Bought some new DVDs

[wiseheart]

Or rather some old ones. Quite a few ones, in fact, mostly travelling vids about places where I was (like Belgium) or where I'm planning to go (like Stockholm). But also some old movies I loved for some reason, although I still haven't succeeded to find a copy of "Ladyhawke"

In any case, I also purchased the old "Andromeda Strain" movie, based on the novel by Michael Chrichton, a book I useed to love. I also used to love the movie, decades ago, when I first saw it.

I was positively surprised that I found the movie every bit as good and exciting as at the firs time.

Comments

[julesaello.livejournal.com]

Oh, Ladyhawke is one of my favourites!!

(I also bought a few DVDs... ;-) The crappy Highlander movie, the 2 Elizabeth movies - havent' yet seen the second one -, Brothers Grimm - haven't seen that either -, and 2 DVDs from the TerraX series - love historical documentaries)

[jen-rock.livejournal.com]

I love Ladyhawke. It's one of my favorites. I like, "The Andromeda Strain," both book and movie. There was a remake of it on one of the cable channels last month. I didn't watch it but I heard it wasn't as good and that they tried to make the storyline more "relevant" to today.

I didn't like Brothers Grimm all that much. Parts of it were interesting and it was visually well done but the plot was predictable and I was turned off by a couple of pointless scenes of animal cruelty. Although, I did like Peter Stormare's character but I've liked him in everything I've seen him in.

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, 'The Andromeda Strain' - great book! I didn't even now they'd made a movie.

'Ladyhawke' is such a lovely movie. It was on TV again this winter, and I never tire of it; of course Rutger Hauer is absolutely stunning which may have something to do with it. ahem.

What did I buy recently ... let me see: 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' (Sean Bean!), 'Love Actually' (because it makes me feel good) and my kids gave me 'Blues Brothers' which I've wanted to get hold of - wonderful movie!

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Good finds! I saw, then read 'The Andromeda Strain' many years ago, in my early teens, back when Micheal Crichton wrote good sci-fi. And 'Ladyhawke' is lovely - I'll have to see if I can find a copy in the right region.