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Pigmy Pony
05-07-2019, 06:03
[Groan] lol... MORE ancient stuff!:doh::D
Granty, here's your challenge for this week... Find a film, produced on or post 2010, and which you rate and would recommend. Do you think you could do it?;)
Marco.
I think I would struggle a bit with that one. Most of my recommendations would be from 70's 80's and 90's. Much beyond that it becomes more about the CGI with its bangs and crashes (where would surround sound be if helicopters hadn't been invented), and less about the characters :(
Although the film makers are just catering for what the masses want to see, I find these these days it's more a case of "Right stop talking now and go and blow something up"
Pigmy Pony
05-07-2019, 06:10
The sweet spot for me started with stuff like "Midnight Cowboy", through the road movies like "Two Lane Black Top" and "Vanishing Point", then "The Exorcist" "The Omen", and thrillers like "Marathon Man" and "French Connection". Plenty more after that, but beyond Tarantino's films things thin out quite a bit.
I've lots of modern films. We'll a good few. But the older films were in many cases far superior.
Lots just want to be entertained by their equipment and not the actual film.
I've lots of modern films. We'll a good few. But the older films were in many cases far superior.
Lots just want to be entertained by their equipment and not the actual film.
Don't I know that, dude!:doh::no::lol: Iz a superficial effects TART:o
Scuttles off in shame...... :door:
Marco.
lol... get Bogey on, and have a ball.:ner:
The sweet spot for me started with stuff like "Midnight Cowboy", through the road movies like "Two Lane Black Top" and "Vanishing Point", then "The Exorcist" "The Omen", and thrillers like "Marathon Man" and "French Connection". Plenty more after that, but beyond Tarantino's films things thin out quite a bit.
Agree. Plus all this dismal superhero shite they are making now. None of it is worth a second glance. Watched that 'Interstellar' not so long ago as so many people rated it. Just an overly long shaggy dog story. Crap story, crap dialogue, no memorable scenes or situations.
I always think of how much they have spent making this crap, all that money and effort and at the end you just think 'meh' and it's forgotten within minutes. Whereas in the old days they could knock out a film on a tiny budget with half a dozen actors and no location shooting at all and yet produce a thing of genius that can be watched dozens of times over and is always rewarding. 'The Maltese Falcon' for example.
intersellar was ok, ive seen a lot worse. the martian is better. might watch that soon; ive got the extended cut still to watch.
decided on The Truman Show. 1998. Stars Jim Carrey, Laura Linney and Ed Harris.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Trumanshow.jpg
Directed by the great Peter Weir...and from my Amazon Library.
Pigmy Pony
05-07-2019, 17:01
decided on The Truman Show. 1998. Stars Jim Carrey, Laura Linney and Ed Harris.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Trumanshow.jpg
Directed by the great Peter Weir...and from my Amazon Library.
Another one of my favourites - it's got heart, wit, and Natascha McElhone, who although not a classic beauty I never tire of looking at :) And a perfect vehicle for Jim Carrey, who can be Jim Carrey without going over the top.
Gettysburg. 1993 I think.
Very well done this with Martin Sheen as R E Lee.
Depects the 3 day battle, probably the biggest and most important of the war. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190705/fe26ada4dbf74c4e0c4f03c5253d6ffe.jpg
Think there were over 50k casualties from 175k participating. So between 1 in 3.5 chance.. Not good. Casualties were pretty even but it stopped Lees invasion and was the beginning of the end for the South
Great film that. The only thing that bugs me is that despite the massive attention to historical detail almost everywhere else, Little Round Top is portrayed as being forested when it wasn't.
Well some of it was. Only the Western slope was pretty much free of trees. But it wasn't as dense as big round top. But yes there were errors.
Carry on Nurse 1959. b&w of course, this classic is still going strong 60 years on. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190706/8b723bbd9cce72051edfc88437497d53.jpg
Pepperamip
07-07-2019, 18:20
What is up with you and these Carry On films. They are diabolical.
I've just finished the TV mini series chernobal and Ive gotta say it's superb.. Not over dramatised in any way.. An excellent docu drama in every respect
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What is up with you and these Carry On films. They are diabolical.
I've just finished the TV mini series chernobal and Ive gotta say it's superb.. Not over dramatised in any way.. An excellent docu drama in every respect
You tell 'im, Paul!:lol: It's his age:D
Chernobyl looks, good: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/ Defo my kinda thing:)
Must check it out! Right now, this (which is good for a laugh and some cool effects, bit not a patch on the first two from the series):
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/2IXCae.jpg
Marco.
Pepperamip
07-07-2019, 19:36
Marco this film will not do it for you.
I watched 'Departed' the last night. Bloody hell how good was that film. You wouldn't get that many stars in one film now.
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Did you mean this, Paul: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/
If not, what?:)
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
07-07-2019, 21:12
Marco this film will not do it for you.
I watched 'Departed' the last night. Bloody hell how good was that film. You wouldn't get that many stars in one film now.
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You might if they were providing the voice-overs for a Disney Pixar Shrek it Ralph Toy Story Ice Age bag o'shite.
Spectral Morn
08-07-2019, 10:27
Dark Tower (Netflix)
This got slated, and I can't see why :scratch: I have never read King's books so nothing to compare to the film. I thought it a reasonably good, SciFi/horror film.
Spectral Morn
08-07-2019, 10:33
Designated Survivor 60 Days (Netflix)
The Korean version of the American series. Well its very different, while retaining elements of the US show. I enjoyed some of it, but not as much as the US show. I will though stick with it and see how it develops.
Pepperamip
08-07-2019, 13:21
Did you mean this, Paul: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/
If not, what?:)
Marco.Yes sorry that one. Films seem to go through a cycle of having 'The' tagged on the front of whatever title has been decided.
Grant my apologies for the dismissive nature of my message re the carry on films. They have their place no doubt but you either love them or hate them. I'm in the latter group.
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Seen the departed; might even have somewhere, I cant remember. watched twice, but it was only a 3/5 film for me. a bit slow.
as for carry ons, I grew up on them and Laurel and Hardy so Im gonna be fond of them.
