[Film] A film you have re watched in lockdown that you forgot how good it was

[Lyndhurst 14]

Stranger than fiction.

Don't normally like Will Farrell but he was very good in this along with Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal. It was definitely worth a second watch

 

[Palacefinder General]

I'm going to re-watch Taxi Driver tonight. I forget how good it was.

Almost as dull as Scorcese’s other dull ‘classic’ from that era, Mean Streets. Give me Taken 1,2 & 3 any day over those two.

Soz ‘Head’

 

[Dick Head]

Almost as dull as Scorcese’s other dull ‘classic’ from that era, Mean Streets. Give me Taken 1,2 & 3 any day over those two.

Soz ‘Head’

By dull, do you mean a gradual plodding towards a crescendo of insanity and violence?

 

[Palacefinder General]

By dull, do you mean a gradual plodding towards a crescendo of insanity and violence?

Travis Bickle left about as much of an impression on me as Stan Collymore did in Basic Instinct 2 I'm afraid, fella, so I have no recollection of what happened in this alleged ‘crescendo.’ I do, however, remember a mohican haircut and a green ‘Nam jacket.

 

[pearl]

By dull, do you mean a gradual plodding towards a crescendo of insanity and violence?

 

[lawros left foot]

Papillon



Watching it for the first time in about 30 years.

As good as I remember.

 

[jakarta]

49th Parallel was on earlier this week. Powell & Pressburger so of course I watched it. Essentially the story of a bunch of Survivors from a U-Boat have to get from Canada over the 49th Parallel into neutral America.

A rather timely speech from Anton Walbrook ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeEpfiER4YY

 

[bob_monkhouse]

Papillon



Watching it for the first time in about 30 years.

As good as I remember.

Good choice, great film.

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[maltaseagull]

I looked through a few pages and didn't see this:
A few good men!

 

[lawros left foot]

I have a confession.

I posted about 20 minutes into the film.

I kept thinking, When do Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman come into it, I don't remember younger actors doing the earlier scenes in the film. It was about an hour and a half in before I realised it was a remake.

I hate getting old.

 

[Jaxie]

Papillon



Watching it for the first time in about 30 years.

As good as I remember.

Fantastic film, and even better book.

 

[Gwylan]

49th Parallel was on earlier this week. Powell & Pressburger so of course I watched it. Essentially the story of a bunch of Survivors from a U-Boat have to get from Canada over the 49th Parallel into neutral America.

A rather timely speech from Anton Walbrook ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeEpfiER4YY

I saw this for the first time. There were some great moments in it, but I thought it wasn't totally cohesive.

I did find out from my mum though that Eric Portman tried to seduce my dad back in the 50s - he escaped with his honour intact

 

[Lenny Rider]

Philadelphia
US Marshalls
Spotlight
Love and Mercy
Citizen Kane
The Program

 

[Palacefinder General]

Fantastic film, and even better book.

The fact that large chunks of the book are fabricated (by the author Henri Charrierre’s own admission) ruined it a bit for me.

 

[Palacefinder General]

The Program

The Program featuring Joe Mangel. Well worth a watch.

 

[Jaxie]

The fact that large chunks of the book are fabricated (by the author Henri Charrierre’s own admission) ruined it a bit for me.

I didn’t know that. Still a good read. I liked Banco more to be honest though.