šŸ“½ Films I have seen

Movies
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Sorry, meant to say. Very presumptuous. :roll_eyes::wink:

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Whatā€™s your favourite film with an unhappy ending? Mine would be Brazil without a doubt.

1763

Here are some right off the bat.

  • Dr Strangelove
  • The Long Good Friday
  • Scarface
  • They Live
  • The Usual Suspects
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1764

Thatā€™s a good list, Long Good Friday especially :lou_smiley:

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1765

Great film for all sorts of reasons, not least because so much of it is shot on location. Like going back in a time machine.

A power Iā€™m sure Hoskins character wishes he had during that final car journey!

1766

Iā€™ll also add:

Planet of the Apes (original).
This is England.
In Bruges.
Seven.

Honourable mention to The Departed just for killing off 95% of the starring cast.

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The Maltese Falcon :+1::+1:

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Just watched ā€œThe Beastā€, Jason Patricā€™s very next film after The Lost Boys, released before that blockbuster came out.

He was a guest star on Ty and That Guy this week. Never knew this film existed before but Iā€™m glad I do now.

Itā€™s based in Afghanistan in 1981. Itā€™s a bit like Das Boot with a tank, except itā€™s not eight hours long and has an arguably better plot.

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1769

What channel / streaming site?

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I bought it on YouTube, Ā£6.79.

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:+1:

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Jason Patric is a very interesting character. People think heā€™s had a failed career, but with the world at his feet after The Lost Boys, he just kept on making things he wanted to make. Mentored a lot of younger people such as Matt Damon too.

1773

Just watched The Equalizer (2014) and would thoroughly recommend it. Itā€™s on Netflix.

Wouldnā€™t normally have high hopes for films based on a show, but this is a brilliant adaptation. Itā€™s two hours long and devotes some of that to sub-plots where Denzel Washingtonā€™s Robert McCall sorts little things out.

It is super violent, inventively so in a lot of cases. The denouement takes place in a rather run-of-the-mill location which is creatively turned into a giant cathedral of killings.

Great villain and itā€™s a proper 18 certificate. Washington is bloody fantastic in the lead role.

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Great film really superb downplayed acting by Denzel & the way the violence is done is so clever.
The sequel isnt as good, but still well worth finding and broadened the Franchise well. Then it stopped & rumours now of Queen Latifa taking on the role???

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Been re-watching a lot of Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy movies. Theyā€™re very simple in construction. The essential plan is this.

  • Start a movie with a general outline, no dialogue and a shitload of actors you trust to pull the next bit off.
  • Get them to improvise every scene.
  • Back up whatever shit theyā€™ve said with A/V.

It shouldnā€™t work, but it really does.

1776

Anybody wanting something to watch tonight Blazing Saddles is on BBC4 at 10.10 :lou_smiley:

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1777

I wonder if a certain word used will be bleeped or substituted or even cut?

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Beans? :poop:

1779

Hmmm yes was just wondering that myself.

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I was checking the recommendations on the other threads and Red Hot Dutch is quite good

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