Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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A few fairly modern movies that I've not seen mentioned are:

"The Usual Suspects" "Goodfellas" and "LA Confidential", all of which I must have lost count of the times I've watched.

I absolutely adore most of the "Film Noir" genre and the old classic Westerns too.

Goodfellas is a great shout Ralph.


Old classic westerns - One of my all time faves is 'The Big Country' With Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors? and the fabulous Burl Ives, Who absolutely stole the show.

[Kev B]

Books are usually better than the film. Three examples Rain Man, Silence of the Lambs and the brilliant Green Mile. All the films were great too.

BTW the best musical ever was Paint Your Wagon. Clint Eastwood, and Lee Marvin as the brilliant drunk.

[Kev B]

Speaking of Hoffman, does anyone remember 'Marathon Man'.


"Is it safe?"

I remember shuddering at that scene, I was sucking air through my teeth for days after.

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Made in Dagenham.  I'm told that was a good film.

[Rod Paradise]

Books are usually better than the film. Three examples Rain Man, Silence of the Lambs and the brilliant Green Mile. All the films were great too.

BTW the best musical ever was Paint Your Wagon. Clint Eastwood, and Lee Marvin as the brilliant drunk.

Musical Westerns don't get better than Rio Bravo.... love this song particularly:

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Made in Dagenham.  I'm told that was a good film.

Great film, very watchable. Only saw it recently after Kermode bigged it up for perhaps the 37th time. Deserving of praise.

On a film noir suggestion, have you seen "The Man Who Wasn't There" - Coen Brothers noir with Billy Bob Thornton. I'm a big Coen brothers fan and thought this was pretty good. Darkly funny. I haven't seen Memento mentioned, which is also a good recent noir-ish film. Just dark.

One of the first films I went to the cinema to see was Flash Gordon. Still have a soft spot for it, very enjoyable repeat viewing. Another memorable early cinema trip for me was Dead Poets Society - saw that as a teenager with a group of teenagers and remember having to "have something in my eye" at the end when they all stood on the desks. Haven't seen it for a while, wouldn't mind watching again.

Latest recent film I've seen was Moneyball (on a plane to Vegas, thin). Really really enjoyed this, very well directed film I thought.

Last film I actually watched was Beauty and the Beast, with the kids, on Sunday night. They'd not seen it before. Pinnacle of old-school Disney animation, IMHO. And Angela Lansbury as a bonus.

IMDB Top 250 is always very good for inspiration. I have to get to number 57 before there's a film I haven't seen. 4 in the top 100 to catch up on. Went through a period of trying to tick them all off. Very enlightening if you normally stick to a genre or period.

[mondatoo]

Goodfellas>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Godfather.

I am aware of audio books but never thought to give them a try. I like reading but as I say just not at the minute, I love when I get far enough through I book that I can snap the spine then lie on my side and just read away.

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Made in Dagenham.  I'm told that was a good film.

Lol, behave.

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Made in Dagenham.  I'm told that was a good film.

Great film, very watchable. Only saw it recently after Kermode bigged it up for perhaps the 37th time. Deserving of praise.

On a film noir suggestion, have you seen "The Man Who Wasn't There" - Cohen Brothers noir with Billy Bob Thornton. I'm a big Coen brothers fan and thought this was pretty good. Darkly funny. I haven't seen Memento mentioned, which is also a good recent noir-ish film. Just dark.

One of the first films I went to the cinema to see was Flash Gordon. Still have a soft spot for it, very enjoyable repeat viewing. Another memorable early cinema trip for me was Dead Poets Society - saw that as a teenager with a group of teenagers and remember having to "have something in my eye" at the end when they all stood on the desks. Haven't seen it for a while, wouldn't mind watching again.

Latest recent film I've seen was Moneyball (on a plane to Vegas, thin). Really really enjoyed this, very well directed film I thought.

Last film I actually watched was Beauty and the Beast, with the kids, on Sunday night. They'd not seen it before. Pinnacle of old-school Disney animation, IMHO. And Angela Lansbury as a bonus.

IMDB Top 250 is always very good for inspiration. I have to get to number 57 before there's a film I haven't seen. 4 in the top 100 to catch up on. Went through a period of trying to tick them all off. Very enlightening if you normally stick to a genre or period.

Cohen Brothers = Sheer brilliance.

They really know how to do tension Rex. They are the Alfred Hitchcock's of the modern era IMO.

Favourites include:

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Today, I will mostly be excited.

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I've just noticed that I've put my underpants on inside out, but I'm not changing them now.

[Karabiner]

Have you sorted out your lucky trysers?

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If my granny ever accidentally put her cardy or her pinny on inside out she wouldn't change it. She said it was unlucky.

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Have you sorted out your lucky trysers?

I'm so excited, my trysers will be lucky if I don't crap em.

[Karabiner]

Why granny in the witness-protection scheme when that was taken?