Author Topic: My favourite movie is or all things film (Read 40311 times)

jeremyp · « **Reply #100 on:** September 01, 2016, 01:37:07 AM »

Quote from: jjohnjil on August 31, 2016, 11:53:54 PM

It's now a 12A which would have made it a U when it first came out in 1980.

It was an A which meant no children under 14 without adult accompaniment. And it was never a children's film. It has jokes about sex and drugs and it's a spoof of Airport.

jjohnjil · « **Reply #101 on:** September 01, 2016, 11:08:44 AM »

Quote from: jeremyp on September 01, 2016, 01:37:07 AM

It was an A which meant no children under 14 without adult accompaniment. And it was never a children's film. It has jokes about sex and drugs and it's a spoof of Airport.

Jeremy

You've had me wondering if alzheimers had set in already!

Having looked it up, Airplane is a 12A and the classification reads ...

Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult.

As my son was born in 1970, he was 10. I was 45 and an adult. I certainly can't remember what classification it was, but I do know they were the two films showing and I took my youngest son Michael.

Sebastian Toe · « **Reply #102 on:** September 01, 2016, 05:17:11 PM »

Quote from: jjohnjil on September 01, 2016, 11:08:44 AM

As my son was born in 1970, he was 10. I was 45 and an adult. I certainly can't remember what classification it was, but I do know they were the two films showing and I took my youngest son Michael.

You don't look a day over 70!

jjohnjil · « **Reply #103 on:** September 01, 2016, 05:45:55 PM »

Quote from: Sebastian Toe on September 01, 2016, 05:17:11 PM

You don't look a day over 70!

You wouldn't say that if you had gone to Specsavers, Seb!

jeremyp · « **Reply #104 on:** September 06, 2016, 11:49:59 AM »

Quote from: jjohnjil on September 01, 2016, 11:08:44 AM

Jeremy

You've had me wondering if alzheimers had set in already!

Having looked it up, Airplane is a 12A and the classification reads ...

It's a 12A now but when it was released it was an A which means roughly the same thing as 12A now except the age limit was 14 then.

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As my son was born in 1970, he was 10. I was 45 and an adult. I certainly can't remember what classification it was, but I do know they were the two films showing and I took my youngest son Michael.

I looked it up on IMDB. Your son would have been allowed in because you were with him, much like a 10 year old would be allowed into a 12A now with an adult.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #105 on:** October 18, 2016, 10:03:38 AM »

Following on from the list of Scotland's favourite books, there is a vote on favourite book to screen adaptations in Scotland. The page for voting while it was loading seemed to momementarily show that Outlander was winning.

http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/blog/reading/2016/10/scottish-book-to-screen-adaptation-shortlist

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #106 on:** May 24, 2017, 10:35:08 AM »

This rather gentle, not really a classic but somehow warmly remembered film that I haven't seen in 34 years came into my head for no obvious reason

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085208/

It is of course the title of a classic song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clnxViHdp8

Robbie · « **Reply #107 on:** May 24, 2017, 11:31:08 AM »

Oh NS, I've seen that film on television twice a few years ago and remember it well! It's a lovely film. I'd watch it again.
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There's a film starring Brendan Fraser of which I only saw half on telly a long time ago and would really like to watch all the way through. It's called 'School Ties' & is about a Jewish boy(played by Fraser) attending an elite university with much anti-semitism. He tries to hide the fact of being Jewish. Seem to remember Sir John Gielgud was in it.

I am going to see if I can find it somewhere & watch it, what i saw was so good.
Edit - it's on Youtube so i'll try later on when I'm home.

Later - watched the first hour, it's an elite school,not uni, he was headhunted for final year because of his football prowess as much as academic ability. There's no Gielgud, don't know where I got that from. A Scottish actor called Peter McRobbie plays the chaplain.
Can't wait for a chance to watch the rest!

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #108 on:** August 28, 2017, 08:02:47 PM »

So yesterday switched on TV and on STV2 was the great Ball of Fire. It is slightly flawed in that Dana Andrews is miscast but it is such a great film.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_of_Fire

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #109 on:** February 27, 2018, 10:26:05 PM »

I don't know how but a couple of nights ago the stars must have aligned because I managed to watch "Gods Own Country" on Youtube. How did that get past the watchers I don't know. Anyhow yes I should have paid to see it at the cinema and I promise I will buy the DVD because this is one great little British film. Seldom are the spaces between words used to such good effect and I have never seen the West Riding of Yorkshire captured better on film.

