The Aussie/Kiwi Last Blu-ray You Purchased/Watched Thread

[Caustic]

Originally Posted by donthitpause

Watched –



Vigilante (1983)

Wowee.... let me get this right out from the get go - this is one hellova awesome transfer kids! This. Looks. Superb!

There. Done.

Hell, not only the image tho, but this classic revenge based flick from the early eighties sports a 7.1 on the aural options, so punters who dig annoying their neighbours with the dulcet tones of rape/revenge film soundtracks thru 7 different damn speakers, Blue Underground have your back.

Yep, no word of a lie, I have a super soft spot for Blue Underground releases, coz them boys know that I’m their target demographic for real – white, employed, born before 1980 and fully into Bronson/ Eastwood / Williamson type flicks from the late 60’s thru til the mid 80’s. The perfect cult movie distributor customer if ever there was one. Violence AND revenge. Word!

And Bill Lustig’s 1983 film Vigilante is my bread & butter for real –

“New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge. Now there's a new breed of marauder loose on the city streets, enforcing his own kind of law. His justice is swift. His methods are violent. He is the VIGILANTE.”

It’s no secret that this is fully a Death Wish knock-off, but that kinda works in its favour if you ask me. I went into this not only expecting a Death Wish knock-off, hell, I demand a damn Death Wish knock-off thank you very bloody much! Why else would I watch a film called Vigilante? Sheesh...

Starring cult movie cinema heroes Robert Forster & Fred Williamson, this could only get better if Bill Lustig could have roped in Joe Spinell in as a greasy lawyer.

Wait.. what??? YES!!!

That’s right, everyone’s favourite Maniac, Caroline Munro stalker and Sage Stallone godfather, the legendary Joe Spinell is in this film as... a greasy lawyer! See Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus.

Solid citizens. Urban jungles. Brutal street gang assaults. Greasy lawyers. Rape. Infanticide. Revenge. VIGILANTES!!!

What in the hell are you waiting for sucker? Man up! Take charge! Throw down your US $12 and grab this Blue Underground blu-ray release without further delay. Hell, throw down US $24 and grab one for your dear old dad you cheap bum, coz he’s gunna love this too!

The power of your inner Bronson compels you!

BUY IT. BUY IT NOW!

WishForDeath/10

Don't you think The Hammer is so much better when he is not directing himself or being overly comedic (like in Vigilante). This is superb vigilantism!

[Cevolution]

Bought and received today:

[Cevolution]

Originally Posted by L-Rouge

the best of the bunch, gets worse with each installment

You should have gone local for this one, as our disc is superior

[hdgfs]

Received in the post

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[PLG1962]

Originally Posted by L-Rouge

the best of the bunch, gets worse with each installment

I feel the same way about the Rocky films

[PLG1962]

Originally Posted by hdgfs

Received in the post

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Garp is a favorite of mine its a film Williams should've won a Best Actor Oscar for my only regret is they didn't film the rest of the book as it is a favorite read of mine
Will it be a first time or a re-watch for you

[Caustic]

More Fulci:




I can only dream about what sort of nightmarish onslaught this could have been IF grandmaster Fulch actually directed it and didn't abandon it.

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by Caustic

More Fulci:




I can only dream about what sort of nightmarish onslaught this could have been IF grandmaster Fulch actually directed it and didn't abandon it.

I'm hoping to watch my copy this weekend

[hdgfs]

Originally Posted by PLG1962

Garp is a favorite of mine its a film Williams should've won a Best Actor Oscar for my only regret is they didn't film the rest of the book as it is a favorite read of mine
Will it be a first time or a re-watch for you

It's a re-watch, only seen it once, really looking forward to watching the Blu-ray, apparently the transfer is top notch. Robin was amazing I agree, so was John Lithgow and Glenn Close in her big screen debut.

[Badas]

Originally Posted by deepseababy

How was Night of the Comet?

I really enjoyed it. It was cheesy 80's fun so you have to be in the right mood. I was in the right mood.

