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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 1, 2018 8:52:26 GMT
just about to watch this for the 1st time...finally!   |
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 1, 2018 9:32:30 GMT
Lawrence of Arabia - 15/10 - easily my favourite movie of all time, have seen it nearly 100 times, but many of those were the "short" 190 minute pre-restoration.
Kwai - 10/10
Zhivago - 9/10
Ryan's Daughter - 8/10
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Aug 1, 2018 11:28:12 GMT
Lawrence of Arabia is only one of the greatest movies ever made.
But The Bridge on the River Kwai is a very fine film too.
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 1, 2018 11:49:36 GMT
Lawrence of Arabia - 15/10 - easily my favourite movie of all time, have seen it nearly 100 times, but many of those were the "short" 190 minute pre-restoration. Kwai - 10/10 Zhivago - 9/10 Ryan's Daughter - 8/10 100 LAWRENCE viewings, Aussie? Golly -- there's almost 400 hours of your life right there! Really, that's a ridiculous number -- I've only watched it about 60 times myself. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 1, 2018 11:54:34 GMT
nutsberryfarm 🏜 Use the biggest screen available and have refreshing cool beverages handy. The air conditioning in the theater I saw it in had failed .. in August... and I remember being so thirsty watching that movie. You are in for a visual treat even if the politics make your eyes roll back in your head with boredom. If you also like history and politics, no problem !
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 1, 2018 11:54:47 GMT
I recorded it onto my betamax (yes, a looong time ago) and watched it 50 times in the next 18 months or so. I used to be able to quote the whole movie pre-restoration.
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 1, 2018 11:57:38 GMT
I recorded it onto my betamax (yes, a looong time ago) and watched it 50 times in the next 18 months or so. I used to be able to quote the whole movie pre-restoration. The trick, Mr. Aussie, is not minding that It's on Betamax. |
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 1, 2018 12:02:11 GMT
I recorded it onto my betamax (yes, a looong time ago) and watched it 50 times in the next 18 months or so. I used to be able to quote the whole movie pre-restoration. The trick, Mr. Aussie, is not minding that It's on Betamax. NO BETAMAX! NO BETAMAX!  |
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 1, 2018 12:08:51 GMT
How I felt in a GG many years ago when I had Claude Rains as the shooter of Conrad Veidt in Casablanca......  |
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 1, 2018 12:14:00 GMT
Geez Aussie -- had you just finished off half a bottle of wine on that occasion as well?
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 1, 2018 12:20:18 GMT
I have no excuse.  |
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 1, 2018 12:23:33 GMT
Are you one of those Quiz-loving Australians?
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 1, 2018 12:25:32 GMT
I love trivia night at the pub, but I rarely venture out these days. GG compensates.
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 1, 2018 12:26:16 GMT
Lawrence of Arabia - 15/10 - easily my favourite movie of all time, have seen it nearly 100 times, but many of those were the "short" 190 minute pre-restoration. Kwai - 10/10 Zhivago - 9/10 Ryan's Daughter - 8/10 Recently I have been watching movies based on what members of Classic Cinema board suggest or praise. I have seen Bridge of the River Kwai and rated that very highly. So given your immense praise for Lawrence of Arabia I am going to see it soon.
I did see this movie may when I was 8 or 9 years old but I hardly understood English language then and certainly do not remember anything.
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 1, 2018 12:34:43 GMT
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 1, 2018 12:38:35 GMT
As much as I love the cast, I've never warmed to A Passage to India. It might not even make my top 10 Lean movies. It's one of those movies I feel I should love (as it incorporates much of what I like in a movie) but don't.
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 1, 2018 12:40:05 GMT
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 1, 2018 12:45:09 GMT
Brief Encounter and Oliver Twist would be my favourite non-epic Leans.
On previous threads about Lean there have been many who named Great Expectations as their favourite of his films.
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 1, 2018 12:52:50 GMT
SOUND BARRIER is pretty high up there in the favorite Lean list.
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Post by neurosturgeon on Aug 1, 2018 13:27:18 GMT
I saw LAWRENCE OF ARABIA twice in 1962. After seeing it in the drive-in, my parents thought a trip to the real theater was needed, so I saw it again. I was only 8 years old and that was not a common experience for me. My parents took us to the drive-in every weekend because kids under 12 were free or it was $1.50 a car. Years later I saw the restored print at the Newport Beach Edwards Big Cinema on their massive screen.
Tried watching it a few weeks ago on FilmStruck, but it isn't the same on my iPad.😝
It is hard to pick a favorite Lean, but since I’m a girl, it would probably be BRIEF ENCOUNTER, but I also like BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER.
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