WITHNAIL AND I SPINAL TAP INSIDE OUT THE EXORCIST LA LA LAND SOUND OF MUSIC THE WICKER MAN 1917 ANDREI RUBLYEV RATATOUILLE
Withnail and I, oh yes. Leon, all is forgiven.
Withnail and I is a comic masterpiece.
It's amazing. There's no way the script should have worked. How can "FORK IT?!" possibly be funny? And yet... I think George Harrison is partially behind it, no? Which, alongside Life of Brian, is some impressive work.
Astounding that more people would put Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in their top ten than would put Rear Window.
You people.
My list is favourite films not already done, and I’m ashamed to admit I haven’t seen Rear Window; I will rectify the error this evening.
On that subject, has anyone mentioned Twelve Angry Men yet?
Oh my goodness, Twelve Angry Men is even better than Rear Window.
But seriously, Rear Window is magical. Everything is spot on. Hitchcock could make magnificent films in incredibly limited settings. See also Rope. I believe both are the same in the way that they're set almost entirely in a single room (or looking out from it).
That is one of the points of Twelve Angry Men too. It was originally a play, and it works very well on the stage still.
I will report back on Rear Window once I’ve seen it.
I hope you love it. If you don't grip your chair at least once the film has failed.
What is the point of Netflix? Any time I look for a specific film it gives me a range of options of films with the same words in the title, but not the actual film I wanted.
But i could equally name 90 other great movies, just as good
You might be missing the point with that statement
No, I’m making another point. Cinema - although it may be in decline now (some say) - has just been through an epic 60-70 year olden age, with great great movies from all over the world. We have been blessed. Choosing ten is almost a lottery - it’s ten great movies you can remember right now
In five minutes I will remember ten more, or twenty
I mean, PREDATOR
ALIEN
BLADE RUNNER
DISTRICT 9
MARS ATTACKS
ALIENS
2001: KUBRICK
STAR WARS 1
Are all up there, and that’s just sci-fi
Of course. These list things are just a pastime. However I'm certainly going to seek out the Death of Stalin which was suggested below.
So maybe not tope ten films, but films you can watch again and again.
I think probably the film I've repeatedly watched most is A Bridge Too Far, but as I was trying to limit my selections to one per genre it had to be Lawrence of Arabia, and I have watched that many, many times too. Poor old 'Das Boot' didn't even get a look in and yet that is outstanding too - perhaps though better categorised as a tv series.
Astounding that more people would put Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in their top ten than would put Rear Window.
You people.
My list is favourite films not already done, and I’m ashamed to admit I haven’t seen Rear Window; I will rectify the error this evening.
On that subject, has anyone mentioned Twelve Angry Men yet?
Oh my goodness, Twelve Angry Men is even better than Rear Window.
But seriously, Rear Window is magical. Everything is spot on. Hitchcock could make magnificent films in incredibly limited settings. See also Rope. I believe both are the same in the way that they're set almost entirely in a single room (or looking out from it).
That is one of the points of Twelve Angry Men too. It was originally a play, and it works very well on the stage still.
I will report back on Rear Window once I’ve seen it.
I hope you love it. If you don't grip your chair at least once the film has failed.
What is the point of Netflix? Any time I look for a specific film it gives me a range of options of films with the same words in the title, but not the actual film I wanted.
Amazon Prime it is then…
Netflix is for boxsets, mostly international ones more than films. Amazon Prime better value at the moment undoubtedly.
Pretty crap numbers today,but last couple of thursdays have had weirdly high 3 day delayed returns which may have been fixed this week so we'll have to wait to see if it's a real increase
Looking at specimen date cases still seem to be down so hopefully it will be that weirdness unwinding. We will know tomorrow.
Hospitalisations are going down still but less quickly. Deaths per day about to go under 100 and still coming down.
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Delete your account.
Any list of top musical films that doesn't include Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again is a list compiled by an idiot.
How has La La land made your list of top 10 films but not top ten musical films?
I used to think I hated musicals. But on closer inspection what I hate is the particular genre of music which is used in most musicals (I'm looking at Disney in particular here).
But i could equally name 90 other great movies, just as good
You might be missing the point with that statement
No, I’m making another point. Cinema - although it may be in decline now (some say) - has just been through an epic 60-70 year olden age, with great great movies from all over the world. We have been blessed. Choosing ten is almost a lottery - it’s ten great movies you can remember right now
In five minutes I will remember ten more, or twenty
I mean, PREDATOR
ALIEN
BLADE RUNNER
DISTRICT 9
MARS ATTACKS
ALIENS
2001: KUBRICK
STAR WARS 1
Are all up there, and that’s just sci-fi
Of course. These list things are just a pastime. However I'm certainly going to seek out the Death of Stalin which was suggested below.
So maybe not tope ten films, but films you can watch again and again.
I think probably the film I've repeatedly watched most is A Bridge Too Far, but as I was trying to limit my selections to one per genre it had to be Lawrence of Arabia, and I have watched that many, many times too. Poor old 'Das Boot' didn't even get a look in and yet that is outstanding too - perhaps though better categorised as a tv series.
Astounding that more people would put Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in their top ten than would put Rear Window.
You people.
My list is favourite films not already done, and I’m ashamed to admit I haven’t seen Rear Window; I will rectify the error this evening.
On that subject, has anyone mentioned Twelve Angry Men yet?
Oh my goodness, Twelve Angry Men is even better than Rear Window.
But seriously, Rear Window is magical. Everything is spot on. Hitchcock could make magnificent films in incredibly limited settings. See also Rope. I believe both are the same in the way that they're set almost entirely in a single room (or looking out from it).
That is one of the points of Twelve Angry Men too. It was originally a play, and it works very well on the stage still.
I will report back on Rear Window once I’ve seen it.
I hope you love it. If you don't grip your chair at least once the film has failed.
What is the point of Netflix? Any time I look for a specific film it gives me a range of options of films with the same words in the title, but not the actual film I wanted.
Amazon Prime it is then…
We have both and I MUCH prefer Netflix to Amazon Prime. I guess you may prefer the latter if you are happy to pay for stuff.
