Heeeeyyyy yyyyyyyyoooooo guuuuuuuyyyyyyyssssss.....
The Goonies, enough said!
(djgalaxe, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:51, Reply)

The Bestest....
The English Patient is, without doubt, my favourite fillum ever ever ever. Sob my heart out every time it gets to the 'you're wearing the thimble' part, every time it gets to the poor old Kristen kicking the bucket in the dark and every time Juliet Binoche has to bump old Ralph off with the Morphine..... weep, sob, snot bubble. Lovely lovely fillum :-)
(Senora Veranos cannot and will not so ner..., Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:50, 3 replies)

A couple that I like...
For me, it's the following:

Predator:
It was my first into into Home Cinema surrond sound. I never forget being 11 or 12 and hearing it in Dolby Pro Logic through a top flight Hi-FI stereo VHS recorder, and Sherwood amplifier with 5 speakers that my Dad owned.

Not forgetting the Alien in it was ace, with all the technology at his disposal with the cloaking device and lasers, and various gadgets hunting people down in the jungle. Arnie played a cool part in this too.

Poltergeist I & II:
The special effects in both were seriously cool. And that little kid talking to the spirits through the TV with white noise; "They're heeerrre!". And how creepy is the Reverend guy in Poltergeist II? Brrrrrrr! Shame III was a pile of crap. Bloody good films I reckon.

More possibly to follow...
(Panteneman Isn't entirely sure why he bothered on, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:44, Reply)

Jack the Giant Killer
A school holidays favourite. Was one of those films that just happened to be on TV on one of the holiday wet days - It might have been on everyday I guess, but then I wouldn't have watched it if I was out.

Haven't seen it for years, but I get excited when I think about it. It's probably shite mind.

Length: All the way from Cornwall to magical kingdom and back to Cornwall.
( Piper Alpha is being a grumpy northerm bastard on:, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:42, 1 reply)

I find that a lot of the time…

the movie itself is only a part of the whole experience that can make someone’s personal opinion of ‘the best film ever’. Frequently it is the circumstances and mood surrounding the person when they watch the film that contributes to the overall enjoyment.

Let me give you an example.

A few thousand moons ago, I was dating a delightful young lady who was intelligent, thoughtful, blonde and cute as a button… Life was good.

One evening, after a lovely meal and a few shandies in our local, we decided that we didn’t want the evening to end, but we couldn’t go to our respective homes because we both lived with our parents.

Henceforth we decided to go to the cinema.

Holding hands in the rain as we ran towards the picture house, it was a perfectly romantic setting as we bought our tickets and made our way to the back row of the packed pitch black theatre.

Before the trailers began, I thought I’d do the gentlemanly thing and offer to get the hotdogs in.

Struggling around in the dark, I made my way out and to the refreshments area whereby I bought a pile of the usual tasteless overpriced fayre and made my way back.

Going back into the theatre I couldn’t see a thing as I tripped, slipped and apologised my way across the back row. A few people got up, there was general movement in a sort of ‘musical chairs’ fashion, and I found the empty seat as we all settled down.

I handed out the food and (ever the romantic); I even did the old ‘yawn’ thing so I could put my arm around my young maiden.

Soon the film began and after a while I felt a hand upon my lap working its way into my inside leg. Although I was delighted, I was a little embarrassed as I didn’t want anyone to see such a public display. I was comforted, however, by the sheer darkness and there didn’t seem to be any other movement in the seats around me, so I let it continue.

Then I felt my zip being undone…I was excited, thrilled, but scared all at the same time as my bulging throbatron was released from the sanctity of my grundies and she began to work her fingers expertly up and down my grateful member.

