Have we done films yet? [Archive]

ETA

09-04-2020, 08:13

An opportunity to screen some old favourites in the Olde ETA Inne. Perhaps the first ten will be:

The Green Mile
The Shawshank Redemption
Tunes of Glory
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Clockwork Orange
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
The Warlord
The Great Escape
American Werewolf In London

Al Bundy

09-04-2020, 08:44

A top of my head Top 10:

Animal House
Any Laurel & Hardy film
Apocalypse Now
Dark Star
Evil Dead
Life Of Brian
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Southern Comfort
The Wanderers
Wizard Of Oz

oldboots

09-04-2020, 09:22

This one is almost impossible for me, so I'll cheat a little

Practically anything by Kubrick
Any early Mel Brooks film
Anything by Powell & Pressburger
Anything by David Lean
Any of the major Ealing comedies and a few of their more serious stuff
German Modernist 1920s and German Avant Garde 1970s
Anything with Micheal Caine or Clint Eastwood

Outside of those few:

Monty Python and The Holy Grail
Dark Star
Citizen Kane
Sweet Smell of Success
Withnail & I

For Mrs Boots it's anything with Bruce Willis, preferably in a mucky vest.

Spinko

09-04-2020, 09:56

Dead Man's Shoes
The Wicker Man
Stand By Me
Football Factory
This is England (the first as they went a bit downhill afterwards)

Aqualung

09-04-2020, 10:26

I'm not a great one for films but do like Stanley Kubrick so

200! A Space Odyssey
Clockwork Orange
The Shining

I also liked Psycho, the Wicker Man and the Omen with the first one being best.
Honourable mention to the very silly Hammer film The Devil Rides Out which inspired my email address and the label for any home made wine I used to bottle.

Edit: The Good The Bad and the Ugly has been mentioned. My favourite is For A Few Dollars More.

Al Bundy

09-04-2020, 10:46

A top of my head Top 10:

Animal House
Any Laurel & Hardy film
Apocalypse Now
Dark Star
Evil Dead
Life Of Brian
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Southern Comfort
The Wanderers
Wizard Of Oz

15 more:

28 Days Later
Airplane
An American Werewolf In London
Casino
Devils Rejects
Good The Bad And The Ugly
Jaws
Mississippi Burning
No Surrender
Reservoir Dogs
Shaun Of The Dead
Scum
The Commitments
The Hitcher
The Thing (John Carpenter)

Lady Grey

09-04-2020, 11:25

Singin' in the rain
Naked - Mike Leigh
What's love got to do with it?
Quatermass and the pit
Planes, trains and automobiles
Cast Away
Jason and the Argonauts
The Devil rides out
Carry on Screaming
Carry on Cleo
Carry on Cabby - I am one hell of a Carry on fan!
More to come...

aleandhearty

09-04-2020, 11:53

Like all these lists, I get the feeling I've overlooked something special. However, on first attempt:

Some Like It Hot.
Blade Runner.
Shawshank Redemption.
Ex Machina.
Apocalypse Now.
The Third Man.
Spirited Away.
A Night At The Opera.
No Country For Old Men.
Blue Velvet.

Oggwyn Trench

09-04-2020, 12:34

Blazing Saddles
Apocalypse Now
Jason and the Argonauts
The Dawn Patrol
The Adventures of Robin Hood
American Graffiti
Animal House
The early Connery Bond films
Natural Born Killers
Star Wars ep4
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Dollars Trilogy
The Three Musketeers , the Gene Kelly and Micheal York versions

oldboots

09-04-2020, 12:37

oldboots

09-04-2020, 12:49

This one is almost impossible for me, so I'll cheat a little

Practically anything by Kubrick
Any early Mel Brooks film
Anything by Powell & Pressburger
Anything by David Lean
Any of the major Ealing comedies and a few of their more serious stuff
German Modernist 1920s and German Avant Garde 1970s
Anything with Michael Caine or Clint Eastwood

...

My best films in those groups

A Clockwork Orange or Barry Lyndon - just can't decide.
Young Frankenstein
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Hobson's Choice
Kind Hearts and Coronets / San Demetrio London
Metropolis / Aquirre, The Wrath of God
Get Carter / For a Few Dollars More

Komakino

09-04-2020, 13:19

Working a 4 'til midnight shift for the whole of April so a bit all over the place at the minute, but here are a few to start with until I think of more:

The Red Shoes (1948)
Vertigo (1958)
Get Carter (1971)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Spirited Away (2001)

aleandhearty

09-04-2020, 14:43

good list, one question which Blade Runner? There's about a dozen isn't there :D

:D Feels like it, doesn't it? I've got the Director's Cut on DVD, but will stick with the original (the video of which is lurking in a cupboard somewhere) for sentimental reasons.