Pepperamip
08-07-2019, 13:32
Have you seen the new laurel and Hardy film? Steve Coogan got the plaudits for Stan but I thought the actor who played Oliver was just as good if not the reason it worked so well.
Imagine a current a lister having to do something similar just to set themselves up for their retirement. Shows who made the money back then and it wasn't the film stars or at least not the ones who worked for the production company they did.
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Have you seen the new laurel and Hardy film? Steve Coogan got the plaudits for Stan but I thought the actor who played Oliver was just as good if not the reason it worked so well.
Imagine a current a lister having to do something similar just to set themselves up for their retirement. Shows who made the money back then and it wasn't the film stars or at least not the ones who worked for the production company they did.
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yup, i have it. it is superb; very touching too.
Papillon , Not the Steve McQueen version.
2017 version , very good imo .
Papillon https://g.co/kgs/JzS31c
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T-34 , a fantastic true story movie .
1944 a group of Russian soldiers escapes from German captivity in a half-destroyed tank.
T-34 https://g.co/kgs/1ZjkaJ
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12th Man
Absolutely brilliant film ....
After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his 11 comrades dead, Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud finds himself fleeing from the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.
12th Man https://g.co/kgs/HzHdtY
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Right now, this:
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Marco.
got that one.. its very good
Lol - and also post 2010, in colour:eek: and with quality sound and visuals:eek::eek:
:D;)
You can't go wrong with Tarantino!
Marco.
got a few over 2010, and a few Tarantino films. Jackie Brown is a good one too
Yeah, JB is tops!:)
Marco.
Django took a while to get going, I felt, but came good in the end! Loved it:thumbsup:
Marco.
The Sea Wolves. 1980. Based on a true story. Great cast and excellent filmhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190711/a03765eb06209a02ac85145df1477ed8.jpg
The Alamo 2004.. you see this is why i mostly watch older films... they did it better as a film.
A great cast and lots of cash and detail make this a dreary, paint drying exercise. Dont get me wrong it has its moments but thats what they are.
Think it was also one of the great movie flops, and one can see why.... historical detail and reality are oft very boring.
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Family movie time. :)
http://shatthemovies.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Goonies-1985-Movie-Poster-720x340.jpg
lol.. give them Ice age and hotel Transylvania. they are my fav kids films; got a good sly adult content too thats above them. Quite like Antz and Nemo too.
walpurgis
13-07-2019, 12:58
lol.. give them Ice age and hotel Transylvania. they are my fav kids films; got a good sly adult content too thats above them. Quite like Antz and Nemo too.
'Maze Runner' and 'Holes' are great kids movies. 'Up' is excellent too if you like animated films.
Thanks guys, some of those we've not seen so will have a look.
Didn't realise Goonies had so much swearing in it (much to my 7 year old son's amusement...!) :doh:
Spectral Morn
13-07-2019, 14:53
Just finished Knightfall on Netflx, not bad, at all.
Light up the sky. 1960.
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The sea shall not have them. 1954.
Michael Redgrave and Dirk Bogarde among others.
Quite a good war film this...
Worth a watch if you get chance
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Referring to the film's title,*Noël Coward said of the film's two male stars, "I don't see why not. Everyone else has.
Lol.
A fair amount of British stiff upper lippedness and a bit coward was flung in
https://i.imgur.com/9n41YRl.jpg
The Long The Short And The Tall (1961)
Good story this one with Barry Norman's dad directing. Laurence Harvey was a good actor but he plays Bamforth a bit too camp which ruins it a bit.
Bought this a few years ago as I had fond memories of this film but never got round to watching it - inspired by Grant, and an evening with the TV to myself...
https://movietruthblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/carry-on-at-your-convenience.jpg?w=775
If there's one Carry On film Marco might like... :lol:
After Sid James's character was criticised for leering at some girls in Carry On Henry (1971), here his character was changed to the put-upon family man similar to the character he portrayed in the TV sitcom Bless This House.[1] In the next film Carry On Matron (1972) his character was preoccupied with thieving, but made odd suggestive comments to nurses (including one played by Jacki Piper, who played his daughter in this film). Sid's girl-chasing persona was fully reinstated for subsequent films.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_at_Your_Convenience
Bought this a few years ago as I had fond memories of this film but never got round to watching it - inspired by Grant, and an evening with the TV to myself...
https://movietruthblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/carry-on-at-your-convenience.jpg?w=775
If there's one Carry On film Marco might like... :lol:
Doesh it mentshun botteesh and fahrt gash, daddee?:D:eyebrows:
Marco.
Bought this a few years ago as I had fond memories of this film but never got round to watching it - inspired by Grant, and an evening with the TV to myself...
https://movietruthblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/carry-on-at-your-convenience.jpg?w=775
If there's one Carry On film Marco might like... [emoji38]Quite enjoyable film. Not a great one but has some good moments.
Doesh it mentshun botteesh and fahrt gash, daddee?:D:eyebrows:
Marco.Indeed there are lots of bottom gags but not many fart ones! Plenty of innuendos as you'd expect!
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I know... It's disappointing that in general Brits don't find farts funny, whereas Italians... Check this out for a giggle:
https://youtu.be/B6XGTsCXYaI
:lol::lol:
Marco.
Think we were very muc h seaside postcard humour and it included that, but it's died out a bit now for more vulgar supposed humour.
Don't get me wrong, the likes of Billy Connelly can be very funny but many are just being rude for sake of it.
Sunday matinee... Armageddon. 1998. stars Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton. Directed by Michael bay.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Armageddon-poster06.jpg
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** bad language warning ** (steady Ghandi!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDLpKrTVJKc
The Untouchables. 1987. Di Nero, Costner and Connery to mention 3.
Top quality holiday viewing. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190715/6fd3a74ef5b00aa86500fca01d30fa12.jpg
Nasty little film
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The Belles of St Trinians. 1954 stars Alistair Sim and George Cole.
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My Amazon library
Taken. Mini series from 2002 I think. Spielberg did a fine job overall..
