T-Dog Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 17 minutes ago, imavillan said: Watched this so many times, very funny. Have you watched Early Doors? If you like Phoenix Nights i'd say you'll like ED as well and thats on Daily Motion. Very late to find Early Doors but yep, ranks very very highly - Definitely in the top ten, the last episode with the Coppers was amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Absolutely loving the Freddy character in The Gentleman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 The Gentlemen gets better with each episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Finished Masters of the Air last night. It was very good, but it didn't blow me away at all. CGI was a little naff (I do appreciate this would've been much harder to make look great), but the main disappointment was the character development. Apart from Buck, Bucky & Crosby (maybe Rosie too) there just wasn't much there at all. They nipped Crosby's story with the British spy in the bud with a phone call, the escape through France & Spain was just ended after they arrived to Paris too. It was always going to get compared to Band of Brothers & The Pacific but doesn't hold a candle to either. We all knew that BoB was arguably the best miniseries ever but it also really does highlight how good The Pacific was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 16 VT Supporter Share Posted March 16 12 minutes ago, Milfner said: It was always going to get compared to Band of Brothers & The Pacific but doesn't hold a candle to either. We all knew that BoB was arguably the best miniseries ever but it also really does highlight how good The Pacific was. It would have been much better if they'd done the 'missing 4th part' from the original book of The Pacific, which followed a dive bomber pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 It seems I'll be going against the grain here but I've just finished Masters of the Air and really enjoyed it. Nothing will ever come close to Band Of Brothers but I thought this was on a par with The Pacific. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Finished The Gentlemen in two nights , Ritchie back to near his best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 09/03/2024 at 08:13, Seat68 said: Watched the first episode of The Gentlemen and I will finish it, but I felt it didn't have the pace of a typical Guy Ritchie piece. I thought it was great and I conclude that Vinny Jones is a better actor than he was a footballer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) Just laughing at GOT, when young Tommen gets his first taste of Margery and says, " This is all I want to do, all night and every day," oh! To be young again! Edited March 17 by sheepyvillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Finished masters of the air It's good and well worth a watch but it's not great, definitley not the dizzying heights of BoB but that's probably an unfair benchmark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 "I'll have no fecking Lizards in my house, do you hear me, no fecking Lizarŕŕrds". The Gentlemen just gets better and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Just started The Gentlemen tonight, episode 1 was a great opener so we're looking forward to the other 7! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 The Gentlemen had me howling, "his use of light is second to none, if it wasn't for the war, he'd be remembered with the likes of Monet." Just brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) Hearng that beautiful Edith Piaff song in The Gentlemen makes me want to rewatch the superb French film about her life, which has one of the finest actress performances you could wish to see. Edited March 17 by sheepyvillian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 15 minutes ago, theboyangel said: Just started The Gentlemen tonight, episode 1 was a great opener so we're looking forward to the other 7! I've been doing one a day and each one is better than the last. I've just finished episode 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Larry David with his temporary buck teeth. Howling once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Finished Boarders. First episode promised so much but in the end i felt it ended up nothing more than a modern day posh Grange Hill.....I don't know.....perhaps I was hoping it would be edgier or darker/sinister ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I'm enjoying Shōgun so far. Can see the effort gone into the costuming and the show always grabs your attention in quiet and loud moments which is usually a very good sign 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 18 VT Supporter Share Posted March 18 15 minutes ago, theunderstudy said: I'm enjoying Shōgun so far. Can see the effort gone into the costuming and the show always grabs your attention in quiet and loud moments which is usually a very good sign The series (and indeed, Clavell's excellent novel) are based on the true story of William Adams. His story is well worth a read. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) Toranaga is Ieysu Tokogawa, the setting is the late sengoku period Id go back slightly further than when shogun is set but not at the start of sengoku, just go to a guy called oda nobunaga, he's the first big character, hideoshi toyotomi being the second (he's the old guy who died leaving the young emperor in shogun) then Tokogawa, those 3 between them unified japan Edit - and hoping that shogun is a big global success the next one that needs the big budget TV show is romance of the three kingdoms, a semi fictional book from the han dynasty period in China (dynasty warriors if you know it - and to be fair a bit of my Japanese history comes from samurai warriors) that's got more content to cover, would be like a Chinese game of thrones, there's already been some films on it like red cliff Edited March 18 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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