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deckard · 03-10-2004, 03:09 PM

Lots of good stuff there guys, one of my all-time favourites is "Blade Runner"(hence Deckard!)I first saw this film when originally released and I thought at the time how ground breaking it was in nearly every respect(except the "Sam Spade" style voice-over) truly brooding and incredibly visual. I was over the moon when the director's cut was released - minus voice-over! Regards, Decks.

scudder · 03-10-2004, 11:32 PM

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Soapy Stevens:
Too many to list, but here are two films that amongst my favorites:-

Jean de Florette
Manon Des Sources

Wonderful choice.

The_Late_Peter_Cook · 04-10-2004, 05:25 PM

Far too many to mention, but just off the top of my head:

Vertigo (best movie ever!)
Touch Of Evil
M. Hulot's Holiday
The Apartment
Once Upon A Time In The West
Rio Bravo
Rear Window
Batman Returns
Ride The High Country
Sons Of The Desert
The Gold Rush
Mon Oncle
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
It's a Gift
Play It Again, Sam
The Night Of The Hunter
The General
Duck Soup

and many, many more!

deckard · 04-10-2004, 05:48 PM

Erm...apart from repeating myself with "Blade Runner" (the grey matter's finally going!) blush It's strange that no mention has been made of the multi award winning "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy........regards, Decks.......cor! if I had two brains I'd be a half-wit! :)

Marky B · 20-12-2004, 08:42 PM

Although I am a fan of Spielberg,there were rumours he was going to take on this project on the offset,but I doubt the slim bearded one would have achieved what the large bearded one has.
It was a sumptious epic,taking in almost every genre in the cinema:horror,supernatural,romance,comedy,war,magi c and all the heroics so we could cheer on for the good. The battle scenes were breathless,and even the extended ending could be forgiven as it calmed you from the long journey of war between good and evil.
The film escalated from start to finish:brilliant to absolutely brilliant,with not one criticism (from me anyway) of the performances. Epic proportions were not brought in at the expence of depth of the characters (a common trait with some epics),just like Kubrick's Spartacus,Lean's Lawrence of Arabia,Scott's Gladiator,Schaffner's Patton.
My favourite though,was Gollum - a hideous schizophrenic,but one you could warm to and I felt sorry that he perished at the end,clutching the Ring he so cherished.
Peter Jackson is a New Zealander,so I don't think a gong wouldn't come amiss (OBE or something) for his contribution to the cinema and the re-invention of storytelling. The Lord of the Rings triogy was quite simply a masterpiece,a seminal point in the history of the cinema and one which would be hard to rival for a long time.
Ta Ta
Marky B thumbs_u
PS You know,I should be a critic like Barry Norman,and why not?

DB7 · 20-12-2004, 09:10 PM

LOTR tends to polarize opinion into two camps, those that have a nerd like fanaticism for goblins and elves or those who are left stone cold and bored by it's convoluted storyline and sfx overkill I noticed when it appeared in the recent CH4 poll they were struggling to find individuals to comment on it so relied on some stock footage of Peter Jackson and Andrew Serkis, even the sole fiction writer they did uncover was hardly fulsome in his praise. TBH I find it ridiculously overrated and fortuitous that it was released during a period of substandard Hollywood filmmaking.

Me? I fell asleep half n hour into the first installment. It's Jackson's The Frighteners for me.

Rob Compton · 20-12-2004, 09:50 PM

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Marky B:
The Lord of the Rings triogy was quite simply a masterpiece,a seminal point in the history of the cinema and one which would be hard to rival for a long time.

As you say, DB7, LOTR does polarise opinion. I'm firmly on the side of Marky's comment above - I think it has been a triumph for films and film-making.

rgds
Rob
:)

WeeWilly · 24-12-2004, 10:43 AM

Must agree with Sgt Dudfoot on The Man With Two Brains. This is Steve Martin at his funniest.

mysteriesofedgarwallace · 24-12-2004, 10:52 AM

I'm not a huge fan of Hollywood films, but I have always liked the documentary style of 'Casino'

Rob Compton · 24-12-2004, 10:59 AM

Being sort of old fashioned, my favourite non-British film has to be Random Harvest, with Ronald Colman and the utterly delightful Greer Garson thumbs_u

Written, of course, by James Hilton, and the book is worth a read too.