Watched:

[donthitpause]

Originally Posted by Caustic

The last Rambo flick (Rambo) was superb

Absolutely. Massive kill count with a message of freedom & liberation for the Burmese people.

Stallone doing violence AND compassion in the one story.

Perfect movie if you ask me.

[donthitpause]

Originally Posted by Caustic

Don't you think The Hammer is so much better when he is not directing himself or being overly comedic (like in Vigilante). This is superb vigilantism!

Yep. Bill Lustig really did a nice job with this. My only gripe is that Joe Spinelli's character got off scott-free. But otherwise, yep, more than highly recommended for Hammer fans across the board.

And the quality of this was off the chain. Possibly the best BU blu in my incredibly small collection.

I'd totally throw this on in the background at progressive fondue dinner parties all day every day!

[donthitpause]

Watched -



Natural Born Killers (Director’s Cut)

Eeecchhhh....

I hate Oliver Stone films. A lot. And this film helps his case none whatsoever with me. Director’s cuts or otherwise.

And I’m the first kid with his grubby mit in the air screaming “pick me, pick me” when it comes to watching bizarre & stylistically strange films, and films about mass murder or serial killing. But this just missed the mark by the longest shot in film history. Hell, I’m not the biggest Tarantino fan either, but I sure as completely understand why he disowned this technicolour giggle of a film. It’s 100% shyte on a stick.

This wasn’t even a damn case of “style over substance”. It was just puke. Pure, unadulterated, celluloid vomit. And the CGI components of this blowed harder & quicker than that time when your little brother found your old school German magazine collection under the bed.

Terrible film. Terrible production. Terrible Tommy Lee Jones just re-working his Batman ‘Two Face’ shtick into this train wreck. Terrible Juliette Lewis’ forehead so huge you could simultaneously land 3 Boeing 747’s on it and still have room to fit the iceberg that sunk the Titanic on there. And her armpit hair! Aaaargh... Superman, if you’re up there, save me!!!

The only cool thing in this film was seeing Rodney Dangerfield as Juliette’s old man. That was pretty sweet. Dangerfield should have received the Best Support Role Actor Oscar that year for real!

But otherwise, there goes another 2 hours where I could have watched John Wick again and still had time to shine the rims on the 68 ‘Vette.

UnnaturallyKilled/10

[hdgfs]

This mornings arrivals

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[BIGRED1977]

Originally Posted by donthitpause

Watched -



Natural Born Killers (Director’s Cut)

Eeecchhhh....

I hate Oliver Stone films. A lot. And this film helps his case none whatsoever with me. Director’s cuts or otherwise.

And I’m the first kid with his grubby mit in the air screaming “pick me, pick me” when it comes to watching bizarre & stylistically strange films, and films about mass murder or serial killing. But this just missed the mark by the longest shot in film history. Hell, I’m not the biggest Tarantino fan either, but I sure as completely understand why he disowned this technicolour giggle of a film. It’s 100% shyte on a stick.

This wasn’t even a damn case of “style over substance”. It was just puke. Pure, unadulterated, celluloid vomit. And the CGI components of this blowed harder & quicker than that time when your little brother found your old school German magazine collection under the bed.

Terrible film. Terrible production. Terrible Tommy Lee Jones just re-working his Batman ‘Two Face’ shtick into this train wreck. Terrible Juliette Lewis’ forehead so huge you could simultaneously land 3 Boeing 747’s on it and still have room to fit the iceberg that sunk the Titanic on there. And her armpit hair! Aaaargh... Superman, if you’re up there, save me!!!

The only cool thing in this film was seeing Rodney Dangerfield as Juliette’s old man. That was pretty sweet. Dangerfield should have received the Best Support Role Actor Oscar that year for real!

But otherwise, there goes another 2 hours where I could have watched John Wick again and still had time to shine the rims on the 68 ‘Vette.

UnnaturallyKilled/10

So you didn't like it ?

[donthitpause]

Originally Posted by BIGRED1977

So you didn't like it ?

