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Horse wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:30 pm Inspired by this thread, just about to watch Reservoir Dogs :)

Possibly the Dune remake tomorrow (never read the books, tried the original movie a while back and gave up).
I was watching Pulp fiction, hence the question
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ChrisW wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:45 pm The BIg Blue - at least every five years or so.
Oh yes, I knew there'd be more. Love this film, awesome soundtrack as well.
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Wicker Man has been mentioned. Cracking film and I'm in the process of learning Willows Song on the geetar. Drop D tuning, capo on 2nd fret in case anyone's interested :obscene-drinkingcheers:
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Withnail and I. If only to check they've not changed the script.
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cheb wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:43 pm The Guard has popped into my brain as rewatchable, as has In Bruges.
You’ve reminded me of “I went Down”
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Withnail & I
The Godfather
Sexy Beast
Midnight Run
Apocalypse Now
Jean de Florette
Das Boot
Inglourious Basterds
Local hero
Kind Hearts & Coronets
Casablanca
The Blues Brothers
The Fisher King
Dr Strangelove
Grand Budapest Hotel
Moonrise Kingdom
The Shawshank Redemption
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Memento
Unforgiven
Top Gun
Close Encounters
Life of Brian
Star Wars
Wall-E
The Lives of Others
In the Heat of the Night
The Man With Two Brains
Easy Rider
Spinal Tap
Pulp Fiction
The Wicker Man
The Castle
Malcolm
The Room
Three Billboards

I've just realised that I'm a big film rewatcher. I try and watch a few new ones every week but I reckon I've seen most of the above at least 5 times, many of them 10+ and an embarrassing few more than 30 times I reckon. Some definitely 50.
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Highlander, just to revel in its general crapness, plot holes, bad acting and more.
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cheb wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:57 am Highlander, just to revel in its general crapness, plot holes, bad acting and more.
Don't forget the accents!
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cheb wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:57 am Highlander, just to revel in its general crapness, plot holes, bad acting and more.
Don't forget the brilliant Queen soundtrack!
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Slenver wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:44 am Malcolm
I was going to mention this one, but doubted anyone else would have heard of it!

Trivia point: sound track by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
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I think everyone's list has got at least one movie it that I forgot - the following 3 being completely obvious!

The Blues Brothers
Bourne Identity
Withnai & I
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I have too. And possibly noticed and watched for similar reasons.
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Given that my usual criteria for what makes a good film is that it must contain tanks or spaceships, preferably both, it's not surprising I forgot these.

Mad Max (My all time favourite. I can pretty much recite the script, even been to the old pump station in Melbourne where they filmed MFP HQ, had my picture taken on crutches just like a fat Jim Goose. The crutches were not a prop and genuinely required after a day long visit to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. I in no way broke my own foot to get out of a pre-booked day trip round the Neighbours set with my wife. She enjoyed it more without me anyway :) )

Time Bandits (sublime)

The Banshees of Inishiren (Strange, funny, and wonderful)

Bad Boy Bubby (holy fuck!)

And the crowning glory....

Wyrmwood - Road of the Dead.

Special mention to Dead Snow. It's subtitled, but who couldn't love Nazi Zombies on snowmobiles.

Oh, and Wheels of Terror. Sven Hassel fans will cringe, but it's so bad it's good. The chap who plays the clinky bottle chap out of the Warriors plays the Little Legionnaire.
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McSatan wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 1:13 pm Given that my usual criteria for what makes a good film is that it must contain tanks or spaceships, preferably both, it's not surprising I forgot these.

Mad Max (My all time favourite. I can pretty much recite the script, even been to the old pump station in Melbourne where they filmed MFP HQ, had my picture taken on crutches just like a fat Jim Goose. The crutches were not a prop and genuinely required after a day long visit to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. I in no way broke my own foot to get out of a pre-booked day trip round the Neighbours set with my wife. She enjoyed it more without me anyway :) )

Time Bandits (sublime)

The Banshees of Inishiren (Strange, funny, and wonderful)

Bad Boy Bubby (holy fuck!)

And the crowning glory....

Wyrmwood - Road of the Dead.

Special mention to Dead Snow. It's subtitled, but who couldn't love Nazi Zombies on snowmobiles.

Oh, and Wheels of Terror. Sven Hassel fans will cringe, but it's so bad it's good. The chap who plays the clinky bottle chap out of the Warriors plays the Little Legionnaire.
The books were shite, enjoyable shite in their own way but still shite. The film must be startlingly bad. I must find a copy.
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Horse wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:46 am
Slenver wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:44 am Malcolm
I was going to mention this one, but doubted anyone else would have heard of it!

Trivia point: sound track by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
I saw it as a kid when it came out... my parents belonged to some dodgy 'video club' on our estate where a typed-out list of pirated VHSs got passed around once a month to order from :)

I actually got a hankering to watch it recently but it's not on any streaming sites, unsurprisingly. Found the whole thing on Youtube though!
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Taxi, if only for the opening credits segment...



...plus I was spending a lot of time in Marseille around then so that probably helped.
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Too many to list, i watch about 5-10 films a week but my classics are......

Human Traffic
Snatch
Shaun of the Dead
Trainspotting
The Beach
Aliens
Predator
Sunshine
Empire of the Sun
Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan

Newer.......

Le Mans 66
Ready Player One
Django Unchained
Interstellar
The Wolf of Wall Street
Whiplash
300

etc etc etc
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Lots mentioned that I like but I'm surprised that Le Mans with Steve McQueen, Cool Hand Luke with Paul Newman * and Papillon** haven't been mentioned yet.
Also...
Cinema Paradiso.
Malena (i kind of fell in lust with Monica Belucci watching that one).
The Fall. Odd film but just bear in mind its supposed to be inside the imagination of a kid and you'll be right.



*Dont forget Harry Dean Stanton singing.
**Both versions are good but personally I prefer the McQueen Hoffman version.