Naturally, I also adore Goodbye Mr Chips (again with the wonderful delectable Miss Garson - all too briefly though), but I guess that counts as a British film :)

rgds
Rob

Clinton Morgan · 15-01-2005, 02:04 AM

Anything that makes me cry.

birdman · 08-02-2005, 12:48 AM

Favourite non Brit stuff
From America
Almost anything with Paul Muni in it eg Scarface, I am a fugitive etc
Agree with Random Harvest, but would also add Lost Horizon (have those last few minutes of footage turned up yet?)
Most Capra corn
The Sixth Sense
From Europe,
Blue Angel,
M
The Last Laugh
Grande Illusion
Retour de Martin Guerre (Depardieu is always watchable even in trash, which this is definitely not)
Potemkin
and a load more which would take too long to mention but refer to Marky B's earlier European post. To be honest a lot of recent films seem to place too much emphasis on style and technology at the expense of substance.

Dennis Price Fan · 08-02-2005, 03:50 AM

Most of my favourites have been name-checked already during this straw poll but I just wanted to give props to Glengarry Glen Ross.

42ndStreetFreak · 08-02-2005, 10:44 AM

Taxi Driver

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the damn original!)

Once Upon a Time in the West

Ran

Natural Born Killers

True Romance

The Odd Couple

The Godfather 1 & 2

Apocalypse Now

King of New York

Wild At Heart

A Chinese Ghost Story

The Killer

Dirty Harry

Heat

12 Angry Men (Fonda)

White Heat

rweasel · 10-02-2005, 02:33 PM

It's a Wonderful Life is one of my least favourite films, in part because at Christmas you can't escape it over here. I think the scene with Clarence is good, though. I much prefer Harvey.

03-10-2004, 03:09 PM	#31
deckard has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cornwall Posts: 480 Country: iTrader: (0)	Lots of good stuff there guys, one of my all-time favourites is "Blade Runner"(hence Deckard!)I first saw this film when originally released and I thought at the time how ground breaking it was in nearly every respect(except the "Sam Spade" style voice-over) truly brooding and incredibly visual. I was over the moon when the director's cut was released - minus voice-over! Regards, Decks. __________________ "and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock"

04-10-2004, 05:48 PM	#34
deckard has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cornwall Posts: 480 Country: iTrader: (0)	Erm...apart from repeating myself with "Blade Runner" (the grey matter's finally going!) blush It's strange that no mention has been made of the multi award winning "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy........regards, Decks.......cor! if I had two brains I'd be a half-wit! :) __________________ "and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock"

20-12-2004, 08:42 PM	#35
Marky B is Is still looking for a change in career Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Billingham,Cleveland Posts: 3,754 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	Although I am a fan of Spielberg,there were rumours he was going to take on this project on the offset,but I doubt the slim bearded one would have achieved what the large bearded one has. It was a sumptious epic,taking in almost every genre in the cinema:horror,supernatural,romance,comedy,war,magi c and all the heroics so we could cheer on for the good. The battle scenes were breathless,and even the extended ending could be forgiven as it calmed you from the long journey of war between good and evil. The film escalated from start to finish:brilliant to absolutely brilliant,with not one criticism (from me anyway) of the performances. Epic proportions were not brought in at the expence of depth of the characters (a common trait with some epics),just like Kubrick's Spartacus,Lean's Lawrence of Arabia,Scott's Gladiator,Schaffner's Patton. My favourite though,was Gollum - a hideous schizophrenic,but one you could warm to and I felt sorry that he perished at the end,clutching the Ring he so cherished. Peter Jackson is a New Zealander,so I don't think a gong wouldn't come amiss (OBE or something) for his contribution to the cinema and the re-invention of storytelling. The Lord of the Rings triogy was quite simply a masterpiece,a seminal point in the history of the cinema and one which would be hard to rival for a long time. Ta Ta Marky B thumbs_u PS You know,I should be a critic like Barry Norman,and why not? __________________ I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas - how he got in my pyjamas,I'll never know

