non-Brit movie forum?

[kezzy]

I sense a torrent of ferret-related film title puns headed your way eg Ferret Bueller's Day Off

[Dame Starry]

My local's called The Happy Landing - and I think there are a few old films by that name.

However, judging by the amount of times it gets successfully raided, I don't think many people actually go there to drink!

DS x.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by kezzy Movies named after pubs? The Green Man

It's hard to know if that would have been a pub named after a movie, or a movie named after a pub, or both of them named after the same legendary figure from British mythology

Steve

[CaptainWaggett]

Well all pubs are named after something but the Launder and Gilliat film is named after the pub, (it's based on a play called Meet a Body?). While the Kinglsey Amis story (tv play with Jeremy Brett) is about the myth, IIRC.

Favourite film pub? The one in Passport to Pimlico looks fun.

[dremble wedge]

Originally Posted by CaptainWaggett Anyone know any other pubs named after films?

There's a pub in Cornwall called The Bucket of Blood (the Lamb & Flag in Covent Garden used to go under this name) nothing to do with Roger Corman though.

There's quite a few Fox and Hounds around although I'm sure they predate the Disney film!

Almost named after a film is The Quiet Woman in York. The sign shows a woman carrying her own severed head!

And didn't I read on an old thread that there's a pub called The Robert Shaw now?

[alan gowdy]

Steering this back towards the topic if I may - though a combination of pubs and old films is a winner for me too - it's amazing how many forum users in general (not here!!) resort to ridicule and criticism of fellow users at the slightest opportunity. I've stopped using several as a result.

[batman]

Originally Posted by alan gowdy It's amazing how many forum users in general (not here!!) resort to ridicule and criticism of fellow users at the slightest opportunity. I've stopped using several as a result.

That's why I only use this one. IMHO it's the best one on the web with the friendliest users. The knowledge (and humour) on here is incredible and the discussions rarely become abusive. In general most people are polite and are able to eloquently put their point of view across without resorting to unpleasantness, although I do see that language that can usually be found on other forums has appeared here on occasions recently .... 'a quagmire of sick' was a phrase recently used by someone to describe a film. Not nice and not clever.

[Everett Sloane]

Originally Posted by batman 'a quagmire of sick'

I thought that was the title of the new James Bond film ...?

[alan gowdy]

Originally Posted by Everett Sloane I thought that was the title of the new James Bond film ...?

Very good.

We need to be careful though that we do not fall into the trap of being uncritical or sycophantic. Negative views/reviews/responses are just as valid as positive ones, but should be constructive and polite. Gratuitous abuse is unforgiveable.

[lordtednfs]

Even here we have a pub/bar called the Red Lion, but it does not pull a decent pint, there's not even a pint to be had, it's all bottled, and non of it decent. The last decent pint I had was in KL, but at least it was a good pint of Guinness with a decent meal of Irish stew, and for my lady, John Dorry. It is rumoured there are some really decent bars in Manila serving really decent beer, but let those owners prove themselves, I can't find them.

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[maturin]

Originally Posted by batman That's why I only use this one. IMHO it's the best one on the web with the friendliest users. The knowledge (and humour) on here is incredible and the discussions rarely become abusive. In general most people are polite and are able to eloquently put their point of view across without resorting to unpleasantness, although I do see that language that can usually be found on other forums has appeared here on occasions recently .... 'a quagmire of sick' was a phrase recently used by someone to describe a film. Not nice and not clever.

I have to agree. I've been very wrong and courteously put right on many occasions. A most polite forum ( not that I know another).
I 'm tempted to say (quoting the prosecution in the Lady Chatterley trial) that I'd recommend to my wife, or even my servants to join....
As a long term resident and very frequent visitor to Manila, I'm afraid I can't recommend a British pub.
In Thailand there are several good ones including the Robin Hood, Bull's Head etc but they are mostly refurbishing after the ban on smoking, as without the smoke now we can smell the stale beer and musty furnishings!
R

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by lordtednfs Even here we have a pub/bar called the Red Lion, but it does not pull a decent pint, there's not even a pint to be had, it's all bottled, and non of it decent. The last decent pint I had was in KL, but at least it was a good pint of Guinness with a decent meal of Irish stew, and for my lady, John Dorry. It is rumoured there are some really decent bars in Manila serving really decent beer, but let those owners prove themselves, I can't find them.

"and for my lady, John Dorry"?
Strange name for a lady

Steve

[Marky B]

Originally Posted by kezzy Movies named after pubs? The Green Man

I doubt this fits,but there is The Lion pub* on Blakey Ridge in North Yorkshire,and there is the 1962 Jack Cardiff film with William Holden and our Trev,The Lion.
Ta Ta
Marky B

*Superb meals!

[batman]

Originally Posted by Everett Sloane I thought that was the title of the new James Bond film ...?

[batman]

Originally Posted by alan gowdy We need to be careful though that we do not fall into the trap of being uncritical or sycophantic. Negative views/reviews/responses are just as valid as positive ones, but should be constructive and polite. Gratuitous abuse is unforgiveable.

I agree. I often find negative views of films I like more interesting than positive ones, 'cos I usually think the positive stuff myself. Negative viewpoints often give me a reason to revisit a film with the purpose of looking for things I may have missed. The same goes for positive views on films I don't like. I just find that to dismiss a film in one unpleasant sentence contributes nothing to a discussion.