Film Thread
So, what's your favourite film(s) and why?

Alt: Favourite film quote/scene

AltAlt: why is quoting films either cool or 'bent'

AltAltAlt: Worst film ever made and why.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:05, 235 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Star Wars!

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:05, Reply)

I prefer Empire, personally.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I'm a sucker for a good old fashioned love story so I'll go for
either Natural Born Killers or True Romance.

Alt: For NBK, probably the opening scene in the diner, The scene bewteen Dennis Hopper an Christopher Walken for True Romance, it's a masterpeice.

AltAlt: Not sure, but I think people do it for a sense of community and shared experience.

AltAltAlt: Probably Hard Rock Zombies.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:11, Reply)

"Natural Born Killers of True Romance"
Or "B3tans" as they are better known.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:12, Reply)

*ninjas*
bloody defective keyboard...
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:13, Reply)

As I said, the interview in the prison is my favourite scene in NBK
But the sequence with Rodney Dangerfield is rather fucked up, and very well done.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:07, Reply)

Depends on what mood I am in, really.
The worst film ever made is, however, Top Gun. Or perhaps Superman 4. Top Gun for just everything, Superman 4 for it's sheer ineptitude.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:17, Reply)

dirty dancing, pretty woman and cocktail
best 3 films ever made, no further discussion needed.

NEXT.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:18, Reply)

Cocktail is fucking awful.
and pretty woman is basically just an entire film about how the only reasonable way anyone should be judged - particularly women - is by whether they are wearing expensive clothes or not. It's shallower than a Norfolk gene pool. You might as well say SATC was a good film.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:26, Reply)

It's also about how prostitution is cool and glamorous

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:33, Reply)

Wait, you mean it isn't?
Oh man, all those crack whores must be really pissed off about that. I bet they wish they'd stuck to stacking shelves now.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:37, Reply)

It is if you are Julia Roberts apparently.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:42, Reply)

not so much, as it's more of a rags-to-riches get-out-of-hooking
kinda deal ... but, yeah, it does kind of imply that hooking is a good way to get a rich handsome guy.

But it's mostly the absolute "the only single thing you should ever judge a woman on is how expensive her clothes are" vibe that does my head in.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:46, Reply)

Plus, it's fucking rubbish.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:54, Reply)

Plus Richard Gere inserts small rodents up his fundament
Although I suspect that scene was left on the cutting room floor.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:09, Reply)

Well, if I was paying $(cannot be arsed to look up how much money) to Julia Roberts
I's get her to do some repugnant kinky shit too.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:11, Reply)

Dear God where to start.
that's almost foxtrotianly gay... Oh, cake! *wanders off to kitchen*
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:26, Reply)

Wrong, wrong and wrong.
Have you watched any films made since 1989?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:33, Reply)

I hope this involves irony.

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:43, Reply)

Rear Window
because Jimmy Stewart was sexy as, and I loved all the little tableaux in the other windows.

Alt: Hmmm. Not sure i can pinpoint any one scene. Not one that I would consider my absolute favourite, anyway.

Alt Alt: If you get the quote, it's cool. If it excludes you from conversation, it's bent.

Alt Alt Alt: The worst one I ever tried to watch was Mystery Men. But I imagine there are many, many worse films.

Also, I'm back now from my tourguiding jaunt. What have I missed?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:19, Reply)

Mystery Men is number one!
all other films are number 2, or less.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:31, Reply)

I think i managed about twenty minutes of Mystery Men
before I got too bored to watch any more, and threw it away in disgust.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:33, Reply)

I think it's awesome

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:42, Reply)

I may have misjudged you.
Seems you may have some redeeming characteristics.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:43, Reply)

Annoying isn't it.

( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:46, Reply)

Yes, I prefer it when people are simple.
/autism
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:47, Reply)

I'm very charming.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:49, Reply)

So you keep saying
I have yet to see any evidence. Maybe this is because I am not a girl.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:55, Reply)

I used to like you.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:42, Reply)

You bloody should. I'm ace.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:43, Reply)

Not when it comes to taste in films you're not.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:44, Reply)

Well, you can try to change my mind next week.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:46, Reply)

I never try to change a woman, it's a painful exercise in futility.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:47, Reply)

Then you'll just have to love me as I am.
And stop fucking complaining.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:51, Reply)

I have, however, been known to walk away from the ones that are beyond redemption.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:56, Reply)

well, screw you, then!
See if I care!

