Any film that isn't
a) another romantic comedy
b) a sequel/reboot/re-imagining of a perfectly good film.
c) described using the words "darker" or "gritty"
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 10 May 2010, 14:59, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I like "dark" and "gritty" films
Batman Begins/Dark Knight benefit greatly from being dark and gritty, rather than "twee" and "nipply-batsuit".
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:01, Reply)

Yes, but it's gotten to the point where fucking everything is described with those two adjectives.
Films like that are excellent, I just wish Hollywood would read a bloody thesaurus and get some new words.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:03, Reply)

Obscured and gravell-y?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:04, Reply)

I'll take anything.
Anything at all.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:09, Reply)

FILTH

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:09, Reply)

Hell, I'll even take them knock-kneed and bald.
Edit -
Buggar -I mis-quoted.

Man, I'm gonna tell you my story
-Go on and tell about it, go on and tell about it more
-Just what I've been doing
-What you've been doing, Ry ?
-Well, you know I used to be particular about the womens that I picked
-Aha!
-Yeah! They used to be tender, lean and tall, that's all
-But the way things has been going, I'll take 'em knock-kneed and bow-legged
-What ?
-I'll even take 'em bald! Man. I'll tell you why
-Please, tell me why!
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Mon 10 May 2010, 15:12, Reply)

I'm not that easy, dear.
I do have some standards
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:19, Reply)

I somewhat doubt that

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:20, Reply)

:(

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:22, Reply)

This is true.
If you're going to do a non-serious Batman flick then at least do it in the style of the TV show. Otherwise it's just shit.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 10 May 2010, 15:03, Reply)

Much as I liked Begins/Dark Knight
Part of me thinks they should just abandon Christian Bale and re-cast Adam West, replete with the all the old sound effect screens depicting "POW!", "BAM!" "SHAZAM!", "SODOMISE!", etc.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:21, Reply)

Only if there's judicious use of shark repellant

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:24, Reply)

repellent.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:28, Reply)

Thank you.

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:29, Reply)

Yes you are, but what am I?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:31, Reply)

A shark

(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:34, Reply)

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Which is not, as some people might have you believe, a film about a ham omelet.

I'd like to see Hamlet given the Baz Luhrman treatment that was used on Romeo and Juliet.

And not because I'm Danish. Oh no.
(JohntheDane, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:06, Reply)

Ken's film was good, if a little long.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:13, Reply)

I wouldn't like to see anything
given the Baz Luhrman treatment
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:21, Reply)

I'd like to see Baz Luhrman given
the 'savage beating' treatment.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:29, Reply)

Hmm. As I see it, the biggest problem with Baz Luhrman's version of Romeo and Juliet
was that it was absolutely fucking shit.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 10 May 2010, 15:34, Reply)