Now this wasn’t like my girlfriend at all! She had previously said that she ‘wasn’t really in to that sort of thing’ but I wasn’t about to complain! In fact, I closed my eyes and prayed for her to take it further…and she answered my prayers with aplomb as I felt a beautiful moist pair of lips surround my mutton musket. The shapely mouth caressed my member as she proceeded to make a luncheon of my truncheon…but her mouth slid further and further down…

I was getting my first experience of ‘deep throat’ action! I moaned in appreciation but tried to keep my voice down as to not attract any attention. She just didn’t seem to care as she continued with the finesse and speed of a rabbit on tetrahydrogestrinone.

The schlong schlurping intensified with her tongue switching between delicately flicking over my rock hard shaft; and chomping at it like a horse on a gargantuan pink veiny carrot.

As it mercilessly continued I was now bucking in my seat as I felt the impending surge of the inevitable. Her mouth stayed stuck to my love muscle as I grunted and thrunged what seemed like a never ending river of pecker-paste into her cavernous, welcoming throat…and she chugged it all back as if her life depended on it.

Gently stroking the back of her head, I was about to whisper to her on her wonderful new technique when all of a sudden the house lights lit up, the film was over and I felt a tap on my shoulder. So I leaned to my right…

To see my girlfriend looking sternly at me….’that’s a bit odd’ I thought…so I looked down towards my lap just in time to see someone else’s head gently finishing me off by lapping down the last dribbles of jitler as it squirmed from my waning bell-end. As my eyes grew accustomed to the light I noticed that the hair colour of this head-giving goddess wasn’t so much blonde….as grey

Silently, I felt my tallywaggle being tucked back into my dunghampers, and watched as her head was slowly raised…before she looked me straight in the eye, gave me a gaping smile and a wink….then popped her teeth back in.

“Eeeeh, lovely dearie! – That was so much better than popcorn” the warty old trout crowed at me as she stood up, wiped her wrinkly mouth and started to shuffle off.

So hopefully you can now see what I mean…I can’t even remember what the movie was now…but it was the best.film.ever.
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:38, 12 replies)

Cannibal - the Musical!
Was on telly ages ago. It was so bizarre that I'd have been convinced I dreamed it if there hadn't been someone else there. I remember one very upbeat song and dance number about hanging people!

Has anyone else seen this film?
(misspiggy In danger of having to get a job, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:31, 4 replies)

O Homem Que Copiava or The Man Who Copied
This film is by far the best i have ever seen. It is a Brazilian film about a guy (Andre, 20) who lives in Porto Alegro and works in a local newsagent as the photocopy operator. He is transfixed with a girl (Silvia, 19) he can see from his bedroom window and eventually has the guts to go and find out about her. In order to impress her he needs some money, which as a photocopy operator he doesn't have. Then his boss buys a colour photocopier, with which he can make his own money to impress this girl. What follows is a story of romance with some very odd twists, violence, explosions, shootings and large sums of money. This film is quite low budget but the acting is superb. Also the Silvia is quite hot so it has that going for it. The best way to describe it is endearing.

I found it on late night TV and was enthralled by it. I tried to find a copy in Australia but when i couldn't i did the next best thing and ordered one from amazon. I have since watched it about 5 times since i got it in march.

Appologies for length but hey, I'm Big Tom.

Just need to get my coat
(Big Tom Reaching new heights of mediocrity since 1988, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:27, Reply)

UK Student House
The first proper pron movie I watched by myself. I can tell you that it changed my life forever along with the width of my forearm.

Pick your own length joke.
(Bo Nidle Coming back in from the cold., Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:25, Reply)

Nothing, I want nothing...
I posted in the biggest disappointment QOTW about Glastonbury, and how it fell far short of my expectations, but I neglected to mention the one highlight that has stuck in my memory long enough to overshadow the otherwise distinct let down that the festival proved to be. But I'll come back to that later; first, some background...

I'm the second of three brothers. We've always been close and have always shared very similar tastes in film, music, literature and etc... and when the eldest went to university his visits back to the family home would always be greeted with great excitement by the two of us he so callously left behind.