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mysteriesofedgarwallace is retired from film trading Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sussex Posts: 594 Country: iTrader: (0)	I'm not a huge fan of Hollywood films, but I have always liked the documentary style of 'Casino' __________________ "Yeah boogie now, Dave"

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04-10-2004, 05:25 PM	#33
The_Late_Peter_Cook has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 227 iTrader: (0)	Far too many to mention, but just off the top of my head: Vertigo (best movie ever!) Touch Of Evil M. Hulot's Holiday The Apartment Once Upon A Time In The West Rio Bravo Rear Window Batman Returns Ride The High Country Sons Of The Desert The Gold Rush Mon Oncle She Wore A Yellow Ribbon It's a Gift Play It Again, Sam The Night Of The Hunter The General Duck Soup and many, many more!

20-12-2004, 09:10 PM	#36
DB7 is just Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Shrops Posts: 6,066 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (10)	LOTR tends to polarize opinion into two camps, those that have a nerd like fanaticism for goblins and elves or those who are left stone cold and bored by it's convoluted storyline and sfx overkill I noticed when it appeared in the recent CH4 poll they were struggling to find individuals to comment on it so relied on some stock footage of Peter Jackson and Andrew Serkis, even the sole fiction writer they did uncover was hardly fulsome in his praise. TBH I find it ridiculously overrated and fortuitous that it was released during a period of substandard Hollywood filmmaking. Me? I fell asleep half n hour into the first installment. It's Jackson's The Frighteners for me.

24-12-2004, 10:43 AM	#38
WeeWilly has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3 iTrader: (0)	Must agree with Sgt Dudfoot on The Man With Two Brains. This is Steve Martin at his funniest.

24-12-2004, 10:59 AM	#40
Rob Compton is simply wonderful Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 1,249 Country: iTrader: (2)	Being sort of old fashioned, my favourite non-British film has to be Random Harvest, with Ronald Colman and the utterly delightful Greer Garson thumbs_u Written, of course, by James Hilton, and the book is worth a read too. Naturally, I also adore Goodbye Mr Chips (again with the wonderful delectable Miss Garson - all too briefly though), but I guess that counts as a British film :) rgds Rob

15-01-2005, 02:04 AM	#41
Clinton Morgan has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 158 iTrader: (0)	Anything that makes me cry.

08-02-2005, 12:48 AM	#42
birdman has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 16 iTrader: (0)	Favourite non Brit stuff From America Almost anything with Paul Muni in it eg Scarface, I am a fugitive etc Agree with Random Harvest, but would also add Lost Horizon (have those last few minutes of footage turned up yet?) Most Capra corn The Sixth Sense From Europe, Blue Angel, M The Last Laugh Grande Illusion Retour de Martin Guerre (Depardieu is always watchable even in trash, which this is definitely not) Potemkin and a load more which would take too long to mention but refer to Marky B's earlier European post. To be honest a lot of recent films seem to place too much emphasis on style and technology at the expense of substance.

08-02-2005, 03:50 AM	#43
Dennis Price Fan has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 22 iTrader: (0)	Most of my favourites have been name-checked already during this straw poll but I just wanted to give props to Glengarry Glen Ross.

08-02-2005, 10:44 AM	#44
42ndStreetFreak has no status. Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 70 iTrader: (0)	Taxi Driver Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the damn original!) Once Upon a Time in the West Ran Natural Born Killers True Romance The Odd Couple The Godfather 1 & 2 Apocalypse Now King of New York Wild At Heart A Chinese Ghost Story The Killer Dirty Harry Heat 12 Angry Men (Fonda) White Heat

10-02-2005, 02:33 PM	#45
rweasel has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hamilton, Rhode Island Posts: 15 Country: iTrader: (0)	It's a Wonderful Life is one of my least favourite films, in part because at Christmas you can't escape it over here. I think the scene with Clarence is good, though. I much prefer Harvey.