Amazon primehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190716/d117c9817a58282d4b0a33153dd95a2b.jpg
Film to night will be Mel Gibson in the 2002 warfilm We Were Soldiers.
One of the few real quality modern warfilmshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190717/757797483ad6f66ce709a3953f92a890.jpg
That is a quality film. Sticks very close to the actual events and characters too. My favourite bit:
'Beautiful morning Sergeant!'
'What are you now, the fucking weather man?'
The Belles of St Trinians. 1954 stars Alistair Sim and George Cole.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190716/67879cd3d29fa902521433a63865888f.jpg
My Amazon library
The first and the best. George Cole is great as Flash Harry.
Pigmy Pony
17-07-2019, 19:23
Film to night will be Mel Gibson in the 2002 warfilm We Were Soldiers.
One of the few real quality modern warfilmshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190717/757797483ad6f66ce709a3953f92a890.jpg
Well I did enjoy "American Sniper" with Bradley Cooper.
Well I did enjoy "American Sniper" with Bradley Cooper.Yeah it was a decent film
I've got it. Also thought Shooter was very good although not a war film as such.
A bit of Red Dwarf to wind down evening.. Series 6. Emohawk
A bit of Red Dwarf to wind down evening.. Series 6. Emohawk
Used to love that. Not watched in years I must source some Rimmer action soon!
Used to love that. Not watched in years I must source some Rimmer action soon!Not much to beat the dwarfers
Not much to beat the dwarfers
Yes - I picked up boxed sets of Series 1 through to Series 6 cheaply. Good to view them again. Sometime I must get the remaining series (was Series 9 the last?) as the format picked up after they escaped from prison.
No goes to 12 I think. Last one wasn't v good but 10+11 were excellent
No goes to 12 I think. Last one wasn't v good but 10+11 were excellent
Ah - so I'm only half way! I watched a lot of the later episodes on Dave, and was shocked to see how much the actors had aged.
I though the final episode was very clever in its denouement which brought the whole to a logically satisfying end.
Was that the back to earth trilogy?
That's not the end
.
Was that the back to earth trilogy?
That's not the end
.
The final episode had them back on Earth looking for the story's author (Grant / Naylor); having realised that their existence depended wholly on being written about. They couldn't find the author but found out that they could write the future for themselves. I think it ends with Lister talking to camera with words to the effect of: "Thanks, but goodbye - we don't need you now".
There is 3 full series after that
thingfish
18-07-2019, 16:33
Currently working my way through the complete "It Ain't Half Hot Mum"
Fantastic old school Comedy, that (Due to the PC brigade) apparently can't be screened now.
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Not many of them still alive and kicking is there?
Think Gloria is still alive.
They were on cable a few years back now, I watched them all again then. Well most of them. Got a bit patchy after the third series.
Remember watching "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" on a Thursday evening (I think) with my dad, when my mum and sister used to go to lace making classes... If I recall correctly (unlikely!) Thursday evening telly back then also included Top of The Pops and Blakes 7.
TOTP was Thursday. 'Monkey' was Friday. And 'The Water Margin' too. 'Blakes Seven' I don't remember what day that was but it was on the one night everyone else was out the house and I could watch it in peace.
Blakes 7 was a monday about 7.30 or so I think. The sets were terrible, some of the acting awful.. Great series tho. Watched it regularly
Thanks guys, I sit corrected. :) Blake’s 7 is indeed comical now, but I also loved it back in the day!
Spectral Morn
18-07-2019, 21:51
TOTP was Thursday. 'Monkey' was Friday. And 'The Water Margin' too. 'Blakes Seven' I don't remember what day that was but it was on the one night everyone else was out the house and I could watch it in peace.
Loved the Water Margin, and Blakes Seven was good as well. It was the Water Margin started me of watching Chinese and Japanese films.
Life of Brian
Monty P's besthttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190719/cc1b6bf5ae85da0994390e8418d0756a.jpg
Life of Brian
Monty P's besthttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190719/cc1b6bf5ae85da0994390e8418d0756a.jpg
Spoiler alert: it was the salmon mousse :lol:
Hang on, no, it was Woderwick
Welease Wian.... [emoji23]
Browsing Amazon Prime this morning and tripped over this, last time I saw this I was in school!
”Airplane” on a nuclear powered bus...what’s not to like? :)
Few laugh out loud moments so far, pretty good.
https://resizing.flixster.com/qKGlyylVFZygP28yF7jWxcV-koI=/300x300/v1.bjs2MzI3OTM7ajsxODE0MjsxMjAwOzg1MzsxMjAw
Now if I can next find “Damnation Alley” with George Peppard I’ll sleep tonight a happy man....
That's a really funny film, hardly ever on the telly though.
Spectral Morn
20-07-2019, 12:58
Sully (Netflix)
Fabulous film, about an amazing landing on the Hudson. Sully is a hero, simple as that.
Pigmy Pony
20-07-2019, 15:38
Life of Brian
Monty P's besthttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190719/cc1b6bf5ae85da0994390e8418d0756a.jpg
Where my sig came from...
Maybe the last good 007 film https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190720/0b62bfead7d098232982a79d83066889.jpg
Just back from Aladdin at the cinema with the family - the live-action remake. Was pretty good, and nice to see a couple of relatively unknown actors taking the leading roles of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine. As you’d expect, Will Smith as the Genie was great. Wouldn’t have been my choice of film but we all enjoyed it. :)
The new lion King is out in cinemas apparently
Outbreak.. 1995. Dustin Hoffman https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190720/692c91084ea0288e47170eb5df3c5d0e.jpg
The new lion King is out in cinemas apparently
It is. I expect I’ll get dragged out to that one too! :)
Outbreak.. 1995. Dustin Hoffman https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190720/692c91084ea0288e47170eb5df3c5d0e.jpg
Remember that being a great but frightening film. Doubt I’ve seen it since it was released, though.
walpurgis
20-07-2019, 18:55
Outbreak.. 1995. Dustin Hoffman
I liked that movie. The Fuel/Air bomb detonation at the beginning was very impressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO2-YxWkRxk
I liked that movie. The Fuel/Air bomb detonation at the beginning was very impressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO2-YxWkRxkYup it was good for the day. Still stands up well
Terrifying idea a pandemic. You can't see it and it's so contagious there's no doubt something like that could cause such a panic the authorities would have to do some unthinkable things.
