maqroll Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 The Crying game was very cool and cutting edge when it came out, I really liked it. Didn't age that well, but very smart film of it's time. Lock Stock Nil By Mouth Let him Have It Don't forget Bhaji on the Beach, I don't because I was flying high on X when I watched it I have a place in my heart for Hope & Glory Is it an English film if the director is American, cuz From Hell is an under appreciated horror flick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 This thread got me thinking how weird it is that your movies are nothing special to me, yet you got the very best actors. You make some killer TV crime mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 On 30/06/2013 at 10:44, leemond2008 said: Anything with Danny dyer in it He is a tremendous actor, probably second only to Jason Statham but I can't include most of his films because America have realised what a tremendous talent he is and have stole him away from us. Funny never really rated Danny dyer as ab actor, Christopher eccleston on the other hand is one of my all time fav English actors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, PaulC said: Funny never really rated Danny dyer U WOT M8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 From looking at these choices I'm noticing a lot of UK films seem to be really gritty and bleak, doesn't seem to offer the same level escapsim you get from other cinema. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 35 minutes ago, useless said: From looking at these choices I'm noticing a lot of UK films seem to be really gritty and bleak, doesn't seem to offer the same level escapsim you get from other cinema. Peter Sellers, Winnie The Pooh and Willy Wonka all fecked off to the States, leaving us with 'Summer Holiday'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 1 hour ago, useless said: From looking at these choices I'm noticing a lot of UK films seem to be really gritty and bleak, doesn't seem to offer the same level escapsim you get from other cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 They did, it can be a strange and beautiful world sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 On 11/06/2019 at 18:17, Xela said: "You're there mate *clenches fist*" I could watch that scene on a loop for the rest of my life. Utterly brilliant. @mjmooney Have you watched it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 10 minutes ago, useless said: They did, it can be a strange and beautiful world sometimes. Sellers made 'The Mouse That Roared' and 'Heavens Above' (with strong Birmingham accent) before he left for Clouseau. They're watchable but you can see why they don't make many lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 13, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, Risso said: I could watch that scene on a loop for the rest of my life. Utterly brilliant. @mjmooney Have you watched it yet? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 11/06/2019 at 14:46, Shropshire Lad said: 10 Rillington Place is a fairly chilling film. There I was thinking Richard Attenborough was just a nice old dinosaur making grandad. I feel like a few of Ben Wheatley’s films warrant a mention - Kill List, Sightseers (the similarities with Nuts in May are there, but then it goes darker, real macabre comedy) and the real trippy- civil war era A Field in England was very memorable. Oh and staying with the English Civil War, Witchfinder General probably deserves a mention too. I really enjoyed Kill List. Loved the way it started out as a typical kitchen sink, dinner table drama, then goes absolutely bonkers. Sightseers was decent as well, although a bit daft. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2019 Directed by a Frenchman admittedly but as it was filmed in England, “Roundhay Garden Scene” should get a mention. I guess it drags a bit in the middle, but otherwise it’s pretty epic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: Directed by a Frenchman admittedly but as it was filmed in England, “Roundhay Garden Scene” should get a mention. I guess it drags a bit in the middle, but otherwise it’s pretty epic. Filmed not far from where I live. As was his other epic "Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2019 8 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Filmed not far from where I live. As was his other epic "Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge". Hadn’t seen that one...I have now. Interesting character Louis Le Prince, appears to have been ahead of the competition in film making. His disappearance is a curious one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 On 12/06/2019 at 03:05, maqroll said: Don't forget Bhaji on the Beach, I don't because I was flying high on X when I watched it One of the all-time best sentences in the English language IMO. Everything in this, from content to punctuation, is perfection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 28, 2019 Just skimmed through this thread and I can’t see any mention of “The Day of the Jackal”. Fantastic film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 9 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said: Just skimmed through this thread and I can’t see any mention of “The Day of the Jackal”. Fantastic film. Great shout and one I'd totally forgot about. Haven't seen it for a few years, but one I always enjoy watching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Anything with Ben Dover in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Watched The Wrong Trousers (Nick Park) and This Happy Breed (David Lean) recently, two great English films. Wrong Trousers is near perfect, has almost everything, charm, funny, suspense, inventive, well paced, and s good story over all. This Happy Breed looks great, is well edited and directed, well acted, and the dialgue is great, and for a near two hour film that doesn't have a major plot as such it never gets boring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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