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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Gordon on May 19, 2015, 02:55:24 PM
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My Darling Clementine - John Ford's greatest western, and probably the best western ever made!
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This is too difficult - too many favourite films (not movies you Americanised fool ;) )
Changes with mood as well.
So currently I can list:
Some Like it Hot
2001 - A Space Odyssey
The Way he Looks (Obscure low budget Brazillian film)
Mediterraneo
Imitation of Life
Cabaret
I'll stop there - but could go on for quite awhile.
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Enchanted April- superior chick flick based on Elizabeth von Arnim's novel with gorgeous Tuscan scenery and a fantastic cast - Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Michael Kitchen, Josie Lawrence, Jim Broadbent.
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One? A single film? Just the one! Surely, you jest? 'Don't call me Shirley'
Given that restriction then it is I Know Where I'm Going
But tons of others up there.
Nice to see Trent mentioning Imitation of Life directed by the great Douglas Dirk. Went to see All That Heaven Allows at the GFT last month.
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Where Eagles Dare
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One? A single film? Just the one! Surely, you jest? 'Don't call me Shirley'
Given that restriction then it is I Know Where I'm Going
But tons of others up there.
Nice to see Trent mentioning Imitation of Life directed by the great Douglas Dirk. Went to see All That Heaven Allows at the GFT last month.
First saw Imitation of Life when I was 14 or 15 on TV. The funeral scene left me quite bereft. It has stayed with me forever.
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Having done the ludicrous 1 restriction, I will throw in some of the other contenders
Gregory' s Girl
Now, Voyager
Diner
Breaking Away
Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources
Guys and Dolls
Con Air
The Magnificent Seven
The Possibilities are Endless
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I hereby, and formally, and with profuse apologies for being such a thoughtless spoilsport, remove the one movie (sorry Trent) restriction!!!!! :)
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Which of course leaves out (ignoring Cabaret since Trent has already mentioned that)
Casablanca
Duck Soup
The Italian Job
Get Carter
To Have and Have Not
Bringing Up Baby
My Man Godfrey
The Thin Man
Babette' s Feast
Singin in the Rain
The Philadelphia Story
North by Northwest
A Star is Born (Judy Garland/James Mason)
His Girl Friday (might notice I am a huge Howard Hawks fan)
Diva
Paddington
Waterloo Bridge
Time Bandits
Ok will shut up now but I could go on and on
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Apologies in advance.
LOTR trilogy.
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The List of Adrian Messenger
Poltergeist
The Changeling (1980 version)
Dead of Night
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Wow ... ridiculous but:
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Don't look now
The Wicker Man
The Misfits
Also:
Apocalypto
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The List of Adrian Messenger
Poltergeist
The Changeling
Dead of Night
Applaud
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See I told you it was impossible Gordon.
Out of those listed by others are more of my favourites:
Brining up Baby
the Wicker Man
Don't Look Now
A Star Is Born
And on and on and on.
Final shout for now as this is getting ridiculous:
All About Eve.
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I like the Harry Potter films best, but only on DVD, as I have never enjoyed the cinema experience.
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Dear Gordon,
Like Trent the list is endless, all time favourite, To Kill a Mockingbird, also Some Came Running, Shirley Maclaine, gorgeous :P
Gonnagle.
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Dear Gordon,
Like Trent the list is endless, all time favourite, To Kill a Mockingbird, also Some Came Running, Shirley Maclaine, gorgeous :P
Gonnagle.
Mark (my memory of the title failed) 10:17
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Angels with Dirty Faces - o.k. it is a bit corny in parts but what an ending!
Years ago I remember putting this on the video (remember them) when my kids were still kids. The older two moaned about it being in black and white (philistines that they are) - but after 10 minutes they were hooked and didn't move again until the end.
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Cagney had some great deaths 'made it, Ma, top of the world!'
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Each Dawn I Die - Cagney with George Raft.
About a wrongly imprisoned reporter who had been framed (Cagney) and the gangster he meets in prison (Raft) - I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it: and if you haven't then you should!
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Dear Sane and Gordon,
Happy memories, Saturday afternoon, my mates would be outside playing fitba, I would be sitting on the floor next to the Da sitting in his favourite armchair watching all the greats, my Da would speak like he went to school with all the greats, wee Jimmy Cagney, Humphrey Gokart, Jimmy Stewart, me and my brothers would wait for the old mans favourite line "ach that's the fulm ruined" this would be when the hero kissed the heroine :) :)
Gonnagle.
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Brilliant typo, Gonzo, Humphrey Gokart.
So many great films triggered by your evocation
How could in the small tsunami I have already posted could I have missed out Harvey
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Young Frankenstein - I love the scene where Marty Feldman stands on the stairs, turns around and then grins at the camera.
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I have fond memories of "Drumbeat," as a child. The film which made Charles Bronson famous, I believe.
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12 Angry Men
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12 Angry Men
Oh yes - a good one!
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It takes all sorts, Floo. I love the cinema experience - especially in such a wonderful environment as the Regal in Evesham, where you can have drinks brought to your table from the bar at the back of the stalls.
Films - so difficult but:
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Ladykillers - both with the incomparable Alec Guinness
ET - The Extra Terrestrial
The Millenium Trilogy - in Swedish (Dragon Tattoo etc)
Henry V (Olivier)
The Book Thief
James Bond (well, some of them)
My grand children have made me watch Frozen about a dozen times but it doesn't hold a candle to Spirited Away, Whisper of the Heart, Howl's Moving Castle or just about anything else from Studio Ghibli
North by Northwest
Star Trek (well, some of them)
Indiana Jones (all of them)
A Man for All Seasons
The Thief of Baghdad
Robin Hood (Erroll Flynn)
Annie Get Your Gun
The King's Speech
The Theory of Everything
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The mention of Guinness reminds me of Kind Hearts and Coronetsc, and thence Whisky Galore
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The Lavender hill mob was good too... ah .. nostalgia :)
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Surprised that no-one has mentioned the Shawshank Redemption - or does that contravene the limitations that I've seen reference to, but no definition of. Has to be THE best film ever.
