RedRedRobin32 Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 What is your fav film ? I don't have one there are lots of good ones like Lord of the rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STA-BS14 Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 I.D. - superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissellredhead Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Drop Dead Fred -- absolute classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrFaustus Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidShawshank RedemptionThe StingDebbie does Dallas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 La HaineThe Big LebowskiWhen We Were KingsWhite Men Can't JumpDonnie Darko...many many more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins72 Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 The Wizard of ozandTHe Green mile a real tear jerker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted July 10, 2006 Admin Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Life of BrianOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's NestBlazing SaddlesEducating Rita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Office Space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagest Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 The Good, the Bad, the UglySpace Odyssee 2001Usual SuspectsLife of BrianDonnie DarkoTime BanditsShawshankField of Dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrFaustus Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 The Wizard of ozI can just imagine you as a munchkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins72 Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 I can just imagine you as a munchkin They were umpa loompas silly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrFaustus Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 They were umpa loompas silly!!! Ya doughnut! Oompahs were Charlie and the Choc Factory.You're getting old chick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins72 Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Ya doughnut! Oompahs were Charlie and the Choc Factory.You're getting old chick Yeah ok Mr Perfect!!!! I got mixed up But I did like dorothy and them red shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset_Cider Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Just too many too mention................ but there are even more crap ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red`s Ashtonic Lustpit Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Lawrence of Arabia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophs Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Donnie DarkoPirates of the CarribbeanEdward ScissorhandsSleepy HollowThe Nightmare Before Christmas...etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry_manc Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 La Haine As for those of you that said Donnie Darko... YOU DISGUST ME! What are you thinking? That throwing some chronological disarray makes it good? That a lack of character/theme/subplot makes it good? YOU'RE JUST WRONGAnyone seen Lost Highway? That is quality. In fact any David Lynch is quality. Old Boy, up there with the best.... I'd say my fav is... at the moment... Dark Days - an amazing film about this underground world (real world as well!) in New York where loads of tramps live in derelict train tunnels. Has got loads of DJ Shadow in there, who is a leg end. Want to see Kidulthood - thats got Skinnyman in it, sounds well good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 As for those of you that said Donnie Darko... YOU DISGUST ME! What are you thinking? That throwing some chronological disarray makes it good? That a lack of character/theme/subplot makes it good? YOU'RE JUST WRONG Stick to Harry Potter then Bazzle. Character? A dysfunctional suburban family - Donnie being an intelligent, hallucinating student with a dark side.Theme? Time travel, death, education, moral panics, suburbia, the subconscious.Sub-plot? Donnie's relationships with his mother and with his girlfriend. The twisted minds of the local community figures. The politics at Donnie's school. What else? Great soundtrack. Great acting from a lesser known cast. 100% originality. Dark humour. It doesn't pander to a mainstream audience. Nicely shot.The dealbraker? Patrick Swayze as the smarmy life-coach who get's rumbled as a paedophile! Genius.Not convinced? Then YOU my friend are wrong .Want to see Kidulthood - thats got Skinnyman in it, sounds well good. Didn't know that, mind have to research that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagest Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Stick to Harry Potter then Bazzle. Character? A dysfunctional suburban family - Donnie being an intelligent, hallucinating student with a dark side.Theme? Time travel, death, education, moral panics, suburbia, the subconscious.Sub-plot? Donnie's relationships with his mother and with his girlfriend. The twisted minds of the local community figures. The politics at Donnie's school. What else? Great soundtrack. Great acting from a lesser known cast. 100% originality. Dark humour. It doesn't pander to a mainstream audience. Nicely shot.The dealbraker? Patrick Swayze as the smarmy life-coach who get's rumbled as a paedophile! Genius.Not convinced? Then YOU my friend are wrong . Didn't know that, mind have to research that one!Yeah Baz, you nincompoop. Donnie Darko is great because it dark and original. The film is disturbing mess, just like life in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry_manc Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Yeah Baz, you nincompoop. Donnie Darko is great because it dark and original. The film is disturbing mess, just like life in fact.Stick to Harry Potter then Bazzle. Character? A dysfunctional suburban family - Donnie being an intelligent, hallucinating student with a dark side.Theme? Time travel, death, education, moral panics, suburbia, the subconscious.Sub-plot? Donnie's relationships with his mother and with his girlfriend. The twisted minds of the local community figures. The politics at Donnie's school. What else? Great soundtrack. Great acting from a lesser known cast. 100% originality. Dark humour. It doesn't pander to a mainstream audience. Nicely shot.The dealbraker? Patrick Swayze as the smarmy life-coach who get's rumbled as a paedophile! Genius.Not convinced? Then YOU my friend are wrong . Didn't know that, mind have to research that one!ORIGINAL?DONNIE DARKO???Are you sure we're on about the same film?Donnie Darko is not original, that is a fairly common pre-conception so I'll let you off, but it certaintly isn't original. Film has explored theme's of mis-continuity, time and the subconscious in relation to this since before the 30's. I know because I studied it for 3 years (mickey mouse I know). Films like Memento (and even a lot of Hitchcock) evaluate the ways that time and linearity is manipulated in much more depth than this flimsy little thing. Donnie Darko is a commercial film - it highlights the affore mentioned aspects without actually looking into them or offering an opinion, which in my eyes, makes it a waste of time.The main character is 2d, and badly acted. The others are mainly cameo roles by b/c class celebs.The only theme that I liked and as a result can actually remember, was the death theme with the rabbit, but still, it was like the director didnt really know what he wanted to say, just that he wanted to address a certain theme, which really makes it an irrelevance to me. Fair play that is another theme of the subconscious, but without any direction (hence the name director fs!), there's not really much point.If a film is good because it is dark, look into Pi or any David Lynch film - that is dark, this pales in comparison.And like you say mozo, for the cherry on top, they stuck Swayze in there.Argh, got a virus on my comp, gotta boost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ookman Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 just watched recently the lord of the rings trilogy - superbmost Tim Burton filmsany Tarantino filmsixth sensemost fantasy \ goth type filmsgrease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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