Thing is it will happen some day
walpurgis
20-07-2019, 20:30
Terrifying idea a pandemic. You can't see it and it's so contagious there's no doubt something like that could cause such a panic the authorities would have to do some unthinkable things.
Thing is it will happen some day
Well the Ebola thing is getting out of control in the DRC and there's also the lethal H3N2 Aussie Flu killing people down under at the moment. It will almost certainly get here, so I'm making damn sure I'm getting my Flu jab on time this Autumn.
Something to be said for not seeing anyone lol
The Great St Trinians Train Robbery. 1966. Frankie Howerd, Reg Barney and Dora Bryan join George Cole et al. No Alistair Sim alas. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190721/435cb208c71daefbcd40ea020600d143.jpg
It wasn't me. I'm not moderating.
Soon I won't be a member either if your still here.
I leave it up as it shows how you think
thingfish
21-07-2019, 19:09
Would the real moderator please stand up.......:scratch:
Sorry Grant.
I don't mind me thread's being delleted, but it would be nice to know why.?
thingfish
21-07-2019, 19:13
Soon I won't be a member either if your still here.
Gosh seriously Grant I'm sorry you feel that way, well it was nice knowing you.
:scratch:
Spectral Morn
26-07-2019, 12:58
Another Life (NetFlix)
New sci fi show, not bad.
Spectral Morn
26-07-2019, 22:30
The Siege of Jadotville (Netflix)
1961 the Congo, Irish UN peacekeepers involved in a battle as heroic as that of Rorke's Drift. 150 against thousands, they fought to the last bullet and no Irish peacekeeper was killed. I had no idea about this and up until very recently no one did, swept under the carpet because with no bullets left what could they do but surrender.
Fabulous film imho.
A Company to a man heroes, and finally recognised.
Kung Fu Panda 3 - son's choice for Dad and boy movie as Mum and daughter are out. Very good!
https://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kungfupanda.3.jpg
walpurgis
28-07-2019, 11:35
On BBC2 in a minute. 'The Third Man', proper classic B&W thriller with Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton. Always worth a watch!
Spectral Morn
28-07-2019, 14:20
The Great Hack (Netflix)
:eek: this is extremely scary stuff.
I am not on FaceBook, or any other similar organisation.
Gritty (& quite poorly acted really) trying to have a social conscience
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190729/2d0ade1fe6448603545cd0b0ee07448e.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/bX5zxuj.jpg
The Battle Of The Bulge (1965)
This is a long film. I put it on when I got in from work and when it finally, mercifully ended it was almost time for bed.
I recall watching it as a nipper and thinking it was pretty poor but thought as it's 40 years on I'd give it another go. I mean it's a war film about one of the more interesting episodes of WWII and it's got an all star cast including Henry Fonda and the incomparable Robert Shaw. Quite a big budget too, six million dollars. That was a lot of dough ray me back in 1965.
But everything about this film is poor. The crappy back projection which is used way too much. The crappy modelwork that looks like a teenager did it in his bedroom. The fact that it is shot on location, but in a location that looks nothing like the Ardennes Forest where it is supposed to be set.
The battle scenes are hopeless, comical even. The script is shocking in places (although Robert Shaw has a couple of good bits). The tanks are all wrong, the story bears no resemblance to history, all the characters are fictional for no real reason, and when you think it couldn't get worse there's a pointless romantic subplot just tacked on in there.
Worst war film ever.
Pigmy Pony
30-07-2019, 20:20
https://i.imgur.com/bX5zxuj.jpg
The Battle Of The Bulge (1965)
This is a long film. I put it on when I got in from work and when it finally, mercifully ended it was almost time for bed.
I recall watching it as a nipper and thinking it was pretty poor but thought as it's 40 years on I'd give it another go. I mean it's a war film about one of the more interesting episodes of WWII and it's got an all star cast including Henry Fonda and the incomparable Robert Shaw. Quite a big budget too, six million dollars. That was a lot of dough ray me back in 1965.
But everything about this film is poor. The crappy back projection which is used way too much. The crappy modelwork that looks like a teenager did it in his bedroom. The fact that it is shot on location, but in a location that looks nothing like the Ardennes Forest where it is supposed to be set.
The battle scenes are hopeless, comical even. The script is shocking in places (although Robert Shaw has a couple of good bits). The tanks are all wrong, the story bears no resemblance to history, all the characters are fictional for no real reason, and when you think it couldn't get worse there's a pointless romantic subplot just tacked on in there.
Worst war film ever.
At least it got you away from "Love Island", which permeated just about everything on telly last night.
Not me though - with Anita out of town I spent the evening playing all the tunes she hates. Loudly.
walpurgis
31-07-2019, 22:16
Just watched '8mm' with Nicholas Cage again. It's a bleak, dark and twisted tale, but the acting is superb. Powerful stuff!
http://i66.tinypic.com/ra9l6w.jpg
Just watched '8mm' with Nicholas Cage again. It's a bleak, dark and twisted tale, but the acting is superb. Powerful stuff!
http://i66.tinypic.com/ra9l6w.jpg
Watched it once, but wouldn't want to watch it again.
Winging it's way from Amazon, and settling down to watch tonight "Alita: Battle Angel", 4K bluray.
Latest from James Cameron, he's producing whilst Robert Rodriguez directs.
Based on Manga of the same name, seen it in the cinema and it blew my expectations out the water.
Looking forward to a 2nd viewing tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3D2vmWD88w
Holy Hell that was a wee bit ’smashin!
Fantastic! :eek:
(And thoroughly recommended, in whatever format...it’s genuinely a great movie)
walpurgis
03-08-2019, 22:18
Just finished watching 'The Chronicles of Riddick' for the umpteenth time. Great futuristic sci-fi action on an truly epic scale. The ending is spectacular!
