Epic films.... You've never got round to seeing.....
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Only watched The Shawshank Redemption for the first time a couple of months back. Figured I'd got this far without someone telling me the ending, but didn't want to push my luck any further. A solid film.
I've never seen The Godfather, The Great Escape or any of the LOTR films.
Haven't seen Avatar all the way through. Mainly due to me giving-up on both occasions as I thought it was complete arse of the first order. Sorry, seemed to have confused 'Epic' with 'Complete s
t' there.... Actually, there's a trend forming here with Jim Cameron films as I haven't seen all of Titanic for the same reason.
I've never seen The Godfather, The Great Escape or any of the LOTR films.
Haven't seen Avatar all the way through. Mainly due to me giving-up on both occasions as I thought it was complete arse of the first order. Sorry, seemed to have confused 'Epic' with 'Complete s
t' there.... Actually, there's a trend forming here with Jim Cameron films as I haven't seen all of Titanic for the same reason.Withnail and I is one - Not sure it IS epic from the clip's I've seen (same with Shawshank - It's just an OK prison drama with lots of graphic gay rape scenes, I suspect it appeals to a niche market 
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I managed to go YEARS without finding out the ending to The Usual Suspects, but honestly, it really wasn't that surprising, was it?
M.
).I managed to go YEARS without finding out the ending to The Usual Suspects, but honestly, it really wasn't that surprising, was it?
M.
CR6ZZ said:
Withnail and I, Donny Darko and Scarface. All seem to be on the "must see" lists but haven't so far. Should I?
I've never seen Withnail and I although it still doesn't appeal to me despite it's reputation. Scarface is great. I enjoyed Donny Darko for its atmosphere but it's a marmite movie. Very hard to understand what's going on without Googling it afterwards. As for Schindlers List, it's a fantastic movie, moving and disturbing and made more harrowing becuase it's based on real events. It actually inspired me to visit the factory whilst on a trip to Poland a few years ago. Not sure Simon's comments come from and it's better for being in black and white. It adds to the dark themes.
Not an epic as such but I've not seen It's a Wonderful Life despite being regarded as a classic. I'll get around to it one day.
I read Schindler's Ark, the book Schindler's List is based on (and usually sold under the List title these days as apparently Americans struggled with the concept of an Ark without pairs of animals...).
The film is good, maybe even VERY good, but the book's much better at portraying Schindler's complexity and motives, I'd recommend anyone to read it.
As a film, I suspect Jaws might well be better, it's hard to be completely objective about Holocaust movies, as you keep coming back to the question of how human beings (especially on such a mass scale) can be so cruel to other human beings. Sadly, it's a far from isolated example...
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PS I'll throw in "The Lego Movie", because it has a song called "Everything is Awesome", so I guess the movie must be
The film is good, maybe even VERY good, but the book's much better at portraying Schindler's complexity and motives, I'd recommend anyone to read it.
As a film, I suspect Jaws might well be better, it's hard to be completely objective about Holocaust movies, as you keep coming back to the question of how human beings (especially on such a mass scale) can be so cruel to other human beings. Sadly, it's a far from isolated example...
M
PS I'll throw in "The Lego Movie", because it has a song called "Everything is Awesome", so I guess the movie must be
simon1987 said:
its crap and its almost 99% in black and white.
Jurassic park or jaws are much better films by the same director.
I was amazed to see someone had written that nonsense. And then I realised where I had seen you before and became unamazed.Jurassic park or jaws are much better films by the same director.
Also your username should surely be simon2004
simplesimon said:
A friend was short to pay a bill (£30) I offered to give them the money but they declined saying they knew they could get it else where and would rather not borrow money off me.
I said if it falls through ring me and Ill still get you the money.
They agreed with that.
I rang them later at about 11pm and asked how it worked out and they asked to borrow the money, they claimed they had no credit to contact me which I knew was a lie.
I said I would ring them back in 5 minutes to let them know as I had started having a drink and needed to decide if I was over the limit or not.
After about 10 minutes they rang me and asked if they could borrow the money, to which I told them no because its too late now and when I was going to say they could come in the morning the morning to get it. They butted in with "why offer if you cant do it m8, i was depending on u" so I said I thought you had no credit to ring.
And then there was an awkward silence so I said you know what just .... off. And hung up on them.
I said if it falls through ring me and Ill still get you the money.
They agreed with that.
I rang them later at about 11pm and asked how it worked out and they asked to borrow the money, they claimed they had no credit to contact me which I knew was a lie.
I said I would ring them back in 5 minutes to let them know as I had started having a drink and needed to decide if I was over the limit or not.
After about 10 minutes they rang me and asked if they could borrow the money, to which I told them no because its too late now and when I was going to say they could come in the morning the morning to get it. They butted in with "why offer if you cant do it m8, i was depending on u" so I said I thought you had no credit to ring.
And then there was an awkward silence so I said you know what just .... off. And hung up on them.
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