good british films

[Lester]

somebody slated british films in another thread so........


GREAT british films include:

Lock Stock
Shallow Grave
Trainspotting
Snatch
Get Carter
Long Good Friday
Withnail & I
Sweeney (yes there was a movie)
Mona Lisa
Four Weddings


carry on....... I'm a bit pissed so add some others......

Does Bond count?


oooh Michael Caine in them Len Deighton spy movies, Harry Palmer?




And err... Italian Job

War movies too....Battle Of Britain (Micahel Caine also)

blah blah blah....

 

[Ono]

:/

 

[Daffeh]

Carry On films

 

[.cage]

I LIKE SMALL SPEAKERS I LIKE TALL SPEAKERS AND WALLLLLLLLLL SPEAKERS

MOST OF ALL I LIKE LOUD SPEAKERS

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

TUNEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Munkey-]

ohhhh.i love Battle of Britain (BIG WINGS! BIG WINGS!)

does the GUns of Navarone count?

 

[Trem]

GREAT british films include:

Lock Stock
Shallow Grave
Trainspotting
Snatch
Get Carter
Long Good Friday
Withnail & I
Sweeney (yes there was a movie)
Mona Lisa
Four Weddings

Lock Stock - Great film
Shallow Grave - Shite film
Trainspotting - Great film
Snatch - Disappointing
Get Carter - Shite(apart from THE line)
Long Good Friday - Awful
Withnail & I - Absolute fucking classic, one of my favs.
Sweeney - Erm!
Mona Lisa - Cack
Four weddings - Never seen.

I'm sure you will regret these choices tomorrow Lester, stay off the JD will ya, and I can't believe theres no Carry On films in there

 

[Trem]

I've had to double post because I was going to say War Zone(Ray Winston), this is the one film that totally shocked and disturbed me and I still think about it today, watch this film with caution people Also Scum with big Ray was a classic as well.

 

[nath]

Lock stock is shit and overrated. Guy Richie is also a cunt.

 

[xane]

I agree with Lock Stock being overrated, it was a very poor film with extremely bad acting.

What about all the classic comedies from years back, those with Peter Sellers like "I'm all right Jack", etc ? As for more modern films you missed out "Secrets and Lies", a classic Leigh film, but I'd have to admit Leigh is something you either hate intensly or love it.

I seem to recall a film from many years back called "Restless Natves", great film, recommended.

 

[Xtro]

All the Ealing comedies.

 

[Trem]

Aye I forgot about Peter Sellers, Pink Panther rules.

 

[GDW]

Quadrophenia

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[legendario]

Nil by mouth

Written by gary oldman, starring ray winstone and kathy burke.

Good but disturbing,

 

[Lester]

Re: Re: good british films

Originally posted by Tremor.




I'm sure you will regret these choices tomorrow Lester, stay off the JD will ya, and I can't believe theres no Carry On films in there

OY! They weren't choices m8, they were just the first ones to come to my jack-soaked mind.

And Shallow Grave is a good film joo.

 

[legendario]

Yes...and carry on films are not funny.

 

[dysfunction]

Originally posted by Grandadwrinkle
Quadrophenia

WE ARE THE MODS WE ARE THE MODS WE ARE WE ARE WE ARE THE MODS

That film is awful!!

Its like listening to someone scratch a blackboard with their fingernails!

 

[Will]

You missed out ID. That's a great film.

 

[legendario]

And The Firm which is very similar, starring Gary Oldman.

 

[stu]

Fresh Euro Flesh #8 - not strictly British, but the best scene features 3 British girls.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

I can't believe anyone can consider Lock Stock to be a "great" film, let alone a film we should be proud of to show off our film industry. It is genuinely one of the worst films I have seen in a long long time. Yes, in places it can be mildly entertaining and some points are worth a small chuckle: but as a FILM, it is dire.

 

[prime1]

Lock Stock was OK, but as a FILM it was very good, unusual editing, reasonable acting, good plot twists - my biggest gripe with it was that i coudlnt give a toss about most of the characters.


Snatch was great, very entertaining film.

More recently ... Dog Soldiers and The Hole

then you got

Italian Job
Zulu

which were left out, cant think of any other really great films right now though.

 

[GDW]

Hammer House of horrors......mostly crap but a couple of classics

 

[legendario]

The problem with Lock Stock was that a lot of people didn't get it.

It was a damn good film and Snatch was better...both could have done without Vinnie Jones however, as he's a shite actor.

 

[prime1]

I dono I quite liked his characters in both and he played them adequately enough - though that was mainly helped by his scriptwriters.

 

[legendario]

Originally posted by prime1
I dono I quite liked his characters in both and he played them adequately enough - though that was mainly helped by his scriptwriters.

Agreed, his character was very good I just wouldnt have cast Vinnie Jones for it

And Despite Brad Pitts Hollywood icon status he played his part brilliantly.

 

[ECA]

Dog Soldiers was a great film

 

[Xtro]

hmm what about

Alfie
Poor Cow
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

and all the other great kitchen sink dramas of the 60s.

fuck me just remembered - come on ffs

THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES!

Terry Thomas completely 0wns hehe.

There's shitloads of good british films but I'd look a bit further back.

 

[Munkey-]

or that one. with the advertising guy. whos body is taken over by his wart.


and the one where he goes out on holiday to his bosses (?) cottage in the middle of nowhere

 

[Will]

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And Withnail and I