Pubsignman

09-04-2020, 16:02

Ten that spring to mind initially:

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Into The Wild
Grosse Point Blank
Apocalypse Now
City of God
Battle Royale
A Clockwork Orange
Evil Dead
Goodfellas
The Commitments

Mobyduck

09-04-2020, 16:47

The Good The Bad And The Ugly
Once Upon A Time In The West
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Reservoir Dogs
Raging Bull
Get Carter (original)
and like Al Bundy , any Laurel And Hardy , they crack me up no matter how many times I see them.

Tris39

09-04-2020, 16:56

Hmmm....

Anything by Kubrick
Alien
Aliens
Shawshank Redemption
Reservoir Dogs
Inception
Original Star Wars trilogy
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Die Hard
Goodfellas
Wicker Man
Anything by Powell and Pressburger
Deer Hunter

london calling

09-04-2020, 20:53

Ten that spring to mind initially:

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Into The Wild
Grosse Point Blank
Apocalypse Now
City of God
Battle Royale
A Clockwork Orange
Evil Dead
Goodfellas
The Commitments

Thinking about mine now.City of God .What a gem you have reminded me of.

london calling

09-04-2020, 21:35

Anything by Tarantino.Best film ever is Pulp Fiction but these were good
City of God
east is east
one flew over the cuckoos nest
the deerhunter
phsycho
millers crossing
alien
terminator
fatal attraction
jaws
apocyalypse now
green mile
shawshank
grosse point blank

my wife has asked me to add
gone with the wind a film she has seen numerous times but one I have not had the pleasure of.

Tris39

10-04-2020, 17:46

Good to see some late '60s/early '70 British horror films here, such as Quatermass and the Pit, The Devil Rides Out and the Wicker Man. One of my favourites from this period is Witchfinder General and from the '50s, Night of the Demon.

oldboots

10-04-2020, 17:58

...One of my favourites from this period is Witchfinder General...

My mate, who was a lighting cameraman (named on credits too) at Thames TV always reckoned this was an unrecognised masterpiece, I like it but I'm not sure about masterpiece.

Mobyduck

10-04-2020, 18:04

Tris39

10-04-2020, 18:41

And of course The Long Good Friday.
Layer Cake was good as well.

The Long Good Friday escaped my list for some reason - great soundtrack too. Yup, Layer Cake was very absorbing.

oldboots

10-04-2020, 18:41

And of course The Long Good Friday.
Layer Cake was good as well.

We might need to divide things up into categories, Westerns, Gangsters, Comedy, Historical/adaptions, Sci-Fi, Weird, etc

oldboots

10-04-2020, 18:43

The Long Good Friday

Outstanding film; close to the top of my Gangster films list (The Maltese Falcon - Gangster Film ?)

Delboy20

10-04-2020, 19:55

Loads I could name so here are a few:

Scum
The Warriors
the Thing
Jaws
Most Carry On films
Star Wars (original 3 only)
The Blues Brothers
Shawshank Redemption
Cool Hand Luke
Papillion
Cannonball Run (1&2)
Most James Bond (Esp Connery and Moore)
The Firm
Football Factory

Aqualung

10-04-2020, 20:09

I don't think Trainspotting has been mentioned. I found it very dark and rather depressing but so was Clockwork Orange!

Delboy20

10-04-2020, 20:20

I don't think Trainspotting has been mentioned. I found it very dark and rather depressing but so was Clockwork Orange!

Great film

Bucking Fastard

10-04-2020, 20:31

I don't think Trainspotting has been mentioned. I found it very dark and rather depressing but so was Clockwork Orange!

I'm with Delboy20,it's one of my favourites and seminal.

Delboy20

10-04-2020, 20:38

I'm with Delboy20,it's one of my favourites and seminal.

Didn't rate Trainspotting 2 though. Worth a watch but not one I will bother with again.

Bucking Fastard

11-04-2020, 10:28

Didn't rate Trainspotting 2 though. Worth a watch but not one I will bother with again.

Again no disagreement from me.

Tris39

11-04-2020, 15:51

I don't think Trainspotting has been mentioned. I found it very dark and rather depressing but so was Clockwork Orange!

Trainspotting is probably the only cinematic adjective applied to pubs though I have described some pubs as being a bit Silence of the Lambs (Lecter's prison cell and surroundings).

