The Most Over-rated British Film

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by nandywell I completely disagree with the first post, A Clockwork Orange is a mighty fine film and I'll challenge anyone who disagrees to a duel

I disagree but it is only my opinion

[batman]

Originally Posted by stevie boy I disagree but it is only my opinion

Shared by me .... I found it to be one of those films with much to admire, but not a lot to like.

[stevie boy]

Don't Look now is another film that is too highly regarded in my opinion

[jamesharris]

Originally Posted by stevie boy The Elephant Man, what a waste of time

it was very well made

[Hugh N. Cry]

Hello Folks. This is my first Post and so true to form will be controversal ( I think). The most over rated, most over televised and most embarassing films made are 'the Carry On...' Series after 1966. If I hear anybody else rabbiting on about 'Busty' Babs (if that's busty I'm an Adonis!) or accidently spot fat middle aged men lusting after 20 year old starlets on yet another dull bank holiday or hear any more lavatorial jokes I shall scream. Once the original production team team broke up (and that includes Bruce Montogomery's Scores) the whole rep company thing went the way of the Rank Studios. The core cast were all funnier in non-Carry On comedies and the series broke Charles Hawtrey and kenneth Williams Careers.

[batman]

Originally Posted by Hugh N. Cry Hello Folks. This is my first Post and so true to form will be controversal ( I think). The most over rated, most over televised and most embarassing films made are 'the Carry On...' Series after 1966. If I hear anybody else rabbiting on about 'Busty' Babs (if that's busty I'm an Adonis!) or accidently spot fat middle aged men lusting after 20 year old starlets on yet another dull bank holiday or hear any more lavatorial jokes I shall scream. Once the original production team team broke up (and that includes Bruce Montogomery's Scores) the whole rep company thing went the way of the Rank Studios. The core cast were all funnier in non-Carry On comedies and the series broke Charles Hawtrey and kenneth Williams Careers.

Welcome Hugh ..... good first post. I agree with some of what you say but I still love 'em!

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by Hugh N. Cry Hello Folks. This is my first Post and so true to form will be controversal ( I think). The most over rated, most over televised and most embarassing films made are 'the Carry On...' Series after 1966. If I hear anybody else rabbiting on about 'Busty' Babs (if that's busty I'm an Adonis!) or accidently spot fat middle aged men lusting after 20 year old starlets on yet another dull bank holiday or hear any more lavatorial jokes I shall scream. Once the original production team team broke up (and that includes Bruce Montogomery's Scores) the whole rep company thing went the way of the Rank Studios. The core cast were all funnier in non-Carry On comedies and the series broke Charles Hawtrey and kenneth Williams Careers.

I will leave others to respond to the Carry on comments, but having seen your 'handle' for one moment I thought you were saying that Hue and Cry was overated, great name by the way

[scholes]

Originally Posted by Hugh N. Cry Hello Folks. This is my first Post and so true to form will be controversal ( I think). The most over rated, most over televised and most embarassing films made are 'the Carry On...' Series after 1966. If I hear anybody else rabbiting on about 'Busty' Babs (if that's busty I'm an Adonis!) or accidently spot fat middle aged men lusting after 20 year old starlets on yet another dull bank holiday or hear any more lavatorial jokes I shall scream. Once the original production team team broke up (and that includes Bruce Montogomery's Scores) the whole rep company thing went the way of the Rank Studios. The core cast were all funnier in non-Carry On comedies and the series broke Charles Hawtrey and kenneth Williams Careers.

Welcome Hugh.
Don't beat about the proverbial will you.

[BruIrn]

Originally Posted by penfold If....if only it wasn't so dated, pretentious, featured the world's oldest schoolchildren, ran out of colour film stock, then it might have lived up to the interminable hype Lindsay Anderson's film critic mates gave it....

Watched it last night. Glad I've now seen it but to be honest I wasn't that impressed either as the levels of pretentiousness were off the scale. You could say it was very much of its time but a film like Kes was made a year later and yet has retained some semblance of relevancy in the modern age. I guess you had to be there.

[Lord Lucan]

Originally Posted by Mr Cosmo At the risk of being shouted down - I often wonder why THE ITALIAN JOB is so popular. Apart from the car chase which was quite original, it's routine, poorly scripted and has some terrible acting (who told Simon Dee he could act?) and has some of the worst hairstyles ever. I watched it again during this week to see why it has so many fans and I still don't get it.

The reason the Italian Job is still talked about and watched today is because it was a good film. It had everything, action, comedy, car chases and crime. I have to say, I didn't much like the ending and thought at the time it was made that way to keep the door open for "The Italian Job 2" but I'm glad it never happened. The American imposter is a joke compared to the original, imo.

[Gaumont]

I would nominate "Chariots of Fire" a very dull film with a very dull score.
Gaumont

[jaycad]

Originally Posted by Gaumont I would nominate "Chariots of Fire" a very dull film with a very dull score. Gaumont

i disagree,i avoided this film for years but watched it for the first time recently and was pleasantly surprised, the tacky synthesizer score has dated the film a little but i think 'chariots of fire' was worthy of the accolades. i would nominate the horrible 'bridget jones diary'-any film including hugh grant is always over-rated.

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by jaycad i disagree,i avoided this film for years but watched it for the first time recently and was pleasantly surprised, the tacky synthesizer score has dated the film a little but i think 'chariots of fire' was worthy of the accolades. i would nominate the horrible 'bridget jones diary'-any film including hugh grant is always over-rated.

disagree about Hugh Grant and that has been discussed on another thread

[ggm]

Originally Posted by Mr Cosmo At the risk of being shouted down - I often wonder why THE ITALIAN JOB is so popular. Apart from the car chase which was quite original, it's routine, poorly scripted and has some terrible acting (who told Simon Dee he could act?) and has some of the worst hairstyles ever. I watched it again during this week to see why it has so many fans and I still don't get it.

the scenario was just craaazy. you only had to be a small boy, playing with dinky cars on the sofa or setting up train crashes with your brothers hornsby set to "get it" for a film with mini's racing over the roofs, being run up the back of a lorry.

and the element of the jail-boss running things from 'inside' just rang so true to life (even though of course, it took the advent of the mobile phone to make this actually even remotely plausible)

it was in the tradition of 'the league of gentlemen' which also has some quite stunningly awful acting in it.

so count this as +1 "shouting down" because I think this one is not a worst-of-all-time player!

-George

[batman]

Originally Posted by ggm it was in the tradition of 'the league of gentlemen' which also has some quite stunningly awful acting in it. -George

I am baffled by your statement here George. Who do you think is awful in this film. With the possible exception of Ollie Reed as a camp dancer, I think the cast is excellent.