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I am one of those odd people that doesn't really like The Shawshank Redemption, in part because of the change to the end from the novella.
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My Favourite Year
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A Taste of Honey - something I discussed with Elevenses.
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Lost Boys.
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Blues Brothers
Indiana Jones
Pirates of the Carribean
Il Postino
Time Bandits
Groundhog Day
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As well as some mentioned by others, in no particular order:
Catch Me if You Can
The Italian Job with Michael Caine
The Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen
Fly Away Home
The Great Escape
Thirty-Nine Steps with Kenneth More
And not forgetting:
Finding Nemo 1
Toy Story 2
The Wizard of Oz
I'm having a deja vu..... we've done this thread before.
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I am one of those odd people that doesn't really like The Shawshank Redemption, in part because of the change to the end from the novella.
Have heard of the novella, but never read it - so I can't judge.
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Star Wars trilogy
Indiana Jones
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The OP says my "favourite movie," singular. As always, the OP is ignored. It may seem a niggardly thing to say, but just demonstrates that posters ignore what they don't agree with, and derail, or diverge from the point at will. So,we may as treat all threads as whatever we want them to be: in other words, chaos.
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BA
Bit of a control freak, are we ??????
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BA
Bit of a control freak, are we ??????
Quite the opposite. I merely suggest people are not adhering to the rules of the forum. My recent thread has 324of posts, but only a couple of dozen actually addressed the OP.
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The OP says my "favourite movie," singular. As always, the OP is ignored. It may seem a niggardly thing to say, but just demonstrates that posters ignore what they don't agree with, and derail, or diverge from the point at will. So,we may as treat all threads as whatever we want them to be: in other words, chaos.
See reply 7.
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The OP says my "favourite movie," singular. As always, the OP is ignored. It may seem a niggardly thing to say, but just demonstrates that posters ignore what they don't agree with, and derail, or diverge from the point at will. So,we may as treat all threads as whatever we want them to be: in other words, chaos.
See reply 7.
See reply 6
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And? Reply 7 is a retrospective act by rule 6, subsection (b) para 4, line two of the 1937 Copenhagen version of the forum rules which apply since the subject is defined as fungible within the definition of the cross Subject rules for posts started in months without an r in them by posters whose starting initial is from the first two thirds of the alphabet
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Lighten up BA.
I pointed out to Gordon that he'd introduced an Americanism (unforgivable) but also that it is really too difficult to choose one favourite film.
He then said: I hereby, and formally, and with profuse apologies for being such a thoughtless spoilsport, remove the one movie (sorry Trent) restriction!!!!! :)
So the originator of the thread thinks it's ok to name more than one moviefilm.
It's only a thread about films. Reserve your self-righteousness for swearing.
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Lighten up BA.
I pointed out to Gordon that he'd introduced an Americanism (unforgivable) but also that it is really too difficult to choose one favourite film.
He then said: I hereby, and formally, and with profuse apologies for being such a thoughtless spoilsport, remove the one movie (sorry Trent) restriction!!!!! :)
So the originator of the thread thinks it's ok to name more than one moviefilm.
It's only a thread about films. Reserve your self-righteousness for swearing.
Rules are rules. Or are they? I asked the mods to take note of how my thread was being derailed on a big scale. Nothing was said or done.
For self-righteous, red: "correct." Go ahead, disagree with me. I thought you were a touch above it. Clearly not. Go and swear with the rest of them if you think it's self-righteous not to want to.
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Lighten up BA.
I pointed out to Gordon that he'd introduced an Americanism (unforgivable) but also that it is really too difficult to choose one favourite film.
He then said: I hereby, and formally, and with profuse apologies for being such a thoughtless spoilsport, remove the one movie (sorry Trent) restriction!!!!! :)
So the originator of the thread thinks it's ok to name more than one moviefilm.
It's only a thread about films. Reserve your self-righteousness for swearing.
Rules are rules. Or are they? I asked the mods to take note of how my thread was being derailed on a big scale. Nothing was said or done.
For self-righteous, red: "correct." Go ahead, disagree with me. I thought you were a touch above it. Clearly not. Go and swear with the rest of them if you think it's self-righteous not to want to.
This would appear to be a big derail but it reminds me of 'The truth! You can't handle the truth!' So I will add A Few Good Men
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Aren't BA's posts here a deliberate derail??? ;)
As are mine, I suppose ?!!?!? ???
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Aren't BA's posts here a deliberate derail??? ;)
As are mine, I suppose ?!!?!? ???
You got me! :)
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Let me put it another way BA.
Some of the threads on this board I would agree need a certain discipline and rigour to keep them meaningful and on track - other threads I tend to regard as a chat over a beer down the pub.
My favourite film falls into that latter category for me - so if asked that question down the pub I would have responded 'I can't name one single film - but these are some of my favourites......'
That's all I was saying - if you don't agree and can't see that I'm sorry.
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Laurel & Hardy - even though they are more corny that a tine of Jolly Green Giant - my favourites are 'Way Out West' and 'Sons of the Desert'.
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It takes all sorts, Floo. I love the cinema experience - especially in such a wonderful environment as the Regal in Evesham, where you can have drinks brought to your table from the bar at the back of the stalls.
