Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
It's out Friday Neil, as is La Belle Époque Marco, which looks very interesting, I'll be seeing that as well, right up my street. I'm not averse to any genre of film if it's good, so don't mind a rom/com or love story
Lol - I don't mind love stories, when there's something quirky about them, and which applies to La Belle Époque, or there's a sinister twist to the love angle, preferably involving someone dying at the end

'Straight' love stories don't do it for me, especially rom/coms, as I simply find them vacuous and banal. The 'com' bit is usually the worst part, as I'm unlikely to be amused by most romantic stories, especially if the humour is American [and/or involves baby-shit], which is invariably the case... I just can't be doing with that cutesy, smiley, nicey-nicey nonsense!

The thing is, as Grant has mentioned, I don't watch movies to be 'cheered up' or uplifted, as I'm naturally cheery [lol], so don't need to 'feel better'. That's why overtly jovial, 'happy-clappy' comedies turn me off. I watch films to be entertained, in quite specific ways that I find appealing or exciting [taps into my psyche], which usually involves in some way me feeling shocked/scared and/or emotionally disturbed, during or after the event.

However, I also love a good action or gangster movie, which simply does what it says on the tin, black comedy, or a dark drama, perhaps based on a true story, which doesn't try to be too 'up itself'. There you go... You now know what 'makes me tick', movie-wise, and so which Blu-rays to buy me for Chrimbo!

Marco.

P.S 1917 looks cool, so will probably go and see that, along with Harriet.