Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: pettyofficernick on April 21, 2012, 08:51:16 pm
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: pettyofficernick on April 21, 2012, 08:51:16 pm
Das Boot, The directors Cut, tonight 2100 Film Four. :-)) :-))
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 21, 2012, 09:00:29 pm
:-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
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Post by: bikerdude999 on April 21, 2012, 09:06:02 pm
Thanks for the heads up, not seen it before but heard its good, got it on record.
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Post by: pettyofficernick on April 21, 2012, 09:15:33 pm
A most excellent and critically acclaimed film! :-)) :-)) :-))
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Post by: triumphjon on April 21, 2012, 09:17:07 pm
no good , im listening to the rock n roll show on bbc wiltshire , as i do every week !
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Post by: TheLongBuild on April 21, 2012, 09:39:21 pm
Rats missed that.
I hope its the full German version with English Subtitles as the English version kind of looses the effect for me..
And this to me was a great song realeased in 1992 ..Some may not like the music but the video put together is pretty cool.
U96 Das Boot..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwc0shJ2aYc
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 21, 2012, 11:01:26 pm
As soon as it started, that menacing theme tune sent a chill down my spine.
I'm recording it too... so why the hell am i staying up to watch it?!? %%
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Post by: pettyofficernick on April 21, 2012, 11:08:18 pm
Likewise.... It sort of draws you in, the tension is at times palpable, brilliant movie! :-)) :-)) :-))
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 22, 2012, 01:10:23 am
I always have a tear in my eye when the boat starts to rise from it's certain grave and the chief cry with joy as he calls out the depth readings. Great stuff! :-))
Yawn.....
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Post by: bikerdude999 on April 22, 2012, 02:48:34 am
I always have a tear in my eye when the boat starts to rise from it's certain grave and the chief cry with joy as he calls out the depth readings. Great stuff! :-))
Yawn.....
That's it, go and ruin it for me! >>:-( <*< Lol
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 22, 2012, 03:21:49 am
... it all a flashback dream in the end. :P
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Post by: pettyofficernick on April 22, 2012, 08:36:19 am
Curses! Fell asleep just before 'La Spietza' luckily I recorded it. Love the engine room scenes when the boat is going full ahead, all the rockers going like crazy and Johann The Phantom is opening the test cocks sending tongues of flame out, great stuff!
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Post by: flashtwo on April 22, 2012, 09:23:09 am
I wonder if any of the Navy (merchant or Royal) type Mayhemers have been in a disaster situation approaching that of Das Boot?
Ian
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Post by: malcolmfrary on April 22, 2012, 10:54:51 am
I wonder if any of the Navy (merchant or Royal) type Mayhemers have been in a disaster situation approaching that of Das Boot?
Ian
A good friend of mine was torpedoed by one - he made notes in later life and a family friend novelised them. His name was Brian Clarke, the author was Sara Allerton, and the book is called "Making Shore". Worth a read.
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Post by: deadbeat on April 22, 2012, 02:03:46 pm
I shared an office with a guy who was sunk in HMS Seraph. He was taken prisoner and served out the rest of the war in a camp. When Das Boot was first shown he did say it was the most realistic submarine film ever made, although it still cannot recreate true conditions, as you don't feel the awful atmosphere and smells, etc.
If you go to http://www.uboat.net/ you will see photos of the DAS Boot set and museum.
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Post by: Spook on April 22, 2012, 04:50:08 pm
Thank goodness for Freeview Plus! I watched it years ago on TV and can't wait to watch it again when I'm off in a few weeks time. Well worth the effort of sitting through a mammoth session. The music fits the theme so well.
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Post by: Subculture on April 22, 2012, 06:14:30 pm
The description given to me of smells on those old boats were a combination of BO, stale cooking, diesel and poo. Nice! Prefer to stick to the miniature versions.
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Post by: nemesis on April 28, 2012, 05:17:15 pm
Hi, I have the original series somewhere, all 3 hours plus, so long that they had a break half way through when premiered. I was disappointed with the directors cut. How can you get a quart into a pint pot. The original showed the boredom then the sheer knicker wetting when the action started. I too can still hear the theme tune, Nemesis
Title: Re: Re:Mayhem Film Club
Post by: deadbeat on April 29, 2012, 12:38:45 pm
In an earlier post in this thread I mentioned my office colleague was sunk on HMS Seraph, this was an error my mind was elsewhere, he was sunk on HMS Sahib. Aplogies for the error.
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Post by: 2051476 on April 29, 2012, 01:28:32 pm
The First Time I saw it in a theater I could have sworn I smelled diesel fumes.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 29, 2012, 03:29:36 pm
Me too!
I loved the way they made the actors look so young and fresh faced at the beginning of the film and by the end they were old worn out men especially Johann Johann 'The Phantom' engine room mechanic... strangely enough, Werner, the War Correspondent ... doesn't!
Also interesting, the Nazi 1st Lieutenant, doesn't turn out to be the bad guy!
Great lines from the film:
"I can't navigate on bananas!"
"Let it be Henrick, we can hear it....... Well then? Come on!"
"ALL leaks stopped sir."
"Quite a clever trick. But the trick has to work."
By the way, a prerequisite of membership of Mayhem is watching Bas Boot at least 4 times! http://youtu.be/1j3ug4Nflfs (http://youtu.be/1j3ug4Nflfs)
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Post by: bbdave on April 29, 2012, 04:18:48 pm
I got on dvd but still watched it :}
Dave
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Post by: pettyofficernick on April 29, 2012, 05:01:23 pm
More quotes
And carbolicky nurses...
Mildew is good for you. It's the next best thing to fresh lettuce. Be thankful for what grows down here.
They're strange, these engine-room people.
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Post by: dave301bounty on April 29, 2012, 07:11:27 pm
hey Nick ,what are you on about , strange these engine room croud ,you forget ,we also chewed on a sweat cloth around our neck and into our mouth ,give us a kick ,plus we drank out of a big tin can hangin from a pipe and it had this salty limey wet stuff ,all hands below drinkin from the same pot like wine ..
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Post by: pettyofficernick on April 29, 2012, 08:14:36 pm
Hello Dave, It was a reference to Johann the Phantom in Das Boot. :-)) :-)) :-))
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 29, 2012, 08:27:03 pm
Naaa it just true... "They're strange, these engine-room people."
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 30, 2012, 08:37:19 am
I watched "Tower Heist" over the weekend - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471042/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471042/)
Not bad, 7/10
Ben Stiller not his usual maniacal self. Interesting to see Eddie Murphy as a supporting actor....!
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Post by: wullie/mk2 on May 01, 2012, 03:12:10 pm
For those that like Horror!...In the Mouth of Madness, & Nightbreed,are worth a watch,
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Post by: Arrow5 on May 01, 2012, 03:48:58 pm
"Fitzcaraldo" steamboat up the Amazon with an adventurer and opera fan. A Werner Hertzog film. :-))
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Post by: unbuiltnautilus on May 01, 2012, 07:23:55 pm
Okay, this is not going to be easy, and it will be wrong by the time I post it. In no particular order; Pulp Fiction. Jaws ( you dont say, we would never have known!) Dr Strangelove. The Fog. Original John Carpenter version. Dark Star, never trust a talking bomb. Is that five already?
Title: Re: Re:Mayhem Film Club
Post by: pettyofficernick on May 01, 2012, 08:02:07 pm
The Man Who Would be King, The Cruel Sea, In Which We Serve, The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean, The Long Riders ( Best western ever) Oh, and Under Seige. All in my DVD collection.. :-)) :-)) :-))
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Post by: rem2007 on May 01, 2012, 09:57:21 pm
...hmmm difficult one, but in no particular order,
1. Kelly's Heroes
2. A Field of Dreams, originally from a book called Shoeless Joe by W P Kinsella, a fellow canuck.
3. Dances with Wolves, of course.
4. Cry Freedom
5. The Commitments
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Post by: mikearace on May 01, 2012, 10:19:45 pm
The Inn of Sixth Happiness Glory The Last Emperor Red Cliff This is England
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Post by: pettyofficernick on May 01, 2012, 10:51:51 pm
3) I've always assumed he is referring to King Alfred Dock in London but I'm not sure.
4) As far as I'm aware you can't salute without a cap on and you can't wear your cap indoors but some of our RN chaps may know more detail.
King Alfred is also Headquarters of the Portsmouth division of the RNR, and is on Whale Island :-)) :-)) :-))
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Post by: dave301bounty on May 01, 2012, 11:04:06 pm
and what was the main course on whale island .and what is the compas rose ,,? Nick don forget i served ,
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Post by: dave301bounty on May 01, 2012, 11:07:25 pm
ps Nick i am late to crash ,some idiot ,,football related has come screaming down the road must have been doin,60 mph ,hope he knows there is a speed camers and a brick wall ,
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Post by: essex2visuvesi on May 02, 2012, 06:33:18 am
Watched the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen last night.
Quite enjoyable considering the poor ratings it got
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Post by: mermod on May 04, 2012, 01:44:10 pm
I just finished watching Tucker & Dale vs Evil, a brilliant take on the american hillbilly/slasher movies, plus its got Alan Tudyk in it so its got to be good ( I still miss Firefly)
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Post by: AlisterL on May 05, 2012, 02:03:04 am
I don't know about favourites, but movies not already mentioned that are most worthy:
The 5th Element The Dish (note that this is an Aussie movie and a Kiwi thinks it's good!) National Treasure Gone in 60 Seconds (although the end is a bit naff - haven't seen the original BTW...)
I'm pleased that The Damn Busters and Torah! Torah! Torah! have been mentioned - I've only ever seen them on TV...
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Post by: Spook on May 05, 2012, 06:05:34 pm
My favourite quote is... "ALAAAAAARM!" because you know something exciting is going to happen ;-)
I have managed to watch all but the last 40 minutes so far. It's a shame that I know how it ends, but that won't stop me watching it all - eventually :-)
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Post by: Terry on May 05, 2012, 06:24:18 pm
I have seen the series in German with English subtitles, Brilliant!! I have seen the Film in English, not quite the same atmosphere. I have read the book, and to be honest, really boring !! BTW I live in Austria, but am English.
