wanderer1984 Posted March 29, 2021 Posted March 29, 2021 A decent football film is hard to come by. The Damned United is top of the tree. On bbc two ... Great film Quote
DavidLeesMullet Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 Just watched the original 1932 and 1983 versions of Scarface on Blu-ray, and they both look and sound amazing Quote
Rudy Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 4 hours ago, DavidLeesMullet said: Just watched the original 1932 and 1983 versions of Scarface on Blu-ray, and they both look and sound amazing That was the first film I was genuinely shocked at, as a kid I couldn’t get over the chainsaw scene Quote
DazBob Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 Finding Jack Charlton. Only watched the first half of it last night. Documentary about Jack Charlton, his career and his battle with Alzheimers. Very poignant and respectfully done. Excellent so far. Quote
DavidLeesMullet Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 8 hours ago, Rudy said: That was the first film I was genuinely shocked at, as a kid I couldn’t get over the chainsaw scene That was pretty brutal and I believe like Casino the violence was toned down Quote
Rudy Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, DavidLeesMullet said: That was pretty brutal and I believe like Casino the violence was toned down There’s a fine line between violence and needless gore Quote
DavidLeesMullet Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 48 minutes ago, Rudy said: There’s a fine line between violence and needless gore True but when it comes to gangster films I don't think they'd get anywhere by just using colourful language, :lol:!!! Also you could argue a lot of the gangster films where in part based on true events. I agree that some films, mainly horror films go too far, and this is coming from somebody who is anti censorship. The Japanese torture films such as Grotesque and the Guinea Pig series of films are just gore for gores sake with no real storyline to them. Quote
DavidLeesMullet Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 'E was young, E needed the work... There is another video of him body painted, throwing some serious shapes in a pair of 'Budgie Smugglers', Run To The Sun by Erasure Quote
Zico Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 Good Friday means I'll be keeping up my now annual tradition of watching The Long Good Friday If you've not seen it, it's the best British gangster film EVER Took me till the 4th watch to realise it had Charlie out of Casualty in it Quote
wanderer1984 Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Zico said: Good Friday means I'll be keeping up my now annual tradition of watching The Long Good Friday If you've not seen it, it's the best British gangster film EVER Took me till the 4th watch to realise it had Charlie out of Casualty in it Never even heard of that film. I'll give it a play later. Can anyone recommend a decent war film? Not seen many. SPR is quality, watched Fury the other day which was OK. Tried to watch Dunkirk but turned off after 40 mins. Quote
Zico Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 42 minutes ago, wanderer1984 said: Never even heard of that film. I'll give it a play later. Can anyone recommend a decent war film? Not seen many. SPR is quality, watched Fury the other day which was OK. Tried to watch Dunkirk but turned off after 40 mins. You won't regret it Quote
little whitt Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Zico said: Good Friday means I'll be keeping up my now annual tradition of watching The Long Good Friday If you've not seen it, it's the best British gangster film EVER Took me till the 4th watch to realise it had Charlie out of Casualty in it what side and what time is that on Quote
Zico Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, little whitt said: what side and what time is that on IPTV, though it should be broadcast every good friday (it might be, dunno) Quote
DavidLeesMullet Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Zico said: Good Friday means I'll be keeping up my now annual tradition of watching The Long Good Friday If you've not seen it, it's the best British gangster film EVER Took me till the 4th watch to realise it had Charlie out of Casualty in it That's a bold claim as there's been a few decent British gangster movies, Brighton Rock (The original), Get Carter, The Krays, Layer Cake, Legend, Gangster No. 1, Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch to name but a few. Will agree though it's definitely a British classic Edited April 2, 2021 by DavidLeesMullet Quote
Zico Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 1 minute ago, DavidLeesMullet said: That's a bold claim as there's been a few decent British gangster movies, Brighton Rock (The original), Get Carter, The Krays, Layer Cake, Legend, Gangster No. 1, Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch to name but a few. Will agree though it's definitely a British classic Not seen Brighton Rock or Legend (unless you think Tim Curry as the devil counts as a gangester) Gangster No 1 is toss Lock Stock and Snatch are ace But TLGF is the best, I stand by that Quote
DavidLeesMullet Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 Just now, Zico said: Not seen Brighton Rock or Legend (unless you think Tim Curry as the devil counts as a gangester) Gangster No 1 is toss Lock Stock and Snatch are ace But TLGF is the best, I stand by that Legend was the Tom Hardy Krays film you muppet!!! Surprised you haven't mentioned Get Carter as for me THAT is the classic British Gangster movie. (The remake with Stallone was total shite) Also would like to add to the list Rise Of The Footsoldier and Essex Boys Quote
Escobarp Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 1 minute ago, DavidLeesMullet said: Legend was the Tom Hardy Krays film you muppet!!! Surprised you haven't mentioned Get Carter as for me THAT is the classic British Gangster movie. (The remake with Stallone was total shite) Also would like to add to the list Rise Of The Footsoldier and Essex Boys All the footsoldier films are quality. Watched them All again the other week Quote
DavidLeesMullet Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 Just now, Escobarp said: All the footsoldier films are quality. Watched them All again the other week Haven't seen the new one yet, thought the second wasn't as good but the first and third were excellent. Quote
Zico Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 56 minutes ago, DavidLeesMullet said: Legend was the Tom Hardy Krays film you muppet!!! Surprised you haven't mentioned Get Carter as for me THAT is the classic British Gangster movie. (The remake with Stallone was total shite) Also would like to add to the list Rise Of The Footsoldier and Essex Boys ah right, yeah, I've seen Legend me and mate watched it at same time on flight back from Dubai at the end, my mate genuinely said "those blokes playing the twins were both very good" Quote
DavidLeesMullet Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 Just now, Zico said: ah right, yeah, I've seen Legend me and mate watched it at same time on flight back from Dubai at the end, my mate genuinely said "those blokes playing the twins were both very good" There were I mean he was, Tom Hardy is a rarity nowadays, a true quality actor, can't decide which Kray he was best at playing, my vote would just go to Ronnie I think. Quote
little whitt Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Zico said: Not seen Brighton Rock or Legend (unless you think Tim Curry as the devil counts as a gangester) Gangster No 1 is toss Lock Stock and Snatch are ace But TLGF is the best, I stand by that i liked that Gangster No1 anyway ive found The Long Good Friday will watch later just watching The Blackout invasion Earth Quote
DavidLeesMullet Posted April 2, 2021 Posted April 2, 2021 3 hours ago, little whitt said: i liked that Gangster No1 anyway ive found The Long Good Friday will watch later just watching The Blackout invasion Earth Thought Paul Bettany was proper scary in it, Malcolm McDowell was channelling Alex DeLarge a bit I thought. Quote
Not in Crawley Posted April 3, 2021 Posted April 3, 2021 Surprised how many haven't seen TLGF, one of the best British films of all time. The ending - Hoskins plays is perfectly and essentially that scene where he's talking about the then wasteland of docklands, and you see what the area is now, is spookily correct. Quote
Dr Faustus Posted April 3, 2021 Posted April 3, 2021 I've watched Red Dragon and Menace 2 Society all the way through this week. Dr Faustus; film buff Quote
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