But i could equally name 90 other great movies, just as good
You might be missing the point with that statement
No, I’m making another point. Cinema - although it may be in decline now (some say) - has just been through an epic 60-70 year olden age, with great great movies from all over the world. We have been blessed. Choosing ten is almost a lottery - it’s ten great movies you can remember right now
In five minutes I will remember ten more, or twenty
I mean, PREDATOR
ALIEN
BLADE RUNNER
DISTRICT 9
MARS ATTACKS
ALIENS
2001: KUBRICK
STAR WARS 1
Are all up there, and that’s just sci-fi
Of course. These list things are just a pastime. However I'm certainly going to seek out the Death of Stalin which was suggested below.
So maybe not tope ten films, but films you can watch again and again.
I think probably the film I've repeatedly watched most is A Bridge Too Far, but as I was trying to limit my selections to one per genre it had to be Lawrence of Arabia, and I have watched that many, many times too. Poor old 'Das Boot' didn't even get a look in and yet that is outstanding too - perhaps though better categorised as a tv series.
But i could equally name 90 other great movies, just as good
You might be missing the point with that statement
No, I’m making another point. Cinema - although it may be in decline now (some say) - has just been through an epic 60-70 year olden age, with great great movies from all over the world. We have been blessed. Choosing ten is almost a lottery - it’s ten great movies you can remember right now
In five minutes I will remember ten more, or twenty
I mean, PREDATOR
ALIEN
BLADE RUNNER
DISTRICT 9
MARS ATTACKS
ALIENS
2001: KUBRICK
STAR WARS 1
Are all up there, and that’s just sci-fi
Of course. These list things are just a pastime. However I'm certainly going to seek out the Death of Stalin which was suggested below.
So maybe not tope ten films, but films you can watch again and again.
I think probably the film I've repeatedly watched most is A Bridge Too Far, but as I was trying to limit my selections to one per genre it had to be Lawrence of Arabia, and I have watched that many, many times too. Poor old 'Das Boot' didn't even get a look in and yet that is outstanding too - perhaps though better categorised as a tv series.
Death of Stalin is a masterpiece
I'm a massive Iannucci fan but I hated Death of Stalin. What did I miss? I just didn't find it funny at all.
Coincidentally I was chatting to my wife earlier today - which we still do even though we've been together a while - about which we thought were the best CHRISTMAS movies. I said the usual, she added in the usual, but then she really took me aback with her last one, which was Die Hard. First I've heard of that being considered a Christmas movie but she's adamant it is. People can surprise you sometimes, even those you think you know well.
But i could equally name 90 other great movies, just as good
You might be missing the point with that statement
No, I’m making another point. Cinema - although it may be in decline now (some say) - has just been through an epic 60-70 year olden age, with great great movies from all over the world. We have been blessed. Choosing ten is almost a lottery - it’s ten great movies you can remember right now
In five minutes I will remember ten more, or twenty
I mean, PREDATOR
ALIEN
BLADE RUNNER
DISTRICT 9
MARS ATTACKS
ALIENS
2001: KUBRICK
STAR WARS 1
Are all up there, and that’s just sci-fi
Of course. These list things are just a pastime. However I'm certainly going to seek out the Death of Stalin which was suggested below.
So maybe not tope ten films, but films you can watch again and again.
I think probably the film I've repeatedly watched most is A Bridge Too Far, but as I was trying to limit my selections to one per genre it had to be Lawrence of Arabia, and I have watched that many, many times too. Poor old 'Das Boot' didn't even get a look in and yet that is outstanding too - perhaps though better categorised as a tv series.
Death of Stalin is a masterpiece
I'm a massive Iannucci fan but I hated Death of Stalin. What did I miss? I just didn't find it funny at all.
What's a war hero got to do to get some lubrication around here?
Coincidentally I was chatting to my wife earlier today - which we still do even though we've been together a while - about which we thought were the best CHRISTMAS movies. I said the usual, she added in the usual, but then she really took me aback with her last one, which was Die Hard. First I've heard of that being considered a Christmas movie but she's adamant it is. People can surprise you sometimes, even those you think you know well.
Pretty crap numbers today,but last couple of thursdays have had weirdly high 3 day delayed returns which may have been fixed this week so we'll have to wait to see if it's a real increase
Yes - very disappointing. I was expecting under 40K today. It's like they found a bunch in the sofa or something.
For anyone unfamiliar with Italian cinema, Fellini's Eight and a Half or Antonioni's fascinatingly cerebral La Notte, both from the '60s, might be an interesting place to start.
Just seen that Casino is on youtube as a full free movie in all its glory - Not sure how that has happened but I would take the opportunity if you have never seen it - The start is just so badass!
Looking at specimen date cases still seem to be down so hopefully it will be that weirdness unwinding. We will know tomorrow.
Hospitalisations are going down still but less quickly. Deaths per day about to go under 100 and still coming down.
Unless Omicron turns out to be a real game-changer - and there's precious little indication of that so far - then there's no reason to suppose that we haven't broken the back of this thing. No comfort for the ongoing trickle of victims, of course, but on a population scale it still looks like Covid is in merciful decline. Keep calm, etc, etc.
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Dunno about Bohemian Rhapsody. It's a plodding biopic with a great finale which is more-or-less a shot-for-shot remake of Live Aid.
The guy's got a billion points in the bag for correctly identifying the best ever musical, and you're quibbling about some detail of the undercard? (Not seen Bohemian Rhapsody)
So another question: remakes or sequels which are better than the originals?
I can't think of any ...
Henry V?
Madness of King George III . Much better madness than I and II.
Interesting idea for two potentially hit pre-quels!
Especially as both I & II were also nuts in their own ways; the first condemned his wife to decades of solitary confinement and (allegedly) had her lover hacked to death: while the second also had significant family issues (to put it most mildly) stating toward the end of his reign that "I lost my eldest son – but I am glad of it ..."
Casting suggestions? Investor interest?
