Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love. One of the great films this....with both a salient point and super humour.
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love. One of the great films this....with both a salient point and super humour.
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My Apple Library.
Right now, this:
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Watched it a few years ago and loved it - quite violent in bits! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Agreed! :)Quote:
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Recently watched this:
The Mirror dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
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Probably a bit too 'art house' cinema for some, but I love Tarkovsky and have copies of all his films.
"Gentlemen - You can't fight in here! This is the War Room"Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Classic old British sixties B&W drama on TalkingPictures TV at 11.35 tonight. 'A Taste of Honey' with Rita Tushingham. Some great acting!
Probably the most accurate depiction of British spy-craft during the '60s (along with 'Callan'); unlike the sheer fantasy of the Bond franchise.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Sidney J. Furie's direction, with his angular camera shots is brilliant, as is the wonderful John Barry music score. The sequel: 'Funeral in Berlin' was also good, but the final part of the Harry Palmer trilogy: 'Billion Dollar Brain', was IMO rubbish.
"Brown - can't stand brown!"Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
"Thelonious Monk - you'll like him. Relaxing, very relaxing"
"Rape?" "Not today thank you."
'Beneath Loch Ness' (2001)
What if you decided to make a film but couldn't really be bothered to come up with a story? You'd just pick a story that's already been made, change a few names and then make a very bad film.
In this case the story ripped off is Jaws. Only instead of being a shark that is killing people and scaring the tourists away it is the Loch Ness monster.
Bennet from 'Commando' is in this as is Patrick Bergen and Lysette Anthony (no longer at the height of her powers but you still probably would). But it is indescribably shit. I was up at Loch Ness last summer for a week and although I didn't go everywhere I really don't remember it looking like California. And I've been to California and its similarity to the Scottish Highlands was marked by its absence.
And that is probably the best thing about this film. You get a bit of stock footage of the real Loch Ness then you cut to the actors, who are supposedly standing on its shoreline, and they are in California. Quite obviously, no intention of trying to hide it, they are in California. There are palm trees and everything.
They go to a pub and it is just an American bar, they go to the hospital and all the nurses are wearing American nurse uniforms. The bloke even pays at the bar in dollars. I didn't try that in Scotland but I'm willing to bet that it won't work.
And you may be surprised to learn that the Coastguard is now 'H M Coastguard'. And that their Scottish HQ is located in California.
Kubrick managed to film 'Full Metal Jacket' in London when it was set in Vietnam. And you couldn't tell. So what the problem was here I can only guess at.
In summation, not as bad as 'Stonehenge Apocalypse' in the same way that Bono is not as bad as Bob Geldof.
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Soylent Green...
now with more real people in every bite :eyebrows:
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Great movie. Perhaps not to everybody's taste? :D
Not sure about it being a "great movie". Based on a story by Harry Harrison: 'Make Room, Make Room', it deviates significantly from the story in that to feed an overpopulated planet, a synthetic food made from soya beans and lentils (hence 'Soylent Green') and not the more sensational idea of using the recently deceased and putting them back in the food cycle. Harrison was so incensed with the change of idea that he refused to have anything to do with the script, and insisted his name be removed from the credits.Quote:
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Sad that it was Edward G. Robertson's last role.
twas a movie after all, not a book.. they needed a bit of spectacular;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
The Shawshank Redemption
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In the film they are already eating various colours of 'Soylent', only Soylent Green is people. So what is the twist ending in the book then, or does it not have one?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Personally I think it is a good film, maybe not a great one. If you are ever feeling in an overly optimistic mood watch this and 'Silent Running' back to back, that will soon sort you out.
Opps - sorry, I mistook the author: it was Harry Harrison, and not Ray Bradbury. :doh: There is no "twist ending" that I know of in the book, but it was a long time ago when I read it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Room!_Make_Room!
'Silent Running' is a depressing film, but again not a good one IMO.
Now that is a good film!Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Met, and shook the hand of Harry Harrison at Albacon, a science fiction convention in Glasgow back in the 90’s.....my signed Stainless Steel Rat books are still pride of my bookcase...aside my signed Harlan Ellison written Batman comic.
Selling THAT when its prised from my cold dead fingers.
(thats a mispaced Chuck Heston referece...wasn’t all NRA at the time, interesting reading...you should look it up.)
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The Death of Stalin.
my Apple library.
Right now this, downloaded from Sky Box Office:
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Marco.
Just read some reviews Marco. Could be an interesting movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
It's quite intense!
Marco.
Some Poirot to end the evenings viewing.
I enjoyed it, but it was a little too short (at 1hr 27 mins) and could've done with being another half an hour longer, to facilitate more unexpected twists and turns! Two hours, or so, for me, is about right for a good film :)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Anyway, there's a sequel, so will catch that next and see what happens! :cool:
Marco.
The only thing Adam did well
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Little nicky.
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The Crossing.. season 1 epp1
Don't know that Grant. But it's just reminded me I've not seen 'Miller's Crossing' for years. I've got the DVD, may dig it out! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
its a new series on amazon..not sure about it yetQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
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Love and Death
Blade of the immortal. Superbly gory flix about a vengeful immortal samurai warrior. Right up on my "best of list" from last year. Just released on BR. You will not see a more beautifully violent film this year.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5ceaee5316.jpg
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Like the sound of that, Ben! Will need to check it out...
Right now, we're watching this:
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A decent 'disposable' action movie! Some of the special effects are excellent... :cool:
Marco.
Without a doubt, THE best film made by Woody Allen! "Sadly no-one will remember the name of Sidney Applebaum"Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
I watched that on Friday night actually Marco, all I can say is I can see why sky released it at the same time as the cinema. So so action flix but some abysmally bad acting and accents from the leads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Blade of the immortal might be stunningly violent and horrendously gory but its brilliantly acted, directed and best of all has a story & characters you care for.
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Yeah, I'd agree, hence why I classed it as "disposable". Good work out for the home-cinema system, though! I'll probably keep it for that reason (optimizing 'bang & crash' settings) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoidburg
No doubt, but it's a totally different type of film, with different goals in mind.Quote:
Blade of the immortal might be stunningly violent and horrendously gory but its brilliantly acted, directed and best of all has a story & characters you care for.
Marco.
Fancied a classic Western, for this afternoon, so I'm currently watching this:
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They don't make 'em like they used to! :cool:
Marco.
Tonight, a sci-fi/horror classic:
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Marco.
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Strangely watchable old hokum
Right now this, which is rather good:
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Marco.
Earlier blackadder 3. Now onto series 4.
Top quality comedy
That stuff gets a bit samey after a while. For top quality comedy, did you watch the latest series of Still Game, which has just finished? :)
Marco.
Not seen it yet Marco. The boy saw it but wasn't impressed. I will catch later
Lol - I thought it was brilliant! It was on BBC 1 Scotland, just normal TV for you, so I'm surprised you missed it :)
Marco.
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Up the jungle
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Sid James with his big chopper out
My Amazon library
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My apple library
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Tremors
my apple library
I like that movie. It's a bit daft, but Bacon and Ward are great!Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
one of my, and my boy's favorites GeoffQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
If he likes that, he'd probably enjoy 'Evolution'. Assuming he's not seen it.
he does actually :DQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Agreed - it's a much better movie than one would expect if taken on face value.Quote:
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