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mlteenie

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Alien

Blade Runner

The Shining

Return of the Pink Panther

Belleville Rendezvous

Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders from Mars

The Pawnbroker

On The Waterfront


oh, and I am heavily influenced by anything I liked recently, eg. The Kite Runner and No Country For Old Men. I like a good western too.

mockney piers

mockney piers

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Ooh, wasn't convinced by that Crash at all, if that's what *Bob*'s talking about then agree wholeheartedly with his summary.


Paper-thin characters, totally lacking any subtlety, weak script.

Admittedly some very good performances do help to paper over the cracks in the film, with a very big nod to Matt Dillon's policeman who somehow introduced the only genuinely human ambiguity into the film.


Did I mention clich?d and manipulative? Oh god and why did nobody kill Sandra Bullock's character, if ever a role could irritate someone to death....

*Bob*

*Bob*

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mockney piers Wrote:

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> Ooh, wasn't convinced by that Crash at all, if

> that's what *Bob*'s talking about then agree

> wholeheartedly with his summary.


Yeah, I was talking about the Haggis Crash. I actually recorded it by mistake thinking it was the Croney one.


Didn't it win best picture? I just don't get it. It wasn't even a case of me finding it ok, or good, but not really good.. It just plain didn't work for me at all, down to the point of the dialogue being slightly embarrassing and suspension of disbelief going down the pan.

lozzyloz

lozzyloz

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I enjoyed Crash a lot because I found it both poignant, thought provoking and funny. Tackling the subject of racial stereotyping and addressing the masses is bound to be a little light, exaggerated and cliche ridden but I think overall it got the message across. Sandra's character portrayal hit the spot perfectly although her particular story ending was a bit predictable. I agree Matt Dillon's was the best performance, but with so many connected stories and less than two hours I don't think there's much time to build as much depth in the characters as you'd normally like.
wee quinnie

wee quinnie

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Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Had to break down by genre. The first offering is

> WW II films:

>

> Mrs Miniver

> Went the Day Well

> The Dambusters

> Reach for the Sky

> A Canterbury Tale

> In Which We Serve

> Carve Her Name with Pride

> The Way to the Stars

> The Colditz Story (for the immortal 'undertaker'

> line)

> Ice Cold in Alex

> ---

> Can't get it down to 10

>

> A Matter of Life & Death

> A Bridge Too Far

> Bridge on the River Kwai

> A Town Like Alice

>

> And so many I had to miss out



There's also the marvellous "Odette".

Keef

Keef

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Impossible to narrow down, so far on this thread, Mamora Man mentioned "Enemy of the State", Asset mentioned "Little Miss Sunshine", and Anna mentioned "Princess Bride", all very very different films, all that I have watched multiple times, all that I love. None of which probably would have sprung to mind.


Leaning towards Piers and *bob* RE Crash.


Here are a few that I have watched again and again.


Dangerous Liasons / Cruel Intentions - Countin these as one! Thought the latter was a good modern take on the story, but the cast in the original were great!).

Dodgeball - Not exactly highbrow, but always makes me laugh!

Neopolitan Dynamite - See Dodgeball

Cool Runnings

Coming to America - Especially for the barber shop scenes!

The Untouchables

Chasing Amy - Love Kevin Smith films, but this one touched a nerve, and I love it!

Tsotsi - Bloody depressing, but so good!

Sunset Boulevard - Classic, and worth it if only for the monkey funeral!

Some like it hot - Mazza at her best, although 7 year itch deserves a mention!


That was hard, because there were so so many. I can't believe I don't have a sci-fi in there, or a classic horror, or even a guilty pleasure chick flick (10 things I hate about you, never been kissed, wedding singer are all faves).

candj

candj

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Indeed MM, how could you forget Chinatown?! Probably one of my favourite movies of all time! But these are not bad either..


Il Postino

Shallow Grave

The Hunger

Pi

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

A Clockwork Orange

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Sunset Boulevard

The Apartment

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Our lists are getting too long!

cdonline

cdonline

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Probably not definitive, but a quuck list:


All About Eve- love the script and Bette Davis is sublime

The Turning Point- especially Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft's fight outside the theatre

Gypsy- best musical ever!

Carve Her Name With Pride- always makes me cry

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown- could be almost any Almodovar film

Silkwood- love Streep in this

What?s Up Doc?- one of the funniest films. Love Madeleine Karn

Educating Rita- Julie Walters is great

The Dead- John Houston's last film.

The Lives of Others- best film so far this decade

Jah Lush

Jah Lush

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A Clockwork Orange

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Spinal Tap

Beneath The Valley Of The Ultravixens

The Filth And The Fury

Shaun Of The Dead

The Harder They Come

Talk To Her (Anything by Pablo Almodovar is good in my book)

Taxi Driver

Raging Bull

King Of Comedy

Apocalypse Now

Goodfellas

Chinatown

Trainspotting

Manon de Sources

The Apartment

Some Like It Hot

Sexy Beast


This much harder than I thought. I'm sure I've missed out loads of stuff.

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