And IF you think this is a great idea, how's about becoming one of the early bettors backing the Next Big Thing - the Boris Boar!
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but then I've hardly been to the cinema this century.
Looking at specimen date cases still seem to be down so hopefully it will be that weirdness unwinding. We will know tomorrow.
Hospitalisations are going down still but less quickly. Deaths per day about to go under 100 and still coming down.
Unless Omicron turns out to be a real game-changer - and there's precious little indication of that so far - then there's no reason to suppose that we haven't broken the back of this thing. No comfort for the ongoing trickle of victims, of course, but on a population scale it still looks like Covid is in merciful decline. Keep calm, etc, etc.
If the weirdness in the numbers for the last few weeks is unwinding then we should expect to see a big fall in cases tomorrow and Friday (they were 47k and 50k last week). The 50k did at the time seem a surprising outlier.
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Dunno about Bohemian Rhapsody. It's a plodding biopic with a great finale which is more-or-less a shot-for-shot remake of Live Aid.
The guy's got a billion points in the bag for correctly identifying the best ever musical, and you're quibbling about some detail of the undercard? (Not seen Bohemian Rhapsody)
My Fair Lady the best musical of all time? This is a betting site and you like a film that has horses racing *left-handed* at Royal Ascot? Away with you.
ETA and go and watch Bohemian Rhapsody. It's great but should have been better.
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but then I've hardly been to the cinema this century.
Some interesting stuff there. Kaspar Hauser is one of Werner Herzog's most interesting films. I also hugely recommend the one about a crazed expedition to the amazon, and his most recent one about Japanese people paid to be social props at public events, fabricating family relationships.
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Dunno about Bohemian Rhapsody. It's a plodding biopic with a great finale which is more-or-less a shot-for-shot remake of Live Aid.
The guy's got a billion points in the bag for correctly identifying the best ever musical, and you're quibbling about some detail of the undercard? (Not seen Bohemian Rhapsody)
My Fair Lady the best musical of all time? This is a betting site and you like a film that has horses racing *left-handed* at Royal Ascot? Away with you.
I'm all in. I simply love that film. The most beautiful girl ever (Hepburn), the most amusing character ever (Harrison), and the best man ever (Hyde-White). And then you have the father played so magnificently by... can't remember his name.
Two famous comedies, the Marx Brothers "A Night at the Opera" and Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" were first shown during trying years, 1935 and 1940, respectively.
Perhaps we could use some more comedies, now.
(I am not enough of a movie buff to list ten favorites, but I do suggest that those who are include a few more comedies in their lists.)
But i could equally name 90 other great movies, just as good
You might be missing the point with that statement
No, I’m making another point. Cinema - although it may be in decline now (some say) - has just been through an epic 60-70 year olden age, with great great movies from all over the world. We have been blessed. Choosing ten is almost a lottery - it’s ten great movies you can remember right now
In five minutes I will remember ten more, or twenty
I mean, PREDATOR
ALIEN
BLADE RUNNER
DISTRICT 9
MARS ATTACKS
ALIENS
2001: KUBRICK
STAR WARS 1
Are all up there, and that’s just sci-fi
Of course. These list things are just a pastime. However I'm certainly going to seek out the Death of Stalin which was suggested below.
So maybe not tope ten films, but films you can watch again and again.
I think probably the film I've repeatedly watched most is A Bridge Too Far, but as I was trying to limit my selections to one per genre it had to be Lawrence of Arabia, and I have watched that many, many times too. Poor old 'Das Boot' didn't even get a look in and yet that is outstanding too - perhaps though better categorised as a tv series.
Death of Stalin is a masterpiece
I'm a massive Iannucci fan but I hated Death of Stalin. What did I miss? I just didn't find it funny at all.
I think it was brilliant. It wasn't loud hilarious - it had to be ultra-dark comedy given the subject matter, and that simply can't be laugh a minute. But it superbly conveyed that, behind the horror of the Stalin regime - the purges, the disappearances, the starvation - were petty, flawed individuals playing out absurd games of ambition, settling scores, and arse-covering as if it was a Students Union rather than the Soviet Union. It was classic, razor sharp satire.
It did assume a level of knowledge, and that probably lost it a lot of popular appeal. Some of it was playing on character traits of people who simply aren't widely known about today.
OT this supercold is getting annoying. Coughing up vast quantities of green phlegm, and each cough send razor blades through my throat, and thunderbolts through my brain. I'm voting for any party that pledges free antibiotics through the letterbox.
EU Commissioner happy.....wonder if the French will be:
Spoke with Secretary of State Eustice. Our continuous efforts with United Kingdom have paid off. 43 vessels now have the certainty of continuing their fishing activities in Guernsey waters & 40 of them were licensed today. Intensified talks continue in good spirit. We touch base in a week.
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but then I've hardly been to the cinema this century.
Some interesting stuff there. Kaspar Hauser is one of Werner Herzog's most interesting films. I also hugely recommend the one about an expedition to the amazon by some sort of cult, and his most recent one about Japanese people paid to be social props at public events, fabricating family relationships.
Aguirre: Wrath of God is the one on the amazon.
I recently saw Soy Cuba! on BFI player, a fantastic film.
I see we're all mentally prepared for a winter of watching old films online at home this winter. I'm thankful for the recommendations and glad that I've plenty of yarn to knit, but I do hope it doesn't come to that.
Two famous comedies, the Marx Brothers "A Night at the Opera" and Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" were first shown during trying years, 1935 and 1940, respectively.
Perhaps we could use some more comedies, now.
(I am not enough of a movie buff to list ten favorites, but I do suggest that those who are include a few more comedies in their lists.)
Most of my favourites are either comedies or at least whimsy-fests. If it's not funny and it's not true, what's the point? (I remember the first time I saw a film which wasn't funny but was still utterly gripping - Sleuth, when I was about 14. Jaw-dropping. It changed my perception of film. A bit. But I still get much more enjoyment from films with some light-hearted moments.)
OT this supercold is getting annoying. Coughing up vast quantities of green phlegm, and each cough send razor blades through my throat, and thunderbolts through my brain. I'm voting for any party that pledges free antibiotics through the letterbox.