Films - so difficult but:
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Ladykillers - both with the incomparable Alec Guinness
ET - The Extra Terrestrial
The Millenium Trilogy - in Swedish (Dragon Tattoo etc)
Henry V (Olivier)
The Book Thief
James Bond (well, some of them)
My grand children have made me watch Frozen about a dozen times but it doesn't hold a candle to Spirited Away, Whisper of the Heart, Howl's Moving Castle or just about anything else from Studio Ghibli
North by Northwest
Star Trek (well, some of them)
Indiana Jones (all of them)
A Man for All Seasons
The Thief of Baghdad
Robin Hood (Erroll Flynn)
Annie Get Your Gun
The King's Speech
The Theory of Everything
I realise I am weird, but find the cinema screen too much in your face and too loud. Also I am not comfortable with too many other people around me. I think I have been to the cinema less than 10 times in my 65 years, and only once as a child.
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That's very interesting, Floo.
When i was a child, trips to the cinema were weekly events ... and there was the Saturday morning children's film show. I think that watching films is essentially a communal activity - and like theatre - audience participation is part of the experience. And the big screen enables you to immerse yourself in the action.
One of the the things that pissed me off as a child though, was continuous performances. You could enter a cinema at any stage of the presentation, in the middle of the feature film. When I went with my family, my father would suddenly get up and say "this is where we came in" and we would all troop out. It made a nonsense of the film narrative.
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I remember the 'this is where we came in' too - doesn't happen today.
I also remember that when I was a child of cinema going age, late 50's/early 60's, it was often the case that you would see two films - got it right this time, Trent :) - for your dosh, where the main feature film had a supporting film.
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I remember the 'this is where we came in' too - doesn't happen today.
I also remember that when I was a child of cinema going age, late 50's/early 60's, it was often the case that you would see two films - got it right this time, Trent :) - for your dosh, where the main feature film had a supporting film.
I think the 'this is where we came in' generally happened in the secondary feature. When I started going although there were double bills, it was usually one film you particularly wanted to see. So you got there in time for that and if you were early watched the other film and then stayed around to see up to where you came in.
On the subject of the use of the word 'movies', I think there is a dialect thing here. I would suggest that use of the term movies is relatively common in the West of Scotland, and Glasgow in particularly, due to Glaswegians often thinking they are a sixth borough of New York. It was certainly quite common when I was growing up amongst my parents generation.
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That's very interesting, Floo.
When i was a child, trips to the cinema were weekly events ... and there was the Saturday morning children's film show. I think that watching films is essentially a communal activity - and like theatre - audience participation is part of the experience. And the big screen enables you to immerse yourself in the action.
One of the the things that pissed me off as a child though, was continuous performances. You could enter a cinema at any stage of the presentation, in the middle of the feature film. When I went with my family, my father would suddenly get up and say "this is where we came in" and we would all troop out. It made a nonsense of the film narrative.
My parents didn't approve of the cinema so my sisters and I didn't go. I did go once with my school for an educational film when I was about 12.
I don't like audience participation as I prefer to watch a film or TV programme in silence, so does my husband. As I said I am weird because although I don't enjoy social events of that nature, I don't mind being the one the audience comes to see ;D! I give talks from time to time, and have taken part in TV programmes and films! I am giving a talk the week after next.
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Is it on how you tried to fool people with your ghost stories?
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Is it on how you tried to fool people with your ghost stories?
Epic derail!
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http://mimiandeunice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ME_428_Drama.png
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Dear Gordon,
Way out West, Lonesome Pine, me and my younger brothers party piece, he's the fat bloke :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dw-W1mG-X0
For your edification.
Gonnagle.
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And? Reply 7 is a retrospective act by rule 6, subsection (b) para 4, line two of the 1937 Copenhagen version of the forum rules which apply since the subject is defined as fungible within the definition of the cross Subject rules for posts started in months without an r in them by posters whose starting initial is from the first two thirds of the alphabet
Ah, I'd forgotten that. You have me there!
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Fun!
Laputa: Castle in the sky (but I love most others from studio ghibli)
Blade Runner
Star wars (all of them)
Indiana Jones (first three... really Harrowby... how could you?!)
Primer
Tron (both of them)
Stand By Me
Brazil
Time Bandits
Erik the Viking
Life of Brian
Groundhog day
Batteries Not Included (cheesy and soft but I love it)
The Core (overblown nonsense... with an awesome laser powered drilling machine!!!!)
Stargate
stop me now
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To satisfy BA, my favourite film is probably Pirates of the Caribbean: CotBP.
Having got that out of the way, other films I really like:
Jaws
The Incredibles
The Godfather
Life of Brian
Holy Grail
Die Hard
Casino Royale (DC version)
Groundhog Day
Senna
Blade Runner
I could go on for a while...
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Saving Private Ryan
Face/Off
The Dark Knight
Groundhog Day
Forrest Gump
Goodfellas
Back To The Future
Weekend At Bernies
Gladiator
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Torn (original) - blew me away in the cinema as a kid.
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Dr Zhivago
Dances with Wolves
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
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The Offence directed by Sidney Lumet starring Sean Connery in quite possibly his best performance
The Friends of Eddie Coyle directed by Peter Yates starring the great Robert Mitchum, adapted from George V Higgins book
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Torn (original) - blew me away in the cinema as a kid.
Which film is this?
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Torn (original) - blew me away in the cinema as a kid.
Which film is this?
She means Tron.
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Reminded of this when John Doe mentioned on TV. Great film.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_John_Doe
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And a happy 99th birthday to Kirk Douglas
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/kirk-douglas-10-essential-films
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One? A single film? Just the one! Surely, you jest? 'Don't call me Shirley'
Given that restriction then it is I Know Where I'm Going
Just noticed this. I only came across it in the last two years - I had very mixed feelings about it, particularly concerning Roger Livesey's O-so-English Laird (though I know a lot of the Scottish lairds do speak with upper-class English accents). Do you think the subtext was to help unify British spirit throughout the various parts of the UK during wartime (in this case particularly Scotland of course)? As it were "This is what we are fighting for, this is the splendour of diversity in unity that Britain displays"? Not a very SNP type message, I think.
