faginsgirl

Hi.

What films have you watched and thought at the end, what the .....was that all about ????????

For me its gotta be `Truly madly deeply`, ok I got the jist of it but I was either just too bored to take it in or just didnt know what it was trying to say.

Maybe it was just me?

xx

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MB

No - Truly, madly, deeply' is ripe for mickey taking I think. It could be reduced to thinking it is a film about necrophelia..it's odd..and yet, it did convey the depth of emotion felt when you lose a loved one - a partner in particular.

I think we were just desperate for love stories over here at the time.

I watched 'Sideways' for the second time the other day - on a recommendation..but, although I sort of get it ('men have it tuff too - they have to get married and stuff which is not really their ideal and the good looking ones have a better time - damnit!) - I really can't see what all the fuss is about..

faginsgirl

To be honest I seem to get lost off on most James Bond films too. But then I`m sure that IS just me as most people think they are great!

xx

We`re changin` lodggggggggings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MB

I have never watched a James Bond film all the way through!

I tried really hard with Goldfinger last year - but..got lost..

I think some films are not equally appealing to the sexes and thats it..although my son did persuade me to watch the Rockys with him last year and with his guidance I did start to get 'it'.

batman

Isn't it funny how differently we 'see' films .... TMD is my favourite romantic Britfilm and I have never ever associated it with necrophilia. It is a beautiful film about love, loss and the survival of the human spirit.

I wish I had claws.

MB

Alan Rickman was very good in it.

batman

I did see that part of your post Modesty .... I was just commenting on the different things we all 'see' in films .... I wasn't having a dig at your comment.

Alan Rickman was very good in it, as was Michael Maloney.

I wish I had claws.

Marky B

The Wicker Man
The Exorcist
Psycho
Basic Instinct
Ta Ta
Marky B

I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas - how he got in my pyjamas,I'll never know

faginsgirl

I agree with basic instinct, to this day I still dont know what that was about. I really like the wicker man, but I can understand what you are saying there, its a bit sureal.

xx

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CaptainWaggett

Rushmore. In fact anything by Wes Anderson - he's the Marmite of the indy film.

Harleybloke

Resevoir Dogs.

.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!

Lord Brett

The Fountain, with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, which was on Sky Movies last night.

What was all that about?

Steve Crook

Brokeback Mountain.
Beautifully photographed, an interesting story about male friendship. I just couldn't see any reason for, or the point of "the act" which was more like a drunken rape than an act of love. I think it would have worked equally well without it - but would it have been as popular without the shock value and the publicity that generated?

Steve

scholes

Interesting observation Steve.
My wife and most of my female friends thought it a very tragic and moving love story.
I think Ang Lee dealt really well with the sensitive issue of homosexuality in the sixties and the way the two men handled an often spirited relationship during their brief encounters. It was the progression of their relationship that was more appealing I think.

Steve Crook

Yes, the progression of their relationship was very interesting. I just couldn't see how or why it started - apart from that drunken fumbling which is no basis for a lasting relationship as many of us can avow

Steve