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Post by: tugmad on May 05, 2012, 07:20:44 pm
Naaa it just true... "They're strange, these engine-room people."
Yea we may be a bit strange at times but you dont go anywhere without us %% %% %% %%
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Post by: Meyer on May 05, 2012, 08:12:08 pm
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Yea we may be a bit strange at times but you dont go anywhere without us Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy
lol then again you couldnt go any where with out us (deckies) %% %% %%
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Post by: DavieTait on May 05, 2012, 08:14:36 pm
Its based on the book U-333 by Lothar Gunther-Blucheim , a true story of a captain in the Kreigsmarine ( some of the photos make you go cold showing the damage ) , some very good photos in it for people building a Type VIIc/41 as well
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Post by: bbdave on May 19, 2012, 08:21:09 pm
Mine at the moment are
Ironclad
Kinghts tale
Henry v ( kenneth branagh version )
we were soldiers
Platoon
Dave
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 15, 2012, 08:10:03 pm
Found one of my all time favourite films on youTube, 12 Angry Men: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0NlNOI5LG0&feature=colike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0NlNOI5LG0&feature=colike)
Must be one of the best bits script writing and characterisation of all time.
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Post by: pettyofficernick on July 15, 2012, 08:44:32 pm
Fully agree there Martin, I allways make a point of watching it every time it comes on the telly. Currently watching the African queen over and over as research for my next project. :-)) :-)) :-))
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Post by: Bob K on July 15, 2012, 09:17:18 pm
Currently watching the African queen over and over as research for my next project. :-)) :-)) :-))
Aah, Humphery Bogart. Lost count of how many times I have watched Casablanca. However the movie I have watched far more times than any other is Zulu. It was so brilliant you can forgive the historical innaccuracies.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 15, 2012, 09:30:21 pm
..... I don't want to burst your bubble Nick.... Boggy obviously didn't know anything about steam engines!
Undoubtedly,still, its good to watch for catching detail of the boat. For the purposes of filming, she was propelled through the water by a small diesel engine, so that the shooting schedule wasn't interrupted whims of the boiler.
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Post by: 2051476 on July 16, 2012, 08:13:58 pm
There were a lot of great choices however here's is the list of the five greatest movies of all time and not in any order
Twelve O'clock High
Band of Brothers
The Searchers ( By many the best western ever)
Since You Went Away (Home Front in America)
Gone With The Wind
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Post by: Klunk on July 16, 2012, 09:30:56 pm
my 5 top favs in no order film/tv
band of brothers
aces high
the one that got away
the great escape
tumbledown
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Post by: malcolmfrary on July 16, 2012, 10:56:22 pm
There are odd bits of film that stick in the mind - Marty Feldman as Igor in Young Frankenstein, with his mobile hump Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles explaining about the wrong hand shake Daffy Duck being better than Errol Flynn at being Errol Flynn playing Robin Hood "Thith ithn't a quarter thtaff - itth a buck and a quarter quarter thtaff". And much good it did him. Errol and Razzle Bathbun having their iconic sword fight - i don't know if it was original, but the lighting format has been repeated so often...... The signs in the "proper" Batman movie. And who is going to do Penguins submarine, the one with the flipper drive? And the bat-boat. Burt Lancaster in the Scalphunters declaring that his whiskey was "good and vile" William Shatner in Airplane 2 hissing at the doors - I still have trouble resisting the urge every time I approach a self opening door. Kato hurtling out of the fridge.
I enjoyed reading the Cineverse Cycle by Craig Shaw for all of its references to '50's B movies' conventions, and George McDonald Fraser's The Pyrates for its references and reminders of those pre-TV times spent in the local fleapit getting my grounding in culture. Add Terry Pratchetts "Moving Pictures" with the memorable quote from the epic "Blown Away" - "I really don't care".
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Post by: Rob Wood on July 19, 2012, 08:16:35 am
Tough to narrow down to five, and even to pick five of one genre, but I'll confine my five to WWII war movies:
Das Boot (in German)
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Dirty Dozen
Saving Private Ryan
Hell in the Pacific
Rob
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Post by: Spook on July 19, 2012, 12:02:25 pm
Ummm... top 10 WWII movies...
In no particular order...
The Battle of Britain - Cheesy but oh, those Heinkels! Ice Cold in Alex - Upper lips were never stiffer. Kelly's Heroes - A laugh a minute. The Bridge at Remagen - Sunday afternoon, slippers, tea and a scone. perfect. The Dirty Dozen - Barking mad, the lot of them. Das Boot - Chilling and atmospheric. Saving Private Ryan - I'd watch it again and again just for the music. 633 Squadron - Same as above. The Longest Day - The longest film.
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Post by: essex2visuvesi on July 19, 2012, 01:02:26 pm
One of my favorite WW2 movies is actually quite a recent release
Enemy at the gates http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215750/
But kelly's heroes and Firty dozen are well worth watching
No one has mentioned Where eagles dare or the guns of navarone
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Post by: malcolmfrary on July 19, 2012, 02:24:31 pm
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No one has mentioned Where eagles dare or the guns of navarone
OK. Opening shots from Where Eagles Dare, first watched by me from the front row of the upper shelf at the cinema. Proper big screen involvement. Guns, good movie, but lacks Clint with his mandatory stick of dynamite. Did carry the good side story about the film crew actually blowing up the Greek Navy's patrol boat, rather than just looking like they blew it up.
I ran across this today (19th) so the link will probably need a bit of navigating to to get the right date. http://news.yahoo.com/comics/non-sequitur-slideshow/ Just seems to fit the current state of the movie industry.
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Post by: Spook on July 19, 2012, 03:27:53 pm
So nobody noticed my deliberate mistake {:-{
I only put 9 films in my top 10 (ahem)...
OK...
Tora Tora Tora! - BANZAAAAIIII!
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Post by: CJ on July 19, 2012, 03:44:04 pm
If we are now playing a top 10 I'll join in, again in no particular order and based solely on the fact I could watch all again and again and are classics......
Memphis Belle
Apocalypse Now
Star Wars (Cheating cos I am including all of them)
Bullit
The Green Mile
Back To The Future
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Rocky
The Great Escape
Pulp Fiction
CJ :-))
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Post by: surfs up on July 20, 2012, 02:53:18 pm
Here is my top ten
Jaws Dogma O Brother Where Art Thou Carry on Cruising I,m All Right Jack Black Sheep Talladega Nights Paint Your Wagon Apocalypse Now Run fat boy Run (great model boats in that film)
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Post by: unbuiltnautilus on July 20, 2012, 03:20:24 pm
The scope of your knowledge re all things available is impressive %) {-)
One does ones best :D
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Post by: pettyofficernick on July 23, 2012, 04:07:41 pm
Tart, a pastry based confection usually containing apples, cherries or other fruits, not to be confused with pie, which is much deeper, thus containing more fruit filling, or meat based filling if a more savory repast is required.....
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Post by: Norseman on July 24, 2012, 02:01:35 am
Tart - Buy a boat on Ebay and Tart it Up
which you can also do with a house = two films
The Moneypit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOM6rvU9xN4&feature=related Mouse Hunt - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-GoRxX2exA&feature=relmfu
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Post by: unbuiltnautilus on July 24, 2012, 12:37:57 pm
Beautifully brought back on track... The Untouchables, loved that film, before Brian de palma went 'bonkers' :} Excellent soundtrack too..
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Post by: Norseman on July 24, 2012, 01:36:28 pm
Occasionaly here are threads like this on Mayhem - Saltwater advice is one I recall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ScvAJG51V4
For my money you still can't beat these shows http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Ng5s_AO8mfE&NR=1
Dave
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Post by: armc40 on July 24, 2012, 02:12:27 pm
Tart, a pastry based confection usually containing apples, cherries or other fruits, not to be confused with pie, which is much deeper, thus containing more fruit filling, or meat based filling if a more savory repast is required.....
then there,s that Scottish ex world snookers champs wife,s maiden name...Tart, {-)
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Post by: wullie/mk2 on July 24, 2012, 10:04:06 pm
How about putting a little link with your suggestions lads? :D
Dave
Link????sassages perhaps, my favourite,s are, 22 Bullets, Leon, LOTR,x 3 The Cuckoo, Trainspotting, Kelly,s Heroes, Cross of Iron,... Barbarella Rome,1 & 2..not really films,but great all the same, Blue Max, Alien,1 & 2 Prometheus, Kingdom of Heaven Shining, Christine, Digi 2046 Heimat 2 Palindromes The Machinist Koma, Oldboy, more will come to me
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Post by: Norseman on July 24, 2012, 10:19:00 pm
If you must have your tarts Wullie - how about we get back on thread with Brigette Jones Diary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YZy2deJstI
Tarts and Vicars Party
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Post by: wullie/mk2 on July 24, 2012, 10:39:45 pm
Don,t you start, {-) Is the 20 odd above not enough for you,...but just to keep you happy, Battle Royale 2,Revenge Infernal Affairs 3 is that better,
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Post by: Norseman on July 24, 2012, 10:50:02 pm
No ............. cos there's no link OMO :P
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Post by: pettyofficernick on July 24, 2012, 11:22:49 pm
The Man Who Would Be King, now there's a movie.... :-)) :-)) :-)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmZbCwmOC6I&feature=related
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Post by: wullie/mk2 on July 24, 2012, 11:30:42 pm
you can rattle on about links all night if you want,...i don,t know nuffin,..remember its me at this end,not some pc wizard,...oops i,d better get back on track before whatsisname,mods me, {-) Event Horizon,...that was good, Resident Evil,..all of them, Walking Dead,...series, Up in smoke...cheech & chong movie, Yellow Submarine,best watched when under the influence of/???,as above, {-) Seven Samurai, Roger Waters,The Wall 1990....on Potsdammer Platz
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Post by: wullie/mk2 on July 24, 2012, 11:35:49 pm
Links???....The penny has just dropped,....youtube!!!!...now all i,ve got to do is work out how to get,my fav movies from there,if they are there, to here,....its much easier just naming them without that darned link, O0
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Post by: surfs up on July 25, 2012, 01:29:30 pm
They get in with me.....BIG FISH? not familiar with that one %)
Excellent, you should try and borrow a copy form a mate. {-) %%
or just watch the trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-kjzBmz6I
Surf
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Post by: wullie/mk2 on July 25, 2012, 09:33:52 pm
I did,nt like this first time round,..but after watching it again, its grown on me,...Versus...by Ryuhei Kitamura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRfhuVlbM-4
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on October 07, 2012, 02:00:53 pm
This week, I watched "The Long Memory" with John Mills - did he ever make a bad film?!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044849/
,.... also "The password is courage" with Dirk Bogarde - an adaptation of the Sergant-Major Charles Coward story
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056335/
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Post by: Netleyned on October 07, 2012, 04:24:29 pm
"This week, I watched "The Long Memory" with John Mills - did he ever make a bad film?!"