I’d like an $80 mrna vaccine against common cold viruses please. The heart inflammation risk would be worth it.
EU Commissioner happy.....wonder if the French will be:
Spoke with Secretary of State Eustice. Our continuous efforts with United Kingdom have paid off. 43 vessels now have the certainty of continuing their fishing activities in Guernsey waters & 40 of them were licensed today. Intensified talks continue in good spirit. We touch base in a week.
These are I think 40 more temporary ones until the end of January whilst Macron gets his arse in gear to submit the required evidence and Jersey is prodding his butt with a knitting needle to get him moving; Macron's purpose is to force Jersey / UK to disregard the process required in the FTA.
Two famous comedies, the Marx Brothers "A Night at the Opera" and Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" were first shown during trying years, 1935 and 1940, respectively.
Perhaps we could use some more comedies, now.
(I am not enough of a movie buff to list ten favorites, but I do suggest that those who are include a few more comedies in their lists.)
I have seen it many times, but Borat gets me laughing every time!
Two famous comedies, the Marx Brothers "A Night at the Opera" and Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" were first shown during trying years, 1935 and 1940, respectively.
Perhaps we could use some more comedies, now.
(I am not enough of a movie buff to list ten favorites, but I do suggest that those who are include a few more comedies in their lists.)
I have seen it many times, but Borat gets me laughing every time!
Will there be ANY TV coverage of tomorrow's By-election? ☹️
I have to say TV coverage of by-elections has always been a bit sh1te.
With a General Election, even though the quality of exit polling has taken some fun out of it, there's a steady flow of news, personal dramas, big name scalps and so on.
With a by-election, they endlessly chat to rather bland talking heads. The defending party explains how it's a tough backdrop but they had a fantastic candidate, and the attacking one is cautiously optimistic but says even a near miss would be a huge slap in the face for the defending party. After about four hours, there is an announcement, and the winner says it's a massive endorsement, while the loser says it's unusual local circumstances with little relevance beyond the constituency boundaries. And that's it.
But i could equally name 90 other great movies, just as good
You might be missing the point with that statement
No, I’m making another point. Cinema - although it may be in decline now (some say) - has just been through an epic 60-70 year olden age, with great great movies from all over the world. We have been blessed. Choosing ten is almost a lottery - it’s ten great movies you can remember right now
In five minutes I will remember ten more, or twenty
I mean, PREDATOR
ALIEN
BLADE RUNNER
DISTRICT 9
MARS ATTACKS
ALIENS
2001: KUBRICK
STAR WARS 1
Are all up there, and that’s just sci-fi
Of course. These list things are just a pastime. However I'm certainly going to seek out the Death of Stalin which was suggested below.
So maybe not tope ten films, but films you can watch again and again.
I think probably the film I've repeatedly watched most is A Bridge Too Far, but as I was trying to limit my selections to one per genre it had to be Lawrence of Arabia, and I have watched that many, many times too. Poor old 'Das Boot' didn't even get a look in and yet that is outstanding too - perhaps though better categorised as a tv series.
Death of Stalin is a masterpiece
I'm a massive Iannucci fan but I hated Death of Stalin. What did I miss? I just didn't find it funny at all.
I think it was brilliant. It wasn't loud hilarious - it had to be ultra-dark comedy given the subject matter, and that simply can't be laugh a minute. But it superbly conveyed that, behind the horror of the Stalin regime - the purges, the disappearances, the starvation - were petty, flawed individuals playing out absurd games of ambition, settling scores, and arse-covering as if it was a Students Union rather than the Soviet Union. It was classic, razor sharp satire.
It did assume a level of knowledge, and that probably lost it a lot of popular appeal. Some of it was playing on character traits of people who simply aren't widely known about today.
I agree - you just have to have the right kind of gallows humour to like it.
And what the Stalin lovers hated the most was that it reduced the Big Men to a bunch of squabbling jerks - the only grandeur was the body count.
Sorry but I now can't get this out of my head - 12 Angry Men as PB argument cum jury deliberation. I picture a man called Boris on trial and the charge is "Putting a Border in the Irish Sea". It looks a slam dunk - he did it - and when the jury retire they agree. However it's not quite unanimous. It's 11 to 1 for Guilty. But that one is the indefatigable Philip Thompson - played not by Henry Fonda but by Christian Bale - and he sees it differently. Cue an interminable debate, back & forth, forth & back, as he first refuses to concede and then, slowly, relentlessly, grinds the others down, forces them to say everything 10 times, then rebuts it 10 times, till they are faced with the choice of killing him, which is a world of trouble, or caving in and agreeing. Which they do, they change their vote and Boris goes free.
Two famous comedies, the Marx Brothers "A Night at the Opera" and Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" were first shown during trying years, 1935 and 1940, respectively.
Perhaps we could use some more comedies, now.
(I am not enough of a movie buff to list ten favorites, but I do suggest that those who are include a few more comedies in their lists.)
I have seen it many times, but Borat gets me laughing every time!
I preferred Bruno. And neither come close to Ali G Indahouse (best politics film, obviously).
Sorry but I now can't get this out of my head - 12 Angry Men as PB argument cum jury deliberation. I picture a man called Boris on trial and the charge is "Putting a Border in the Irish Sea". It looks a slam dunk - he did it - and when the jury retire they agree. However it's not quite unanimous. It's 11 to 1 for Guilty. But that one is the indefatigable Philip Thompson - played not by Henry Fonda but by Christian Bale - and he sees it differently. Cue an interminable debate, back & forth, forth & back, as he first refuses to concede and then, slowly, relentlessly, grinds the others down, forces them to say everything 10 times, then rebuts it 10 times, till they are faced with the choice of killing him, which is a world of trouble, or caving in and agreeing. Which they do, they change their vote and Boris goes free.