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I think you are thinking a bit too about it. It's as Scottish as 'bloody' Brigadoon. I don't think there is even that much thought given to the war, it's a backdrop rather than the foreground as in Colonel Blimp. It's simply to me a classic tale of opposites, or those who appear opposite set against a mythical take on humanity.
Livesey in the Powell and Pressberger films just seems like a muse of decency and in that sense is representative of a quintessence of what we would at least argue was being fought for, but given the role of Anton Walbrook on Blimp, I think the Archers were trying for a universalism.
I am not sure what you are getting at in terms of the SNP, but there is a strain in the film that could be argued for strong devolution and location bring central. 'the fish, they.do may know him'.
But since I am not a supporter of independence for reasons like that, it is unimportant (leaving aside that I don't really think it is about Scotland anymore than Outlander is)
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I think you are thinking a bit too about it. It's as Scottish as 'bloody' Brigadoon. I don't think there is even that much thought given to the war, it's a backdrop rather than the foreground as in Colonel Blimp. It's simply to me a classic tale of opposites, or those who appear opposite set against a mythical take on humanity.
But it's got John Laurie in it doing the Highland Fling in a kilt! :) Of course, I never thought there was that much Scottishness in it. I'll look at it again in the light of your comments.
I didn't suppose that your thoughts on Scottish independence could be pinned down to anything simplistic, by the way.
And we must invite the Christians to comment on 'Confessions of a Justified Sinner' sometime (always supposing that any of them have read it).
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I haven't been to the cinema for ages, last time was to see the unmemorable Da Vinci Code and, frankly, I don't know why I bothered. However I used to go a lot, prefer watching films on TV or DVD now.
Some favourites are:
Gandhi
Bend it Like Beckham
Dirty Dancing (the only lightweight musical film I've really enjoyed, seen it several times and it cheers me up)
Wyatt Earp (with Kevin Costner)
The Omen - a superior supernatural/horror film
Easy Rider
Those are a small selection, undoubtedly there are others which I may add sine die.
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Anything but Love, Actually
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Anything but Love, Actually
But have you seen Birdemic? Nothing is quite so wonderful in its awfulness.
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But have you seen Birdemic? Nothing is quite so wonderful in its awfulness.
I haven't, though it sounds worth seeking out. I like quite a lot of bad films. Love Actually isn't so much bad as meretricious evil shite.
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I tend to prefer films that have some nice tunes in them so some nominees are:
Mutiny on the Bounty [1960s version]
Cinema Paradiso
A Fistful of Dynamite
Calamity Jane
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A bit late but:
The Dam Busters
Reach for the Sky
Cockleshell Heroes
Heroes of Telemark
The Battle of Britain
The Italian Job (Michale Caine)
Mutiuny on the Bounty (Charles Laughton)
47 Ronin
Schindler's List
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Jurassic Park
Aristocats
Hellboy (1 and 2)
Lawrence of Arabia
Papillon
St Trinians (all 4) - how do those first formers grow into those sixth formers?)
Hatari
Highlander (the first one)
Predator
Commando
My Fair Lady
Deep Blue Sea
Star Trek (all of them - favourites - Insurrection; Wrath of Khan;Search for Spock)
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Insurrection?! That is a bold statement owlswing.
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Insurrection?! That is a bold statement owlswing.
My favourite scene was Data playing in a pile of leaves!
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It's not such a bad Star Trek film but it's rare to see it nominated as one of the better ones. I quite like it, but I feel like it's a feature length episode more than a film. Wrath of Khan though... 100% agree
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By the way, cheeky use of alternative thread so I don't have to break character. On the other one.. On that vile 'help please' thread that TW started on the Muslim topic, Rhiannon was joining in with my Star Wars quotes when she said 'I have a bad feeling about this'.
I have decided that engaging seriously with TW is a lost cause so I'm just going to carry on being silly.
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By the way, cheeky use of alternative thread so I don't have to break character. On the other one.. On that vile 'help please' thread that TW started on the Muslim topic, Rhiannon was joining in with my Star Wars quotes when she said 'I have a bad feeling about this'.
I have decided that engaging seriously with TW is a lost cause so I'm just going to carry on being silly.
Oh, I recognised the allusion - but I doubt very much that ~TW~ did!
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One of those nights in a cold and grey hotel bed and Shaun of the Dead comes on and you think, just start watching it and it gets to the end and you think, Again!, Again!
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If I see that film any more times I'll be in it. Same with Hot Fuzz come to that.
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And what I really fancy watching now is Theatre of Blood
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Zulu.
True Grit.
Rollerball.
Carrie.
Scanners.
Jaws.
Blue Thunder.
The Omen.
The Dead Zone.
Flash Gordon/Flesh Gordon
C.E.3.K.
Blade Runner.
The Fly.
Videodrome.
Poltergeist 2.
Gremlins.
Streets Of Fire.
Labyrinth.
The Warriors.
Shaun Of The Dead.
Saving Private Ryan.
Dead Mans Shoes.
Pulp Fiction.
Django Unchained.
Troll Hunter.
The Hateful Eight.
Deadpool.
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Quest For Fire.
Shivers.
Trainspotting.
Rabid.
28 Days Later.
Capricorn One.
The Car.
Withnail and I.
Scum.
Quadrophenia.
Crash.
All the Monty Pythons Feature Films.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
A Clockwork Orange.
Legend.
T2: Judgement Day.
Kes.
Brazil.
NEDS.
Exorcist: The Beginning.
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.
Galaxy Quest.
Ronin.
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I like a lot of films but films which stick out in my memory are....
Frequency.
A Christmas Carol Scrooge.
Jane Eyre
It's a wonderful life.
All Christopher Lee Dracula Movies.
My fair Lady.
Sound of Music.
The Wedding date.
Chances Are
Ghost
Beverley Hills Cop 2.
