Movies you've recently watched

[Admiral Yi]

Semi-Pro, the Will Ferrell basketball movie.  Solidly mediocre from start to finish.

[Malthus]

Waterloo is next on my list. Found a region 0 DVD on Amazon marketplace for 3 bucks and waiting for it to arrive from Cali.

That hard to find in the U.S.? Most electronic stores here with a decent size DVD department have a section for arthouse, classics or similar.

No region 1 disc.

As an aside, I hate regional DVD coding. Its main affect on me is to make legally obtaining certain obscure movies extra difficult or impossible, when I'd gladly pay money for the product.

[Ed Anger]

As an aside, I hate regional DVD coding. Its main affect on me is to make legally obtaining certain obscure movies extra difficult or impossible, when I'd gladly pay money for the product.

I'm having to dip into the HK movie stores and imports to find stuff I want. There is a Region 2 55 days in Peking, but not a region 1 disc. Knowing my luck, my Waterloo disc will be filled with 50 year old Chinese porn.

I NEED MY HESTON KILLING CHINESE.

[Malthus]

As an aside, I hate regional DVD coding. Its main affect on me is to make legally obtaining certain obscure movies extra difficult or impossible, when I'd gladly pay money for the product.

I'm having to dip into the HK movie stores and imports to find stuff I want. There is a Region 2 55 days in Peking, but not a region 1 disc. Knowing my luck, my Waterloo disc will be filled with 50 year old Chinese porn.

Would this be a good thing, or a bad thing? 

[Ed Anger]

Would this be a good thing, or a bad thing? 

Bad thing. 1959 commie third world porn? brrrrrr.

[Martinus]

So, I watched "Sebastiane" by Derek Jarman. Filmed entirely in Latin, in a stylized way, it reminded me of a cross between Federico Fellini's "Satyricon" and gay BDSM pornMel Gibson's "Passion". With music by Brian Eno.

Certainly interesting as a future conversation piece at least.

[Neil]

Waterloo is next on my list. Found a region 0 DVD on Amazon marketplace for 3 bucks and waiting for it to arrive from Cali.

That hard to find in the U.S.? Most electronic stores here with a decent size DVD department have a section for arthouse, classics or similar.

No region 1 disc.

As an aside, I hate regional DVD coding. Its main affect on me is to make legally obtaining certain obscure movies extra difficult or impossible, when I'd gladly pay money for the product.

Regional DVD coding amounts to a criminal conspiracy against consumers.  That's why you're legally allowed to kill media types:  Self defence.

[vinraith]

Slumdog Millionaire - Meh.

[Neil]

Slumdog Millionaire - Meh.

But it was popular and ethnic, and sometimes that's enough for Best Picture.

[vinraith]

Slumdog Millionaire - Meh.

But it was popular and ethnic, and sometimes that's enough for Best Picture.

Don't forget cute, third world children in distress. That's Oscar Gold right there.

[Sheilbh]

Slumdog Millionaire - Meh.

But it was popular and ethnic, and sometimes that's enough for Best Picture.

Well it won because the competition was pretty mediocre. 

[CountDeMoney]

Slumdog Millionaire - Meh.

But it was popular and ethnic, and sometimes that's enough for Best Picture.

Well it won because the competition was pretty mediocre.

Yeah, there weren't any films involving chic diseases, the handicapped or populist politics involved.

[The Nickname Who Was Thursday]

Slumdog Millionaire - Meh.

But it was popular and ethnic, and sometimes that's enough for Best Picture.

Well it won because the competition was pretty mediocre.

The Dark Knight should have got it.

[Neil]

Yeah, there weren't any films involving chic diseases,

What about Milk?

[Cerr]

Slumdog Millionaire - Meh.

But it was popular and ethnic, and sometimes that's enough for Best Picture.

Well it won because the competition was pretty mediocre.

Frost/Nixon was great.