Films you've watched recently.

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James English does some really good work I like his stuff

Roger that. I like the way he generally lets the interviewee do the talking. Fat too interviewers many with their own egos to push. Very few that I’ve watched that I’ve been disappointed in.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Catch me if you can? Surely you've got to like that?

Liked the Dave Clark 5 original-Peter Yates IIRC.Haven't seen the TH 's remake.

 

[tia]

Roger that. I like the way he generally lets the interviewee do the talking. Fat too interviewers many with their own egos to push. Very few that I’ve watched that I’ve been disappointed in.

Yeah he definitely does let them talk and not interrupt.I listen to his stuff on long walks sometimes and really passes the time.Kevin Lane interview is a good one

 

[Napster]

Liked the Dave Clark 5 original-Peter Yates IIRC.Haven't seen the TH 's remake.

This is so wrong on at least three counts.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

This is so wrong on at least three counts.

Explain.I can think of 2.

 

[Napster]

Explain.I can think of 2.

Maybe you were referring to the film "Catch us if you can" by John Boorman.

Which is of course not what the film Catch me if you can is based on. The "me" is a good clue there.

Maybe I was feeling ungenerous with three having looked at it.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Talking of Japanese films the original "Godzilla" (1954) is amazing and it has a deep meaning about Atom Bombs (I kid you not).
It is far better than the U S version (1956) where they have edited in Raymond Burr.

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Godzuki was a little mug.

 

[BALDY]

Godzuki was a little mug.

But Godzilla rose out of the sea in Japan--Fun for the whole family!

 

[blueblueblue]

Victoria and Abdul.... I can't believe I've never seen it before. I know it's based on a true story. Excellent film 9/10......

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Living earlier .Wonderful life- affirming British film.

 

[mattytheshrimper]

Watched 'The Hatchet Wielding Hitch Hiker' on Netflix last night. Pretty much sums up how crazy America is but still a good watch.

 

[maninasuitcase]

I watched The Pale Blue Eye on Netfix. Now I am sure I'd seen this film before or a version of the story but I can find nothing online.

It is pretty decent until it gets very mad at about 90 minutes in, where it seems to be a different film for a while, then it settles back down for the reminder of the running time.

 

[Napster]

I watched The Pale Blue Eye on Netfix. Now I am sure I'd seen this film before or a version of the story but I can find nothing online.

It is pretty decent until it gets very mad at about 90 minutes in, where it seems to be a different film for a while, then it settles back down for the reminder of the running time.

I thought it was a solid 3/5. Cast was excellent, especially Harry Melling, as was the cinematography, but the plot was leaden, and a tad predictable.

ps there was a similar film called The Raven, on my watchlist with Poe as a protagonist

The Raven (2012 film) - Wikipedia

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[blueblueblue]

I watched The Pale Blue Eye on Netfix. Now I am sure I'd seen this film before or a version of the story but I can find nothing online.

It is pretty decent until it gets very mad at about 90 minutes in, where it seems to be a different film for a while, then it settles back down for the reminder of the running time.

I quite enjoyed it. I did note that 90% of the cast were British Actors which seems to be the common theme these days.

 

[maninasuitcase]

I thought it was a solid 3/5. Cast was excellent, especially Harry Melling, as was the cinematography, but the plot was leaden, and a tad predictable.

ps there was a similar film called The Raven, on my watchlist with Poe as a protagonist

The Raven (2012 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I have seen the Raven, it is definitely not that. Maybe I imagined it!

 

[Napster]

Everything everywhere all at once. Mad, and brilliant. Loved it.

 

[tia]

Saw Tom Hanks in a Man called Otto earlier.Moving in places.TH's is obviouly shrewd enough to develop his own projects ,like this one,,which lend themselves to his everyman personna, when the big parts in films like Elvis dry up.

We see this last night and really enjoyed it.Film offered more than I thought it would and I agree was moving in places.I noticed Tom Hanks son was in it too playing young Otto

 

[blueblueblue]

The Lost King. What a marvellous film. I never really give 10/10 on any film because I feel every movie could have improved on certain aspects, this was just top class. British film industry at it's best.

Give me British films like this over the American crap where they're dressed up as super hero's anytime.

100/10.

 

[BALDY]

We see this last night and really enjoyed it.Film offered more than I thought it would and I agree was moving in places.I noticed Tom Hanks son was in it too playing young Otto

We hope to see "A Man Called Otto" in two weeks.

 

[BALDY]

The Lost King. What a marvellous film. I never really give 10/10 on any film because I feel every movie could have improved on certain aspects, this was just top class. British film industry at it's best.

Give me British films like this over the American crap where they're dressed up as super hero's anytime.

100/10.

David Lean made quite a few wonderful films in the 1940's
Of course the British New Wave Films (AKA kitchen sink dramas) were a great genre of films.

Michael Caine has appeared in a number of excellent films.
The wonderful Leslie Manville (Mrs Harris Goes To Paris) is a great talent.

Going back in time there was the legend that is Alfred Hitchcock who made films in England and then moved to America.

"Peeping Tom" came out in 1960 and was pulled at the cinema due to it's severe content and is now very highly rated.
This one of my favourite films along with Hitchcock's classic "Psycho"