What Movies Have Been Playing On Your DVD/Video Lately?

[ROBERT M.]

Sorry to disagree with you Gray, but I prefer the classic American/Hollywood film's of the 30's and 40's

[Gray]

Hi Robert

Yes, I know you do!
And I aren't saying that these were bad years for film making - in fact I reckon they were terrific - but for me, the best years were 65-76.
Younger, fresher talent in all areas of cinema was free to mix it with more experienced and traditional personel.
This period gave us a diverse selection of themes and material because studios were more willing to back projects and artistes that today would be considered too much of a financial gamble.

But I love cinema of the 1930's & 1940's too!
How about this bundle as some of my favourites: Ninotchka, Rebecca , The Lady Vanishes, The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca & The Red Shoes.

The point I made to Paul in the States is that cinema has been in a definate decline for some years now with regard to a quality product.

I reckon they just don't make 'em like they used to!

Tell me your favourite films of the 30's & 40's please?

[ROBERT M.]

Hi Gray.

I'll get back to you on my favourites of the 30's and 40's at a later date, but I can tell you now that Broadway Melody of 1940 and Broadway Melody of 1936 are just about my two favourite movies - being a musical fan and of course Eleanor Powell and Frances Langford both appear in those another favourite is 42nd Street from 1933, plus all the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film's

The trouble with cinema today is that they seem to have run out of ideas for the plots and the storylines of movies. The "ideas well" is running dry

[Gray]

Hi Robert

Thanks for replying!
I often think of movies now as a dead horse being flogged.
If a film is popular with the masses, then it is copied, recycled, re-issued and serialised by all an sundry.
You're right, it does appear that new ideas are in short supply.

I love 42nd Street too!

[Terence Lee]

Hi John

I recommend WHISPER to you for a good fright!

[john]

Hi Terence, thanks for that, I have looked it up on the net and it looks good. I watched "Severance" last night, a u.k. film about a group who go to Hungary for a few days. That was pretty good as well.

[Gray]

As a forerunner of the Acadamy Awards tonight, Elaine Page played the Oscar Winning Born Free (sung by Matt, not an instrumental version) this afteroon.
We were in the car at the time and Holly (my eldest daughter) gave an enormous cheer when it came on!

[ROBERT M.]

Cool on both count's

[Gray]

- Thanks Robert

I went to see Rambo at the weekend with a buddy.
After the movie finished we came out of the cinema and both said "That's the most violent film I have ever seen!"
It really is incredibly vicious.

From a plot point of view, forget it, there isn't one to speak of as such.
But, as an action film, well it works, I'm afraid to say!
It rattles along at a heck of a pace.

But I cannot help but think our (the audience's) insatiable appetite for death and dismemberment is getting worrying.
Rambo took $18 Million on it's opening weekend in the US.

Gray

[Terence Lee]

Just finished watching 30 Days Of Night on DVD. It is full of gory & scary scenes. John, you must pick it up!
Some parts are unintentionally funny like when the vampires snap and snarl in a foreign language.

[john]

I'll make a note of this one Terence, thanks.

[ROBERT M.]

The Odeon cimema chain are not ever showing Rambo

[Gray]

Hi Robert

Yes, I did see that, but it's nothing to do with a moralistic stance regarding the violence, is it?
As usual, it's all about money, isn't it?

[Terence Lee]

Any Richard Gere fans here?

He stars in The Hunting Party.

How can they find the world's most wanted war criminal when the C.I.A can't? (by actually looking)

This is the blurb on my DVD cover.

Two thumbs up from me!

[Gray]

I went to see Barry Norman at the Bradford Film Festival last night, he talked very amusingly about his career and movies in general.

Very enjoyable evening.