The Shadow Cabinet reshuffle was a clear further shift to isolate the Cobrynites and far left by Starmer with the appointment of the Blairite Lammy as Shadow Foreign Secretary and the Brownite Cooper as Shadow Home Secretary. That does suggest Starmer is making efforts to make Labour more centrist after its heavy defeat in 2019 under Corbyn.
However, it was also a clear promotion for Remainers. He replaced Nandy with a fervent People's Vote campaigner in Lammy and alongside Starmer and Reeves most of Labour's top team were diehard Remainers until the 2019 general election. Streeting, also a diehard Remainer, meanwhile came into the Shadow Cabinet as Education Secretary.
How that goes down in 63% Leave Bexley in the by election tomorrow remains to be seen
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Dunno about Bohemian Rhapsody. It's a plodding biopic with a great finale which is more-or-less a shot-for-shot remake of Live Aid.
The guy's got a billion points in the bag for correctly identifying the best ever musical, and you're quibbling about some detail of the undercard? (Not seen Bohemian Rhapsody)
My Fair Lady the best musical of all time? This is a betting site and you like a film that has horses racing *left-handed* at Royal Ascot? Away with you.
I'm all in. I simply love that film. The most beautiful girl ever (Hepburn), the most amusing character ever (Harrison), and the best man ever (Hyde-White). And then you have the father played so magnificently by... can't remember his name.
And amazing costumes (Cecil Beaton?) and amazing songs. What’s not to love?
Films that used to be great but now aren't, top 1.
Taxi Driver.
I rewatched this classic recently and all the glitter has worn off. It has more-or-less the same plot as Joker, and the lone vigilante is almost a film cliche. You're left with one memorable line and Jodie Foster as an underage pro. Too influential for its own good, perhaps? Oh, and there is an election campaign in the background so good for pb.
Sorry but I now can't get this out of my head - 12 Angry Men as PB argument cum jury deliberation. I picture a man called Boris on trial and the charge is "Putting a Border in the Irish Sea". It looks a slam dunk - he did it - and when the jury retire they agree. However it's not quite unanimous. It's 11 to 1 for Guilty. But that one is the indefatigable Philip Thompson - played not by Henry Fonda but by Christian Bale - and he sees it differently. Cue an interminable debate, back & forth, forth & back, as he first refuses to concede and then, slowly, relentlessly, grinds the others down, forces them to say everything 10 times, then rebuts it 10 times, till they are faced with the choice of killing him, which is a world of trouble, or caving in and agreeing. Which they do, they change their vote and Boris goes free.
But for PT, as he says repeatedly, dying is part of life. So maybe they take the choice of killing him, and stick with convicting Boris. PS: I do hope you weren't thinking of American Psycho in suggesting Christian Bale for the PT role.
The Shadow Cabinet reshuffle was a clear further shift to isolate the Cobrynites and far left by Starmer with the appointment of the Blairite Lammy as Shadow Foreign Secretary and the Brownite Cooper as Shadow Home Secretary. That does suggest Starmer is making efforts to make Labour more centrist after its heavy defeat in 2019 under Corbyn.
However, it was also a clear promotion for Remainers. He replaced Nandy with a fervent People's Vote campaigner in Lammy and alongside Starmer and Reeves most of Labour's top team were diehard Remainers until the 2019 general election. Streeting, also a diehard Remainer, meanwhile came into the Shadow Cabinet as Education Secretary.
How that goes down in 63% Leave Bexley in the by election tomorrow remains to be seen
I doubt people look that closely at that sort of thing. Impact likely to be pretty marginal, I would have thought.
Two famous comedies, the Marx Brothers "A Night at the Opera" and Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" were first shown during trying years, 1935 and 1940, respectively.
Perhaps we could use some more comedies, now.
(I am not enough of a movie buff to list ten favorites, but I do suggest that those who are include a few more comedies in their lists.)
I have seen it many times, but Borat gets me laughing every time!
Coincidentally I was chatting to my wife earlier today - which we still do even though we've been together a while - about which we thought were the best CHRISTMAS movies. I said the usual, she added in the usual, but then she really took me aback with her last one, which was Die Hard. First I've heard of that being considered a Christmas movie but she's adamant it is. People can surprise you sometimes, even those you think you know well.
That's something that PC types have been flapping about for years. It's a perennial on the Guardian's kronky outrage bus.
The Shadow Cabinet reshuffle was a clear further shift to isolate the Cobrynites and far left by Starmer with the appointment of the Blairite Lammy as Shadow Foreign Secretary and the Brownite Cooper as Shadow Home Secretary. That does suggest Starmer is making efforts to make Labour more centrist after its heavy defeat in 2019 under Corbyn.
However, it was also a clear promotion for Remainers. He replaced Nandy with a fervent People's Vote campaigner in Lammy and alongside Starmer and Reeves most of Labour's top team were diehard Remainers until the 2019 general election. Streeting, also a diehard Remainer, meanwhile came into the Shadow Cabinet as Education Secretary.
How that goes down in 63% Leave Bexley in the by election tomorrow remains to be seen
Unlike the last time this was brilliant from Starmer.
He's managed to get as much wisdom as he can around the table. The left has been hugely weakened, but they'll not point to why.
Films that used to be great but now aren't, top 1.
Taxi Driver.
I rewatched this classic recently and all the glitter has worn off. It has more-or-less the same plot as Joker, and the lone vigilante is almost a film cliche. You're left with one memorable line and Jodie Foster as an underage pro. Too influential for its own good, perhaps? Oh, and there is an election campaign in the background so good for pb.
Donnie Darko is set during the 1988 US presidential election. I love the dinner table scene...
Sorry but I now can't get this out of my head - 12 Angry Men as PB argument cum jury deliberation. I picture a man called Boris on trial and the charge is "Putting a Border in the Irish Sea". It looks a slam dunk - he did it - and when the jury retire they agree. However it's not quite unanimous. It's 11 to 1 for Guilty. But that one is the indefatigable Philip Thompson - played not by Henry Fonda but by Christian Bale - and he sees it differently. Cue an interminable debate, back & forth, forth & back, as he first refuses to concede and then, slowly, relentlessly, grinds the others down, forces them to say everything 10 times, then rebuts it 10 times, till they are faced with the choice of killing him, which is a world of trouble, or caving in and agreeing. Which they do, they change their vote and Boris goes free.