This is largely because his return would always be accompanied by a wealth of new music, films and books, as well as a variety of less salubrious substances that he would share liberally with his siblings. Through these visits I came to discover a world of mind altering substances and culture; broadening my horizons far beyond the limits of the small Lincolnshire town my mum had selected to be our home.

Among other things, this lead me to the discovery of a book written by an American journalist by the name of Hunter S Thompson. This book chronicled a seemingly make believe, drug addled adventure. One so outrageously extreme as to be utterly unbelievable, yet infinitely compelling to my young and impressionable mind. Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas quickly became my favourite book, and the copy I rushed out to buy was readily passed among my group of friends as we dreamt of trying to emulate the feats contained within.

But this QOTW is all about films, you might be thinking to yourself. Well, dear reader, so is this little tale...

We leap forward again to my visit to Glastonbury. I've now been to university myself and come out the other side with a mountain of debt and an affinity for particularly stinky weed (the latter leading directly to the former). I'd spent a soggy first Glastonbury day craming my face with whatever substances I could get my grubby little paws on, and as the sun slid from the sky to brighten the another part of the planet, your friendly story teller had been reduced to a stumbly, mumbly wreck.

Quite by accident my small group chanced upon an outdoor cinema screen, where we decided to rest our minds for a while in front of whichever crazy film they were showing to the gathered freaks & drop outs.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Johnny Depp swatting at bats while a distinctly overweight Samoan, with only just more than a passing likeness to Benicio Del Torro, wrestled with the steering wheel of the red shark, as they careered along the highway toward Las Vegas.

My twisted brain faltered momentarily as it struggled to take in the reality of what was happening, and it was only when the collected patrons of the hotel lobby began turning into giant lizards that I truly accepted this wasn't just a beautiful hallucination, but instead was Terry Gilliam's almost perfect interpretation of the book I'd devoured so many times.

Although my drug taking days are long behind me, it's still film that I enjoy watching, and many a lazy Sunday afternoon since that rainy summer evening has been accompanied by the sights of Dr Gonzo wrecking his brain with a shocking narcotic cocktail.
( Moey, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:22, Reply)

Blues Brothers
The original, of course.

Great music plus hundreds of cop cars getting trashed!

Also 'The Usual Suspects' which has a magnificent cast which includes Gabriel Byrne, always a bonus.
(misspiggy In danger of having to get a job, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:19, Reply)

To lighten it up for the grumpy old men
So Steven Spielberg has plans for a new actiondocodrama. But this one is a bit out of left field and he wants to make it about famous composers. So he has called together Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Steven Seagal and Arnold Schwarzenegger and he is talking to them about the various roles for the new flick.

Spielberg is looking to make this film his best ever and he really needs these actors onside so he lets them see the script and then says they can pick which famous composer they want to play.

Stallone, like a bull at a gate, mumbles “I've always admired Mozart. I would love to play him."

Willis, with the lemonsucking face of a veteran, says "Chopin is my all time favourite and I love the piano so I'll be him."

Seagal, wooden and boring, says "Given my martial arts have a certain affinity with the fluidity of the waltz, I’ll be Strauss."

Spielberg is very happy about all this. Three great movie names on board. But he really wants the fourth. So he turns to Schwarzenegger and he asks, "Who do you want to be Arnold?"

Arnold growled, "I'll be Bach."
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:16, 6 replies)

Favourite Cinema of my yoof
When we were in the 6th form me and my mates were part time stoners. We were also regular patrons of the Pheonix Cinema in East Finchley for their late night double bills (no idea whether they still do them & can't be arsed to google). We had plenty of faves, 'Fritz the Cat' & 'Heavy Traffic'; 'Aguirre Wrath of Gods' & 'Fitzcaraldo'; 'Dirty Harry' & 'Taxi Driver'; 'Eraserhead' & something or other; 'Apocalpse Now' & 'Last Tango in Paris' (now there's a double bill); 'Pink Flamingoes' & some other Divine film - you get the picture.