*cries*
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:57, Reply)

*laughs*
Ain't I a stinker?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:03, Reply)

It's dire, isn't it?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:06, Reply)

I loved him in Harvey.
My Christmas tradition, getting pissed to it.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:41, Reply)

Anyone who uses the word 'tableau' without a hint of irony is horrifically bent.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:10, Reply)

Wild at Heart - I don't know why I just love it
Fave scene in a film is Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walkens scene in True Romance WATCH IT HERE

Quoting films is totally bent but I do it all the time

Worst film ever made, I'm not sure but I hated The War of the Worlds remake.

*Edit* Mindpiss!
( Peej, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:25, Reply)

it is fantastic, isn't it?
2 of my favourite actors doing what they do best.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:32, Reply)

War of the Worlds was complete and utter bilge.
Somebody, please, just knuckle down and do a decent, big budget version of the proper fucking story.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:33, Reply)

I just can't see them setting it in Surrey though.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:36, Reply)

Well they should.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:37, Reply)

Somebody lent me a copy of the live stage show of the Jeff Wayne version.
He said it was ace and I had to see it. That was about three years ago, and I still haven't got round to it yet.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:42, Reply)

I got my Dad tickets for it a few years ago.
He said it was excellent. I keep meaning to book it when it comes round but never do.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:44, Reply)

I remember listening to my dad's LP version of it
I was absolutely terrified. But the pictures were nice.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:45, Reply)

Yeah me too.
My Dad brought it back from Germany and played it to me. I thought it was fucking brilliant. I had it on tape for yonks, and it was the first CD I ever bought.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:52, Reply)

Preverably victorian surrey.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:45, Reply)

That's what I meant.
The 1950's version, whilst not perfect, was OK. The new version was an opportunity to do a proper take on the original story, and they decided not to. The fighting machines were quite impressive, but that's about it.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:47, Reply)

Mind you, The Time machine....

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:48, Reply)

Haven't seen the remake.
I liked the original, although I confess to not having read the book. Always meant to.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:51, Reply)

Guy Pierce.
It's not bad, and it's fairly faithful to the book I think, although TBH I cannot remember how it ends. The book starts with one of the best lines ever: "The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us."
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:54, Reply)

Most of the reviews I've seen said it was shit.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:57, Reply)

The fact that I cannot remember most of it bares this out.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:01, Reply)

It was shit.

( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:10, Reply)

You should read the book
He has sex with Oina and everything.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:55, Reply)

I might track down a copy.
I also enjoyed the Invisible Man. Apparently there's a remake in the works. It'll probably be awful.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:57, Reply)

The Invisible Man
was an amazingly depressing book I thought. Excellent, but depressing.

If you can get your hands on "A Modern Utopia" it's well worth the read. It's astonishing how far ahead of his time Wells was.
(badger of doom http://www.trendingtracks.co.uk, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:17, Reply)

Favourites: Clockwork Orange, Trading Places, Pulp Fiction.

Alt: I don't "do" quotes

AltAlt: Quoting films is shit - if you can't say something original don't say anything.

AltAltAlt: The worst film I have ever seen (as I haven't seen every film ever made) was the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes one. Utter shite.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:25, Reply)

Today, my favourite film is A Bridge Too Far.
Tomorrow, it will be something elese.

Favourite quote "Shplendid" as uttered by Sean Connery in that film, after being told the operation was fucked.

Quoting films that are bent is bent. Quoting from good films is shplendid.

Worst film, for now and forever, Legends of the Fall.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:27, Reply)

Taxi Driver.
Alt: Scorsese's diatribe from his role in that film.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:28, Reply)

A few good films are:
Bladerunner - epic and beautifully made.

The secretary - The only film that made me all mushy inside. I love the end bit where's she's peed herself and he carries her off to bathe her.

The truth about cats and dogs - Another romantic film that doesn't make me want to throw up. I love the scene where they're on the phone for hours on end.

Alien - loved it when I first saw it and still love it now. Fantastic scene when the alien spews forth from Johh Hurts chest.

Alt: Withnail and I. The pub scene probably although far too many great quotes.

Alt alt: It is neither. It's just a bit of fun.

