I Just Bought … (Non-SW Shopping Diary)

Nice list. I haven’t made one myself but I do know my favourites :slight_smile:

I have a hard time not putting Lost Highway on at odd moments so that has to hit my number one spot. And then it’s a bundle of joy in second place of Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive. All excellent Lynch and I simply cannot say I prefer one over the other. Inland Empire I’ve only seen once so that one will have to be uncategorized for now. That will be the next Lynch-movie I rewatch.

I still don’t understand why Twin Peaks’ 2nd season should be worse than the first. Up to episode 17 it is as fantastic and concentrated as the first 8 episodes. I don’t see any kind of quality drop up to that point. I even think that episode 9 (pilot of the 2nd season) and episode 15 are the best of all.

After the murder case is “solved” it begins to fray a.little bit, but it is still great fun to watch. And the ending is fantastic again.

If you read what I write you’ll see that I say it gets worse after around episode 7 of season 2. That is episode 15 or so, so I think we agree :slight_smile: Just after solving of the first murder it falls apart. Dreadful script, awful dialogue, it becomes a parody of itself. I also used to think that the last episode were great but didn’t think so this last time around. Just a bunch of cliff-hangers that probably wouldn’t lead to anything in the third season that never came (then) and probably will be ignored now.

The first season of Twin Peaks was absolutely fantastic. I liked most of the second season, as well, except for the very first and last episodes. Funny enough, Lynch directed both of those and I felt he did a bad job. The last episode was especially bad. The black lodge scenes were incredibly boring and the cliffhanger always annoyed me. If Lynch wanted to redeem the last episode of Twin Peaks, he should have filmed a conclusion when he made Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me but instead he decided to make a prequel, which was pretty terrible.

My favourite Lynch films:

Blue Velvet
The Elephant Man
Eraserhead
The Straight Story

I think he planned to make several Twin Peaks movies but since the first one was a flop he couldn’t make more. Personally I think it’s one of Lynch’s best movies.

For me this all belongs to the best Lynch ever directed.

You can view the end of Twin Peaks as a bunch of cliffhangers, but you can also view the end as a real end, and I think it is a fantastic end. I wish Lynch had devised it as an end.

Actually only the fate of Ben is a cliffhanger, the ones in the bank should be very dead, and the last shot of Cooper is a wonderful open ending, which at the same time is a perfect ending for all that what was before.

And the new series must be brilliant not to spoil this ending.

I was disappointed by Fire Walk with Me when I watched it first in the theatre, but later it grew on me. Still a bit hectic instead of the calm Twin Peaks rhythm, but at least a 8/10 meanwhile.

My latest purchase is Superuomini, superdonne, superbotte AKA Return of the Barbarian Women. It looks terrible, which is why I’m excited to watch it. :wink:

Pre-ordered:

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice arrives Monday, Batman: The Killing Joke arrives the following Monday, Captain America: Civil War arrives early September.

Pre-ordered this great film, which I missed when released by Kinowelt years ago. Hopefully Pidax Film has done a good job. Amazon.de has it scheduled August 12.

Just got the Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection from Arrow:

Cool cover by comic book artist Ian MacEwan.

New Blu-Rays:

I’ve never seen Chinatown. Supposed to be a good 'un though I hear, and it was only a fiver so I thought, why not?

Shouldn’t you be working on your Messi documentary review?

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I’m doing it, I’m doing it! :smile: I’m presently padding out my opinion that a sublimely gifted sportsman doesn’t translate into a sublimely interesting character study on that merit alone.

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Chinatown is excellent.
Stop wasting your time writing cockcheese about some midget Argentinian and start watching this film immediately. You’ll thank me in the short, medium and long run.

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I’m about 50, 60 words away from completion on the Messi debacle, although it’ll be possibly my poorest review to date. I’ve no desire for it at all. Chinatown is going on tonight for sure. I’ve got some people round now and they’re not movie types like us. They’re more Ceebeebies than cineasts, God bless 'em.

Commando never gets old! However, I prefer the theatrical cut to the director’s cut.

Ebay.co.uk (GBP 10.5)

Klapka.sk (EUR 14.40->GBP 14.17->EUR 16.90)
I have managed to pay at klapka.sk with TransferWise service but it is not easy. At first system refused to accept my Visa debit card because British pound is not its currency. Then I have to activate my dormant virtual Visa card used ages ago when PayPal was not available in these Hills and have paid with it.

Dolemite, Human Tornado & Petey Wheatstraw - The Devil’s Son in Law (Probably my favourite Dolemite movie)

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Nice. Got that one, along with a bunch of the other new stuff Vinegar Syndrome has released, on my wish list.