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[ericbeaumont]

Ice cold in Alex.... yes you are right - it was Alex Guiness

Or was it an Ice Cold Guinness in Alec?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

No, I was thinking of St Trinians

 

[alisonfosterbell]

Ladykillers? that was Alec Guinness doing an Alistair Simms impression. or are you thinking Sylvia Syms? as in View attachment 35316

Ice cold in Alex. Best film ever.

 

[pargyle]

Ice cold in Alex. Best film ever.

Near the top of my list along with Casablanca, Gone with the wind and Singing in the rain. They harp back to a different era but great films ...Just can't help watching them when they come on TV ... and obviously the boy's favourites, Dambusters, The Longest Day and Battle of Britain. A couple of more modern ones in my catholic taste - Schindler's list and Saving Private Ryan and perhaps a couple of musicals - Oklahoma and Mama MIa ! (I'm a sucker for Abba songs and some of the old musicals I was brought up on ....).

There, all my hidden foibles laid bare on the internet ...

 

[user 20297]

Near the top of my list along with Casablanca, Gone with the wind and Singing in the rain. They harp back to a different era but great films ...Just can't help watching them when they come on TV ... and obviously the boy's favourites, Dambusters, The Longest Day and Battle of Britain. A couple of more modern ones in my catholic taste - Schindler's list and Saving Private Ryan and perhaps a couple of musicals - Oklahoma and Mama MIa ! (I'm a sucker for Abba songs and some of the old musicals I was brought up on ....).

There, all my hidden foibles laid bare on the internet ...

"Singing in the Rain"....will never be bettered as a screen musical...absolutely perfect.

 

[pargyle]

"Singing in the Rain"....will never be bettered as a screen musical...absolutely perfect.

It's a great feel good movie. When you read the back story and hear what Debbie Reynolds (a non-dancer before the film) went through at the hands of Gene Kelly (a perfectionist) it's a wonder it ever got finished. 17 Takes to get the sofa scene right .. Debbie Reynold's feet were bleeding by the end and Don O'Connor (who smoked 40 cigarettes a day) spent two days in hospital after filming the scene where he walks up the wall.

Can you imagine the outcry if this all went on in a film production these days !

 

[Erichalfbee]

Have to agree with Ice Cold in Alex....wonderful film
Couldn't watch Schindler's List....too close to home and broke my heart so abandoned it.
I thought that The Killing Fields was absolutely stunning. I remember walking out of the cinema to silence. the usual bubbly crowd talking about the film they had just seen was mute with horror.
Life of Brian ....my favourite film.
Never seen Gone With the Wind

 

[BeeKeyPlayer]

....my favourite film

Diva (1981). I don't imagine any of you have seen it, much less admired and rewatched it as I have. The book is a very modest affair in comparison. That's unusual, I think.

 

[fian]

Is it my feeling or are there many boomers in this forum?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Twin Town

 

[Ian123]

Zulu………..greatest film of all time

 

[Erichalfbee]

Zulu………..greatest film of all time

Ah. Stan’s favourite. Just asked him. He says he’s seen it around 20 times.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Is it my feeling or are there many boomers in this forum?

Probably. Parents to Millenials too.

 

[fian]

Zulu………..greatest film of all time

I saw "Zulu" and together with "the four feathers" they are great films although the best of its kind (reminiscences of the British Empire) is Lawrence of Arabia.
By the way, some of you are missing a pinch of sugar?

 

[BeeKeyPlayer]

By the way, some of you are missing a pinch of sugar?

I feel I should know what you mean by that - but I don't, which probably means I am missing...

 

[Erichalfbee]

I feel I should know what you mean by that - but I don't, which probably means I am missing...

He probably means a spoonful….. heaven forbid!

 

[JamezF]

I'm not sure I could say that I have "a" favourite film. I could make a list that would include:

Bladerunner
The Usual Suspects
Good Morning Vietnam
Ladyhawke
The Name of the Rose
Gregory's Girl
2001: A Space Oddyssey
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
Pulp Fiction
Matrix
In the Bleak Midwinter
The Thomas Crown Affair (the remake with Piers Brosnan and Rene Russo; I've never seen the original)
The Bourne Identity (I can't help myself; I just enjoy this film)
Sleepy Hollow
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Blazing Saddles

I'd probably have to have one or more of Clint Eastwood's westerns too, but I'm not sure which.

James

 

[Ian123]

Ah. Stan’s favourite. Just asked him. He says he’s seen it around 20 times.

Just for Stan




And when he gets a minute he should watch this.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I’ll pass it on.

 

[Ian123]

I’ll pass it on.

Make sure he does it’s quite remarkable!