Mobyduck

11-04-2020, 17:39

Bucking Fastard

11-04-2020, 18:14

Trainspotting is probably the only cinematic adjective applied to pubs though I have described some pubs as being a bit Silence of the Lambs (Lecter's prison cell and surroundings).

and I've been in quite a few Slaughtered Lambs from American Werewolf in London fame ....and described them as such :eek:

What was that pub in Straw Dogs BTW

london calling

11-04-2020, 20:17

Trainspotting is probably the only cinematic adjective applied to pubs though I have described some pubs as being a bit Silence of the Lambs (Lecter's prison cell and surroundings).
Great film but just outside my top ten..Coincidently I came across the Trainspotting music cd today while sorting through some stuff.Never play cd,s now but some great tracks on it.The guy that wrote Trainspotting is a Scotsman and although I have tried to read 7 or 8 of his books I have rarely finished any as he makes by stomach churn with his filth.

Brainypool

11-04-2020, 20:25

The Dreamers
Ninotchka
Grand Hotel
Notorious
Lolita (1962)
Amélie
Good Bye Lenin
Quadrophenia
Lost In Translation
This Is England
Trainspotting

rpadam

11-04-2020, 20:51

Not exactly a list of my favourite films (although there certainly are some contenders here), but how about this for a great run of motion pictures that just had to be watched on a big screen!

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Star Wars (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Alien (1979)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Blade Runner (1982)
Ghandi (1982)
Fitzcaraldo (1982)
The Killing Fields (1984)
The Mission (1986)
Cry Freedom (1987)

Nearly all of them stand the test of time too...

oldboots

11-04-2020, 21:07

Tris39

12-04-2020, 17:30

never found a pub that matched any in Withnail & I but I've sometimes felt like I was living it

It's here - The Tavistock (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24870/) - but re-boarded with a different name for the film. I walked past it in 2011 and made a note to photograph it, returning a few months later to find it demolished!

london calling

12-04-2020, 20:57

It's here - The Tavistock (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24870/) - but re-boarded with a different name for the film. I walked past it in 2011 and made a note to photograph it, returning a few months later to find it demolished!

Used to drink in there when I lived off Ladbroke Grove.Do you remember the Firkin pub .Possibly the Frog and Firkin just off the Portobello rd or was that before your time?

Tris39

13-04-2020, 16:30

Used to drink in there when I lived off Ladbroke Grove.Do you remember the Firkin pub .Possibly the Frog and Firkin just off the Portobello rd or was that before your time?

I don't remember it though live between the Cock & Bottle and Metropolitan. I don't do that Portobello thing as it's full of the people (at least to the south) who I don't really care for. If I fancy a local drink I tend to walk over to Little Venice for their pubs.

oldboots

13-04-2020, 19:11

Used to drink in there when I lived off Ladbroke Grove.

At the top of Ladbroke Grove, I remember the Narrow Boat with the deadly stairs.

london calling

13-04-2020, 20:54

At the top of Ladbroke Grove, I remember the Narrow Boat with the deadly stairs.

The name rings a bell and although ilived only 500 yards from that pub I cant recall it.Unaware that any pub in the area sold Fullers beer.Must have passed it as I used to drink in the Cowshed,Village Western, prince of wales, earl derby and the prince Arthur.Watneys and Trumans were common beers.

oldboots

14-04-2020, 09:09

The name rings a bell and although ilived only 500 yards from that pub I cant recall it.Unaware that any pub in the area sold Fullers beer...

Sadly now demolished it was almost on the Harrow Road, it was built on the side of the canal cutting and the bar was at road level the toilets were at canal level. A door opened from the bar onto a very steep staircase however the stairs were at 90 degrees to the door and there was no landing at the top; as I said deadly.

My wife dragged me in there as she trained at nearby St Charles' hospital (part of St Mary's in Paddington) and lived round there in the 70s/80s. She has some good stories of pubs and carnival in Notting Hill / Ladbroke Grove.

Pangolin

14-04-2020, 14:28

T.Unaware that any pub in the area sold Fullers beer.

As I recall it used to be a Charrington pub but was taken over by Fullers. Apparently it used to sometimes feature in Minder - must watch out for it.

Tris39

14-04-2020, 16:33

The name rings a bell and although ilived only 500 yards from that pub I cant recall it.Unaware that any pub in the area sold Fullers beer.Must have passed it as I used to drink in the Cowshed,Village Western, prince of wales, earl derby and the prince Arthur.Watneys and Trumans were common beers.