What gave it away?

[donthitpause]

Watched –



Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Starts movie.

About 5 minutes in... our conversation went like this –

Her - Hey, look. It’s your girl!
Me - Huh?
Her - Your girl.
Me - Which girl?
Her - Blondie Amish girl. The one from Banshee.
Me - Oh crap, it is too. I didn’t recognise her with clothes on*

Mrs donthitpause rolls eyes.

“Is that a tomahawk in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me...”

This has been getting a fair whack of buzz lately, and every other damn movie based podcast I listen to have a fully opinionated take on it. Mrs DHP had deliberately avoided everything about this so as to not spoil it, whereas I kinda heard a dozen differing takes about the story, the filming, the performances, so altho it was half spoiled, there was still enuff ‘unknown’ about it to make it worth a watch.

To be honest, I was soooo hoping this was going to be a sequel to Fred Olen Ray’s Native North American Burial Ground cult horror masterpiece Scalps. But it wasn’t. Believe me, yes, I feel your pain about that tragically missed opportunity too.

But it was a fairly fine watch. Mrs DHP thought it was better than what she expected, and had a lot of praise for the filmmaker’s decision to opt for more practical effects over the use of CGI, which of course I second. And overall it was a pretty inventive story and had some pretty sweet graphic scenes for the third Act. We’re always down with that Kurt Russell bloke (or The Master of Intensity as the missus calls him) and the support cast were extremely good. Hell, we had no idea the old deputy dude was Richard Jenkins until the credits rolled. That’s good make up right there!

That, plus having cameos with Sid Haig, David Arquette and Shaun Young made the overall 2 hour watch time not a bad train spotting run at all. Oh yeah, and Lili “Banshee” Simmons. Was she why they called this BONE Tomahawk? Yeah, I know, I know, me too...

Could it have been trimmed a bit? Sure. But that didn’t bother me as much as it did the missus. Slow burns with a good payoff work for me all day every day. And there be a good amount of payoff in there. Some really brutal hits, some nice gore twists, sweet practical effects all round, and if you ask me, Eli Roth should have taken a few notes right about now for his bloody Green Inferno. Y’hear me Eli? Y’hear me?

If you haven’t managed to have a gander at this, I’d highly recommend it. It ain’t no Sergio Leone jam by any stretch, and the Peckinpah’s or Tarantino’s of the world may or may not have given this 2 thumbs up in the classic “American meta-Westerns” stakes, but I’ve spent worse ways whittling away 2 hours of movie watching. Like, say, Natural Born Killers...

Overnight this seems to have grown on Mrs donthitpause than it has me, but we might re-watch it again sometime soon and see how we go. I’m a hard bastard to please, I know...

DEFINITELY WORTH A WATCH

NakedAmishBurialGrounds/10

*she lost those clothes about 1 minute 30 later, so...

[deepseababy]

As far as the Natural Born Killers premise of love on the run goes, I much preferred Terrence Malick's Badlands and even Tony Scott's True Romance which was released around the same time as NBK. Badlands in particular was subdued, restrained, poetic, dreamlike, beautifully shot and well-acted... a flat-out masterpiece.

[Badas]

Originally Posted by deepseababy

As far as the Natural Born Killers premise of love on the run goes, I much preferred Terrence Malick's Badlands and even Tony Scott's True Romance which released around the same time as NBK. Badlands in particular was subdued, restrained, poetic, dreamlike, beautifully shot and well-acted... a flat-out masterpiece.

Yip. I agree.

[Hucksta G]

Originally Posted by deepseababy

As far as the Natural Born Killers premise of love on the run goes, I much preferred Terrence Malick's Badlands and even Tony Scott's True Romance which released around the same time as NBK. Badlands in particular was subdued, restrained, poetic, dreamlike, beautifully shot and well-acted... a flat-out masterpiece.

I preferred Bonnie and Clyde to all three of them, will have to watch Badlands again as I didn't like that at the time but I enjoy the other two you mention