Films you've watched recently.

Well I watched Dirty Dancing the other day - and a towering chick-flick it is - and loved it again.

'no-one puts Baby in a corner'.

Patrick Swayze did good in that.

footwork wrote:Well I watched Dirty Dancing the other day - and a towering chick-flick it is - and loved it again.

'no-one puts Baby in a corner'.

Patrick Swayze did good in that.

Funnily enough my kids bought it for my wife 2 days before Swayze died. Watched it at the weekend. Has stood up to the ravages of time quite well.

furriner wrote:Saw In Bruges a few months ago. I though it was very decent, and I'd watch it again if there's nothing else to do, but I didn't feel it all that worthy of the praise its getting here.

Smerky, The Aristocrats is $hit, IMO. In terms of story content and viewing experience, the former quite literally.

In Bruges is shite. Just an insipid variation of Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.

Speaking of Guy Ritchie, I watched Rocknroller last night.
Wish I hadn't bothered.

taipan wrote:

footwork wrote:Well I watched Dirty Dancing the other day - and a towering chick-flick it is - and loved it again.

'no-one puts Baby in a corner'.

Patrick Swayze did good in that.

Funnily enough my kids bought it for my wife 2 days before Swayze died. Watched it at the weekend. Has stood up to the ravages of time quite well.

Time just seems to make it better - I guess it's that sweet idea of a girl becoming a woman.

I also watched Twelve Angry Men with Henry Fonda. By godz what a monumental film that was for its time. Fifties I think. The ideas put forward, being set basically in one room, the heat building with the intensity, all of them remaining nameless (except right at the end, with Fonda.)
I loved watching it and I think it's also stood the test of time.

footwork wrote:

taipan wrote:

footwork wrote:Well I watched Dirty Dancing the other day - and a towering chick-flick it is - and loved it again.

'no-one puts Baby in a corner'.

Patrick Swayze did good in that.

Funnily enough my kids bought it for my wife 2 days before Swayze died. Watched it at the weekend. Has stood up to the ravages of time quite well.

Time just seems to make it better - I guess it's that sweet idea of a girl becoming a woman.

And then the silly cow had a nosejob and that was the end of her.

Jontyh wrote:Speaking of Guy Ritchie, I watched Rocknroller last night.
Wish I hadn't bothered.

yep, agree ... Rockenroller was disappointing.
L S and 2 S B's was brilliant - cockney humour at its finest.

Saw Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman" on tv last night - excellent film.
His "fire 'n' brimstone" speech towards the end is always worth waiting for!

footwork wrote:


I also watched Twelve Angry Men with Henry Fonda. By godz what a monumental film that was for its time. Fifties I think. The ideas put forward, being set basically in one room, the heat building with the intensity, all of them remaining nameless (except right at the end, with Fonda.)
I loved watching it and I think it's also stood the test of time.

1957, to be exact - a classic. It was Sidney Lumet's directorial debut, and he went on to do The Hill, Serpico (another good Pacino performance, Merls!), Deathtrap, and The Verdict to list my favourites of his.
Twelve Angry Men was the first time I saw Lee J Cobb and I remain an admirer of his, notably for Death of a Salesmen and The Exorcist.

I thought Rock was pretty decent personally.

Big Dog wrote:

furriner wrote:Saw In Bruges a few months ago. I though it was very decent, and I'd watch it again if there's nothing else to do, but I didn't feel it all that worthy of the praise its getting here.

Smerky, The Aristocrats is $hit, IMO. In terms of story content and viewing experience, the former quite literally.

In Bruges is shite. Just an insipid variation of Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.

That comment baffles me. It's nothing like lock, stock or any Guy Ritchie film.

Has anyone seen "Let The Right One In" yet? Good film.

Brass Monkey wrote:I thought Rock was pretty decent personally.

Certainly wasn't as bad as Revolver, but it seemed like the third part of a Lock / Snatch trilogy without being quite as good as the first two. Maybe because the ersatz London gangster thing, Tarantino-style, isn't fresh any more..
Hasn't he got Sherlock Holmes coming out this year, or have I missed that?

City Lights with Charlie Chaplin and Sex, Lies and Videotapes by Steven Soderbergh.

City Lights with Charlie Chaplin and Sex, Lies and Videotapes by Steven Soderbergh.

You watched them twice?

Terrible foruming.

Jontyh wrote:Terrible foruming.

Jonty you know he's Welsh.

Must have been the echo in the valleys then, Taips.

film day today.

human traffic. progressive stuff considering its c.99. a poor mans trainspotting.

sahara. first 15 min looked boring. delete.

bourne 2 (supremacy). f'kin awesome. bond who?

the departed next. i know im behind.

My dad sold a telescope to Guy Ritchie the other day. Interesting fact for you, there.

I hope he blacked up the eyepiece before doing so.

No. But he did black up. Strange sense of humour, my dad.

taipan wrote:

Jontyh wrote:Terrible foruming.

Jonty you know he's Welsh.

Get F**ked Jonty and Taips. I was on an old Computer, what more do you want? Well done, you got a rise to your little bait.

DJ_Smerk wrote:

taipan wrote:

Jontyh wrote:Terrible foruming.

Jonty you know he's Welsh.

Get F**ked Jonty and Taips. I was on an old Computer, what more do you want? Well done, you got a rise to your little bait.

Caps lock misuse. More terrible foruming.

Merlin wrote:

Jontyh wrote:Speaking of Guy Ritchie, I watched Rocknroller last night.
Wish I hadn't bothered.

yep, agree ... Rockenroller was disappointing.
L S and 2 S B's was brilliant - cockney humour at its finest.

Saw Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman" on tv last night - excellent film.
His "fire 'n' brimstone" speech towards the end is always worth waiting for!

'Hoo-ah!' Scent of a Woman is one of my fav movies. Love the Tango scene too. He's an amazing actor.