One fine Saturday night, my brother had some magic mushrooms and, as you do, he said: "Let's eat the mushrooms then go to the late night double bill". That sounded like a plan. My bro had a red Renault 4 at the time - the one with the really odd gear stick - and, being a couple of years older than me must have been about 20. Yes, he should have known better.

At around 10.30pm we set off in his little car for the short journey to the cinema, having previously ingested the mushrooms. I don't think either of us were prepared for the speed and strength of the hallucinatory experience: the road was bending as went round curves - he managed to clip an island going round a very big roundabout (5 Bells). We got to the final juction by the Bald Headed Stag and he slowed as we approached the lights:

"Are the lights red or green?" he asked
"Errrr, not sure, it looks like all the lights are on"

He checked both way and drove on, parking nearby.

I can't remember what the films were that night, what I do remember is that I couldn't really see the screen, as the walls were undulating and giving off bright coloured lights and the screen looked to be a couple of miles away. If you've ever seen the plasticine video that went with Frank Zappa's 'City of Tiny Lights' from 'Sheik Yerbouti' you'll have a fair idea of what the journey home was like. We made it safe and sound somehow, but when my brother wrote off the car some time later, by backing hard into a concrete bollard, I can't say I was totally surprised.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:11, 1 reply)

Casting the Best Film Ever
If I was making the Best Film Ever, I'd be casting the following actors in the following roles:

Brian Dennehy as The Donut-eating Cop
Gary Sinise as Shifty Cop Who Turns Good in the End
Kevin Bacon as The Victim
Gary Oldman as The Baddie
Jeff Goldblum as The Wacky Scientist with the Jewish Father who Plays Chess in Central Park
Reese Witherspoon as The Southern Belle
Nicole Kidman as The Annoying Bint Who Gets Killed Nastily In The First Fifteen Minutes (this poignant piece of casting is just for my own gratification).

No idea what the plot line is, but the typecasting is awesome.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:58, 11 replies)

Might get flamed for this...
When Son of Rambow was being advertised on buses a few months ago, one of the critical notices used ran along the lines that this was the funniest British movie since Hot Fuzz.

Decode that. "Since Hot Fuzz" implies that Hot Fuzz was funnier (otherwise they'd have chosen some other, prior, film like Kind Hearts and Coronets, or said "funniest Brisish movie ever").

In other words, the advert was saying that the film was even less funny than Hot Fuzz.

I didn't go to see it.





I suspect I'm going to get flamed for this, just as I got flamed for insulting the holy memory of Tolkein in the "Books" ( - or was it the "nerds"? I forget - ) QotW. I realise that, in a forum like this, a failure to recognise the (ahem) genius of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost is just about the worst crime possible. Tough. Hot Fuzz was too short on laughs and too long on long. Oh - and, since I'm clearly in blood so untimely steep'd that to go back, t'would be as tedious as to go o'er: Shaun of the Dead wasn't much better.



( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:53, 8 replies)

You're all wrong
Unless you said True Romance.
Clifford: Your ancestors are niggers. Uh-huh. Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid... now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant.
Coccotti: Ohhh!
Clifford: Huh? Hey! Hey! Hey!
Coccotti: You're a cantaloupe. [shoots Cliff in the face]

Best movie scene EVAH.
(reducedfatLOLcat, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:51, 1 reply)

Best to stick all these in one thread I think...

1. The Ladykillers (1955)
Not just a masterpiece of the Ealing output, but also a damned fine movie on it's own. It works because it's not an 'out and out' comedy but has quite a dark side to it. The real reason I love it is the very understated performance by Katie Johnson as Mrs. Wilberforce, which holds the whole thing together. See also films such as 'Passport to Pimlico', 'Kind Hearts and Coronets', and 'The Lavender Hill Mob'.

