Films

PoolieRob · **Joined:** Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:03 pm **Posts:** 40

Just sat and watched V for vendetta. Seen it before but what a great film that is. You may disagree. but you would be wrong. :roll:

Just wondering any other films that you think stand out from the crowd? or that you would recommend?

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:48 am

'Once Upon A Time In America'....the best 'Gangster' film ever made!!!! :sweeeet:

Spender · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:36 am

Catch-22. The book is every bit as good. :wink:

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

Pooliekev wrote:

Catch-22. The book is every bit as good. :wink:

The book is better. Every time I read it (about 3 times now) I have the parts enacted by the Marx Brothers with Groucho playing the part of Yossarian and Chico playing Milo.

The Gadgie · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:45 am

Requiem For A Dream.

It'll put you of drugs for life! We'll, at least for a couple of days.

The Gadgie · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:46 am

MutleyRules wrote:

'Once Upon A Time In America'....the best 'Gangster' film ever made!!!! :sweeeet:

Gotta disagree there. Goodfellas every time.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Leon.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:36 am

The Shawshank Redemption is by far and away the best film I ever watched.

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:12 am

Richard M. Head wrote:

The Shawshank Redemption is by far and away the best film I ever watched.

I once read the book but i got lost off rolfl

aido87 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:34 am

poolierob, me and the missus watched v for vandetta last night and thought it was class too. never fancied it before. my top films (in no order) would be :

lost in translation
carlito's way
royal tennenbaums
rushmore
contact

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:09 pm

Master of Disguise wrote:

Richard M. Head wrote:

The Shawshank Redemption is by far and away the best film I ever watched.

Not another fookin one.

Can I just say here and now.............I hate that film. :wink:

It's ok, but it's a bit slow and a bit short on laughs.

eastdurhampoolie · **Joined:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:45 am **Posts:** 45

For two totally different reasons, The Matrix (first one, after that it wasnt believable anymore :wink:

) and Trainspotting

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:27 pm

Austin Powers

Mister Ed · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:36 pm

one flew over the cuckoo's nest
summer holiday (of course)
white heat
angels with dirty faces
all pythons
all LOTR
west side story
the rocky horror picture show,
a few good men
roots(i know its not technically a film)

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:46 pm

The Italian Job
Get Carter

(The originals, not those crap re-makes)

Sarnia Poolie · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:48 pm

The Ladykillers - THE best Ealing Comedy by a mile (although I'd also recommend The Man in the White Suit & The Lavender Hill Mob)

mouldy old dough · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:49 pm

The Green Mile. outstanding film.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:28 pm

The Gadgie wrote:

MutleyRules wrote:

'Once Upon A Time In America'....the best 'Gangster' film ever made!!!! :sweeeet:

Gotta disagree there. Goodfellas every time.

I prefer 'Casino' to 'Goodfellas' even though 'Goodfellas' is a cracker!!!! :sweeeet:

bluemonkey · **Joined:** Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:54 pm **Posts:** 1101

Some great films already mentioned and here are some of my favourites.

Airplane 1 & 2
Blues Brothers
Blazing Saddles
Life of Brian
Caddyshack
Kung Pow
Death Wish
Casino
Man About Dog
Black Xmas (old one)
The Evil Dead 1, 2 &3
Magnificent Seven
A fistful of Dollars
A Few Dollars More
It
Monster
Dawn Of The Daed

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:09 pm

Mister Ed wrote:

white heat
angels with dirty faces

Cagney fan eh? Yeah he's good.

I love old Hollywood films, though I'm a Mitchum fan meself.
Must-see films
- The Story of GI Joe
- Build my Gallows High
and one the most disturbing films ever and Robert Mitchum's best performance
- Night of the Hunter

If you haven't seen that last one yet, do so!

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:11 pm

Master of Disguise wrote:

That is one huge under exaggeration. Or is it two? confised

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:13 pm

Quite a few of the ones already mentioned, with my favourite being 'One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest', wouldn't you have throttled Nurse Ratchet if she was stood outside the cinema as you came out.

Young Frankenstein
Dirty Harry

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:14 pm

Master of Disguise wrote:

Can I just say here and now.............I hate that film. :wink:

Stands to reason. I already noticed you only like silly films. :razz:

And WTF is an under exaggeration?

The Gadgie · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:28 pm

I love old Hollywood films, though I'm a Mitchum fan meself.
Must-see films
- The Story of GI Joe
- Build my Gallows High
and one the most disturbing films ever and Robert Mitchum's best performance
- Night of the Hunter

If you haven't seen that last one yet, do so![/quote]

Watched Night of the Hunter again the other night, her indoors hadn't seen it before. Brilliant, defo Mitchums finest hour and a half.

Do Like them 'film noir' ones, like. Sunset Blvd., Strangers On a Train, The Killing, The Third Man, Notorious, Double Indemnity etc., fookin great!!

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:30 pm

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

wouldn't you have throttled Nurse Ratchet if she was stood outside the cinema as you came out.