Don't remember ;D ;D
Ned
Title: The Gift Horse
Post by: mikearace on March 11, 2014, 08:06:28 pm
Watched the Gift Horse tonight which I haven't seen from start to finish for a couple of years now. Great film but doesn't seem to get the attention that the likes of some of its contemporaries such as The Cruel Sea and In Which We Serve get. But I did notice something I haven't picked up before and wondered if it was just a mistake or their was a reason for it. On two occasions the gift horse is seen entering and leaving harbour and there is stock footage in the background of an Implaccable or Illustrious type carrier. But the thing is the footage is transposed - the island is on the port side. Anybody shed any light on why?
Title: Re:Mayhem Film Club
Post by: Martin (Admin) on March 11, 2014, 10:23:04 pm
( Topics merged )
Title: Re: The Gift Horse
Post by: TailUK on March 12, 2014, 08:22:34 am
Watched the Gift Horse tonight which I haven't seen from start to finish for a couple of years now. Great film but doesn't seem to get the attention that the likes of some of its contemporaries such as The Cruel Sea and In Which We Serve get. But I did notice something I haven't picked up before and wondered if it was just a mistake or their was a reason for it. On two occasions the gift horse is seen entering and leaving harbour and there is stock footage in the background of an Implaccable or Illustrious type carrier. But the thing is the footage is transposed - the island is on the port side. Anybody shed any light on why?
The usual reason for this kind of transposition is that the stock footage had the ship pointing in the wrong direction. The film is flipped over to give the cinematographer the composition he needs. A classic example is in the original documentry "Memphis Belle" (not the recent feature film) a damaged B-17 is shown and to match the aircraft in other shots the film has been flipped. Unfortunately this includes the tail number which reads backwards.
Title: Re:Mayhem Film Club
Post by: malcolmfrary on March 12, 2014, 08:34:32 am
If you like spotting flipped footage, look out for the documentary on Grant tanks. I am fairly sure that the hull gun was always built on the same side, but then again......
Title: Re:Mayhem Film Club
Post by: Martin (Admin) on March 12, 2014, 10:39:18 am
Two of my favourite films, 633 Squadron and Mosquito Squadron used simple 'triple glass' lens' ( like a kaleidoscope ) to multiply the number of aircraft in flight.
Title: Re:Mayhem Film Club
Post by: TailUK on March 12, 2014, 01:18:48 pm
Two of my favourite films, 633 Squadron and Mosquito Squadron used simple 'triple glass' lens' ( like a kaleidoscope ) to multiply the number of aircraft in flight.
Very similar as footage from "633 Squadron" was used for the later "Mosquito Squadron". I watched the Nicole Kidman film "Australia" (pretty good movie) to find big chunks of "Tora, Tora, Tora." standing in for the Japanese air raid on Darwin.
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 02, 2014, 03:23:04 pm
Watched The Lego Movie over the weekend.... loved it!
Good cop / Bad cop (Liam Neeson) Very Funny.... "if that's alright with you?" {-) {-)
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: Martin (Admin) on February 07, 2015, 04:36:12 pm
U571 is on the telly, I hate that film of SO many levels! >:-o
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Post by: TailUK on February 07, 2015, 04:44:42 pm
U571 is on the telly, I hate that film of SO many levels! >:-o
I completely agree. I was desperately hoping that they actually would sink the submarine. It did, however, have one good line in it. Someone asks the Captain of the American sub "How deep will she go?" he replies "Oh, She'll go all the way to the bottom if we let her!".
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on February 07, 2015, 05:12:25 pm
Yes, that is a good line! {-)
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Post by: rem2007 on February 07, 2015, 06:32:19 pm
...just reading the book, The Imitation Game, so thought I'd watch it (U-571) again. If you read the credits at the end, the Americans, didn't actually capture enigma gear until 1944, and according to the book which is anything but a novel, the chaps at Bletchley Park, could deal with Enigma traffic within a day by 1944...oh well, Hollywood, what can you say. Great book by the way, but more applicable to university level maths, physics, or philosophy students. The movie should be good as well.
Robert
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Post by: raflaunches on February 07, 2015, 07:03:42 pm
...just reading the book, The Imitation Game, so thought I'd watch it (U-571) again. If you read the credits at the end, the Americans, didn't actually capture enigma gear until 1944, and according to the book which is anything but a novel, the chaps at Bletchley Park, could deal with Enigma traffic within a day by 1944...oh well, Hollywood, what can you say. Great book by the way, but more applicable to university level maths, physics, or philosophy students. The movie should be good as well.
Robert
I got talking to one of the 'code-crackers' when I visited Bletchley Park and she admitted to me that at times they were even quicker- at one time they actually decoded the messages quicker than the Germans were! I know that one of the ships that actually captured an Enigma machine was HMS Dunedin and I think the other might have been Bulldog. I'm looking forward to seeing The Imitation Game... :-))
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Post by: Klunk on February 07, 2015, 09:30:05 pm
Seen it. Brilliant film. And watched the Hawkins film. Now if I could stay awake during U571 I might find out what the Americans didn't do!
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Post by: Klunk on February 07, 2015, 09:39:33 pm
Watched Assembly the other day on YouTube. And brotherhood. Erm Assembly is truly superb.
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Post by: Klunk on February 09, 2015, 07:52:54 am
Watched apocalypse now, generation war, the iron cross and they died with their boots on. What a weekend !
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Post by: rem2007 on February 09, 2015, 08:57:58 am
...have seen The Imitation Game now, very well done, but almost finished the book and as usual the film leaves out quite abit, but still, very well done. Have also seen The Theory of Everything, and was glad to see the lead actor receive a BAFTA last night for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking.
Unbroken is quite good as well with the lead role being played by another Brit who also won a BAFTA as best newcomer.
Looking forward to holidays in Madiera end of march!
Robert
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Post by: Brian60 on February 09, 2015, 10:26:03 am
I watched U571 yesterday. A rather far fetched movie churned out by the yanks. A U boot stranded on the surface in the Bay of Biscay. The yanks sent one of their subs 'disguised' as a U boat from the US mainland to intercept and capture it to get the Enigma cypher machine.
Of course they were successful and got there before the German rescue ships that were sent out from France- as we know the coast of the US is closer to the Bay of Biscay than France is %)
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on February 09, 2015, 10:34:54 am
Watched Assembly the other day on YouTube. And brotherhood. Erm Assembly is truly superb.
Assembly? This one? = https://youtu.be/ggpoFDnywWc
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Post by: raflaunches on July 05, 2017, 11:43:34 pm
Just seen a fantastic trailer for perhaps one of most incredible stories of turning defeat into a victory. On July 21st the film 'Dunkirk' premieres and the footage looks very good. Definitely looks worth a trip to the cinema.
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Post by: canabus on July 06, 2017, 01:04:40 pm
Hi Chaps Watched an old WW2 one, Corvette K225 with Randolph Scott. Great Film. Yes I have booking in for the DUNKIRK new movie.
Canabus
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 09, 2017, 09:35:43 pm
Just watched that film 'Corvette K225' Canabus, that gun crew couldn't hit a barn door... from inside the barn!
Funny how Robert Mitchum popped up for literally 6 seconds at the end?!!
https://youtu.be/1MBzb5q8khY
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Post by: canabus on July 10, 2017, 12:54:52 am
Hi Martin The crew's are old gunfights from the Western Movies!!!!!! Canabus
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Post by: malcolmfrary on July 10, 2017, 08:49:40 pm
But Randolf Scott did collect his contracted trademark "flesh wound".
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Post by: Baldrick on July 11, 2017, 01:38:44 pm
Did anyone ever watch the film 'Sea Wolves" ? The film based on the book made in 1980, with actors David Niven (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Niven), Gregory Peck (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Peck) , Trevor Howard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Howard)and Roger Moore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Moore). The film ostensively about a bunch of retired cavalry officers who in Calcutta decided to get involved in WW11 and sailed an old barge to Goa , sank 3 german freighters who were transmitting British ship movements to U boats so they could torpedo them. Fantastic story , even more fantastic is that it was fact not fiction , based on The James Lessor narrative of the event "The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse "
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 13, 2017, 06:51:57 am
You must be joking (1965) - https://youtu.be/NrbXqPJWgcw
Four British soldiers and a United States Air Force Lieutenant Morton have their initiative tested in a scavenger hunt, set for them by a British Army psychologist Terry-Thomas. They are instructed to obtain six symbols of the British way of life. The reward for the winner is to be fast-tracked for promotion and a ten-day, all-expenses-paid trip around the world for two. Among the feats to be accomplished within 48 hours are escaping from a maze, retrieving a rare rose and the mascot from a Rolls-Royce motorcar, and procurement of a lock of hair and an autograph from a popular French female singer. Because of complaints in the past, if any of them get into trouble, the authorities will deny everything.
