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Of the old ones I think I prefer the search for Spock, although its close with Khan as films. The Voyage home is obviously the most fun. Liked the way Shatner managed to drag his nemisis, Nimoy into the water at the end, and how unhappy Spock was :lol:
Saying that, I dont think there is a bad one among them.....Must look out my Voyager dvd sets.. I packed them away for safe keeping as I was short of space a few years ago. Hope they are ok?
Hypothermia
Sort of a low budget Jaws on ice. A family go for their annual mid-winter frozen lake fishing expedition (as you do) only to discover there is something sinister under the ice...
It is a bit low budget but it doesn't try to do too much with too little and the acting is pretty good. In the trailer one bloke says to the other 'You're gonna need a bigger hole!' which made me laugh and got me to watch it.
Currently watching "9/11 102 minutes that changed America" on the tellybox... Utterly harrowing but feel compelled to watch it.
'You're gonna need a bigger hole!' nice take off of Jaws.
Well, back to Blackadder series 2 I think.....I need a laugh.
An old favourite of mine, even after all these Years
2010 The Year We Make Contact
Last one for a while, and it will be the 1945 David Lean fantasy comedy Blythe Spirit Starring Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond and stealing the show, Margaret Rutherford as Madame Arcati. I think good old Noel Coward penned this story entirely about the incarnations of a man,s 2 dead wives haunting him(puts shivers down the back)
Coward especially gave this to Lean to direct even though all of Hollywood was after it..Later Coward was less than complimentary about the job Lean did saying "How the hell did you f**k up the best thing I ever did?" No double exposure photography was used although it appears that way. I quite like this, and especially the madcap antics of Margaret Rutherford.
I last saw that when I was off sick from school. I recall that I didn't think much of it even though I knew even as a callow youth that it was rated, so maybe Noel was right?
Just watched Ransom with Mel Gibson. Saw that at the fliks when it came out, it's okay, but not as pacey as I remember. As we all know Mel's career height was Lethal Weapon 2 but he always does a good job whatever he is in.
Have seen Ransom, but not for years Martin...It was well enough done, but did not think there was enough in the script for the likes of Gibson. He is better with pacey stuff IMO.
First watch of Blythe Spirit for a while too and it was good enough without really enjoying it.....one for the BOY pile I think.
Talking about pacey films one I don't have and must get is the original Taking Of Pelham 123. I watched it for the first time in a long time last Christmas when it was on TV and it is brilliant but totally economical at the same time. Never flags for a second. I've seen the re-make and you have to think whoever made that never watched the original.