Altaltalt: Anything with Sylvester Stallone.
( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:33, Reply)

* adds Secretary* to above list of Love Stories I like*
Great film.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:46, Reply)

So, a film where the finale is basically somebody pissing themselves?
There's a whole range of niche German 'art house' movies that would cater for you two.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:54, Reply)

Have you seen it?
In context the piss is very romantic.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:58, Reply)

I haven't.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:59, Reply)

Well worth a watch
it really is.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:01, Reply)

^this
Made me do a girly squeeeeeee.
( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:11, Reply)

Secretary made me blanch

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:55, Reply)

Blanche Devereaux?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:59, Reply)

I know someone who has started blanching bacon before cooking it for breakfast.
Words can't even begin to describe how wrong this is.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:04, Reply)

When Saturday Comes.
Fucking awful.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:39, Reply)

For arguments sake, I always say Shawshank Redemption is my favourite film.
But there is also Goodfellas, Boondock Saints, Serenity, etc.

EDIT: However, I think I can safely say there's never been a better horror film than 'The Omen'.

Alt: There's a few favourite quotes for me, one of which from a film I've not even seen yet

The Warriors - Ajax: "I'll shove that bat up your ass and turn you into a popsicle."
Boondock Saints - Rocco: "Is it dead?" (after having accidentally shot a cat from about an inch away)
Serenity - River: "I swallowed a bug."
Watership Down - General Woundwort: "Come back! Come back and fight! Dogs aren't dangerous!"
Etc, etc.

My favourite scene, off the top of my head, is probably when River goes mental in Serenity.

AltAlt: It can be either, really.

AltAltAlt: I quite hate the War Of The Worlds remake, but I think that's also because I paid to see it. My least favourite film is either Meet The Parents, Something About Mary, Cloverfield or AvP 2. The only film I've ever switched off is Superbad.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 12:57, Reply)

Agrred on almost all points.
Which one have you not seen?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:00, Reply)

Warriors
But that quote has been in a couple of those '100 greatest threats' videos on Youtube, and I just think it's superb. Plus, I quite like the actor.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:03, Reply)

Warriors is both terrible and superb

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:08, Reply)

I downloaded it a while back
I've just not got round to watching it yet.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:09, Reply)

Given that our other tastes are more or less in tune
I think you may like it, if you can accept the silliness of it all.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:12, Reply)

Sounds good to me!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:13, Reply)

Yay! on the serenity quote.

( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:13, Reply)

:D

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:15, Reply)

OK, so
Fave films: Performance, if..., Quadrophenia, Withnail and I, The Wicker Man (buy British, folks)

Alt: Just about every damn line from Withnail & I. Also "Correspondance not answered!" from Performance, "That's why I joined the army - to be different!" from Quadrophenia and "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy bear to Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the rest of your frigid life."

AltAlt: It's cool, because it's a way of instantly cementing a connction with someone. Also because other people think you're a dick.

AltAltAlt: The remake of The Wicker Man. (You may now close this question, this is the only answer).
(McChinaman banned, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:07, Reply)

The Wicker Man just freaks me out
Excellent film, but so very, very odd.

I mean, seriously, what the fuck?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:08, Reply)

The Nicholas Page remake was a bit wank.

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:12, Reply)

The Nicholas Page remake Pretty much any film Nick Cage ever made
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:13, Reply)

Raising Arizona is great
But fucking hell, the remake of TWM is grotesque.
(McChinaman banned, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:15, Reply)

Argh, bees!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:16, Reply)

I'll allow Raising arizona
and Wild at heart for that matter.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:17, Reply)

Kick Ass is excellent
And I'll admit, I do enjoy Gone In 60 Seconds.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:15, Reply)

Raising Arizona and Leaving Last Vegas.
The only two good films he's been in.
( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:18, Reply)

and Kick Ass, Wild At Heart, Adaptation, Peggy Sue Got Married.
And Con Air (although I may be alone on that one)
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:21, Reply)

Con Air is a fantastic Nic Cage filum

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:22, Reply)

I've not seen kick ass and Adaptation and the other's were OK.

( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:22, Reply)

Kick Ass is well worth a watch

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:23, Reply)

I do enjoy Con Air, but that's because of everyone in it who isn't Nicolas Cage.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:23, Reply)

piss

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:25, Reply)

We're starting to agree on quite a number of things now, it's getting a little worrying...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:26, Reply)

You're hitting on him AA
Post something on links about communism and bedsits referencing CQ
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:28, Reply)

If anything, he's hitting on me.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:31, Reply)

He's not one for condoms AA, best finish him off with a suck and a swallow

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Con Air is good, but cage is shit in it.
not seen the others except Wild at Heart.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:24, Reply)

It's Christopher Lee's favourite of all the films he's been in
He did it for nowt as well.
(McChinaman banned, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:32, Reply)

It is an excellent film, but so very, very odd.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:32, Reply)

I rarely watch films on account of having a pretty short attention span.
I also agree with Chompy's sentiments a week or two back when he suggested that film is for children and shut-ins.

With that in mind, I would like to nominate They Live as the best film ever.

Alt: Don't know about a quotation, but the film scene(s) I have watched the most in my life (albeit for a very brief period when I was around 14) would be the shower scene and Lassie scene from Porkys. So yeah, that.

AltAlt: Girls are always dead impressed if you can quote comedy films to them. I'm sure.

AltAltAlt: I don't know. Stop asking me about films.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:12, Reply)

I love They Live.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:18, Reply)

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I am all out of bubblegum."

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:19, Reply)

You are all wrong.
Alt: Wrong

AltAlt: Still wrong

AltAltAlt: Oh so very wrong.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:13, Reply)

I'm a little unclear on the point you are trying to make here
Could you please clarify?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:15, Reply)

That snuff one where Rory and I go twos up on yo momma

(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:16, Reply)

Point Break - because it's the best film ever
Alt:

Ben Harp: NO! No no no no no no NO! Let me tell you what you've produced... Over the last two weeks, you two have produced exactly squat! SQUAT! During which time the ex-presidents have robbed two more banks. Now for Christ's sake, does either one of you have anything even remotely interesting to tell me?
[brief pause]
Johnny Utah: I caught my first tube today... Sir.

Altaltalt: Open Water - the protagonists are odious, the story slow and dull and in the end no-one even gets eaten by a shark!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:19, Reply)

Is open Water the one where they fall off the boat and spend the whole film being too retarded to get back on it again?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:21, Reply)

Haha!

( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:23, Reply)

'Based on a true story'.
Except the reality was the skipper of the dive boat realised what he'd done eventually and went back to find them.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:33, Reply)

nah, he didn't
it's based on something that happened off the Barrier Reef in Oz. Couple were left behind, they only realised days later when they hadn't been seen back at their hotel/campsite (can't remember which). No-one knows what happened to them. Apparently their flotation vests turned up months later undamaged which suggests "not eaten by sharks" but, who knows? The barrier reef is 60 miles off shore, they hardly swam back on their own.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:40, Reply)

My brain must be playing tricks on me.
That does ring a bell now.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:42, Reply)

This was my problem, how could the film be 'based on a true story'
when noone knew what had happened.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:44, Reply)

well, quite
although I think we can safely assume it didn't end well for them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:44, Reply)

Seems I'm thinking of Open Water 2
it really is very bad.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:42, Reply)

bees into what, now?
they made a fucking sequel? of a film based on a true story which couldn't have a more terminal ending if it tried?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:44, Reply)

Yeah.
Different people, they all jump off their boat to go swimming but forget to put the ladder down, they then spend the rest of the film squabbling, failing to get back into the boat and either getting killed or killing each other (there are 4 in this one), as before none of them are likeable.

It was also ruined for my by the fact that given their resources I could have been back in that boat in about 10 minutes.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:54, Reply)

Erm, surely the boat was anchored or something?
Anchor rope. Climb. Job done.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:05, Reply)

The best thing about Open Water
is the gratuitous tit and minge shot at the start of the film.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:31, Reply)

In fact they should have been the basis of the whole film, really.
Then they could have called it 'Nork and Mingie'.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Very true, and all the more welcome for being unexpected
I also liked it when they died
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:38, Reply)

They were extremely unlikeable as lead characters.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Which is abig problem in amovie whose sole sense of tension
is the audiences worry for their safty. i would have wlaked out of the screening if i hadn't fallen asleep
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:45, Reply)

At least I didn't pay to go and see it.
I saw it on telly a couple of years ago.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:47, Reply)

