Paid Members Dead Mike Posted January 13, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 13, 2014 Are there any decent British films I should be checking out made from 1980 to 1990? Cheers! Â Â 'Withnail & I' is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 And of course the seminal Rita, Sue and Bob Too! Â Arguably the best film ever made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Are there any decent British films I should be checking out made from 1980 to 1990? Cheers!  Watch these, bAz:-   Great list Devon! Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Paperhouse are fantastic!  I'd also suggest  Chariots of Fire Champions The Plague Dogs (it is really depressing mind!) Hope and Glory A Room with a View Where The Wind Blows Without A Clue My Left Foot Henry V   Films like:-  Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence The Cook, The Thief, The Wife and Her Lover  Count as UK co productions as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted January 13, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 13, 2014 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Essentially, it's a less offensive Simple Jack, and shitter than Forrest Gump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Does Stiller go full retard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted January 13, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 13, 2014 Does Stiller go full retard? Nope. In fairness, he seemed to have heeded Downey Jr's advice for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Watched Her today and was actually quite disappointed. I know it's new and seemingly highly anticipated so I'll keep this light and spoiler-free but I felt the concept was far greater in idea than execution, so whilst the first 15 minutes were interesting and ending was okay, the vast majority of the film was pretty maudlin and laboured. At it's worst, it was a pretty generic love story, at it's best, it felt more like one of the only-okay Black Mirror's than anything else. Hey look, an Arcade Fire reference. And that's the other thing, the soundtrack didn't leave fuck all of an impact on you, that was actually a pretty major let down considering how excited I was for them doing this. Curios to see what others think of it, but I wasn't moved much at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted January 13, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) And of course the seminal Rita, Sue and Bob Too! I remember watching this on FilmFour years ago. I'm no prude, but I found it very sleazy. Some of the stuff just wouldn't fly these days (old men taking pics of schoolgirls, wanting threesomes with schoolgirls too) etc. Just seemed well dodgy to me. Â It was decent enough though. Love the tune at the opening. Excellent stuff. Edited January 13, 2014 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted January 13, 2014 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) To peg on to the back on D-Malc's list, I'd recommend checking Mike Leigh's output during that decade. Especially Life Is Sweet. It's bloody brilliant. Â Here's the full film on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e9l-KBdylM Edited January 13, 2014 by Frankie Crisp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 And of course the seminal Rita, Sue and Bob Too! Some of the stuff just wouldn't fly these days (old men taking pics of schoolgirls, Â Really? Bloody Jimmy Saville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name_here Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) I know there's a thread for posting full movies but i think it's worth putting in here that Rita, Sue & Bob Too is on youtube in one video: Here Edited January 13, 2014 by insert_name_here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazing_Red_Fan Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 No Gregory's Girl love? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I finally watched the latest Batman film. Definitely an hour too long and Bane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted January 14, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) Does Stiller go full retard? Nope. In fairness, he seemed to have heeded Downey Jr's advice for this one. Â I wish he'd gone full something though, then it might might not have been such a waste of time. Sadly he only just half arsed serious-mode Steve Carrell in this case. Some lovely looking scenes in Iceland, but otherwise a bit of a mess I thought. Edited January 14, 2014 by gmoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I finally watched the latest Batman film. Definitely an hour too long and Bane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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