Terrible acting, cringeworthy script, lazy direction ...... I still manage to watch it all the way though! A few giggles and Lots of cameos from well known British 'celebrities' of the time! 5-10
Title: Dunkirk
Post by: Bowwave on July 21, 2017, 09:23:23 pm
Just had a chance to see the new film on the Dunkirk evacuation , it is simply superb . Any film with a theme such as Dunkirk was always going to be a hard one to do justice to . This did more it conveyed the shear terror and even the high emotion of just one segment of the evacuation principally around the mole but including the horror of ships being bombed and torpedoed . It shifted from land to sea and air in an odd sort of docu-drama sense but the director pulled it off magnificently . Only one small critique the naval ships consisted of a French destroyer 1950 vintage supposedly an RN destroyer , a Ton class minesweeper plus several other more modern patrol vessels. Yet it was difficult to differentiate between , the cgi and the live footage all brilliantly done . Yet it was the little ships that really did it for me and the ending sequence , sorry no clues you will have to see the film for yourself for that .I have to admit there were sequences that brought tears to my eyes. <:( Bowwave
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Post by: Vintage on July 21, 2017, 10:16:48 pm
Yet it was the little ships that really did it for me... Bowwave
As with me.
Here's quite an evocative film from the British Film Council in 1943 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnTtJwgP0jM
Mark
Title: Dunkirk
Post by: destroyer42 on July 23, 2017, 06:43:42 pm
Well what can I say, Went to the pictures last night to see Dunkirk, what a film very powerful and well done, it's something the younger generation should see. Even had the Endeavour from Leigh -on-Sea in the film as well. If you are thinking about going to the pictures then this is the film to see. Destroyer42
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Post by: TailUK on July 23, 2017, 07:40:23 pm
Another great wartime short about building subchasers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPUQnJ1Eoic
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Post by: ballastanksian on July 24, 2017, 10:11:18 pm
I spoke to a girl on the checkout whilst in Waitrose thisevening and she had seen it and was very impressed. I am going to see it next week with a couple of friends; I might need some tissues!
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Post by: Colin Bishop on July 24, 2017, 10:21:06 pm
I have not seen it but there has been some criticism that the film does not acknowledge the important role of the French army in the operation and only makes fleeting reference to the way in which Admiral Ramsay masterminded it. So in that respect not perhaps an entirely accurate historical record despite its visual impact.
Colin
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Post by: dougal99 on July 25, 2017, 09:38:17 pm
Just got in from seeing Dunkirk. I thought it was very good. The French army got an honourable mention as defenders of the line. I'm not to sure about the mixed up time line but overall a good movie.
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Post by: benny on July 25, 2017, 10:16:33 pm
Watched Dunkirk this morning brilliant film would go and watch it again. Has to be seen on the big screen the cgi was very good. Highly recommended.
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Post by: canabus on July 26, 2017, 11:06:37 am
Hi All Watched the big screen of Dunkirk today the CGI was great with the Spitfires in far closer formation than real!!!! Yes we can all pick holes it the movie, but, they at did have a crack at it!!! I will get the DVD when is store. The old boats were so beautiful!!! To the boys, ladies and lads on those boats, I am lost for words!!!
Canabus
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Post by: Stumps on July 26, 2017, 11:41:47 am
Not so sure the spits were CGI ~ have a look at the shots on this site.
The Spits look excellent. The 109 looks like one of the one brought to the UK in the 1960s for the making of "The Battle of Britain"
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Post by: Stumps on July 26, 2017, 01:49:16 pm
I think it was one of the original RR Merlin powered 109s (Buchon) used in the BoB film and as a model flyer myself, the I'd love to get my hands on the He111. :}
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Post by: TailUK on July 26, 2017, 03:55:22 pm
I think it was one of the original RR Merlin powered 109s (Buchon) used in the BoB film and as a model flyer myself, the I'd love to get my hands on the He111. :}
It's a shame that none of the Buchon He 111s from the film are still flying. Though I understand that at least one is in restoration.
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Post by: roycv on August 15, 2017, 05:30:44 pm
Hi all, managed at last to see the film Dunkirk, really stunning, unremitting tension. Went with my daughter and had to explain a few things (afterwards) but she enjoyed it as well. A must see film. regards Roy
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Post by: canabus on August 16, 2017, 02:37:30 am
Hi All
We seen Hacksaw Ridge, good film very bloody!!!
Canabus
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on October 05, 2017, 12:38:06 pm
Watched this yesterday, on Film Four; H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
Very good, interesting to see Dirk Bogarde as a baddy!
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Post by: TailUK on October 05, 2017, 02:11:01 pm
Watched this yesterday, on Film Four; H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
Very good, interesting to see Dirk Bogarde as a baddy!
Parodied, beautifully, in "Carry on Jack"
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 18, 2017, 11:43:21 pm
The Dunkirk film is now out on DVD, finally saw it over the weekend.
Spoiler Alert!
Totally not what I was expecting! The major lack of dialogue during the opening scenes was a wonderful directorial decision. Germans portrayed as 'the faceless enemy' was another great directorial choice. The casting choice of the small boat crew was excellent. Kenneth Branagh ... basically narrating the storyline?! Some scenes were dragged out waaaaaaay too long, eg. shooting down of the Heinkel. Way did only one solider try to shoot down the German fights strafing the beach? Didn't know a dead engine Spitfire could glide for miles and miles. Why wasn't the modern buildings on the Dunkirk shoreline CGI'ed out? .... or the container cranes?!?!
Score: 9/10
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 18, 2017, 11:48:02 pm
Saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi tonight - I'd actually give it 10/10!
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Post by: SailorGreg on December 19, 2017, 08:42:16 am
The Abyss Above us the Waves The Cruel Sea In Which we Serve Sink the Bismark! Battle of the River Plate The Long Ships
Quote
I liked the review on Radio 4 the other day.
"How long is the film?" "Two and a half hours." "And how long did it feel?" (Pause) "...Three"
A Guardian reader with a marvellous spoiler-free review wrote:
"It's OK, with two good bits."
...Interesting. I saw 2001 on big screen for the first time last Sat. Best part of 3h and enjoyed every single minute though it felt 10,000 years (about 10mins short of the "Shawshank Redemption"). But I'm not sure what an hour is since, or whether the opening end ending shots are the same so it's all circular? There's a substantial chance we all live in the "matrix" anyway so time is just an invented concept to create a sense of reality -right?
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Post by: SailorGreg on December 22, 2017, 05:20:38 pm
Aaaah! 2001!! One of the greatest ever and all "real" - no CGI in those days, just very clever modellers and cinematographers. And clever use of total silence, something George Lucas could have learned. They don't make them like that any more. :((
I enjoyed Star Wars The Last Jedi but it doesn't inspire wonder and curiosity like 2001 did, and still does. Star Wars is a comic strip, 2001 a great novel.
Greg
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Post by: Klunk on December 22, 2017, 06:48:13 pm
well today I watched Those Magificent Men in their Flying Machines. brilliant film!
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Post by: RST on December 23, 2017, 02:58:03 am
well today I watched Those Magificent Men in their Flying Machines. brilliant film!
So did I. Love it LoL.
Back from seeing N by NW. Fantastic showing. I forgot there were so many funny moments Hitchcock included -I think you pick-up more when you see it big screen. I was on the edge of my seat at the Mt Rushmore scenes (I'm not good with heights). Nice comfy bucket seats this auditorium. Shame the woman next to me felt she had to talk to her partner the whole way through it though. That couple also left their rubbish lying at their seats which really annoys me but seems to be a common trait these days .............seems they expect to sit in a clean seat but can't be arsed with the effort putting their own mess in the bin on the way out!!!
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Post by: roycv on September 16, 2019, 01:07:31 pm
Hi all, has anyone seen the documentary / film '3 Identical Strangers'? I saw it on a long haul flight, I watched it twice. I do not think it has been released in the UK. If you have seen it, What did you think? regards
Roy
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Post by: roycv on September 18, 2019, 06:39:57 pm
Hi all, I have just been to see the Downton Abbey film. Bit slow to start but maybe this was me familiarising myself with the characters. Anyway it picks up and if you liked the TV series you will enjoy it. Looked to cost quite a lot in production.
I would give it a 7 / 10 score. regards Roy
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Post by: TailUK on September 18, 2019, 06:56:41 pm
well today I watched Those Magificent Men in their Flying Machines. brilliant film!
Couldn't agree more. Contains one of my favourite movie lines. Robert Morley remarks on the French pilot "Too much Entente and far too Cordiale!" Absolute genius!
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Post by: roycv on September 22, 2019, 07:27:51 am
Hi all I just watched, well the beginning anyway, of 'Atlantic Convoy' made in 1942. I thought I would see some period shots of merchant ships etc.
It was a total letdown with toy aeroplanes and a plot that I did not get or understand and on top of it all I did not know which side the characters were on! The uniforms were sort of anonymous. I give it 1/10 but I am not sure why I rated it that highly. Roy
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Post by: Taranis on September 24, 2019, 07:59:17 pm
Saw Ad Astra today. Media reviews only give 3.5 stars It was OK but 4 stars max so fair reviews. Still worth a watch
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Post by: Taranis on October 01, 2019, 04:04:11 pm
Today was Angel has fallen More recycled saving the president. Still action packed and keeps your attention.
Talk about recycling Next week Rambo {-) Last Blood
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Post by: Taranis on October 10, 2019, 10:27:48 pm
Well yes we did Rambo :embarrassed:
For nostalgia 8 For worth watching 5 {-)
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on October 10, 2019, 10:51:34 pm
I'm gonna save you the price of a cinema ticket here.... MIB4 ( Men in Black 4 )....... 1/2 out 10!
Embarrassing acting, infantile plot, gaping plot holes, all effects seen before , 100 times.
NB: If you thought MIN 2 was good go see it! Infants high on sugar drink will probably love it!
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Post by: Taranis on October 11, 2019, 09:53:03 am
Yes I fell asleep at one point %%
Just reading the reviews of Gemini man, very disappointing :((
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Post by: sabre on October 11, 2019, 02:52:54 pm
You would have been better off watching Joker. I see that there is a follow on to the Shining and it's out at the end of the month, Doctor Sleep.