Spectral Morn
04-08-2019, 11:39
Just finished watching 'The Chronicles of Riddick' for the umpteenth time. Great futuristic sci-fi action on an truly epic scale. The ending is spectacular!
Agreed, its good film. Follow up was a re hash of the first which was disappointing.
Agreed, its good film. Follow up was a re hash of the first which was disappointing.
Good though it is the original 'Pitch Black', to which 'The Chronicles of Riddick' is a sequel, was much better IMO.
walpurgis
05-08-2019, 18:04
Good though it is the original 'Pitch Black', to which 'The Chronicles of Riddick' is a sequel, was much better IMO.
I like both. Pitch Black is a little more simplistic and raw and The Chronicles of Riddick on a more epic scale. The third movie, Riddick is very enjoyable too.
Marco would like these, if he hasn't already seen them.
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Hey Grant,
good to see you back, missed ye Man :)
Really enjoyed Django, like a lot of Tarantino movies I wasn't looking for historical accuracy!
Hey Grant,
good to see you back, missed ye Man :)
Really enjoyed Django, like a lot of Tarantino movies I wasn't looking for historical accuracy!
yeah, its a mix accuracy wise, but the best films usually are.. Great black humour to use a pun:eyebrows:
not been keeping well mate, but pop in on occasion.
walpurgis
10-08-2019, 19:13
Top notch seventies crime thriller 'The Driver', with Ryan O'Neal on Talking Pictures TV (Freeview 81) at 10.10 tonight. Seldom shown on TV and well worth seeing!
Top notch seventies crime thriller 'The Driver', with Ryan O'Neal on Talking Pictures TV (Freeview 81) at 10.10 tonight. Seldom shown on TV and well worth seeing!
Yes, rarely shown on TV. Saw it years ago - will probably watch it again tonight. :)
walpurgis
10-08-2019, 22:55
Top notch seventies crime thriller 'The Driver', with Ryan O'Neal on Talking Pictures TV (Freeview 81) at 10.10 tonight. Seldom shown on TV and well worth seeing!
Really enjoyed that.
The constant underlying tension all the way through and O'Neal's tough, dispassionate coolness made the movie, liked the ending too. Not one name was used throughout!
Really enjoyed that.
The constant underlying tension all the way through and O'Neal's tough, dispassionate coolness made the movie, liked the ending too. Not one name was used throughout!
That's the one where he smashes up the Merc in the car park?
It's on again on Friday so I've scheduled a recording (still got it on VHS somewhere).
settle down for this on the uhd panasonic... excellent little player this even on hd
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Earth, One Amazing Day..
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square 1947
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8 Mile (2002)
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Don't judge me! ;)
Rooster Cogburn. 1975' john wayne and katharine hepburn
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81VJj3V0d7L._SL1500_.jpg
wayne at his riproaring best and Kate at her sassy best
walpurgis
20-08-2019, 21:43
On Horror Channel in a minute, 'Tucker and Dale vs Evil'. It sounds like it should be complete rubbish, but it's actually really good fun!
https://i.imgur.com/VfbSJQd.jpg
Little Big man.. 1970 i think Dustin Hoffman
https://www.zoom.co.uk/assets/images/site/product/8315442_1.jpg?width=1200
Blu ray
perlogalism
21-08-2019, 13:21
Well I've just finished watching Chernobyl on Amazon. I thought it was very good but with maybe a bit of artistic licence... then found out it was as accurate as it possibly could be!
My day job involves a fair bit of radiation so it was doubly terrifying :eek:
Settling down with my dinner to “Brightburn”
A “What If” based on the Superman story...
What if the space kid crashed to earth, just like with Ma and Pa Kent, but as a surly teenager instead of choosing to become the big blue Boy Scout, he chose Evil instead...
What if General Zod came to earth instead of Kal El...kinda thing.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7752126/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7752126/)
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Day the earth stood still 1951
Classis sifi and still one of the best of type ever made imo. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190821/cd5f9e2e5f347b448b91765104c199a2.jpg
Day the earth stood still 1951
Classis sifi and still one of the best of type ever made imo. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190821/cd5f9e2e5f347b448b91765104c199a2.jpg
+1
walpurgis
23-08-2019, 18:13
Movie tonight at 9pm on Paramount Network channel. 'No Country For Old Men'. If you've not seen it and like gripping and gritty thrillers don't miss it!!
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walpurgis
24-08-2019, 20:09
At ten on Dave, 'Pulp Fiction'. I dare say everybody has seen it, but it's still a knockout movie!
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“Zed’s dead! Baby”. No, never heard of it, might give it a watch. :D
walpurgis
24-08-2019, 20:21
I actually think the Bruce Willis thread through the film is the best role, but the whole thing is just so damn good.
Independance day resurgence 2016
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/Independence-Day-2-poster.jpg/220px-Independence-Day-2-poster.jpg
not great on last viewing but will give it another try.
Independance day resurgence 2016
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/Independence-Day-2-poster.jpg/220px-Independence-Day-2-poster.jpg
not great on last viewing but will give it another try.
No I wasnt mistaken; it really is a piece of shit:D. Hard to IMAGINE SO MUCH MONEY SPENT SO BADLY
Binged on this last night, flippin’ great.
Dark, hilarious and nothing you’ve really seen before...
Superhero’s, but not one for the kids.
https://youtu.be/06rueu_fh30
Binged on this last night, flippin’ great.
Dark, hilarious and nothing you’ve really seen before...
Superhero’s, but not one for the kids.
https://youtu.be/06rueu_fh30
Not seen that yet Gaz.. might be fun
It's dreadful isn't it?
Its worse than dreadful tbh. Worth watching every time you think youve just watched an iffy film to put it in perspective.[emoji28]
First one was the equivalent to Casablanca in comparison
At ten on Dave, 'Pulp Fiction'. I dare say everybody has seen it, but it's still a knockout movie!
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I have it on DVD, so probably will be watching something else.