"the protagonists are odious, the story slow and dull and in the end no-one even gets eaten by a shark"
I think you're thinking of Sex and The City actually.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:42, Reply)

It's an easy mistake to make.
Also, I'd like to see a remake of The Godfather and have that bloke wake up and find Sarah Jessica Parker's head in his bed.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:44, Reply)

and Pretty Woman. And Cocktail.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:45, Reply)

sorry i missed your comments on my taste in films
but i was having my hair done for a lunchtime treat/tonight's activities.

this seems to relate to your opinion on my lovely feel-good movies, somehow....

although ACTUALLY the book of cocktail is very dark and depressing, all about drug addiction and losers, and the original script for pretty woman, called $3,000, is TOTALLY different to the actual film that was made. for a start, edward is a cheating swearing guy and they both take drugs and... well it's much darker. so it must be the backers who are saying, hmmm, we can make this film if we just make it fluffy...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:58, Reply)

I don't care, as it has Tom Cruise in it.
Instant shite. Unless it's so bad it's unwittingly genius, see "Top Gun"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:07, Reply)

*Shakes head*

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:12, Reply)

Reply to all: fuck off

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:19, Reply)

Is that a film quote?

( Peej, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:21, Reply)

Hang on I think I know that quote....
It's from that episode of Red Dwarf where they go through a wormhole and end up on the Discworld, isn't it?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:22, Reply)

No matter what anyone else thinks or says
Memento was fucking shit
( Peej, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:21, Reply)

Bebento, I call it.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:22, Reply)

Best films ever are:
Performance
Time Bandits
One Armed Boxer II
Two Crippled Heroes
El Topo
Wild Style

and some other films.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:21, Reply)

Tokyo Gore Police
The Warriors
Superfly
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:22, Reply)

Death Dimension

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:23, Reply)

Deadly Prey

( Peej, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:23, Reply)

Have you seen The Departed?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:23, Reply)

Matt
Damon
( Peej, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:25, Reply)

Matt...
...
...
...
...
Damon
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:32, Reply)

You missed out 1944 German propaganda film
Theresienstadt:Der Führer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt (The Fuhrer Give The Jews a City)
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:26, Reply)

'Triumph of the Will' is better.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:08, Reply)

Time Bandits is fucking great.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Glad to see Performance getting another mention
Nic Roeg is a visual genius.
(McChinaman banned, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:42, Reply)

I watched Wild Style recently 'cos I never saw it at the time
it was a bit poo, but not as poo as Krush Groove
( broadsword, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:48, Reply)

How dare you.
Krush Groove really is epically shit - but Wild Style is superb – the live show/club scenes are real and the best document of the time (apart from perhaps Style Wars) in existence.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:11, Reply)

Kung Fu Hustle, The Princess Bride
and the much-maligned Shark In Venice.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:28, Reply)

Kung Fu Hustle is an excellent film.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:30, Reply)

so is The Princess Bride.
Shark In Venice is just passable light entertainment really. I rescind that choice.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:32, Reply)

I've never seen the other two, tbh.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:33, Reply)

If you haven't seen The Princess Bride
Then fuck you!
( Peej, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:46, Reply)

It's not intentional!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:10, Reply)

If you haven't yet seen Attack the Block what the fuck is wrong with you?

(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:28, Reply)

The idea is good but I don't think I could cope with the fake Jamaican accents and posturing of a bunch of kids.

( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:30, Reply)

Most of them are Londoners,one has av shit accent but the film is brilliant.

(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:38, Reply)

I watched that the other day
Once you got past the ridiculous accents, the film is very enjoyable.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:30, Reply)

I watched Brighton Rock last night, lovely fluffy depiction of living on the English seaside
Favourite film: Breakdance 2 Electric Boogaloo
( broadsword, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Not this then?
www.imdb.com/title/tt0128086/

Only a tad NSFW
( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:36, Reply)

"Twenty-two women (ranging in age from 11 to 84), with 41 breasts, talk about their breasts; most are topless as they speak".

11???? WTF?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:38, Reply)

Not wanting to set the nonce alarm off
but if it's a serious documentary about breasts and what they mean to women, then surely talking to girls who are just starting to develop them presumably, is legitimate? And it does say 'most' are topless. not 'all'.

