You Film Taste: Discussion

[sadloserkid]

Since Dodge won't let us talk on his thread (tyrant) :p I have the following points to make. :)

Dodge I also like 'Ten things I hate About You'

Gustavo I like you more than I ever though I could like somebody from Sligo but Cool Runnings is poop.

Dricky Zoolander. Excellent choice! Especially the whole bulemic/you can read minds??!! bit. :D

wws I used to think I was the world's only Mars Attacks fan. Yay! :)

eoinh You have interest in movies that I have never heard of. Kudos due for the Donnie Darko reference though.

12th Man I liked 'The Two Towers'. Gotta disagree with you on that one.

and finally

Pete I'm not even gonna talk to you after your dismissal of Donnie Darko. :p You just made my list! The bad one.

slk rubs Pete's name off his good list and adds it to the bad one

[eoinh]

To be honest i love a lot of the classics. they dont make em like they used too.


Was mallrats that film with Beth Midler in it? Please say no or im scared for you :eek:

[Plastic Paddy]

I also like 'Ten things I hate About You'

Great film indeed. The first film I saw with the lady who's now Mrs PP. I loved it.

:) PP

[the 12 th man]

att slk:i meant the 3rd lord of the rings :D .it just wouldnt end

[gustavo]

Gustavo I like you more than I ever though I could like somebody from Sligo but Cool Runnings is poop.
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welli must have had you in mind when i was considering the title of the question!

[Dodge]

Expect me to do a few of these posts (Good idea slk...)

wws: Jerry maguire was in 1996 (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0116695/)

eoinh: Fair play for putting Star wars in the rubbish (but you love it) category.

12th man: 25th hour is ****. Terrible, terrible film. Mrs Warren Beatty is Annette Benning

pete: I don't think Demi Moore is over rated. I don't know anyone who rates her...

Plastic Paddy: Good shout on the revisionist films. Disagree about Di Caprio though

tetsujin1979: Good shout with Chasing Amy and Dazed and Confused. Although Dazed and Confused has a definite cult following

Conor: Fight club is good. Texas Chainsaw massacre is definitely not ****.

[eoinh]

:eek: AH Je sus conor "Film everyone else thinks is rubbish but you think is great: The Blair Witch Project
Most overrated Film of all time: It's a Wonderful Life " :eek:

[pete]

gustavo
- Favourite Film of all Time: American Beauty
- Favourite Comedy/Musical: Dumb and Dumber

oh no! :eek:

PLastic Paddy, wws

- Favourite Film since 2000: The Royal Tennenbaums

Didn't get 1 laugh from me. :confused:

[vito_golightly]

sorry conor - we're at odds re its a wonderful life and scarface - i didn't do that intentionally. the joys of differing opinion

[eoinh]

With the BWP i was thinking: god this is so tedious just kill them off, please.

[gustavo]

well i thought that both BMP and IAWL were great !

[Plastic Paddy]

PLastic Paddy, wws

- Favourite Film since 2000: The Royal Tennenbaums

Didn't get 1 laugh from me. :confused:

I'm not sure it was meant to. It was a sardonic look at modern families, hang-ups, love, regret and most of all, human weakness and strength. I laughed in parts and I nearly cried too. A beautiful film.

:) PP

[Dodge]

Royal Tenebaums wasn't a comedy. Had its funny moment s in it alright. I thought ti was great

[wws]

I never really thought of it as a comedy but its just good - and class soundtrack!

that lost in translation is good with good soundtrack too

[the 12 th man]

dodge;disagree:brad pitt underrated??//agree:charlies angels
gustavo;disagree:silence of the lambs//agree:peppers scene
dricky:disagree:tom hanks underrated//agree:titanic /brutal
wws:disagree:buschemi is cool?/agree:coppola
eoinh:disagree:tom cruise overrated//agree:arnie sucks
pete:disagree:i like dude where..//agree:pacino
slk:disagree :palthrow/agree vanilla skies
pp;disagree:de creepio/agree:twelve monkeys
tetsujin1979:disagree:full throttle had me at full throttle//agree ben afflicted
conor 74:disagree:mars attacks// agree keanu is a stick
max power:disagree:jennifer lopez//agree seven

[Dodge]

dodge;disagree:brad pitt underrated
Yeah. Some people think he's a crap actor just becuase he's a good looking fellah. He's a damn fine actor and has a knack for picking cool films that won't neccesarily play up his pretty boy image

