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hmmm..

I fess up to actually liking it...

Lock Stock and Snatch are both brilliant!

 

No comment.

Haha. Can you elaborate on the 'no comment'?

 
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Lock Stock and Snatch are both brilliant!

 

Snatch -  Brad Pitt and the dog that ate the diamond and the squeeky toy - both performances were sensational

 

Haha. Can you elaborate on the 'no comment'?

Not online. Haha.

 
 

Snatch -  Brad Pitt and the dog that ate the diamond and the squeeky toy - both performances were sensational

When I first saw Snatch I was pretty young, and it took a couple of viewings to realise that Frankie Four Fingers was Benicio Del Toro and not Brad Pitt. 

 

Not online. Haha.

Totally fair enough.

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

"Lock Stock and two smoking barrells" The worst film of all time Shizenhuisen!! 

You HAVE to be taking the [censored]!  I'd be interested to hear what you consider to be a great film.


No Hardtack shizen in the extreme, could not make head nor tale of it!!

Great Fence Classics include.... Shawshank Redemption, Dirty Harry, 2001 & the more obscure 2010 A Space Odyseys,Raiders of The lost Ark, Million Dollar Baby, Grand Torino, Apollo 13, The Exorcist, Back to the Future and of Recent...Midnight in Paris, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, About Time, Sully, Captain Phillips, and probably the most dramatic "Eye in the sky" 

Beats the absolutely shizen Lock stock!  IMO

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10 hours ago, picket fence said:

No Hardtack shizen in the extreme, could not make head nor tale of it!!

Great Fence Classics include.... Shawshank Redemption, Dirty Harry, 2001 & the more obscure 2010 A Space Odyseys,Raiders of The lost Ark, Million Dollar Baby, Grand Torino, Apollo 13, The Exorcist, Back to the Future and of Recent...Midnight in Paris, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, About Time, Sully, Captain Phillips, and probably the most dramatic "Eye in the sky" 

Beats the absolutely shizen Lock stock!  IMO

I don't mind the films you have mentioned but i also like the quirky Guy Ritchie produced a couple of crackers.

Hey picket - what's your view on Tarantino films ?

21 minutes ago, nutbean said:

I don't mind the films you have mentioned but i also like the quirky Guy Ritchie produced a couple of crackers.

Hey picket - what's your view on Tarantino films ?

His latest movie was nothing short of trash. 

(Tarantino)

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1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

His latest movie was nothing short of trash. 

the hateful eight ?

Wasn't his best for sure - but I just think Tarantino is taking the [censored] in his films and this one was no different  

4 hours ago, nutbean said:

the hateful eight ?

Wasn't his best for sure - but I just think Tarantino is taking the [censored] in his films and this one was no different  

I do not think Tarantino has been the same since the success of Pulp Fiction.

Yeah he has had some great films since then but they do not feel quite right.


15 hours ago, picket fence said:

No Hardtack shizen in the extreme, could not make head nor tale of it!!

Great Fence Classics include.... Shawshank Redemption, Dirty Harry, 2001 & the more obscure 2010 A Space Odyseys,Raiders of The lost Ark, Million Dollar Baby, Grand Torino, Apollo 13, The Exorcist, Back to the Future and of Recent...Midnight in Paris, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, About Time, Sully, Captain Phillips, and probably the most dramatic "Eye in the sky" 

Beats the absolutely shizen Lock stock!  IMO

I thought LS&2SB's was a brilliant piece of circular story telling.  It virtually started a whole new genre of British gangland films that were comically violent like its follow up Snatch, Sexy Beast, In Bruges and so on. 

As for your list of films, most are films I enjoy watching but there are a few I don't get too excited about.  I'm a big Wes Anderson fan though... even though they are not of the same ilk, but as you liked Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (I love that film also... sequel not so much), then you might enjoy The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Darjeeling Limited.

28 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

I do not think Tarantino has been the same since the success of Pulp Fiction.

Yeah he has had some great films since then but they do not feel quite right.