Although actually, now I've written that, the fact that any of them are topless does seem to undermine my point somewhat.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:41, Reply)

DEF CON GADD, right here.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:42, Reply)

I know. And they've lost three breasts which is very careless.
Or 4, if one of them is a triple-titted hydra.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Or maybe 1
and the 11 year-old doesn't have any yet?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:51, Reply)

Gosh!
*downloads*
( broadsword, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:39, Reply)

The title and the plot summary of this don't seem to match
www.imdb.com/title/tt1298831/
( broadsword, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:43, Reply)

I like it when they show their breasts
Freefair likes it when the 11 year old shows her 'breasts'
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:42, Reply)

What's eating Gilbert Grape?

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Love that film
Made me realise what a great actor Dicaprio is. If he was acting that is!
( Peej, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:38, Reply)

DiCappucino is a terminal shitwhistle and I wish him unpleasantness.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:46, Reply)

calm down, bumsex

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:56, Reply)

massively upset, online, right here.
Why on earth does abusing some fey actor justify a "calm down" these days?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:06, Reply)

wishing unpleasantness and calling someone you've never met a shitwhistle
implies that you had a childhood devoid of affection
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:11, Reply)

I would have thought this was more your thing truthbert:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0101595/
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:39, Reply)

He must have been disappointed that Marty didn't end up doing his mom in Back to the Future

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Who cares, it's only a grape, give him another one

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:39, Reply)

American Pie

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:46, Reply)

Oldboy
is fucking great
( Peej, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:47, Reply)

Oh I nearly forgot:
Inglourious Basterds is both an excellent piece of film making and hilarious, although most other people in the cinema evidently did not agree.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:48, Reply)

At the moment, 500 Days of Summer - not the usual rom com scrotal fromage fest. Also love the styling, sound track, and have you noticed that Summer wears blue in every scene and Tom always wears brown?

Labyrinth - I don't really need to explain why this is cool, do I?

Dogma - see above.

Green Mile - I just like it.
(GirlOfTheWorld, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:52, Reply)

I think Dogma is one of Kevin Smiths worst films,
Jersey Girl doesn't count.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:55, Reply)

*retracts previous statement about Chompy having redeeming qualities*

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:58, Reply)

It's not as funny as Mall Rats or Jay and Silent Bob Strike back
It doesn't have as honest a storyline as Chasing Amy. Not as original as Clerks.
I think it's people just like it because it's cameo filled and got the LOL @ religion without being offensive angle. 7 years of Catholic school makes all those jokes redundant.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:01, Reply)

I'd put it on a par with Zack and Miri make a porno,
but I prefered that one.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:03, Reply)

never seen that
I strongly suspect I'd hate it.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:04, Reply)

I'd put it above S&SBSB
but agree on the others. I still think it's a good film, the other being better does not make it less so, but I suppose your original statement holds, if not the implication.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:04, Reply)

The flame war always makes me lol
All you motherfuckers are gonna pay. You are the ones who are the ball-lickers. We're gonna fuck your mothers while you watch and cry like little bitches. Once we get to Hollywood and find those Miramax fucks who are making that movie, we're gonna make 'em eat our shit, then shit out our shit, then eat their shit which is made up of our shit that we made 'em eat. Then you're all you motherfucks are next. Love, Jay and Silent Bob.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:07, Reply)

Haha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:10, Reply)

didn't say it was bad
but it's rather self referential for my taste.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:12, Reply)

Dogma is an excellent film
"A SHIT DEMON!"
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:56, Reply)

It's not my fault you keep agreeing with me AA

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:58, Reply)

i am not too sure, i like loads of films
Altaltalt probably that one called a serbian film or whatever. There's no need for things like that.
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:58, Reply)

So you're more a Human Centipede kinda girl, huh?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:00, Reply)

That film was just fucking dire

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:01, Reply)

That is a film I have no desire to see, ever.
And the sequel sounds even more repugnant. Yet the director wonders why most film censor boards in the world won't give it a certificate?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:05, Reply)

There's a sequel?
Dear me. The question for me is more why make it in the first place.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:06, Reply)

The sequel has been refused certification over here
Now, I saw that a film called Grotesque was banned in this manner too, so decided to download it, and see what it was like. They really did mean it when they banned that film for lacking 'Artistic Merit', it was shite.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:07, Reply)

The director wrote the screenplay
based on a comment he once made at a party about how all rapists etc should have their arse stitched to a fat trucker's arse as punishment. This basic premise then gave way to the idea for the film.

