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[henryd]

Ronin - A fantastic film with genre-changing driving scenes, but not sure its a film that I'd class as "special". But still brilliant. That doesn't make sense, does it? I know what I mean

Shawshank - whoever said that, yes, a good film that is always a talking point after it

Schindlers List - I think gayboy said that, a quite emotional film, made even more hard hitting by being based on a true story. The very end is always a quiet moment to reflect.

Convoy - a must watch for any 1980s CB fan, but what happened to the ending?  Not sure it is anything "special", but like all the Smokey and the Bandit, and Any Which Way but Loose series, good, harmless entertainment.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Star Wars - you can tell Pinky isn't looking .  The originals stand up well, esp the first. Newer 3 are naff, whole films to set up single set pieces. But the newer ones do have Natalie Portman in, so not all is lost!

I'm a bit of a Gweneth Paltrow fan. Nought to do with her looks, obviously . Sliding Doors and Shallow Hal are 2 interesting films, if not particularly great in their own right.

You seem to have missed off your favourite film of all time.........you know, the one you like to singalong to........

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[05omegav6]

 ::)Don't start that again FFS

[Steve Brookman]

Where Eagles Dare-what a film!

Animal House-still funny.

Forbidden Planet.

We dive at Dawn.

Millions Like Us.

All good films.

[feeutfo]

::)Don't start that again FFS

Leave it Al, leave it...


Star wars goes without saying surely..?

And Enemy at the Gate, is ....yes....Epic. Just is. I don't know why it's not more prominant.
Good choice Zirk, IMO.

[Lazydocker]

Ronin - A fantastic film with genre-changing driving scenes, but not sure its a film that I'd class as "special". But still brilliant. That doesn't make sense, does it? I know what I mean

Shawshank - whoever said that, yes, a good film that is always a talking point after it

Schindlers List - I think gayboy said that, a quite emotional film, made even more hard hitting by being based on a true story. The very end is always a quiet moment to reflect.

Convoy - a must watch for any 1980s CB fan, but what happened to the ending?  Not sure it is anything "special", but like all the Smokey and the Bandit, and Any Which Way but Loose series, good, harmless entertainment.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Star Wars - you can tell Pinky isn't looking .  The originals stand up well, esp the first. Newer 3 are naff, whole films to set up single set pieces. But the newer ones do have Natalie Portman in, so not all is lost!

I'm a bit of a Gweneth Paltrow fan. Nought to do with her looks, obviously . Sliding Doors and Shallow Hal are 2 interesting films, if not particularly great in their own right.

You seem to have missed off your favourite film of all time.........you know, the one you like to singalong to........

Surely you must mean Grease or Dirty Dancing?

[Steve B]

the last hangman Albert Pierrepoint

great film

[razzo]

Midnight Express
Mad Max 1
Crimson Tide
Hurt Locker (on surround sound)
Bullit
The Italian Job

Razzo, I'm surprised you wrote this film to the top of your list
 
its definitely an anti-Turkish film..
 
"Negative criticisms focused mainly on its unfavorable portrayal of Turkish people. In Mary Lee Settle's 1991 book Turkish Reflections, she writes, "The Turks I saw in Lawrence of Arabia and Midnight Express were like cartoon caricatures, compared to the people I had known and lived among for three of the happiest years of my life."^[6] When the Lights Go Down criticizes the film as well, saying, "This story could have happened in almost any country, but if Billy Hayes had planned to be arrested to get the maximum commercial benefit from it, where else could he get the advantages of a Turkish jail"
 
from
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)
 
cant understand unreasonable hatred..

Sorry if you were offended Cem but i didn't see the film as a dig at the Turkish community in any way, shape or form, the only Turkish people portrayed in the film were prison guards, i don't think it would have had the same impact if the prison guards who were a bit brutal had been fluffy bunnies & treated the inmates with kid gloves so everyone could live happily ever after, but i suppose thats Hollywood mate

[feeutfo]

Here the Heat shoot out scene
http://www.liveleak.com/view?comments=1&i=665_1337786787

[cem_devecioglu]

das boot
k-19
saving private ryan

[Olympia5776]

Films that if I see scheduled I'd try and sit down and watch .

The Talented Mr Ripley . Didn't take to it first time round but second time found the plot quite sinister. Philip Seymour Hoffan steals it .
Point Blank . Lee Marvin at his menacing best , a real hard man .Doesn't need gore and special effects to chill .
Howards End & The Remains of the Day . Two of my favourite Anthony Hopkins films . Gentle good acting.
Das Boot . Sweaty , smelly , frightening realism .A world away from the crisp clean spacious Hollywood sub films . I never tire of that movie .
The original 39 Steps . Hitchcock /Robert Donet from long long ago . A favourite wet afternoon film that takes me back to a time when the world was a much bigger place and a trip from London to Perthshire and back was like going round the world. Ahhh...

[SIR Philbutt]

Agree with almost all of the ones in this 

Am I the only one who is going to mention Bourne without which we would not have the current (good) Bond films with Mr Craig 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Gladiator
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Goodfellas
Trainspotting
The Godfather films
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Apocalypse Now
Fight Club

[feeutfo]

Aaah yes, Cuckoos nest. Old Jack does do a very good nutter.

Bit like Rutga Hower in Blade Runner.

[Johnny English]

Samurai films and westerns that based on them :
The seven samurai - The Magnificent Seven
The Bodygard (Yojimbo - directed by Akira Kurosawa) - A Fisftul of Dollars - The Last Man Standing

and of course :

Forrest Gump
Runaway train
Rocky series - it was frenetic to see the old champion to fight in the last episode. I'm sure the process of moviemaking was real and hard challange for Sly as well. If I know well he was close to his sixties at the time.

Fight Club
Private Ryan 

[TheBoy]

Ronin - A fantastic film with genre-changing driving scenes, but not sure its a film that I'd class as "special". But still brilliant. That doesn't make sense, does it? I know what I mean

Shawshank - whoever said that, yes, a good film that is always a talking point after it

Schindlers List - I think gayboy said that, a quite emotional film, made even more hard hitting by being based on a true story. The very end is always a quiet moment to reflect.

Convoy - a must watch for any 1980s CB fan, but what happened to the ending?  Not sure it is anything "special", but like all the Smokey and the Bandit, and Any Which Way but Loose series, good, harmless entertainment.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Star Wars - you can tell Pinky isn't looking .  The originals stand up well, esp the first. Newer 3 are naff, whole films to set up single set pieces. But the newer ones do have Natalie Portman in, so not all is lost!

I'm a bit of a Gweneth Paltrow fan. Nought to do with her looks, obviously . Sliding Doors and Shallow Hal are 2 interesting films, if not particularly great in their own right.

You seem to have missed off your favourite film of all time.........you know, the one you like to singalong to........

Quadrophinia? Thats not a great film. Although does have the lovely (then!) Leslie Ash.

//TB does off for a cold shower