Great Escape
Doris Day films.
Dean Martin films
Jerry Lewis films
Bob Hope films.
Laurel and Hardy films.
Charlie Chaplin Films.
Marxs brother films.
Alfred Hitchcock films.
Lots really some already been mentioned by others.
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The best? To Kill a Mockingbird.
Many decades ago, my young son wanted to see 'Pete's Dragon', some kid's dinosaur film, and when I took him I could hardly stay awake.
Then 'Airplane' came on as the second feature and I couldn't stop laughing!
I've seen it a few times since and it still makes me giggle - as corny as it is.
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PEte's Dragon coupled with Airplane? That is one weird piece of scheduling!
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Last weekend I took my 10 year old grand-daughter to the cinema. I lobbied for the remake of Pete's Dragon, which has had good reviews, whereas she was intent on seeing Finding Dory.
I'm sure you can guess whose choice prevailed!
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PEte's Dragon coupled with Airplane? That is one weird piece of scheduling!
Airplane was seen as a kid's film at that time, Trent, but they obviously under-estimated it's appeal to adults.
Looking up Wicky, Pete's Dragon cost $10m to make in 1980 and has taken in $32m, whereas Airplane cost $3.5m in 1977 and has taken $120m. Someone made a mint there!
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I though Airplane wax a 12A whereas Pete's Dragon was a U. As Trent says, odd double bill :-*
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I though Airplane wax a 12A whereas Pete's Dragon was a U. As Trent says, odd double bill :-*
In 1980 there was no 12A classification, only U and A.
!2A didn't come in until the 90s
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Airplane was seen as a kid's film at that time,
Really?
Many of the jokes in it are aimed at adults. I certainly don't think it was made for children.
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Really?
Many of the jokes in it are aimed at adults. I certainly don't think it was made for children.
It's now a 12A which would have made it a U when it first came out in 1980. I assumed it would be a kid's film too but I was pleasantly surprised.
My youngest grandson loves the Simpsons, but that's full of adult humour too.
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No, it wouldn't have made it a U. It was a 12a or PG then. Never a U
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It's now a 12A which would have made it a U when it first came out in 1980.
It was an A (http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg#certification) which meant no children under 14 without adult accompaniment. And it was never a children's film. It has jokes about sex and drugs and it's a spoof of Airport.
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It was an A (http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg#certification) which meant no children under 14 without adult accompaniment. And it was never a children's film. It has jokes about sex and drugs and it's a spoof of Airport.
Jeremy
You've had me wondering if alzheimers had set in already!
Having looked it up, Airplane is a 12A and the classification reads ...
Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult.
As my son was born in 1970, he was 10. I was 45 and an adult. I certainly can't remember what classification it was, but I do know they were the two films showing and I took my youngest son Michael.
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As my son was born in 1970, he was 10. I was 45 and an adult. I certainly can't remember what classification it was, but I do know they were the two films showing and I took my youngest son Michael.
You don't look a day over 70! ;)
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You don't look a day over 70! ;)
You wouldn't say that if you had gone to Specsavers, Seb!
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Jeremy
You've had me wondering if alzheimers had set in already!
Having looked it up, Airplane is a 12A and the classification reads ...
It's a 12A now but when it was released it was an A which means roughly the same thing as 12A now except the age limit was 14 then.
As my son was born in 1970, he was 10. I was 45 and an adult. I certainly can't remember what classification it was, but I do know they were the two films showing and I took my youngest son Michael.
I looked it up on IMDB. Your son would have been allowed in because you were with him, much like a 10 year old would be allowed into a 12A now with an adult.
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Following on from the list of Scotland's favourite books, there is a vote on favourite book to screen adaptations in Scotland. The page for voting while it was loading seemed to momementarily show that Outlander was winning.
http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/blog/reading/2016/10/scottish-book-to-screen-adaptation-shortlist
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This rather gentle, not really a classic but somehow warmly remembered film that I haven't seen in 34 years came into my head for no obvious reason
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085208/
It is of course the title of a classic song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clnxViHdp8
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Oh NS, I've seen that film on television twice a few years ago and remember it well! It's a lovely film. I'd watch it again.
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There's a film starring Brendan Fraser of which I only saw half on telly a long time ago and would really like to watch all the way through. It's called 'School Ties' & is about a Jewish boy(played by Fraser) attending an elite university with much anti-semitism. He tries to hide the fact of being Jewish. Seem to remember Sir John Gielgud was in it.
I am going to see if I can find it somewhere & watch it, what i saw was so good.
Edit - it's on Youtube so i'll try later on when I'm home.
Later - watched the first hour, it's an elite school,not uni, he was headhunted for final year because of his football prowess as much as academic ability. There's no Gielgud, don't know where I got that from. A Scottish actor called Peter McRobbie plays the chaplain.
Can't wait for a chance to watch the rest!
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So yesterday switched on TV and on STV2 was the great Ball of Fire. It is slightly flawed in that Dana Andrews is miscast but it is such a great film.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_of_Fire
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I don't know how but a couple of nights ago the stars must have aligned because I managed to watch "Gods Own Country" on Youtube. How did that get past the watchers I don't know. Anyhow yes I should have paid to see it at the cinema and I promise I will buy the DVD because this is one great little British film. Seldom are the spaces between words used to such good effect and I have never seen the West Riding of Yorkshire captured better on film.
The performances are nothing short of brilliant by the four main actors and the whole film reflected the bleakness that still exists outside our great metropolitan areas. The love story between two men was played beautifully and it never for one moment even tested suspension of disbelief.
The only jarring aspect was some old stock footage used for the credits at the end of the film that was strangely bucolic and didn't seem to have the same tone as the rest of the film.
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Paddington 2 is even better than Paddington
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Was reminded of this elsewhere
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_String_and_Sealing_Wax
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Just saw Spotlight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)) on Netflix. It's a really good "news room" film in the tradition of All the President's Men.