The Usual Suspects with David Cameron interviewing Khyser Sose (played by Nigel Farage) only to see the words "immigration" over the notice board at the end, the minute after voting closed for the referendum
The Shadow Cabinet reshuffle was a clear further shift to isolate the Cobrynites and far left by Starmer with the appointment of the Blairite Lammy as Shadow Foreign Secretary and the Brownite Cooper as Shadow Home Secretary. That does suggest Starmer is making efforts to make Labour more centrist after its heavy defeat in 2019 under Corbyn.
However, it was also a clear promotion for Remainers. He replaced Nandy with a fervent People's Vote campaigner in Lammy and alongside Starmer and Reeves most of Labour's top team were diehard Remainers until the 2019 general election. Streeting, also a diehard Remainer, meanwhile came into the Shadow Cabinet as Education Secretary.
How that goes down in 63% Leave Bexley in the by election tomorrow remains to be seen
Unlike the last time this was brilliant from Starmer.
He's managed to get as much wisdom as he can around the table. The left has been hugely weakened, but they'll not point to why.
Starmer's pointless dig at Angela Rayner was an own goal. Labour needs people who can hammer the Tories and whether you like her or not, Rayner has been cutting through. And she is not even that left-wing.
A man who put superglue on the lock of a Covid-19 vaccination centre, preventing 504 people from getting jabs, has been jailed for 12 weeks.
Hayden Brown, 53, of Burgh Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, squirted glue into the keyhole of the centre's door on 26 November.
It meant the premises in Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, could not be opened.
Brown admitted criminal damage and causing a public nuisance at Norwich Magistrates' Court.
He was arrested on Tuesday after being identified in footage from cameras that had been installed following two previous incidents earlier in November.
Supt Nathan Clark said that a "large number" of the 504 people who were affected were elderly.
"This disruption will have caused great anxiety to those who have chosen to be vaccinated and then not able to attend," he said.
The Shadow Cabinet reshuffle was a clear further shift to isolate the Cobrynites and far left by Starmer with the appointment of the Blairite Lammy as Shadow Foreign Secretary and the Brownite Cooper as Shadow Home Secretary. That does suggest Starmer is making efforts to make Labour more centrist after its heavy defeat in 2019 under Corbyn.
However, it was also a clear promotion for Remainers. He replaced Nandy with a fervent People's Vote campaigner in Lammy and alongside Starmer and Reeves most of Labour's top team were diehard Remainers until the 2019 general election. Streeting, also a diehard Remainer, meanwhile came into the Shadow Cabinet as Education Secretary.
How that goes down in 63% Leave Bexley in the by election tomorrow remains to be seen
It could go down well with 37% Remain Bexley, and that could suffice if enough of the Leavers stay at home or vote RefUK.
Having said that, I expect a comfortable Tory hold.
Films that used to be great but now aren't, top 1.
Taxi Driver.
I rewatched this classic recently and all the glitter has worn off. It has more-or-less the same plot as Joker, and the lone vigilante is almost a film cliche. You're left with one memorable line and Jodie Foster as an underage pro. Too influential for its own good, perhaps? Oh, and there is an election campaign in the background so good for pb.
Difficult, as it is a film that has become so well known that it becomes a cliche rather than recognised as the pioneer that it was.
The Shadow Cabinet reshuffle was a clear further shift to isolate the Cobrynites and far left by Starmer with the appointment of the Blairite Lammy as Shadow Foreign Secretary and the Brownite Cooper as Shadow Home Secretary. That does suggest Starmer is making efforts to make Labour more centrist after its heavy defeat in 2019 under Corbyn.
However, it was also a clear promotion for Remainers. He replaced Nandy with a fervent People's Vote campaigner in Lammy and alongside Starmer and Reeves most of Labour's top team were diehard Remainers until the 2019 general election. Streeting, also a diehard Remainer, meanwhile came into the Shadow Cabinet as Education Secretary.
How that goes down in 63% Leave Bexley in the by election tomorrow remains to be seen
I doubt people look that closely at that sort of thing. Impact likely to be pretty marginal, I would have thought.
Likely Labour gains from 2019 Tory voters also likely to be pretty marginal I expect.
However I do expect Labour to squeeze the LD vote significantly in the by election tomorrow to make up for leftwing voters going Green and the Tories to also lose some votes to ReformUK
Can I put in a late bid for Goodfellas? Greatest film and best soundtrack. Ever.
Should really have been in my top 10, it probably is - in fact I will replace Waynes World with Goodfellas - I probably know it word for word
Same here - I watch it a few times every year, know it off by heart, but still enjoy it and always find something new in it.
I met a girl called Karen at the V Festival (2000 w Richard Ashcroft headlining) and getting to do endless impressions of Henry Hill saying "KAARRREENN!!!! I can't believe you did that! That's all we had" was as much fun as the snog
The Shadow Cabinet reshuffle was a clear further shift to isolate the Cobrynites and far left by Starmer with the appointment of the Blairite Lammy as Shadow Foreign Secretary and the Brownite Cooper as Shadow Home Secretary. That does suggest Starmer is making efforts to make Labour more centrist after its heavy defeat in 2019 under Corbyn.
However, it was also a clear promotion for Remainers. He replaced Nandy with a fervent People's Vote campaigner in Lammy and alongside Starmer and Reeves most of Labour's top team were diehard Remainers until the 2019 general election. Streeting, also a diehard Remainer, meanwhile came into the Shadow Cabinet as Education Secretary.
How that goes down in 63% Leave Bexley in the by election tomorrow remains to be seen
Unlike the last time this was brilliant from Starmer.
He's managed to get as much wisdom as he can around the table. The left has been hugely weakened, but they'll not point to why.
Starmer's pointless dig at Angela Rayner was an own goal. Labour needs people who can hammer the Tories and whether you like her or not, Rayner has been cutting through. And she is not even that left-wing.