I've liked just about everything that Tarantino has been involved in... while The Hateful 8 might not be his best, it's still a very good film.  Inglorious Basterds was excellent and Django was very very good... I also absolutely love Jackie Brown and Reservoir Dogs.  However, a couple of my favourite films that he was connected to but that weren't directed by him are, True Romance and Desperado.

As far as directors go, I think Tarantino is one of the more consistently good, possibly only surpassed by (in my opinion) the Cohen Brothers (although I also place Jarmusch and Herzog pretty much up there as well).

10 hours ago, hardtack said:

I thought LS&2SB's was a brilliant piece of circular story telling.  It virtually started a whole new genre of British gangland films that were comically violent like its follow up Snatch, Sexy Beast, In Bruges and so on. 

As for your list of films, most are films I enjoy watching but there are a few I don't get too excited about.  I'm a big Wes Anderson fan though... even though they are not of the same ilk, but as you liked Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (I love that film also... sequel not so much), then you might enjoy The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Darjeeling Limited.

I Hated the grand Budapest Hotel! Period!

10 hours ago, hardtack said:

I've liked just about everything that Tarantino has been involved in... while The Hateful 8 might not be his best, it's still a very good film.  Inglorious Basterds was excellent and Django was very very good... I also absolutely love Jackie Brown and Reservoir Dogs.  However, a couple of my favourite films that he was connected to but that weren't directed by him are, True Romance and Desperado.

As far as directors go, I think Tarantino is one of the more consistently good, possibly only surpassed by (in my opinion) the Cohen Brothers (although I also place Jarmusch and Herzog pretty much up there as well).

No Country for Old Men is one of my favourites. 

On 10/26/2016 at 2:06 PM, hardtack said:

I've liked just about everything that Tarantino has been involved in... while The Hateful 8 might not be his best, it's still a very good film.  Inglorious Basterds was excellent and Django was very very good... I also absolutely love Jackie Brown and Reservoir Dogs.  However, a couple of my favourite films that he was connected to but that weren't directed by him are, True Romance and Desperado.

As far as directors go, I think Tarantino is one of the more consistently good, possibly only surpassed by (in my opinion) the Cohen Brothers (although I also place Jarmusch and Herzog pretty much up there as well).

As i said he has done some great films since, but to me they seem forced, pushing barriers because it is expected.


16 hours ago, picket fence said:

I Hated the grand Budapest Hotel! Period!

Haha! Well, I'm guessing we won't be going to the movies together :-)

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5 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Haha! Well, I'm guessing we won't be going to the movies together :-)

I like quirky movies.

Just now, nutbean said:

 

I like quirky movies.

Ok, we can go to the movies together :-)

4 hours ago, hardtack said:

Ok, we can go to the movies together :-)

Quatermass and the Pit anyone??

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Quatermass and the Pit anyone??

Love, love, love it!!! Along with Forbidden Planet and Earth vs the Flying Saucers, that is one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made.


On 27/10/2016 at 10:01 PM, hardtack said:

Love, love, love it!!! Along with Forbidden Planet and Earth vs the Flying Saucers, that is one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made.

Quatermass and the Pit, agreed, thought one of your favourite sci fi would be Silent Running

1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

Quatermass and the Pit, agreed, thought one of your favourite sci fi would be Silent Running

Yeah, I'm a big fan of that as well... Bruce Dern was excellent.  I just have a real soft spot for 50's and 60's sci-fi.

 
On 27/10/2016 at 8:50 PM, picket fence said:

Quatermass and the Pit anyone??

Well it's funny how these things happen, but I just turned on the TV to watch some Melbourne Cup day action, and there on Foxtel's TCM channel is "5 Million Years to Earth" (aka Quatermass and the Pit)!  Guess which won out for my viewing pleasure :-)

18 hours ago, hardtack said:

Yeah, I'm a big fan of that as well... Bruce Dern was excellent.  I just have a real soft spot for 50's and 60's sci-fi.

Just bought the DVD collection of Adam Adamant Lives to sayisfy my soft spot of 60's British TV


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