A blast from the past:
Barbarella - Queen of the Galaxy
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French sci-fi fantasy, with 'cheesy' special effects (it was made long before the development of CGI), but some of the ideas are interesting. Anyway worth watching if only for Jane Fonda's zero-g striptease.
Ah yes the delectable jane... me tarzan lol
At ten on Dave, 'Pulp Fiction'. I dare say everybody has seen it, but it's still a knockout movie!
https://i.imgur.com/H5DNsQW.jpgRewatching this. One of my favs
walpurgis
25-08-2019, 16:45
Rewatching this. One of my favs
I remember the first time I saw it. I was gobsmacked at the end, not many movies leave me thinking WOW!.
Himalaya.
Michael Palin.
My Amazon library. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190828/f6bb6001c4f196645686b73e39175651.jpg
https://i.scdn.co/image/d2e2916c28e5251954cbcc8f081a52ee2a08d561
Billy Connelly.. an audience with...
Hobson's Choice. 1954. John Mills, Brenda De Banzie and Charles Laughton
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Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949.
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one great quote is ...
It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms.
walpurgis
30-08-2019, 14:56
Great film!
(and I agree with the quote :))
Spectral Morn
31-08-2019, 13:40
Dark Crystal - Age of Resistance
Set 50 years before the movie, this TV series takes us back to the beautiful world of Thra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal:_Age_of_Resistance
I am really enjoying this.
Shine on Harvey Moon https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190831/a519373abe8637ff2e040beda4eeb8c7.jpg
The Comancheros 1961 stars John Wayne.
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an episode of sharpe now.. Sharpe's Eagle. epp2 of series 1
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Mr Winkle goes to War 1944 Edward g robinson gets called up.. He was 51 when he made it and looked older lol.
Still it's good funhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190902/25884aa9576954641d0195f6ff66d081.jpg
walpurgis
02-09-2019, 21:46
Classic murder movie at 11.35 tonight on Talking Pictures TV. 'Compulsion' 1959, with Orson Welles, Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell. Some of the best acting around and watch Stockwell's performance, it's amazing!
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One of the great westerns now... Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly..1966.... Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone... Clint Eastwood is Blonde
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another of the great films of all time.. social commentrary this time with John Ford's, The Grapes Of Wrath. 1940 starring Henry Fonda
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The Great Gatsby
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Baz Luhrmann's lavish and totally OTT production values almost ruins the film. The music is completely out of place and anachronistic. The CGI looks false and obvious, and the swooping tracking shots almost induce motion sickness. The film lacks the sublety of the far, far better version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.
Needless to say I was disappointed - it'll be going to the charity shop tomorrow, whilst I keep the Redford/Farrow version:
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The Long Riders. 1980.
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all star cast ond a top class western, directed by Walter Hill.
walpurgis
06-09-2019, 14:59
Made some top movies did Walter Hill.
Made some top movies did Walter Hill.
yeah, quite a few.. Alien, southern comfort and a good few westerns like Geronimo and this..
Tonights Double Feature..
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Shaun of the Dead
You’ve got red on you...Indeed, it's a leaky brain [emoji23]
Now Hot Fuzz
walpurgis
07-09-2019, 19:19
At 9pm tonight on Horror Channel, 'The Thing', 1982, with Kurt Russell. Classic monster sci-fi horror film. Most of us have seen it, but well worth another look.
https://i.imgur.com/2ZHzMtT.jpg
At 9pm tonight on Horror Channel, 'The Thing', 1982, with Kurt Russell. Classic monster sci-fi horror film. Most of us have seen it, but well worth another look.
https://i.imgur.com/2ZHzMtT.jpgGreat film. I've got the latest blueray version. Its superb.
Got red dwarf on myself now
Brilliant film! One of the best ever of its genre, and yes the Blu-ray version is superb!:cool:
Marco.
The 1978 version of The 39 Steps starring Robert Powell
Good film that. Interesting take. None were especially accurate to book.
Now a lighthearted parody of the navy with Carry on Jack from 1964 with the then beauty, Juliet Mills
The 1978 version of The 39 Steps starring Robert Powell
Saw that at the pictures when it came out. Thought it was brilliant. I was only nine though.
I still watch it whenever it comes on. Arguably the best of the three. The Kenneth More one is easily the worst.
walpurgis
09-09-2019, 21:16
Good thriller movie at 10.45 tonight on Paramount Network. 'The General's Daughter' 1999, with John Travolta and Madeline Stowe (who looks absolutely stunning in this!).
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Landloper
10-09-2019, 13:18
26662
The Orgies of Edo Ishi Teruo, Japan 1969. Arrow Video Blu-ray.
Not great I'm afraid!
Ice Age 3. Top comedy animation.
Carry on Cleo 1964. One of the best overall of the carry ons
For later today.. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190913/b1d5e3bf29496a485d64e011e959e0b0.jpg
The new Hawaii Five-0, not bad (and the characters wear some nice watches)
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https://www.dvdplanetstore.pk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sQdiBAMZ8mq9Eb9fQX1Z7HZHUVs.jpg
Insurrection. 1998
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Wild China. Narration by Bernard Hill...(yosser):D
Pigmy Pony
15-09-2019, 17:17
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Wild China. Narration by Bernard Hill...(yosser):D
Gis a job, I can do that, I can narrate, go on gis a job
We're no Angels. 1955.
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Now Harlem Nights. 1989.
Quality film thishttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190915/363976051710056b9ff2451bcc7c22a1.jpg
Original and best 1956 Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
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Finish up with some red dwarf.. Series 5 actually.. Top entertainment that will last for ever.
HG Wells The War of the Worlds. 1953...Starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson.
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Lawrence001
21-09-2019, 17:26
Saw that at the pictures when it came out. Thought it was brilliant. I was only nine though.
I still watch it whenever it comes on. Arguably the best of the three. The Kenneth More one is easily the worst.I used to like the Robert Donat version, not sure I've seen the Robert Powell one.