Ah yes, I totally agree that his handling of Rayner is a bit odd. I suspect that there's something we don't know there.
A man who put superglue on the lock of a Covid-19 vaccination centre, preventing 504 people from getting jabs, has been jailed for 12 weeks.
Hayden Brown, 53, of Burgh Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, squirted glue into the keyhole of the centre's door on 26 November.
It meant the premises in Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, could not be opened.
Brown admitted criminal damage and causing a public nuisance at Norwich Magistrates' Court.
He was arrested on Tuesday after being identified in footage from cameras that had been installed following two previous incidents earlier in November.
Supt Nathan Clark said that a "large number" of the 504 people who were affected were elderly.
"This disruption will have caused great anxiety to those who have chosen to be vaccinated and then not able to attend," he said.
MY FAIR LADY OLIVER GUYS AND DOLLS ALL THAT JAZZ WEST SIDE STORY CABARET BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY BEAUTY AND THE BEAST SINGING IN THE RAIN BUGSY MALONE
Dunno about Bohemian Rhapsody. It's a plodding biopic with a great finale which is more-or-less a shot-for-shot remake of Live Aid.
The guy's got a billion points in the bag for correctly identifying the best ever musical, and you're quibbling about some detail of the undercard? (Not seen Bohemian Rhapsody)
My Fair Lady the best musical of all time? This is a betting site and you like a film that has horses racing *left-handed* at Royal Ascot? Away with you. …
It’s good, but The Band Wagon is the ultimate film musical, IMO.
The Shadow Cabinet reshuffle was a clear further shift to isolate the Cobrynites and far left by Starmer with the appointment of the Blairite Lammy as Shadow Foreign Secretary and the Brownite Cooper as Shadow Home Secretary. That does suggest Starmer is making efforts to make Labour more centrist after its heavy defeat in 2019 under Corbyn.
However, it was also a clear promotion for Remainers. He replaced Nandy with a fervent People's Vote campaigner in Lammy and alongside Starmer and Reeves most of Labour's top team were diehard Remainers until the 2019 general election. Streeting, also a diehard Remainer, meanwhile came into the Shadow Cabinet as Education Secretary.
How that goes down in 63% Leave Bexley in the by election tomorrow remains to be seen
I broadly agree on centrist aspects, but I'm not really sure on the Remainer bit. Yes, a lot of Labour centrists backed Starmer's (and Corbyn's, but clearly Starmer was the architect) flawed policy of reopening the issue rather than settling Brexit on the best possible terms in 2019. But it's yesterday's debate.
On Nandy, I don't actually see it as a demotion. Foreign Secretary is one of the great offices of state, but Shadow Foreign Secretary isn't all that much of a thing - you criticise diplomatic missteps, but the big foreign affairs issues are all pinched by your boss, and the policy development issues aren't that huge.
Nandy is a good tactical choice to shadow Gove - she's a capable operator and does manage to convey a northern authenticity which is tricky for Gove, who is a good in terms of grip on his brief and policy generation ability (hence why he's been brought in to sort out the mess of levelling up, which has never really got beyond the level of Johnson slogan so far), but is a hard to like southerner.
A man who put superglue on the lock of a Covid-19 vaccination centre, preventing 504 people from getting jabs, has been jailed for 12 weeks.
Hayden Brown, 53, of Burgh Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, squirted glue into the keyhole of the centre's door on 26 November.
It meant the premises in Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, could not be opened.
Brown admitted criminal damage and causing a public nuisance at Norwich Magistrates' Court.
He was arrested on Tuesday after being identified in footage from cameras that had been installed following two previous incidents earlier in November.
Supt Nathan Clark said that a "large number" of the 504 people who were affected were elderly.
"This disruption will have caused great anxiety to those who have chosen to be vaccinated and then not able to attend," he said.
Either the hospitals in SA start clogging up in about two days or omicron is a mildy as several docs and WHOers are speculating. Not long until we know.
A man who put superglue on the lock of a Covid-19 vaccination centre, preventing 504 people from getting jabs, has been jailed for 12 weeks.
Hayden Brown, 53, of Burgh Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, squirted glue into the keyhole of the centre's door on 26 November.
It meant the premises in Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, could not be opened.
Brown admitted criminal damage and causing a public nuisance at Norwich Magistrates' Court.
He was arrested on Tuesday after being identified in footage from cameras that had been installed following two previous incidents earlier in November.
Supt Nathan Clark said that a "large number" of the 504 people who were affected were elderly.
"This disruption will have caused great anxiety to those who have chosen to be vaccinated and then not able to attend," he said.
Films that used to be great but now aren't, top 1.
Taxi Driver.
I rewatched this classic recently and all the glitter has worn off. It has more-or-less the same plot as Joker, and the lone vigilante is almost a film cliche. You're left with one memorable line and Jodie Foster as an underage pro. Too influential for its own good, perhaps? Oh, and there is an election campaign in the background so good for pb.
Difficult, as it is a film that has become so well known that it becomes a cliche rather than recognised as the pioneer that it was.
The King of Comedy is much the better Scorsese film, I think, from only a couple of years later, but much the less known. I only came it across it again recently because I saw it on MUBI's streaming service, which I hugely recommend to anyone interested in international as well as less commercial cinema, along with the BFI, too .
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I think George Harrison is partially behind it, no? Which, alongside Life of Brian, is some impressive work.
Any list of top musical films that doesn't include Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again is a list compiled by an idiot.
Amazon Prime it is then…
So maybe not tope ten films, but films you can watch again and again.
I think probably the film I've repeatedly watched most is A Bridge Too Far, but as I was trying to limit my selections to one per genre it had to be Lawrence of Arabia, and I have watched that many, many times too. Poor old 'Das Boot' didn't even get a look in and yet that is outstanding too - perhaps though better categorised as a tv series.
Hospitalisations are going down still but less quickly. Deaths per day about to go under 100 and still coming down.
I used to think I hated musicals. But on closer inspection what I hate is the particular genre of music which is used in most musicals (I'm looking at Disney in particular here).