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Also finally got round to seeing The Prestige (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prestige_(film)). That's an amazing film.
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Just saw Spotlight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)) on Netflix. It's a really good "news room" film in the tradition of All the President's Men.
It's excellent - if a tad depressing.
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Was reminded of this, haven't seen it in age, not sure if it would stand up to my memory of it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passing_of_the_Third_Floor_Back
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Caught a n oddity on Youtube last night:
The Christine Jorgensen Story:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065549/?ref_=rvi_tt
It tells the story of a transgendered MTF but in a very weird way. It's like a 1950's film, but it is made in 1970, it is unintentionally (I think) camp. Directed by Irving Rapper who I found out later on looking at IMDB also directed Now, Voyager which starred Bette Davis. It is hard to imagine that the same man could direct two such different films, the 1970 film being in many, many ways a really bad film. And yet, I enjoyed it. If you have 90 minutes to spare it's better than Love Island so nothing to lose.
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On TCM this evening there was a film called "To Each His Own" starring Olivia De Haviland and made in 1946. It covered the issue of an illegitimate child and a mother watching the child grow up from afar.
OK it's a melodrama, but a surprisingly good and affecting one. It was a film I had, for some reason, not come across before.
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I only went to the cinema once as a child and that was with my secondary school to watch a nature programme. I have only been to a cinema about five times in my life, I dislike the places as they are too noisy. The only films I have enjoyed were the Harry Potter series, which we have at home.
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Saw Avengers Endgame two weeks ago.
Pretty good.
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Saw Avengers Endgame two weeks ago.
Pretty good.
Who plays Emma Peel?
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Who plays Emma Peel?
I think her spiritual successor in the Marvel Universe is Natasha Romanov, the Black Widow, in which case, the answer is Scarlett Johansson.
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Went to see a screening of Birds of Passage last week. Absolutely brilliant.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_Passage_(film)
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Saw John Wick 3 last weekend. Absolutely bonkers, but highly entertaining.
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my fave ?
Keep It Up Downstairs with Mary Millington
A true cinematic classic , based on a true story , apparently :o
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How surprising Walter ::).
There was a documentary about the life of Mary Millington on London Live a while ago. I hadn't heard of her until then. At the end it was very, very sad indeed.
I looked up 'Keep it Up Downstairs' and Mary Millington is way down on the cast list. More mainstream actors took the leading roles. I noted Jack Wild, who played Artful Dodger in the 'Oliver' film, was in it.
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And Jack Wild is another with a sad story.
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Yes, terribly sad.
(Do we have a television section on this forum? I've looked and can't see one. Watched 'Serengeti' last night - am-a-zing)
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Yes, terribly sad.
(Do we have a television section on this forum? I've looked and can't see one. Watched 'Serengeti' last night - am-a-zing)
No, just individual threads on this part of the board.
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Was on a course and the presenter said they were really looking to one film next year, the update of Top Gun. There were various different reactions but the one that made me feel old were the 2 person who not only hadn't seen it but had never watched it, and when we discussed when it had been released, 1986, said 'Oh, I don't like black and white films.'
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Was on a course and the presenter said they were really looking to one film next year, the update of Top Gun. There were various different reactions but the one that made me feel old were the 2 person who not only hadn't seen it but had never watched it, and when we discussed when it had been released, 1986, said 'Oh, I don't like black and white films.'
To be fair, it’s actually not a very good film.
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To be fair, it’s actually not a very good film.
It's part of a set of films in the 80s where the distinction between music video and film blurs. Given that I would suggest iconic rather than good. I hadn't watched it for 30blah years but took the chance after the discussion. As blarney, it works. It is extraordinarily homoerotic. Ian Hislop said 'all great American films are a love story between two men' - this just ups the ante.
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Watching the marvel that is Paddington again
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Watching the marvel that is Paddington again
i think your tongue is firmly stuck in your cheek 😐
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i think your tongue is firmly stuck in your cheek 😐
Not at all, it's a brilliant film. And Paddington 2 is even better.
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i think your tongue is firmly stuck in your cheek 😐
I haven't seen it but I remember it getting extremely good reviews as well as taking a lot of money at the box office.
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Not at all, it's a brilliant film. And Paddington 2 is even better.
London centric middle class family shite !
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.....and he's back in the room 😜
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London centric middle class family shite !
The channel 4 announcer stated it was about a Peruvian immigrant that ended up living with a family in their multi million pound house. It's still brilliant
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Watched Blinded by the Light last night. It's a lovely little old fashioned film.
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The channel 4 announcer stated it was about a Peruvian immigrant that ended up living with a family in their multi million pound house. It's still brilliant
you can't fool me , there ain't no sanity clause !
And to be fair , I've never seen the films so I've NO IDEA what I'm talking about ! 😘😘😘
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Went to see Les Parapluies de Cherbourg yesterday for the first time on a big(gish) screen. Stands up really well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Umbrellas_of_Cherbourg
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Watching A Hard Day's Night on BBC4 and struggling with odea that Richard Vernon is 15 years younger in this than I am now, and Wilfred Brambell is 3 years younger than I am now.
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I quite liked this series from The Guardian in which the contributors are having a first look at well-known films they avoided at the time.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/series/the-classic-film-ive-never-seen
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I quite liked this series from The Guardian in which the contributors are having a first look at well-known films they avoided at the time.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/series/the-classic-film-ive-never-seen
Seen most of them, but none would be on my list of favorites. My top twelve would be:
Gone With the Wind
The African Queen
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Dangerous Liaisons (Glenn Close and John Malkovich)
A Christmas Carol (1951 Alastair Sim)
Jeremiah Johnson
Rocky
Sophie's Choice
Pan's Labyrinth
Shakespeare in Love
Strictly Ballroom
Avatar
The most recent film I really enjoyed was Yesterday. I was surprised to see Danny Boyle had directed him. (A lot of his films have been a fun favorite of my youngest son and me.)
