three british squaddies decide to change their luck by pretending to be american and getting sent home to the wrong place. they travel by cargo ship to chicago, where they immediately become involved with the local mob. squaddie A falls in love with the boss' daughter, but realises his prospects are tempered by the probability of losing his breathing rights at the hands of her jealous father. squaddie C goes missing, squaddie B becomes a monk. a neighbouring mob conducts an assault on the first mob, and seriously injures the boss. squaddie A realises that his death would leave his daughter unguarded, but in the end decides to save him. squaddie C turns up working as an agent for the invading mob. they both go round to the monastery to rally squaddie B to action, but he refuses. A and C plot to stitch up both mobs and take over both groups' rackets, but on the night of the heist they are uncovered and face death. at this point squaddie B bursts in with guns blazing, saves them both, and they all go back to yorkshire where they wind up the rest of their days as old men in the pub, telling their story to unbelieving youngsters
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:33,
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until I read his sig :D
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:35,
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i'm kind of flattered that my rambling is not immediately identifiable. even with my pathological resistance to capital letters at the beginning of sentences
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:54,
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I have some photies from my trip to Chicago you could use.
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:40,
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I will have to kill you?
I detest that song

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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:09,
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I detest that song

I have got a nice bit of air dried, Angus rib eye steak for dinner today :D
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:10,
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Angel Heart.
Edit: Oops manners. I really love this.

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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:10,
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Edit: Oops manners. I really love this.

However, this makes me sadface!
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:15,
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I think the picks for me are Arthur, Taking of Pelham, The Birds and Angel Heart, but there are more that make me want to kill....
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:19,
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FFS
Edit: To expand. Back in the days when special effects were very basic, directors had to rely on natural means and talent to create an atmosphere as well as top story-telling.
I hardly watch films anymore (I used to be a film nut!) due to the sameness of everything.
It's either pew pew pew lasers, CGI, or something aimed at teenagers with spotty college students doing silly things.
Where are the grown up films these days?
Nice bit of hame for tea. Yes. All fields, etc

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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:26,
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Edit: To expand. Back in the days when special effects were very basic, directors had to rely on natural means and talent to create an atmosphere as well as top story-telling.
I hardly watch films anymore (I used to be a film nut!) due to the sameness of everything.
It's either pew pew pew lasers, CGI, or something aimed at teenagers with spotty college students doing silly things.
Where are the grown up films these days?
Nice bit of hame for tea. Yes. All fields, etc

Five CDs sounds better than two from Summerburn. *signs up*
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:31,
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Like Angel Heart, the undercurrent was almost tangible.

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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:34,
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The Birds for example, is terrifying because you knew the birds were real.
That is also why I enjoy World Cinema so much more than hollywood. They don't have the massive budgets, so they have to do things for real. Also, as they can't really afford to have a failure of a film, they make sure that any project is a great story.
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:34,
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That is also why I enjoy World Cinema so much more than hollywood. They don't have the massive budgets, so they have to do things for real. Also, as they can't really afford to have a failure of a film, they make sure that any project is a great story.
We are rather starved of that sort of thing here.

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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:46,
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That was rather stunning. Also, if you can, check out Bombon el Perro and The Orphanage. Belleville Rendezvous is an enjoyable animated film too :D
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:48,
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The title put me off as I thought that it might be too much like reality to me and sometimes I prefer to be in ostrich mode, for my sanity.

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It is actually really good, and not quite as "thuggish" as the name suggests. City of God it is not.
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:53,
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"Burn After Reading" (Cohen brothers) - one of their better films.
um
"Thankyou For Smoking" in a similar vein, I suppose.
Hmmm. Probably others. Can't think of them right now.
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:34,
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"Thankyou For Smoking" in a similar vein, I suppose.
Hmmm. Probably others. Can't think of them right now.
One of my favourite films of the last few years.
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:36,
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Keep meaning to check it out.
Also, Hotel Rwanda and Shooting Dogs were fantastic I thought.
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:45,
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Also, Hotel Rwanda and Shooting Dogs were fantastic I thought.
it's very faithful to the book, and shows what can be done on a smaller budget.
Wonderful film
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Wonderful film
The Addams Family Values. One of the best films of all time IMO!
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:41,
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Only joking, kind of. I did watch it yesterday though, and it is rather amusing :)
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:48,
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having not seen the original :) But I am rather interested in seeing Barbarella with her, as long as there is as much, if not more, nudity as the original :D
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:51,
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ever, ever, ever, ever watch Jawbreaker!
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 13:09,
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In bed with the lights off.
It's my favourite film ever, bar none.

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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:27,
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It's my favourite film ever, bar none.

Robert De Niro is so god damn sinister though! The nails! THE NAILS MAN!
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Mon 13 Apr 2009, 12:30,
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I would give up supporting them too....
LOL!
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LOL!