When did you come out?

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:36 pm

Give us a kiss and I'll tell you. bbolt

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6471

Master of Disguise wrote:

Unless of course you want comedy.

Do you want comedy? Well, do you?

Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Stripes
Caddyshack
Happy Gilmour
The Waterboy
Animal House
Airplane
Blazing Saddles
The Truman Show
Austin Powers............International Man of Mystery

You have missed Top Secret off that list

Has anyone said Seven or Silence Of The Lambs yet?

Miss Tigga · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:12 pm

Fensy wrote:

Has anyone said Seven or Silence Of The Lambs yet?

Yeah, you. Remember, you just said it.

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:46 pm

Would struggle to pick from:

The Green Mile
Aliens
Ghostbusters
Anchorman
Die Hard
Terminator

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:05 pm

Air force one, Con air, One flew over the cuckoos nest

jish · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:29 pm

My favourite film by a country mile is Trading Places

Sideways
Anchorman
Lost In Traslation
Goodfellas
Amelie
This Is Spinal Tap
Clerks
Lost In Translation
Amazon Women On The Moon
Trainspotting
National Lampoons Vacation and Animal House
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Withnail and I
Blazing Saddles
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
The Wicker Man (original, not the shan remake)
Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (see above)
Get Carter
Rocky 1,2,3, and 4.
Robocop

katcha · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:02 pm

deerhunter

thin red line

godfather 2

once upon a time in america

the departed

heat

cars

Cowboy · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:22 pm

Master of Disguise wrote:

12 Angry Men
Lord of the rings....parts 2 & 3
the Terminator
All the Presidents Men
The Sting

That'll do.

Plus

The Godfather (Parts I & II)
A few good men
The Searchers (best film John Wayne ever made by a country mile)

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

Closer

Eraserhead

Natural Born Killers

The Corpse Bride

Duck Soup (The Marx Brothers)

Spender · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:47 am

Hawklord wrote:

Pooliekev wrote:

Catch-22. The book is every bit as good. :wink:

The book is better. Every time I read it (about 3 times now) I have the parts enacted by the Marx Brothers with Groucho playing the part of Yossarian and Chico playing Milo.

When we had the band together, we re-enacted the scene with Yossarian sitting naked in the tree at the funeral for a short film we did, with our roadie Freeway (the ONLY name for a roadie) playing Yossarian. So there he is sitting in the niff up this tree in Clumber Park and past came a woman walking her dog, well try as we might we couldn't keep our eyes on the ground and she followed our sightline up the tree.........

Clumber Park is famous for it's 'dogging' activities.......... :shock:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36936

I refuse to watch any film made in the US after 1960....any film starring ex sports stars... any film involving cars burning rubber..... any films starring musicians as 'actors'.... Monty Python is mildly amusing ... and I find Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Jim Carey and all their manic ilk as funny as a fire in an orphanage.

jish · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:34 am

Completely agree aout Robin Williams. I've had funnier debt letters!

parmopooly · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:44 am

Spinal Tap is superb :laugh:

PoolieRob · **Joined:** Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:03 pm **Posts:** 40

Master of Disguise wrote:

Unless of course you want comedy.

Do you want comedy? Well, do you?

Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Stripes
Caddyshack
Happy Gilmour
The Waterboy
Animal House
Airplane
Blazing Saddles
The Truman Show
Austin Powers............International Man of Mystery

hmm, the only ones i havn't seen there are stripes, caddyshack, animal house and airplane. Maybe im too young for those films... :wink:

tom-pie · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:00 pm

green street
shawshank redemption
a clockwork orange

:)

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:03 pm

ElvisCsGlasses(TM) wrote:

Snowy wrote:

I refuse to watch any film made in the US after 1960....any film starring ex sports stars... any film involving cars burning rubber..... any films starring musicians as 'actors'.... Monty Python is mildly amusing ... and I find Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Jim Carey and all their manic ilk as funny as a fire in an orphanage.

Steve Martin not funny? stpid

I watched Trains Planes and Automobiles last night (it was on and the Youngest hadn't seen it before). Laughed me head off start to finish!

True, it's a funny fillum, but once he started with the parent type fillum he has been as funny as mass grave

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:06 pm

PoolieRob wrote:

Just sat and watched V for vendetta. Seen it before but what a great film that is. You may disagree. but you would be wrong. :roll:

Just wondering any other films that you think stand out from the crowd? or that you would recommend?

The Night of the Hunter with Robert Mitchum is one the best films I have ever seen

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36936

ElvisCsGlasses(TM) wrote:

Snowy wrote:

I refuse to watch any film made in the US after 1960....any film starring ex sports stars... any film involving cars burning rubber..... any films starring musicians as 'actors'.... Monty Python is mildly amusing ... and I find Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Jim Carey and all their manic ilk as funny as a fire in an orphanage.

Steve Martin not funny? stpid

I watched Trains Planes and Automobiles last night (it was on and the Youngest hadn't seen it before). Laughed me head off start to finish!

... I rest my case.

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