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Lawrence001
21-09-2019, 17:29
HG Wells The War of the Worlds. 1953...Starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTViNjlmM2ItMmRhZC00ZDhkLWE2NTQtNzViMTgxNzY2MG Y4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjEyNjA4ODg@._V1_UY1200_CR84,0,6 30,1200_AL_.jpgIs that the one with the red green and blue eye pods? Terrible film, in terms of the book anyway. It shouldn't have been given the same name, I wouldn't have minded it so much then.
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Lawrence001
21-09-2019, 17:30
Original and best 1956 Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190916/c79a4423b45fdc030bb48220fad9bc14.jpgIs that about the young boy who sees everyone fall down a hole just over the brow of a hill and turn into aliens? Absolutely love that film.
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Star Trek: 'Beyond'
Like a bit of trek me but this one isn't as good as the previous two. It's funny that a lot of films from the fifties through to the seventies suffer from the pacing being just too slow whereas now the pacing is too fast and there's no time to get into the characters. The new Star Wars films have the same problem.
Still worth a watch though, has a few good moments.
Just finished this one.
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Is that about the young boy who sees everyone fall down a hole just over the brow of a hill and turn into aliens? Absolutely love that film.
Sent from my POT-LX1 using TapatalkNo that is another film.. Think it's invaders from Mars or summat like that. Leif Erikson of high chapparal was in that.
Lawrence001
23-09-2019, 00:01
No that is another film.. Think it's invaders from Mars or summat like that. Leif Erikson of high chapparal was in that.You're right, invaders from Mars. Your film is the one that was later remade with Donald Sutherland. Quite haunting that was when he screams at the end. I saw the old one many years ago, BBC2 used to show loads of old SciFi films on a Friday evening when I was at school, I wish they still showed those films now. They also had films like Fu Manchu, Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes etc.
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Aye I have the big basil rathbone boxsets of Holmes. Iconic stuff from a special time in filmmaking. The Jeremy Brett ones are better but both are great in own ways.
Spectral Morn
24-09-2019, 20:29
Troll Hunter (Netflix)
Norweigan film about, a troll hunter. A young film crew stumble upon one of Norways greatest secrets, trolls exits and the TSS organisation manages them. Its tongue in cheek, funny in places but also very good, the trolls in particular are well done. Plenty of blood and guts as well.
walpurgis
24-09-2019, 20:45
Troll Hunter (Netflix)
Norweigan film about, a troll hunter. A young film crew stumble upon one of Norways greatest secrets, trolls exits and the TSS organisation manages them. Its tongue in cheek, funny in places but also very good, the trolls in particular are well done. Plenty of blood and guts as well.
Sounds promising. I recently bought a DVD of this, but not watched it yet.
Closely Observed Trains
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The Dam Busters
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Spectral Morn
25-09-2019, 10:35
Sounds promising. I recently bought a DVD of this, but not watched it yet.
I have enjoyed it the three times I have watched it, and its generally well regarded. Its a horror film, and filmed in that happening live way that was really in vogue a few years back, but its done well and I certainly have never felt short changed by this movie. It has that matter of fact presentation that most Scandi things have, but there is a bit more pathos and humour on show than with some others Scandi films. The whole premise that Norway has a government department that manages trolls, is clever, that its underfunded and those involved struggling with the task makes it pretty gritty and believable.
I will be interested to see what you think. I hope you enjoy it.
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Time After Time. 1979
Animal Farm. 1954
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Spectral Morn
26-09-2019, 17:13
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Time After Time. 1979
Good film, not seen it in years.
The Graduate.. Acting, script and music all topnotch. Really not watched this for many yearshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190926/ed0011d9e6252dd21bbc3e7c53fac9f4.jpg
The Graduate.. Acting, script and music all topnotch. Really not watched this for many yearshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190926/ed0011d9e6252dd21bbc3e7c53fac9f4.jpg
A classic - watched it a few weeks ago. :)
Yeah it was very good to see again Barry.
Now a classic mentioned earlier.
Invasion from Mars 1953
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Now red dwarf 11. Great series
20,000 leagues under the sea. 1964
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190928/cdc43097be5a6f02daf8ab32561f6758.jpg
Memoirs of an Invisible man. 1992.
Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah and Sam Neill star. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190928/f3e5ecadb16f110837b1ff8002dcc643.jpg
Right now, this:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/sGc6ve.jpg
Description:
"The El Royale is run-down hotel that sits on the border between California and Nevada. It soon becomes a seedy battleground when seven strangers -- a cleric, a soul singer, a traveling salesman, two sisters, the manager and the mysterious Billy Lee -- converge on a fateful night for one last shot at redemption before everything goes wrong..."
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/y7wzBVARwaU
Seems like a cool film so far!:cool:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
29-09-2019, 12:01
Dakota looks like she'd do a job... I'll put this on my "films to watch" list :)
Well, it's ticking all the right boxes so far:cool:
Marco.
walpurgis
29-09-2019, 12:10
Anything with Jeff Bridges in tends to be worth a watch.
Yup, if you've not seen this mate, check it out, as I think it'd be up your street:)
Marco.
Star Trek, the undiscovered country. 1991.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190929/268b178f1743b2ca82c626cdc0f7901e.jpg
As it's a dark, bleak and rainy night here in Wrexham, it's time for a SCARY MOVIE...:eyebrows:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/921/6TjKkN.jpg
Movie info:
"A woman finds herself caught in an affair that she regrets ever entering. In an attempt to escape it, she takes up the company of a severely scarred cleaning lady. As she learns more and more about her new friend, she then discovers the truth behind the cleaning lady's burns."
https://youtu.be/8kmWP0N2JyQ
Marco.
Well, that was a bit of a head fuck!:eek:
Marco.
Now, as the rain continues to fall, rather creepily on this dank, wet night, it's time for some nostalgia and a trip down memory lane to.... One of my favourite spooky drama series from the 70s:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/uktUgu.jpg
https://youtu.be/HCIDwPs34Ns
Anyone else remember it? Used to give me nightmares, as a kid!:eek:
Tonight's Episode...
DIAL A DEADLY NUMBER
https://youtu.be/xSg683i1kTc
Marco.