My mate's in his late 60s and has lived round here all his life. He says The Cowshed (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24846/) (originally Admiral Blake) was seriously rough. The Prince Of Wales (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22741/) went a while back, unsurprisingly!

london calling

14-04-2020, 20:47

My mate's in his late 60s and has lived round here all his life. He says The Cowshed (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24846/) (originally Admiral Blake) was seriously rough. The Prince Of Wales (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22741/) went a while back, unsurprisingly!
Yes the Admiral Blake.Couldnt remember its real name. Think the Village was Lads of the Village.Yes the Cowshed was rough but me and my Scottish mates fitted in seamlessly. Another regular port of call was the Cobden club.Bar used to shut at 11 -12 oclock but you could buy a case of bottled beers and sit drinking them until 2-3 in the morning.

Bucking Fastard

15-04-2020, 13:03

At the top of Ladbroke Grove, I remember the Narrow Boat with the deadly stairs.

I was boating past this pub on a regular basis in 1983 and 1984 but never went in,despite it's GBG entry.It didn't have a mooring and the towpath there wasn't somewhere you felt comfortable leaving a boat.The same applied to The Flora (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24852/),canalside a little further down the Harrow Road.The only safe mooring was at Little Venice ,which meant the Warwick Castle (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22748/) was the pub of choice and also a GBG regular in those days.

aleandhearty

15-04-2020, 14:53

The only safe mooring was at Little Venice ,which meant the Warwick Castle (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22748/) was the pub of choice and also a GBG regular in those days.

Ah, The Warwick Castle, I remember it well. Between 81-83 I certainly drank a few pints in there, with my college mates, as our flat was only 5 minutes walk away. Perhaps the most memorable evening, now slightly surreal, was when a young Jim Carter (Mr Carson in Downton Abbey) was juggling on a unicycle, for the benefit of patrons sat outside. Happy days.

Tris39

15-04-2020, 17:55

Ah, The Warwick Castle, I remember it well. Between 81-83 I certainly drank a few pints in there, with my college mates, as our flat was only 5 minutes walk away. Perhaps the most memorable evening, now slightly surreal, was when a young Jim Carter (Mr Carson in Downton Abbey) was juggling on a unicycle, for the benefit of patrons sat outside. Happy days.

I can't imagine any students living round here now - I saw David Soul round here in the Warrington 14 years ago and the Modfather lives in adjacent Warwick Avenue!

aleandhearty

15-04-2020, 19:33

I can't imagine any students living round here now - I saw David Soul round here in the Warrington 14 years ago and the Modfather lives in adjacent Warwick Avenue!

Oh, it was definitely pre-gentrification. I lived in a very basic flat in one of the lovely terraces, before they were all done up. In my time I used to see Arthur Lowe and John Inman pottering about in the shops on Clifton Road. I even saw Tula the (first?) transsexual supermodel in an off-licence near The Eagle. Used to see Les Gray (lead singer with Mud) in The Warrington occasionally.

london calling

15-04-2020, 21:03

Oh, it was definitely pre-gentrification. I lived in a very basic flat in one of the lovely terraces, before they were all done up. In my time I used to see Arthur Lowe and John Inman pottering about in the shops on Clifton Road. I even saw Tula the (first?) transsexual supermodel in an off-licence near The Eagle. Used to see Les Gray (lead singer with Mud) in The Warrington occasionally.

Saw John Inman a few times around the pubs Nottingnhill gate and Bayswater road.He flaunted his gayness in real life. Not a beer drinker though.

Tris39

16-04-2020, 18:12

Saw John Inman a few times around the pubs Nottingnhill gate and Bayswater road.He flaunted his gayness in real life. Not a beer drinker though.

Ginger beer perhaps?

And...https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/property/john-inman-property-for-sale-in-little-venice-1-5259934

london calling

16-04-2020, 20:10

Ginger beer perhaps?

And...https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/property/john-inman-property-for-sale-in-little-venice-1-5259934
Snigger.

Quinno

16-04-2020, 23:27

Going through my DVD collection I struggled to get it to 20, let alone 10! These have all stood up to repeated viewings.

Alien (1979)
Amadeus (1985)
Baader Meinhof Complex (G) (2008)
Conspiracy (2001)
Das Boot (ok this is for the TV miniseries, the 3.5 hour film cut is still good though) (G) (1981)
Das Experiment (G) (2002)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Downfall (G) (2005)
Dr Strangelove (1964)
Exorcist (1974)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1987)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Get Carter (1971)
Gone With the Wind (Vivien Leigh - such an amazing actress) (1940)
Harvey (1950)
Life of Brian (1979)
Lives of Others (G) (2007)
Moon (2009)
Network (1976)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Terminator (1984)
Threads (1984)
Trainspotting (1996)
Withnail & I (1987)
The Wrong Trousers (1993)

The Germans make some wonderful, hard-hitting and deeply immersive films (5 in my list, denoted by the the 'G' - six if you count Conspiracy 'cos it's full of Nazis)

aleandhearty

01-06-2020, 21:51