[the 12 th man]

[QUOTE=Dodge]Yeah. Some people think he's a crap actor just becuase he's a good looking fellah. He's a damn fine actor and has a knack for picking cool films that won't neccesarily play up his pretty boy image

/QUOTE]

i think he is one of the best.did you see "the mexican"??.or even better in
"seven"

[Dodge]

Oh right... Still not sure everyone agrees with us so dstand by the under rated comment :)

[gustavo]

gustavo;disagree:silence of the lambs//agree:peppers scene


i said Silence of the Hams (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111190/) not silence of the lambs!
its a crap spoof with billy zane

[the 12 th man]

12th man: 25th hour is ****. ***.

dodge,how could you think that??,it was brilliant,ed norton was excellent and philip seymour hoffman was a revelation as a classically understated guy, who doent get much action.the nightclub scene was fcucking brilliant,
with all the goings on ..... ;) in the loo etc

[the 12 th man]

i said Silence of the Hams (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111190/) not silence of the lambs!
its a crap spoof with billy zane

jaysus,sorry about that chief :eek: .thought it was a mistake.
never heard of it.

[max power]

lopez is just bad full stop.......seven when it first came out was so far ahead ( excuse the pun ) of everything else......

[tetsujin1979]

tetsujin1979:disagree:full throttle had me at full throttle/

Saw it with a friend, to quote "if I want to watch soft core pr0n I'll get it off the net like everyone else!"

Dodge - Agree on 12 Things I Hate About You. Best Shakespeare update to modern teen drama thing out there. Introduced me to Julia Stiles!

Dricky/12th Man - Good call on Nightmare before Christmas, felt there was too much music in it though.

Conor74 - Fight Club rocks. End of story. About as far from a chick flick as you can get.

Everyone who mentioned The Great Escape - Poor old O'Callaghan, eh?

[the 12 th man]

att soc

that piece of celluloid turd with colin farrell and slj is "swat".another name comes to mind :)

[SÓC]

att soc

that piece of celluloid turd with colin farrell and slj is "swat".another name comes to mind :)
Jebus, thats the name alright. Its actually really hard to explain how bad that film was. From the bad guy French man right through to the gadgets it was the film version of St. Colemans Park.

[eoinh]

it was the film version of St. Colemans Park.


LOL :) :D

[the 12 th man]

vito golightly:disagree:scarface was bril//agree:lord of my ring
soc:disagree:j lo(i think shes ok :rolleyes: )//agree:waterworld
roo69:disagree:brendan gleeson sucks//agree:28 days:btw wheres the session hippie??
tiktok:disagree:nick nolte is cool//agree:starship troopers

[eoinh]

Most people here seem to rate The Godfather 2 above The Godfather.

I think the Godfather shades it.


The Italian girl that Al Pacino marries in Sciliy in that film is the best looking woman i think ive ever seen. Stunning.

[Dricky]

Dricky/12th Man - Good call on Nightmare before Christmas, felt there was too much music in it though.


rent it out and listen to it trough the 5.1 with the rear speaker up full the music is great and spooky.

Three Kings I must put in as one of the best, it is a real 'this is realy what could happen" class and relevent to today Bill hicks style "yes we are the best army except for the fools in uniform"

I would like to hear peoples reactions to some of the classics, Ben Hur Breakfast at Tiffanies Arsenic and Old lace Angels with dirty faces etc

Watched Ben Hur again recently (a real Sunday day film) and it is a great film just wonder what people make of the old ones.

One reason I hate the Titanic is I was a fan of the old balck and white one (the one Cameron is supposed to be paying homage to instead he rips it off)

[Dricky]

Most people here seem to rate The Godfather 2 above The Godfather.

I think the Godfather shades it.


The Italian girl that Al Pacino marries in Sciliy in that film is the best looking woman i think ive ever seen. Stunning.

I can see why most think GFII is better but I am of the beleif that if you have read the book then one becomes the better film, why? well because you know who everyone is and it goes into a bit more depth, I used to think GFII was the better of the two but after reading the book and watching it again (and again..as does everyone) I have to say GD was better most people I ask that had read the book felt the same.

Anyone read it and felt the same?