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Post by: Taranis on October 11, 2019, 02:56:28 pm
Tuesday :-))
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on October 11, 2019, 07:15:05 pm
How disappointing the clips look amazing.... best bits I guess! {:-{
Not due to Will Smith I might add ! Suffered from many things but not him
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on October 11, 2019, 08:08:04 pm
We gave Will Smith a Flame Thrower - The Slow Mo Guys
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Post by: Taranis on October 16, 2019, 07:39:08 pm
Watched Joker yesterday. Personally I felt it very slow and drawn out and almost fell asleep. Clearly this is the new breed of Marvel related movies to come. My wife actually enjoyed it. I guess it comes down to what you expected before seeing it.
2hrs 2mins. The last 15 mins being the best {-)
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Post by: Klunk on October 16, 2019, 11:02:21 pm
Watched Joker yesterday. Personally I felt it very slow and drawn out and almost fell asleep. Clearly this is the new breed of Marvel related movies to come. My wife actually enjoyed it. I guess it comes down to what you expected before seeing it.
2hrs 2mins. The last 15 mins being the best {-)
went last Friday, while in Stoke. 1. cost of ticket £6.75......wow bargain. double that where I come from! 2. too artsy fartsy 3. long and drawn out storyline with not a lot going on 4. too many shots of him smoking .. not relevant!
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Post by: Taranis on October 16, 2019, 11:05:35 pm
Absolutely never had a fag out of his mouth %% Just shows that media reviews cannot be trusted Think I’ll watch Gemini man next week :-))
To be completely honest I would have walked out after the first hour of it wasn’t for my wife
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Post by: RST on October 19, 2019, 08:17:30 pm
Saw Joker couple of weeks ago. Not my kind of film but was working away and bored so worth a shot. Didn't like it. Something very sinister about it which wasn't right and certainly not right for a batman theme, particularly the Gary glitter link. Couldn't believe it is a 15 rating! While I was watching I couldn't work out whether the story was copied from taxi driver or American psycho. It seemed a bit famailiar. Definately 30mins too long.
The Shining is on at local Vue tonight but I won't go there now. The auditoriums are disgusting. The seats were full of rubbish and stained and smelly last few times so never again.
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Post by: Taranis on October 22, 2019, 01:15:17 pm
Just back from Gemini man and thoroughly enjoyed it :-)) cannot trust professional reviewers <*<
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Post by: unbuiltnautilus on October 23, 2019, 06:16:20 pm
Just seen Joker, got to say that was a dark movie! I can see why certain political individuals don't like it. It was an excellent take on an origin movie in my opinion. Also, it makes a good lead in to the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, being very similar in tone ( even darker..) than those films. I liked it very much and predict an Oscar nom for Mr Phoenix.
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Post by: Taranis on October 23, 2019, 06:29:14 pm
Agree a superb acting performance :-))
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Post by: Taranis on October 29, 2019, 03:35:50 pm
Just seen Terminator Thoroughly good film all round and wife agreed, a surprise as she has not seen any of the earlier releases Absolutely no comparison with the Rambo crap
I can only score a 10
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Post by: Taranis on October 29, 2019, 07:02:16 pm
Next week. The Adams family. Not dared to go while the kids are off {-)
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Post by: Taranis on October 30, 2019, 08:56:25 pm
Really looking forwards to Le Mans next month 8)
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Post by: frogman3 on October 30, 2019, 09:02:41 pm
Can’t stand other people’s kids with incompetent parents I also think sweets a crackly stuff should be banned
Oh I see Andy well at least you had other with you last time me an the missus went to pics about 2yrs ago we were the only two in there chris
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Post by: dougal99 on October 30, 2019, 10:01:52 pm
No one for Farmageddon then.
Technically brilliant and funny too. Lots of nods to the big epics. 5*
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Post by: Colin Bishop on October 30, 2019, 10:31:08 pm
I love Shaun but will probably wait for the DVD.
Colin
Title: old film, "for those in peril, freeview 90.
Post by: dodes on November 16, 2019, 08:17:06 pm
Just wondering if anyone else viewed this old b/w film on the t/v today. Some really good scenes with air sea rescue craft and M/L's at speed, it has put me in mind to get a air sea rescue launch.
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Post by: imsinking on November 16, 2019, 08:42:26 pm
Just wondering if anyone else viewed this old b/w film on the t/v today. Some really good scenes with air sea rescue craft and M/L's at speed, it has put me in mind to get a air sea rescue launch.
Yeah, seen it a few times , the 2651 would look great on our lake . . . specially with BRUSHLESS and LIPO'S %% someone was flogging a 46" one in summer but it was falling apart , wasn't worth the £160 they wanted . . . Bill
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Post by: TailUK on November 17, 2019, 03:37:19 pm
Yeah, seen it a few times , the 2651 would look great on our lake . . . specially with BRUSHLESS and LIPO'S %% someone was flogging a 46" one in summer but it was falling apart , wasn't worth the £160 they wanted . . . Bill
You're thinking of the Dirk Bogarde film "The Sea Shall Not Have Them" which was made in the fifties and used late type ASR launches. "For those in Peril " was made in 1944 and featured 68ft Whaleback ASR Launches and starred David Farrer.
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Post by: roycv on December 15, 2019, 06:13:24 pm
I saw Edge of Tomorrow on TV last night. Turned on to it by chance. Tom Cruise! Not another hero film, but it becomes clear there is more going on and for anti Tom Cruise fans he dies many times!
It was very good and I stayed glued to it throughout, S.F. the way I like it where you have to work at it to keep up. I give it a deserved 8/10. regards Roy
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Post by: roycv on December 17, 2019, 08:29:57 am
Hi all, did anyone see 'Three Identical Strangers' on Ch 4 TV last night? I mentioned it in an earlier post.
It is the best 2 hours of TV docunentary you will ever see. It hits highs, lows, deceit, a quite incredible true story within our own time. I give it 10 / 10. Roy
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 17, 2019, 11:05:44 am
Watched Ad Astra.... Impressive sets etc, good concept but poor story line. In the end I though, 'I don't care!' - 6/10
Bratt Pitt was good but I thought they hanged too much on him alone being, 'good enough to carry the entire film'.
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Post by: Taranis on January 06, 2020, 09:42:00 pm
Going to watch THE GENTLEMEN tomorrow and Jojo on Wednesday Trailers look brilliant
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Post by: Taranis on January 07, 2020, 01:43:46 pm
The Gentlemen was absolutely brilliant 10/10 :-))
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Post by: Taranis on January 08, 2020, 01:59:57 pm
JoJo Rabbit Much more of a film than the trailer reveals. Aside from the comedy there is a lot of feeling in this. Very worthwhile
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Post by: Taranis on January 14, 2020, 01:31:48 pm
Just back from the epic 1917
One to see but didn't hit the spot for me. Full marks for recreating the scenery and devastation
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Post by: SailorGreg on January 14, 2020, 06:42:26 pm
Saw 1917 a few days ago. I must say that I was sucked right in and felt I was walking/running alongside the soldiers the whole way. Very clever direction and editing, and I'm sure the odd Oscar or three will be coming its way. Would I watch it again? Not immediately, but I would in the fullness of time when my memory of it has faded a bit (about 30 minutes these days!).
Greg
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Post by: Taranis on January 14, 2020, 07:02:52 pm
Yes certainly one to watch Continuity was lacking considering it’s a continuous film Will loaded one 5 round clip in his Lee Enfield and fired at least 8 shots without a reload 😂
Spies in Disguise tomorrow 👍
Edit Just googled and rifle has a 10 round mag that is topped up with 5 round clips :-))
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Post by: redpmg on January 15, 2020, 01:41:30 pm
Have finally obtained a copy of The Cruel Sea on DVD from a rental shop going out of business - still looking for a copy of The Ship that died of Shame - both great movies not seen for a long time as we no longer have a TV - too expensive for a subscription to the local pay channel & the alternatives are not worth watching - mostly local football which is of little interest and very little else save propaganda. No Cricket or Rugby to speak of either...........
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Post by: Meyer on January 15, 2020, 06:16:07 pm
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Post by: redpmg on January 15, 2020, 06:49:43 pm
Thanks for that - problem is by the time it gets here costs a fortune mainly because of the ridiculous exchange rate plus the shipping usually costs more than the article. Funnily enough my son works for Amazon IT in Seattle but don't like asking him.......... Will have to wait until one becomes available locally - happens from time to time at the equivalent of 4.5 quid......... obtained a copy of Dunkirk fairly recently for instance at that price. The best movie I have seen in many years was "The Worlds Fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins. Absolutely brilliant.........lucky to have a dvd of it........
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Post by: Taranis on January 21, 2020, 04:38:47 pm
We saw the new BAD BOYS forever today. Full on action with the marvellous Will Smith.
Excellent
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on January 21, 2020, 11:56:23 pm
Saw 1917 a few days ago. I must say that I was sucked right in and felt I was walking/running alongside the soldiers the whole way. Very clever direction and editing, and I'm sure the odd Oscar or three will be coming its way. Would I watch it again? Not immediately, but I would in the fullness of time when my memory of it has faded a bit (about 30 minutes these days!).
Greg
1917 - what a great film! Love the way it starts and just gets straight into it.
If you liked Saving private Ryan, you're gonna love 1917!
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on January 21, 2020, 11:59:47 pm
Also a recommended watch - Beneath Hill 60 ( WW i )
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Post by: Taranis on January 22, 2020, 01:26:09 pm
Just back from MERCY Not a boring moment. So very emotive and well directed. Take some tissues
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Post by: Taranis on January 29, 2020, 10:17:49 pm
We saw David Copperfield yesterday. The wife really enjoyed it but I was struggling {-) no recommendation but don't be put off.
