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Off Topic Film (movie for Ellewood) thread

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by look_back_in_amber, Nov 10, 2015.

  1. Red top reader

    Red top reader Well-Known Member

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    Third film today is, "the east",
    Bored to tears after half an hour so watched tommy lee jones in,
    "In the electric mist". I enjoyed it, always liked Mr Lee's films.....
     
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    Talking of mist there is an half decent film called the mist , it's not like the fog with pirate types , it's mostly set in a small town supermarket ,one of the actors is a slightly recognisable British actor - worth a shout if ur lost for a Netflix movie.
     
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  3. Quill

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    No Country for Old Men - obviously still great.

    Anton Chigurh is arguably the best movie villain since Darth Vader.
     
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    How he kills them with the air bottle is brilliant. Very clever.. Top Top film...
     
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    I think I've seen that, is it the one with the alien monsters ?? If it is it has a really tragic ending
     
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  6. Quill

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    Yeah.

    The ending is brutal.

    One of only a handful of good films based on Stephen King novels.
     
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    The best of which is Shawshank Redemption of course.
     
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    The Shining is up there.
     
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    Stand By Me is very good too, Shawshank gets the nod from me though.
     
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    Yes that was from the very same book of short stories as Shawshank.
     
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    Nah, The Shining for me. Shawshank second.
     
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    I've never seen a bad Jack Nicholson film. I don't know if there's another actor l could say that about.
     
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  13. Red top reader

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    Day 42, film 42, " secret in their eyes", good stars in it,
    Chewetel ejiofor( very good British actor)
    Nicole Kidman, and Julia Roberts
    Crime thriller ....
     
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    Misery with Kathy Bates is another very good Stephen King film adaptation
     
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    She's one of my favourite actresses.. And that was a great film, haven't seen that for years, have to watch it before this month ends....
     
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    I'm a big fan of his, his voice is brilliant, you could actually just sit there and hear him recite the phone book and it would still be bloody entertaining !!!
     
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    I'd actually forgotten that one. Saw it at ABC when it first came out. Kathy Bates character is very much like my mother-in law.
     
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    Me too Red Top, I remember renting it on VHS I think, brilliant film
     
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    Really scary stuff, think she won the Oscar for it too (might be wrong on that)
     
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    She did indeed win the Best Actress Oscar.
     
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