Jump to content

Which movie would you watch to end if caught it half way in, having seen it a million times sort of thing

Dusk( 2 Stars )Don

By Dusk( 2 Stars )Don,
in The Pub

Recommended Posts


For Fecks Sake Grand Master

For Fecks Sake

Posted
Posted

and now I'm watching Zulu...

One of the best historical movies ever made. Based 'largely' on true events where the British Empire stuck it to a bunch of spear welding savages...... (who had just inflicted the worst modern military defeat to our army only hours previously).

 

One of Claines best performances "Front rank FIRE, Second rank FIRE"

 

Makes you proud it does.

Link to comment
SheepieBaaBaa Newbie

SheepieBaaBaa

Posted
Posted

One of the best historical movies ever made. Based 'largely' on true events where the British Empire stuck it to a bunch of spear welding savages...... (who had just inflicted the worst modern military defeat to our army only hours previously).

 

One of Claines best performances "Front rank FIRE, Second rank FIRE"

 

Makes you proud it does.

 

Actually facilitated one of the most casually (and entirely unintentional) racist comments from an elderly relative of mine (I was about 13 and actually she probably wasn't that old, maybe 60 or so at the time worryingly)

 

During the bit where all the thousands of Zulus are lined up singing and chanting, she said

 

"Isn't it great how they can get them to do that?"

 

"What do you mean?" I enquired

 

"Well, they're not supposed to be as clever as us are they".

 

:wtf: 

 

Not really her fault, just what she had been taught in school in the first 3rd of the 20th century and never corrected.

 

Not sure what stunned me more though...the fact that she thought Zulus were  mentally inferior to "whites" or that she actually seemed to think that in he 1960s a film company would find actual Zulu tribesmen in existence and use them in the scene rather than recruiting a bunch of extras.

 

True story!!!

Link to comment
manboobs109 Grand Master

manboobs109

Posted
Posted

Actually facilitated one of the most casually (and entirely unintentional) racist comments from an elderly relative of mine (I was about 13 and actually she probably wasn't that old, maybe 60 or so at the time worryingly)

 

During the bit where all the thousands of Zulus are lined up singing and chanting, she said

 

"Isn't it great how they can get them to do that?"

 

"What do you mean?" I enquired

 

"Well, they're not supposed to be as clever as us are they".

 

:wtf:

 

Not really her fault, just what she had been taught in school in the first 3rd of the 20th century and never corrected.

 

Not sure what stunned me more though...the fact that she thought Zulus were mentally inferior to "whites" or that she actually seemed to think that in he 1960s a film company would find actual Zulu tribesmen in existence and use them in the scene rather than recruiting a bunch of extras.

 

True story!!!

She had a point

Link to comment
Chewie37 Newbie

Chewie37

Posted
Posted

surely this counts for any film you’ve seen before and enjoyed?

 

Not necessarily, most films I’d want to see from the start, Zulu is one of those where you can’t switch it off if you jump in part of the way through

 

 

One of the best historical movies ever made. Based 'largely' on true events where the British Empire stuck it to a bunch of spear welding savages...... (who had just inflicted the worst modern military defeat to our army only hours previously).

One of Claines best performances "Front rank FIRE, Second rank FIRE"

Makes you proud it does.

Caines first movie as well

 

  

Not sure what stunned me more though...the fact that she thought Zulus were  mentally inferior to "whites" or that she actually seemed to think that in he 1960s a film company would find actual Zulu tribesmen in existence and use them in the scene rather than recruiting a bunch of extras.

 

True story!!!

They did actually use the local tribes for the film, Chief Buthelezi played the King (who he was related to) love all the little facts in that film. Zulu Dawn is the movie of the battle where the British got wiped out earlier, that’s a decent film too

Link to comment
For Fecks Sake Grand Master

For Fecks Sake

Posted
Posted

Aliens was one of my first 18 movies as a 8/9 year old

 

Seen it loads.

 

loved with the spec edition came out with the extra 17(?) (or was it 21)mins

The automatic aiming machine guns were class blowing all the aliens to fuck in the tunnel.

 

I also give you The Dirty Dozen.

 

Surely overdue an all star remake

Link to comment
Chewie37 Newbie

Chewie37

Posted
Posted

The automatic aiming machine guns were class blowing all the aliens to fuck in the tunnel.

I also give you The Dirty Dozen.

Surely overdue an all star remake

  

Yeah those guns were cool, and the bit when they’re coming through the roof, the wee sonar noise like the old submarine movies is a class touch

 

Home alone.

Great escape

Home Alone, no thanks, don’t think I’ve ever watched all of it.

 

Great Escape, what a film. There’s loads of little stories in it, so that’s a perfect film for being able to watch part of the way through

Link to comment
dazzy_deff Veteran

dazzy_deff

Posted
Posted

 

Yeah those guns were cool, and the bit when they’re coming through the roof, the wee sonar noise like the old submarine movies is a class touch

 

 

Home Alone, no thanks, don’t think I’ve ever watched all of it.

 

Great Escape, what a film. There’s loads of little stories in it, so that’s a perfect film for being able to watch part of the way through

Come on man home alone is a must see.

Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...