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Seen most of them, but none would be on my list of favorites. My top twelve would be:
Gone With the Wind
The African Queen
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Dangerous Liaisons (Glenn Close and John Malkovich)
A Christmas Carol (1951 Alastair Sim)
Jeremiah Johnson
Rocky
Sophie's Choice
Pan's Labyrinth
Shakespeare in Love
Strictly Ballroom
Avatar
The most recent film I really enjoyed was Yesterday. I was surprised to see Danny Boyle had directed him. (A lot of his films have been a fun favorite of my youngest son and me.)
have you tried Blinded by the Light?
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have you tried Blinded by the Light?
No. I remember seeing previews and thinking I should. Will do now.
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I quite liked this series from The Guardian in which the contributors are having a first look at well-known films they avoided at the time.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/series/the-classic-film-ive-never-seen
From this list, my favorites:
Sleepless in Seattle
Notting Hill
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Dr Zhivago
Titanic
Back to the Future
Chinatown
Shawshank Redemption (!)
The last made me think of another -- completely unrelated -- narrated film based on a novella Stephen King wrote under a pseudonym before he was, well, Stephen King:
Stand By Me
Oh, there's one more:
A Christmas Story 1983 (this one is quintessentially mid-20th Century American.)
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A Christmas Story is brilliant
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No. I remember seeing previews and thinking I should. Will do now.
Hope you like it
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have you tried Blinded by the Light?
Watched it tonight. Sooo enjoyed it. Lots of tissues at the end.
It reminded me of two other films I enjoyed not quite as much, but they were similar:
Bend it Like Beckham, and Across the Universe (the scene where Joe Cocker as himself sings Come Together was amazing.)
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Watched it tonight. Sooo enjoyed it. Lots of tissues at the end.
It reminded me of two other films I enjoyed not quite as much, but they were similar:
Bend it Like Beckham, and Across the Universe (the scene where Joe Cocker as himself sings Come Together was amazing.)
Glad you liked it. The similarity to Bend It Like Beckham is not surprising since both were written and directed by Gurinder Chadha. Another film on a similar subject is East is East.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Is_East_(1999_film)
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Glad you liked it. The similarity to Bend It Like Beckham is not surprising since both were written and directed by Gurinder Chadha. Another film on a similar subject is East is East.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Is_East_(1999_film)
After watching this, I remembered I'd seen it years ago. It did remind me of another one I watched years ago, that is culturally similar, was Infidel. I really enjoyed that one.
Youngest son urged me to watch the more recent Parasite. I did. Has anyone seen this? Not sure yet how I feel about it. Son loved it. He watched it twice. ;D
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Parasite is excellent though I found it a hard watch. Not seen Infidel so will look out for it.
Don't know if you know but East is East had a sequel, West is West. Ir's interesting but don't think it works quite as well.
Going further back and with different approaches, are a couple of films that were produced by the UK TV Channel 4, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, and My Beautiful Launderette. Also there was the BBC series, The Buddha of Suburbia
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A really beautiful anime from Japan - In This Corner of the World
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Ian Holm's passing reminded me of how much I enjoyed his role in Danny Boyle's A Life Less Ordinary. He was so funny. RIP
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Ian Holm's passing reminded me of how much I enjoyed his role in Danny Boyle's A Life Less Ordinary. He was so funny. RIP
Have you seen him in The Sweet Hereafter? He's excellent in that.
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Watched it tonight. Sooo enjoyed it. Lots of tissues at the end.
It reminded me of two other films I enjoyed not quite as much, but they were similar:
Bend it Like Beckham, and Across the Universe (the scene where Joe Cocker as himself sings Come Together was amazing.)
My best mate back in England had a role as an extra in Bend It Like Beckham. A bloke smoking a fag in a pub. Took about forty takes, about forty fags.
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Have you seen him in The Sweet Hereafter? He's excellent in that.
I haven't. It's available on Prime, so I'll watch it later.
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My best mate back in England had a role as an extra in Bend It Like Beckham. A bloke smoking a fag in a pub. Took about forty takes, about forty fags.
This is too funny. ;D
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I haven't. It's available on Prime, so I'll watch it later.
Hope you enjoy it.
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Just to say I watched "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" last night on C4. I have missed this in the past for some reason. What a brilliant watch. Acting superb by everyone.
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Just to say I watched "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" last night on C4. I have missed this in the past for some reason. What a brilliant watch. Acting superb by everyone.
Excellent film
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The Small World of Sammy Lee is on Talking Pictures tonight, well tomorrow morning at 00.05. Odd film that is worth seeing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Small_World_of_Sammy_Lee
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Just watched How To Build A Girl - really liked it. Good companion piece to Blinded By The Light
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Build_a_Girl
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Dune Sci fi miniseries (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYgzyhHTn7E)
Fisher King
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
The Royal Tenenbaums
Life Of Brian
Lord Of The Flies (90's)
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I had an evening free, so I watched Enola Holmes on Netflix. Millie Bobby Brown, who is 16 years old, is mesmerising as Sherlock's young sister. She is also listed in the credits as "Executive Producer".
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I had an evening free, so I watched Enola Holmes on Netflix. Millie Bobby Brown, who is 16 years old, is mesmerising as Sherlock's young sister. She is also listed in the credits as "Executive Producer".
Brilliant in Stranger Things
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Paddington 2 is even better than Paddington
Watched Paddington 2 last night and Paddington a few days ago based on your recommendation Enjoyed both but yes the second one was better - a real feel good film and Hugh Grant was hilarious.