2. Jaws
Relatively late in seeing this (probably early twenties) and initially put off by the fact that it was always repeated on a bank holiday on TV and had become it's own parody. This being said, having borrowed the VHS and sat down on a Sunday afternoon many years ago, I was hooked from start to finish. (No fishy pun intended) Still ranks right up there as my fave film, even with a rubber shark on show.

3. Goodfellas
If it hadn't been for watching Goodfellas, and thoroughly enjoying it for the story it was telling, I'd have never searched out related films along similar topics: Godfather, Once Upon A Time in America, Scarface, Casino, etc etc. It was also the film where I realised that Robert De Niro is the greatest actor on this earth (ok, ok, apart from: Rocky and Bullwinkle, Stardust, Shark tale, Godsend, etc etc etc)

4. Airplane!
There's nothing much to say about this. The first time you see it, you laugh. The second time you see it, you laugh more because you pick up on gags you missed the first time around. After a few more viewings, you laugh more because you know what is coming next and preempt it.

5. Goldfinger
First Bond film I ever saw, and it got me hooked on Bond. There's not much more to say really. It was all good through the years, even the dire ones were 'bearable'. But then came 'Die Another Day' and my faith was shattered. Thankfully a few years later they've upped the ante again with Casino Royale, so fingers crossed it wasn't a fluke and they'll do it again this year. However, Goldfinger is still as enjoyable today after having watched it numerous times.

I could go on, but suffice to say others I'd ramble on about would be:
Alien, Chinatown, Henry V, Shawshank Redemption, Psycho, Vertigo, Bridge over the River Kwai, The Producers, True Romance, Disney's Robin Hood (yes, you heard correctly) and many more.

Oh yes, and 'Jackie Brown' - better than the rest of Tarantino's films put together in my opinion, but I realise I'm in a very small minority here.
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:50, 2 replies)

Some of the filums I like
I watch a lot of films, and I mean a whole shed load of film. I can honestly say that I must watch about five films a week. These films tend to be either horror or science fiction, although I have been known to partake of the odd comedy, drama, thriller, documentaries, and just about anything that takes my fancy) even TV series when they’re released on DVD.) In my collection I must have getting close to 1000 of the things.

Because I tend to watch so much I really don’t have a short list of ‘Favourite Films’, so I’ll tell you the ones which I watch time and again and give you the reasons why. So here we go, and in no particular order.

1 Jaws – This was the first film I took a girl to see (and before you all start I’m not that old, I took her to see it in a re-run, but yes I did see it in the cinema when it first came out). It’s genuinely frightening and a great film to watch with somebody who scares easily. And also because it is the one film that still manages to make me jump every time I watch it.

2 Aliens – It’s just a good all round film, action, suspense, horror, comedy, and a good feel good film.

3 Watership Down – I love this film, and the end always gives me a lump in my throat.

4 The Thing – One of the best horror films ever made, full of suspense, claustrophobia, and a feeling of never knowing exactly what is going on and who is who.

5 Near Dark – This has to be one of the best vampire movies of all time and it has a large number of the cast of Aliens in it. It’s the kind of film where you can ignore the horror and just focus on the story most of the time. It also has some of the best lines ever in a movie.

6 Carry on Screaming – Come on now, what list of good movies would be complete without a Carry on film in it! Fun, irreverent, and with some of the best British actors ever. When I was a child this used to be on the TV every Halloween, and it always brings back fond memories of that great time in my life.

7 Memento – Just a really good film, I like the way it was done it makes you wonder and think about what you would do.

8 Donnie Darko – I know a lot of people don’t understand what is going on in this film, but I thought that it was a real easy watch, the story is linear and easily understood (please don’t flame me.)

9 2001 A Space Odyssey – A beautiful film, and a joy to watch and lose yourself in for a couple of hours.

10 The Sixth Sense – Despite the fact that I got the twist really early in the film I still enjoyed it. The acting was great, the story was great, and the direction was great. What more do you need in a film?

