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Post by archie on Mar 22, 2016 11:56:20 GMT
I've been in background mode on here for a few weeks, partly because I wasn't enjoying it very much but mainly because I was preparing for, attending and then reviewing the main event of my sporting year, the Cheltenham Festival. Now that that's over and my six on-line betting accounts are still in one piece (see CHIVE) I'll be around a bit more and may as well start here.
Like countyfan, I watch very few films at the cinema and not that many on TV or DVD so I have an easier choice and for 'A' I'm going with Airplane which is genuinely but gently funny no matter how many times you see it.
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Post by gazz on Mar 22, 2016 13:22:20 GMT
I've been in background mode on here for a few weeks, partly because I wasn't enjoying it very much What weren't you enjoying, archie? |
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Post by sandbachhatter on Mar 22, 2016 13:44:24 GMT
Update:
Airplane! 3 Apollo 13 2 A Taste of Honey 1 Alamo, The 1
Aliens 1
Amelie 1 Anchorman 1
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Post by gazz on Mar 22, 2016 14:13:19 GMT
I would have liked to see the Aristocats in the list That movie was the very first time I ever went to the cinema. I saw it at the old Classic and I can still remember looking over my shoulder and shouting "goodbye, Thomas O'Malley!" during the end credits on the way out. I was an idiot back then too!!  I also remember we got a cat not long afterwards and I insisted on naming it 'Thomas O'Malley', so we did! Ah, memories! |
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Post by Epworth Hatter on Mar 22, 2016 16:42:24 GMT
Almost impossible to pick a favourite as there are so many great films...
A Bronx Tale - maybe lesser known than others, but one of my favourite De Nero films
Apocolypse Now - one of the first 'grown up' films I watched - and I was way too young, so it had a profound affect on me
Alien and Aliens - like sandy, preferred the second one
A is for Autism - 11 minutes of your life very well spent
A Fish Called Wanda - the genius that is John Cleese
Ali - Will Smith in immense
American Warewolf in London - funny and gory in equal measure. John Landis was 19 when he wrote the screenplay and directed the film!
But after all that, my vote goes to Airplane! It is one of the funniest films I've ever seen and it is the one I watch again and again. Not as good as the Police Squad! series (nothing is), but superior to the Naked Gun films.
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Post by gazz on Mar 22, 2016 17:19:55 GMT
Not as good as the Police Squad! series (nothing is), but superior to the Naked Gun films. Perfect assessment, mate. |
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Post by archie on Mar 22, 2016 17:38:16 GMT
I've been in background mode on here for a few weeks, partly because I wasn't enjoying it very much What weren't you enjoying, archie? I thought we were drifting into what I would call 'YB Mode' characterised by underlying anger and lack of tolerance of an alternative view. Probably caused by frustration at on-field results so hopefully now a thing of the past. |
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Post by gazz on Mar 22, 2016 17:42:29 GMT
I thought we were drifting into what I would call 'YB Mode' characterised by underlying anger and lack of tolerance of an alternative view. Probably caused by frustration at on-field results so hopefully now a thing of the past. Don't talk sh*t, mate!  |
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Post by gazz on Mar 22, 2016 17:47:01 GMT
Seriously though, 'YB Mode'? Firstly, let's not get into rubbishing other message boards, but can you give an example where you've been denied your view? We don't want you feeling that you can't have your say, so if it's happened we want to know where and why.  |
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Post by sandbachhatter on Mar 23, 2016 11:14:07 GMT
Update:
Airplane! 4
Apollo 13 2
A Taste of Honey 1
Alamo, The 1
Aliens 1
Amelie 1
Anchorman 1
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2016 14:08:06 GMT
Apocalypse Now deserves an honourable mention but Airplane gets my vote.
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Post by gazz on Mar 23, 2016 15:15:04 GMT
Looking like it could well be a convincing win for Flight 209! I wonder if Ted ever got to solve his drink problem?  |
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Post by sandbachhatter on Mar 23, 2016 15:42:20 GMT
Indeed Gazza. I'm currently trawling through a few letters each evening to get my 5 'starters' lined up in advance, and aside from discovering some extremely dodgy film titles on the sites I've been using, it's struck me that we could have a fair few tie-break weeks.
This, it seems, won't be one of them.
Airplane! 5
Apollo 13 2
A Taste of Honey 1
Alamo, The 1
Aliens 1
Amelie 1
Anchorman 1
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Post by sandbachhatter on Mar 25, 2016 18:42:01 GMT
Airplane! is our first entry into the archive (and I'll set up an archive as soon as possible).
Week B will follow either on Sunday or Monday.
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