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Does anyone ever talk about movies these days on here? There have been some truly awesome films out recently, such as the amazing Dark Knight (Heath Ledger, what a god!) , the mind-blowingly brilliant Watchmen, and the breathtaking Cloverfield. Not many people that I know actually liked Cloverfield, so I feel a bit alone with that one, but I think it was one of the best movies of the last DECADE let alone last year! Did anyone else like it, even just a little bit?
If anyone fancies Watchmen then I seriously recommend it - very complex, deep and sophisticated grown-up treatment of the superhero subject and unlike anything I've ever seen before. Alan Moore's original work has been beautifully translated into a Hollywood uber-beast worthy of respect.
I'm dead keen on the remake frenzy too, looking forward to all those 1980's horrors which are being "re-imagined" for a new generation of sickos. Friday 13th looks great, and I am excited about Last House on the Left - can it really be as shocking as the uncut original? There's also a remake of Nightmare on Elm Street to look forward to as well - wicked cool !!!!
But the biggie for me at the moment is Terminator Salvation. I've been very suspicious of this project since learning of McG's involvement but now that Linda Hamilton is confirmed 100% as being on board I can hardly contain my excitement. Really looking forward to this big time!
And I'm sorry folks, but Lesbian Vampire Killers just looks liek it's going to be a riot, I can't wait!!!
Anyone else share my passion for movies?
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#2
only black and white oldies Rick,no I like historical films as well
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Rick haven't seen Cloverfield, but I heard Chris Moyles on Radio 1, giving it a bit rate up when it first come out, but I still to see it. I would like to see it, but I dont get chance to see many movies these days, but fingers crossed it is on my list as is Schindlers List and Shawkeshank Redemption, plus a couple of others too that I have been told I must see.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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yes Ive taken a rekindled interest in the old black and white ones too. It might be something to do with getting older, you hark back to halcyon days of yore. Its like that with music isnt it, you long to hear the song that helps you remember when etc etc...look at the revival in Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly for Mothers Day for example.
I still love those great classics like Sunset Boulevard and The Third Man. It was a different medium then to some degree...great directors and great writers.
I lost touch with the movies when I moved to Dover because Dover doesnt have a great picturehouse. I went just the once. After years of watching films in the great cinemas on Londons West End it was a bit of a nightmare on elm street all of its own to experience the non-delight of the local cinema.
The new one with Clint Eastwood looks promising though, Gran Torismo I think its called...that should satisfy our lust for the baddies to get their blood spilt. Yes that should make my day!
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I think the old black and white silent comedies were fab. Buster Keaton, Harold lloyd - it's not been done, in that way, any better. I sat through some slapstick with my huisband and the kids a a few weeks ago - Hot Rod I think - and found nothing at all to make me laugh. Family said I had no sense of humour, I told them it had all been done, and far far better, last century!!! My favourite film is Into the West - quiet and warm.
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Let's get down to real movies. James Bond latest out on DVD tomorrow.
Watty
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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The Marx Brothers were/are my favourites on old black and white comedies - Groucho especially.
As PaulB said, our cinema is not big enough, but at least we do have one - so I would suggest we use it.
Could always do what PaulW does and get the dvd - you must have a big-screen at home Paul.
Roger
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i loved groucho, my favourite quip from him was "those are my principles, if you don't like them, i have some others".
he was wasted as a comedian, politics beckoned him.
#9
I like Groucho Marx too. My favourite quote of his was "Hey, I never forget a face... but in your case I'll make an exception". Brilliant and still funny these days!
But alas I do have an insatiable appetite for the modern uber-flick, and it's sad but true that Dover's cinema does not do big movies any justice. I was lucky enough to go see The Dark Knight on a IMAX screen in London, and no amount of "WOW" will ever describe just what an amazing experience that was, so you can imagine how difficult it is to sit at a mini screen these days to view such movies.
I'll be grabbing the new Bond film on BluRay - I hear it's pretty good!!
#10
Sadly true - our surround-sound fandabizody (care of my husband) multi-speaker home entertainment system, or whatever it's called, is a great experience if you like movies, and probably better than sitting in a small cinema. But there is something great about goinjg to even a little cinema. I used to go to the cartoon cinema in London when I was young and it created a real enjoyment in cartoon cinema and the cinema going experience. Does the local cinema ever run "themes" - black and white weeks, or perhaps what Paul Merton is doing at the mo, taking b&w silents around the country with live music? That I would pay to see.
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My home cinema system has a better picture and better sound than you get at a multiplex (certainly at those like Ashford, never been to an IMAX Rick, so cant comment). I have just recently got a BluRay player and that can raise a film to another level all together, though it is lost on some films. I too want the new Bond on BluRay, I am sure that will do the system justice.
Like you Bern, I also still like to go to the cinema as well and should be regarded as a seperate experience. I am not such a fan of the older B&W films though I did enjoy the original Buchan story the 39 Steps recently.
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Move over 007, Bourne is back! I've just finished watching the last of the Bourne Trilogies 'The Bourne Ultimatum'. Fantastic edge of your seat stuff, Matt Damon played the part of the trained CIA assassin to perfection. Brilliantly directed by Paul Greengrass.
Saskia got Cloverfield for her birthday so that's next on my viewing list, followed by the classic black & white film, Some like it Hot which I got on DVD for Mother's Day, I just love that movie, you can't beat the chemistry on screen of the great Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon.
Good to see you on board Rick
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One of my all time favourites! Any MM movie is good for me - I love The Misfits, for all sorts of reasons. But SLIH is great just for the sharpness and the fun of it! And what about Westerns? Probably not fashionable, but the John Fords and John Waynes, and more recently the Nick Cave scored movie The Proposition. Great.
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Westerns Ah! yes now you're talking, love them, the list is endless, 3.10 to Yuma, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, How the West Was Won, Who Shot Liberty Valence, ... I could go on forever. Lots of Great childhood memories.
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Wincheser '73 was one of my all time favourites, in fact any western starring James Stewart, Stagecoach, Major Dundee, The War Wagon, The Magnificent Seven and not forgetting of course The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Pale Rider etc
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#16
high noon is my faverite.
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The Alamo is mine....the John Wayne version that is.
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of course barry.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#19
bern
our local cinema runs a "golden oldie" film, one day per week.
#20
Movie tech has advanced so much. Dover cinema? Nah thanks... My home cinema kit, 5.1 surround and widescreen Sony X-series Bravia engine connected to a BluRay player out-performs the crap out of Dover cinema. I enjoy a visit to the cinema but I want the effort of going out and spending my hard earned cash to be rewarding and a step-up from what I have at home. Ashford screen 1 is just about acceptable, Dover is absolutely not!