I think Pap and Furbs should just get it on and be done with it!
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Nah, touch typing and in a rush as someone wanted something doing, too late to go back and edit too!!
I would put an embarassed smiley here but there seems to be a distinct lack of decent stock ones on the forumā¦
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They are slowly building up to it, itās all a grand bit of foreplayā¦
Does anyone else love Cloud Atlas or is it just me?
Enjoyed the book. Not seen the film.
You may not like it then, always difficult to enjoy a film after reading the book.
Cloud Atlas? Cloud Atlas? Love story across the years with Tom Hanks? Think I need to watch it again to really understand it?
Oh, I know Tom Cruise isnāt the most popular but I did enjoy Edge of Tomorrow and Oblivion
They used to hate each other back in the day I thinkā¦
Thereās a fine line between love and hate, Jonnyboyā¦
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Originally posted by @Coxford_lou
Thereās a fine line between love and hate, Jonnyboyā¦
Using one of the examples on this thread, weāre Belloq and Indy. I will leave the readers to do the casting. Paul Freeman is a top actor though, so I really donāt care where this one lands.
I saw a meer 125 of 500 of those films. Never seen al of the Hobbity / Lord of the rings ones which brings me right down.
My faves are (this week):
Amelie
Cry Baby
Edward Scissorhands
GoodFellas
Cinema Paradiso
La Vita E Bella
Cidade de Deus
Mediterraneo
Lost Boys
Outsiders
My friend often asks me to list my top 10 songs when I visit her. We then drunkly youtube them until the early hours. I have about 2 that are always in my top ten. The rest are more fluid.
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Yeah I wouldnāt bother goats.
No offence NP, I really liked the book but didnāt enjoy the film so much tbh.
No offence taken. Itās often the case, when reading a good book you form your own image in your mind which a film is unlikely to reproduce. Also trying to squeeze a book into 120 mins of film is difficult to say the least. Luckily Iām not much of a reader and so quite often read a book after watching the film.
What an awful list! Some of the ordering is plain bizarre.
But it did remind me of some amazing films I forgot to include in my original list:
Misfits
Dir: John Huston
Arthur Miller wrote the film for his wife Marilyn Monroe, but their marriage ending during production created a backdrop of tension and mistrust. Marilyn was upset the film Miller that wrote for her, was ultimately a story about men and the end of an era, and I can empathise with her. But the film itself is incredibly moving. Marilyn should have got an Oscar.
A Canterbury Tale
Dir: Michael Powell
I love this film - an evocative mystery set in war time, gives such a feel for mystical old England.
You can watch the whole film here:
Nice to see mentions for Edge of Tomorrow & Oblivion, both unusual Sci-Fi stories and amongst Tom Cruiseās best. Tomorrow shades it for me in a Groundhog day way.
Spooky moment tonight. I questioned Pap and mentioned classic old Sci-Fi end of world stuff & mentioned The Day the Earth Stood still (both versions) and bingo it was on TV tonight. The remake was OK but then John Cleese & Jayden Smith starred in it so it never had a chance especially when the chick didnāt have to remember Klaatuu Barada Nichtuā¦
One bloody good film that I guess doesnāt resonate so well with you guys back home is Zero Dark Thirty. That is a damned good film and while probably only a smattering of the truth proves a damn fine historical record of those years.
Might even make my final list
As far as I can remember, these are the only films Iāve watched more than once (by choice), so I suppose that must mean they are my favourites:
One Flew Over The Cuckooās Nest
Saving Private Ryan
The Deer Hunter
Naked Gun
Itās A Wonderful Life
Educating Rita
Billy Elliot
High Plains Drifter
The Lives of Others
To Kill A Mocking Bird
Jesse James (the 1939 one with Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda)
The Exorcist
Iām surprised no oneās (including me) mentioned All the Presidentās Men. I watch that knowing practically every line of dialogue, which means Iāve seen it at least a dozen times (almost cetainly more).
Iāve only seen it once, on a plane. Really enjoyed it but havenāt seen it enough times to be placing it anywhere.
Anyone mentioned Das Boot yet? Almost made my list.
I think lists by decade of release may be a good refinement of this thread. Just too many good/meaningful films to name a final 10.
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Anyone mentioned Das Boot yet? Almost made my list.
The reason I donāt list it, as much as I admire it, is that it was originally, and better as, a TV series. If you havenāt seen it in that form Iād recommend giving it a go.