Favourite films or DVDs

Sheddie · administrator

Favourite films or DVDs

Drew · Dec 1, 2005

Website editor wrote:

What's your favourite film or DVD and why ?

From childhood..........Star Wars.......because I queued with my bro for 6 hrs at the Apollo in Glasgow and were blown away by it !

Teens.........Alien......again saw it the cinema and scared ****less.

Adulthood........Apollo 13........you might notice a recurring theme here with my choices....mmm

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

when i was younger, i used to like Miracle on 34th Street, a modern classic though its a remake!! Still watch when it comes on again.

im a wicked fan of friends got all the dvds, missed the final series, but haven't got round to watching it yet.

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

The Shawshank Redemption. Have watched the film like ten times!!! absolutely luv it!

Sheddie · administrator

For me: fav films: All of the Lord of the rings films and the Mask of Zorro. I also enjoyed Die another day [James Bond]

fav DVDs: Pirates of the Carabean, the Blues Brothers, Federer v Safin - Aussie Open 2005 !!!!

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

My choices are a bit girly. I like Love Actually (but only at Christmas), Bridget Jones 1 + 2, I have to confess to watching Wimbledon DVD at least 4 times this year. What else? Little Britain, 24 and I`ll probably ending up getting Lost on DVD too.

Sheddie · administrator

I've seen Bridget Jones 1 which I thought was really good but I haven't seen the 2nd one. What's that like ?

Would you say that the 1st series of Little Britain was probably their best ?

-- Edited by Website editor at 09:14, 2005-12-09

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

The 2nd Bridget Jones is quite funny,perhaps more than the first one. I liked it more anyway.

I loved the first series of Little Britain and I don`t think the other series have been as good. I prefer the original characters like Vicky Pollard and Lou and Andy.

Alex · Social player

I agree, the 1st series of Little Britain was the best. So many brilliant characters: Vicky Pollard, Daffyd and Emily Howard are all works of genius. Unfortunately since then their imagination seems to have run dry and they've descended to rather crude, cheap laughs.

I haven't seent the Bridget Jones film but I saw several excerpts which seemed really funny. I hear that there was another fight sequence aswell which was even better.

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

The original characters are great - not sure about some of the new ones like the woman who wees everywhere and the one who throws up on everyone. I don`t think they`re funny. Did you see it this yesterday?

Bridget Jones 2- The fight scene is great, they (the two main male characters) end up in the fountain! It`s a good film, funny in parts but i`d give it a miss if you`re not into chick-flicks.

Sheddie · administrator

I agree, my favourites are Daffyd, Emily Howard, Vicky Pollard and Majorie. I've never particularly found the projectile vomiting or the woman who wees everywhere particularly funny at all. I like some of the new ones like the "computer says no" travel agent and the college secretary who insults all the students. I hate the ones they do just for the shock value eg: the one in series one about the teenager with a crush on a 90 year old lady. Unfortunately as their imagination has run dry, they've started to put more and more of those types of sketches in.

I'll watch Bridget Jones 2 when it appears on TV, probably next Christmas. I've never seen Love Actually, but I saw "Wimbledon" at the cinema. I thought it was ok, the stars of the film are really good-looking but the script is way too predictable.

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

Wimbledon is definitely predictable but I think that`s actually why I enjoyed it. I like the idea that in some quite possibly parallel universe it might happen - the British wildcard winning Wimbledon

Love Actually seems to go on for hours. I think it`s 2 and a half hours but it seems much longer than that. I only watch it at Christmas and the run-up as it`s very Christmas-orientated, so it`s a bit weird watching it in summer.

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

I watched City of God today!! was amazing ( i know its 18 rated - dont tell NE1!). have any of you watched it?

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

MKK - I don`t think I`ve seen it

What is it about?

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

Sally wrote:

MKK - I don`t think I`ve seen it What is it about?

Its based on a true story in brazil about hoodlums and its a real 'alternative choice'. IT follows two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro who take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. It was subbed so the reading was a bit tedious especially when watching in the night as i couldnt be asked to read it. It got rave reviews when it came out