'The Apartment'
Cases by specimen date
Especially as both I & II were also nuts in their own ways; the first condemned his wife to decades of solitary confinement and (allegedly) had her lover hacked to death: while the second also had significant family issues (to put it most mildly) stating toward the end of his reign that "I lost my eldest son – but I am glad of it ..."
Casting suggestions? Investor interest?
And IF you think this is a great idea, how's about becoming one of the early bettors backing the Next Big Thing - the Boris Boar!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNQ7TrVDrg
It was "pre-code" so when the Myrna Loy character is asked "could you go for a doctor" she replies, "sure, show him in"....
High noon The Manchurian candidate The French connection
The enigma of Kaspar Hauser Viridiana Wild Stawberries
but then I've hardly been to the cinema this century.
- New cases: 8,561
- Average: 3,797 (+1,041)
- Positivity rate: 16.5% (+6.3)
- In hospital: 2,550 (+136)
- In ICU: 235 (+1)
- New deaths: 28
- Average: 31 (+1)
ETA and go and watch Bohemian Rhapsody. It's great but should have been better.
Zulu
The Day of the Jackal
North by Northwest
Star Wars
Back to the Future
Barry Lyndon
Airplane
Wall-E
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Dr Zhivago
Perhaps we could use some more comedies, now.
(I am not enough of a movie buff to list ten favorites, but I do suggest that those who are include a few more comedies in their lists.)
It did assume a level of knowledge, and that probably lost it a lot of popular appeal. Some of it was playing on character traits of people who simply aren't widely known about today.
No real change - trends continuing...
The small bump in hospital admissions for the 85+ is interesting - having a further look at that
I recently saw Soy Cuba! on BFI player, a fantastic film.
(I remember the first time I saw a film which wasn't funny but was still utterly gripping - Sleuth, when I was about 14. Jaw-dropping. It changed my perception of film. A bit. But I still get much more enjoyment from films with some light-hearted moments.)
These are I think 40 more temporary ones until the end of January whilst Macron gets his arse in gear to submit the required evidence and Jersey is prodding his butt with a knitting needle to get him moving; Macron's purpose is to force Jersey / UK to disregard the process required in the FTA.
https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/states-agree-43-french-vessels-can-continue-fish-bailiwick-waters/#.Yae4g9DP1EY
His aim is reelection, and it is not all of them including the fake ones. He requires either villains or conquests.
Macron will be doing another entry for the Posturing Prat of Paris 2021 competition.
With a General Election, even though the quality of exit polling has taken some fun out of it, there's a steady flow of news, personal dramas, big name scalps and so on.
With a by-election, they endlessly chat to rather bland talking heads. The defending party explains how it's a tough backdrop but they had a fantastic candidate, and the attacking one is cautiously optimistic but says even a near miss would be a huge slap in the face for the defending party. After about four hours, there is an announcement, and the winner says it's a massive endorsement, while the loser says it's unusual local circumstances with little relevance beyond the constituency boundaries. And that's it.
And what the Stalin lovers hated the most was that it reduced the Big Men to a bunch of squabbling jerks - the only grandeur was the body count.
However, it was also a clear promotion for Remainers. He replaced Nandy with a fervent People's Vote campaigner in Lammy and alongside Starmer and Reeves most of Labour's top team were diehard Remainers until the 2019 general election. Streeting, also a diehard Remainer, meanwhile came into the Shadow Cabinet as Education Secretary.
How that goes down in 63% Leave Bexley in the by election tomorrow remains to be seen
Taxi Driver.
I rewatched this classic recently and all the glitter has worn off. It has more-or-less the same plot as Joker, and the lone vigilante is almost a film cliche. You're left with one memorable line and Jodie Foster as an underage pro. Too influential for its own good, perhaps? Oh, and there is an election campaign in the background so good for pb.
PS: I do hope you weren't thinking of American Psycho in suggesting Christian Bale for the PT role.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ofpRxc0GVg
Up there with Winterval.
He's managed to get as much wisdom as he can around the table. The left has been hugely weakened, but they'll not point to why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxvZa6OUJSI
A man who put superglue on the lock of a Covid-19 vaccination centre, preventing 504 people from getting jabs, has been jailed for 12 weeks.
Hayden Brown, 53, of Burgh Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, squirted glue into the keyhole of the centre's door on 26 November.
It meant the premises in Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, could not be opened.
Brown admitted criminal damage and causing a public nuisance at Norwich Magistrates' Court.
He was arrested on Tuesday after being identified in footage from cameras that had been installed following two previous incidents earlier in November.
Supt Nathan Clark said that a "large number" of the 504 people who were affected were elderly.
"This disruption will have caused great anxiety to those who have chosen to be vaccinated and then not able to attend," he said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-59493747
They fixed a small issue with my ABS apparently
Anyone But Starmer?
Having said that, I expect a comfortable Tory hold.
However I do expect Labour to squeeze the LD vote significantly in the by election tomorrow to make up for leftwing voters going Green and the Tories to also lose some votes to ReformUK
Rayner is a capable politician.
On Nandy, I don't actually see it as a demotion. Foreign Secretary is one of the great offices of state, but Shadow Foreign Secretary isn't all that much of a thing - you criticise diplomatic missteps, but the big foreign affairs issues are all pinched by your boss, and the policy development issues aren't that huge.
Nandy is a good tactical choice to shadow Gove - she's a capable operator and does manage to convey a northern authenticity which is tricky for Gove, who is a good in terms of grip on his brief and policy generation ability (hence why he's been brought in to sort out the mess of levelling up, which has never really got beyond the level of Johnson slogan so far), but is a hard to like southerner.
Bourne Supremacy > Bourne Identity
The Departed > Internal Affairs
Attack of the Clones > Phantom Menace (maybe)
Also both Spiderman 2 and Spiderman Homecoming are superior to Spiderman 1. Haven’t seen the Garfield ones.
And if we have to have a Wes Anderson movie in there, then it should probably be The Royal Tenanbaums.
How's this going to work? They just going to bleep out every time Vaughan is on?