Length? I could witter on about films all day!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:48, 3 replies)

Well..
Someone has to make the effort to liven things up in here so here a few significant films for me - and why.

Bambi

Because I watched it in the cinema while pissed and stoned on all day session. I'd never seen it before I became entranced. Remember the bit where Bambi's trapped by the fire? And the flames are getting closer and closer and poor old Bambi is looking terrified? Well that's when I said:

"RUN BAMBI, RUN!!"

Two hundred people laughed at me. Bastards.

Soldier Blue

I saw this when it first came out (yes, I am that fucking old). I blagged my way into Newcastle Odeon and settled down to watch the flick. About half way through I felt the need for a piss and headed for the bogs. As I was standing at the urinals, squeezing a kidney, the door swung open and a middle-aged bloke entered. He made a bee-line for me and stood next to me, unzipping his fly. Fucking great. A willy-watcher. Loads of empty piss stalls and he has to stand next to me.

"Enjoying the film" he asks.

"It's OK" I mutter

"Tell you what, why don't you come and watch it with me. There's a seat free right next to mine" he leered.

"No thanks." I said. "I shouldn't even be here. I'm on probation"

"What for" he asked looking puzzled

"I stabbed a bloke who tried to pick me up"

Exit one running man.

And a couple of cinema tales that I like. Didn't happen to me but I wish they had. They both concern the Piracy ads that they're so fond of running. Picture the scene:

Ad: "You wouldn't steal a car"..

Member of Crowd: "I WOULD IF I COULD FUCKING DOWNLOAD ONE!!"

I have to do that one day. And another:

AD: "Piracy is a crime!"

Heckler:"Arrrrgghhhhh"

Another one to try when I get the chance... Both tales courtesy of the Heckles QOTW.

OK. I've done my bit to make this QOTW more interesting. Over to you. Be creative man! Don't just give us a bloody list of films....

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:47, 1 reply)

Human Traffic
Makes me want to go and do drugs, which I don't do now, but it makes me tap my feet and want to feel my stomach rise up and rise up and rise up as I get warm, and warmer and the back of my neck gets warmer. And then the visuals. The slight slowness of sight.

And all along my feet are tapping along to my heartbeat.

I've got it on DVD upstairs. I haven't watched for years now and I should really never watch it again.

But...
(Chickenwire social lubricator extraordinaire, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:46, 1 reply)

Brraaiiinnnsss....
I'm not sure what the best film i've seen is...however I bloody love a good zombie film. Preferably the apocalyptic type (..not sure theres another type of zombie film).

The zombie film that has had the biggest impact on me is probably 28 weeks later (although strictly not zombies). While the film itself is a bit meh, the part when all of them run across the fields after the survivors from the house..possibly the scariest scene iv'e ever watched, apart from anything in the eye-japanese version, of course.

Bit off topic but am bitterly disappointed in I am Legend after reading the book...that film raped the original story. Ho hum....
(sexual cupcake, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:45, Reply)

I went to the cinema once -
having forked out the equivalent of a medium-sized country's GDP for an adult ticket, and then the same amount that it would cost to cancel Third World debt to purchase popcorn and a small diet coke, I then had to go home and declare myself bankrupt and so missed the film, though I'm sure, given the astronomical cost, it would have been the best film ever.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:43, 8 replies)

I'm a total weirdo.
I only ever watch films once, and I never watch them again.
If I do accidentally happen to see the same film twice I find myself picking it to pieces, and find that a film I enjoyed the first time around turns out to be a festering pile of shite that was never worth watching to begin with. The Matrix for example, the first time I saw it I practically wet my pants, the second time I couldn't get over how wooden Keanu Reeves was, and just wished Agent Smith would kick his fucking teeth in.

