FILMS to watch: Recommendations

[mac69]

Back to the OP , my recommendation's are

The Bank Job ...referances to prince Margret
Stardust....magic and a love story
Rambo 4 ....Sly is 61 but still making good movies
Happy Feet ...loads of great music.
The Worlds Fastest Indian ...Anthony Hopkins ..brilliant
Die Hard 4 ....loads of action
The Departed ....Nicholson and Decaprio...twist in the tail
Across the Universe ....great for Beatles fans

film to avoid There Will be Blood .....so boring

[Tigger]

88 MINUTES: starring (an aging) Al Pacino. This film actually came out some time before the recent DeNiro/Pacino offering RIGHTOUS KILL. They seen the success of that film so pushed out this one on the back of it. Nice bit of 'cat n mouse' thriller that should keep the majority of watchers happy.

BABYLON AD: watchable though vin Diesel IS gettinging typecast in these sort of roles FAR too often. Watchable.. but nothing to write home about... down to personal taste really.

THE ROCKER: Not released in the UK till the 17th October. They have tried to make the lead guy Robert 'Fish' Fishman (Rainn Wilson) too much like Jack Black... to the extent I think the producers may have wanted Black in the first place. Its very loosely based on Pete Best's story... PB?... The Beatles FIRST drummer - but its a comedy. Not bad... would I watch it again.... maybe in a few months

MAMMA MIA: Already seen longish snippets of the film... so this time... I settled in and watched it all.... and really enjoyed it. Full credit HAS to go to the people who thought of the idea in the first place... all the songs fit in so well with the story. Though i had never peeked at the ending... I was right on BOTH counts. ?... sorry, but you will have to see it for yourself.
Yes!!... it IS a 'girly' film... welllllllllllllllllllll... 'girly' themed (so guys can watch it...lol)

[Tigger]

TAKEN: Liam Neeson... bad guys take daughter... Dad wants daughter back... VERY good film... kill count is high... the only bit I didnt like and dont like full stop is Liams bl***y aweful American accent... why oh why do they do it... sounded terrible. That aside.... good film to watch.

[Brian]

Hi Guys,
I'm sorry but not one of the titles above were of interest to me. Don't they make films nowadays that you can have a good belly laugh at and leave the Cinema feeling a lot better than you went in?
Here's one for you (if you are old enough that is) ... Mr Hulet's Holiday featuring Jaque Tati. However if one is at all the slightest bit incontinent (urinary) like I am I would advise taking a spare change of U/pants or drawers with you. Never laughed so much in my life. And not one word of dialogue in it either. Brilliant

[lin]

HAVE TO SAY I LOVED SCHINDLER'S LIST..I ALSO LIKE GREAT ESCAPE, GALLIPOLI..I DID PREFER THE SERIES OF THE GREAT ESCAPE BETTER THAN THE FILM THOUGH..ALSO TENKO...BUT I DO LOVE ACTION FILMS AS WELL AS A GOOD COMEDY ONE...NOT INTO LOVE STORIES THOUGH

[Lisa]

Hi Brian, I agree about Jacques Tati films.....loved them when I was younger but never seen them on tv - mores the pity. There's nothing quite like a good old belly-laugh.

[Lisa]

Mike, Schindler's List was the only film that stunned me and the rest of the crowd in the cinema into silence when the credits rolled. I watched it in the cinema in Gatley(sadly now closed) which has a large Jewish population and a lot of them were in the cinema watching it. I could hear sobbing during the film so it must have brought back memories for some of the elderly people. I still have it on video but havent watched it since because of the impact it had on me.......Man's Inhumanity to Man(Robert Burns).

[Tigger]

Wellllll... besides for the last eight weeks watching the complete (88 episodes plus the 4 hour Peacekeeper Wars) FARSCAPE series - which, thanks to dancing I missed out on 80 of the episodes first time around... I have watched....

