Wonderful, off-beat movies.

[superfurryandy]

Dog Soldiers is brilliant

And even if it wasn't, we'd watch it for Sean.

I said knock me out, you f***in' pussy!

 

[Dotsie]

Dog Soldiers is a fantastic film. Flippin' hilarious!

Mel Gibson is the best screen Hamlet I've ever seen - better than Olivier (gasp!), and way better than Branagh. Although Kate Winslet was also the best Ophelia. And Branagh really made Henry V his own (I had it on tape & wore it out).

I was lucky enough to see Derek Jacobi & Robert Lindsay on stage some years ago in Becket. Standing ovation, natch.

 

[Trish]

Mel Gibson is the best screen Hamlet I've ever seen - better than Olivier (gasp!), and way better than Branagh. Although Kate Winslet was also the best Ophelia.
And Branagh really made Henry V his own (I had it on tape & wore it out).

I was lucky enough to see Derek Jacobi & Robert Lindsay on stage some years ago in Becket. Standing ovation, natch.

Agreed that Gibson was a very good Hamlet if Hollywood-ish Hamlet.
Yet how many saw the film only to read the play? Then read more plays and see more plays.

Worked for my daughter...
The lengths we go to to manipulate our children. Good parenting, that is. ;0)
She prefers Branagh's Henry and laughed at Olivier's Hamlet. Called it Men in Tights Meets Hitchcock.
No reverence for her....


Ahh! You saw Derek. In person. Alive. Oh my, he was my mother's absolute favorite actor. When I, Claudius came out on video (99.99 back then), she bought it before we had a VCR, so off we go to buy one of those.
The Matre promptly wore out the tape.

I had no idea who this fellow was and was shocked to learn he really doesn't lisp.
Now, I just love him.

 

[Tonyblack]

I saw John Cleese as Petruccio in Taming of the Shrew on TV once. He was very good in that role.

 

[Trish]

Dog Soldiers is brilliant

And even if it wasn't, we'd watch it for Sean.

I said knock me out, you f***in' pussy!

Yeah, well ....
We'd still watch it for Sean. ;0)

 

[Trish]

I saw John Cleese as Petruccio in Taming of the Shrew on TV once. He was very good in that role.

Really? Available ...where?

Yep, got The Daughter started on Monty Python, too.
Now she wants to see everything that any cast member appeared in.

 

[Tonyblack]

I saw John Cleese as Petruccio in Taming of the Shrew on TV once. He was very good in that role.

Really? Available ...where?

Yep, got The Daughter started on Monty Python, too.
Now she wants to see everything that any cast member appeared in.

Details HERE. Don't know if it's available on disc though.

 

[Tonyblack]

Looks like you can download it from Amazon.com HERE but only if you are in the US.

And HERE'S a clip on YouTube.

 

[Trish]

And HERE'S a clip on YouTube.

Cleese is a great Petruccio! Who would've thought.
But who is his Kate... she's familiar.

Thanks, Tony.

 

[Tonyblack]

And HERE'S a clip on YouTube.

Cleese is a great Petruccio! Who would've thought.
But who is his Kate... she's familiar.

Thanks, Tony.

Her name is Sarah Badel <-- here are the other TV shows and films she's been in.

 

[Cheery]

I have Amelie, on video, Tony, lovely film.

I also love Barbarella, but I think that was made in Hollywood?

Ladies In Lavendar & Calendar Girls, were good as well.

Do you mean "la valise d'Amélie"? I love the music. Especially the piece called "comptine de l'un autre été". I've learned it on piano . I just didn't see the film yet. I'll have to buy it somewhere.

 

[Tonyblack]

Yes, that's it - although it's just called Amelie here.

Try and watch it - it's a really good movie.

 

[kakaze]

Check out Teahouse of the August Moon.

It's Hollywood, but it's still good.

See if you can spot Brando!

Also, of course, The Sting is great!

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Blimey! Teahouse is a film I haven't seen around for years and years but yeah it's a really unusual film about a really unusual time - not too sure about Brando in there but it certainly was a different role for him in that he could smile occasionally I s'pose

 

[Tonyblack]

Ken Loach's 'Land and Freedom' about a Liverpudlian who goes to fight in the Spanish Civil War. It's really good!

 

[Catch-up]

Thought of another one, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

 

[kakaze]

Blimey! Teahouse is a film I haven't seen around for years and years but yeah it's a really unusual film about a really unusual time - not too sure about Brando in there but it certainly was a different role for him in that he could smile occasionally I s'pose

Brando played the Japanese local who was assigned to help the liutenent. I can't remember the character's name, but the idea of a Japanese Brando always makes me grin.

I also think The Sting is worth watching, but it's not really "off the wall".

However, if you like Japanese movies, you might like to check out Ikiru. It's a film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It's about an elderly supervisor in a local government office who discovers that he has a terminal illness. It's provoking but fun.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/

 

[mspanners]

IQ.......... Tim Robbins,Meg Ryan,Walter Matthau ...........A lighthearted love story with mild comic content,an old film (96ish) but first time I viewed it I feel in love with the film!

 

[Trish]

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is worth watching just to see Val Kilmer swishing. Believably.
A good one.

Tim Robbins... Has anyone sen Eric the Viking? Wonderful.

 

[Sjoerd3000]

Erik the Viking was a good laugh specially liked the cloak of invisibility