Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

Yeah I love The Ladykillers. All those Ealing Comedies infact, especially The Lavender Hill Mob, Kind Hearts and Coronets and Passport to Plimlico. There's another old film I don't know if it's Ealing, but it's really funny, it's called Too Many Crooks.

 

Like yourself, I love Ealing films. There is a essential down to earth quality to them that is present in British and European films, but they are very clever also. My old Dad used to say that they lacked the layer of yankee bulls***, and although his language was vague I knew what he meant. You've highlighted a few, so I'll add Whisky Galore and The Maggie. Both excellent. Boulting Brothers comedies are also invariably excellent too, as in Private's Progress and I'm All Right Jack, both of which follow the fortunes of Stanley Windrush [Ian Carmichael]. The jokes are ever present and multi-layered. Liz Frazer working in the factory as a spindle polisher, for example. Outside of those creative areas there are other classic British films like Genevieve, School For Scoundrels, The Green Man, the list is endless.

 

Love all these but also the old Will hay films. Ask a Policeman / Boys Will Be Boys Oh, Mr Porter! / Convict 99 Old Bones of the River ...

 

"The Man in the White Suit", and "I'm All Right Jack". Not to mention "Heavens Above". All absolute belters.

 

Ever seen Passport to Pimlico ?

Excellent IMHO .

 

I don't know any of them films.....

 

You're too young Beef! Classics though all of them.

 

Watch " Went the day well " that'll scare you !

 

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?46298-Gaston-Ramirez-the-weakest-link
Good old Barry.

 

Really? Never been scared by a Horror before. That's why I only like horrors with a story.

 

I suspect they're the black and white images that you pass by on your way from BBC3 to Dave.

 

Not horror, Beef. It was a wartime propaganda film released as a feature, about a village taken over by undercover agents helping a German invasion. Brilliantly done, as well.

 

No not really

It's my Mum's favourite !

Think it was actually made during WW2 .

Woman asks a German soldier ( they have invaded ) " Do you eat Babies " ?

His reply

" What would be the point " .....................

Wrong words , see Chilco's clip below .

 

Shows what little I know about older films.

 

On the subject of films , one of my all time favourites that never seems to get a mention is DOGMA .

Alan Rickman was brilliant .

 

Gaston Ramirez the weakest link.
The Times has stated it believes him to be the weakest link in the side, most know on here know what I think of this player, do you believe he is destined to be placed on the sidelines or sold? If not where will he fit in and where will Osvaldo and Lambert play?



Love the comments below his:

Like clockwork

If Ramirez is weakest link we must be f*****g good

Lee Cattermole or Gaston hmmmm

I'm absolutely gobsmacked at the author of this thread, never thought I'd see him say anything like this. What a dullard.

and several more.

 

Look, you can see the whole thing on YouTube:

[video=youtube;oLon8MkeTNE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLon8MkeTNE[/video]

 

To be fair most horrors, modern day especially, are pretty pathetic

 

I got the words wrong , but the sentiment is the same