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Post by: RST on January 30, 2020, 02:15:40 am
Have finally obtained a copy of The Cruel Sea on DVD from a rental shop going out of business - still looking for a copy of The Ship that died of Shame - both great movies not seen for a long time as we no longer have a TV - too expensive for a subscription to the local pay channel & the alternatives are not worth watching - mostly local football which is of little interest and very little else save propaganda. No Cricket or Rugby to speak of either...........
The Cruel Sea, My favourite "war" movie bar none. period. So much in this film, it should be preserved forever. There are so many hard lines in that movie it's unbearable. But we should all know the results of the folk who did.
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Post by: Taranis on February 04, 2020, 04:24:34 pm
Watched The Rhythm Section today. Very good action :-)
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Post by: Taranis on February 07, 2020, 10:32:26 pm
Struggling to keep up with desirable films now as there are so many new ones to choose from We might have to see two next Tuesday %%
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Post by: Taranis on February 07, 2020, 10:55:30 pm
Current want to see list
Dolittle
Queen and Slim
Richard Jewell
Underwater
A beautiful day in the neighbourhood
Little women
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Post by: roycv on February 08, 2020, 10:05:47 am
Hi all, just seen Midway, very good cgi and the rest of it was 'nt bad either, 8/10. At least no manufactured love interest and good acknowledgement of the characters at the end of the film. They glossed over the loss of the Yorktown with just one quick shot.
regards Roy
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on February 08, 2020, 11:10:33 pm
Glory at Sea AKA Gift Horse (1952)
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on February 08, 2020, 11:26:32 pm
Looks like the office on the right has a modern Smart Phone ?!?!? What is that device? https://youtu.be/h6bQtdS2kZM?t=587
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Post by: roycv on February 08, 2020, 11:48:43 pm
Hi all, something was bothering me about the views of the ships at sea, and I think I have worked it out. There is too much detail on the ships for the distance invoved. The human eye would not see that amount of detail at a distance. Otherwise the aircraft stuff was very good. Roy
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Post by: rem2007 on February 09, 2020, 09:38:11 am
Just watched Midway last night and was mildly surprised. With the cast and cgi effects used I was absorbed with the duality of the story from both sides and kept my attention through out.
Might give Doolittle a watch this afternoon as weather not looking that great.
Robert
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Post by: robbob on February 12, 2020, 10:56:03 am
I watched '1917' last night and the direction by Sam Mendes is superb and Roger Deakins cinematography is so deserving of the Oscar that he has been awarded for it. Having been involved in film and TV production myself for many years I am astounded by the quality and cleverness of the camera operation which is for the most part on a 'SteadyCam' rig and right from the start of the film is almost one continuous shot without scene cuts or cutaways. There is so much amazing choreography between the camera and the lead actors. I'm still trying to work out how a lot of the filming was achieved with the camera traversing such rough terrain and water and from a high to low level POV. For all the technical and cinematic ingenuity of this film it is also an incredibly moving storyline and the ending had me in tears. If you've not seen this film, go and watch it now! Robbob.
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Post by: Taranis on February 12, 2020, 01:05:26 pm
Just seen Birds of Prey. Not everyones cup of tea but I enjoyed it.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on February 13, 2020, 12:34:25 am
Never heard 'toy boats' used as a double entendre before! :o
SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE WOMAN IN GREEN ( Basil Rathbone - Nigel Bruce )
https://youtu.be/fIvV20oFTFY?t=620
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on February 22, 2020, 10:05:06 pm
This weekends Black & White movie:
The Runaway Bus. 1954 - With, Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford and Petula Clark.
The 'road sign' scene made actually laugh out loud!
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Post by: Taranis on February 28, 2020, 07:58:00 pm
Should I go to the pictures or stay home for fear of corona? Staying away because of half term holidays is set in stone {-) but should I threaten the UK economy by being a wuss %%
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Post by: Taranis on February 29, 2020, 09:55:48 pm
Very strange but last night I awoke about 2:30 with a swollen nose struggling to breath and in need of a pee. So I got up had a pee did my best to clear my nose and felt crap. So I went downstairs to search for a tin of oxtail soup or similar. Had to settle for a huge cup of Bovril and just knew I had man flu :(( Then had another huge cup of Bovril and ibuprofen before going back to bed about 4a.m. Got up nearly 11 a.m. feeling maybe I got on top of it quick enough and I've just bumbled along all day getting no worse. Maybe no pictures this week to protect others %%
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Post by: roycv on February 29, 2020, 11:36:34 pm
Well Andy i think you should contact the Chief Medical Officer with your suggestions, clearly a cheaper protocol than the Hazchem suits etc. I am more of a Marmite man myself although I do have Bovril as a standby. As far as soups go perhaps you could tell us the manufacturer so we may all be prepared? Do you think Lobster Bisque (Baxters of course) would be an adequate substitute? I feel oxtail has too many connotations that my brain invisages mainly brought on by the unfortunate colour. My own shortness of breath I can usually put down to my poor wife attempting to silence my snoring with a pillow.
Having had surgery for the slow pee problem I sleep with an emergency peg under the pillow, however I do agree that 2:30 in the morning is just about a bad time for everything unless.... no, I must not go there! %)
regards, but tongue in cheek, manflu is far more serious,
Roy
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Post by: Taranis on February 29, 2020, 11:39:28 pm
Funny Roy :-) Mulligatawny is nice too but whatever you do don’t leave any bovril on the thread of the jar It’s like loctite {-)
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Post by: roycv on February 29, 2020, 11:41:41 pm
Hi I would have mentioned mulligatawny, but was unsure how to spell it. Roy
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Post by: Baldrick on March 01, 2020, 08:49:37 am
Very strange but last night I awoke about 2:30 with a swollen nose struggling to breath and in need of a pee. So I got up had a pee did my best to clear my nose and felt crap. So I went downstairs to search for a tin of oxtail soup or similar. Had to settle for a huge cup of Bovril and just knew I had man flu :(( Then had another huge cup of Bovril and ibuprofen before going back to bed about 4a.m. Got up nearly 11 a.m. feeling maybe I got on top of it quick enough and I've just bumbled along all day getting no worse. Maybe no pictures this week to protect others %%
Sounds like an average night for me with a few more pee trips thrown in
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Post by: Taranis on March 30, 2020, 04:37:04 pm
Well while the world is on its head the cinema is out of the question for an indeterminate period.
Some years ago I installed Freesat to avoid paying for TV in addition to the licence but more recently subscribed (annual payment) to Amazon prime for a number of advantages. Now I've also taken on Netflix too (cancel anytime) The new Disney channel is now on 7 day free trial so will give that a go too.
My most recent viewing has been the series Firefly and I watched all 14 episodes over which time it grows into a great bunch of characters. Only found out at the end that the series got canned and I can understand why fans were angry %% but it dates back to 2002 and has a cult following, many of the cast went on to bigger and better things as a result.
Next we're going to start watching Ozark on Netflix from the beginning, now on season three.
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Post by: Taranis on March 31, 2020, 10:53:46 pm
Having grieved over firefly being canned I found a film made 3 yrs later than the series final episode. I believe it was to appease disgruntled fans and bring everything to a suitable conclusion Called Serenity I paid £3.49 to watch it on prime. It clearly benefits the viewer who watched the series first and I thought it was a very worthy film and can only give it a ten. If I had to take points away it would be out of disappointment that it is over.
Same cast
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Post by: RST on March 31, 2020, 11:09:28 pm
Oh my (going back now) but I always liked "Serenity" film but thought "firefly" series was utter rubbish!
I'm struggling at the moment. When the oil market crashed in 2014 I cleared out loads of things as I was losing my property including my library of about 300DVD's. If I told you the best of them were valued at something like 20p at CEX counter, you can imagine I cried when I let them go. Nevermind!
...However I'm really not taken with Netflix, and terrestrial TV just keeps getting worse. I'm not convinced my Netflix is right though -it doesn't seem to have the same things I'm "supposed" to have in the UK. I bought my subscription when I was staying in France but it's all set for UK / English.
Rich
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Post by: RST on March 31, 2020, 11:13:00 pm
Watched "Rain Man" the other night. Just a great film, so glad I recorded it as I've watced it again twice since as no DVD any more!! Nobody makes movies like this these days.
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Post by: Taranis on March 31, 2020, 11:13:13 pm
We sold all our DVDs hundreds of them at £1 each for charity at a motorhome forum meet. Cannot even give them away these days lol
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Post by: Taranis on March 31, 2020, 11:14:36 pm
Watched "Rain Man" the other night. Just a great film, so glad I recorded it as I've watced it again twice since as no DVD any more!! Nobody makes movies like this these days.
We watched The Terminal last night with Tom Hanks
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Post by: RST on March 31, 2020, 11:30:27 pm
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We sold all our DVDs hundreds of them at £1 each for charity at a motorhome forum meet. Cannot even give them away these days lo
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...Didn't have that chance at the time. Was literally about to lose the flat. Cars sold, spent xmas and NY day that year painting and cleaning for selling. Literally down to last few pennies at the time. Estate agent robbed me of fees I didn't take later. Not good times. Just annoyed because the man at the counter I was handing DVD's over to was quite surprised at my collection. I spent a long time building that up!
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Post by: Taranis on April 04, 2020, 08:39:20 pm
I missed this at the cinema as it came and went quickly. The Current War is now on Amazon Prime inclusive https://youtu.be/kue18AxK1tU
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 25, 2020, 03:32:58 pm
Found another great black & white I've never seen before: Twelve O'Clock High (1949) with Gregory Peck
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Post by: roycv on April 25, 2020, 06:43:05 pm
Hi there is a good film on BBC on Sunday 'The life and death of Colonel Blimp' technicolour and a very good film made during WW2. Roy
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Post by: gingyer on April 25, 2020, 06:50:02 pm
I have it on in the background when 'building' stuff.... ( I use the term ironically! )
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Post by: RST on June 04, 2020, 11:38:35 pm
Not really film related but I've had netflix for over a year now and, well been pretty underwhelmed with it ever since. As I spend a lot of time abroad I thought it was a good source of shows but I have been overwhelmed with american format guff which I don't like and stil not getting any of the shows I'm supposed to get.