So, I own precisely zero films on DVD (shock horror!), and my favourite film of all time has to be Clingfilm, it keeps my sandwiches fresh and it totally fucking rocks.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:41, 4 replies)

Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down is one of the few movies I can watch multiple times. I love it. Fast paced, gritty, doesn't focus on any character in particular, based on real events, accurately portrayed (assuming the similarly awesome doco is also accurate), and is just all-round ballsy and cool.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:37, 2 replies)

Got to be
The Killer - directed by John woo.

Pre hollywood stuff, this is story of true honour. Trained assassin accidentally blinds woman whilst on job, takes to caring for her as hong kong cop tracks him down. End sequence is awesome in its irony. And the shoot out in the church showed exactly what John Woo was about.

Hard Boiled - another john woo, more action and opening scene has most deaths of any opening scene in movies (maybe overtaken by saving private ryan these days). Around 250.
Hard boiled is about a cop whom is becoming more and more into his job of investigating/shooting triads and yakuza gang wars in hong kong.

And for pure fun - the Princess Bride. Amazing.
( bazza van der trance , ooh baby baby, baby baby. Get up on this., Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:27, Reply)

Mummy's the word
Slightly off-topic, but: How many people remember back to the Baftas of '02, where one of the winners of the Orange Awards (where the multiplex cattle vote for their fave) was The Mummy Returns?
Let the significance of this sink in - a large proportion of the British public thought The Mummy Returns was a work of cinematic genius.

And these same people are allowed to vote for governments.

I fear for the future of humanity.

I mean, the special effects were crap, for starters.
(mudskipper, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:18, 3 replies)

When I was a nipper
My father brought home a pirate copy of E.T. A pretty good movie that my 9 year old self enjoyed. Once that had finished, he mentioned "there's another movie about aliens on after it"

It was "Alien"

I was absolutely spellbound, and the effect of watching a cutesy family orientated movie followed by a horror SF was a life defining moment for me, and has given me a love of cinema and film.

To this day I thank my father for allowing me to watch movies like that when I was underage for the suggested rating as his reasoning was "they're all make believe, and he's reading adult books, so why not"

Cheers dad.
(Rimfeast, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:06, Reply)

Fandango / A Life Less Ordinary
FANDANGO
Saw it on BBC2 when i was a young 'un - ok, so it's got Kevin Costner in it but it's a proper boys own/growning up/big funny adult adventure type film. Still to this day i love it.

Basically, it's 1971 and 5 or 6 mates 'The Groovers' are finishing University and if they dont pass they're going to be 'drafted' to Vietnam. So, right at the end of the ceremony they decide to go on 1 last road trip to 'dig up Dom'

It's a bit like the spice girls, there's 1 lad for everyone in there - Judd Nelson is the geek, Costner is the rebel leader, etc

Love it. Ignore the name as it sounds like a dance.


A LIFE LESS ORDINARY
Anyone else think this is really under rated? Ewan is dead natural and believable in it, the angels are brilliant - fucking class film!

(i've tried to pick quirky unusual ones that people may have missed. otherwise Blade Runner, Akira, etc, all spring to mind.)
(TheManofScience, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 8:58, 3 replies)

I like a good independent documentary
Which is why I was absolutely gripped by Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed when I saw it in the States in June. It's an extremely compelling critique showing how Big Science has constantly lied and suppressed the truth about Creation and uses dirty tricks to further the evolution myth that has contributed to communism, abortion and the Nazi Holocaust. I strongly recommend that everybody tries to rent a copy on DVD when it's available in the UK.

Oh, hang on, the Faking It thread's finished now...
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 8:25, Reply)

DIE HARD
Completly rewrote the rules of action movies.

Alan Rickman

Greatest fall in cinema history (apparently the director told Rickman the rope was half as long as it really was, hence his brilliant reaction)

Just, joyously entertaining.

Honourable mentions:

Fight Club
Midnight Run
Witchfinder General
On Her Majestys Secret Service...
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 8:23, Reply)