Also watched Terminator Dark Fate a couple of days ago. Not as mind-blowing as Terminator 2 (which I loved when I saw it when it came out in the cinema) - the plots seem very similar. Dark Fate was enjoyable enough and it was great to see familiar faces such as Linda Hamilton, almost 30 years older, looking lean and mean and kicking ass as the Sarah Connor character. And Arnie as an ageing Terminator with a side business in interior design.
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Glad you enjoyed them. They are beautifully made. Hugh Grant is turning out to be one of the great character actors having sloughed the pretty boy label.
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Needed a cheer up, watching Pride
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Glad you enjoyed them. They are beautifully made. Hugh Grant is turning out to be one of the great character actors having sloughed the pretty boy label.
True - I've often though of Hugh Grant as being a modern version of Cary Grant, and Tom Hanks as being rather like James Stewart.
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Watching Funeral in Berlin again. It's beautifully shot
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I recently watched 'Pieces of a Woman' and highly recommend it; very tragic but illustrates so well the viciousness of the media. Also 'Hope Gap' (with Bill Nighy playing someone 20 years younger), which was low key and surprisingly insightful, about the disintegration of a marriage after 29 years and the effect on an adult son.
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Interview with John Boorman about his Excalibur, a long tine favourite film.
https://flashbak.com/our-interview-with-john-boorman-and-his-quest-for-the-holy-grail-of-excalibur-439155/
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Watched The Mauritanian over the weekend -well made film. The thing I found most shocking was how little I was shocked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mauritanian
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Was reminded of the film Mrs Parker and The Vicious Circle and I wondered if it was available to download on Amazon. It's available on DVD at 80 quid!!! What are the economics of that?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000BZN1OQ?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_amazon&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_amazon-21
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40 years since the lovely piece of genius that is Gregory's Girl was released
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56858767
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Watched "Gods & Monsters" this evening. Thoroughly absorbing.
Ian McKellen's performance as James Whale is absolutely riveting.
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Have just watched "Moon" directed by Duncan Jones (yes Bowie's son).
Starred the ever watchable Sam Rockwell in an intriguing film about the moral complexities of the practice of cloning, and other issues such as isolation and how well are humans suited to space exploration.
Excellent performance from the aforementioned Rockwell who carried the film almost single-handedly.
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Went to see the new Bond film yesterday. Have mixed feelings about it. I have enjoyed Daniel Craig's portrayal of Bond. No Time To Die starts off well, having all the things a Bond film should have, but I was left disappointed by the ending. It's a long film, almost three hours, but the end seems to drag on to what I thought was a bit of a soppy ending. Bond is meant to save the world and then get the girl. Here he does only the former (I won't say why for those who haven't seen the film).
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Restless Natives on Talking Pictures at 9. Flawed, but fun, and a great soundtrack
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_Natives
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Restless Natives on Talking Pictures at 9. Flawed, but fun, and a great soundtrack
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_Natives
Talking Pictures TV is one of the joys of TV today.
I watched 'The Quatermass experiment' for the first time in yonks last Friday, and enjoyed it immensly.
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Watching Paul Newman in The Verdict. What a great film it is!
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Just watched an excellent, moving and inspiring film called 'The Swimmers' on Netflix. It's a true story about 2 Syrian Refugee sisters who used to swim for Syria when they were teens before the civil war bombing forced them to flee as refugees. Their father has taken an unaffordable loan to help the sisters pay people smugglers thousands to get them across the sea in an over-filled, sinking dinghy to Lesbos. From there it shows their arduous journey to Berlin.
The younger sister keeps up her training while stuck in a Berlin refugee centre, to try to achieve her dream of swimming in the Olympics. It really opens your eyes to what refugees are enduring to come to Europe and how brave they are. Great film - I really recommend watching it.
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Arrival
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NS,
Was reminded of the film Mrs Parker and The Vicious Circle and I wondered if it was available to download on Amazon. It's available on DVD at 80 quid!!! What are the economics of that?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000BZN1OQ?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_amazon&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_amazon-21
I don't know whether you ever found a cheaper copy NS, but it's here brand new on blu ray DVD for £19.99 (p&p inc) if you're interested:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384899016818?hash=item599dc4e872:g:i50AAOSw3YNXYn~x&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsNtXq%2F%2FpIM6OQ8nCUL9o60ZU9OUFfkOVsz99K0ax8AAQ3TW0DBCRXv828HWPjRwmQ494FOh%2BvQ4vKvuSvHMeqqpmfQEUxYfQxV9WvooFlND5RHz1csJOSEEvCAM8YPVOYsJMRlgDXxV516pkhJ3kpok76WQsMcUMuzAI21xaR6XXRZxtldjLIeBQrt7Squi5JDl%2BYL8A%2BUZ27JW19vJlkf%2FXBtzx8XU0pNYKEArmVemX%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4iqifWgYQ
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NS,
I don't know whether you ever found a cheaper copy NS, but it's here brand new on blu ray DVD for £19.99 (p&p inc) if you're interested:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384899016818?hash=item599dc4e872:g:i50AAOSw3YNXYn~x&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsNtXq%2F%2FpIM6OQ8nCUL9o60ZU9OUFfkOVsz99K0ax8AAQ3TW0DBCRXv828HWPjRwmQ494FOh%2BvQ4vKvuSvHMeqqpmfQEUxYfQxV9WvooFlND5RHz1csJOSEEvCAM8YPVOYsJMRlgDXxV516pkhJ3kpok76WQsMcUMuzAI21xaR6XXRZxtldjLIeBQrt7Squi5JDl%2BYL8A%2BUZ27JW19vJlkf%2FXBtzx8XU0pNYKEArmVemX%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4iqifWgYQ
Thanks for thinking of me but still 20 quid for a hard copy which would mean I have to find something to play it on...
There was a book called The Long Tail about how more or less everything would be available but it missed an understanding of formats. So yep I can buy a paper version of it but I have that! No digital version.