Good films

[sinkov]

Going on Tuesday OC, I'm actually looking forward to it, it gets a good review from a film critic I trust. And I trust your judgement as well of course.

Excellent film OC, really enjoyed it. I especially liked the not so subtle dig at the PC brigade, when Mildred asked racist cop Dixon about his 'nigger torturing' he seemed genuinely dismayed, 'You can't say that, it's people of colour torturing, and then complained to his boss about her.

[oldcolner]

Excellent film OC, really enjoyed it. I especially liked the not so subtle dig at the PC brigade, when Mildred asked racist cop Dixon about his 'nigger torturing' he seemed genuinely dismayed, 'You can't say that, it's people of colour torturing, and then complained to his boss about her.

Glad you enjoyed it too. Lots of twists and turns.

[sinkov]

Glad you enjoyed it too. Lots of twists and turns.

I was just sorry it ended when it did OC, I was intrigued as to whether Mildred and Dixon would waste the guy, or she'd just settle for getting her seven dollars back.

[oldcolner]

Yes I prefer a clear end, but maybe there would be another twist that we haven’t thought of!

[Norder]

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With the nasty virus that's doing the rounds - and Colner's evening at Swan Lake with it's many different endings - I was reminded of a Film....I am Legend (2007) the latest/modern adaption of the Omega Man (1971) starring Charlton Heston.

I am Legend - - - a post-apocalyptic scifi horror in which a virus created as a cure for cancer wipes out the majority of mankind - the remaining survivors being either mutated nocturnal superhuman predators, or the the lucky few who were immune...one being a Dr Neville (Will Smith) who lives in New York - alone with his dog, and continuing his experimentation in quest for a cure.
I saw the film in 2008, not long after it's release...but not at the cinema, it was a pirated copy that'd been released in Poland, in english with polish subtitles - but it wasn't until I saw it again, some years later, on u.k tv...that I got the shock, and it was all in the ending.
The film released in the U.K and most other countries, has Dr Neville under siege...trapped in his laboratory behind a protective reinforced glass wall, with the leader of the Mutants/Darkseekers throwing himself at the glass wall which is slowly cracking under the strain, behind it and with Neville is a couple more recently arrived immune survivors(mother & son) and a Mutant lady strapped to a stretcher...and it's her who they want back....in short, it reaches a point that with one more bash against the glass - it'll go through, so Neville gets out a hand grenade, throws himself against the glass at the same time as does the mutant leader, and boom, up they all go....the mother/son are safe btw, and have, the then found cure etc etc.....But in the original Polish release that I first saw - they used the alternate ending, the mutant stops his attack on the glass, makes a signal to identify his connection to the mutant female, Neville realises their intelligence...he opens the door, and returns the lady mutant to her partner whils also coming to the realization that to them - it's he who is the monster.... .

why some peoples/nations were chosen to see one version of the ending and others another - I couldn't exactly say, a sociological exercise ?...but anyway - I know which one I prefer.





Cheers.

[alfinyalcabo]

The saddest thing was Will Smith with his Alsatian dog when it died ..thought the film was Schite though

[Norder]

The saddest thing was Will Smith with his Alsatian dog when it died ..thought the film was Schite though

I think that reached a lot of people....Alfin - especially the way it died - and how it was called to protect him because he got hung up on something.

[1959_60]

We have just returned from watching The Darkest Hour.

Based around Winston Churchill at the beginning of WW2 I can highly recommend it.

Churchill was brilliantly portrayed by Gary Oldman.

The pressure he was under was immense, most people were urging him to start peace talks with Hitler when it looked like we were about to lose our entire army around Dunkirk.
He had just about agreed that this was our only option when.....I'll let you see the film.

He did come across as a duffer, but a very opinionated and passionate duffer.

How we won WW2 is a complete mystery and fluke - Hitler wants his arse kicking for botching it up after having us totally on the ropes.

GO AND SEE IT!

[oldcolner]

59-60
Thanks for the tip and recommendation, it’s now on our to see list

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Sometimes I believe the fates or God's bestow greatness on an individual.

Over the years I have read just about every book written about Winston Churchill and I cannot yet decide whether the man was a flawed genius or a lucky lunatic!

However, we survived everything the Krauts could throw at us in WWII, so I will give the man the benefit of the doubt. Gallipoli was his one bad adventure though!