movie choices

[Bluemike]

You didnt like Seven ? Really ? loved that movie.

[number 9]

Another provocative film for me is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Pig Face seems a rather unsavory character, and one I wouldn't want to run into. This film is actually based on a true story!

[Ohiotractorboy]

You didnt like Seven ? Really ? loved that movie.

I know...alot of people do like it. Just isnt my cup of tea. If you look at my list you will see mostly comedies

[arana peligrosa]

I saw Se7en (on release) also, and while the Freeman character is a great watch, Pitt becomes increasingly irritating as the film progresses. Spacey makes for a good nemesis but isn't given nearly enough screen time.

Taking in a viewing of Trainspotting as this very moment incidentally and while the dialog can often be hard to comprehend, it is a fun watch and gives for a realistic view of people's issues with narcotics. The background score can get irritating after a while however with some of the then (garbage) 1990s music acts. But still an "entertaining" watch. - But what's with the movie title ?

"Choose a station. Choose a platform. Choose a train. Choose a paint. Choose a color. Choose a shape. Choose a f**king big font size. Choose diesels, cars, multiple units and electrical locomotives. Choose good acceleration, low wheel slip and traction control. Choose fixed-interval maintenance visits. Choose a starter signal. Choose your seat. Choose leisure tickets with advance pricing. Choose a two part return on a range of permitted routes. Choose bustitution and wondering where you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting in the front car watching mind-numbing spirit-crushing suburbs, stuffing station food into your mouth. Choose festering away at the end of it all, freezing your as* off on a miserable bench far from home, wanting nothing more than the last train home. - But why would you want to do a thing like that?"

[Floors]

The Long Good Friday. Best British Gangster film by far.

[arana peligrosa]

The Long Good Friday. Best British Gangster film by far.

I'd go along with that to a certain extent but then you're in company with titles such as Get Carter, Lock Stock and Brighton Rock.

I remember seeing TLGF a year or two after it was released, circa 1981, and couldn't understand much of the dialog. Hoskins was an actor of caliber but think Mona Lisa was his best work to date. The largely ambiguous ending with the Shand character in the car when he's abducted by two Irish Repulican hit-men and the focus on Hoskins himself and the (outdated) synthesizer score does make for one of the best movie endings ever however.