Well, that was a bit of a head fuck!:eek:
Marco.
Did she have to “deal” with one of your awesome jobbies? :eek:
Tee-hee.... No, but I can feel one 'brewing' now:eyebrows:
Marco.
Salvador
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81R9kn7AJTL._SX300_.jpg
Tee-hee.... No, but I can feel one 'brewing' now:eyebrows:
Marco.
Turtle's poking his little head? My constitution is daily, about 30 mins after I get up, but if it's an evening "dropping the kids off at the pool" for you, you fill your boots. Perhaps not your boots. :lol:
Turtle's poking his little head? My constitution is daily, about 30 mins after I get up, but if it's an evening "dropping the kids off at the pool" for you, you fill your boots. Perhaps not your boots. :lol:
Shmashing... I often have the shame problem in the morning when 'woody' pokesh his [not so] wee head out shomewhere elshe:eyebrows:
Marco.
And now to take us past the witching hour and hopefully make it to morning, it's time for.....
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/z9PNgJ.jpg
https://youtu.be/tyKyboTBsU4
FEEL THE EVIL.....
Marco.
Klaatu barada nikto.
Does that come with rice?:D
Marco.
Yo daftees, does no-one else here like a good horror film or scary movie, especially when the atmosphere lends itself to it...? :hmm:
Marco.
Yo daftees, does no-one else here like a good horror film or scary movie, especially when the atmosphere lends itself to it...? :hmm:
Marco.
My son likes the old stuff, but not the newer variety. Im not really into any of it.
I've noticed that, dude... Any specific reason why? Just curious!:)
I often prefer watching films that scare me (or are produced with that intention), rather than making me laugh [as I often find that boring], especially when they're rather 'dark'.
Marco.
walpurgis
01-10-2019, 09:21
Yo daftees, does no-one else here like a good horror film or scary movie, especially when the atmosphere lends itself to it...? :hmm:
Marco.
I've seen loads of 'scary' movies and 'horror' movies, but have yet to see anything that really shocked me. Maybe I'm just thick skinned. :)
Gritty, weird, or even grim stories can appeal though. '8mm' is too much for most, I thought it excellent though. 'Arlington Road' is grim too. 'Jacob's Ladder' is grim and weird. 'Rush' (1991) is gritty, intense and rather grim (one for Marco I reckon :)).
I've noticed that, dude... Any specific reason why? Just curious!:)
I often prefer watching films that scare me (or are produced with that intention), rather than making me laugh [as I often find that boring], especially when they're rather 'dark'.
Marco.
Its scary enough just taking my clothes off these days:eyebrows:
... Never really been into them, I do see why folk like them tho. I prefer quality scripts and top acting personally. Whether it be comedy, drama etc its not important. Some horror-ish films have been decent..Dog Soldiers I liked. 28 Days Later, etc.. Give me Young Frankenstein every time tho lol
I've seen loads of 'scary' movies and 'horror' movies, but have yet to see anything that really shocked me. Maybe I'm just thick skinned.
Me neither, except when I was younger. Some of the scenes in The Shining fucked a bit with my head... I've also always had a thing about 'haunted' hotels or houses, and dark foreboding places. Your use of 'weird' is better. I love weird! When it comes to films, I generally derive more pleasure from watching something gruesome and/or violent than I do something pleasant or safe. I like being 'shocked'...:D
It's funny, because I'm mostly a very laidback, cheery person with a 'sunny disposition', but generally dislike 'cheery' films... Hey, a psychiatrist would probably have a field day!:eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
01-10-2019, 09:58
Cosy sentimentality is a turn off for me, but I do like proper Americana movies, like 'Nobody's Fool', 'The Last Picture Show' and 'The Station Agent' for instance. Each of which is beautifully done with fantastic acting.
I've a pretty wide range of film styles in my likes. A bit like music.
I just find horror, and especially grotesque violence for sake of it a bit of a cop out.
As for intense psychological horror, not sure I see the point unless you've not had any in real life. Their scripts are usually poor and attract poor talent.
There are exceptions of course... Tarintino eg are exceptions, although not alway free from blame.
But each to their own.
I've a pretty wide range of film styles in my likes.
I just find horror, and especially grotesque violence for sake of it a bit of a cop out.
Me too, on both counts. And like Geoff, I get easily bored and turned off by "cosy sentimentality". I enjoy violence in films, but only if it's cleverly done, usually by leaving much of the violence to one's imagination. It doesn't need to be graphic. Often the scariest things are what our own minds conjure up...
As for intense psychological horror, not sure I see the point unless you've not had any in real life.
Yup, and *that* is precisely why I like it, as it gives me a buzz. I love films or TV programmes that *fuck with your head* and leave a lasting and indelible impression..:eyebrows:
Also, the type of films I like watching is very much dictated by mood, especially the prevailing vibe/atmosphere, and for me the weather plays a big part in that. So when it's cold, dark, raining and rather bleak outside (as it was here last night), it puts me in the mood for watching a good psychological thriller or horror film!
I like to encapsulate and further develop the foreboding mood created, by sitting in the dark at night (or with just the glow from our wood burner, somewhat spookily illuminating the room) watching something on TV with a suitably 'dark' theme - as weird and disturbing as possible, especially just before bed...;)
I actually find the experience rather warm and comforting (as opposed to the opposite), and in a way that's difficult to describe. Dunno if that makes any sense?
Marco.
just back from dentist..that was horrific enough, although she did rest my head on her ample tits :eyebrows:
Might be bloody enough for Marco.. Lol
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Cosy sentimentality is a turn off for me, but I do like proper Americana movies, like 'Nobody's Fool', 'The Last Picture Show' and 'The Station Agent' for instance. Each of which is beautifully done with fantastic acting.
'The Station Agent' is a lovely film.
Haven't seen any of those.... Do they all die in the end?:D
Marco.
just back from dentist..that was horrific enough, although she did rest my head on her ample tits :eyebrows:
Ah, sounds like you wanted "bitty"...
https://youtu.be/AOfI48IWESo
Marco.
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