DVD watching
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karohemdSaw:
Not bad at all. A bit reminiscent of Silence of the Lambs, Se7en etc. serial killer/psycho thriller thing without happy ending. Well, there's Saw II later this year.
Vlad:
Completely different to what I expected (a cheesy Vampire-B-Movie). Four students are researching the myths surrounding Vlad Tepes/Dracula and are caught up in a sort of conspiracy.
It's not great but not terrible, either, with some good moments. It has Brad Dourif in it who usually has a similar effect of making rather dire films that little bit better as Lance Henriksen but his role isn't big enough.
That DVD had three trailers: Barbarian, which had the court room/mud wrestling scene from Deathstalker in it (I thought I recognised it, checked on imdb and it's indeed the case) and looks like a very similar film (muscular hero "saving" the kingdom and shagging all the women he meets). Couldn't resist adding it to my rental queue. ;o)
The Bunker actually looks reasonably well made (some sort of closed quarters/shell shock/military psychothriller during WWII) but R.I.C.C.O looks like it was filmed on a home video camera by a bunch of film students. Actually, the film![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
belak_krin was showing had better production values and acting.
Ah, I love Lovefilm, as many DVDs as you want, three at a time, for 15 quid a month. They have both recent releases and crap from the bottom shelf. Rar. There are few DVDs I'd watch more than once or twice so this is a very good investment, for the same price as one average retail DVD. Let me know if you want a free trial, I can get you one.
I also finally finished Stephen King's Dark Tower.
Bed now, final big tidy/cleaning day tomorrow.
Not bad at all. A bit reminiscent of Silence of the Lambs, Se7en etc. serial killer/psycho thriller thing without happy ending. Well, there's Saw II later this year.
Vlad:
Completely different to what I expected (a cheesy Vampire-B-Movie). Four students are researching the myths surrounding Vlad Tepes/Dracula and are caught up in a sort of conspiracy.
It's not great but not terrible, either, with some good moments. It has Brad Dourif in it who usually has a similar effect of making rather dire films that little bit better as Lance Henriksen but his role isn't big enough.
That DVD had three trailers: Barbarian, which had the court room/mud wrestling scene from Deathstalker in it (I thought I recognised it, checked on imdb and it's indeed the case) and looks like a very similar film (muscular hero "saving" the kingdom and shagging all the women he meets). Couldn't resist adding it to my rental queue. ;o)
The Bunker actually looks reasonably well made (some sort of closed quarters/shell shock/military psychothriller during WWII) but R.I.C.C.O looks like it was filmed on a home video camera by a bunch of film students. Actually, the film
belak_krin was showing had better production values and acting.Ah, I love Lovefilm, as many DVDs as you want, three at a time, for 15 quid a month. They have both recent releases and crap from the bottom shelf. Rar. There are few DVDs I'd watch more than once or twice so this is a very good investment, for the same price as one average retail DVD. Let me know if you want a free trial, I can get you one.
I also finally finished Stephen King's Dark Tower.
Bed now, final big tidy/cleaning day tomorrow.
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Date: 4/9/05 05:10 pm (UTC)I thought Saw was suprisingly good, it's unusual for that kind of film to actually have decent acting/plot twists as apposed to the kind of banal slasher fare that is usually produced. Plus Uber scary performance from the guy from Princesss bride who's name I can't remember.
Saw 2? I'm skeptical
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Date: 4/9/05 06:07 pm (UTC)For a film that was intended to go straight to DVD, it has fantastic acting and production values.
I just had a look at the cast list, and it's indeed Cary Elwes who played Westley. I didn't recognise him (or at least not consciuosly) when I saw it. Impressive.