The sequel is based on the premise that the protagonist has seen the first film and is sexually aroused by it, so he kidnaps a bunch of people and carries out the same experiment on them for his own sexual gratification. It includes a scene where he rapes the back end of the centipede, with his cock wrapped in barbed wire, hence why so many censors won't pass it.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:10, Reply)

I believe the protagonist is called Martin...
although i'm not sure if he is from Norwich
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:13, Reply)

Not seen it
The idea is enough to make me gag and I cannot believe it has any artistic merit.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:05, Reply)

If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the film.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:06, Reply)

i dont think ive even seen the trailer

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:08, Reply)

You're missing nothing.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:09, Reply)

hahaha

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:15, Reply)

oh lol
No, haven't seen it, no desire to.
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:06, Reply)

South Park The Movie
I quote from that all the time.

Suck my balls.
(GirlOfTheWorld, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:07, Reply)

It is a particularly excellent film.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:09, Reply)

Oh for fuck's sake!

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:10, Reply)

This is just getting ridiculous now

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:11, Reply)

You're telling me.
Let's just pick something to disagree on.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:19, Reply)

While this will not make you popular
I do rather agree.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:10, Reply)

Mkaaaaay
You and AA should marry just for the combined DVD collection.
(GirlOfTheWorld, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:14, Reply)

*shudders*
No thanks, he's not my type, I prefer boobies.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:19, Reply)

Can't believe I nearly missed this
My favourite film is The Matrix, although I do realise it's not the BEST film ever made, a subject to which I have given less thought. Probably The Shawshank Redemption or Lawrence of Arabia.

Alt: I have a soft spot for "Just cos a fucker's got a library card doesn't make him Yoda" from Se7en

AltAltAlt: David Cronenbourg's Crash. Utterly pointless, except to serve as a disturbed wank fantasy, which I assume is why the Canadian mentalist made it in the first place.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:12, Reply)

The Matrix is an absolutely excellent film, although it is dragged down when shown alongside the two sequels.
I've never seen Lawrence of Arabia though.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:14, Reply)

Agreed on all counts
When it was released it was a genuine game-changer, and if treated in isolation remains one of the best action movies ever made.

Lawrence of Arabia is a phenomenal achievement and well worth seeking out - but make sure you have a comfy chair to watch it in. And, ideally, a colostomy bag.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:19, Reply)

The choreography of the fight scenes in the first one is just phenomenal
Especially the one in the dojo between Neo and Morpheus.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:22, Reply)

OK, that'll do it.
Matrix was sub-par at best.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:22, Reply)

You, sir, are wrong.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:23, Reply)

it was quite pretty and the action sequences were done well
But the basic premiss was fatally flawed, the acting was poor and there are far better films.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:28, Reply)

Excellent choice
Now you've said that, neither AA nor anyone else ever needs to take your opinion on anything seriously ever again
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:24, Reply)

You mean anybody did already?
amazing
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:29, Reply)

The action scenes are good. The plot device is fairly sound.
The dialogue on the other hand... When I went to the cinema to see it, I was on the verge of chewing my own knuckles off at the cringeworthiness of it.

The sequels are a monumental river of pish, though.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:27, Reply)

The dialogue is pretty terrible
But for me, the fight scenes, and the concept are simply fantastic.

It's probably still the best choreography I've seen in any Hollywood film.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:32, Reply)

Must... not... argue... by... invoking... Fred and Ginger...
TOP HAT

Damn
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:37, Reply)

I mean fighting.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:38, Reply)

The concept has been done many times before and better
in books, which is probably why most people think the film was so awesome, they've not read the books. great fight scenes do no a good film make.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 14:43, Reply)

I loved the concept of a computer generated dreamworld
I hated the idea that they could somehow use humans to generate electricity.

They'd use fusion. And if they did have to use animals as batteries why not cows? The dreamworld would be way easier to design and if any cow didn't play ball they could just bbq them.
( Peej, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 15:30, Reply)

once more as the late to the party entry
2 films that everyone should see...
Accion Mutante
and Man Bites Dog

best quote: Once I buried two Arabs in a wall over there... Facing Mecca, of course.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 16:10, Reply)