Couple of weeks ago, having been stuck back home in UK consistently since end of February I had a message logging back-in saying "we notice you are away from home now" (no ***netflix, Im away and home all the time). So on next screen view WOW! Finally after a year I'm being offered an overwhelming amount of things to watch which is more like everyone else seems to get! My only gripe is there are BBC shows in there and I absolutely unconditionally object to this as I already paid my licence fee so am now paying twice to fund the same thing! BBC shows should absoutely NOT be available on Netflix but ho-hum.
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Post by: RST on June 04, 2020, 11:48:11 pm
I have it on in the background when 'building' stuff.... ( I use the term ironically! )
....LOVE IT. Best episode for me is when they skip work for the day and go to the safari. Find the monkey on the roof after out at southport! I just wished they killed it off better. That last unscripted episode was shameful -absulutely half-arsed at best, "simply couldn't be bothered" end to it. Really dissapointing from such a fantastic show which is a rare gem thes days!
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Post by: RST on June 04, 2020, 11:57:13 pm
Hi Martin, how come every time I "quote" you it is impossible to exclude my reply mixed-in with your original post under the "blue bubble" quotation. It's not the same when quoting other posts? If I copy and paste your words It's OK but if I forget and just hit "quote" then the reply just gets mixed in.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 05, 2020, 09:18:21 am
Greetings RTS!
It seems to be a 'quirk' of the last Forum s/w update... The s/w, SMF is quite ancient these day, not a commercial product, supported by enthusiasts... a bit like us! I had a long argument with them a little while ago asking them why SMF has such poor image support capabilities, it was bit like arguing with apocryphal version of King Canute! {:-{
Anyway, the Quote thing or should I say mis-quote issue is due the the s/w ( Nesting BBCodes ) forgetting or misplacing the [ /quote] .
To fix, re-edit after post, adding [/qoute] before your added reply.
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Post by: Taranis on June 05, 2020, 09:48:36 am
It seems to be a 'quirk' of the last Forum s/w update... The s/w, SMF is quite ancient these day, not a commercial product, supported by enthusiasts... a bit like us! I had a long argument with them a little while ago asking them why SMF has such poor image support capabilities, it was bit like arguing with apocryphal version of King Canute! {:-{
Anyway, the Quote thing or should I say mis-quote issue is due the the s/w ( Nesting BBCodes ) forgetting or misplacing the [ /quote] .
To fix, re-edit after post, adding [/qoute] [/color] before your added reply.
EDIT
:-)) :-)) :-)) {-)
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Post by: Taranis on June 05, 2020, 09:49:12 am
Still doesn't work with extra closing quote but it does in preview and it only affects quoting you and no one else. Maybe its because you colour your text
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Post by: Taranis on June 05, 2020, 09:52:00 am
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Post by: Taranis on June 05, 2020, 11:02:17 am
Yes I added the closing quote it made no difference to me Try doing it as a test user
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Post by: JimG on June 05, 2020, 12:25:47 pm
If you want better image support then be prepared to add on some of the mods available, don't just rely on the base forum software. Many of the mods can make a major improvement over the basic smf forums. Jim
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Post by: RST on June 27, 2020, 01:35:23 am
I love sci-fi, particularly 80-90's renditions, they have so much better stories behind them rather than relying on CGI!
Found this week, a classic from my youth on youtube which, these days I wouldn't be so surprised if it was the truth now! I absolutely love this film for many reasons including the star but a proper hard fight scene also, but not least the classic line...
"I came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass .......and I'm all out of bubble gum!"
I won't tell the name but it's a John Carpenter film. Watch it and enjoy please....
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 08, 2020, 03:54:58 am
This photo popped up on Facebook.... it's really intriguing me now!
I recognize her from an old film I've watched, fairly recently...... I think she's a British actress, 1930's ( 'Photo was found in my fathers army pay book during WW2. pic in the army pass book for 1943
Google reckons £1 in 1971 (TV series) was worth about £15 in todays value, so I reckon it would have been quite possible as there was probably not the rip-off priced food available.
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Post by: DaveM on July 16, 2020, 12:23:25 pm
Don't lose sight of the fact that that pound was to cover the price of TWO seats (Sid's son and whoever 'him' was) and, yes, there would still be change (about 6 shillings, or 30p). This is quite fascinating https://www.terramedia.co.uk/reference/statistics/cinema/cinema_ticket_prices_1.htm (https://www.terramedia.co.uk/reference/statistics/cinema/cinema_ticket_prices_1.htm) Dave M
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on July 16, 2020, 01:33:40 pm
1971 a a long time after I was talking about! (unfortunately) {:-{ :(( {:-{ .
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Post by: radiojoe on July 16, 2020, 03:21:36 pm
yep I remember the 1/6d's and 1/9's if you were flush or wanted to impress a girl the 2/3d's in the circle. %)
geez I feel old {:-{
Joe.
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Post by: malcolmfrary on July 16, 2020, 04:47:29 pm
My cultural upbringing in the '50's was the New Ritz opposite the Central Pier of a Saturday evening. Continuous showing cartoons, get in early with your 1/6d and stay until closing. Anybody remember "Orange Maid" lollys at the interval? A tanner for the flush. Probably loaded with what would now be illegal additives, but they were very orange.
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Post by: radiojoe on July 16, 2020, 06:33:04 pm
Yep Orange Maid lollies and we had an orange drink "Kia ora" at what was know locally as the Bug Hutch. O0
Joe.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 17, 2020, 05:53:15 pm
Describe your favourite Film as boring as possible, we'll try to guess the Title!
E.g: Spaceship crew stops to collect eggs. The new pet ruins dinner and proves to be poorly socialized.
Whiny kid learns hokey old religion and saves the galaxy.
A homeless teenage draws a nude of spoiled rich woman but drowns in the end.
A TV reporter wake up and it's the same day as yesterday.
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Post by: unbuiltnautilus on July 17, 2020, 07:42:45 pm
A mans Christmas is completely ruined picking the wife up from the airport.
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Post by: dougal99 on July 17, 2020, 07:56:39 pm
Africa 1879: 2 British army officers argue about seniority
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Post by: raflaunches on July 17, 2020, 08:05:56 pm
An elderly man takes his grand-daughter and her teachers in to a blue box and fights some dustbins with serious inferiority complexions.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 17, 2020, 09:01:45 pm
Over protective father with scary friends, objects to a backpacker getting involved with his daughter
Taken?
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Post by: BrianB6 on July 29, 2020, 05:55:33 am
Anyone seen 'Greyhound" yet? Typical 'America saves the world' %%
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Post by: canabus on July 29, 2020, 09:09:20 am
Hi BrianB6 Watched Greyhound which was OK, but I wish my destroyer turns that good !!! Some of weapons were not around at the timing which it was set in !!!
Canabus
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Post by: T888 on July 29, 2020, 09:23:35 am
Yes watched Greyhound, Just like the Americans Film makers to change history, thought it was rubbish, Just like the U 571 film. typical supper hero captain that can avoid Multiple torpedo attacks, collision with cargo ships and still survive to Win the war single handed.
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Post by: Plastic - RIP on July 29, 2020, 09:26:03 am
I've not seen the whole movie but I've watched lots of chunks - and it has that standard annoying feature of all American action films - everything happens at just arms length - the ships and the subs can almost touch each other during the action. No standing off a few thousand yards and firing, it's all close up - and yes, the turning circle of the destroyer is impressive!. I guess a 5-minute torpedo run would sort of kill the intensity, but it's just like Godzilla, where Apache helicopters are in so close for no reason that the monster can swat them.
I also don't like the cgi - there's something really fake about it - almost like an oil painting - can't quite put my finger on it - I guess the whole film is a cgi technology demonstrator - just like the Polar Express.
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Post by: warspite on July 29, 2020, 09:30:52 am
Nope - more of an animated series than Liam's performances
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Post by: warspite on July 29, 2020, 09:36:32 am
From the adverts for the film Greyhound, it has all the hallmarks of being in the same genre as pearl harbour and midway, completely improbable charateristics of the vehicles (planes etc) and explosions that are fireballs and not masses of smoke as in actual life
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Post by: roycv on July 29, 2020, 10:14:38 am
Hi Plastic, when I watched B.O. midway I felt the same. I think that what is wrong is that there are distance shots in which there is too much detail, there are some things you do not see from a distance. Another thing that makes me smile is when the look-out calls down to the bridge and points out something that must have been in view for at least 5 minutes. I shall look out for Greyhound but might wait a while before going back to the cinema. Regards Roy
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Post by: roycv on August 12, 2020, 06:48:21 am
Anyone see Active Measures last night? It was on Freeview London Live and Virgin 159. It is a documentary about a certain person named Trump. Watch it and weep! regards Roy
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Post by: RST on August 13, 2020, 12:55:25 am
Thanks for the heads-up: I'm currently half-way through watching it from here...
...nothing too surprising in it so far yet really.
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Post by: roycv on August 13, 2020, 07:37:49 am
Hi RST did you ever see the Horizon documentary called (I think) Cloud Lab?
It was a BBC production but not currently available to watch on iPlayer, just trailers. It deals with clouds and using Lidar (Radar using laser technology) and goes on to 'weigh' a cloud! A very ordinary cloud a couple of hundred metres long and about as high weighs in at 4 tons! By contrast a thunder cloud going up 30,000 feet is in excess of 4,000,000 tons, just thinking of yesterday local downpour!
But whilst out over the Atlantic checking air particles causing dispersal of the sunlight (pollution) found this had got better with the various clean air policies around the world.The unintended consequence was that more sunlight got to the sea warmed it up and we have more hurricanes forming than usual and they have been causing the rather wild weather to get to our shores of recent years. regards Roy
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Post by: Shipmate60 on August 13, 2020, 10:23:18 am
It always amused me to look up and think there goes another Dreadnaught floating by. Now try and get rid of that thought!!!
