watch my unwatched dvds

What a beautiful film! I thought from the cover that it was animation and was amazed to discover that it was filmed on location. The fortitude of the mother and father emperor penguins through harsh blizzards and months of starvation was both awe-inspiring and humbling, and the baby penguins were unbearably cute.

The “behind the scenes” documentary by the film-makers was equally inspiring. You could tell that they completely fell in love with Antarctica.

Finished miniseries (bought since last entry) and season 1 of Battlestar Galactica. Loved it.

Finished whatever we had of CSI – either all of, or half of season one.

Got House from a friend and have watched about four episodes. Appeals in the same way as CSI – intelligent, competent people solving puzzles.

Bought the complete Buffy set for re-watching and Bladerunner. Watched first two episodes of Buffy.

Wow, it was completely different to what I’d been expecting. I hadn’t seen any trailers but knew that it was yet another adaptation of a Philip K Dick novel, so was thinking that it would be along the lines of Minority Report. Instead it was a world not far removed from our own (with the exception of the scramble suits which fooled any facial recognition software if you were wearing them).

I found it quite uncomfortable viewing, with the sense of unease that went with the constant surveillance and never being quite sure who was who. I had already guessed the identity of “Hank”, but the truth about Arctor’s real mission was really tragic.

The real surprise for me was Rory Cochrane, who I’d last seen in CSI:Miami as Speedle. His drug-induced paranoia was really believable.

I loved the animation – it was amazing how recognisable the actors were with just a few deft pen strokes. I watched the special feature which said that post-production took 18 months to complete the rotoscoping, twice as long as expected. But how beautiful it all looks.

Hmmm, how long has this one been sitting in it’s plastic wrap on my dresser? Two years. No more buying DVDs for me! I won’t put them on my Christmas or birthday lists either!

if your thinking about starting a dvd collection, DONT. i started a dvd collection last summer. i had over 80 dvds. well one day my mom gave my cousins crack head girlfriend a ride to her job with my dvd case in the car. the hooker takes them out of my car. then she was trying to sell them to my aunts who dont tell me till the byach moved away. it makes me so mad over $1,000 in dvds gone in a blink of an eye. now i cant watch a movie with out getting alittle depressed. the only thing that cheers me up is that she cant keep her kids cause shes so fucked up the state takes them aways from her, maybe im being alil crule but who know hom many other ppl she has ripped off in a way shes getting whats shes giving. am i right or am i wrong???

Finished season four of Babylon 5; all of Angel; season one of Heroes; first set of Bones (half season one). Not sure what else.

New ones bought & unwatched – Battlestar Galactica. Others I can’t remember off hand.

I found it quite hard to get into this film – in fact, I actually stopped after the first 20 minutes and then returned to it a few days later. Enjoyed their trials and tribulations once they reached the cottage and the final scene with Richard E Grant reciting a speech from Hamlet in the rain. Think that I might warm to it more on a 2nd viewing – or having downed a few G&Ts first.

This is a lovely lovely film. It seems strange to say that of a coming of age story that was mostly bittersweet, but everything worked perfectly. One day I would love to visit the castle they used for filming, and also to read the original novel by Dodie Smith.

I never managed to catch this whenever it comes on TV so it was good to finally watch this. Great idea, great film – loved seeing the different ways that Phil reacted to his situation: disbelief, despair, glee at being able to behave as badly as possible and finally making use of his circumstances to learn the piano and help others.

Mixed feelings about this. I adored the first 2 Spiderman films, which I saw at the cinema. I think that my enjoyment of Spidey 3 was probably affected by seeing it only on a small screen.

There seemed to be too much crammed into the film with 3 baddies and multiple love triangles. Though it did give Harry a chance to become a hero at the end – I loved watching the two of them fighting side by side, friends once more. But overall it was terrifically entertaining – the main goal of watching any film for me.

For now, Spidey 2 still remains my favourite.