[tiktok]

I would like to hear peoples reactions to some of the classics, Ben Hur Breakfast at Tiffanies Arsenic and Old lace Angels with dirty faces etc

I'd be a big fan of older stuff too

Huge Audrey hepburn fan, although I can't bring myself to watch Breakfast at Tiffany's anymore, partly because George Peppard is the love interest, but mainly because Mickey Rooney's 'chinese neighbour' makes me cringe. Roman holiday and My Fair lady are class though.

[max power]

on the older stuff, got the marx brothers 4 dvd box set at the weekend, classic stuff.

also the 3 stoggies ( you know who )

and laurel and hardy, i have a lot of the above....

and its a wonderful life of course and the nightmare before christmas is in a league of its our......tim burton is a top noch director

[eoinh]

To be honest i think films golden age was in the 40's and 50's. Many of them are still shown on TV but usually at ridicolous hours. For instance ITV at 3.00 am. TG4 shows some good films. Tg4 ild say gets its films cheaply cause they are usually the most utter tripe of a film youve ever seen or the forgotten classics.


One thing bugs me though and that is remakes. If its been done well - leave it alone. Surely directors and writers can come up with their own original ideas. A recent example was The league of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Why bother remaking it when the orginal was such a classic.

See Here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000Z0IAW/qid=1084357803/sr=1-12/ref=sr_1_2_12/202-7550144-2822238)

[4tothefloor]

I can see why most think GFII is better but I am of the beleif that if you have read the book then one becomes the better film, why? well because you know who everyone is and it goes into a bit more depth, I used to think GFII was the better of the two but after reading the book and watching it again (and again..as does everyone) I have to say GD was better most people I ask that had read the book felt the same.

Anyone read it and felt the same?

Yeah, but when your talking about movies and film you have to brush the book aside as if it doesn't exist. There's loads of films out there that aren't as good as the book, but they're still good films. Very rarely does a film upstage the book. Donnie Brasco for instance, was a superb book, but a disappointing film. But it was still a good film on its own merits. Taking the Godfather series, from a movie\film perspective and forgetting about the book, Part II in my opinion is the better film.

[eoinh]

Joel and ethan Coens new film will be released in Ireland on June 25th. love their work but im surprised that they are doing a remake of a masterpiece. The original was class.

The Ladykillers (http://www.britmovie.co.uk/studios/ealing/filmography/85.html)

The american reviews of the coens version hasnt got great reviews. are they losing it?

[pete]

The american reviews of the coens version hasnt got great reviews. are they losing it?

Yeah heard some dire reviews alright. Seems like they starting to cash in recently..

[tiktok]

Seems like they starting to cash in recently..

I don't agree with that to be honest. They've undoubtedly become more popular with the Oscar success of 'Fargo' and box office success of 'O, Brother' etc. (neither of which could be described as standard Hollywood fare). This has opened up producers purses, and has started to attract bigger names.

Intolerable Cruelty was definitely their highest profile film, but as it was a throwback to 50's styled romantic comedy their choice of actor was great, and Mrs. Douglas would have agreed to the role long before her oscar for Chicago.

More a case of quality attracting wider interest than selling out, the second to last film, the Man who wasn't there was far from selling out.

[Dricky]

I don't agree with that to be honest. They've undoubtedly become more popular with the Oscar success of 'Fargo' and box office success of 'O, Brother' etc. (neither of which could be described as standard Hollywood fare). This has opened up producers purses, and has started to attract bigger names.

Intolerable Cruelty was definitely their highest profile film, but as it was a throwback to 50's styled romantic comedy their choice of actor was great, and Mrs. Douglas would have agreed to the role long before her oscar for Chicago.

More a case of quality attracting wider interest than selling out, the second to last film, the Man who wasn't there was far from selling out.

When I heard it was TomWanks, I cringed haven't read the reviews but to be fair to them most of thier films are not well received in th US of A. I will give them the benifit of the doubt. One for the dvd me thinks.

[sadloserkid]

Was mallrats that film with Beth Midler in it? Please say no or im scared for you :eek:

Heaven no! Tis a Kevin Smith movie.

[eoinh]

for those interested tonight on tv (sunday 23 may, bbc2 ) there is a minor classic film on tv. Odd sort of cult, horror, science fiction film on called seconds. Its unusual....

not seen very much so it probably wont be on tv again for quite a while after tonight.