Rate the last film you watched...

[Carvalho Diablo]

If you're still after subtitled films Mook, The Sea Inside is brilliant.

 

Madison Ivy ?

[Carvalho Diablo]

I watched Pans Labyrinth for the first time last night, really enjoyed it, good storytelling & some really gruesome bits, 8/10.

 

I've decided I'm going to watch more subtitled films, it stops me from dicking about on my phone so any suggestions are welcome.

 

That is a great point mate. Attention span of a gnat these days.

 

What ?

[General Dryness]

Me and the missus refer to our lads as number 1 and number 2 sons in tribute to watching those films. Warner Oland was actually Swedish,I believe. Keye Luke(number 1 son) died back in 1991.

Keye Luke was the old Chinese chap in Gremlins. And did some of the voices in the english version of Battle of the Planets.

 

Just off the top of me head, like.

[Carvalho Diablo]

The old Charlie Chan and Rathbone / Sherlock Holmes films were essential Friday night tea time viewing back when I was a kid. Fucking loved them, fabulous story telling, humour and kitsch as fuck acting. Just great great times and films.

 

Chuck in some Crackerjack, Monkey and Stuart Hall and his dubious It's A Knockout shennanigans and I was over the moon.

 

I feel sorry for today's kids, force fed on a tidal wave of poor animated CGI superhero gunk.

[VladimirIlyich]

The old Charlie Chan and Rathbone / Sherlock Holmes films were essential Friday night tea time viewing back when I was a kid. Fucking loved them, fabulous story telling, humour and kitsch as fuck acting. Just great great times and films.

 

Chuck in some Crackerjack, Monkey and Stuart Hall and his dubious It's A Knockout shennanigans and I was over the moon.

 

I feel sorry for today's kids, force fed on a tidal wave of poor animated CGI superhero gunk.

I love Rich Tea biscuits.

[Duff Man]

I'll add Caché and Tell No One to the list of foreign films worth a watch. Both excellent.

[Stickman]

The old Charlie Chan and Rathbone / Sherlock Holmes films were essential Friday night tea time viewing back when I was a kid. Fucking loved them, fabulous story telling, humour and kitsch as fuck acting. Just great great times and films.

 

Chuck in some Crackerjack, Monkey and Stuart Hall and his dubious It's A Knockout shennanigans and I was over the moon.

 

I feel sorry for today's kids, force fed on a tidal wave of poor animated CGI superhero gunk.

 

 

Don't forget Laurel and Hardy and a bit of Harold Lloyd

[razor]

When I was about 9 they also ran a weekly Gangster film on a Friday on BBC 2 - Roaring Twenties, Little Caesar, White Heat, Angels With Dirty Faces - loved them all.

 

Television was better back then.

[Lee909]

Well it wasn't better back then

 

Game of Thrones

Sopranos

The Wire

Breaking Bad

 

To name just 4

[skend04]

Nostalgia is great, it's a pity it's not the same meaning as reality

[rubble-rouser]

Trolls

 

Shit and formulaic. Kids seemed to enjoy it. 

 

4/10

[Bjornebye]

Flight with Denzil Washington 8/10. Brilliantly acted and a great soundtrack.

[razor]

Well it wasn't better back then

 

Game of Thrones

Sopranos

The Wire

Breaking Bad

 

To name just 4

 

I think I'm referring to the lost art of broadcasting. 

 

Modern television is characterised by narrowcasting - fragmented, specialist television rather than a broad spectrum of programming.

 

Those are just American dramas (three of them crime dramas), albeit good ones.  There's much more to appealing television than American crime drama.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Well that told you Flasheart.

[Lee909]

Not really

Im still not having TV was better

I think comedies might have been but thats about it. TV gets shit these days because there is so much crap on so many channels. Overall the good shows today piss all over the old stuff

[cloggypop]

All the old gets can watch all that old stuff whenever they want these days. Well, they could if they weren't such luddites.

[Rocky Sullivan]

When I was about 9 they also ran a weekly Gangster film on a Friday on BBC 2 - Roaring Twenties, Little Caesar, White Heat, Angels With Dirty Faces - loved them all.

 

Television was better back then.

You're right. The BBC and Channel 4 used to have really good themed seasons of classic films. It's where I saw most of the greats for the first time including those you mention above.

I also used to love Moviedrome on Sunday nights with indie movies introduced by Alex Cox.

[Frankenhooker]

You're right. The BBC and Channel 4 used to have really good themed seasons of classic films. It's where I saw most of the greats for the first time including those you mention above.

I also used to love Moviedrome on Sunday nights with indie movies introduced by Alex Cox.

Moviedrome was my favourite thing ever. It introduced me to so many films that I still love to this day. I'd love it if they brought back a regular slot that just concentrated on horror/cult film.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

The old Charlie Chan and Rathbone / Sherlock Holmes films were essential Friday night tea time viewing back when I was a kid. Fucking loved them, fabulous story telling, humour and kitsch as fuck acting. Just great great times and films.

 

Chuck in some Crackerjack, Monkey and Stuart Hall and his dubious It's A Knockout shennanigans and I was over the moon.

 

I feel sorry for today's kids, force fed on a tidal wave of poor animated CGI superhero gunk.

 

Yep, I picked up the Rathbone and Charlie Chan box sets a couple of years ago. The sound quality's shite, and when you switch back to TV your ears get blasted off as you realise you've raised the volume to about 90%, but they're still fantastic viewing. Next up I reckon I'll try to find some Abbot and Costello DVDs, as I used to love them as a kid too.

[Jenson]

Well it wasn't better back then

 

Game of Thrones

Sopranos

The Wire

Breaking Bad

 

To name just 4

 

Auf Wiedersehen Pet

Boys from the Blackstuff

Hill Street Blues

GBH

 

to name 4 back (for us old ones)

[Special K]

You're right. The BBC and Channel 4 used to have really good themed seasons of classic films. It's where I saw most of the greats for the first time including those you mention above.

I also used to love Moviedrome on Sunday nights with indie movies introduced by Alex Cox.

Moviedrome was great until they replaced Cox with that annoying Irish bloke

[razor]

All the old gets can watch all that old stuff whenever they want these days. Well, they could if they weren't such luddites.

 

I agree, and I understand Lee's point about quality drama.

 

But what I said was "television was better".  I didn't mean comparing individual dramas (though Jenson is correct in my view!).

 

Yes, we can buy box sets, or we can access Kodi, but the point was television (as a medium) used to be better as it would provide a comedy programme, an in-depth documentary and a classic film in one evening (usually BBC 2).

 

Now, there is probably a channel called "I Love Lucy Re-dux" or something similar.  And another called "Film Indie".  And another called "Attenborough".

 

The idea of the whole nation watching a programme / film and talking about it the following day has sadly passed.

 

Television used to be better.

[Lee909]

Just rewatched Batman vs Superman

 

Still not good

The surprising thing is its not Affleck who fucks it up. The casting of Essienberg was a fucking disaster,no sense of menace what so ever

[Paul]

Dr Strange - 7/10. A good new direction for the MCU.

[SammyAftershave]

Nostalgia is great, it's a pity it's not the same meaning as reality

 

It's not what it used to be.