Bob
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Post by: RST on August 14, 2020, 09:08:04 pm
Hi RST did you ever see the Horizon documentary called (I think) Cloud Lab?
It was a BBC production but not currently available to watch on iPlayer, just trailers. It deals with clouds and using Lidar (Radar using laser technology) and goes on to 'weigh' a cloud! A very ordinary cloud a couple of hundred metres long and about as high weighs in at 4 tons! By contrast a thunder cloud going up 30,000 feet is in excess of 4,000,000 tons, just thinking of yesterday local downpour!
But whilst out over the Atlantic checking air particles causing dispersal of the sunlight (pollution) found this had got better with the various clean air policies around the world.The unintended consequence was that more sunlight got to the sea warmed it up and we have more hurricanes forming than usual and they have been causing the rather wild weather to get to our shores of recent years. regards Roy
...Hi, no, not seen that yet but everything I can find on-line says thunderclouds can be about 1M lb's -which makes it about 450 'odd Te (I'm not good on converting to Tons being brought up metricated) which is well believable and noticing it's ice that creates the static charge rather than rain droplets. I remember an old "Equinox" documentary years ago called "electric skies" which told some terrifying facts about lightning way back than also.
...I don't talk about climate too much because I'm in oil and gas industry. But I am striving for a cause more efficient.
I've been watching "The Thick of it" again on Netflix the past few days -they should bring that back! Without delving in to politics: just imagine Malcolm Tucker and Jamie McDonald's response to things more recently!!!! Probably just too blue to blue to air -might have just melted the microphone circuits if they even tried to do it now!
Rich
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Post by: RST on August 25, 2020, 11:29:44 pm
...currently watching "The Taking of Pelam 123" -the original one I recorded from the other night (original is pretty much never shown hence I never saw it yet). Don't like the Denzel Washington remakes of things: Love it when Jack Lemon is showing the Japanese guys round and assumes they don't speak English, then the look on his face when they eventually do, it pretty much exhonerates him as they were equally bad for not acknowledging before and probably just there for the experience anyway! Can't believe they don't show this movie more often. I love the iconic style of storytelling -and the cinematography also, nothing beats it.
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Post by: TailUK on August 26, 2020, 12:34:34 pm
...currently watching "The Taking of Pelam 123" -the original one I recorded from the other night (original is pretty much never shown hence I never saw it yet). Don't like the Denzel Washington remakes of things: Love it when Jack Lemon is showing the Japanese guys round and assumes they don't speak English, then the look on his face when they eventually do, it pretty much exhonerates him as they were equally bad for not acknowledging before and probably just there for the experience anyway! Can't believe they don't show this movie more often. I love the iconic style of storytelling -and the cinematography also, nothing beats it.
How good was Robert Shaw! Sadly missed actor. And it was the other side of the odd couple, Walter Matthau not Jack Lemon
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Post by: RST on August 28, 2020, 11:03:40 pm
How good was Robert Shaw! Sadly missed actor. And it was the other side of the odd couple, Walter Matthau not Jack Lemon
.....ooof, looking back I typed Lemmon for some reason while I meant Matthau!!! Sorry.
.....Mr Shaw though: love his work also. He was bad-ass enough not saying much in from Russia With Love. Would not have liked to meet most of his characters in a dark alleyway! But he usually had at least one comedy line in every role I've seen in him.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 29, 2020, 12:00:24 am
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" ...currently watching "The Taking of Pelham 123" -the original one I recorded from the other night (original is pretty much never shown hence I never saw it yet). Don't like the Denzel Washington remakes of things: Love it when Jack Lemon is showing the Japanese guys round and assumes they don't speak English, then the look on his face when they eventually do, it pretty much exonerates him as they were equally bad for not acknowledging before and probably just there for the experience anyway! Can't believe they don't show this movie more often. I love the iconic style of storytelling -and the cinematography also, nothing beats it. "
Yes totally agree, great film remake terrible... despite two great actors!
Some great lines in the original:
- Inspector Daniels? - I'm Daniels. ( Big black bloke ) - Oh, l, uh... I thought you were a, uh...like a shorter guy. ( expecting a small, white bloke! )
- Achoo! (sneeze) - Gesundheit!.... ?!!!! {-)
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 29, 2020, 12:02:51 am
Watched that new Tom Hanks film this week, Greyhound.
Typical Hollywood story line but some great CGI for model boat builders!
Score: 8/10
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: RST on August 29, 2020, 12:40:54 am
....sorry, not to be offensive but I'm fed up of re-living WWII here and our obsession with WWII movies again these days. It's too much on TV and cinema, one of the things I genuinely like about working abroad and getting back to my apartment that night is if I switch TV on it does not have any WWII on TV each and every night -and across across 4 channels at least. It's only when I get back to the UK -before I get a sniff of a radio or tv programme again -regular as clockwork though. Your Greyhound movie looks like yet another WWII obsession.
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: Peter Fitness on August 29, 2020, 04:27:44 am
I know how you feel, RST. I hate so called “reality” TV shows, so I’ve come up with a radical solution that’s really simple, I don’t watch them. %) It works too, I haven’t seen one for years.
Peter.
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: BrianB6 on August 29, 2020, 08:14:57 am
SBS 'alternative' channel here has a love of all things Nazi and Hitler. At least it is a change to all the Gay programs. I am not against Gays and know several but to ram it down our throats every night, if one were to watch, is to much.
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: malcolmfrary on August 29, 2020, 08:58:16 am
I know how you feel, RST. I hate so called “reality” TV shows, so I’ve come up with a radical solution that’s really simple, I don’t watch them. %) It works too, I haven’t seen one for years.
Peter.
Pure genius. :-)) Just when you think that the TV companies have attained their goal of reaching the lowest possible denominator, and hit the bottom of the barrel, someone turns up with a crowbar to get through the floor of the barrel. OTOH, there are occasional gems. Brian Cox explaining the universe, Bethany Hughes doing the eastern Med, any "Would I Lie to You" with Bob Mortimer.
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: roycv on August 29, 2020, 01:27:29 pm
Its amazing how the 'realitystars' get 'famous'. But what gets me is the new strange accent sort of posh Essex! So self entitled and so little talent. But I have only seen them in flicking through the channels (looking for gunfire!). So what do I know? I agree that there is not much more to know about WW2 that can justify a programme. But no doubt someone will find something Regards Roy
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: derekwarner on August 29, 2020, 02:58:35 pm
In credit to our Australian SBS, I just watched the 3 x 45 minute streamed episodes of the UK presentations ...... The Salisbury Poisonings
https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/node/16761
My rating ......9.9/10 for interest :-))
Derek
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: roycv on August 29, 2020, 06:11:40 pm
Hi Derek I watched the Salisbury poisonings excellent and well done. There is a similar well done documentary on the Millionaire case where an army major was accused of cheating. But as most of us know that, it is the middle of the three episodes which is the most interesting. It reveals the underworld of quizzing. Roy
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 29, 2020, 10:55:21 pm
....sorry, not to be offensive but I'm fed up of re-living WWII here and our obsession with WWII movies again these days. It's too much on TV and cinema, one of the things I genuinely like about working abroad and getting back to my apartment that night is if I switch TV on it does not have any WWII on TV each and every night -and across across 4 channels at least. It's only when I get back to the UK -before I get a sniff of a radio or tv programme again -regular as clockwork though. Your Greyhound movie looks like yet another WWII obsession.
You're really don't want to watch 'Sony Movies Action' on Monday then....!
Hell Squad Bomb At Ten:Ten Desert Legion Raid On Rommel Colditz Story Midway The Great War To End All Wars Pacific Inferno Allied Armour
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: derekwarner on August 29, 2020, 11:06:31 pm
Morning Roy......hope your chooks are all well {-) ......I have subscribed to our SBS for free movie series streamings....they e-mail me with their current selection once a month or so
Totally different to some of the rubbish programs that BrianB6 was mentioning
Have watched 1/2 a dozen in the last year.......each of the ~~40 minute episodes enthralling.......click the box...Watch next Episode really quickly :-))
I suspect the likes of Murdoch and Foxtel pay television is behind the total range or repeats or rubbish that is offered on our OZ Commercial Stations
Derek
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club - In which we serve.
Post by: Martin (Admin) on September 11, 2020, 04:27:49 pm
'In which we serve' was on TV just now,.... 6.... 7... 8th time I've watched it?!
Anyway, when the 'Torrin' is hit by a (very slow) torpedo, old Noel Coward says;
"Stop engines. Midships. Close all watertight doors. Jettison top weight."
What 'top weight' would they 'jettison'?
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: rnli12 on September 11, 2020, 04:30:26 pm
Depth charges etc :}
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: RST on September 16, 2020, 12:55:29 am
It's war week again, possiby to bolster current affairs?
Sink the Bismark! was on -I missed start of it so missed videoing it while I was on a break from work, only caught 30mins or so
Battle of the River Plate -video'd it, I have always found it entertaining it since I was young, but I think it is more light-hearted and not very representative
I caught a few mins of In Which we Serve the other week, not quick enough to record it on the video again
...They've all been on BBC I think?
Battle of the Bulge and Bridge on the River Kwai (I haven't watched fully it since visiting Kanchanaburi war cemetery and the JEATH museum and have been left a bit hollow in my life since) is almost constantly repeated. These are often repeated on channels with adverts, presumably just to fill air time. As I keep saying we keep looking back in the UK, whereas when I am in Europe (I work and send a lot of time there) they are entirely respectful but keep looking forwards.
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: roycv on February 02, 2021, 09:40:29 am
Hi all 2nd. February today GROUNDHOG DAY!
I am hoping to come through today and start a new tomorrow, too often has this day repeated itself.
Have I achieved redemption?
I shall know at midnight. Roy
Title: Re: Mayhem Film Club
Post by: radiojoe on February 02, 2021, 10:00:41 am
Have I achieved redemption?
I shall know at midnight. Roy
Not unless Redemption is the name of a boat kit. %%
groundhog day will go on for the foreseeable future at least Bill Murray could go out and about {:-{ :((