The performances are nothing short of brilliant by the four main actors and the whole film reflected the bleakness that still exists outside our great metropolitan areas. The love story between two men was played beautifully and it never for one moment even tested suspension of disbelief.

The only jarring aspect was some old stock footage used for the credits at the end of the film that was strangely bucolic and didn't seem to have the same tone as the rest of the film.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #110 on:** March 21, 2018, 04:22:45 PM »

Paddington 2 is even better than Paddington

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #111 on:** April 25, 2018, 03:32:48 PM »

Was reminded of this elsewhere

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_String_and_Sealing_Wax

jeremyp · « **Reply #112 on:** April 25, 2018, 07:43:18 PM »

Just saw Spotlight on Netflix. It's a really good "news room" film in the tradition of All the President's Men.

jeremyp · « **Reply #113 on:** April 25, 2018, 07:44:26 PM »

Also finally got round to seeing The Prestige. That's an amazing film.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #114 on:** April 26, 2018, 02:51:02 PM »

Quote from: jeremyp on April 25, 2018, 07:43:18 PM

Just saw Spotlight on Netflix. It's a really good "news room" film in the tradition of All the President's Men.

It's excellent - if a tad depressing.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #115 on:** June 23, 2018, 09:57:30 AM »

Was reminded of this, haven't seen it in age, not sure if it would stand up to my memory of it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passing_of_the_Third_Floor_Back

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #116 on:** August 04, 2018, 09:06:46 AM »

Caught a n oddity on Youtube last night:

The Christine Jorgensen Story:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065549/?ref_=rvi_tt

It tells the story of a transgendered MTF but in a very weird way. It's like a 1950's film, but it is made in 1970, it is unintentionally (I think) camp. Directed by Irving Rapper who I found out later on looking at IMDB also directed Now, Voyager which starred Bette Davis. It is hard to imagine that the same man could direct two such different films, the 1970 film being in many, many ways a really bad film. And yet, I enjoyed it. If you have 90 minutes to spare it's better than Love Island so nothing to lose.

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #117 on:** May 17, 2019, 11:09:12 PM »

On TCM this evening there was a film called "To Each His Own" starring Olivia De Haviland and made in 1946. It covered the issue of an illegitimate child and a mother watching the child grow up from afar.

OK it's a melodrama, but a surprisingly good and affecting one. It was a film I had, for some reason, not come across before.

Roses · « **Reply #118 on:** May 18, 2019, 08:29:13 AM »

I only went to the cinema once as a child and that was with my secondary school to watch a nature programme. I have only been to a cinema about five times in my life, I dislike the places as they are too noisy. The only films I have enjoyed were the Harry Potter series, which we have at home.

jeremyp · « **Reply #119 on:** May 18, 2019, 08:15:53 PM »

Saw Avengers Endgame two weeks ago.

Pretty good.

SteveH · « **Reply #120 on:** May 18, 2019, 08:32:21 PM »

Quote from: jeremyp on May 18, 2019, 08:15:53 PM

Saw Avengers Endgame two weeks ago.

Pretty good.

Who plays Emma Peel?

jeremyp · « **Reply #121 on:** May 18, 2019, 08:54:01 PM »

Quote from: Steve H on May 18, 2019, 08:32:21 PM

Who plays Emma Peel?

I think her spiritual successor in the Marvel Universe is Natasha Romanov, the Black Widow, in which case, the answer is Scarlett Johansson.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #122 on:** June 01, 2019, 07:00:08 PM »

Went to see a screening of Birds of Passage last week. Absolutely brilliant.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_Passage_(film)

jeremyp · « **Reply #123 on:** June 01, 2019, 08:24:33 PM »

Saw John Wick 3 last weekend. Absolutely bonkers, but highly entertaining.

Walter · « **Reply #124 on:** July 05, 2019, 06:17:02 PM »

my fave ?

Keep It Up Downstairs with Mary Millington

A true cinematic classic , based on a true story , apparently

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