Wagner's - Ride Of The Valkyries, that has to be the one of the best scenes I've ever seen in a film. It's hard to believe that the film was made that long ago, a bit like Blade Runner in that respect. I must watch it, I obviously need to set out a bit of time for this, even if I'm not that struck on it like yourself, I guess its one of those films you have to watch.

Apocalypse Now is a masterpiece. The Deerhunter stands up well too.

Not quite so sure about Lord Jim, which I watched last night, mainly on account of my love of Peter O' Toole. He was ok, as was the movie, but it wasn't a patch on lawrence, which it was clearly trying to emulate.

I watched the Deer Hunter recently and I wasn't as keen on it as I thought I would be/as I rembered last time I watched it years ago. I still need to watch Apocalypse Now though. I've read mixed things stating that the Redux version is a waste of time. Haven't a clue though.

 

[accountantpete]

Interstellar.

Pants.