Tuesday 1 April 2008

Lovefilm

Lovefilm sent me a three month free rental voucher in December. A follow up to a one month free trial I had in January '07. I waited until after the Xmas period to start:

L Word, The - First Season - Disc 1  
The disc only had the feature length first episode so it's difficult to judge the whole but it was kind of flat and dull.
Stranger Than Fiction
An ingenious film that was a joy to watch.
Ten Canoes
When you watch the making of documentary you realise it's a miracle that anything came out of this. It's alright but kind of amateur in feel.
30 Days of Night
Looks good but has clumsy pacing which the lead actor points out on the commentary.
Gun Sword - Vol. 1
Good giant mecha action.
Last Exile - Vol. 1
Beautiful, reminded me of Studio Ghibli films.
Drunken Master
Absolute classic, Jackie Chan's athleticism is astounding!
Grey's Anatomy - Season 1 - Disc 1
Stupid beyond belief. I got it because of Katherine Heigl but regretted it.
Gungrave - Beyond The Grave - Vol. 1
Gantz - Vol. 1
Weird and interesting.
Berserk - Vol. 1
Clunky animation but good with fun blooper reel.
Karas - The Prophecy
Spectacular but confusing.
Requiem From The Darkness Vol. 1
Stand-alone ghost stories.
Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys
Appalling remake.
Next Door
Alright horror movie.
The Son's Room
Emotionally minimalistic which given the subject matter is completely wrong.
The Black Book
A rip roaring war melodrama.
Hellboy Animated - Blood And Iron
Much better than the first.
Bleach - Series 1 - Vol.1 - Disc 1
The Kingdom
Well done with a great gun battle ending.
Witchblade - Vol. 1
Blood - The Last Vampire
Stunning visual design which from the extras seems to have been an experiment to test the  blending of CGI and line drawing.
Tell No One
Mesmerising thriller.
Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust
Even better than the original with great animation.
Appleseed
Hellboy Animated - Sword Of Storms
Horrid Scooby Doo level animation.
Vampire Hunter D
Tremendous but has basic animation.
Adaptation
Superbad
Not that funny.
Bubba Ho-Tep
Dull super low budget horror.
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 10 - Vol. 54
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 10 - Vol. 53
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 10 - Vol. 52
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 10 - Vol. 51
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 10 - Vol. 50
Claudia Black returns and much better overall but unfortunately the Ori storyline is rushed and doesn't get rapped up.
Rent
Chrono Crusade - Vol. 1
Ninja Scroll
Stunning!
Shoot 'Em Up
Knock off John Woo.
The Host
Great comedy horror movie.
Stephen King's The Shining
Pointless and somewhat incompetent mini series.
Death Proof
Not as great as Tarantino seems to think it is or set out to achieve.
Knocked Up
Not that funny.
V For Vendetta
Better than I expected.
Battlestar Galactica - Razor
Yea it was alright.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Vol. 1
Difficult to tell from the first disc but this has an enormous reputation.
Samurai Champloo 1
Funny and cool samurai action.
The Animatrix
Mixture of stunning animations.
Speed Grapher - Vol. 1
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 9 - Vol. 49
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 9 - Vol. 48
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 9 - Vol. 47
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 9 - Vol. 46
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 9 - Vol. 45
Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 9 - Vol. 44
The quality drops when Claudia Black leaves and they are not fighting the Ori. It just doesn't make sense that when faced with such a dangerous foe they would spend time doing anything else except finding ways to deal with that threat. It reminds me of the X Files, when faced with hostile alien invasion they wouldn't tell anyone, seemingly forget it and go off to investigating some poltergeist or whatever instead.
Cowboy Bebop - Vol. 1
Funny and cool sci-fi.
Little Children
Absorbing drama but very downbeat, I'm not sure I'd want to see it again. Jennifer Connelly is stunning.
Inland Empire
As a Lynch fan I thought I'd love this but didn't.
Letters from Iwo Jima
Battlestar Galactica - Season 3 - Discs 1-5