GHOST TOWN - starring Ricky Gervais in which he plays a Dentist in America (thankfully without a phoney American accent) who see's 'dead people' all over the place after a 'mishap' during a minor operation. No love interest so don’t start thinking its a comedy version of 'Ghost' (is it only me who at the end of that film thought Patrick Swayze looked like ET when he made the 'final' appearance). Good film in a mild 'The Office' attitude.

HOUSE BUNNY - NO.. I aint going pervy. A neighbour’s daughter wanted this film. Quick run through... X Bunny goes back to Uni as a house parent - gees up the boring inmates - sees 'the light' and becomes a student... dah dahhhhhh... great for kids though...next film please..

THE DUCHESS - based on members of THE Spencer family (Princess Di) from yonks ago. Period drama with (imo) some rather far fetched episodes - but who am I to say.. a mere commoner. Lots of rum goings on which a few years later (in the upper echelons of the Victorian era) were deemed quite acceptable. psssst.. its only when the 'commoners' started having this same bit of fun that it became 'not done' and a 'bad thing'.

[Tigger]

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Leo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and Kathy Bates join forces again (since Titanic) in what can only be best described as a film for the ‘acquired taste’. Its moody, its long and sometimes boringly slow. It gives an insight into the American dream of suburban life and one particular couple who enter its domain. It IS good as the realisation that not all dreams can be lived hits home.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – This film is mildly violent, almost believable and a fantastically overdone and brilliant end title scene. A kid from the slums (sic) of Mumbai start to win on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire – but not everyone is pleased.


All reviews are based on my opinion of the films that I have personally watched - and NOT based on journal reviews

[gortonboy]

ive watched schindlers list many times,,,,,,,,,makes me cry every time i see it,,,especially the bit at the end where the schindler survivors place the stones on his grave. A stunning piece of cinema.It should be shown in schools as part of the history curriculum.Genocide did not end in 1945,,,Bosnia and Rwanda remind us of that.

[Lisa]

Hi Mick, I was only talking at the weekend about the time I went to see Schindler's List at the cinema in Gatley. We were so stunned by the film that, at the end when the credits were rolling, we sat still in our seats while the cinema emptied. The only other people still sitting in their seats were the Jewish ladies and gents and they were old enough to remember the horrors of the war and the Holocaust. As you say, man's inhumanity to man is still going on today and the present situation in Palestine and Israel makes me think that lessons still havent been learned.

Dec 30, 2008 3:33:43 GMT -1 gortonboy said:

ive watched schindlers list many times,,,,,,,,,makes me cry every time i see it,,,especially the bit at the end where the schindler survivors place the stones on his grave. A stunning piece of cinema.It should be shown in schools as part of the history curriculum.Genocide did not end in 1945,,,Bosnia and Rwanda remind us of that.

[Tigger]

DEFIANCE: A few years ago I read a short, but true story called ‘Defiance: The Bielski Partisans’. Then a couple of years ago I watched a documentary on the events about the hidden huts in the forest that became the catalyst for the short book. Tonight I watched the film.
It cannot rival ‘Schindlers List’ though how can you ‘rival’ saving lives. Over 1200 Jewish lives were saved – in a forest – in huts made of wood whilst the German army tried to hunt them down. Three Brothers who never sought recognition – and were never really given any.. until, hopefully now.
No, you cannot say ‘rivalry’ – but you can applaud them to no lesser a degree than you did with Schindler.

[Lisa]

Hi Tigger, Long time no see........great to see you on here again. Regarding the documentary.....I saw it as well and it had a similar effect on me as Schindler's List......True heros never look for recognition, they are just relieved to have saved even one life let alone thousands. What about Simon Weisenthall and the thousands of children he saved during the last war? He was such a humble man and you could clearly see his unease on Esther Rantzen's program when she decided to reunite him with some of the 'children' he saved. True heros, in my eyes, never seek fame or reward......

[Tigger]

SEVEN POUNDS: Starring Will Smith. I watched it again last night… three words sum it up.. ACADEMY AWARD WINNER

[jude]

Just saw the Boat that Rocked. Not sure about the storyline, but who cares, the soundtrack was brilliant.